You know, in all our talk about AW and Chad the former pimp, I can't believe we never discussed Crystal Gale. I would say it was one of the best "celebrity" roles on a soap but John Waite still cracks my shit up.
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Kristen - Aug 06, 2005 11:27:08 am PDT #2401 of 10001
Topic!Cindy - Aug 06, 2005 11:58:27 am PDT #2402 of 10001
What is even happening?
She murdered Ross Duncan...which happened years later. And Anne wasn't murdered. Heather tried to frame Anne for the murder of Diana Taylor, who had been foster-mom to her son, Steven Lars, spelling Anne's name with Diana's blood on the floor. But Heather's mother, Alice Grant, turned out to be the real culprit.Oh, Diana Taylor! That's right. I was watching then, but I'd forgotten all that.
The actress who played Diana also played Rebecca, on DooL, who married Robert (Roh-bair) LeClair friend of Doug Williams (I think Doug got Rebecca pregnant, maybe as a sperm donor or a favor, because Rebecca didn't want Robert to know he was sterile). The actor who played Robert--Robert Clary, was Cpl. LeBeau on Hogan's Heros. Per IMDB, he's been on Y&R, and B&B, too.
Narrator - Aug 06, 2005 12:42:56 pm PDT #2403 of 10001
The evil is this way?
You know, in all our talk about AW and Chad the former pimp, I can't believe we never discussed Crystal Gale. I would say it was one of the best "celebrity" roles on a soap but John Waite still cracks my shit up.
Did they play themselves or some characters? I remember Carol Burnett playing a friend of Myrtle Fargate's on "All My Children." MOre recently, Rosie O'Donnell played some maid for Adam Chandler on the soap.
Kevin - Aug 06, 2005 12:49:13 pm PDT #2404 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I have no idea what you people are talking about. Oh yes. Cuss the UK's lack of US soaps.
Narrator - Aug 06, 2005 1:09:09 pm PDT #2405 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Right, because if there's anything you folks in the UK need, its the umpteenth version of the Hooker-with-the-Heart-of-Gold marries the Rich Billionaire (who just happens to live in this backwater town) and gives birth to twins who age into adults in 5 years, where one becomes the Evil Twin and tries to have her sister, mom and dad committed, or killed, or banished to the About to be Cancelled Spin-off.
Kevin - Aug 06, 2005 1:15:28 pm PDT #2406 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
We have Jerry Springer, though, which furfils our White Trash needs.
Kristen - Aug 06, 2005 1:32:57 pm PDT #2407 of 10001
No, no, no. They played themselves. Like, on AW, at the time of Crystal Gale's appearance, there was a serial killer on the loose and he was stalking Crystal. He, of course, didn't get her.
The then 29-year-old John Waite played himself and had some kind of romantic relationship with the then 16-year-old character of Taryn, played by Nicollette Sheridan. I forget why she didn't run off with him. I think her mother threatened his manager or something.
Narrator - Aug 06, 2005 2:39:35 pm PDT #2408 of 10001
The evil is this way?
We have Jerry Springer, though, which furfils our White Trash needs.
Hee. But soaps are not White Trash -- well, not most/all of them, anyway. It's just that after all these years, there are really no completely new storylines and the repetition is something. Some of the shows/storylines can be really well-written and acted, but it never lasts forever.
No, no, no. They played themselves. Like, on AW, at the time of Crystal Gale's appearance, there was a serial killer on the loose and he was stalking Crystal. He, of course, didn't get her.
Wow, what celebrity would volunteer to play himself/herself in a serial killer/stalker storyline? Oye.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 06, 2005 3:18:58 pm PDT #2409 of 10001
What is even happening?
The then 29-year-old John Waite played himself and had some kind of romantic relationship with the then 16-year-old character of Taryn, played by Nicollette Sheridan. I forget why she didn't run off with him. I think her mother threatened his manager or something.
Is this the "I Ain't Missing You" John Waite?
Largo - Aug 06, 2005 3:45:51 pm PDT #2410 of 10001
Right, because if there's anything you folks in the UK need, its the umpteenth version of the Hooker-with-the-Heart-of-Gold marries the Rich Billionaire (who just happens to live in this backwater town) and gives birth to twins who age into adults in 5 years, where one becomes the Evil Twin and tries to have her sister, mom and dad committed, or killed, or banished to the About to be Cancelled Spin-off.
But...don't they have "Coronation Street"?
ETA:...and "EastEnders"?