From: starkid@uumeme.chi.il.us (Lance K. Sanders)
Subject: AMC: Godzilla Speaks Update (c) 921218
Organization: UUMEME Public Access Xenix
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 22:09:23 GMT


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       ***  Godzilla Speaks Update --- Friday, December 18, 1992  ***
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                              WHATSA MATTA U.
                 "Quality Education --- With An Attitude"


                               ScriptBender
                                   Day
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                                Storylines
                     (ranked by relative superiority)
                     --------------------------------

[A]     Adam's "BarracudAttorney" puts Brian "on the rack" at the
        custody hearing ("_Nobody_ expects the Spanish Inquisition!").

[B]     Junior blows Dodge during An Li and Terrance's shift.

[C]     Mr. and Mrs. Porkchop drop by Weirdwind to buck-up Igor, while
        his new houseguests, Ted/Tad and Madame Orsini, "get the lay
        of the land".

[D]     Tom "Mr. Hands" Cudahy gets in a low blow against Edmund The Marick
        during a lull in courtroom proceedings.




        Music Videos
        of the Week:   "Feels Like Heaven" --- Peter Cetera w/Chaka Khan
        -----------     What a lucky dawg...1st, a duet with Amy Grant, now
                        Chaka...average video; eclectic pairing.

                       "Here I Am" --- Lyle Lovett
                        Interesting RetroFunk.

                       "That's That" --- Michael Johnson
                        ...man lost his woman - that's that. Nice storytelling.



      AMC Character 
    Addresses Today:   Dixie Cooney Chandler Martin
    ---------------    85 South Center Avenue

                       Adam Chandler
                       300 River Road





Storyline [B]:
-------------

   The MasterBabysitters, T and An Li (with Jr. thought to be safe asleep 
upstairs), bop into Dixie's kitchen to fix a snack (grilled cheese and 
peanut butter). Junior, however, fed up w/ all the adult shenanigans of 
late, takes advantage of the situation to blow Dodge, and exits via the 
front door. 

   Apres snack, T an A.L. head for the living room, where An Li finishes 
reading a rough draft of T's Tempo sidebar/letter:

                 [ScriptBender (bizarro-letter): ON]


"...Oh, sure. I realize a lot of people don't want to read "heavy stuff" in 
 Tempo right now. I know it's the holiday season; I can dig it: 'Over the
 river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go.' Un-hoo. Very hip.
 But what if Grandma's black? What if Grandma doesn't have a house in the 
 woods because she's black?? What if the blankety-blank real estate company 
 refused to sell her the *&^%%$%%^ house BECAUSE she's black?!!  

    I think you hear me knockin', I think I'm coming in, and I'm bringing Bo,
 Charlton, Whoopi, Ted, Deion, Susan, Julia, Demi, Bruce, Arnold, Wesley,
 Bugs, Tweety, Kermit, all three Clintons, Paula, Mick, Bono, the Queen of 
 England, Dick Van Dyke, Crosby, Stills, Nash AND Young, Roseanne Arnold 
 AND her tattoos, Geraldo, Phil, Oprah, Liz, Barbara, the San Francisco 
 49'ers, the Supreme Court, Chris Evert AND the National Guard with me.

    Strike a pose.
    The revolution WILL be televised."


                     [ScriptBender bz.lett.: OFF]


   An Li: "It's good. I can tell you're mad about discrimination in this 
           country..."

   T:     "...Mr. Grey told me I was supposed to keep my anger under control
           but --- I just don't know how to do it...everytime I think of those
           'pigs' out at the development, and those bigots disguised as 
           college students writing for the paper, I don't WANT to control
           the damn thing, I want to kick somebody's BUTT! Take their stupid
           ideas and wrap them around their throats until they choke to
           death!"

  An Li:  "I can tell."     [:)))]


   In an amazing leap of logic, she then offers Dixie (!) as a role model 
for self-control (not blowing up in front of Jr., etc.). The Li-ster goes 
up to check on Jr., finds him missing, and transports to the courthouse to 
tell Dix while T gets on the horn to Unca Derek.

   Mini-cliffhanger.
        




Storyline [A]:
-------------

   Adam's attorney, "The Grillmaster", gets Jethro X on the stand, and 
calls into question everything under the sun in an attempt to discredit the 
boy. The woman brings up (and in rapid-fire fashion): (1) his relative 
youth (2) the fact that Dix might have purchased the house for him (3) his 
dysfunctional childhood (4) the photos showing him dragging in boxes of his 
stuff into Dixie's (5) the fact that Bri may be just another in a long line 
of "boy-toys" [the Red Lovett gambit] (6) possible negligence in his 
handling of Jr. anaphylactic reaction to the seseme seeds at McKay's (7) 
his violent encounter w/Red (8) his recent divorce from An Li (9) possible 
sexual activity w/Dix in front of Jr. (10) his relationship with Hayley 
(and her trust fund) (11) the fact that HE found Dixie's real estate agent 
(12) the fact that Dixie talked to "the dead" (13) the fact that he didn't 
advise her to seek therapy  (14) Dixie's money. 
    Lots of objections --- lots of overrules [Jack finally gets a call of 
"sustained" when Dupres tries to get Bri to attest to Dix's overall 
psychological condition during the summer (Bzzzt. Not a pro.)]. 

