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I didn't realize he died so late into the decade. I had assumed it was around 73-74. How old was he? Did this cause any story for Lisa?

You can see him on the DVD for the first season.

So were Ricky and the woman he lived with (Frankie) supposed to be a couple? Or was that a fakeout? Watching that episode where Thomas took Kelly out on a date, I was very drawn in. It reminded me of the days when I used to care about couples on soaps. They had such a good connection. Were they together at the end of the show? I know something happened after her relationship with Trey ended.

By this time Delia was supposed to have money and only wanted to wear the best (although, with budget considerations, she usually just wore simple dresses). Early on Ilene's Delia occasionally wore jeans, but that ended when her backstory became more about how she always had to be the pretty girl who couldn't be natural and down-to-earth like Mary.

That's interesting stuff. I guess there's no real way to tell whether or not an actor is on coke, as you are just seeing a brief fraction of their day, but the few times I've seen him on The Doctors, I never would have known. I wonder if that's one of the reasons he was written out, or if he wanted to leave.

From a late July 1979 Digest.

You have quite a way with words! I didn't know that about Alec Baldwin. I wonder if he was still on it during Knots. That would explain some of the performances.

From a late July 1979 Digest.

From an April 1981 Digest. I still can't believe Derek was supposed to be some kind of stud.

From an April 1981 Digest.

From an April 1981 Soap Opera Digest.

Thank you for the information on Sydney. I'm surprised that she didn't stay in Anne's life, as AMC seemed to keep supporting characters for quite a long time. AMC did seem to have a lot of problems finding the right actors to play the Tylers, with the notable exceptions of Charles and Phoebe. The idea is often that Chuck was not well cast until Richard van Vleet, and he didn't take over until about 3-5 years after the show started.

I'd like to know that too - I didn't recognize the woman. So weird seeing Nicholas Pryor as Linc. I will always think of him as Victor on PC. I believe SMG actually recommended Rudolf Martin for the Buffy role, based on their AMC experience. Rudolf told a story once about when he first started on the show and met Susan Lucci, and how in their first scene together, they had to do another take because she called him Rudolf instead of Anton. He said he took that as a compliment...

This is from an April 1981 issue of SOD.

It's a shame that his return to GL got killed just as it was really starting to pick up steam.

Sadly that would be one of her better casting decisions. If "Auntie Ri Ri" is being criticized so heavily at DC I know that she is a mess. To get back to your point about Michael Tylo - they tried him at one soap after another and it never really worked out. I guess on paper this might have been interesting but Blade seemed to be one of many male characters in this time period who was so poorly conceived (Jed Sanders, Kurt Costner, among others).

It always makes me sad to think about, especially when the "writers" in the Bell family now are remarkably talentless, although Brad Bell at least seems to care - MAB only wants fawning press attention. From what Jamey Giddens said at DC, she rarely visits the studio.

Emily Van Camp is so dull.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc9cvXFFoJY&feature=related

Thanks for finding that. I can't really see even now why Michael Tylo was cast in a dual role.

Thank you for telling me. I just read Teresa's version so figured there was another side, as her version was essentially being Mother Teresa. I am waiting for the second season to be on Netflix (I guess they're in season 4 or 5 now) but if it never is perhaps Bravo will show it in marathons. I just don't have the DVR space...

I was reading an old (old as in earlier this year) In Touch Life Us Weekly Style magazine with Teresa and her kids in a photo shoot and cover (all while saying publicity has ruined her life of course) and she went on about bitter conflicts with her brother and how her brother and his nasty wife were trashing her in order to get publicity, the brawl at the christening party was so out of character for Joe, and this had ruined their relationship as siblings and the Joe/Teresa marriage, hurt their parents, etc. Was this ever resolved? On the show, who do you think came off worse? Joe and Teresa are still together aren't they? I can't remember.

Hadn't seen this before. It's nice to remember when Ian was a somewhat positive character. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kkBGaOClvc&feature=mfu_channel&list=UL

The first time I saw that clip I wondered if it was a two-way mirror or something, and if the Motor Lodge was a specially designed house of torture for those who sin.

I wonder why they never let her mention Chuckie. Chuckie still being alive could have been a very good story, especially since that was around the same time nefarious things were happening at the hospital (Sabrina being taken). I always hoped they might have Lisa go off to live with Marcy at the end, or have Cris LeBlanc return to take Lisa off. It's so ridiculous that he did a cameo on GL and yet nothing for ATWT. Sadly I would guess Goutman and P&G's issues with Eileen made them unwilling to do anything for her, beyond that anniversary episode.