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Dagne Crane - gorgeous. And she invented the Princess Leia hair. Can she claim royalties?

Pat always looks so old in that shot.

That's gorgeous. Who is the woman at the very top, above Craig Lawson?

Mitch Daniels isn't running. Given how the base hates him I guess it makes sense. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gKqoa3rRgeljTzuvjFHVN84-Ltug?docId=663047559c0349d88ed6933791a4669d

From the February 2, 1982 Digest.

I know some think that was the start of sensationalism at EE.

How did you feel about that?

Was Harris the one who came up with Cindy's exit (the one where she hired a hitman)?

It's interesting to me because when Walford Web interviewed Robinson, he said something to the effect that he didn't fire the de Marcos because he was afraid some of the actors in the roles would string him up. But Louise Jameson said that Robinson told her, and the rest of the family who were still there (everyone but the grandparents), that they were going to be moved into the Vic and become the show's central family. Then a few weeks later he left and John Yorke came, and fired everyone but Beppe.

I think there was a certain glamorous image they were trying to sell with Lisa/Steve. I think it probably worked in PR, and they did have their fans. I think I just don't like characters who are propped by making Ian look bad. Back when Ronnie and Jack first arrived I felt like Yorke was sort of trying to position them like Steve and Mel, but it didn't exactly work out that way, for many reasons (Maslen's serious lack of charisma being among them).

So did I. Mel and Phil are two of the main reasons I don't love the early 00's the way most do. I just thought she was a cold fish and Steve would have been more interesting elsewhere.

That tribute from Ernie Townsend made me well up a bit. And the part about his private and professional life has several meanings.

they mean he doesn't scream or feel they really know me. Men as well as women watch the show, stop me to talk about it. Kids yell at me in the street, "Hi, Mike!" It's great. It boosts the morale." The mail reflects this cross-section of interest from all types of viewers. A woman on the West Coast wrote a letter with sch a sound, analytical approach to the show itself - and to John as an actor - that he has been corresponding with her ever since, always interested in her reactions. "It's wonderful mail, most of it. Literate. Sincere. Nice letters from nice people." The official John Larkin Fan Club, begun by fifteen-year-old high-school student, Carol Yarvel, is growing mightily. IT amuses and flatters John, to whom this kind of teen-age adulation is somewhat new. "All nice, cute girls," he said. "They come to the studio to see the show and me, want to have little celebrations for special occasions, like on my birthday in April. I have always felt a birthday was rather a private day, to be celebrated at home with my wife, and it embarrasses me to have a big fuss made over it. But I guess it's different when you have such devoted fans. " He sighed, grinned, and seemed ready to give in without too much of a fight. The Edge of Night has some fascinating side-plots, all women into the central story of Mike Karr, expert in crime detection and criminal law, and his romantic marriage to Sara. Viewers get quite unhappy, however, whenever the main theme of Mike's and Sara's lives together is overlooked for too long by any side issues. Sara' s eagerness to help Mike, the way they are trying to build a good marriage, to grope their way through the misunderstandings that beset a young couple - this seems to be what their fans want, along with the absorbing story of Karr's stubborn battling for justice and for decent government. From the beginning of the program, on April 2, 1956, John and Teal Ames have made an exciting T V team. Teal, as Sara, credits John with helping her enormously during the first few months as she was tackling her first big TV dramatic role. "He encouraged me constantly," she says. "He would signal to me, sometimes only by the merest change of expression, that I was doing fine. It kept up my morale," John says. "Teal has always been good to work with, serious about everything, a solid performer. The same goes for Don Hastings, who plays Jack Lane, Sara's brother, and has been in the cast from the beginning. And Peggy Allenby, who plays Mrs. Lane, is wonderful. It's a fine cast, right down the line." The Larkins - meaning John and his pretty wife Audrey - occupy a 120-year-old house in Greenwich Village, where Edgar Allan Poe was rumored to have lived at one time. The old fireplaces were once used for cooking, and John has used the one in the kitchen for broiling steaks or chops and baking potatoes. "Not much now," he said. "I have a great chef in my house, and her name is Audrey. Since she has taken over, I don't try to compete. She turns out the most wonderful specialties - things with fancy names, but good, hearty eating. The only recipes she refuses to try are Chinese. We both like Chinese food, and she says it's the only way now to make me take her out to dinner." Larkin is a man who likes his home, who likes a quiet spot where he can do what he wants when he wants, where he can lounge and read, play the radio or some of his great jazz recordings, and the classics, too. Where he can tune in television early or late, whenever he has time. Where he can stretch out in the big chaise lounge in the upstairs bedroom and study his script for a while, with Audrey to cue him. Into his busy week, he crowds not only frequent workouts at a gym, but regular singing lessons - a fact he has kept quiet about until now. Back in school, he had thought seriously of becoming a professional singer, until he went into radio and announcing and from there into acting. Now he has picked up the voice lessons, perhaps with the idea that some day he may do a musical play. Back in his early acting career, he had considerable stage experience, although not in singing roles. Audrey is a singer and actress, says her husband's knowledge of music has helped her, thinks he is an excellent critic. John likes golf, and Audrey would like to play it with him, but he refuses to teach her, insists she have lessons form a pro. "It's like trying to teach a wife how to drive the car - she always learns faster, with no arguments, from someone else." John's great interest, of course, is in his work. He finds the characters in the show enormously exciting. "I like a plot with drive and dynamism. The more dynamic the script, the more I enjoy playing it. "We not only have this great cast, but we have a first-class crew, I think the best live TV crew in the East. All of them are men of integrity about their work. They fight to get the best possible shots and to put the best possible show on the air. "There is a good relationship between all of us involved with the show. I like the kind of part I play. Mike Karr is the kind of man who works as hard to prevent crime as to apprehend criminals. He has strong ideas about juvenile delinquency, about rehabilitation of the young offender. He is a man I can believe in." Apparently the viewers can, too. More than ever they have been stopping him, wherever he goes, to tell him so.

