From: faa@athena.cs.wayne.edu (Felicitas A. Atabong)
Subject: Re: ATWT: Picky little things that annoy me
Organization: Wayne State University
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 12:52:52 GMT

In article <mcmahon.65@nd.edu> mcmahon@nd.edu (Sheila M. McMahon) writes:
>I decided to post this list of picky little things that annoy me about this
>show. I'd like to know if anyone else has noticed these things or am I just
>imagining them??
>
>2) Does anyone else cringe as I do whenever H2D acts all sincere and 
>   repentant like he did during those scenes with Kim when she found out he
>   was JennyDarryl's father. "You've gotta believe I love your daughter and
>   would do anything to make her happy again". I don't think Kim was buying
>   it either. That's the most I've enjoyed Kim in a scene in a long time.

I agree. There was one time when H2D said something to Kim like, "I
think Barbara really needs someone now." Kim gave him this look I really
enjoyed and said, "I'll be in the kitchen." I enjoyed her in that scene.


>3) Someone posted this a while ago, but I just wanted to reiterate that I
>   also get annoyed at the way Sighva sighs all the time.

I have become very bored with Iva. I used to enjoy her in those days
when she was competing with Sierra for the love of Craig. Also having
watched the anniversary special of Guiding Light, it seems her character
Nola was much more fun to watch.

>5) Is there anyone out there in the Ward that can actually sit through scenes
>   with BrainlessHolden with that blank look on his face that says "Who am I"
>   and not feel the incredible urge to fast forward?? I can't remember the
>   last time I actually sat through one of those scenes. They just don't seem
>   to go anywhere.

I am really fed up with this. Yesterday on the show, he happened to be
in the same restaurant as Seth. I hope this gets wrapped up soon. I
still don't understand why he had to lose everything up to his abc's. I
guess the writers felt a "twist" would be good, since usually in soaps,
only what drove a person to amnesia is forgotten. I still don't buy
it.

>6) Why doesn't Rosehand just tell Hutch and the Snyders who she is. Doesn't
>   she know by now that she can trust them?? And why is she letting 
>   TeenyWeenie blackmail her into spending time with him?

This is one more storyline that I just can't understand. They better
have a good reason for her not telling them, because I couldn't take
"rich daddy just didn't pay any attention after mummy left." I will
scream. If she can actually live with them for months ... soap calendar,
don't they deserve to know what in the hell she's running away from?

>7) Why hasn't Craig called Margo at all during her ordeal. You would think
>   that they would at least have a scene with Margo talking on the phone to
>   Craig and telling him she's glad he cares and thanks for calling.

This worries me a lot. Whenever there is a crisis at the Snyder farm,
everyone seems to call or come, being out of town or not. Gosh, when
Lily miscarried, there were uncountable flights from out of town. So why
isn't Margo getting any call from her own brother? Maybe the writers
forgot she had a brother. Such things slip their minds, you know.

>8) Why does everyone in Yuckdale run away whenever they have a problem??
>   Brief history:
>     a) Margo - when she found out she was pregnant with Hal's baby (Adam)
>     b) Babs - After Hal found out she knew about Adam and didn't tell him
>     c) JoolSlut - after getting pregnant with Holden's child while married
>                   to K-lip.
>     d) Paul - After Easily dumped him for Gavin, Babs came between him and
>               Easily, and Tease used him.
>     e) Merciless - after all her lies blew up in her face and she found out
>                    she actually was pregnant with Dinc Laughables child.
>     f) Rosehand - only there was a twist to this one. Instead of running
>                   away from Yuckdale, she ran to Yuckdale.
>     g) Tease - after her fake pregnancy plan blew up in her face.
>  

What are they supposed to do? Stay back and face the problem????

>10) Why, whenever people make phone calls that they don't want to be 
>    overheard, do they face away from the doorway so that they can't see
>    when the person they don't want to hear the conversation comes back
>    into the room??

This is a really good one. I've never understood this. You would think
they would stare at the doorway, to make sure NOBODY comes in.
 
>                                 Irish


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