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I didn't know Tonja Walker was on the show for that long. What exactly did Jordy discover? Was he into trannies? Is the master thespian "say something please" one of those who was fired early?

Poor Annie. I don't know how old the actress at the time was but that hair and outfit make her look middle-aged.

This is a great (if cheesy) promo. I guess the Chancellors love to smash those mirrors with their booze glasses.

Poor Marie Cheatham having to act "scared" of Busmalis from Oz.

What a cookie duster. Who is that he's with? Who is this with James?

Who is the woman with Derek?

Rare sighting of Veleka Gray Lyla in the first promo. The second - is that James on the floor?

This is one of those pairings I never knew anything about - Casey/Lucas. How were they? I think they were even on an SOD cover. Some Nikki/Greg. I know this sounds awful but Hauser looks like Mask.

I still can't believe this Brad was supposed to be a stud.

Was the 4-L stuff always so histrionic in the later years?? I am a bit appalled but also want to see more.

I will miss her mostly because I thought she added some campy fun. I wish they had not given her that poor story with Phil and Ian. It squandered the character. It seems like behind the scenes show is in a bit of a mess these days. I still think Bryan Kirkwood deserves more time because I have liked some of his work at EE but with the ratings decline the last few weeks I'm not sure what will happen.

You both probably already know this but it looks like Glynis Barber is being written out. I will miss Glenda and her bond with Carol. http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a306092/glynis-barber-confirms-enders-departure.html

I didn't realize until reading IMDB that this is the same Emily Prager who was very very briefly a featured player on SNL, along with Laurie Metcalf. Emily is also the only cast member to never actually appear on-air (her one sketch was cut). Wow. http://snltranscripts.jt.org/80/80m.phtml http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/bios/emily-prager.shtml

Yeah Pat was very interested in physical health and so on, it's mentioned several times in the 70s magazines. I still can't believe how young she was compared to the role she was playing. There's a photo of her from last year with her husband and the woman who played Ariel Aldrin (how random!). I still wonder why they never brought Ariel back later on. http://www.caller.com/photos/2010/apr/15/77161/ Mitch I may have asked this before but do you feel like Tom changed when Marland took over? When I see episodes like the April 1985 one I posted above it seems like Tom is still written as more of the hothead of the Deas era. With Marland I think of Marx's Tom as being quieter, with his anger more under the surface and his pain more internalized.

dc this must be the article you mentioned about hot pants. November 1971 Daytime TV.

Thanks for reading. I wonder how he felt about Trey becoming more of the straightforward leading man. It's too bad he didn't find a better role after this than the short run as Max (which he seemed to be really invested in, along with Fiona, but it was wrong role/wrong place/wrong time). He is and was a very handsome and dominant presence. BTW, let me know if you ever want me to post the black and white Constance scans from the article you posted - it turns out I have the same issue.

From the February 1983 Daytime TV.

February 1983 Daytime TV.

From the December 21, 1982 Digest.

From the November 9, 1982 Digest.

From the November 1971 Daytime TV

Thanks for sharing those! Wow. These drug pushing stories seemed to pop up in the radio soaps in the 50s for some reason, didn't they? One of Rosemary's last stories was about this. So this was one of the last radio soaps to go?