Why You Gotta Give Me The Run-Around?

• Erica and Carmen are connected at the wrists and on the run. (Good thing neither one of them has has to go the bathroom.)
• Greenlee gives that ol' Blandie what-for! (And I think Ms. Blandie is gonna give it right back.)
• Baby Ian appears alive, whilst Josh and A-Mam-da should really have the Pine Valley Police looking for them.

It's a free-for-all this week, folks. I'm liking things well enough on All My Children right now -- let's just say that I haven't thrown any shoes at Carlos' high-definition television in a while. Tell us what you think about AMC these days, here.

(And don't forget: if you haven't had the chance to tell TPTB that we need Dixie Cooney Martin alive and well on our show, go to http://www.tadndixie.com for instructions on how to e-mail them all.)

3/28/08 Podcast

Everybody Needs a Hero

• Colby and Frankie run for their lives, as Jessie verbally spars with that kooky Gardner.
• Angie cries all over the new hospital room set, making those white uniforms look a little less bright.
• Babe and J.R. get closer, and Richie gets creepier.
• Ryan still doesn't remember Blandie, but he does remember how to manipulate a woman.
• Carmen Morales shines almost as bright as Erica Kane, and we, for one, can't wait for more.

Okay, folks, so let's talk. The hot news is talk of Dixie Cooney Martin's return to All My Children. Only, for heaven's sake!, she's coming back as a #*&^%#^%%$% ghost!!! Tell us what you think of this crappy idea, here.

3/21/08 Podcast

Carmen's in 'da House!

But Ashley is not. :(

I'm out this week, folks. Sorry, but Carlos had to go visit his mom in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and I'm with him, stuck in the Holiday Inn here with my computer, but no access to a microphone.

And I'm itching, people - itching! My girl, Elizabeth Rodriguez, is on the show, and she is amazing. (And to all a' y'all that want to go ahead and tell TPTB at AMC that Carmen needs a sister, and that you know just who would be perfect for the job, feel free to write in!)

Jordan will be with me next week, but until then, I'm taking a suggestion from you all, and posting and oldie-but-goodie episode featuring me and my beloved former co-host, Taylor Crawford. This one is in honor of Miss Colby Chandler, who always seems to shine in moments of duress. Take a listen, have a laugh (I hope), and - as always - let us know what you think, here.

4/13/07 Podcast

An Ode to Cheating Eskimo Kisses

• Aidan keeps Kendall safe by reciting her poetry.
• Luckily, Ryan's memory loss does not affect his recall for the number for the Pine Valley Airlines.
• Greenlee and Zach "eskimo" kiss?
• Erica foils Sam Woods by going to jail. (That will show him!)
• Blandie and Ryan make love, and this time, I don't fall asleep!
• Jessie yells at Angie, Tad, Frankie and Krystal.

Oh, Aidan Turner! How do we love thee? Let us count the ways! Give us your opinion on Aidan: a talented thespian, or basically beefcake? Discuss, here.

3/7/08 Podcast

I Am Woman!

• The Fusion women show the world their independence - by showing each other their breasts.
• Blandie wins Ryan back - by kicking him to the curb.
• Erica Kane will go to prison! (And she will bring her makeup case this time around.)

Some spirited conversation on the PVP this week, folks! disagree on Blandie--or, uh, "Annie," as Jordan insists on calling her. Did she do the right thing by kicking Ryan to the curb? Did she do Helen Reddy proud, or would Dr. Robin cringe? Ponder, discuss, rant, do what you will, here.

2/29/08 Podcast

We've Got Tonight...

• Jesse and Angie make love, but not future plans, as Jesse insists he has to leave Pine Valley for good.
• Babe and J.R. make love, numerous times, as Richie makes more evil plans. (This one makes Libidozone and poisonous pancakes look like child's play, people.)
• Greenlee and Aidan make love, but thank goodness we don't have to see it.
• Erica makes money, and a new enemy in Samuel Woods, who locks her up for insider trading.

This week on the podcast, I asked Pedro this question and now I'll ask you: for those of y'all who weren't around when Jesse and Angie fell in love twenty years ago, are you as moved by their storyline as those of us who were? Discuss this, and anything else your little heart desires, here.

2/22/08 Podcast

How Many Really Know What Love Is?

• Angie finally sees Jesse - alive - on a train to nowhere. (With that train going in reverse, thank goodness Angie makes it off the tracks alive to see him.)
• Ryan finally realizes that Kendall is a way hotter catch than Blandie.
• Fusion goes "Red" - and I'm red with embarassment at the shameless product promotion of a certain soup company. (It is keeping our little show alive, though...)
• Note to Erica: People of color (and women) can do accounting, too.

I wanna know: in spite of silly haystacks and oddly classic train cars, were you hurtling tears as I was when Jesse and Angie saw each other for the first time? This and anything else you wanna talk about, you do it, here.

