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Love these promos, especially the second. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3dyvNnr8Dg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXJ1DbH4cE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfvYaISci0k

Well, Claire Labine was going to try a "Children's Hour" story...beyond that, the closest is probably Lucy's HIV-positive friend, who appeared during part of 95-96. I can't remember if they said he was gay or if it was implied. There was also that strange, presumably unintentional period from 2000-2003 where I thought most of the younger male characters were a few drinks away from an orgy.

Nice photos! I wish Rod Arrants hadn't gotten the perm/afro. I hope that wasn't any Luke homage.

That sounds so sad. Was it too much for viewers? It's amazing how much of a risk soaps at this time would take and how they respected the intelligence of viewers. Why did Rachel blame herself? I guess they must have argued. Didn't this actor have a similar death on OLTL as Dave Seigel? I've seen photos of him and he seems like an actor I would have been very interested in. Unfortunately I've never seen any of his work.

Apparently the drunk guy was Chuck. According to the poster on TWOP, he planned to kill India and frame an unstable Vietnam vet. He hit her in the head and hid her behind the sofa while the Vietnam vet had a meltdown and took a hostage. This went on for weeks and weeks, even though it was the same night. By the time the vet was arrested, India came to and said her husband had attacked her. India then left on a cruise which she never returned from. Here's a 1976 episode.

Some thoughts on the above clips: - Kin Shriner and Mary Beth Evans work very well together. I think Mary Beth has a better handle on her character than Kin does (I don't believe someone could be quite so goofy when they have as many problems as Mike Gallagher does), but I enjoy their scenes together. MBE manages to make a ridiculous and underwritten story work, even the fainting spells. - Sharon Farrell is OTT but yet somehow I still believe her as Dakota's mother. I enjoyed Sharon on Y&R and I enjoy her even more here. I like the clumsy, random way she tells Kin he has such a hairy chest, and how embarrassed her daughter is. - Some of the dialogue is so clumsy, like when Mike says, "Screw that!" and most of the stuff with the surrogacy. While the hairy chest scene is entertaining, it's not for the best reasons - Kin Shriner with his head in MBE's lap isn't quite the mental picture you'd expect on a safe soap, and the moment where she helps take off his shirt and he likes it is so...is that the best way to show his desire for her? I kept expecting Cherry to say, "Wow, you're REALLY enjoying this massage!" - The fight scene between Brady and Mike is hilarious. I wonder if JL and Kin had any laughs over this later on GH or PC. - Philece Sampler, from these few clips, was miscast as a heroine, and is very unpleasant and shrill. I don't understand why we are supposed to care about her relationship with Mike, and I wonder if the show had given up by this time. - The production values are a little nicer than I thought. The fantasy wedding actually looks beautiful. Didn't MBE wear this dress as her own wedding dress? - The fashions are so hideously entertaining. Mike's Hammer pants, Lacey's "I have to go work at the mall" getup in that same clip, Brady's supertight tan trousers that show more ass than I remember Lindstrom ever showing in his soap career, and later, both Dakota and Lacey are dressed as overgrown kids in their argument scene.

Yeah I loved it. He seems like such a cool and modern guy in all I've read about him. I can't help wondering how many viewers at the time felt the same way he did.

Yes, she had a rival named Spring Skye. Fia dated Giancarlo Esposito in real life. I found it odd that she was fired around the time she had a feature in SOD about their relationship and the pressures they faced.

DAYS was right about Kevin Costner... Audrey Ames worked on the soap within a soap, Fraternity Row. She dated manwhore Jon Russell, and was paralyzed for some months in the accident that also killed Alicia Grande and her baby.

June 1971 Afternoon TV.

Also from this issue.

From an August 1992 update, a rare interview with the superb Maureen Garrett.

April 1971 Afternoon TV.

John Forsythe intro on ABC hour shows of another era, with a few Dynasty clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIT_-0P3_kk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

There's some talk about Bernie Sanders. Just wanted to apologize if any of my posts caused any bad response.

That's a wonderful story about Bette Davis. Can you imagine what it was like being a soap actor in those years and wondering if she would let you know how she loved your performance? I've seen very little of Dufour - just a few clips with Morgan Fairchild, mostly. I guess I was associating him with other older actors being let go from P&G soaps at this time. That's an interesting story about the Corringtons. I'm glad Maree was able to turn the writing around. At least they didn't do some of the crap that later writers did when they wanted people to turn against a character (like when LML had Lucy Coe inadvertently blind her own child...not to mention the Guza follies).

Part of a 1972 episode. I saw this years ago on tape but don't know where that is, so it's nice to see it again. It's probably been on Youtube before but I only started watching soap Youtube stuff in the last few years. Anyway, India Delaney gives a party and no one shows up, aside from immediate family. Marie Wallace was a fascinating actress, and one of the most unique beauties ever on soaps. Nice to see a glimpse of her as India, along with the wonderful Georgann Johnson as Ellen. India's husband in this later tried to kill her, didn't he? Someone at TWOP talked about scenes that went on for weeks and weeks where he hit her with a huge candlestick and she was unconscious on a couch. Did Marie want to leave? Who were Robin and Jessica? This also has Gary Sandy as a maitre'd or waiter (hard to believe he'd get to wear his hair out like that on the job) and I think Alice Hirson is also one of the wait staff.

Before OLTL cast Fia Porter as Audrey Ames, she tried out for Didi O'Neill and Christine Cromwell (I think she would have been good as Christine...wonder why that didn't happen).

I'd heard about the promo but hadn't seen it. Thanks. So are you watching the show still? What do you think of it? I have sort of checked out of all the British soaps, aside from reading about them.

Well if they directly quoted her I guess it must be true? Would they make up quotes like that? I don't know their history. A Christmas special would make sense, if they could have her there long enough to talk with Kat about what's happened in their lives since the last time they saw each other, and if Zoe feels annoyed that Kat now has another child, if Kat sees this as starting over. I guess something needs to be done with Kat . Some would say Zoe had a big role in Den's downfall, although she was forgettable in it, as usual.

What a wonderful treat this is!

I can see Lemay not wanting another 60 minute show for quite a while. I'm just sorry that he never got a chance for a real run at SFT or Doctors.