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crystal chappell

  • guiding light project: with the clarity of hindsight…

    June 15, 2009

    •   Last week's news that Crystal Chappell will be returning to Days of Our Lives pretty much assures that Guiding Light's 72-year run will end on September 18th. I say "pretty much" because to quote Yogi Berra, "it ain't over ‘til it's over." But, all things being equal... Anyway. I got to thinking about something I wrote in late March, as rumors of Guiding Light's imminent ...
  • Changing The Status Quo

    May 27, 2009

    •  I am having some ongoing formatting problems. If this doesn't appear cleanly on your browser, you can see a perfectly formatted version of this exact article at: www.superherolunchbox.blogspot.com  In case you were wondering what the big deal is about the normalization of racial and ethnic diversity in pop culture, reflect on this: President Obama's nominee for the next vacant seat on the ...
  • that was some interesting weather they were having in springfield today...

    April 15, 2009

    • so much more to write on this that will have to wait until next week. and i don't mean this to sound nitpicky; i know they've been cramming in jessica leccia's scenes before she leaves to have her baby. of course,  i may be the only one who noticed...but it's a real tribute to the power of great storytelling and the acting chops of both crystal chapell and jl on today's episode of guiding light ...
  • so whose idea was it…

    March 9, 2009

    • Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking about a conversation I had with the late Benjamin Hendrickson many years ago. He was telling me about his early days playing Hal Munson on As the World Turns. Since he came on the show for what was supposed to be a one-day gig, there wasn’t much for his character to do other than hang around the police station with fellow cop, Margo Hughes. So he ...