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I think someone said there were plans to expand the black Spaulding canvas but it was vetoed by P&G. I can't remember if that was at this time or in 1984. That whole period of GL, that whole last decade, was the epitome of lip service - bringing in tokens and not bothering to do more with them so they could say, "We tried." The only thing of consequence that any of this had was that Victoria Platt and Terrell Tilford are still married today. (it's sad, if not surprising, just how little use the show had for David by the time Monti Sharp left - he was stripped of any purpose or personality [can you really see Monti's David wanting to be a cop?])

Thanks.

I wonder why they replaced her. The wife only lasted a few seasons anyway, didn't she?

David would have made a better Greg, yes, as didn't things just sort of happen and Greg reacted to them? Snapper had a much more complex inner life that David could not have worked with (he tends to just look constipated in moments like that).

I've never understood why they cast Hauser. If I was watching at the time, maybe I would know, but he feels like such an odd choice for Y&R (which cast beautiful people) as well as for the Foster family (who were all troubled on the inside but able to present a more acceptable, polished face to the world). And James Houghton was so incredibly handsome, it's just jarring. Was this down to soaps moving toward the "anti-hero/bad boy" format by 1977 or 1978?

I always loved the night-to-day transition shot even as a kid. That was one of the things, along with relatives visiting from out of town, and getting to see every character react to an event, that made ATWT special to me. I do agree that finding 'new' episodes is preferable at this point (I still need to catch up on the '84 episodes that were put up a year or two ago, if they haven't been taken down), but Marland was there long enough to where eventually the denseness of the material starts to make it seem new again. I'm one of the few who has an easier time watching his last few years over his first few. They just feel more real to me, somehow.

Speaking of Daniel, you probably already know this, but he's on Instagram. He still looks good, just older. He posted a cast photo for Midland Heights a few months ago. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDkLmLCDq-n/ If any of you know how to communicate on Instagram maybe we can get him to do an interview.

Sad. Julia was such a bizarrely written character, but Abby played her with a certain surreal class and absurdity that made the writing more coherent than it probably deserved to be. Susan Sullivan and Jamie Rose left kind comments on Twitter.

To be fair to her, I don't know if anyone could have survived their hairstylist judging by that clip - Doug's hair looks lumpy and misshapen, like Playdoh left behind, while the beautiful Roberta Leighton has been assaulted by a demonic cereal bowl. I'm just shocked that we got to see her. I'm shocked that we got to see a number of those clips. The karate one was fascinating as it has that raw type of feeling which was sort of being phased out of the show by then, with the increasingly ossified Brooks sisters, Jill, etc. And it's such a reminder of how incredibly gorgeous and charismatic Doug Davidson was in those years. The moment where he was too awestruck to speak about his wife was sweet. The writing quality - the quality, period - has declined so much, as shown by the time of those 2003 clips, but I'm glad they didn't try to hide the past to prop up later stuff, and just let the material stand.

Completely incoherent babble from Josh Hawley, someone you will hear a lot over the next 4 years as right-wing sympathizers and faux-populists like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Stoller adore him.

Oh that liberal media. Mrs. Alan Greenspan is as useless as ever.

Sad to hear that. Julia was one of those characters FC never seemed to know what to do with, but Abby Dalton did what she could.

Not sure if this is what will help, but this goes state by state:

In the rare spot of good news, this pathetic little worm is [!@#$%^&*] off.

Yet another prize Times reporter, last seen humiliating himself for Rudy in the Ukraine "scandal," is big mad.

As a few people pointed out, I did think that was Jeffrey Tambor. That Matt Taibbi continues to be seen as such a brave intellectual makes you wonder why Andrew "milky loads" Sullivan is not given the same treatment, even though they are now the same person. I think some men desperately cling to him for a sense of coolness, which is very sad. Speaking of sad, the New Republic's ongoing identity crisis now includes cringeworthy starfucking - Ryu Spaeth had a bewildering pseudo-intellectual puff piece about how much he loves Ben Smith and how precious Ben Smith is for knowing he has no conscience or morals. (oddly, no mention of Smith's failed hit on Ronan Farrow, or on how wrong his campaign coverage was this year) He also decided to make a dig at David Carr, which upset Carr's daughter.

Biden has also tapped Neera Tanden to be part of his team, which is causing no shortage of "Mad? I'm not mad...I'm not mad hahahaha [Joker meme a year out of date] you're mad!!!" teeth-grinding from the dead-end cultists Bernie flushed down the toilet in March.

@slick jones @dc11786thank you for the help with the dates. I will credit you on the video. The judge will always be Rebedow from Oz to me. A lot of this period is a blur. I'm not sure how I would feel if I could watch it all day by day. Shelley was too gorgeous and charismatic to make you believe Delilah wasn't already a huge star. I didn't know she and Brad were an item... Wasn't this also the period that Liz Hubbard had a bit role. I guess Jean Arley or whoever was in charge at the time was doing the type of guest stunt casting that many other soaps would do later on.

I had this in my files, from an old Youtube download, and I decided to upload it before I lost it. I checked to see if it was still on Youtube (it's not, as far as I could see). It was originally uploaded by a Dark Shadows fan, based on the title, highlighting the appearance of Dennis Patrick and Nancy Barrett, and is clearly edited to spotlight them. Does anyone know what the month or date might have been?

You can find more on the show here as well.

Welcome, @NadineC. If I find anything I'll let you know.

At about 6 minutes Terry Lester talks about the appeal of a bad boy. There's also a brief clip with Jack and Brad (no idea if the full version is available already).

Some interviews here with Larry Hagman, Howard Keel, Donna Mills, Gordon Thomson and Joan Collins ( @DaytimeFan ) about villains. Linda Gray has a longer interview about directing. Some good stuff.