Re: Y&R~Few weeks back~

In article <1134287957.135949.226410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<jttsonlygirl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am watching over the last few
> weeks of Y&R, trying to get caught up to the present and finding some
> things I'd like to comment on:
>
> ~People continue to condemn the deranged Sheila storyline, but I find
> it one of the better parts of the show.

So does Vidal Sassoon

> I laughed my head off at her
> attacking the wedding cake with a knife.

Agreed, I would have used my fingers, the Three Stooges and Abbott and
Costello

> OMG, that was absolutely
> hilarious. I also could not help but laugh at an unseen scene of her
> when she went to the hospital to retreive her photograph and the nurses
> said something about a patient pulling their oxygen mask off (or
> whatever it was). All I could picture was a vision of Shelia/Jennifer
> actually pulling off an old lady's oxygen mask off her face just to get
> a picture back.

Matt Clark scooped Sheila on removing hospital equipment way back.

>
> ~I am finding a really hard time buying Ashley and Paul as a couple. I
> think that comes from having watched the show too long. Their
> characters have been around for decades and they are just now bringing
> them together?

I still feel cheimistry between Paul with a weak storyline and
Christine with none.
>
> ~It's weird watching Paul interact with Michael and Lauren when Lauren
> and Paul used to be the soap's hottest couple at one time and Michael
> was the deranged psycho he practically accuses his father/stepfather/??
> Tom of being.

My first cousin's first husband and his second wife are close friends
with her and her second husband. My ex and his wife double with her ex
and his girl friend. I'm my own grandpa!

> Personally, I think Paul and Lauren would have made a
> better couple to work on marrying off than Michael and Lauren
> were

Paul isn't smart enough for Lauren

> ----and Paul and Ashley are becoming (-if they're still a couple
> today). (Sorry, but that is my opinion knowing how Lauren and Paul
> sizzled the screen with the chemistry they once had together. JMHO.)
>
> ~I like this Mackenzie but why don't they do something interesting with
> her.

mac and J>T> under the sheets is fairly tame bedmaking. Two Duvets and
a breakfast pillow and bolster would be more ecxciting.

> Heat up the JT-Mack-Kevin storyline !

It won't happen. If Kevin sleeps with any guy, it will be Michael so we
can have homosexual incest, which would make for a moderately lively
storyline.

> That is what I want to see
> and I could do a lot with this storyline if I was writing for the
> show---so I know they can if they put some effort into it.
>
> ~I'm actually liking this Victoria (-wow, never thought I'd ever say
> that-) better than I am Nicholas, who has made himself a complete pain
> in the ***.

Vistoria is good in the nanno seconds where her face thaws and softens.
These are few and far between as she is either in bun mode or has had a
lot of novacaine.
>
> ~The little girl who they chose to be Abby has got to be the most
> precious little girl I've seen on TV in quite a while. To be so young
> and that beleivable with her delivery, even though some of it is a bit
> too cutesty, it still comes off as enjoyable in a Shirley Temple kind
> of way. BTW---why didn't grandpa Abbott attend his precious
> granddaughter's birthday party?

Cut the little tike some slack. She can be approriately bratty on
occasion and is not always "Little Miss Sunshine." if Sharon goes off
the deep end she can always kidnap Abby.
>
> ~The hardest thing I find to buy into is how when Lauren sees Jennifer
> up close, such as the time she snuck into Brenda's apartment and got
> caught by Jennifer. How could she be that close up to Sheila's face
> and not recognize her?

With the witchy nose and colored contacts, a fake nose and chin and
hair larger than the green velevet drapes in "Gone With the Wind," i
would say the drag rockas and is nearly fool proof (until the
components turned up at the Six Ways Motel)

> I guess, it's suppose to be the Clark Kent thing.

Clark used phone booths not motel rooms.

> Perhaps if her wig was blond like the one Cher wears sometimes, that
> might seem more believable, not really sure about that.

AS nice Mohawk would do it for me.
>
> ~The questionable plot with Phyllis planting a bug/virus/whatever into
> the Newman website was brilliant! Enjoyed every single scene of that
> one.

All she would need to destroy Newman Enterprises is to switch them to
my ISP!
>
> ~They also did a lovely tribute to Cassie being mourned by Sharon with
> the photo montage when Abby was missing after her party.

Y&R does great fresh flower arrangements, weddings and seasonal
parties, celeb visitations and flashback montages. Their wedding albums
are a little large though. We may even be treated to Il Divo
accompanied by Chris Botti one day (with Jessie Ventura as MC)
>
> ~I absolutely love every single scene Judith Chapman is in. As far as
> I am concerned, she has stolen the entire show.

When Judith puts her llower eye liner inside, rather than under her
eye, she is perfection!

> There has not been one
> scene of hers that I have not enjoyed watching. My main worry is how
> long she will remain because once she's gone, that will be it for me.
> I did originally start rewatching the show because Joan Van Ark was in
> the role and she was fun to watch. But I like Judith Chapman way much
> better.
>
> Okay, I still got a few more weeks to go before catching up.

Enjoy your ketchup. Someday I am going to tape a whole week of Y&R and
watch for five hours stopping only for a CL Moccachino.

--
Diva
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