   Jack redirects with some success.

   Adam gets on and plays the "concerned father" to the hilt (Gloria and 
Stewart leave the courtroom immediately). Jack suggests that Pops is out 
for revenge because Dix took up with his daughter's ex-boyfriend 
("Objection!" "Sustained...") [:))], and since she survived his attempts to 
drive her nuts, have her thrown in a mental institution, a con man ex-
husband and a violent separation from her infant son, she can obviously 
handle anything (!). ["Objection...speech-making!" "Mr. Montgomery, please, 
no editorializing..."  :) ]   TurboLawyer takes off the gloves, and brings 
into question Jr.'s being in the same house w/Hayley ("...your alcoholic 
daughter...").  Brrrrrr. No further questions. 

   During a 15 min. recess, Glo reassures Stu ("I can't wait to get married 
to you!"); Livia shows up to handle Dixie's questioning (mother-to-mother); 
Ruth, Opal and Brooke diss Adam (Opal: "He's an egg-sucking weasel..."); 
Tom brainslaps Edmund ("You seem to me to be the kind of guy who starts out 
strong, but doesn't really follow through..."). 
 
   Dix takes the stand and tries to explain her "chats" w/DeadWill,  
declaring that, no matter _what_ her state of mind was, she always made 
sure she knew Junior's location, and that he was being well cared for. 
Simultaneously, An "The Hand That Lost The Kid" Li is out in the corridor 
giving Stu and Glo the bad news about Jr.'s disappearance. [Ouch!] 
   




Storyline [C]:
-------------

   Tad and Madame O. check in chez Weirdwind. Dimitri breaks out a bottle 
of Orsini chardonay, and a lot of chat. "Ted" gets a PV migraine 
("...Memories..."), and, as he excuses himself to go upstairs -DING/DONG!-
it's Trevor and Tweety, dropping by in an attempt to rouse Igor out of his 
"Erica-induced" funk. Lucy intercepts, however, and The Porkchops never get 
to see the Tadpole.

   More chat. TweetyNat breaks out a holiday wreath; hugs, good wishes and 
an exit follow. Simultaneously, "Ted", upstairs with "Mom", decides a long 
walk will do him some good, and exits right after T and T, rejecting Dim's 
attempt to call them back for an introduction. Madame O, in his absence, 
fills in Da Prince on her son's childhood disappearance/history. 

   In the park, Tad spots Junior on a bench, and, concerned for the kid's 
safety, gently tries to obtain some 4-1-1. 

   The big question: Will Derek, Trevor, Mimi, An Li or a panic-stricken 
Dixie spot Tad first?
[Smart money says it's too early for an aquaintance-sighting.]

   CLIFFHANGER!

   



GEnie's Peek At The Soaps
-------------------------

***Soap Opera News 12/18/92***


Everybody Say Goodbye To Miss Hubley
------------------------------------

GE> Now that the Dimitri/Edmund/Erica/Angelique storyline has been played out 
GE> almost to its conclusion, watch for actress Season Hubley to leave her
GE> role as Angelique after the new year. The former prime-time actress joined
GE> "All My Children" last year for this particular plot and will not remain
GE> to develop a new one. 



On The Bubble
-------------

GE> Dimitri does some investigating about Ted, Nola's son who had been
GE> missing since he was eight years old. 

GE> Dixie loses track of Junior and that has a big consequence as
GE> far as the custody trial is concerned.
                   [No joke, Sherlock! :)]

GE> Timmy asks Santa to give his mother her eyesight back.

GE> Opal goes into labor on Christmas Eve.



Rankings
========

[(c) All My Features, Inc. 1992]

 1 "The Young and the Restless"
 2 "All My Children"
 3 "As the World Turns"
 4 "General Hospital"
 5 "One Life to Live"
 6 "Guiding Light"  [ED.: Humbug!]
 7 "The Bold and the Beautiful"
 8 "Days of Our Lives"
 9 "Another World"
 10 "Santa Barbara"
 11 "Loving"


                  Have a safe and rowdy Holiday, folks.
                  Remember to come "home".
                  Let's see some mass delurks in '93. :)


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