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Sorry, I misread. I do think Hope returning soon after Maureen's death could have been compelling, especially if Mike came along and we saw some of their complicated relationship, maybe different approaches in how to deal with Alan-Michael. If only JFP had been better at how she used her hires...

What a lackluster promo. How did they make Lexie's return from the dead seem so tedious?

Veleka seemed to have an unhappy experience on ATWT. After that she just had Y&R. Marcia would have been a very good Hope - maybe not bright and bubbly, but thoughtful in the way Bauers so often were. Robin would have been a good get but she was likely better suited to Gina on Santa Barbara.

Happy Easter! Easter Parade (Title Song) - Judy Garland and Fred Astaire

That would have been a lovely scene with Kelly and Nola. And a logical ending for Alan-Michael at the time. They missed so many opportunities with Hope. Reminds me of ATWT with Frannie. Thanks. Maybe even with the ratings hit they thought it was too much of a headache to try again. There is or was a news feature on Youtube where a reporter went backstage at GH to talk with Stuart Damon and Robin Mattson about Fantasies. The clips didn't look great...

Thanks @Vee ! So happy they have made those episodes available in the US.

Thanks. I suppose a little too much like Melinda...still, the character shouldn't have died. Kim and Kristi were believable as sisters so I guess they got the scrapping part out of the way early. A shame Kristi never wanted to return (if they ever asked) as Reva could have used that type of sister in the saintly Rauch years.

I'd never heard of this show. You have sitcom royalty, fading standups, has-beens, soap actors...and Scott Hamilton.

Saints & Sinners mentioned as the show Scott Bailey is on. I guess this was MyNetworkTV's attempt at promotion. Jury Duty - BMW race car (2007) - YouTube

@slick jones This doesn't seem to be listed on Scott Bailey's IMDB. He was in an least one episode of this odd court/celebrity hybrid called Jury Dury. Catherine Oxenberg and Christopher Maleki are in other episodes on that channel (they were also credited in IMDB). Jury Duty - BMW race car (2007)

Christopher Malecki in an episode of some hybrid court/celebrity show I'd never heard of. Jury Duty - Contractor vs Contractor (2007)

Carl Tye Evans talks around 26-27 minutes about his ATWT role. He says he was not interested in going back on soaps, but his agent suggested he at least talk to the producer. He did, and the part was interesting to him. He was also glad to learn he'd be working with (I assume) Lesli Kay. Goutman said he'd been told that Carl wasn't going to audition. Carl had told his agent this as he figured CBS knew him and if they didn't want him he wasn't going to push himself. However, once he learned about the part, he told Goutman he wouldn't have a problem auditioning. He ended up getting the role without the audition. A few minutes in Kristina Sisco (Abigail) is brought on as a surprise guest. She looks great.

Thanks. Those must be around then in some Quola clip. I wonder if any GL fans were confused when these characters just stopped appearing. Reading this, it seems Ben was in 3 episodes of GL. They mention that James Farentino was also asked to appear. He told them he wanted to direct an episode and also wanted a lot of money to appear. He assumed that they would let him direct rather than pay him big money - instead they just offered him the money. He declined. They also have one of the strangest publicity photos I can recall for this type of enterprise, where if you didn't know better you'd think Ben and Ross were in love. I can buy it more than most of Ross' '80s romances... Made for TV Mayhem: The Cradle Will Fall (1983)

Alan-Michael was still there, barely, at the time Mike was, but left almost immediately after. Harley and Jenna were initially just anniversary returns. I'm not entirely sure who I would have brought back. Maybe try to get Tom O'Rourke back as Justin and bring back Sam (recast if need be), who could be a rival for Dinah.

There's only a 3 year age difference between the EJs.

That's right, I didn't realize Ben and Lauren popped up on GL. I hope some of that material shows up someday. What a unique idea, and an interesting choice to use GL as the guinea pig. A shame they never tried again.

A year or so before ABC had had several GH cast members playing other roles in a TV-movie with Suzanne Pleshette, but playing their soap characters I don't think was ever done. The most ridiculous part of the "teaching a lesson" reason is Kobe fired just about the whole cast anyway, so what was the point? Did Jerry ver Dorn learn his lesson and no one else did? I didn't realize the movie did much more with Hope than the show did. That's just sad. I think with Mike and Alan-Michael around they could have had reason for Hope to briefly return, but I imagine Rauch would have felt she wasn't hot enough. I should probably be surprised he didn't back out of Mike's return.

AWHP posted a transcript of a call-in interview of Victoria Wyndham's from 1995. The most interesting part is how many callers complained about Justine, which Victoria does not seem thrilled by. She addresses questions about whether Iris will be back, and why Amanda was written out. She also said she talks the same way in real life as she does as Rachel. I wonder if this is before she began using the Shakespeare voice as Rachel. Transcript of the interview with Victoria Wyndham from ANOTHER WORLD People tied to AW were repeatedly asked when Iris was returning yet they never bothered. Sad.

Or Ian Ziering's character. Brad floated all around the soaps in the mid/late '80s but never seemed to get a permanent gig. I guess they just didn't see it (to be honest I never quite have either).

I can't either. Brad might have fit more for the part Ian Ziering got.

@safe Not sure if this was posted before, but it's not on the IMDB credits for Lisa Sutton (Nancy Feldman #1). @slick jones Not sure if this is in your files. Sorry if it is.

I don't even quite know how we were meant to take that scene. He was so insanely camp Wayland Flowers and Madame would sit him down and ask him where his life is going.

I agree - she did deserve better. Kelly isn't someone I would have brought back either, although I guess he could have had closure with Nola.

Another tidbit (I hope the fans who like to talk about the old days can see this) Someone in the chat mentioned that they used to talk to Elvera Roussel but haven't in years. They mentioned that CBS fought for Elvera when Kobe/Long wanted her out. CBS said she's promoting a movie for us (the TV-movie various GL actors were in at the time), give her 13 weeks. So Kobe/Long did. Then 13 weeks later they fired Elvera. They mentioned that Elvera and John Wesley Shipp were going to return for GL's 60th in 1997. They said that Rauch stopped Elvera and John from returning.

That's neat. I'm sure some teachers had stories...