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AW may have already been on its last life but I think he could have been a good fit. (he and JFP probably would have been fireworks though)

I think they still serve a purpose, but they could be much better put together than this.

Victoria would sue her and settle. Supposedly when she would later show people some of her artwork, she would say it was from Joan Rivers.

I know Marland was trying to sell his own soap. I think he would have left for that by 94-95 or just retired from soaps, like Nancy Curlee. One thing I don't think Marland would have done was let Frannie just fade away.

Thanks @slick jones Sorry if I left any out.

https://www.amazon.com/Loreleis-Guiding-Light-Intimate-Diary/dp/0312308329 Not posting the link as a suggestion to buy from there - if you are interested there are other outlets and I believe it is also free on Internet Archive. I should warn this is a story you haven't seen yet - you're about 2-3 years off.

I should try to watch in full someday. I have such PTSD from my feelings at the time. Still, I was watching, albeit taping and fast-forwarding quite a bit, which is more than I did for many later years. 1992 was very heavy but I have more of a connection to the stories and characters, even if the canvas was a bit too dense by that point. I wish we could have seen how Marland would have handled the budget cuts (assuming he wouldn't just quit).

@slick jones Not sure if you need any of these or not. From a cast crawl on the ATWT August 26, 1993. (not including people I managed to find in your listings - I may have missed them though) Mr. Phipps - Robert Rod Barry Judge Kaplan - Lynn Cohen (I saw a listing for 1995 but couldn't find the 1993 appearance) Bruno - James DeLorenzo Gordon - Thom Sesma (I only found a listing as a pharmacist in a 2005 episode)

They did. Just played out the stories Marland had started. I think as a kid I probably got Hollen and Lisby facially confused.

I noticed that too. The ball where Emily and Brock had their tango was much bigger. A sign of the budget cuts which are sending a few longtime cast members out by the end of the year.

I always thought Josh was kind of a prick, but they didn't openly admit this, so the lack of friends does stand out. I suppose this is a consequence of being so tied to all-consuming Reva. I'm actually surprised they didn't have any stories where a long-lost friend tries to bed Reva.

Not a period of ATWT I am rushing to revisit but this does seem to be an episode which wasn't already up, and it's still a 1993 episode. As The World Turns (August 26, 1993) @Soapsuds @DramatistDreamer @soapfan770 @MarlandFan @Mitch64 @P.J. Nice to get an early glimpse of Janice's nasty side at around 47 minutes...boy did I get a kick out of Janice (it helped that neither of us had much use for Lily). I couldn't remember if there was an AIDS ball in 1993 - nice to get to see that too. I wonder if this was the last. Holden talking about taking Aaron from Iva makes me as mad now as it did at the time.

Oh that's right, the parody of Rich and Famous, a film I mostly remember for Pauline Kael tearing it to shreds, accusing George Cukor of having Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset playing out stereotypes and fantasies of gay men, complete with a stud servicing Jacqueline with his ass in closeup. Such a hoot. Valri reprises that parody on the short-lived The New Show. Given the tough time SNL had with Ruth Gordon (she walked right out of the building as soon as the show was over), Lorne Michaels, who created The New Show, was probably happy to stick the boot in.

IIRC, they are in the diner. Cassie goes to sit with Bo and asks him to give her some info on a case. She is eating some cake. It wasn't long after the Labines took over as headwriter. I can see why Gottlieb just went with what she was given as I can't imagine her being interested in that relationship. Even if you count the unfortunate daddy issues Cassie started with Jon Russell, the maturity and age difference was serious and not properly addressed.

Several of the photos remind me of a younger Ruth Gordon, which is funny given Rosemary's Baby.

So did Bo... I remember being surprised when the show remembered their marriage for one episode in 1997.

You can see Mia's facial structure. I think she may have lost some weight or had some possible touching up (if she did it was very good for the era). And much better hairstyling. She looks part-cat in these photos, which would have made for a good cult film in her '70s career.

Clearly Cassie paved the way for the non-blonde gals. (and that relationship was so horrible she cured him on younger women, for about a decade anyway)

Thanks @Vee Jake appeared so infrequently by this point I didn't realize he was used in a fantasy sequence.

Thanks for sharing what was in Susan's book. Sounds good and no holds barred. I'm glad they could mend fences. I suppose all that started around the time of some of the cosmetic surgery McTavish alleged with RSW...also such a fun period of time that Hillary asked the show to kill Nora off.

The show seemed to lose interest in male/female friendships by the '90s, aside from Alex and Buzz for a while (Bridget and David were spoilt by having him fall in love with her). I'm glad Reva and Philip got to have a scene together when he returned from the dead.

I can see it, but I think her hairstyle makes a difference. It's also just an odd photo, aside from the graininess. Thanks for the article @jam6242

That is what I was thinking of, yes. He joked about crawling in the vents or something.

I don't watch the show, but I watched some clips of his romance on there and he does a wonderful job with the whole stoic widower finding new love routine, especially when he told this woman that if his wife came back from the dead he would still choose her, even though she was less attractive than this woman (which on paper sounds awful but he sold it). He really does look like his parents combined.