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Glad you enjoyed watching. Yes, Michael seems like fun. I am always interested in more of these niche talk show appearances.

Geez, I hadn't heard that Doctors story. HBS really did go through it.

@Maxim Thank you for the mini-review and clip from several pages ago. I appreciate you using the Bo/Alex clip as them meeting again by this point was a real surprise to me. The scene has some layers, getting a glimpse of Alex genuinely wanting the best for Bo rather than gloating. I was disappointed it ended with Tina dragging her out of the room for some much less interesting sparring (I did enjoy Alex pointing out just how quickly Tina got over Cord).

I agree. Steve and Betsy were very telling and not showing. Meg Ryan and Michael Runyeon did seem to have some chemistry, but Lindsay Frost was colder and the attempts to style her adjacent to Meg Ryan made her look butch. Calhoun and Doug Marland, even if they didn't ever have Betsy as an A-character, were smart to let Frost grow out her hair, change her wardrobe from whatever had been thrown out at by coke-addled Square Pegs personnel, and play a Betsy who stood up for herself. I agree about Kincaid. I like him more here than in the other glimpse I've seen of him, but he's not as much of a leading man as Deas or Marx (Marx maybe being one of the best recasts ever on a soap - at least as Tom). He's more along the lines of a husband for Cagney & Lacey. I did enjoy the little moment where HBS put her head on his chest, realized she was getting a face full of chest hair, and closed his robe. I really do enjoy getting more of Margo before they started making the character a misery. I can see why you didn't mention Maggie's baby woes. I started to space out even while watching. I swear that takes up 70% of material I've seen from this era. Where is Ivan Kipling and his memory-erasing technology when we need it... So much couple focus at this point. @Soapsuds Thanks so much for posting this. I appreciate getting another new glimpse at our Oakdale friends.

Ellen Burstyn is in this clip. She was not in the (short-lived) series.

I still think she may have become obsessed with Nora - not with all the rest of the ugliness though.

Thanks.

That was one of my favorite parts - it was very old fashioned in tone yet also felt revolutionary. A reminder of what Gloria Monty brought to the show. Sorry to not tag you - couldn't remember if you watched a lot of older GH.

Eesh. I never knew that. I think the only thing I know about him is that in real life he was married to the woman who played Susan Moore (wasn't he?). I know so little about most of what Gina or Mark did outside of Mark's initial story with Terri Webber.

I saw Peter Blake trending on Twitter a day or two ago but assumed it was some other Peter Blake. Clearly not. It will be nice to see Dan Gauthier back on daytime again. And if they are keeping Kristen then at least this will be something new for her. If they insist on having Stacey play Susan I wish they'd just go all the way and have her play Mary Moira or Thomas, just to see Peter reacting to that nonsense.

I would agree it was better than what we got after. It was a fascinating, very awkward hybrid. I was probably harsher to it at the time than I would have been if I had known what was to come, but some aspects, like the way Blair was treated (don't want to give too much away), I will never support. I do appreciate their attempts at social awareness and reviving the moribund black cast.

I was shocked at the heavy amount of Alan and Monica as the episode chugged along, especially that lengthy flashback (I loved the effect of seeing it through Monica's eyes). As @Franko mentioned this as the first week of hour long episodes, I guess this was to help fill time. I'm very glad we got that as a choice of flashback instead of Mark Dante's forbidden love, or whatever was going on there. This is by far the most Alan and Monica content we've had of them at such an early stage of their relationship. As others have said, it is also so true to who they'd remain, even if the bile isn't there yet. I was also happy to see Anna Stuart, however briefly. Her accent doesn't seem as hoity-toity as her Donna Love accent, which makes sense. Also kind of fun to hear Laura telling Scotty he's sexy...a shame what the show later did to that relationship.

Lamont Corbin...wealthy businessman.. George E. Carey 77 . ..William Bryant 78 @slick jones In the GH episode from January 16th-20th, 1978 that just went on Youtube, I think Carey is still playing Lamont.

Thank you for posting that @SoapDope78 and for the all important date @Franko So nice to see rare treats from this timeframe. @vetsoapfan @slick jones @Vee @titan1978 @carolineg @Paul Raven @detroitpiston @MissPalmer @Bright Eyes @Liberty City @prefab1 @Khan @AMCOLTLLover @j swift @Jdee43 @TEdgeofNight @Khan @MontyB @BadBoy93 @victorlord75 @AdelaideCate007 @janea4old @BetterForgotten @Antoyne @jam6242 @dc11786@AbcNbc247 @ranger1rg @depboy @FrenchFan @Taoboi @dragonflies you may be interested in this too (if you haven't already seen it)

@Mitch64 With all the talk of whether Brent-as-Marian was based on JFP I thought this was interesting. I never really saw it before but with the longer hair I can see it.

If you watch long enough this will not be the last time OLTL is a bit too fascinated with hand and mouth action under a table. @mar4331 is probably right...but...if you last that long I'd be fascinated with your take on the very strange Labines era of spring 1997-early 1998.

Thanks so much @slick jones for documenting the big losses of recent weeks. I never knew Sally was on GH. Didn't know Brock Jamison was blind now either. I remember him posting some thoughts years ago after Terri Vandenbosch passed away. Not sure why I thought that character was named Speed instead of Spree...

Linda Dano and Mark Consuelos on Rosie. Lots of 9/11 talk.

I wouldn't call AMC very staid in that timeframe. They just weren't good at making that type of material work for their audience.

Luckily you are a long way off from those two.

Neither have I. Kamar was very beautiful then. If only he and Doug Wert could have translated viewers based on pretty points, but that was not a CBS audience...

I thought Rex epitomized all the failings of men on soaps for the '00s (and the '90s). Nasty, self-righteous, cold, lacking chemistry with anyone. The only difference was his being an aged out twink.

I don't think Luna was disliked by the audience, although she was likely never as popular with them as she was with Michael Malone. Even he stopped writing for her long before Susan Batten left. I think Luna would have worked best in a mode similar to Sally Gracie's character. Max wasn't even that special for her to be degraded over, especially as she was a second choice. It would be like if Jackson on AMC had dumped Erica for Opal.

The funniest part of Korte's issues, real, alleged, what have you, is that Carly is pretty much useless to the canvas these days. Even Sonny has more connections thanks to his many kids and grandkids and Laura's adoration.

Turn your volume down before you watch these. Blown out.