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I don't even know if Rita Lloyd was still able to act by then but it's too bad Edwina wasn't around to trash Rosanna during her late 90's bitch years or the early 00's - I think this would have been a nice use of history. Sadly a few years ago OLTL was even uglier regarding misogyny - if you never saw 2009, you're lucky. I like a lot of returns, I like getting the chance to say goodbye. In the cases of both ATWT and OLTL I feel like I never really got a chance to say goodbye to the characters I missed the most, or those who were the most screwed over by bad writing. It's not the same, as I had a much stronger emotional connection to ATWT as I did to OLTL, but the same lack of resolution is there for me. In both cases there was one big return I was glad for (ATWT - John; OLTL - Cord/Tina).

doing all of the things that we've been trying to teach him. It's almost as if he sat back and observed all these years and now is putting into action what he has learned. "Karen is the baby, five. Well, what can I say? She's everything a little girl should be like. She's a delight. She looks like Brian, all red hair and freckles. She's very assertive and smiles a lot. She's kind of big for her age and is an excellent skier...skiing since she was one. "All of my children ski, and we as a family go as often as possible. We go so often that we and some friends are thinking of building a chalet in southern Vermont. We've just come back from a trip to Vale, Colorado and there you can really do your thing. "One of the reasons I like skiing is that the family can do it together, but not have to stay together. You know that your children are safe because they're on the mountain, so all you can go off on your own ways. That's the joy of skiing...it's a very independent sport. If the children should need any assistance, there is usually someone nearby who knows them and can help. "When we're not skiing, we're at our bungalow out on Breezy Point. During the slack season, the fall, the family usually stays home and we work on crafts. On Saturdays my husband takes the kids out for breakfast and then to a museum or to some place of interest in the city. "We both believe in the 'parent not pal' philosophy. I think children need and almost demand a certain amount of discipline. I suppose they know instinctively that punishment is given because you care. And after all the screams and the tears are a lot of hugs and kisses. "All of the children attend parochial school and are doing beautifully. And this isn't just a proud mother talking. Here again, the school stresses right and privileges. You know I firmly believe that children must learn to work hard for what they want. They must not be catered to or indulged. It makes it better for them later on in life. If I teach the children anything, it is that they must not think of themselves first...always the other person. "Fortunately, my husband feels the same way I do about raising the children. He's a marvelous guy. His name?...Herb A. Granath. He's vice president in charge of sales for ABC Sports. We met sometime back when I was just starting my career. At the time I was working for information at Rockefeller Center. Herb was a page, and we travelled with the same group of friends, but were into dating different people. "Well, some time passed and one day we passed each other on the street. It was a warm day...I remember Herb was tanned. We looked at each other and smiled but a certain tingle went through me. "We met again, but this time we talked to each other. I guess the same thing happened to him as happened to me. This 'hello again' lasted a year and then we were married. I guess it was a certain chemistry that just went right for both of us. "Herb is quite a remarkable, brilliant guy with a great deal of potential. Anyone who knows him will tell you that he has never let anyone down. He's inventive, artistically creative and a good and innovative administrator. "We get along quite well...we complement each other. He's a positive thinker...optimist. I'm more the hesitant one. He had quite a temper...I was more subdued. Now we've just about caught up to each other. I love him very much. "To me, love is a general warm and wonderful feeling. There are so many phases involved...happiness, contentment, reciprocity. It's a feeling that envelopes you...that says I care, and I empathize with you, especially during the bad times. "I must say that in our household there are no problems in terms of roles. I think if women dedicated more energies to communicating and understanding their husbands there would be no fuss about women's liberation. In terms of the political and business aspects of the problem, there, I am all for the movement. Women should be given equal pay and opportunity. "My mother set for me an example of the liberated woman. She is still quite a woman. Every so often, she'd get tired of the furnishings and rearrange everything. Once we had this three-seater sofa which she sawed in thirds. She got tired of the sofa...that's all. Once she even took a wall down and told my father that if she could take it down, he could put a new one up. "My childhood was a very happy one. I'm a New Yorker, raised out on Long Island...Brightwaters. I have three brothers...one older and two younger. My earliest memories are of big family gatherings...my mother had a lot of brothers and sisters. There we were gathered for Sunday chicken. I can see a whole clan gathered round the yummy table, laughing and carrying on. "I was given many opportunities as a child: good schooling, dancing lessons. I was going to be a dancer, in fact, but as a child I developed a heart murmur, probably from fast growth, so I would take to fainting spells and I had to stop. "My high school years were a very happy time for me, and I had a scholarship to continue my education in merchandising and buying. But one summer I was offered the lead in Liliom, and after its run the director recommended that I pursue a theatrical career. He introduced me to famed Claudia Franck, who then became my coach. I owe a great deal to her. "I started out my career with commercials and small parts on television. Then I appeared on Broadway in Kismet and Holiday for Lovers. Did lots of industrials and then I played Liz Fraser Allen in the daytime series From These Roots. In 1962 I joined the cast of The Edge of Night as Nancy Karr, and, well, the rest you know. "My life has worked out the way I wanted it to. There are still things to be done. I want to study languages and I so much want to go to Europe. And I want a room of m own for my art work. "But I have so much: a wonderful husband, beautiful children, a career, good friends, a large apartment with a view of Central Park, and every so often, breakfast in bed, served on fine bone china. What more is there?"

