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This amuses me as Rauch did even worse with Annie yet tried to bring her back within months. Maybe that's what he took for inspiration...

Thanks @robbwolff I had forgotten Sloan wanted to leave. No wonder she regretted it - not sure she did much after the show. Nice to see that Joel Crothers remembered his old Dark Shadows face. That's just how he looked when Joe was attacked by a werewolf.

Thanks.

@alwaysAMC Kudos for watching through. I know that is not an easy period to rewatch (hell I think I had quit watching by this point in 1996). I don't know how someone makes screen grabs from a Youtube video but that grab of the Roger mask is...something. Maybe Roger was watching a lot of DAYS in the asylum.

A lookalike story with Maeve could have been very striking. I would have had Miles see her while he and Beth were on their honeymoon.

Thanks! I'll correct it.

I was thinking more at the time. I agree a recast now would be the inevitable choice. I think if they aren't going to do much more with the current Spencers, bringing in some Eckerts could work (maybe he could be paired with Liz - in a world where she gets a story).

Thanks. That's a nice idea. I hope more of those lost episodes are found, if it isn't too late.

Constance McCashin Returns! Knots Landing’s Laura Avery Talks Seaview Circle. Recent Locher Room interview, via the seminar Alan Locher did last year.

@vetsoapfan This must be around the start of Laurie Ann's return (she isn't appearing yet, but they are mentioning visiting her and Mike worries he is causing her to relapse). THE EDGE OF NIGHT - DECEMBER 3 1984

It's a shame they didn't try to figure out something with Sly. The actor is very good. At least he wasn't killed, I guess.

I only ever saw a partial version of this episode until now so put the full version on Youtube. I don't think we're in a hurry go to back to 1996 but @alwaysAMC as you finished this period not long ago you may enjoy it. @P.J. I also found an ad about Billy's return to Springfield. Those "wilder/wilder than ever" ads are so absurd. Beth Ehlers looks like she is about to crack up. I can't believe they even had Daniel Pilon do one with Alan's wheelchair. Guiding Light promo (1989)

There were a few ATWT episodes on Archive that I couldn't find on Youtube so I uploaded them (if I just missed them, my apologies). Sometimes I think, "Was 1996 really any better just because so much after was horrible?" I don't watch enough of 1996 to answer my question. I did skim through this episode and there's one scene I appreciated - Kim bonding with Dani and wanting her to move into the Hughes home because of how much Betsy meant to her. (just another reason the show never properly bringing Betsy back, not even in Dani's stay, was such a bad idea) 1989 is not complete, but I couldn't find it on Youtube (the original upload said June 26th but the Y&R seemed to be the 27th so I just went with it - if I'm wrong, I'll correct) and I thought putting more Marland, even incomplete, was worthwhile. Marland never uses the term, as I'm not sure if the term existed at that time, but it took me a while to pick up on how he details Emily essentially grooming him, as James had done to her, even if she did not fully realize what she was doing. Andy Kavovit and Melanie Smith worked so well together and there were many layers to their relationship. Something the show loses with the later poor recasts of Emily and Paul (the characters they were in the finale bear no resemblance to who they are here). On a lighter note, the episode has a fun scene with Duke lip synching to "Duke of Earl" as Pam, Lien and Andy back him up. This was probably Marland's idea of a rebel (straight out of the '50s), but it made me smile, which we always need more of.

I used to laugh at the "meaningful glance" moments and how cold and stylized the show was in that time, but looking back now, I appreciate that Bill Bell was giving Y&R its own identity. Something that the show has sorely lacked for many years.

I think Genie has some resentment toward Laura as well, and that is part of why she wanted to play roles that were meant to be more interesting (like Caera and whoever the hell she was on Y&R), but she always seemed more clear-eyed than Tony. I guess because she never got away with what he got away with. She also had to put up with much more than he did.

Tristan was on Y&R when Tony left GH.

Thanks @Vee good to hear his thoughts; feels especially stinging that this was made in a year where they didn't even have a Christmas special.

That's what I was most put off by about the Guza years. He hated everything about GH. He likely resented having to slum on a soap instead of his failed film career. I can't even say he had a righteous objection to Luke and Laura. It wasn't the rape that he seemed to object to as much as he objected to every single part of the show. This is the same writer who had a woman told that she was only worthwhile as a person when she was bleeding in the snow after being raped, and we were meant to agree with this.

I can see why he at least had some basic respect for Claire but not for them. Pure Soap was a great show, at least for a while, and treated viewers with intelligence. Thanks for reminding us.

I think they still would, those who are left, because of nostalgia or habit. They know the show used to be better.

@Wendy Thought you might like this short clip.

Thanks @Vee Geary was absolutely seething. You can see all his resentment laid bare for Luke's return, and likely the Labines, that would fester later on. I think they were right to not have a shot with the two Gearys together. It added to the power to just go from one to another. I can see where he might have felt Bill was underserved, but no one gave a damn about Bill. Logan was, as always, carrying water for his soap friends in that bit about how Bill struggled due to so many different writers. No, Bill just stunk as a character.

Thanks for comparing the lighting styles over the years. I never notice that myself. I can appreciate that GH was competently produced for many years but by the time I started watching GH in the mid/late '90s there was a certain haze which did nothing to make me feel less enervated as the show got duller and duller.

Happy New Year! We had a thread in the main soap section talking about AI generating stories and some old soap stories that never were (like Jessie's GH exit or Michael Randolph coming out as gay or bi) if you had any thoughts on them.