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Yes, those are the Bannings with Bill.

I don't want to spoil too much but the Liz/Townsend story hasn't happened yet. It should be coming up soon though.

I think Carolee must be 31 at the youngest in 1967. She said she was 17 when she was first kissed and the boy was killed in the Korean War, which ended in 1953.

I was just a kid but I remember 1967 was a big year for the counter-culture. There was the Summer of Love in San Francisco. Dr. Timothy Leary was all over TV advocating using LSD and other psychedelic drugs in psychiatry. Paul McCartney became the first Beatle to admit he had used LSD.(and the Beatles were very influential for those too young to have experienced that).

I think she was around for a year or so.

I believe Janene was a friend of Bill's during the storyline involving Kitty Horton's death. She had a flirtation with Doug when he first came to Salem. Joan Van Ark was playing the part by that time.

I'm wondering why Althea told Dr. Winters today that she had not talked to Nick since he broke things off with Liz (when she has)?

That's a nice coincidence about your parents' wedding anniversary, amybrickwallace. The current issue of SOD has an interview with Bill and Susan about their anniversary. Here are a few articles about the wedding (sorry both are incomplete):

I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it but keep a look out for the orderly who is an extra in the Christmas episode that aired today. I remember this actor being on some CBS soaps but didn't know he was ever on The Doctors. He's better known for prime time.

Thanks for the clip! I only watched this show occasionally and when I did it was mainly because of Andrea Marcovicci and Leon Russom. I actually thought she was quite striking in looks. Definitely captured your attention. I think they also were a couple in real life at the time.

Thanks for the articles, DRW50! Intellectually, I understand the show couldn't tolerate Reinholt and Courtney causing trouble on the set (if that was truly the case). Still, to me they were irreplaceable. I didn't hate Susan Harney but it was like she was a different character. I didn't care for the subsequent Alices. And I did not like David Canary as Steve, at all.

Speaking of Rita Lakin, looks like a lot of her personal career memorabilia is being sold on eBay, including some scripts from The Doctors. According to the description, most of her scripts have been donated to the University of Wyoming. http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-DOCTORS-1963-1982-TV-SERIES-Rita-Lakin-Archive-LOT-OF-13-ORIG-SCRIPTS-/201084335797?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed18f76b5

Today's episodes were up around 5:00 when I watched them (but I see they're down now). Hope this is temporary. The live stream has been working for me the last two days but the station only airs the second half hour.

No, Penny was Althea's daughter with her first husband. She should be a pre-teen at this point.

I think Steve was portrayed as a bit of a rich playboy at the beginning. He's certainly charming and handsome!

So great to see this show again! I was in the 4th grade the first time these episodes aired and obviously missed a lot because I was in school. But seeing these characters again is like seeing some long-lost friends. I'm over the moon about seeing Steve and Carolee's first meeting. And Nick and Althea, sizzling hot as ever. I don't remember the Winters but I thought the scenes with Althea and Dr. Winters were great. So wonderful seeing long scenes again instead of the 30-60 second snippets that we seem to get today. And now I learn where the "Little Boy Doctor" nickname came from for Dr. Rice (his patient). My mom and I used to call Terry Kiser that every time we subsequently saw him in anything but I couldn't remember where Dr. Rice got the name. Funny the things that stick with us!

OMG, Steve Aldrich! I don't know whether to smile or cry. Thanks for sharing!

It will probably come back up as soon as The Doctors is over, lol.

That link hasn't been reliable for me. It usually works fine in the late afternoon and evening but not at the time I want to watch The Doctors. Hope others have more luck with it.

Retro TV tweeted that the episode aired on Dec. 4, 1967.

Danfling, I'm assuming you meant Robert Cobert and yes, he did do the music for The Doctors.

I must have seen her but I don't really have any specific memories of Bethel Leslie as Maggie either. I also don't remember Nick being engaged to Liz (I'm assuming this is Liz Wilson they're referring too). But I'm beyond thrilled to see this since I never thought I would ever see so much as a clip again.

Someone put one of the episodes up. It freezes up a few times but good otherwise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz7sVGb5Nxg

This an article about various characters instead of the actors. The magazine is dated April 1976 but I believe most of the events occurred in 1975. Interesting that the article refers to Bill's rape of Laura as a "brief encounter."

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.