Shark Bytes

Morgan Fairchild and Brenda Vacarro were sheer brilliance in this '80s TV version of a 1940s Warner Brothers "women's picture." If you've ever wished Crawford and Davis had made a movie together 20 years before "Baby Jane," Paper Dolls is the sudser for you.

Only lasted 12 episodes...and it seemed we were on the verge of discovering a Big Secret about Racine's past. What was that secret? Personally, I think it was that she was a MAN, baby!

I have yet to see this show in full, but it looks brill! Morgan is so sexy and looks a lot like Donna Mills from KNOTS in it.

Dear GOD was this awful.Somehow we all look back at the 80's and think we loved them.Here is an example that our memory is faulty.Ugh!

I don't think it had the chance to. It was not on long enough, despite having a good cast. Headed by the underrated Morgan Fairchild, it was a night time soap all about the modeling industry. Lloyd Bridges was on it, Mimi Rogers too, the girl who later went to greater fame in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and several others who had some fame in the '80's. Racine (Morgan's character) had some witty lines, but I remember one that was said about her: Racine has been in more beds than a hotel breakfast tray. That is a classic night time soap line. Morgan also proved to be an adept comedienne on Cybill, Roseanne, and Murphy Brown. It's our loss that she hasn't gotten a sit com of her own since she is more talented than one realizes. Even Bette Davis told her that when they worked together on the pilot episode of Hotel.

This show never really had a chance to catch on. It was only on ABC for half a season and ran 12 episodes. It was cleverly written and very witty, and should have been given more of a chance. It was based on a TV-movie of the same title that scored high in the ratings the previous season. Morgan Fairchild was Racine, the cutthroat modeling agent. Terry Farrell was the naive new face and Nicolette Sheridan the pouty, bratty star teen model. The dialogue was crisp and funny. One hilarious exchange had Brenda Vacarro (the mother of Nicolette Sheridan's character Taryn) bursting into Racine's office and brandishing a Barbie type doll. "This will not be the new Taryn Blake doll! The eyes are brown!" she shrieked. Racine calmly replied, "Well, I guess they couldn't get that bloodshot color just right." Racine always got the best zingers. The problem with the show was the less-than-inspired plots and the lack of affairs and romances among the characters. With the addition of some larger-than-life plots and steamy sex, this show might have taken off. Guest appearances by rock star John Waite romancing Taryn can't offset boring plots like Mimi Rogers' designer husband needing to borrow money from loan sharks to get his new collection off the ground. Another thing: this is about the fashion industry, but there was not a single gay person anywhere to be found! Hello?