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LOL, Carl. The sad thing is, this can't even be a joke with MAB and would probably happen.

I heard the same thing. SOD did a brief article on that. Something about attempts to save shows or reboots. They said Bell was tired of the recasts and he said if one more person decided to leave, he would write out the entire Brooks family, so when Jamie Lyn Bauer chose to leave, he wrote them all out. I especially wish Leslie and Lorie could have stayed, but I am not a big recast fan so I understand. I still want Lorie back and Bauer is willing.

How long was Susan Bernard on the show? I have never heard of her character.

Wow. That seems kind of graphic.

Wow. That seems kind of graphic.

Thanks balozier. I appreciate your sharing that link. That would have been a lot to lose.

That's horrible! I love the EON homepage. I learned a lot there, it is hands down the best website for any soap opera. They had so much information.

There's Linda Cristal at the end.

Too bad they won't do Heather/Scotty again instead of the trash with Luke.

Same here. This seems to be the best time to bring Scott back. Bring on some more Qs and have Scott and Heather scheme against them again.

Thanks for sharing your opinion Carl. I just can't get caught up in those characters and I usually like the mother figures/vets the most. I just find them boring and out of place. That sounds harsh though, but when I compare them to characters of today, I would take themm.

Did they ever bring the sister on? I actually love Amber so I wouldn't have minded her having a sister.

What did you all think of Bea Reardon and Barbara Thorpe? Neither actress is horrible, I just can't seem to get caught up in their scenes.

She still looks great! I wish Donna could have stuck around though her story had run out.

SEARCH was doing so well for the networks to allow the show to tank the way it did. It's quiet sad for such a wonderful show to be mishandled.

Thanks so much Carl for sharing these. I love seeing the ratings from these times. They really do fluctuate a lot too, but when you actually had a lot of soaps on doing their best, I suppose I can understand that because there are so many I would be watching myself.

By the way, does anybody know if DAYTIME TV publish several issues with the complete story of OLTL in the years1973-1976 as it did with SFT, LOL, GH, GL...??

I was wondering the same thing. WeLoveSoaps posted several of them and One Life was the only one without it. They do such a great job recapping the shoows stories.

Thank you so much for sharing that saynotoursoap. July 1973 was truly an action-packed month. I would rather see reruns of the classics than new episodes at this point.

Was anything big going on for GH around that time? I am surprised to see them leading in the ratings. I thought the only time they reached number 1 then was when Audrey stood trial for murder?

Thanks!

August 1972 Daytime TV casting news.

Al Freeman, Jr. rejoined the cast on April 24 in his role of Lt. hall. Marilyn Chris moved over from All My Children and is now playing Wanda Webb, a waitress. She

started May 3rd.

Its so cool to have their first airdates, thanks for sharing. I wonder if this means Al Freeman actually joined in 1971.

Is there a website that recaps Passions storylines? I have been looking for one but can't find anywhere that does.

Thanks for posting that. Its nice to see an interview from earlier in her career. I have always loved her work and she seems so kind in real life too.

That is a little weird. From what I know, she had been more of a recurring character, although equally important in story through Brad, Karen, Jenny and the baby. Also, the Clint and Echo story would soon be on and he would stand trial for "murder".

Thanks for posting more of the recaps Carl. I see this is the beginning of the end for Pat and another odd period for the show.

Considering Karen was about to become a hooker and Lana would soon kill herself, it is off someone would write to them.

Thanks for that. Yeah I noticed a difference in 1994, but after 1998 there was a bigger drop in quality for me. Maybe Bill had more control until that point.

I checked my SOD from 1993, they start referring to Brad as head writer in the May 11 1993 issue which was out Apr 27 1993. So may be Mar/Apr 1993 as the issue previous still has him listed as supervising producer.

They also mention a few months before that Brad and Maria Arena Bell were trying to get their own soap off the ground called Coming of Age, maybe when that failed Bill gave Brad the head writer position.

Thanks for the help yr9190.

If I'm not mistaken, I think that Bill stayed with B&B into 1995 as executive producer, then Brad took everything over and as you said, that's when you could really tell.

This is a great promo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeT-3TTo83s&feature=plcp&context=C4e30d47VDvjVQa1PpcFNVFMq5YuwZmSZ0yRVdHLLRdT1fR2Qt5gQ%3D

I love this storyline! I wish more of it was posted. I know Dorian's side of it is, but not Tina's. And later, Asa and Tina had to work together to save Kate and Cord when they returned to get treasure. Those scenes must have been awesome, I love the idea of Tina and Asa working together.

Does anyone know anything about a Karen and Dorian cat fight? I have heard a few things but was never sure it actually happened.