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I was thinking that Stephen Schnetzer still looks handsome even with that bushy beard. 

@DRW50 Brian was around near the end anyway.  I think Keith Charles had taken on the role by then.

56 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

Thanks. Ugh. I think ATWT did this years later with John Dixon and Carly (although he wasn't the father in the end). So the happy ending was just them reconciling and him being able to walk again, but he still wasn't the father?

 

Sorry for all the questions. 

Yeah, the paternity wasn’t changed.  I’m not sure that Amy even learned that Brian (the doctor) was the father.  I know at one point only Brian and his sister, Danielle, knew the truth about that.  I think the baby was also named Danielle.  Kevin had left Amy, thinking she had cheated on him, if I’m remembering correctly.  Though that seems crazy to me now that she wouldn’t tell him that she had been inseminated instead of letting him think she cheated on him.  Kevin had surgery in England, and in the last episode, was waiting on Amy, sitting in a regular chair.  He got up to walk across the room to her, then fell in her arms.  Hopefully someone else remembers and can correct me if I’m wrong.  

On 2/3/2019 at 5:33 PM, DRW50 said:

@safe Bernie Barrow is in this one. 

 

That's another rare find. So awesome to get to hear these. I didn't know whether they had organ music or not by then. I guess they didn't. The music sounds surprisingly futuristic for a soap. Then again this was the '70s...

 

I know it's been discussed and I've just forgotten, but what secret was Amy hiding? Was she artificially inseminated? Is that why Valerie (who sounded like she could cut a bitch) was so rattled when that woman was going on about how she would get "AI"?

 

Was Kevin paralyzed at this point?

Yes, Amy was artificially inseminated when Kevin was paralyzed, and somehow without his knowledge (though I can’t remember how that part played out).  Her gynecologist supplied the sperm, unknown to Amy.  Jeffrey Pomerantz played the doctor.

23 minutes ago, Khan said:

I can't read the article.  Nevertheless, it's sad to hear about Carmen Duncan.  I hope she knew how much a lot of AW fans appreciated her work as Iris.  May she RIP.

Well, that one doesn't work for me anymore either.  Here's another one.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/actor-carmen-duncan-76-dies-of-cancer-20190203-p50vfc.html

Carmen Duncan has died.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/australian-actor-carmen-duncan-dies-after-cancer-battle-aged-76/news-story/5f4430200e9798c208432ed93cb14536?utm_medium=Twitter&utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_source=DailyTelegraph&utm_campaign=EditorialSF

I think Alex was actually shot in 1981 despite the caption on the promo.

4 hours ago, NothinButAttitude said:

 

True. 

 

But if that is the case, I think it was a mistake. I don't think that the core family concept really mattered with the show. I more so care about the characters themselves minus their family dynamics. I wanted to see Carolee stand on her own without Steve. Her wallowing over him does not bode well for me. I just seems like Steve is literally getting away with murder. 

I want Carolee to go off on all the adults she knew previously, and to make new friends.  None of them showed any real concern about her disappearing. 

There used to be civilians wandering around the hospital in the earlier episodes we’ve seen.  Plus, patients going in and out of the clinic.

I love the background players, especially Big Joe and Nurse Wheeler (who used to side-eye everybody).  Lately, I’ve been enjoying Nurse Ursula (Mercedes Ruehl), who seems to disapprove of the gatherings in front of her desk.

58 minutes ago, MonaCroft said:

On the new opening, I am at a loss for most of the heads on the bottom.   I see Mona, Jason, and Luke.   Who are the rest?

After Mona and Jason is Nola.  I think the next one might be John Shearin (soon to be Mike), although the resemblance isn’t great. Then, Sarah, Luke, Jerry, and Penny,

I'm very much enjoying the Kyle/Maggie story.  I found their attraction very natural; not forced at all.  This is probably the first story that is strictly Marland's own.  I'm glad he gave Lydia/Maggie something to do other than being the gossip and recapper.

@DRW50 Definitely Teri.  I remember this commercial.  Thanks for sharing.  

1 hour ago, danfling said:

In the picture with Adam, Orin, and Julie, who is the woman?    Is it the fourth actress to play Rose Pollock?

I was wondering the same thing.  I hope someone can tell us.

ETA:  Someone who is very familiar with this story thinks that the older woman was the minister's wife.  He thinks this picture must have been from a rehearsal.  Adam's girlfriend at the time, Roxanne Carey (Martha Galphin), was Julie's maid of honor in the aired show.

