Aw, I loved Jack and Jen, particularly as portrayed by Melissa Reeves and Matthew Ashford! They were such perfect snark partners at The Spectator and Jennifer really grew up and became a fully formed character at that point.
Wait, what!?!? What do you mean? Nope, nope, Matt & Missy are the ONLY ones who've ever played them. I refuse to acknowledge that anyone else ever did. ;)
They were such perfect snark partners at The Spectator and Jennifer really grew up and became a fully formed character at that point.
That really was just a an unexpectedly brilliant move on their part; they could have had no idea how it would work wonders for that character.
There's a message board that has the whole J&J story available for download. In fact, it actually starts before J&J and I think it includes every Matt Ashford scene. A few years ago, I started watching them and it's amazing how well the story holds up. They just had a classically breezy romance reminiscent of movies from the 30s and 40s.
Then Jennifer's main love interest, Frankie, left the show along with his portrayer, and the show had to set up a new story/love interest for her.Yep, although I think Jennifer working at the Spectator didn't start until after the next love interest, Emilio, had left--to do the TV series Fame I believe. That's when they moved Jennifer into the filler story that just worked so well that they kept developing stories to keep them in the same orbit. Emilio then came back when his show was canceled which created a triangle that really kicked off J&J. (BTW, this held up more than I remembered. I hated Emilio back then but rewatching made me realize it was mostly
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Oh, that's right. For some reason I thought Emilio came in later. I loved Emilio, just couldn't stand he and Jennifer.
They weren't my soap couple though, not by a long shot. I'd probably had at least 10 soap couples before them at that point, LOL! But I did love Jack and Jenn. :)
I can remember watching as a 13-14 year old girl, Jack and Jennifer's first kiss in his office at the Spectator and my heart actually TWINGING in my chest. I loved them so, so, so much. I quit watching Days a long time ago, but I will always have such fond memories of this pairing from the early '90s. The Cruise of Deception and cave!sex was the best thing EVAH.
Just so you know, I just fell in love with you a little bit more for choosing them, for knowing them, for loving them. ♥ ♥ ♥
Oh, I was about six years older than you then so I was very underwhelmed by the cave!sex, LOL! I definitely wanted steamier at that point, hee! But I have so very many fond memories of Jack and Jenn. They were so frickin' awesome.
Just so you know, I just fell in love with you a little bit more for choosing them, for knowing them, for loving them. ♥ ♥ ♥
Well, I was young, so to me, it probably seemed steamier than it was, but in their defense, I think they had to make it as sweet and gentle as possible considering Jack's past. Remember, it was The Rapist and the Virgin for like ever...oh, the controversy!
I still have tons of VHS tapes of them somewhere. I should bust those out.
Oh, I'm sure. I've watched some things now that when I was younger I had a much different impression.
I think it was how they filmed it and such. It could have played as steamier, more intimate, but instead they went for cheap jokes and stuff. Still, J&J were fantastic.tv
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They were such perfect snark partners at The Spectator and Jennifer really grew up and became a fully formed character at that point.
That really was just a an unexpectedly brilliant move on their part; they could have had no idea how it would work wonders for that character.
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There's a message board that has the whole J&J story available for download. In fact, it actually starts before J&J and I think it includes every Matt Ashford scene. A few years ago, I started watching them and it's amazing how well the story holds up. They just had a classically breezy romance reminiscent of movies from the 30s and 40s.
Then Jennifer's main love interest, Frankie, left the show along with his portrayer, and the show had to set up a new story/love interest for her.Yep, although I think Jennifer working at the Spectator didn't start until after the next love interest, Emilio, had left--to do the TV series Fame I believe. That's when they moved Jennifer into the filler story that just worked so well that they kept developing stories to keep them in the same orbit. Emilio then came back when his show was canceled which created a triangle that really kicked off J&J. (BTW, this held up more than I remembered. I hated Emilio back then but rewatching made me realize it was mostly ( ... )
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They weren't my soap couple though, not by a long shot. I'd probably had at least 10 soap couples before them at that point, LOL! But I did love Jack and Jenn. :)
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Just so you know, I just fell in love with you a little bit more for choosing them, for knowing them, for loving them. ♥ ♥ ♥
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Just so you know, I just fell in love with you a little bit more for choosing them, for knowing them, for loving them. ♥ ♥ ♥
Aww! :blushes: &hearts
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I still have tons of VHS tapes of them somewhere. I should bust those out.
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I think it was how they filmed it and such. It could have played as steamier, more intimate, but instead they went for cheap jokes and stuff. Still, J&J were fantastic.tv
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