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@slick jones Sorry if I overlooked it, but did you get Kenneth Tigar, playing Karen's German attorney on The Doctors, in episode 3059 (original air date 11-6-1974)?

@slick jones Per an October 28, 1951, blurb from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Hollis Irving played "Elie Hughes" on Love of Life.

It also has some old soap books, e.g., Soap World by Robert LaGuardia, etc. You have to have an account and check those out digitally, but all they ask for is an e-mail and password. It's linked with openlibrary.org. The books can be read on a computer but I have an app called Digital Editions, that enables me to download it on my ipad.

Archive.org has a lot of old Photoplay and Radio TV Mirror magazines. 1963 seems to be the most recent ones. That's where I found this one.

Loved Liz Kemp as Betsy. I never warmed up to Margo McKenna at all.

LOL---do you mean the guy lurking or the name of the product? I remember my sister using Minipoo.

Came across this ad with Jacquie Courtney in a 1963 Photoplay.

Today, in 1976.

I wonder which cast mate Elvera was referring to when she mentioned someone getting bad press?

@slick jones The name of the character Phil Vandervort played was "Benjy." December 30, 1963... "Gold Is A Happy Color" ????... Phillip Van Der Voort Pegene O'Connor...Jacqueline Bertell Dr. Jerry Chandler... Richard Roat Chaplain Sam Shafer...Margot Moser Dr. Matt Powers...James Pritchett Dr.Maggie Hansen Fielding...Ann Williams

Dan was a villain to me because he was hurting innocent people and he was never humanized at all. I'm more sympathetic toward Cathy and John and don't really see them as villains. Nick and Althea weren't exactly innocent in any of the events involving Cathy and John. I've grown to loathe Nick and Althea because they're self-centered, hypocritical, and don't care who they hurt. The constant Nick-propping by the other characters is maddening. How many times an episode must we hear how great he is?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure those were the stories. I remember Chris felt guilty about what Jake had done while he was gone. Then he and Eugene built the robot (which was actually Chris' invention).

Promo from 1982 re Josh Taylor's return as Chris Kositchek. At around 7:18.

I did wonder how accurate that was. I didn't think Bill Bell started on Days until 1966 so how could he have hired PFS in 1965?

I can't imagine GC liked the 1973 story either. Ann is basically a doormat for Nick right now. I have no recollection of her from this time although I remember the other stories. She and Nick leave together in late 1974/early 1975 (to find a cure for Ann's soap-opera disease), and when she returns alone she is after Steve.

Gil Gerard has the "hunk" factor but his acting is way below the usual standards of the show (although better than much of the acting on current soaps). I never was interested in Alan the first time I watched him. I hope I find him more interesting this time. I'm not really looking forward to the 1974 stories. I think things pick up (for me) in 1975 though.

Great! I might have a few more but I'll wait so I can double-check there.

You're welcome! Did you already have the names for the characters that Michael Baseleon and Louise Sorel played in 1963---Al Finelli and Rose Finelli?

@slick jones Sorry if I overlooked this on your list for "The Doctors," but I came across this blurb in "The Detroit Free Press," for June 19, 1963. "Chaplain suspects head nurse is prejudiced against young Formosan nurse (Irene Sun)." Also, from April 16, 1963: "Rev. Shafer must tell man (Roy Poole) he has failed police examination."

Found this in the March 1, 1974, edition of Valley News (Van Nuys, CA), the daytime ratings for a two-week period ending January 27, 1974.

Jacqueline Courtney in a 1965 commercial for the Tammy doll.

I've long suspected that Gerald Gordon was basically playing himself on TD.

This is a documentary about Bill Hayes' life and career. There are some (brief) clips of very early Doug and Julie. (Sorry it can't be embedded but it plays when "Watch on Vimeo" is clicked on)

Martha definitely used to call Nick out on his bad behavior in the early days. I liked that better. She does get obnoxious now sometimes with the Nick worship. I even started disliking her for a while because she was going overboard with it.