Article re efforts being made to improve the ratings, from 1972.

From May 1968.

On 5/27/2018 at 2:35 AM, slick jones said:

 

PAMELA TOLL

 

THE DOCTORS       Elizabeth "Liz" Wilson   1966-70

                            "Mellisande Townsend" in George's mind   1969

ANOTHER WORLD   Pammy Davis       1970

SOMERSET       Pammy Davis   1970-71

 

@slick jonesI found this in a June 21, 1965 (Mon.), newspaper.  Pamela appeared in a few episodes of GL (character name unknown).

I don’t know about writing for soaps but I recognize Fred Mustard Stewart’s name as a novelist, whose books were made into films and mini-series.  “The Mephisto Waltz,”  and “Ellis Island,” come to mind.

17 hours ago, Chris B said:

I’m in August 1971 and by this point I have a good enough feel for the Pollocks to form an opinion. They’re not bad, but the show is very plot driven and can be slow until they reach the next big point in the story. I find a more character driven show moves faster because you become more invested in the characters. 

 

My dear Karen is back in full swing, but the writing for her isn’t as complex as before. I still remember that Steve wasn’t Introduced as the upstanding man he is now. Granted she was wrong to try to steal Matt, but Steve had no right to rape her and force her into that marriage. She has good reason to keep Steve away from Enrich but it isn’t verbalized. Everybody simply views Karen as a problem, which I’m sure will only increase once it’s her turn to be the main villain. 

 

The Dan Allison story is wrapping up as well. He’s hit Carolee and now is in the hospital after a heart attack. The shift in writing for Dan was so jarring that it took some getting used to, but now that I have it’s fine. I’m just glad this will be ending hopefully soon. 

 

One thing I recall y’all saying is how out of character it is for Mike to become a police officer later in the series. Based on what I’m watching now I wish they’d done that sooner. He doesn’t have the maturity of temperament to be a doctor based on what we’re seeing right now. He’s just taken a drug from the lab and almost jumped off the roof after hallucinating on it. Now that he’s better everybody seems to have moved on so quickly. I wish they had moved Mike in a different direction here. I do love him with Toni so I’m hoping his crazy days are behind him. 

 

Im curious where the show will go once the Dan story is wrapped up. Maggie is only a talk to and Althea and John are pretty much on the back burner post marriage. I enjoy Kathy but I do wish Nick had a more age appropriate love interest, Karen perhaps. 

Liz Hubbard was pregnant at this time (I think the baby was born in September) so that’s the reason John and Althea’s story is sort of on hold.

1 hour ago, robbwolff said:

Springfield had an earthquake? I don't remember that. I recall one on that silly island where Reva was a princess.

 

Dr. Althea Davis on The Doctors has had brain surgery at least 2 or 3 times.

I think Althea had five brain surgeries in total, if you count the exploratory procedure she had between the two full surgeries she had during Nick’s last visit (adding to the two she had prior to 1976).

A couple of items I found on newspapers.com, regarding the Julie Jamison Hillyer trial.  The first is from the December 2, 1968, The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), and discusses the episode that aired on November 8, 1968.  The second is from the November 22, 1968, San Antonio Express (Ann Flood and Laurence Hugo are pictured).

Oh, I hadn’t heard about the Hubbard Squash reference.  Too funny!  How suddenly could Julia have quit if she was a contract player?  

The soap press at the time reported that Julia left because she felt that she had outgrown the role.  I do think TD squandered her the last few years by not having her drive her own stories.  Penny should have stayed in medical school.  She turned dumb under DePriest.   TD didn’t seem to know what to do with its young female characters, in general.  Toni and Liz were in a similar situation.  

I believe Marland’s complaint about LH was that she refused to say the lines as written.  It’s too bad because I’m finally liking Althea again for the first time in years. She’s much better when she’s not moping, getting hysterical over a man, and/or recovering from brain surgery.  I don’t understand why Althea wasn’t the first choice to be Acting COS, with her long tenure, plus she’s been a department head.

I recently got dinged on one that I've had up a few years.  Just some Doug and Julie scenes from 1993.  Don't know how Sony found that one since I did not mention Days in my description.

We’re still seeing Big Joe.  The lack of medical stories started prior to Marland. Aren’t Joan Dancy’s OD and Althea’s multiple brain surgeries the only ones we’ve seen at Hope Memorial in 1976?  Rico was never seen treating his own patients.