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Lynn Herring interviewed with Gloria Monty about the role of Felicia. She also auditioned to play Kelly Capwell on Santa Barbara.

12/73 Daytime TV

I had that one in mind for you; so glad you got to read it.

11/73 Daytime TV

It's nice that at the time CBS was still willing to give the show a chance. Many networks were cancel happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfM6t1E9OkA I guess this is before Emily started flashing her cleavage 24/7.

Trivia note (although most of us know this anyway): The pretty production assistant Charlotte Savitz went on to produce the last few years of AW.

Fred looks a little like Ed ZImmerman there. I'm glad Irna Phillips and Theo Goetz got to be a part of this. Is it me or does Tony Converse look a little like Jim Henson?

November 1973 Daytime TV.

Ratings for the two weeks ended June 25, 1972. 11.8 ATWT 35% 10.4 DAYS 34% 9.9 GH 33% 9.5 Doctors 33% 9.1 AW 31% 8.7 Search 32% 8.5 GL 29% 8.2 LIAMST 28% 8.0 EON 28% 7.9 OLTL 27%

was escorted by her husband, Lee Foley, a former stage director and now in the furniture business. Robert Milli brought his charming wife, the former Mary Jane Mulligan. Stefan Schnabel explained he came alone because his wife had already moved out to their Lake Como, Italy cottage for the summer. Theo Goetz said his wife Rhea didn't come because she has a fear of heights - and the party was being held in on the 40th floor. Barbara Rodell came with her husband, Cy Epstein. Charita Bauer looked sweet in a lovely blue dress. Elissa Leeds arrived without her mother, and everybody tried to mother her. Nancy Addison showed up with her husband, actor Clinton Dunn. Lynn Deerfield came with husband, Paul Mates. Darryl Hickman, former actor, now a CBS executive to daytime serials, came to the shindig with his beautiful wife, actress Pamela Lincoln. Melinda Fee drew all eyes when she appeared in an Arabian-style hooded cocoa-brown evening dress. Michael Durrell and his pretty blonde companion, Charlotte Savitz, Guiding Light production assistant, kept busy greeting friends. Don Stewart escorted lovely nurse Sue Tremble, who acted as consultant during recent medical scenes on GL. Michael Zaslow came early and left early because he was then doubling into the Broadway stage musical Fiddler on the Roof. Erik Howell had to leave early, too, because he's also appearing in the musical, The Fantasticks. Lucy Rittenberg, story editor of GL, and associate with it in various capacities the past 20 years; directors Nick Havings and John Litvack; the bearded, dashing producer, Harry R. Eggart; associate producer Leslie Rosinoff and her husband were very much present, of course. There was a live orchestra, and plenty of drinks, and a dashing buffet of hot food. The climax was the bringing out of the huge anniversary cake, and brief speeches by executives, emceed by producer Harry Eggart, and then the cutting of the cake while the cast was gathered around the cake table. The party started at 6 p.m. and was supposed to end at 9, but people lingered for one last drink and the last hug and one last word, and then the final goodbyes: "See you at the 21st anniversary!"

November 1972 Daytime TV.

I didn't realize he was there for so long. I thought Anne was long gone by then.

What was this, 2008?

Thanks. I guess he'd been off the show for a while by then.

Shane looks like Eileen Fulton. Not the best ad for a premiere. I wish we'd seen more of Anita Morris.

Who was Henry Benedict? I think she was on GL up to about early 1967 at least. I wonder if he's the one who wrote out so many characters.

The return of Jefferson Hutchins Smith would definitely add spice to Rose and Jake's romance. As an attorney, Jake could serve on the parole board could serve on the parole board that would have to rule on Hutch's release from prison; or Hutch could simply escape from jail again. He'd hide in the basement of Kelly's Diner, eating all the special Passover foods that Rose has stored there, hoping to surprise Jake with. Or what if Hutch disguised himself as a priest - Rose's cousin perhaps? - to avoid the cops? He'd try to prevent Rose and Jake's marriage, using trumped-up religious reasons, while really trying to win back Rose for himself. Hot Stuff! Sometimes storylines get cancelled because the two actors don't click, but even when the chemistry sizzles, problems occur. Scorpio and Holly were hot stuff from day one - on occasion perhaps a little too hot. A sauna-room scene between the passionate police commissioner and his cool-as-a-cucumber bride had to be censored when Holly's towel nearly slipped too low, and occasionally lives have to be cut from Scorpio's dialogue because of inadvertent sexual references. On primetime TV, love scenes can be far racier, of course, but daytime has stricter rules. And speaking of primetime - racy or otherwise - whatever happened to all those plans to spin-off some of General Hospital's main characters in a nighttime series of their own? According to one version, Bobbie and D.L. Brock would move to New York and face life, love and tragedy in a swanky Manhattan high-rise; in another version, Blackie becomes a celebrated rock star and goes on tour with his band, his manager (Bryan Phillips), and his press secretary (Amy Vining). But the best spin-off idea of all just surfaced recently. It's a low-keyed comedy that stars Slick Jones, Bert Ramsey and Emma Lutz who all band together after leaving the battle-scorched docks of Port Charles. This GH spin-off is called AfterLUKE and airs on Monday night right after The Scarecrow and Mrs. Spencer.

April 1984 Daytime TV

It doesn't seem quite like the gangster era to me because these men aren't just random hardmen dumped onto the square, as Johnny and Andy were, but I am not all that thrilled with the idea of Derek/Phil conflict. Phil always wins in the end, and Derek would be more interesting with his family. I'm just sorry John Bardon can't be a part of any of this.

I was reading a Daytime TV from April 1984 which talked about GH's dropped story plans, and story ideas they still had. One idea they still had was that if Jane Elliott returned, they were going to say Tracy had become a prostitute, and that Alan, wanting to hire a hooker, would inadvertently end up hiring her.

Kimberly Ross met Judi Evans and Krista Tesreau when they were all auditioning for GL, leading to a friendship between the three. Kimberly auditioned for Mindy.

I guess that tells you how much I've watched the show lately. I liked the potential setup with Max, Vanessa, Darren, Jodie. It all ended so badly.