Yeah, she was probably still all there then. I don't think she started showing signs of batshitness until what, the '80s maybe?

I've seen Trog, and she did a totally professional job on it. She was a real trooper, all right.

No doubt one totally in the hip pocket of the studios, willing to do whatever the studio bosses told them to do to the talent.

Hooray! Looking forward to the Evelyn Nesbit article - she had a fascinating life.

Elementary, which I've been completely neglecting and need to play catch up with in a major way.

I'm glad she got to have The Whales of August near or at the very end of her career, given not just how Joan's career ended (I mean… I've said it before, but from Grand Hotel in the early days to Trog) but also that God-awful low rent Bunny O'Hare with Art Carney in 1970. I saw the beginning of that a couple of months…

Agreed on both counts. That's one I'd love to see.

TCM has been shrewdly playing lots of Davis & Crawford movies over the last couple of months, including Baby Jane.

I had the same thought you did. I knew Hedda had passed earlier, and assumed that Jack had preceded Joan too, but when I looked it up and saw I was wrong - and then Bette joined in - I realized "oh, Joan must *not* have died."

Yeah, while B.D. in real life comes off as a complete loon (and ungrateful) last night I felt like the problems and issues she had with Bette (at that moment) were pretty well justified. (Then again I'm having some of the same issues with my mom so it may be transference.)

Did anyone else watch Mr. Selfridge? It's a minor reunion. I love Katherine Kelly anyway (she's the only reason I'm watching) but I couldn't figure out who the lead boy was, I knew I'd seen him in something; turns out he was Gordon Selfridge.

Motion sensors? Do these uniforms maybe have lights that come on as you walk closer to the employees?

Nah, I felt the same way when that show started - WHY would I want to relive the total immersion in that bullshit - but I watched the first episode out of curiosity and was hooked. It really was fantastic.

Right? It's not like it's a studio apartment - surely it's large enough she could stay out of his way and vice versa.

Okay, but I get Kellyanne.

“Melania is the woman least fit for public service in the entirety of the United States of America. We should expect nothing from her.”" Whoa whoa whoa … pretty sure that's me.

The Scented Palace, by Elizabeth de Faydeau. It's a thin little book, but surprisingly interesting, about Marie Antoinette's official perfumer. It's a cross-section of descriptions of delightful perfume and perfume-adjacent items from the 1800s (microcosm), and (macrocosm) the decadent life inside the palace and how…

Ah. Makes more sense, though like I said - I could see it.

I'm just about to start episode 7 and am enjoying it thoroughly. It feels just like home, all right. I hope to finish it this weekend.

Ha! I know what you're talking about. It looks pretty but sounds like it tastes awful.