Why did Vivian want to keep Laura in the sanitarium?

Claire looks like Jaime Lyn Bauer in that photo. The photo is from, I believe, a function where the mayor of NYC celebrated the East Coast soaps. I wish there had been more Dorian/Carla interaction, especially since Carla may have been a little more of a fighter than Viki at that time.

Thanks again for letting me know about them. I have only listened to one of the radio dramas (with Angelique and Quentin), but the comics are something I think I might enjoy more. Most of all I'm just glad the original series won't be forgotten.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DWUznixFY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1mdexwMNDU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

How long was this Ariel around? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP9pUcaQLpI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhA9d-dR2Fg

Well Susan certainly looks stylish, and now that I've seen the bird dropping jacket Hayley is wearing in the same episode, I can't complain.

"How I got convinced in the literary world is an interesting story. While I was appearing on "Light" a few years ago, one of the editors of a fan book, who knew I Had an interest in writing, asked me to write a piece about an actor working on soaps. So I sat myself down and wrote the article. I showed it to my wife, Janette, who is a literary agent, and she said that she really liked it. It was funny. "We decided to sent it to the New York Times, and lo and behold, it was accepted. Well, a short time after that, someone from the publishing house of Bobbs-Merrill called me up. He had read the piece and asked me if I would be interested in writing a full-length book accounting my experiences as an actor working on soap opera. I accepted. "In actually sitting down to write it, I discovered that writing a very accurate, personal account would not do. I decided to do it in the form of a novel. So Love in the Afternoon is not factual, but actual. The fiction form allowed me a certain objectivity...and I could be more truthful under the guise of fiction. "The book proposition came while I was appearing on Broadway in John Osborne's A Patriot For Me. As soon as the show closed, I took to writing the novel which took about six months to complete. "I must say that none of this would have been possible without my wife's help. She stood by me...told me what was good...what was not. She has a marvelous sense of what is right. She also shaped me up whenever my discipline was a bit strained. "I find the life of the writer and the actor quite different. Acting is a very social life...you go out and perform...meet other actors. The life of a writer is isolated and lonely. And you need a tremendous amount of discipline. "Now that the novel is out, my wife and I are working on a play. That's my goal you know. I want to write, star in and direct my own play. No, I don't want to produce it though. My wife and I had our experience producing a play...never again. "Janette has been and is one of the most important people in my life. June 4th, the day my novel came out, marked our 16th wedding anniversary. I met her in a non-Equity summer stock musical. I'll never forget our first meeting. "I was a junior at Columbia University and I decided to do stock work. I came, however, a day late, but in style. "Style" has always been very important to me. First of all, I flew in, trunks and all, so it was a very grandoise entrance. All the cast were staying in a house rented by the producer. A non-Equity company is kind of a very communal affair, much like an M-G-M musical where all the kids stay together and build the stage. Well, anyway, I had arrived and there in front of the house was this beautiful girl who was playing the ingenue in the company. Well, I saw this pretty girl under the tree and I never let her out of my sight that summer, and from then on afterwards. We got engaged and then married. "For a while it was difficult getting acting jobs and then we had our daughter, Sandra, who is now 14 and studies ballet with George Ballanchine. With wife and child to support, I decided to take some teaching jobs just to get some money. I did that for seven long, struggling years. "One of my first jobs was at the Rivers County Day School in Massachusetts. It was too cold there so we went to Hawaii. Why not? At least it was warm. Life was beautiful there...too beautiful - avocado trees and blue water and parties. One day Janette just told me...'Hey, you're an actor, not a teacher. Why don't we go back to New York?' She was right; I knew it. So we blew all of our money and came back to the cold city in style. That was a big decision and a hard decision to make...and it couldn't have been done without Janette. Another woman might have settled for the security. "You know, one of my regrets in life is that I did not