Sept. Mourning For Arleen Sorkin DOOL

DOOL?

As a proper character sendoff, the writers should have all the actors dress up as Harley Quinn next Halloween & then do a murder mystery to see if viewers can pick out the real killer as a tribute to Arleen. Maybe Eugene (John de Lancie) would be the only one not in a Harley outfit (as he arrives late) & finds her body dead in her original 80s "Harley" outfit. Did her character have any real enemies on the show?

Who the FUCK are you losers who still watch soap operas in this day and age?

This little tribute/remembrance from John de Lancie is great; parts made me laugh out loud. ( "Roman is dead today. And it’s NOT funny!")

Eugene did have a love interest prior to Calliope -- Marlena's impossibly sweet & innocent cousin, Trista Evans (Barbara Crampton), who was a nurse. Trista was murdered by the Salem Slasher (Andre DiMera) right after she & Eugene were married.

R2: Calliope had no enemies. Alex thought she mildly annoying at times, but that's about it.

Sweet tribute from former head-writer Sheri Anderson:

I almost quit watching After Dick Van D. popped up on my screen. Who wants to watch this tired old geezer on a show overflowing with other old geezers?

DOOL!

[quote] DOOL!

DOOL! :)

THE Vivian Alamain!

So happy that Vivian is returning along with people like Phillip, Sonny et al but No Ciara? No Melissa? So many people not returning. I am happy to see Chelsea though and she will even be in a scene with her brother! Teresa is going to have scenes with Kayla, Stephanie and Eric(wonder if GV will be back). I really want to see Chelsea and Steph.. weren't they both after Max at the same time?

NuChiara?

Wow! I adore Dana Delany (I was completely obsessed with China Beach in the late-80s)...but I had no idea she was such close friends with Arleen Sorkin! What a beautiful tribute! (I love the bit about their two-person Oscar-viewing "parties" because other people talk too much)

She seems like such a sweetheart. What did the husband look like? He wrote some of my favorite episodes of Frasier and The Golden Girls

R14: With their sons.....

Andre The Giant's take on this past week =

The latest from Dishin' Days -

This week's spoilers start at 1:46...

I love EJ's new hairstyle. I hope he keeps it.

R13 MARY! *sobs*

Beautiful

I always knew Susan was alive.

Nicole's new face is a fashion don't.

Why do these stars overdo their faces?

Now she looks like the Joker's Daughter.

I did not like Heath Ledger in his role as “Joker”.

Nicole’s FACE!!!!!!!!!!

Dying to see her face now. Full on hunter tylo status?

This soap is so poorly written that I had totally forgotten Xander & Theresa hated each other.

I could've used a refesher course on that kind of stuff than

some of theses useless 2023 flashbacks that they keep showing.

Another exit confirmed -

r27

not a big loss

I thought Nicole looked better than I've seen her in a while. The difference was striking though as I did a double take. Ironically, I was reading another post on the other DOOL thread about it at the same moment I was watching.

Zucker looks ridiculous.

The champagne popping was hilarious.

Am I the only one that finds Tripp and Wendy nauseating? And what about Kayla thinking Tripp was asking to use their house for his romantic tryst with Wendy? He's a friggin' Doctor! Another vomit inducing moment.

ok I fucking hate Alex but I did chuckle when he realized that he and Theresa aren't related

Insane Frau at r33 ^^.

Paul and Andrew are coming back next week! That’s awesome! Andrew and Teresa are interacting and SOD says that Paul is returning to meet a new family member… What new family member? My brain is in a fog … I’m blaming the heat

Grandad Dick Van Dyke.

R36

So that’s where they are really going? I was guessing he might an uncle… what does that do though? DVD isn’t staying around

[quote]Am I the only one that finds Tripp and Wendy nauseating?

I think Ron has a hard time writing 20something straight men. He can't seem to make any of them work. His setting seems to be 70 year old diva. The Wendy actress doesn't help much, she doesn't pop. Tripp should be in a triangle with a bad girl and a good girl.

Also I loved it when Xander told Sonny that Will was probably off cuckolding him somewhere. I was like, damn!

Xander should be a little more adventurous with his sexuality.

Was there a DNA test to prove Jigsaw was really John’s father?

BTW, anyone notice what DVD’s character’s last name was?

WTF is this storyline with DVD?

I just came here to ask the same thing r41. Really, what the fuck is happening?

r42

how does it make sense? The most current Who is John's father story made little sense but I just don't get how it jives with how it went down. IF the guy who John met as Timothy Robicheaux, knew that he wasn't really Timothy(based on today's ep), how does that story make sense?

Also I like Sarah(I know most hate her and her portrayer) and I did feel for Sarah... my sister lost a baby and when she had a baby, she was so afraid that history was going to repeat itself(THANKFULLY it didn't!)

promo! And Belle and Paul meet!

