Soaps, Soap Fans, Soap Stars – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

If you have the day off and are looking for something to do to commemorate the day, and the legacy of Dr. Marting Luther King Jr, consider some of the option below:

Help Haiti:  by clicking HERE for information on how you can help Every small amount helps.  You can send a text in $5 dollar increments or $10 increments to donate.    There is also information on purchasing items for the good people of Haiti and information about donation centers.

Support RAINN by clicking HERE for more information on how you can help and to find out more about the organization.  Use the ‘Donate’ button on the right hand side of the page.  BnB fans in particular will be interested in learning more about RAINN’s 2001 campaign to have thousands of unteated rape kits finally tested.

Support the CDF: by clicking HERE for more information on how you can help.  The Children’s Defense Fund has been helping children

ASPCA:  by clicking HERE for more information on how you can help, you can be a part of undoing the hurt caused to our most loyal and loving friends and family.  The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals continues its century plus fight to protect those who can’t protect themselves and who need an advocate’s voice to speak for them.
Add your favorite characteies/foundations/organizations to the list in the comments section below.

Why I’ll always love Eric Braeden!

In case you’ve missed it, TV Guide’s Michael Logan interviews the ONE,  the ONLY, the IRREPLACEABLE  Melody Thomas Scott.  Despite battling ironclad  non-disclosure clauses, daytime’s consummate professional tries his damnedest to elicit a response to this interesting tidbit:

I heard that Eric Braeden [Victor] called CBS chief Les Moonves to complain about the way you were being treated in this contract situation, and that Moonves stepped in and made magic happen. True?

[Long pause, followed by a sigh] Where’d you hear that? [Laughs]

Nice try, Michael Logan, nice try!  The entire interview is eye-opening and more than worth the time it would take to read it.  As I’ve heard, Mr. Braeden has always been referred to as an ‘actor’s actor’.  His legend, true or not, has been that he’s fought for his colleagues backstage when he felt that they were treated unfairly.  He has never been shy about commenting on what he thinks of the TPTB when they make lousy decisions that could affect the fans, and the long term health of the show or the genre.

I can only imagine how much different daytime would have been if those of Eric Braeden’s caliber were permitted to run daytime.  His respect for fans, the show and  its history, as well as his colleagues makes him daytime’s brightest star, in my book.

He and Melody Thomas Scott have been a large part of the YnR’s success as daytime’s perennial fan favorite and it’s hard for me to imagine that anyone would allow themselves to forget the contributions of both.  What’s up with the (arrogance? delusional state?  ignorance?) that permits TPTB to believe that their brand is strong because of the writing ONLY, or that actors really are interchangeable commodities.  Nah… fans won’t care.  They don’t notice things like that.  NOPE!  Fans are just WAITING for TPTB to higher one more non-Actor model, and teenaged kid looking for the coolest extended summer job EVER!  Yup, that’s what we want.  That’s why we’re tuning in in droves. We’d never notice if they just killed Nikki off, or replaced her with a 20 something long lost daughter.

While I have not always been a Victor-Nikki fan, I have always been a fan of EB and MTS.  I respect both enough to know that they’ve given the YnR it’s most enduring signature couple through the hard work they bring to the set every day (even when the writing wasn’t worth talking about – or at least not worth talking about without the inclusion of a list of expletives long enough to make a trucker blush).  Thank goodness they’ll both be around for at least a while longer.

The gods of daytime may not know how important they are to us, and it would be a shame for them to find out too late, when the ratings tank and fans are gone for good.

On another note, here’s a great read from Telewatcher!  Writers, working the “Gotcha” moment in place of the “That was Amazing moment”?  What a shame because we all deserve better!  I thought of it in context with the news the MTS was both leaving and thankfully returning!