smarten up to life sooner than I did. I thought that the world was waiting for me. After all, I had talent, brains, attractiveness. Sooner or later someone would discover me. No matter how much you have going for you...you have to work for what you want. Nothing comes easy. And nothing is ever it. Even if you become a star, it's not it. "I view life as a continual process. Is there such a thing as happiness? Well, happiness is simply the pattern of living...the process of living. It's working through your problems to the various stages. You see man should not stand still, but constantly evolve. You write a book; you don't sit back and relax, you write another book. You're in a hit play; well you've got to think of the next play. I thought being a star was it, but you've always got to have someplace to go to next. "There have been many exciting, happy moments in my life, but they have been isolated times. Getting a nomination for the Tony Award certainly was thrilling to me. But now that it's over, I do not rest on those laurels. "The Tony nomination, by the way, is a very interesting story. I arrived at the theater where The Philanthropist is playing and received a letter from The League of New York Theatres. I went into my dressing room and put the notice aside. I said to myself, 'It's probably some sort of announcement.' By chance, I opened it, and there it was...the nomination. I was in a state of shocked delight. Alec McGowan who is the star of the show also received a nomination. "The Awards dinner itself is a hard thing to sit through. I went with Alec and a couple of the other nominees and we all lost. But it was just such a happy moment getting that nomination. "Another especially happy moment that I recall was in London. I went there with Janette to rehearse for The Philanthropist. My wife showed the galleys of my novel to publisher W.H. Allen and when I walked into the hotel room one night after rehearsal my wife told me that Allen wanted the London rights to my book. Well, I was so happy I did a little jig. I was just like a kid. After that, we wined and dined and really did it up. "I enjoy living in high style...I enjoy elegance. In the world we live in I suppose elegance is as dead as a dodo, and probably considered superficial. But I think there's something to be said for etiquette and tradition. I believe in kindness and honor and gracious living. In the world of today everything is so sharp and crude, and there's little place for honor and kindness. "Do you want to know what one of my favorite places is? It's the Plaza Hotel in New York. And I love this club that we're in...The Player's Club. Can't you just feel the elegance? "Yes, it's true, the world of today is plagued with war and strife. But the world has always had its horrible problems. Innocent people have always suffered. Horror is not new-born. "I suppose that I am a product of the literature I have read. I am greatly influenced by E.M. Forrester and Ford Maddox Ford; Fitzgerald and Wolfe too. But most of all...it's been Janette. She and Sandra have shaped me up. "You ask me what love is. Well, when you are in love, you mean so much to each other that no matter what the pressures are...you both refuse to give up. There's such a determination on both parts to make things work right. "You want to know who I am...and what I would like to be. Well, let's just say, Ed Zimmerman is and Ed Zimmerman would like to be. Remember, there is no it...the process goes on. This much I know."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSO8Af6fHgw

Erica is wearing the oft-mentioned drum majorette outfit!

September 1971 TV Radio Show

September 1971 TV Radio Show

September 1971 TV Radio Show

It's nice to see the comics are back, and hopefully truer to the show than Burton will be. I've read a few of the Gold Key comics and some are pretty good, although the artwork is often shocking (no resemblance to most of the actors) and the writers get confused (at one point they claim Roger and Liz are spouses).

Y&RWT, your favorite Eastenders actress is on Celebrity Big Brother.

December 1978 Digest

I think this may have been when JFP was writing the show herself. I'm not sure.

1999 - that was when Todd was gone, Tea got a JFP haircut, and the show tried hard for John/Tea, with RJ there as the foil.

May 21 1985 Digest

May 21, 1985 Digest

October 1978 and November 1978 Digest issues.

That's pretty vile, even more than I had thought. It's classic Sheffer - I think he assumed viewers got off on this type of thing, as he did when he had Craig give that woman a suicide pill, and his using Bryant's death for a pity screw, and on and on. Didn't Sierra find out and that led to the lame monastery thing? This was around the time that the fans who just loved Hunt Block's Craig and said everything Craig did to hurt people proved he was the "real" Craig suddenly stopped.