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"One Life to Live" Promo (1989)

I think he quickly moved to the Doctors, although that show was widely known to be on its deathbed by then so you'd think it wasn't his choice. I do wish they'd kept Joe on longer, as a soap needs a sleazy but not too OTT baddie to drive stories. I can't guess where he would have been if he'd stayed though. I could have seen him teaming up with Josh for Josh's schemes.

I guess the plan all along was for him to be a psycho, so at least they had a plan, but Behrens wasn't very good as the nice guy or the bad guy. The story did make Val look incredibly stupid and managed to be ugly and dull at the same time, while dragging on for what felt like years. To me it's a much worse story than the brain tumor story, which is also bad, but at least doesn't run long and has a camp element.

That's more relevant than anything I was writing. Sorry to go off topic.

I am always fascinated watching these clips (maybe more than if I was watching full episodes). This one in particular gets delirious by the end. I know that Whitney was thrown into some type of Devils-esque JER therapy by this point (wasn't she whipping herself and refusing to breast feed her child?). When I saw the thumbnail, I thought she was in whiteface, but no, it's just the post-production they used for Whitney's VR sessions. It works surprisingly well (a little better than when GL did this around the same time for Harley's comic book episode) but was VR a big thing in 2006? Brook Kerr always sells this material. And even the wig.

And that often made no sense...Reckell was set up to fail with that awful accent alone, although lacking chemistry with Nicolette Sheridan didn't help. (admittedly I think Bill Devane was the only one who had chemistry with her)

ATWT was riddled with feuds between female co-stars in the early/mid '80s which drove several women off the show (including, supposedly, Ariana Muenker, the only interesting young woman on the show at that time). Some of the hardcore Y&R fans will remember better than I do but I don't think Melody and Jeanne shared scenes together very often in that time frame (I think that may be one of the reasons why Jill, not Nikki, was there for Katherine when she had a breast cancer scare).

I think Brad mentioned Carly's houseplant. I do wonder if Sonny is as important to Jason these days.

I didn't realize they were still together. That's nice for them.

Carmen Duncan was on the iconic Australian soap Number 96 for several months before leaving due to her pregnancy. Most of Carmen's run on the show was wiped, but through a "bridging episode" of those lost years, I saw a few photos and clips, including her very last scene (followed by the first scene of her replacement, Jill Foster). @DaytimeFan I think you were a Carmen fan too so this may also be new to you. Carmen's sister Paula was on the show for a longer run, as Carol, the sister of long-running gay character Don (one of the first gay characters on TV in a substantial role).

https://deadline.com/2026/01/nessa-hyams-dead-exorcist-blazing-saddles-1236694861/

She did return in 1979 for a brief run. I have a feeling they decided the character had no use without Roger and then by the time Roger returned they would have never been interested, even though Billy would have made sense as a return.

By this point, even when they cast actors who presumably cost some coin (like Peter Reckell fresh off his biggest DAYS run or Sam Behrens not long after his well-received GH run) the show did a terrible job with them.

That's how I take it too. A gracious way of saying she'd been let go. I could also see Potter or Marland feeling Jennifer was a replacement for her. Geraldine Court ended up being so wasted - I never will know what happened there.

I remember when Wes debuted on GL, he got a lot of praise, even comparisons to Michael Zaslow. Those were not accurate, as it turns out, but I do think he has charisma. Peter just seemed to, from what I can tell, stay much too long and have horrible stories.

How much longer did Joe last than Andy?

@DeeVee @vetsoapfan It's a few minutes into this video. 1992 GL 40th Anniversary Prime Time Special Part 2

Don't give them any ideas...

That probably would be his true home. Or cruise ships.

More time to rehearse for the Nurses' Ball.

Thanks. Sorry about that. I couldn't find his listing.

She was in an episode or two. Alan went somewhere while struggling with Philip's impending death, I think, and Dorothy worked there. I forgot Linda was on GL. She would have been a good Elizabeth too.

I saw that post, but given that Philip had also died and returned, I don't know if it would have mattered if they could find some strong story (or even just a few scenes). You're right that Lyman could have played someone else.

Not much about ATWT in the interview. Alan didn't even remember that Alex was initially tied to Lily and nearly led Alexander to think he and Martha Byrne had just read together for his audition but weren't tested together. Most of the interview about his life. Alan did reunite him with Shawn Christian as a surprise - they hadn't spoken in many years. They mentioned Mark being with Rosanna or implied it. I have no memory of that. Admittedly I wasn't heavy into the stories by that time.

@slick jones Around 35 or 40 minutes into Alexander Walters' new Locher Room interview, he says he had a small part on Y&R when he first moved to LA. That would have been pre-ATWT, so pre-1995. He didn't give any other details.