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I do find Pat's stories to be out of place. I wouldn't expect Pat to be stalked by her TV producer and then held hostage by her identical twin sister in less than 12 months in 1979. I would expect something like that on today's soaps, but not then. Regardless, I would still love to see Pat's stories even if they do sound bad.

I love that picture of Viki and Clint in the December 9 issue. OLTL seems so good back then too. I really wish I could have seen it.

Wow! Thanks Carl for all this! It is so appreciated!

I would love to see some Gillian Spencer as Viki as well and I am sure she was great in the tole, but I couldn't imagine Viki without Erika Slezak in the role, especially today. Viki would probably be gone too, I think Gillian left acting on her own and there would be no vets on the show today.

I didn't realize there were so many Vinny recasts. I thought Ponzini was there straight into 1981. I am actually disappointed LOL. I just don't like a character being recastso much. I would love to see that scene of Niki and Vinny at the cafe or diner from 1969. Its in the Anniversary book and looks so 60s. It would have been interesting to see Niki and Vinny interact had he been alive in 1985.

I didn't realize Vinny was ever recast. I wonder what was wrong with Nancy Pinkerton. I was hoping Carla had more smaller story but it seems she really was lacking in the story department. Thanks again Carl!

Thanks Carl for continuing to post these up. Its almost as good as actually seeing them, which will probably never happen. It seems as if the first decade and everything up to 1983 is lost forever, except for thte few scenes on YouTube.

That would make sense for them to use Victor's death to do that. Its crazy to think how much story they got out of Victor after he died, most of it ruining the character. I am really looking forward to reading the rest of the summaries! Thanks again.

I couldn't even imagine Viki as being part of that story about lying to Joe. It just doesn't seem like her.

Carl, thank you so much for posting those! SOD used to have such good recaps, it was as if you were watching it. So are those three months behind based on the issue and the recap? It says March 1976 was Christmas day.

I couldn't even picture Rex as smart enough to be able to take UV out from under RJ.

What did you think of Rex and Lindsay? I started watching when Rex was with Adriana and she was being stalked and can't believe they paired them together.

All My Children's cast was a lot smaller than One Life to Live's at this time. I thought Nancy Grant had already been on at this point as Frank's wife.

Thanks for putting that up Carl! It was great to see who was in the cast for 1974. They would have several new characters by the next year too.

I have seen a clip of her and RJ talking and her willing to get to know him and I enjoyed it. But her becoming obsessed with Antonio and the mother angle really just makes it seem they had no idea what they were doing. Thanks for the feedback!

Did anybody like Keri Reynolds? I was looking back over the early 2000s and I was intrigued by her being RJ's daughter and her relationship with Antonio but her final stories and exit sound horrible.

I think Andrea Evans said at one time that her hair color differs based on the location. When she is in NY its more red and in LA, its more blonde.

Cher1989 you are so lucky to have seen that storyline. I would love to see something from it. It does seem to be the story that got the show on the map, but OLTL was so obviously different from other shows when it premiered.

I would love for Destiny to be Carla's granddaughter. Destiny has really grown on me in the recent months as I used to find her boring. Carla's also a judge, a former DA and a lawyer, it isn't that hard to fit her back into the ongoing story. The same goes for Larry, whose a doctor, since it doesn't seem he is coming back either.

Thanks for posting the Ellen Holly interview. I really wish we could see Carla one more time. Or at least Ellen Holly acting again.

I agree Carl. I am very disappointed Andrea didn't get to be a part of the Mendorra 1990 story. I think it would have been great. Although they did still do a great job fitting Sarah and Megan in there. Carlivati made Mendorra a joke in 2008. Putting Cain, Antonio, Talia and Sarah, who never felt like Tina and Cord's daughter in that didn't help any either. Didn't Carlivati originally have a different story for Tina's return though? When I went back and read a TV Guide News story on Tina's return it was previewing something completely different and better for Tina.

I wish she did but only Ed came back. It was only for one episode to testify on Jared's behalf. And Jared and Rachel's relationship was very backburner.

I definitely think they would have lasted longer if they did expand past 30 minutes but they would still have to deal with NBC and P&G as Another World did.

I agree about them doing the soap on budget and it looking great. I think I prefer the 15-30 minute soap. If OLTL and AMC ever make it online, they should reduce the time and then when they air on TV, they can be an hour as an experiment.

I agree Khan. I love Ellen Holly's work and would love to see Carla back in Llanview and it would be easy to fit her in as a judge or the new DA and her ties to the Buchanans but between her book and attitude it would never happen. It seems to be the same with Victoria Rowell and as it turns out, the two seem to be friends.