Thursday, March 28, 2019
Welcome to Caray, Caray!
A Bit of History
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I'm grateful to you, Kirby, and Anita for taking over the administration and keeping my playroom going.
novelera, I did not know that you were one of the Pratie Place early adopters. What a privilege to still have you here! Thank you for your loyalty and dedication...and the same goes for all the others who have faithfully supported Caray, Caray throughout the years! I just found you all a couple of years ago; and I must say that I am honored to have been welcomed into this friendly and AWESOME community.
What a lovely tapestry you wove! I've been with Caray, Caray for 11 years and did not know the full history of how and why Jane started it all which you narrated beautifully.
Caray is implanted in my mind and heart. It's been a refuge, a safe haven where we can share, rejoice, empathize and commiserate. There are few places as important, as relevant and as valued in my life.
The recappers and commenters have been and are a joy.
Julie, I wish we "saw" you more often.
Novelera, I also did not know you were with Pratie Place. I wish we'd watched more of the same novelas.
Rgv Chick, you, Anita and our beyond talented photographer Kirby have my utmost respect. And gratitude. Thanks to all of you for keeping this "alive". I am deeply grateful.
Diana
I know Susanlynn went back to those early days as well, I think. Ah what an era! So glad that you,Kirby and Anita are keeping it going. Blessings and have a great day.
Julie! Nice to “see” you again!
I have been here since the beginning.. Right after my mother died 11 years ago, I was blue and looking for some escape. Then, one day , I was channel surfing. I saw this handsome guy with shoulder length dark hair , carrying a sword, and dressed in period costume. I watched intrigued, but I had no idea what the actors were saying. I googled "Alborada" and found Melinama's (Jane's ) Pratie Place site. She was singlehandedly translating Alborada ,and people were commenting. I had surfed into the show and missed the beginning, so my sweet hub found dvds of the show for me online . It was a good distraction from the loss of my mother , and I was hooked. Next, I watched "Amor Real" on Melinama's recommendation. The telenovelas and caraycaray have been a constant in my life these past 11 years and continue to distract me from sad, bad events in my life. I have "met" so many lovely, caring, wise, clever, witty people here. Julie...Hi...I miss you.
kj
Kirby, my goats and chickens are doing just fine and getting fed on schedule :-) I missed the eagles, too!
The Google + thing going away made my big photo avatars go away. If you do an avatar as your regular blogger one it is smaller than a postage stamp any way you look at it, so that ended my photograph publishing on Caray. As a matter of fact, without a convenient way to share them, I do not have as much interest in photographing the birds and all as before. Now, if you click on an avatar, then click "view full size", the page blows up full screen, with a postage stamp picture in the center of a huge black screen.
I guess I could publish them on a web site and post a link but it still wouldn't be the same.
kj
Like others, I came across 'Caray, Caray' when I started surfing the Internet for articles about 'Alborada'. From Day 1, I was hooked. And thank goodness!! Thereafter, somehow I found my way to 'Amor Real', Pasión, and the rest is history…. I believe I've watched 'Amor Real' close to at least a dozen times, followed by 'Pasión' and 'Alborada'.
Even when I'm re-watching a novela, I read the corresponding recaps and comments! It's so much fun to read comments again, and what a kick I get out of it. Also, one can't help but come across various 'Caray', commentators who have stopped posting, and wonder how they are doing.
Somebody asked the other day what was the maximum number of comments for a novela that was recapped here on 'Caray’. I'm re-watching ‘Mañana es Para Siempre’ and actually came across one episode that had over 200 comments! I believe that the comments for ‘Lo que la Vida me Robo’ garnered over 200.
I too was unaware of the reasons why Jane started 'Caray, Caray' and found its history, as explained above by Rgv Chick, fascinating. For many years, Jane gave so much of her time and energy to entertain us all, it's sad to see her go.
During difficult times over a couple of years, I stayed glued to telenovelas (thank you YouTube) and 'Caray, Caray'. My sanity was saved by encountering the wonderful world of all things telenovela ! For real !!
Reading the daily recaps has become a part of my normal day. My USA friends think I'm crazy being addicted to telenovelas and ‘Caray’. But my life would not be the same without my daily novela fix. Sometimes it feels as if I know all the recappers and commentator as friends.
I wish to thank everyone for making my day more enjoyable. I'm sure Anita, Kirby, and RgvChick will carry on and do a fantastic job !!
Again, thanks for saving 'Caray'.
Mely
Mely. I'm so glad you "came out" and let us meet you. "It is hard to explain for the un-hooked how much this community of novela lovers can mean to a person" ITA! This community has become a vital part of my life and I am so glad I found it.
