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Thanks @Paul Raven . I never knew Marland felt daytime would move to short stories. His GL stories are a bit shorter than what came before him (the Dobsons drew out stories for years) but by the time he moved to ATWT he seemed to let that go ("the truth about Aaron" ran for two years and Carolyn's murder for over a year and a half). The part about viewers being more forgiving of younger characters is interesting. I am not sure if that was true at the time but I don't think it is now. Instead soaps have just started writing older characters as if they were younger, like Nick the perpetual frat boy on Y&R. And young characters are written as older. "The only taboo in daytime is incest" is something I've heard him say elsewhere, IIRC, but I don't really agree. Soaps "covered" homosexuality and interracial relationships by the time of this article, but they faced visceral backlash. And I'm not sure they ever really progress significantly. But I imagine he knew this as he did try to do intelligent stories about both topics when he was at ATWT. I imagine he would weep at how deeply conservative soaps are now. @Mitch64 has spoken about this at times, better than I could, about the narcotized conversations, needing to redeem or clean up most characters, the emphasis on therapy, etc. I don't mind it as much at ATWT because I think the show is crisper, the cast is better at making these conversations seem natural, and you have Lisa and Lucinda who just couldn't ever be completely tamed (especially Lucinda). And I think it suits ATWT's core identity more than GL. I notice it more in his GL run, which can often feel very moribund to me.

Thanks for the responses. A shame they didn't do more with her. I guess at least it wasn't as bad as what they gave Loni Anderson.

Thanks. That's lovely.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes. This issue was dated December 17, so probably October or November.

I don't think she was even playing Mindy. It was an extremely weak, limited portrayal. Very difficult to watch.

I had to trawl through Google. That tribute of yours will never leave us though. I don't know if another soap that hadn't been established/dominant for as long as Y&R had would have survived the MAB years. The interviews alone were meme hell.

Yikes. That was my reaction too, Ridge...

A December 1996 SOD mentions ATWT casting an upper-class guy in his 20s named Brad. They said Todd McKee was approached but declined. (Todd McKee was not in his 20s by that time)

Indeed.

Thanks @JAS0N47 . I'd forgotten John Aprea was on DAYS. So many tragic losses.

@Maxim Now there's a B&B horror I remember (I had never seen that Daphne woman - what a clip...). Another I remember from somewhere in that period was when Ridge took advantage of a drunk or pilled out Brooke and this was seen as no big deal.

Indeed. And on P&G as well. I tried to find the actual promo for her arrival and couldn't. I guess it now counts as lost media. Maybe not such a bad thing...

He played Patrick Donovan on Loving a few times around 90-91. The only other thing I remember is an SPW article from the mid '90s where he talked about using videos of some of his work in churches or something along those lines, to help with public speaking.

Thanks for reading. If I ever get a chance I'll dig out some of my other scans, even if I know it's not exactly rare content. That was some fun stuff. And helped explain Maggie later snapping, before that story was dropped.

Donna Mills interview (how did people feel about her arc - was she mentioned when Jane returned?).

Found some old scans. One a Bronson Picket interview. Sorry as I had a problem with my scanner for some of these. I hadn't seen this - an article Bronson's wife Lynn Snowden wrote in 2003 about being with a younger man (IMDB still has them together, whatever that's worth). Dating a Younger Man - O Magazine

@BoldRestless Glad you enjoyed it. Mike was fun for a while there. (I had forgotten he was still appearing up to 2023)

Found some old scans. Sorry as I had a problem with my scanner for some of these.

Here and there. I think her having a baby is mentioned at some point in the early '90s. And I think she is mentioned again when they bring her son Billy in for a year or two. Lyla's sister is the one who was never mentioned again that I heard.

Found some old scans. Sorry as I had a problem with my scanner for some of these.

Thanks so much @Franko

@Lust4Life76 Appreciate reading your thoughts on the show. Hopefully more will pop up in the next 15 years...

I wonder how all the "lgb without the t" people who insist if they play into transphobia, they will be spared feel about this. It blatantly says that homosexuality is nothing more than part of "political and religious discourse." They hate us and they don't even need to pretend otherwise.

I reuploaded the episodes that were taken down last year. If anyone knows the exact dates please let me know.