Sorry about the pages being bent on the edges. TV Radio Mirror did quite a bit on soaps in the 50's. It tapered off in the 60's, sadly, as soap material from that time is rare. They started up again in the 70's. Larkin is the true square-jawed type. He probably wouldn't have been cast on daytime in later years but he probably helped Edge stand out from everything else. That's very nice. At first I thought that was Michael Corbett, not Charles Grant!

From the May 1958 TV Radio Mirror.

I was reading a Digest from fall 1992 where Nancy Lee Grahn talked about how she was leaving the show when her contract was up. She also complained about her lack of airtime (her only story had been a haunted house story she liked at first and then felt Julia became stupid and had no point of view) and bringing in the Walkers. Do you think the show could have survived without Julia?

Go go go go go go go!!! http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a320826/corrinne-wicks-to-leave-emmerdale.html

I thought Missy just left Somerset after about 6 months, and wasn't mentioned again.

It was odd because about ten years after she was done with AW, SOD had a feature on actresses who are speaking out about anti-abortion laws. Wesley Ann was there, and was described as being "a friend" of one of the actresses...no mention of her AW run at all! It's like they blocked it out. I do think Carmen would have been fine as a socialite, Donna type, but then that would have undercut the powerful return story where she "saved" Mac's company.

I think there's still an audience for this, but everyone assumes there isn't, because the steady diet of "snarkiness", cynicism, and action is what is assumed to be the ideal. This is the type of thing that would probably work well on a websoap format or on some sort of niche cable channel (like IFC) and then move up over time. I thought John was pretty good in this episode, especially the breakdown scenes.

Matthew's hot but he doesn't need to be rewarded for what he has on his face at the moment.

Corrie didn't win that much the year after their first live episode, did they? I thought Eastenders won just about everything. Emmerdale is such a mess these days that it will be tough to give them much. Corrie is a mess too but has endless PR and hype. Emmerdale is the other soap.

Good luck with that... I would give them sexiest male, especially if it involves John Barton naked.

Last part. It's tough seeing Dan's mental breakdown. I wonder what his story was right after this. Did he just leave town? I know Colenback was fired and didn't return until Irna was gone. I wonder who played the doctor.