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September 22, 1987 Digest.

More on the Bachmann ex-gay therapy. http://www.thenation.com/article/161883/%E2%80%98god-has-created-you-heterosexuality%E2%80%99-clinics-owned-michele-bachmann%E2%80%99s-husband-practi The "family" group which pushed the pledge apologizes for the slavery reference. Bachmann's people said she didn't read it...even though this was only 4 pages long. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-marriage-pledge-group-apologizes-for-slavery-reference/2011/07/09/gIQANT3C6H_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost

January 7, 1992 Digest.

Sharon Gabet said she was offered the role of Lydia Farr on OLTL (a countess in Venice who made a play for Asa), but she turned it down. She then said they had to cut Lydia's story down significantly because they didn't like the actress they cast. It looks like that was Marianne Tatum, who played the role in 1985.

This is from a late February 1986 Digest.

Thanks. I thought there was something very handsome, in an offbeat way, about Ron. I wish we could see Audrey as Vanessa. I read one comment over at the Internet Archive that said she was a good actress but a bit too worldly to be Vanessa, that Bonnie Bartlett was bad, and that McCay was the perfect Vanessa.

I think that was down to JFP. She isn't exactly a JFP type character. From what I've read she was pretty badly written, especially when she made fun of Cass' daughter having a heart condition.

I love that BE THERE. I've never seen those. Thanks. It shows what a popular character Cecile was - she was in quite a few of these ads, and got ads when she returned.

Thanks for all this.

This is interesting. Did any of her relatives make it oncamera? Elizabeth Berkley auditioned for GH after she left Saved by the Bell? I'm surprised they didn't hire her, for stunt casting.

Amanda's mother always reminded me of Becky from B&B. I wish they'd brought her over to B&B as Mac's cousin or something.

That's a good one about outfit #5. You can really see Kathryn's fashion model background here. I love those photos. I hadn't seen most of those before. I don't ever remember who Biff was. I still can't believe they had that man Brad as some type of hunk. He looks like the neighbor on My Sister Sam.

This is great stuff. Is there a larger version of the cast photo? I saw a bit of Pfenning in an episode where Sally was in trouble at her boarding school, and she didn't seem that awful to me. I love that ad with Michael and PSDonna. It's very hot - hotter than the story ever was. It's kind of funny that they show a white hand with that vase when a black man died...I guess they thought that would give it away. The Raven ad is great. They put more thought into this ad than they did the writing for her character! I have an interview with her from around the time she was first on AW. I'll post it.

What was your favorite year of SB, and least favorite year? Or a year you thought was very strong, or very weak?

So what did Anderson do? I can't imagine Donna joining a men's club, ever. That sounds more like Kathleen.

What did you think of her?

Anderson was the one who ended the Reginald story, Donna's miscarriage, Nicole and her mother looking alike, Jason's intro? I thought that was a mess.

I don't remember reading about any plans, but I don't know. When Cass first returned, SOD said he would be involved with Amanda (paraphrasing). I guess that may have meant the show was considering a story where REX hooked up with Amanda, perhaps for her money. Either way, none of that ever happened. In mid-88 when they had the story about the haunted house, SOD asked Stephen Schnetzer about whether Cass would be able to let go of Kathleen's memory, Schnetzer said he thought they'd already had Cass move on from Kathleen's memory, and that this must just be a strike story.

I love that this ode to youth has what looks like a middle-aged woman as the main dancer behind Billie Piper...

How long was she around? Was she a fake or was she yet another back from the dead/long-forgotten spouse?

I'd never seen those ads. Is that second one supposed to be Jake and...who? That looks like they slapped a Philece Sampler circa 1981 photo onto Michael. I don't remember her ever looking that way on AW. I thought Nicole/Cass were dull, although they never really had a major story. I liked them better with the comic stuff. AH's Nicole had so many stories which were never developed (her past relationship with the guy who tried to rape Amanda; her relationship with her father; and most of all, getting together too quickly with the double of a man who had used and abused her).

Those 80's promos are great (especially like the "G" promo). Who was the woman claiming to be John's wife?

The second half of this is a classic Natalie promo.