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It did get to be too much (although Knots managed it better than you'd think), but I miss those days compared to now where so many shows have 8 episodes every 2 years.

Thanks for looking at them. Your summaries have helped me know more about the photos as that Jim character in particular I knew little about.

I agree it was a combination of factors. I had forgotten about the story with Andy, Lucy, and Ian Buchanan. I also disliked that whole plotline and the forced wackiness. Lucy and Andy were at their best when they had some of the more poignant moments rather than just the laugh track. Ian was so wasted - he was much better served with On the Air. I definitely felt like they broke Shelly and Bobby up and were going to move them in other directions for a while. I'm not sure how far Bobby and Audrey were ever going to go (my guess is not far), but something was set up. I think they reconciled Bobby and Shelly because they may have sensed the show was done and it was a good full circle moment.

Thanks. Nice to see Erika. That trailer definitely wasn't what I was expecting.

Jonelle Allen's appearances on Musical Chairs. Musical Chairs, Episode 21 (~July 14, 1975) Musical Chairs, Episode 22 (~July16, 1975) Musical Chairs, Ep. 23 (~July 17, 1975) Musical Chairs, Ep. 25 (~July 21, 1975)

I knew his wife had died fairly young but hadn't heard the details. So sad. The anti-fur stuff and the spaying and neutering campaigns aren't bad legacies to have.

It could, yes.

I do wonder how this worked as Lisby Larson joined GL almost three years after Texas ended. Would her contract have held that long?

Now that you mention it, I remember Georgie in flashback singing "Downtown" to herself, but they never used the song.

I'd agree with that, even if they seemed to run out of story a bit by the end. I thought she had the best love interests too. Not the most dashing but the most durable. I was disappointed she didn't stay with the plumber/royalty/whatever, Victor, but she had good chemistry with Robert Klein too. And David Dukes was wonderful as Wade.

I often just watched Price when I was at my grandparents' house. I felt like I enjoyed the show in spite of Bob. As years have passed, I understood why.

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Another Mary Stuart episode of Musical Chairs. Musical Chairs Ep. 62 (air date ~9/10/1975)

Thanks @Reverend Ruthledge Robin is such a fascinating figure. I'm not sure how many other soaps had this type of self-destructive young heroine at this point. It's tough at times to reconcile her with the woman in the 1966 episodes but the self-loathing was intact. Irna seemed to be setting up Mike and Robin from an early age but you can see by now how toxic the relationship is - and just getting started in toxicity. If the show hadn't sent Mike away for much of the mid '60s I wonder if they might have paired him with Robin again. Glad we got a bit more Trudy. The Dick and Marie story sounds like the weak link. The best part is his mother returning. Dick is an ass, but I hate baby rabies stories, so this time I'm not even sure I can say she is wrong to interfere. I wonder if Dick's father was dead. Johnny is a character who should have been core in the '70s - another example of GL moving away from what other writers had carefully set up. Jane is the Jane in the 1966 episodes, right? Nice to see how multi-generational GL was at this time, with Paul's parents getting some material of their own and not just being talk-tos. I have one more article for the thread. I hope you haven't minded me dumping these in here. Aside from a few I may stumble upon this should be my last. August 1959 TV Radio Mirror.

They could have easily brought back Meta or Trudy - recasting Trudy and bringing on Ellen Demming if possible or recasting. They just didn't give a damn. Nora on OLTL was peri-menopausal before she got pregnant the next year. I'd never heard that Wheeler said that about Reva. Maybe it happens, I don't know, but I think she should have just said, "It's a soap."

The way things are going at CBS I'm not sure how long Gayle will still be there so I'm glad they got to do this.

I wasn't really watching by then (when I came back to the show she'd already had the baby) but I imagine they didn't delve into her post-partum past or do much with the story. It seemed like a very random choice for the character - maybe they just desperately wanted to cement her relationship with Jeffrey for viewers. I will say it's probably in character for her to be a late-in-life mother and if the show had stayed on that would have been compelling to watch...if they'd actually shown us her being a mother instead of the kid being offcamera.

I forgot Diane was on Sisters. A shame she didn't stay longer as that show was perfect for her.

I think it was Lifetime as I watched the show in repeats again (I stopped after the first 3-4 seasons). Nice to see another fan. Another thing on Sisters I've never forgotten is the early episode where Teddy led a protest the others eventually got involved with, and she kept saying, "I don't want to take a trip on the SS Censorship."

If they'd told the story properly, Reva and Josh wanting to be parents again because they never got to raise Marah and Shayne properly (especially Reva) could have been interesting, particularly if Reva hadn't been able to conceive and had turned to being a foster parent or adopting a child. Reva was always heavy in story, yes. I didn't really mind because I thought Zimmer sold what she was given and never became cold the way Beth Ehlers did, but I really don't believe B&E knew what to do with her most of the time. She's at a real loss by the time they leave. That continues for a long while where things just happen to Reva (she's blind, she's stalked, she is a psychic, etc.). For as much as she disdained Ellen Wheeler, Wheeler was the one who put more of a jolt back into Reva's identity and storylines.

That's disgusting, although it's typical of him. I wonder why he even asked her onto the show in the first place. GL was the only show she was ever a regular on, although that may be down to others not wanting her, I don't know. She was well-liked by ATWT viewers, so if she'd wanted to stay that's always a big "what might have been" for me, although that period of ATWT was so moribund I doubt she would have had anything interesting to do if she'd stayed.

I'd never heard of this podcast, but Louise Shaffer has been on several times, including last month. This is on Tom Lisanti's channel, and he's also been interviewed a number of times. The Diana Montford Show with Louise Shaffer, December 3, 2025

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May 1956 TV Radio Mirror. This was one of their award issues. James Lipton was runner up for most popular daytime actor, radio and TV (radio was won by Sandy Becker, TV by Terry O'Sullivan).