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Recaps from June 30 and July 14 1987 Digests.

Paul Raven mentioned that Jane Sibbett tested for Kelly, Laken (SB) and Adair (SFT). In an interview, Jane also mentions testing for Courtney (SB) and TR (SFT).

From the May 15, 1987 Digest. After all these years I still mostly just remember how much I enjoyed her on Herman's Head. I liked that show a lot but never have gone back as that can ruin your memories of a show.

From the May 31, 1988 Digest, an article on Soaps most tender moments (in the timeframe of the article, not of all time)

May 19, 1987 recap.

June 16, 1987 Digest recap.

July 28, 1987 Digest.

From the June 30, 1987 Digest.

December 4, 1984 Digest. Eileen Fulton returns to ATWT, party time! CLB is in a party mood...

From the June 2, 1987 Digest, a recap, and also a picture/quote from Lotty in the "women and bad men" section.

I look forward to that. I have a fair amount of interviews with actors from BP but of course that's not as good as story. You have such wonderful stuff.

Thanks for reading them. I am sorry for not getting them up faster. I was wondering if you mind if I don't post them in order? I was trying to get mine together relatively chronologically but if you're not worried about that I can post them a little faster. I was surprised at Isabelle's reaction to Shana. I guess I thought of her as more of the warm matriarch. It makes sense though. I'd love to see this scene. Do you think they had bigger plans for Cec? Having her take a bullet for Steve is pretty big.

Thanks. Daytime TV's announceent for the show says they were going to be casting for Nancy Boyd, counsellor for women students, Miles Ferguson, athletic associate professor of English literature, his wife, Martha, Sandra Jones, an exciting undergraduate, young newlyweds, Susan and Chet Matthews. Did these characters all end up appearing on the show?

He was very hot (and look, they didn't assume viewers were terrified of chest hair), even if the pose is a bit odd. I have one of Dusty too, I think. I wonder if they only did these with Holden/Dusty/Casey.

I'd like to know about why Lisa/Bob/Kim weren't in any cut scenes either. That's why I don't buy it. How sad if Goutman felt that Craig learning "forgiveness" from Lily, or Parker/Faith as the new Carly/Jack (why do they have to be the new anyone? How stupid), were more important than the legends. Thank you for info on the actor who played Glenn's brother. I remember reading that John Conboy bragged he would have Durham shirtless for an entire summer. Making my way through the 1989 episodes, he seemed to be around for at least 3-4 months. He got involved with Shannon after his brother's death, and then through her discovery that she was pregnant with Glenn's child. Other than some lovely melancholic performances from Margaret Reed (I think this was her best talent - it's too bad the show only made her angry and bitter when she returned), this seems like kind of a pointless story, as Duncan/Shannon had already been separated for so long by this point that you start to wonder why they would ever get back together at all. This was also when they were making Duncan's castle into the Earl Mitchell Center. You said you were a Kirk/Iva fan, right? I still wonder sometimes why the show gave up on that, although I did like Kirk/Ellie. There's this heartbreaking little moment at the latter's wedding where Iva flashes back to dancing with Kirk. I miss that type of thing on soaps, that poignancy.

That's why I can't get into who should play her and who would be so wonderful and so on. No one will. They could cast Marsha Warfield as Victoria and you'd still have the same crap.

Regular recap from the same issue.

January 1, 1985 Digest. 1984 in review.

I looked in the Hollyoaks companion from 2000 but didn't see anything on Tom or Kevin. There isn't much on Mrs. Cunningham's sleazy fiance either. Apparently they got married and then she found a lump in her breast. Nothing else that. There is a great little book called Stolen E-mails where he (I think it's him) reroutes various e-mails to people to cause them problems and gets more and more caught up in it. Tony met and fell in love with Julie in the first episode. Jude went on to become a very damaged character. I wish we could see this. Supposedly Bryan Kirkwood was thisclose to getting Davinia Taylor (who became sort of a pseudo-celebrity after Hollyoaks) back for Max's wedding to Clare, but it didn't happen. Dawn seems like a likeable version of the Mary Sue type, sweet, but not too much of a pushover. I like that both sisters wanted the creep out and didn't feel bad about it. The guy playing the creepy stepfather to be (who had perved on Dawn when she lived at home) is now the boring as hell Owen on Corrie. It was nice to see the Ibiza stuff, it was so much fun, just lighthearted and entertaining, yet not too stupid or condescending "comedy" like you often get now. The guys are so believable as friends. Tony is so sweet here. I wish the character still had some of that. I've only ever actually seen Lewis in a few clips from a late night special, which, other than telling me he had a fantastic ass, were of little other use. It's weird seeing him here as just an ordinary guy.

February 14, 1984 Digest.

December 4, 1984 Digest recap.

December 15 87 Digest, 1987 Year in Review.

December 15, 1987 Digest

From the May 31, 1988 Digest.

Thanks. I'd like to see that. It's the spirit of that era, I guess - A World Apart also ended with a musical performance.