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Lesley Anne Down replaced her.

Thanks. I always got the first part mixed up.

Same old NPR, pushing right wing talking points. I have never forgotten their shilling for the Iraq invasion.

That episode was up on Youtube for a number of years. I can't remember the date now. I think sometime in fall 1987.

His scene starts about 3 minutes in. (Julia's vapid face is such a fantastic invitation to watch this episode, isn't it)

I think by the end she also felt a loyalty to the idea or history of the show, more than what she had to work with. I think that's what she suggested as the reason why she was still there at the end. I remember her confronting Michael Logan (when he interviewed her) over his negative comments about her work as Justine, and her basically saying it was garbage and she did what she had to do to get through.

Oh sorry - I thought you meant he made a guest appearance on OLTL as well.

I remember DeeDeee talking about how Bell liked writing for Colleen Casey. If so that's the only real reason I can guess why she was on as long as she was and why poor beautiful Andy was stuck with her. She's certainly not a bad actress by any means, but she's very glossy and generic in a way that is badly out of step with the show at that point. She seems like she should be shilling orange juice in between all her Sweeney Sisters musical numbers.

It's interesting Farley went back after his previous stint (or do you mean he was on another show?). At least he seemed to try at ATWT.

The odd part is I believe Jacqueline Babbin had enhanced AMC's production values, which shows you where they must have been in the '70s I guess. I didn't even know Tyrone was still on in 1986. I guess he wasn't for long. It's a little sad to see Paul's wide friendship group slowly dismantled over the course of 2 years, especially since he never really has a close friend from this point on (instead they mostly just overdo the Mary relationship and Lynne pining for him).

Here's an old photo I scanned - it's from her OLTL role, presumably. Some in the industry were clearly not happy she got a nomination, or just with her in general, as there are repeated digs at her as well as one article I remember expressing delight that Leann Hunley had won instead.

Didn't Mary supposedly feel the producers were trying to phase her out of the show?

I saw Katy Tur tweeted and deleted (she said she deleted out of caution). I'm seeing people celebrating this on Twitter but I feel like it could all go very very wrong. I know it sounds glib but I just hope you all stay safe.

I've wondered how viewers at the time felt about this saga. SFT had never been immune to tragedy (Jo's various husbands, and of course, poor Marge), but this was the first highly sensationalized death, especially of a core character, wasn't it? I think there was a guy killed off during a writers' strike a few years earlier but nothing is available of those moments.

This couldn't be coming at a worse time.

I hope all is well with you. I'm glad Angela Merkel is leading in this crisis. Very few people have been wearing masks here either, from my experience. Meanwhile the US continues to get results like this, due to astroturf shitburgers.

Lois on GH, in 2004.

I remember her trying out for some soap roles but that never went anywhere.

Thanks. Weren't there rumors GH was going to bring Carla on? I never did know what happened with Amy Van Horne's career.

Was that that Richard Steinmetz character?

The tasteless ending of Sydney's murder sort of suggests how those behind the scenes felt about Morgan, and about her leaving, but a lot of that was their own fault and failing. Jane Elliot was ultimately a much better fit as Tracy - it's too bad that wasn't in the works earlier. (I guess it helps that Jane had been a producer on Loving and was less likely to put up with nonsense - one of her interviews after joining the show even mentions her correcting lighting problems!)

I hadn't heard that. You'd think they would have been more appreciative of having jobs. I guess that's the peril of having so many young, green actors erroneously assuming their careers were ahead of them.