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Thanks. I couldn't remember if Russell was a part of that too.

A late 1969 promo for NBC daytime. Just a title card, but I thought it might interest you.

A late 1969 promo for the NBC Daytime lineup. Just a title card but I thought it may interest you.

This is a promo for the NBC Daytime lineup in late 1969. Just title cards, but I thought it might still interest you.

Was A.J. Russell the writer who came up with Ice Princess? I wonder if he had any role with Lucy too - she reminds me a little of some of the women of that period, like Tiffany (just darker than Tiffany).

That was a good promo for a story that stalled out so much. Even if they were surprised by KS' break they should have had the Nathan mystery still going - having more focus on James not connecting with him, Spinelli's instincts saying something is wrong and everyone just convincing him he was not being rational.

That seems to be from the grueling DL story. I still don't know if the show needed that story (and it does seem out of step for the rest of the show in that era, as has been mentioned). I watched a clip from the Laurelton Frisco and Felicia clips with Terry finding a dead body in their living room and doing the most OTT wailing and sobbing as Bobbie races downstairs and has to console her. It's just a test to watch and does seem like an odd fit for Bobbie. I suppose this is the end result of getting rid of any older women not named Lila.

That would be a blast. So many soap feuds could go on there. @Soapsuds By the time they tell him who they are and hear about his own personal and family experiences the interview would be over...so maybe that actually would be a good way to make peace.

@slick jones Not sure if this is something you'd add to your files, but Joe Campanella does the narration for this 1974 educational film, Weight Training For Every Body. Weight Training For Every Body (1974)

I've seen more fan passion about this beef than anything on DAYS in several years. They should pay SR and DH to do a sit-down interview.

@alwaysAMC Thanks for the summary! I hadn't watched yet because, while I think Alan has gotten a bit too much hate at times, I feel like his interviewing abilities have gotten even worse. The last few I watched (Jean LeClerc and Alex Walters) were enough to make me put those on pause. I agree he has likely no history with these soaps and doesn't seem to want to try. I'm glad Wilson was such a great guest and that Chris Bruno had a lot to offer too. Bruno could have easily just stopped talking about this story given today's climate.

Yes - recreating long gone episodes is something that might interest me, if technology improves enough to make that viable.

A late January 1986 promo.

From what I remember, it's a bit dull.

The woman at the start looks familiar too.

Capitol Nov 20 1986 Princess Yasmine killed at wedding Soap Jess Walton Teri Hatcher

All My Ava in the 80s Loving soap opera Lotz, Megnot, Peluso Luke Perry Clips of each Ava.

They cross for a year or so. They interact during Reva's post-partum story as Roger takes nude photos of her while she's having an episode and attempts to use the photos for blackmail. They are both on the canvas in 95-97 but I don't remember them interacting seriously. I also found that period with Harley and Mallet annoying. I never liked that pairing. I thought he drained all the personality out of her and was an ass.

There were a few other scenes in recent months which were worse, apparently - one in Julie's bookstore where Deirdre avoided looking at Suzanne the whole time.

He did. That's where most of his romance with Tess took place. I don't know how believable it ever was as she put Stacey through hell, but they did have good chemistry.

The Jessica moment was also treated very seriously - Soap at its best knew how to balance comedy and drama. I don't think you are wrong about tidy endings - on Neighbours, which concluded (again - like GL the show was canceled and revived multiple times) a woman found out a month before the show ended that her husband was cheating with her daughter's friend, and they were strongly hinting at a reunion in the finale. I didn't mind the happy endings on GL as much because I thought most of them were believable. Vanessa and Billy had never split up because of lack of love - he shot someone and went to prison. Josh and Reva had split up and reunited again and again. So had Beth and Philip. Rick and Mindy were more of a stretch, but more on Mindy's side as the show seemingly never had her progress any as a person in her 15 years away from regular Springfield living. But as an ending I thought it was cute, even if they barely got any airtime. Krista and Michael always had good chemistry. If Kim Simms had been Mindy I would have had more of an issue.

This is a "thing" now with various male celebrities - I guess in hand with that looksmaxxing trend of young men smashing their jaws with hammers. I haven't seen Jordi, but I know there's a lot of speculation about several comedians (John Mulaney, Kumail Nanjiani, etc.). JFP would repeat this plot not once, but twice, on AW and OLTL, with young female cops breaking all the rules and also banging their superiors. She was never one to avoid putting her fantasies onscreen. She did not do this at GH - maybe because for most of her run she was working with dominant headwriters who saw cops as evil.

Thanks @janea4old @Paul Raven It does tell you about the tension backstage that they didn't even bother to keep Sarah to the length of her contract - this means Kendall could have been around for Erica's pill addiction story.