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Thanks again @slick jones I'm surprised they took the time to take a promo photo for that Warren and then only kept him on a short time. A great example of the cruelty of the industry when you see Jane Sibbett and Kyle Secor, who had long careers, and then he barely worked. He has that hunky late '80s look, I'm surprised he never got anything beyond another soap bit part.

I wonder if that is why Jone Allison left (although she is on ATWT in the mid '60s as one of the Claire Lowells). She has such a distinctive presence on radio and still does in the surviving episode from 1952. I wonder how Meta would have been if she'd stayed, as her Meta seems much more ready to jump out of her own skin.

Thanks. I may have a vague memory of that with the old Soapcentral recaps. I guess nothing he did went anywhere. I still wonder why they just wrote Morgan's friend Trudy out instead of continuing to build her up. The show seemed to see characters in that period as disposable.

Thanks as always @slick jones Never thought a Strictly dancer would be on B&B (the show was It Takes Two). Morgan - one of a kind. Trina has been on GH for 7 years and they barely use her...the first actress was right to go.

Thanks. If that is TJ, they had about 5 or 6 actors in the part and barely ever did anything with him.

Oh wow. I never knew that. I wonder if they mentioned Sara.

Oh that's right. Thanks. So no premeditated killings. Thanks. Of all the times for Laura to disapprove this was one of them...

Thanks. I see now. Funny as I think the Bauers may be one of the only long-running core families who never killed anyone...unless you count Michelle killing her attempted rapist...or all the patients Rick killed... Thanks. Hopefully another episode from Dick's run will pop up and she may be in it.

Thanks @Reverend Ruthledge I guess that Trudy appearance in the surviving 1952 episode is just about it for her on TV. I don't know if Clyde ever appeared. The way they talk about Meta is so different from how she is even in the surviving 1953 episodes - she's already mostly in matriarch mode in those. Even now I'm still shocked at how horribly Bert behaves in these years. Was Meta pregnant? I can't remember if Dick's sister is ever in the TV show.

I suppose Kevin was not staying (didn't he leave for Diner?), but I do wonder if Chris Marcantel would have stayed if they'd given him more to do. He was cute and likeable, even if the soaps never knew what to do with him (I think he was moved over to an ill-fated AW role). The last TJ looked about 30 and I have only seen him once in the available episodes.

There are many, but a few, just off the top of my head: Justin Deas when he played Bucky and then Tom Hughes Don Briscoe (Dark Shadows), who had a very, very rare combo of innocence and raw sensuality Rik Makarem, formerly Nikhil on Emmerdale, who managed to play that unique bumbler/stud combo, complete with an array of tight white shirts I always thought James Hyde (Passions/AW) was very attractive Timothy Stickney (RJ, OLTL) and Nathan Purdee (Hank, OLTL, Nathan, Y&R) who both exuded very different forms of masculinity and charisma

I think TJ went away to college. They never really tried with the character - he had the alcohol story with Kevin Bacon but was a support part, then was recast twice after Kevin Bacon left and neither had much to do. I think they saw Kelly and Floyd as the only younger men worth focusing on. I do wonder about Anthony Call. When we finally got to see that 1973 episode I was surprised at how old they seemed to be making him look, older than he looked on OLTL. I wonder if the Dobsons or whoever else was on around that time (if they weren't the ones who killed Joe off) thought that he was stuffy and surplus.

Bud Cort has also passed away. https://variety.com/2026/film/news/bud-cort-dead-harold-and-maude-1236659856/

Sorry to hear about James...and so many others we've lost lately. I never watched Dawson's on a regular basis, so this may be the bit I enjoyed him most in. It's from when he hosted SNL: @janea4old Thanks for all your links. I love the Fifth Dimension and Three Dog Night, I listen to so many of their songs to help get through life - Out in the Country, Up, Up and Away, Wedding Bell Blues, etc.

Thank you! I've read a lot about this show but have never seen very much. I know there's an Australian streaming service that is showing Number 96 (not sure how far they will go in the run) but nothing of The Box yet. Both these shows were so groundbreaking yet seem to be just remembered as '70s kitsch.

I think so, yes. Or because she knew too much. I can't remember. They seemed to lose interest in Sara after Joe died. It's strange to me to think that Millette Alexander, who seemed so suited to complex psychological drama, often just had woman-in-peril stories. I would have loved seeing her in some Lemay type domestic dramas.

It was, yes. That story was interesting to read about so seeing a fragment of it was a nice surprise. Those rare moments CBS put up for GL and ATWT were one of the better parts of the shows ending. I just wish they'd put up the episodes.

Thanks! This is incredibly kind of you.

That would make sense. Let's have a book club of Marlena and all the people who thought they might be a child of John or of Marlena.

I might believe it a little more if they said he reminds her of Samantha, as she was meant to be disturbed, wasn't she (although I know she didn't act like Leo).

It still annoys me that these episodes were likely in archives at some point even in the late '00s but I don't know if they still are...and even if they are we'll never see them. (the second clip pops up here every few years but the first less often) Guiding Light - Final Week of Black and White Guiding Light - A scene from the early days of GL in color - YouTube

I was looking around and saw that a 1945 GL episode (V-J Day) had been uploaded on Youtube last year. I asked the AI in Twitter about available GL radio episodes from the '30s and '40s (I know it isn't accurate but I just wanted a quick response) and they mention 64 episodes from 1942-1946, mainly from 1944, available via the Library of Congress, which you have to request access for. I'm not sure if this episode is from that group or not. I'm sure most of you have already listened to it but I thought I'd share anyway. @Reverend Ruthledge not sure if it would help you any if you were writing any posts on GL in 1945. 'The Guiding Light' - August 14, 1945 (V-J Day) - YouTube The last three minutes are silent.

We Love Soaps TV (3.78) Author & Soap Opera Journalist Michael Maloney

Thanks.