I forget did they meet beforehand?

Jigsaw Grandpa no more!!!!!!

John’s SIXTH definitive origin story!

r45

but this one is DEFINITIVE

R46,

Until next year’s Special Guest Star Bob Newhart shows up and it turns out he is John’s final, we promise, daddy.

It turned out Dr. Stinkface, in what she thought was a kind gesture, switched the DNA test results.

Stay tuned…

I still don’t understand Parker “Sparkles!” Jonas’ paternity.

After it was revealed Caroline switched the paternity test to make Daniel the father since she hated Philip, Philip took the brat and moved to Chicago, with Chloe tagging along.

How did Philip years later discover the little Matt Damon Slur actually wasn’t his gay son?

Another perspective -

Someone better insist on a DNA test for the DVD character.

Shrek's 2 minute take on Brady (at 13:30ish) is hilarious.

I thought Shrek was Miss Giddens.

R44 Yes. Can't recall exactly when Belle and Paul first met, but I do remember that they were both at John and Marlena's 2018 wedding that got interrupted when Marlena got shot.

R51 LOL legs up to the moon...

[quote] LOL

LOOL! :)

LOOL! only applies to DOOL threads.

[quote] LOOL! only applies to DOOL threads.

Title of thread:

[quote] Sept. Mourning For Arleen Sorkin DOOL

It appears DOOLy enough.

That "nurse" who got shot has an Adam's apple, facial hair, and a neck longer than Rachel Maddow's.

I thought it WAS Rachel Maddow.

Shane is returning next week!

Shane is coming back? Charles Shaughenessy?

But he was under contract at GH in March when this would have been filmed.

This week's shows make me wonder whether Dick Van Dyke will become a fixture on the show. It seems like it would be hard to write him off (unless he dies) after so many years of not knowing his family.

Johnny looks, well, ripe these days. In a good way.

SOD says that DVD is finished after this week

Here is the info about Shane... I guess it's possible he won't be seen on screen?

I don’t really watch daytime soaps but I know her from my childhood watching Batman. She was an excellent actress because Harley Quinn was specifically created for her. Paul Dini of Batman The Animated Series saw her role on DOOL and found a female counterpart for The Joker in her. I’ve watched her scenes in DOOL and her charisma was off the charts.

All the other Harley Quinn actresses don’t compare to her original version that had the right balance of quirkiness, sweetness, psychosis, self sufficiency and neediness, HQ is a complex character role that Arleen mastered. Batman TAS was ahead of its time in serial TV animation for adults.

R61 Some GH viewers noticed that Charles Shaughnessy was off-contract per that show's on-screen credits in early April. And since GH's tape-to-broadcast is about a month out, that could mean that he became available to Days in March.

Shane's in the promo!!!

Marlena's hair looked the worst that I've ever seen this week.

She looked like she got caught in the rain but it quickly dried.

The DVD character was a complete waste of my time.

I hope he is gone for good.

I love Deidre’s new hairstyle!

[quote]The DVD character was a complete waste of my time.

No more so than Jigsaw Grandpa was.

At least Dick Van Dyke is a name, so he's bringing some extra publicity to the show.

Who's "Jigsaw Grandpa", precious? Who's "Jigsaw Grandpa"?

[quote]Who's "Jigsaw Grandpa"?

The last person who was revealed to be John's biological father. Five or six years back.,

We called him Jigsaw something or another.

Jigsaw Grandpa was played by Tobin Bell, the same actor who plays Jigsaw in the Saw movies.

I liked DVD's arc. It's fun that they wrote a part for Hogestyn's bestie from the gym. He's pretty damn spry for 97.

I’m enjoying the DVD arc. I love Paul as well.

Well, shit....Shane is going to be in Salem next week?? I guess I'll have to tune in. The 17-18 year-old that still resides within me will always have a crush on Shane/Charles Shaughnessy. ALWAYS.

I had the most delightful conversation with Kristian Alfonso about him, and the Bo/Hope/Kim/Shane era, when I met her, about 20 years ago (in a non-fan setting). She was a Kim/Shane fan! "I loved their story!" (direct quote). She said that was her favorite period of the show -- when Bo & Hope were intertwined with Kim & Shane. The Prisms, the Dragon/England, Miami/Victor, Baby Andrew etc. She described "Charlie" as "dreamy" and admitted to having a huge crush on him back then. She said that every woman on the show had a crush on "Charlie".

R72 "they wrote a part for Hogestyn's bestie from the gym".

REACH FOR THE STARS ROSE.

Another take on this week of DOOL drama =

R76, that guy is a national treasure and should be protected at all costs.