I published your query here, though this is probably not the thread that gets many hits now. If I weren't leaving on a trip early tomorrow morning, I'd share it with the other front page headliners. You can do it yourself in each comment section. Be sure to start out by typing OT (off topic). You might mention that "Anita" said it was ok to post.
By doing that you will get more "eyes" to see your post and someone might have a reply.
Sorry I can't help you out. My telenovela watching didn't start until 2008, and I don't remember one that sounds like this.
If you knew one main event, actor, song, director, it would be be easier to search.
SaraAnne
Though you say you have been with us for quite some time as a lurker, I will still welcome you to the site and thank you for “stepping out”. I found this site about 3 years ago and started as a lurker, then gradually started contributing comments as “Anonymous” until I finally identified myself. Of course I use an avatar name, but everyone still welcomed me with warm and supportive arms, I quickly became part of this amazing family and now they can’t shut me up LOL.
I am glad that you find the site resourceful; it is inconceivable to me how many TNs have been covered and recapped so thoroughly; your comment that they are like reading a book is spot on. We have some amazingly talented recappers who I sometimes wonder if they are professional writers...they are that good!
Your comment is very appreciated; hope to hear more from you.
Have a wonderful day and a very happy new year!
Just an aside, I was so in hope that somewhere in the list of Novelas for 2020 one would include a story with Fernando Colunga -- he is just TBLMTW!
SaraAnne
You and all of us ladies on the forum have wished for FC to return to the TV screen. Alas, we wait in vain; 2020 will probably be no different. He's now 53 and most producers won't consider him for a galan role. For some reason they tried that one last time in Porque El Corazon Manda and the Anti-Galan in Pasion y Poder. Each left us rather disappointed.
Not only that, the telenovelas WE were drawn to featuring Fernando were where he was heroic and larger than life. Those stories don't exist any more. Now we get conflicted guys who have their darker side--see El Dragon, for instance.
But, even without Fernando the Magnificent, we still gather around to watch and share, laugh and cry and snark and laud. Glad you will be with us for the long run.
Welcome.
Did you see the news that Fernando Colunga just signed a deal with Telemundo? The say he is going to be the protagonist on a production, still not disclosed. I hope it's a good one. I didn't see any of work in its hay day. Any recommendations?
And welcome SaraAnne. We look forward to having you around here!!
Esther
SaraAnne and Anita, and other FC fans
Beware O/T
There is a Fernando Colunga fanatic uploader on YouTube, Mary Mardorre, who uploads something new everyday about FC, either a photo (past or recent—beautiful ones), an interview, a news article, etc. I subscribe to her channel just to see his wonderful smile each morning.
Yesterday, she uploaded the following news: You can also search YouTube and find additional info .
https://youtu.be/AT7NOUjtAlQ
He's moving to Telemundo!
I'm sorry I don't know how to properly insert a link.
I remember Stevey [observer of all things telenovela (per Anita!!) writing in his post 'Stevey Weighs In, Part 1 year before last that Fernando had a big shouting match with Rosy Ocampo, (Lord High), Executive Producer of World-Class Content, Creativity, Innovation, and High Impact" (Productora Ejecutiva de Contenidos de Clase Mundial, Creatividad, Innovación y Alto Impacto... It was over his rejection of the role that Sebastián Rulli finally took in "Papá, Todo Madre". He didn't like the character or the story, but Lord High insisted his exclusivity contract demanded he accept the role. Evidently, there went Fernando's exclusivity contract out the window.
I wonder where Stevey is and how he is doing in his world-wide travels?
How wonderful to know this.
TO ALL:—Any comment to be posted in a thread that is over a week old comes to a monitor, instead of posting automatically. This helps us block spam and trolls before they get posted—and there are a lot. Sometimes it takes a day for us to see it and approve it for posting, so wait a bit before trying to post the same comment two or three times.
I think I just mistakenly posted to the wrong page. I thought SaraAnne, you, and Esther were posting to the El Gran Final page and kept wondering why Blogger was eating my posts. Haha!! Now I understand. 😂
I was now watching a movie on Hallmark and they announced a movie Friday night at 8pm EST (gingerbread [something or other]) starting Jon Ecker, (Guy Ecker's son). I could not believe how much Jon looks like Guy... and that he is now a Hallmark movie lead. check how much he looks like Guy here. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4015603/mediaviewer/rm1146725632/
Thanks for dropping in and providing us this information. I will pass it on to other patios.
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