2/15/08 Podcast

Love the One You're With

• Ryan has forgotten Blandie, and wants to spend time with Kendall.
• Blandie knows that Ryan doesn't want to spend time with her, so she spends time with Zach.
• Zach worries that Kendall wants to spend time with Ryan, but Kendall is actually stuck on a plane with her unintentional paramour, Aidan.
• Aidan doesn't seem to need to spend all that much time with Greenlee.
• For someone who's so concerend about the danger his loved ones are in, Jesse sure is spending a lot of time around Angie and Frankie.

Taylor Crawford is back on the PVP this week, people! Give Taylor a PVP Shoutout (and perhaps your own PVP thoughts, too) here.

2/08/08 Podcast

The Return of the King

• Jessie's back!
• Ryan seems like his old self again.
• Richie is still alive.
• Blandie is still alive (unfortunately).
• Erica is still alive, despite the fact that she donated a pint of blood to Greenlee. (I do think there is a weight minimum for donating blood, people.)

Lots of "ins" and "outs" folks! Jordan and I differed big-time on our wish-list of characters we wish would return to All My Children. Join in the converstion, and give us your picks, here.

2/01/08 Podcast

Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful...

(I don't know why that's my title this week. It just is.)

Listen, folks, technical difficulties this week. So no podcast. Sorry. Please don't hate me. I feel guilty enough without having y'all mad at me, too.

Here's what we're gonna do, though. The show is so good right now (IMHO) that I'm gonna leave it up to y'all to write what I should have covered this week on the podcast.

What would I have covered? I probably would have talked about how much I cry every time I see Angie and Frankie on screen, how much I'm loving OldNuGreenlee, and how RI-DIC-A-LOUS "Charmed" is (listen, if my girl and aSTOUNDing romance novelist Tess Mallory can't get a Hyperion book deal with movie rights and worldwide distribution, ain't no way Miss Kendall can!).

I would not have talked (much) about Colby and Dre nor -- sorry Ms. Lucci -- Erica's "New Beginnings" Jack-a-thon. I would have covered, though, Blandie's dumb new deal with the devil, Ryan's gradual but exciting return as someone who is actually interesting, and the Fusion catfight. (Anytime Ms. Chrishelle Stause lights up the small screen, I'm a happy viewer).

Let's see... Oh, yeah -- Tad and Krystal are boring me to tears, but JR's hair? I would pay money for someone to find a picture of the Battlestar Galactica character that JR looks like! In that black turtleneck and iron-straightened hair and square head!? I love Jacob Young, but I kuh-rack UP every time I get a glimpse of our new man-girl!

I also definitely would have talked about the scab writers, and how I was concerned about AMC until I found out that AMC head writers James Harmon-Brown and Barbara Esensten were the scab writers! (Something about breaking strike for "financial reasons.") People, I'm sort of glad that the show won't gop too far off track, but scabbing? Not cool. I don't buy for one hot minute that these two can't afford to stay out of work. If anything, I bet the return of Rebecca Budig, Debi Morgan and Darnell Williams were all sealed with the news that the head writers would be writing for them. (Just my opinion, folks, just my opinion.) I just think it's crappy that they're scabbing.

But I am loving Jesse's return!! Oh, folks, I haven't cried this hard since Dixie died! (And I didn't actually cry that hard when Dixie died, because when she did, I was mostly pissed.) Everytime Jesse or Angie are on screen, I well up. It's just so amazing having these talented, loving, beautiful people back. I feel like a kid again!

Okay, enough from me! Post your "Podcast" here.

Ashley
xo

Welcome Back!

• "The Real Greenlee" (as those marketing geniuses at ABC prefer to call her) returns to All My Children looking like her old self again.
• Debi Morgan returns as Angie, looking like her very young self again.
• Opal and Palmer make an appearance (but we won't talk about their ages).
• Finally, newcomer Cornelius Smith returns as "Quentin," and we here at the PVP can't wait to see what's next (even though we already kind of know).

Like we said, we here at the PVP can't wait for Jessie and Angie (and "Quentin"). Angie's just about here, and Jessie, well, we'll get him at the end of the week, we think. How do you want to see this unfold? Do you even care? Let us know if we're crazy (or just Jessie-and-Angie crazy), here.

1/18/07 Podcast

Out With the Old, In With the Old

• Hannah goes nuts, tries to kill Kendall, then falls off a cliff with Zach.
• Sabine bravely works her way through what's left of her storyline.
• Ryan goes loopy - and gets interesting again.
• Del? Jonathan? Ava? Sean (sort of)? Anyone there?

Happy New Year, folks! Lots of "New Beginnings" (and Frons-style endings, sadly) are on the horizon for All My Children. Tell us what your wishes are for the show in 2008, here.