I agree R77 like in a zoo (not on my soap screen).

Whoops! R76. I hope you were referring to DVD & not Andre The Giant up above at R76 or else that reply just came off as a racist one.

^ I meant that for R77 not R76.

ZOOL

No, I was referring to Andre. I love that guy. He's a soap fan in the way my Grandma used to be a soap fan. She used to talk about the characters like they were real people and not characters on a TV show. I also love his accent.

....

"Shawn didn't come home last night."

Now zoom over to the other side of the bed Shawn's in and show his Grindr hook-up.

ZOOM

This week's spoilers start at 1:36 =

Chambo appearing in a straight Hallmark movie

No pecs in those Fraumark movies. Not even implants!

Champlants

Nice that Chandler is cashing Hallmark checks.

Chandler should be doing avant-garde indie flicks where he's walking around naked.

That Nanny guy looks ancient with that white hair.

Who's writing should we be looking forward to when Cartooni's pre-strike scripts end?

Sheri Anderson r93.

Her material will start just before the Christmas episodes

Wendy's eyes are all over the map. I don't know which one to look at. Don't they have actors workshops for that sort of thing?

I hear we're getting some new teens. Tate and Holly. Will they be the Last Blast Crew, Part II - Electric Boogaloo?

NuNuTeens?

Maybe Tripp can operate on Wendy's eyes & give them some stability.

That close up with EJ today had me puzzled on what it was she was supposed to be looking at.

R96 How old are they supposed to be?

Wonky eyes!

So now that EJ has fired Wendy what will be her next big Salem job?

A desk job at Salem PD?

Using her hack skills for Black Patch?

I'd suggest Wendy become a gay porn producer and steal Tripp away from Corbin Fisher.

Johnny doesn't seem to ever have a job - perhaps Wendy could recruit him too?

Latest casting news =

Andre's back with his unique insight -

Catching up with another Days cast =

Thaao was their latest guest interview =

Is Dee Dee Halls on Ozempic?

She seems much thinner in recent episodes. Especially noticeable in her face.

It's the time of year Dee sheds her husk and is reborn as the timeless ingenue we all love.

When I logged into Peacock, the latest line had a Dick Van Dyke Show block right next to my DOOL block.

I hope TPTB aren't going to push more guest appearances to hawk whatever shows that they have just acquired.

Actually, I think that's a good thing. Let them use Days to push other shows and do whatever they want. Bring on the guest stars and whatever else.

Let's hope Peacock buys the "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" catalog and features countless promos from it when Queen Dee was barely a teenager.

[quote] from it when Queen Dee was barely a teenager.

The early 2000s?

R115 We don't want to raise that issue, as back in the day some speculated that young Dee may have been lying about her age in order to obtain a work permit that didn't require parental supervision.

This week's spoilers start at 1:32 =

I feel asleep watching Monday's show.

Tuesday's show was better but I can do without the whole "Alex is Vic's son crap".

What a waste of time.

NuNuTeens?

It’s a Boy… and a Girl! Days of Our Lives Casts Two Newcomers In Legacy Roles

Look at them all grown up! If you’ve been thinking that the Days of Our Lives teen scene has been a bit anemic lately, don’t worry, because it’s about to receive a fresh infusion as two legacy kids are making their way to Salem the week of October 9!

Soap Opera Digest reports that Theresa and Brady’s son, Tate, will be heading to Salem, played by newcomer Jamie Martin Mann, and Nicole and the late Daniel’s daughter (and Maggie’s granddaughter), Holly, will be popping up played by Ashley Puzemis. Both will be SORASed (soap opera rapid aging syndrome) to teenagers, which might be a bit of a shock to some folks.

Great - can't wait to hear the hip dialogue the 60+ year-old writers come up with for the NuNuNuTeens.

I'm not going to write off the Alex is Victor's son story. I want to see how it plays out. It's one of those stories that isn't a blatant slap in the face of history, because Victor was into Angelica. The only problem I have with the story is that Victor was so desperate for an heir, I just can't imagine him letting go of Alex that easily. But I can let it slide because Victor did love Justin like a son and wouldn't want to deliberately hurt him.

I also applaud Ron for using a character death for new story. It does annoy me that they didn't run down to the hospital for an immediate DNA test to be sure.

TLDR take: I'm not mad at this story. Let's see where it's going.

Also, I didn't care about Theresa all that much during her last run, but I liked the character this time. Will be interesting to see Emily O'Brien's take on the role.

Victor's son is not Alexander "Alex" Kiriakis, but Alexandros "Xander" Kiriakis. Theresa fucked with the will when she had it in her possession.

And I think it's good and soapy.

R122 Making Xander Victor's son is something I can get on board with. Alex, no.

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MS is a bitch!