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A nice achievement to see the thread has reached 1,000 pages. I'm forever saddened that almost all of what was apparently AW's best is gone, never to be seen again, but I've been fascinated by AW ever since I started reading AWHP in the mid '90s, which has only deepened with seeing more episodes, reading fan commentaries, realizing how groundbreaking the show was from the Rachel/Steve/Alice days to the found family days of the '80s and '90s, and marveling at just how many times AW managed to survive periods that shouldn't have been survived. I'm so glad I've been able to spend the last 15 years on here reading so many precious fan memories of moments I'll likely never see for myself.

She was born about a year before Lulu, right? Then about four years before Brook Lynn and a little more for Michael.

Chris McKenna did such a good job bringing intensity to that scene. I would have been scared too. I like Brook Lyn and Lucy scheming (this is what Lucy can be used for), although when it backfires I hope Lucy won't get the blame. I imagine this will lead Chase into Willow's bed.

I don't remember this ad from the time (this says 1999 but I've seen the same one running in March 1998 programming). The hunky salesman is none other than Alexander Walters.

1984 ABC promo Paper Dolls

Thanks for the extra insights as always. I have not seen this era consecutively either. Sometimes I wonder if they just thought the same few characters had too much going on, so you had, say, Carly siloed off, or Clay written out and taken back to bare bones with Malloy, but I think they missed some opportunities. I meant to say a few pages ago that I appreciate the times you mention other soaps and what the headwriters from those shows likely re-used when they went to Loving. I never would have known (and until your posts had never even heard of Riviera).

I saw that someone had made a clip of her. I never knew there was another Trisha temp beyond Jessica Steen. Or I'd forgotten. I can't help thinking she looks a little old for the part. I was so intrigued with the dynamics of Gwyn snapping at Clay, then Abril joining in, then Carly trying to diffuse the situation. You could see two women he'd broken and another he was in the process of breaking. A shame the show gave up on all of this, and James Horan, to just have the weird stories he was given under Larkin Malloy. I also liked Shana calling Gwyn "Granny Gwyn." I had forgotten Shana and Stacey were at odds.

I wonder how much was down to Duffy's range as an actor. And how quickly plans changed as Gary seemed to inhabit a great deal of what they initially had in mind with Bobby. That article seems to be trying to create drama, implying that Victoria or Ken had badmouthed Patrick when their quotes don't mention him.

I put that more on the writing, and the show's inability to write compelling relationships for Victor and his children. I don't think anything with that family has worked since the mid '90s.

The show is lucky to have Brook Kerr - she knows how to play all the big soap dramatics in a way many in the story don't, but she also somehow keeps a ludicrous situation grounded.

She could have been a decent Michelle recast at that time - she might have had less of a generic feel than Budig.

I think they've only had one bad Adam...it's just that Adam is the one who got all the hoopla, banners, and so on.

Thanks for finding that ad. Ashford could have worked as Damien, although McCloskey's aloofness fit the part.

Constance Towers and Jackie Zeman. Win, Lose or Draw|NBC 9-12-88|Peter Marshall & Marc Summers

I wonder how long they were together. I am not even sure how long he was with Holliman. Either way, marriages to fans can be an easy way to beard for some men.