From: norbeck@castor.cs.bucknell.edu (nancy norbeck `93)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: SB:  What a great show!
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:42:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.



I have to agree with everyone else--I've never seen anything like this
current quality of writing and acting on a daytime soap as I have on SB
in the past few weeks, especially the past few days.  Every time I see
Frank I feel like I'm the one he's doing whatever-nasty-thing-he's-doing
to.  I agree wih whoever it was that said Nicholas Walker deserves an 
Emmy for his portrayal of Frank.  He seriously makes me want to punch him.

I must have missed the articles relating Kelly to Mr. Ed, but though she
does sometimes drive me crazy, I was just waiting for her to put all the
pieces together yesterday when she was talkig to Reese, and for her to 
tell him what she thought was going on.  Granted, he'd have never 
believed her, and Frank would have denied everything, but you could tell
she was on to something just from the looks on her face.  And you could
tell that Frank was feeling pretty guilty, especially when she looked at
him and he knew she could see right through him.  This is teriffic stuff!

(Let's face facts...how often do you see stuff this good on prime time,
let alone daytime!!)

Mason and Julia are awesome as usual...I must admit, I still liked Lane
Davies best but this new guy (what's his name again?) is growing on me. 
I didn't like him at all the first time I saw him, but I think he's
vastly improved since whenever that might have been (I've just been able
to start watching again after a little less than 2 years of being away from
SB, so I was rather surprised to see that Terry Lester was gone too--I'd
come to like him more than I thought I would as well).  It's great that
the writers are considerate enough to put these two in an episode like
yesterday's, which was so heartwrenching, to add a little comic relief for
us overwraught viewers..

As for the future of the show, I hope Thaao Penghlis' contract is a good
sign.  Pease feel free to add my vote to the list--I've been away from SB
for 2 years, and expected to not even recognise the show when I randomly
turned it on again about a month ago, but after one show I was hooked. 
The recent storylines involving BJ have been incredibly engaging.  I don't
even like to look away long enough to cook dinner when I watch after work.
The writers and actors are all doing an incredible job--why won't NBC do
*its* job and give the show some support??!  Of course the patient is going
to die if the doctor won't give it any medicine...that's just basic common
sense.  Come on NBC!!  Get with it!  I see ads for the other NBC soaps all
the time, but it's a cold day in hell when I see one for SB...how about
something in prime time, even!!

Ok, I'll get off the soapbox now...sorry about such a long post, but, well,
when you get me started on such a great topic, you never know what you'll
get.. :)


Nancy  (feel free to use my name, as well!  I like SB and I'm proud of it!)

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|Nancy Norbeck       | "I know that look."  "What look?"  "The look that says |
|....................|  you're going to be impetuous, vengeful, irresponsible,|
|norbeck@bucknell.edu|  and *stupid*!" --Lady Jane and Lovejoy, "Death and    |
|....................|     Venice"                                            |