1/11/07 Podcast

My stomach feels about as good as Ryan's bleeding head.

I'm a little under the weather after the holidays, folks. Got that dang stomach retrovirus or whatever is going around.

I was hoping to be back in full-force this week, but it may not happen. I'll try to put a show together tonight if I can. Probably solo, but I miss you all and there is lots to talk about.

For now, the real question is: Hannah's rock hard abs -- fierce or frightening? Discuss.

Hope y'all had a Happy New Year!

Ash xo

A Season for Miracles

• Father Clarence helps Tad deal with a colicky baby -- and a stubborn momma!
• Greenlee and Zach get out of the bomb shelter, but only one of them comes out alive! Will Father Clarence save the day?
• And what about Junior? Will his alcohol-fogged memory come back in time to save his hide?
• And what of Josh and Mini-Hands Julia? Maybe Father Clarence can save their storylines!

Speaking of storylines, it's the end of a wacky year for All My Children. With lots of big returns and heated buzz already for AMC in 2008, what are your New Year's wishes for the show? Or have they already come true? You can guess what mine are, people, but you tell us what you think, here.

12/21/07 Podcast

Things are Really Hot on All My Children!

(Too bad it's all behind-the-scenes stuff and not the actual show that I'm talking about.)

• Greenlee confesses her sins - again - as she and Zach remain in the B.S. (that actually stands for "bomb shelter, but the initials are wonderfully appropriate).
• Spike finally gets his cochlear implants (and some shoddy bandages).
• Tad threatens Krystal wth a custody suit (conveniently forgetting that a murderer isn't exactly a better role model for a child than an egotistical psychopath).

But the big news? Of course! Rebecca Budig has been asked to reprise her role as Greenlee, and Sabine Singh has been quietly released from her contract. I don't have to tell you people what to do. You go, here.

12/14/07 Podcast

Genius is Immediate, But Talent Takes Time....

• Zach is taking his time hammering his way out of the bomb shelter (and Greenlee is taking her time hammering his eardrums).
• Kendall is taking time during her husband's disappearance and possible homicide to write a novel.
• J.R. is taking his time in jail, and Ava's taking time to get him out.
• Richie is taking his time in that damn hospital bed, and still managing to wreak havoc without lifting a finger.

So Brian Frons is making waves this week by refashioning Soapnet to include more... movies? Does this give you perhaps a little clue into this maniac's motives? We here at the Pine Valley Podcast encourage freedom of expression. It's the American way. We encourage you to a) please take the time to email all the maniacs at ABC with your feelings, and b) share your missives to the network with us! (We love reading other people's mail!)

12/07/07 Podcast

Apologize to Me

• For putting Greenlee and Zach in a bomb shelter.
• For making Kendall crazy with grief -- again.
• For having Mini-Hands Julia ask Jack out for coffee.
• For having Richie's shrink be just as evil as Richie is.
• For Jack-ass' annoying harshness to Erica whose behavior, after 20 years of romance, should not be a surprise.

(Good stuff, though, with the J.R. back-on-the-booze storyline, Emma meeting her Grandpa, and the old-timers coming back for Thanksgiving.)

What was your favorite moment of the week? Did you have any? Tell us (and cheer me up, please) here.

11/30/07 Podcast

Taking Chances...

• Zach takes a chance on Greenlee's sewing skills.
• Adam and Tad take a chance on togetherness.
• Ava takes a chance on a still drunk (but very honest) J.R.
• Richie and Babe take a chance on Blandie's cooking.

Babe and Richie are getting, uh, closer, I guess. I certainly couldn't tell by their body language, could you? What do you think of their chemistry? I dunno, folks. Personally, I'm not really feeling it. Help me out with your feelings, here.

11/21/07 Podcast

A Confluence of Events

• Zach gets hits by a car driven by
• Richie who has been driving like crazy in Vermont, where
• Greenlee happens to be on the run, when she falls into a gulley in which
• Zach lies unconscious, after he was tossed out of a moving vehicle and into that same gulley by
• Richie who is, by the way, almost certainly evil. (Darn.)

Taylor's back this week, people, and actually is one of the few folks looking forward to seeing what scab writers might do. Give Taylor, and the rest of us, more of your ideas here.

11/16/07 Podcast

Trust Me

• Aidan busts Greenlee out of jail.
• Kendall discovers that she has a conscience.
• J.R. rediscovers cheap scotch.
• Krystal and Adam are PDA-in' all over the place, and Tad doesn't like it one bit.

The writer's strike is in full swing, and this will pose special problems for the soaps. And I'm bummed, because like I said, the show is finally starting to get better. New writers could really put a wrench in the works, but if the strike doesn't end, they're comin'. Any words of wisdom for the scab writers? Give them your tips, here.

11/09/07 Podcast