I did not like Sarah’s hair today (June 2). Other than today, I think it’s been okay.

Hi, Miss V,
Good to hear from you……glad all is well.
I moved into my new home a couple of weeks ago—-so, between home-schooling and getting this place together takes up all of my time. I do have help, but I am very “particular”…. everything needs my touch. LOL.
Yes, Maggie has always had beautiful hair—full with a rich texture. Not many women can pride themselves for having such a gorgeously cascading head of hair, even in youth!!
Maggie loves Victor—she has forgiven him before, but this is different—-too personal; involving her grandchild and daughter—too painful to bear.
Yet, it is a soap and TPTB will take it where they want.
What I don’t understand is why both Victor and Xander are not in jail. They committed a heinous crime.
Stay well, my friend❤️

@Violet! Hello again, lovely lady!…It’s been awhile! Glad to read that you are hanging in there despite the increasing heat and protests/riots in your area…for the record, I’m a fan of neither!!!! (Despite having very strong political convictions, I don’t have a militant soul..I vote by ballot and bank checks…that’s it!!!!) But I did mean to mention that I was just thinking of you!!!! In addition to enjoying a lot of flashback posts regarding our favorite old soaps here at MFTV, I’ve also indulged in a few vintage Dame Maggie movies over the past few days, and they were such a treat! (“Room With A View” and “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” the latter being particularly superb!) In short, it was a true delight seeing our dear Dowager Countess—-as you have previously described to me—at her impossibly slender and fashionably chic best!!! Although she may have been decades younger, that rich, elegant delivery of hers was still as evident as in her Downton drawing room of more recent days…I simply adored it! Alas, that is all I shall write on this specific subject since I don’t desire to slip back into our bad habit of being too off-topic, yet, at the same time, I must mention that I fondly recall all we discussed during our former “chats!” Having said that, I continue to follow your many witty, apropos observations here…they remain amongst my favorites! As for “Days,” which is why we are supposed to be on this thread—LOL!—I am always amazed by how many of the old characters remain on this show…I’ve not watched the soap for 20+years and yet, am extremely familiar with a great number of people when they are discussed! Quite a difference from GH, which has a seemingly endless stream of newbies to endure! Needless to add, I prefer the DOOL soap model!!!! Later, Violet!!! Take care…’twas a true pleasure to post to you once more!

I’ve missed our discussions too, Violet, but it’s simply impossible not to go off-topic with you!!! I especially roared at your mention of the “good doctor” since we were taken to task over him the last time he was brought up in conversation…LOL!!! As for the Aussie APTCH, oh my, yes! I watched it all the way through, although I preferred the earlier seasons more than the latter ones, but thought the show finale was wrapped up pretty well in terms of all the characters..I really loved Old Lady Bligh when she was in her battle axe mode, considered Anna a nearly dead ringer ‘50’s version of Ivanka Trump, could never abide the self-righteous Sarah as it was always her way or the highway and found both Doris Collins and Regina Standish to be absolute hoots! (Also, I enjoyed “James” in his subsequent role on “Outlander!”) There really was sooooo much soapy goodness there!! How I wish our domestic soaps were that juicy and fulfilling to view..for me, they have become so bland and basic, that I no longer follow them much except on this website. I guess I’m looking for the glitzy glam escapism like we used to have in both daytime and prime time during such programs’ heydays in our own country. Now I get my fix from foreign vehicles…particularly those which take one back to different times and places…the more glamorous and elegant the eras, the better! However, I still root for the stateside shows to survive and prosper once again and it does do my heart good to see DOOL honoring and respecting so many of its popular longtime characters by including them in their modern form…to think “Doug and Julie” can still be located in Salem, along with assorted DeMeras, Bradys, Hortons and other familiar names and faces I remember from the past is quite amazing! Plus, having Louise Sorel’s lusty lunatic, Vivian Alamain, back in the flesh is the icing on the cake! She truly is too much fun!!! Then again, that’s due to the quality of the actress…she’s never failed to deliver whether it was by day or night! I have often caught Miss Sorel on old crime drama series reruns carried by those retro tv channels, and she’s always been a treat, not to mention a real stunner generally dressed to the nines! I guess some things never change….Later, Violet!

Hello! Been there, done that, Vi! Watched this movie based upon real-life people when it was first released! Needless to add, there’s another EXCELLENT performance by our beloved Dame Maggie! I loved her as “The Old Lady in the Van!” Alex Jennings was also superb as playwright, Alan Bennett…in fact, these two absolutely spectacular actors made this story come alive!!! I could go on with many more superlatives, but won’t, other than to say that even in portraying a woman who was down on her luck and living in the most basic, horrible of circumstances—i.e., facing an existence which is the polar opposite of her esteemed Dowager Countess—Miss Smith still managed to imbue her character with the utmost dignity and regal bearing one has come to expect from her! This was actually a very beautiful film..it interwove comedy and pathos in an extremely humane package without being too maudlin or melodramatic…So glad you enjoyed it as much as I did, Violet!!!! Take care…P.S. By the way, just to make this post also appropriately “soapcentric,” I must add that in addition to catching Louise Sorel on many a vintage crime dramas on retro tv, I’ve also recently been treated to appearances by such later daytime grande dames as Marj Dusay, Leslie Charleson, Constance Towers, and Robin Mattson!!! It’s always fun to see these formidable ladies strutting their stuff in their younger years!!! Annnnd….just the other evening, I briefly caught Jeanne Cooper in an episode of “Mannix.” Coincidentally enough, the actor who played Y&R’s “Stuart Brooks” was also featured in a co-starring role!

@CeeCeeGirl…Glad to read that something is going well in NewYork…it’s always a pleasure to read a good-news update from you! May you and yours enjoy a blessed and beautiful life in your new home! All is fine on my end, too…still massively hand-washingblessed, mask-wearing and keeping to ourselves on the home front…in other , NO protesting—left or right—for this lady and mine under any circumstances!!! And speaking of ladies, what a fab femme is that Louise Sorel!!! I recall in passing her early days as crazy Vivian, but she was also sublimely sinister as “Santa Barbara’s” formidable Augusta Wainwright Lockridge, especially when accompanied by her faithful Doberman pinscher sidekick, “Breeze!” What an airy moniker for such a provocatively protective pet! Loved them both from the first frame of their strangely symbiotic soap relationship!!!! At any rate, take care, stay safe, and have a lovely summer, mia amica! Hope to soon hear back from you!!!!!!

Hey, Shay—-so good to hear from you—-let’s count our blessings, amica cara—an upside-down world.
The hypocrisy runs rampant—we cannot go anywhere without a mask; cannot hug our friends and relatives etc., That’s what we are ordered to do or not do. Hmmmm, but, the upper echelon of the opposition does whatever it pleases. People were put in jail for not following protocol ( a father playing with his chid in the park), yet the rioters and looters are shoulder to shoulder and faccia a faccia!!!!!!!!!!!! While the populace does its best dealing with Covid-19, the “unmentionables” follow a higher, God-given law!! Yeah, right!! They are entitled!! Uffa!!
The mock Antifa ( if only these anarchists knew its idealism), the pretentious caring for that poor soul, ( RIP) and the looting is tedious, achieving nothing but the degradation of a glorious country. They could give a hoot about George Floyd. What a farce—see right through ‘them’.
I suspect these godless rebels are funded by the deep pockets of you-know-who.
After all is said and done, they only hurt themselves, creating havoc and misery for everyone else.—no good ever comes out of ignorance except more ignorance.
Oh, yes—-love Vivian—always have .
Stay well, bella—talk soon, I hope.