All My Children Daily Dish

Gloria: I really like David…warts and all. With Anna gone…dare I hope for a Liza/David pairing—David and Tad fighting over her? She’s about the only one left…although, won’t David and Maria be working together soon? Happily married couples, such as Maria and Edmund, need conflict…could a triangle of David/Maria/Edmund be on the horizon? There goes my imagination again.

Karen: I really like David, too, and nothing would have pleased me more than to see Anna and David working toward reconnecting on a different level. Am I totally alone in wanting to see more happily married couples? I know that strife is the stuff soaps are made of, but who hasn’t loved Joe and Ruth (okay, the “real” Ruth!) for all of these years? I think we all agree that soaps are a form of escapism, so shouldn’t we at least have the illusion for an hour a day that a couple could have a happy marriage and still be interesting and involved in the storylines of their family and friends? We need more core families to center Pine Valley for generations to come, and now is the time to establish them for the long haul.

Gloria: More happily married couples? Not a shot in the dark for that one! Don’t get me started on core families…are there any more? They’ve destroyed the Martins…anyone even remember Palmer’s last name? Is there an elite family any longer that demeans the mass? How about the Chandler family? We seldom see Stuart and Marian and now Adam is among the missing…I think you’ve started a rant from me…look out!

Karen: That’s okay—I completely agree!

Karen: Do I have to tell you how pleased I was to see hair on Juan-Pablo’s chest after the Hairless Wonders we’ve had for so long? <grin> As I know you don’t go for the hirsute types, we’ll just call this one mine!

Gloria: Yep, he’s yours…I’ll just take back Tad and along with Edmund, I think I’m in Heaven.

Karen: Hold on, there! Who said anything about me relinquishing Tad? Especially now, as you said earlier, that you’ll have your Six-Pack back, I get Tad and Juan-Pablo! Don’t be greedy!

Gloria: I’ll have to check, but I’d be surprised if I referred to the six-pack as mine…so, you can have Ryan…Carlos…Juan Pablo…Aidan…I’ll just take Tad, Edmund and if you want all those hunks, I’ll just add David to my list. Should we just finally settle this with a mud wrestling match?

Karen: I definitely think it’s time! After my move, I now have grass instead of mud, so how are we going to do this? I don’t want Ryan or Aidan, and certainly not Carlos! I’ll just put my bid in now for Tad, Juan-Pablo, David and Joe!

Gloria: Okay, it’s settled--I get Edmund and Tad…you get Juan Pablo and Joe. That’s makes us even, don’t you think?

Karen: All right, once and for all, are we using a hyphen in Juan-Pablo/Juan Pablo’s name or not? I know the hyphen is correct in Europe when both names are used together, but honestly don’t know enough about South American culture and customs to hazard a guess—and I’ve seen it written both ways in articles about the character.

Gloria: Well, I always follow the ABC credits and they don't use a hyphen, but I didn't make a formal decision yet. <grin>

Karen: Let me know when you do! Maybe they’ll just start calling him Pablo (as Greenlee did) and solve the problem?

Gloria: That was the very first announcement, Pablo, but maybe it’s too close to Paolo, the guy that drugged Marian…who knows???

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