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Nicolas Coster's passing made me think of Eduardo's last scene, slowly being killed by Orlena. Such a horrifying scene in a way very unique for ATWT, or most soaps, and a moment that led into the last strong story the show ever did. The part was ultimately a waste of Coster's talents, but what a way to go.

Didn't the parent company very abruptly yank DAYS from NBC to try to prop up Peacock?

Thanks. There's so much in the radio soap world I wish I knew more of...it's amazing you and others have found all that you have found.

Brief glimpse of a radio soap here - not entirely sure which. It's about 6 minutes in. @jam6242 @dc11786 @Paul Raven @vetsoapfan @slick jones

Coster lived a very full life, even still working to his last years, but I'm sorry to hear he's gone. Such a wryly amusing, charismatic, restrained presence who added a touch of class to anything he appeared in...and he appeared in plenty.

Don Briscoe still makes you catch your breath. Thanks as always for these. @slick jones I was wondering if Dominic Chianese was in those 1983 ATWT scenes, or if you already gave him that credit (I checked earlier but might have missed it).

Thanks @Vee it's so sweet to see all these photos of Bonnie back with the show, all these years later.

Thanks. I'd wondered that too (or whatever name he was going by in that period).

Thanks for taking time to check.

I don't know for sure, but it certainly reminds me of her.

Think this is Geoffrey Scott. Wondering if anyone can ID a few others. @jam6242 @vetsoapfan

The show has improved a bit from where it was earlier this year, but still feels very lost to me. I don't mind the Harry recast (I don't go far back enough to know the other Harry) but bringing in six new registrars only for most of them to be unlikeable, forgettable, and/or cannon fodder feels like a waste, especially when you have extremely played out characters like Dawn and Esther still central in story. Dawn is regularly involved in the worst stories on the show.

Thanks @SoapDope . Always hope a bit of Tom and Carol together shows up someday.

@Paul Raven Thanks. I do remember reading about and seeing a photo of David's guest spot. I'm half-surprised they didn't try to work Stenbeck in. I see Dominic Chianese in some of the later scenes. I never knew he was on ATWT. He really did make the rounds of the NY-based soaps. (I didn't even know he was still alive - good for him)

In September 1983, someone who worked at the Home Lines cruises taped some segments that featured the cruise line, along with relevant segments building up to the ship scenes. This isn't a period of time for the show I'm all that interested in, and probably one of the stories I'm least interested in, but still, this is vintage, very rare material that we aren't getting otherwise, and I hope that Steve/Betsy fans or Meg Ryan fans (or just fans who enjoy staring at Scott Bryce) get something out of it. (I don't even remember hearing about a portion of the Steve/Betsy/Craig saga that took place on a cruise ship - unless I just blanked it out due to apathy) @soapfan770 @P.J. @slick jones @Soapsuds @Vee @victoria foxton @vetsoapfan @Paul Raven @Khan @Mitch64 @DramatistDreamer @chrisml @DeliaIrisFan @wonderwoman1951 @Soaplovers @MarlandFan @FrenchFan @dc11786 @jam6242

Considering Holly had cheated with Maureen's husband, I can't expect Maureen to have a great deal of sympathy.

Above I posted a tweet from someone who said how much this reminds them of what went on in Turkey in 2016 - a puppet show used as an excuse for further erosion.

I do believe Prighozin is genuinely angry over his group having to do much of the work, but this has felt like a distraction to me for a while now, to play games with the West, and maybe lull Ukraine into a false sense of security (although I don't think this will work). Prighozin's broadsides against Russia (which rarely involve criticizing Putin himself) have gone on for months and nothing changes. I could see him doing all this to save face, with Putin going along for his own purposes, before they go back to what they love most - raping and torturing and murdering.

Putting Galen Gering in there with the other guys makes him look about 70.

In this case it's like choosing between two different turds.