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Thanks. Well, it's nice for him he can always count on a job. Your other comments made me think of Emma Samms. I still see "Robert and Holly" trend on Twitter at times. I wonder if they will ever bring her back again this year (when was Robert last shown anyway)?

Is Jamey still at DAYS? I thought he was leaving for some other show I won't be watching. Then again if he wrote a script today it would air in 2124.

That may be it. (I'm ashamed to admit I was rooting for George when she was brawling with Lucy) I remember some story with Buzz living in a rundown house and having stolen money (I think) and being feverish, and Bunny was Nadine's boyfriend, but he was bad and out to get Ross. I thought somebody was in drag but maybe I was just so busy fast forwarding at the time I took a sight the wrong way.

I think the era that JJ thrived in died about 25 years ago, and if he returns he will probably just be another directionless male character who looks sad (they already have Michael Easton for that), but I do think it's a mistake to not try one more time with Brenda, especially while Rena Sofer is around. 100% with you here. It was only the scripting teams who kept some semblance of quality until the late '00s or so. Most of the stories and character decisions from late '96 and onward sucked and often felt like a square peg being bludgeoned into a round hole.

I guess in some cases it wasn't a direct move. Ricky Paull Goldin had had a stint on Y&R not too long before he joined GL, so that might have had more impact on his casting. Marcy however was directly tied to SB, due to JFP. I am half-surprised they didn't try to do any of those cute ads like NBC did with actors from other soaps joining DAYS/SB. (I wonder if they did one for Denise Alexander and AW or if she said hell no)

Supertrain is one of those shows I wish had been a hit just to see how they possibly could have maintained such a ludicrous concept. That cast...nothing against Alan Alda's father, but when he's the main actor I know, they aren't sending their best. Aarika Wells sounds like an adult entertainment name. There's something hellish about that second opening. It looks like an acid trip from a late '60s film.

I suppose Malloy and Goldin at least had some success, but Marcy never did at GL. Her fitting right back in when she returned to AMC just showed how little effort was made at GL. For someone as hands-on as JFP was at her soaps, I have no idea what she was even doing at GL by her last few years as producer. I do remember that the only stories I thought were genuinely worthwhile were those that didn't involve her pet actors. This period also had the actor who played Bunny on SB - I think he was in drag on GL too. Or somebody in that story was in drag...

Sometimes I wonder if Toby's Amanda was a bit ahead of her time - I could see her being a hit on Twitter. That's a good idea about what the Van/Matt/Beth story could have been. And the info from Hurst. I never saw any chemistry between Kurt and Beth, or Beth and much of anyone, although she did her best with the truly mindboggling writing she had throughout her second stint on the show (glad I was not watching much by the time she was married to Rick and having Alan's child). I think on paper she fit more than several other hires at that time, like Sonia Satra and Justin Deas, but it did seem like she ended up being a difficult fit when she finally arrived. I believe the only pairing she ever had that generated fan interest was with Det. Cutter, and it was clear the show had no interest. Having her as Holly's niece might have been a better idea, especially if they wanted to play up ties to Roger.

Thanks. This is a terrific idea. Makes you feel like you are there - almost.

It's difficult for a soap to get off the ground on a good note. What I am cautious about is that even if the show is good from the start, some may reject it anyway because it isn't immediately going bang zoom pow. We'll just have to hope for the best and for industry support.

Obviously the Soapnet airing has been around but I'm not as sure if this version has been (complete with commercials).

I could have seen Marcy as a good Amanda recast, although she might have been a bit young for the part.

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Thanks. I appreciate your memories. I agree that nothing likely made it to the air. What did you think of Michael (or Johnston)? Were you surprised more was never done with him? I am sorry no one was ever able to interview Dwyer about AW in spite of her long life (similar to Jean McBride who outlived her work on Love of Life by many, many years), but I'm glad she was able to maintain her privacy to some degree.

I loved Jerry, but I had many, many issues with this, and I just could not see them as being remotely the same. They really did a number on Clint in those later years.

My main memory of Marcy's work as Tangie is all the monologues she had for a while. Sometimes I think the show cheated because they knew Marcy was good at those (Santa Barbara loved a monologue) but that doesn't make for a characterization. We just kept getting all these pictures of worlds we were never going to see, while she was doing [!@#$%^&*] all in Springfield. And saddling her with a stolen money story early on, which never works for anybody, didn't help.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alan-scarfe-dead-double-impact-seven-days-1235916962/ Alan Scarfe had a brief role on OLTL as Leo Cromwell, father of Christine, the daughter Viki was conned into thinking was hers when it was actually Megan. (I have wondered if the show had bigger plans for Christine but just lost interest - the most I remember is all the stuff with Wade and Mari Lyn)

I do think Wheeler and Jill Lorie Hurst at least had some ideas, which Frank doesn't (the merit of Wheeler's ideas is dubious of course) but I agree that GL by that point was doomed.

I remember Chris Schemering talking about how GH's organ music was much more inventive than organ music on other soaps.

Another brief clip, mainly with Steve/Betsy/Craig.

A brief clip, mainly focusing on Steve/Betsy/Kim. This is the next episode.

Based on his GH run, I'd guess his favorite book - The Best Golden Girls Episodes To Have Threesomes To. Played by Robert Scott Wilson.