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She described Mathis as a consummate actress but then went on to say that Mathis was remote and not social at all. For what was a loving tribute about Gideon, I (and a number of others online) wondered why McCabe thought it was necessary to make negative comments about Mathis.

Interesting. Did the article mention anything about Love of Life, which is clearly missing from the lineup. Interesting that CBS knew back in July that it would be dropping Love of Life.

I liked Gideon but I suspect they may have recast the role had Search continued. Liza didn't seem to have much to do in the final months, especially after the writers abandoned her relationship with Hogan and wrote out Lloyd and TR.

I, too, liked the tribute on WLS but was disappointed to see Marcia McCabe's remarks about Sherry Mathis.

Sad news. We Love Soaps is reporting that Louan Gideon has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Louan was the final actress to portray the role of Liza. http://www.welovesoaps.net/2014/02/louan-gideon-has-passed-away.html

Thank you for posting this! How beautiful!!!

Yep. Soap Opera Central's biography for Alan even mentions him living at the boarding house after Gus' death in 2008. The scene stood out to me because it depicted Alan lying on a twin bed in a very cramped room. Yep. Soap Opera Central's biography for Alan even mentions him living at the boarding house after Gus' death in 2008. The scene stood out to me because it depicted Alan lying on a twin bed in a very cramped room.

I don't think he shut it down. Wasn't Alan shown living there in 2008? I think after Dinah took over the Spaulding Mansion that Alan moved into the boarding house. I recall a scene with Alan and Buzz on the steps and then Alan being shown lying on a twin bed in the house.

The O'Neill's were introduced in 1984. Aside from Barbara Treutelaar's Didi, they were all recast by 1985.

How curious that the article says that 20 actresses had played Patti. I had never heard that.

Adams did do a continuation of Guiding Light but it happened on Twitter. It ran for a few years and was then discontinued. I didn't read it consistently but it was told from Mindy's point of view. Mindy, who married Rick, turned out not to be a Lewis after all. Toward the end, Roger Thorpe resurfaced very much alive.

I still remember the episode where Cassie ran into Cyrus at Towers, which was at the start of their affair. They left Towers and headed to Cassie's car, which was parked on a country road. I remember rolling my eyes. Towers had been established as being in a city and with a parking garage and yet Cassie was parked on a country road. It made no sense whatsoever. I live in New Jersey and work fairly close to Peapack. What would have made sense is if Wheeler had used more towns in New Jersey to capture the long-established feeling of Springfield being a city. For instance, New Brunswick is just south of Peapack and has tall buildings that fit Springfield's image. It would have made sense to have some location shooting there. New Brunswick also has Rutgers University, which would have been a great backdrop for Springfield University.

I recall reading this last week and being perplexed by Wheeler's use of the term "band" when referring to the GL actors.

Paul - Lynn Lowry did appear on Another World. She says so on her own Web site. According to the Another World home page, she played the role of Doris Bennett. Juniorz and Carl - I'm with Carl. I much preferred Sally Spencer as MJ than Layman. I found Layman horribly boring and wooden. And I'm a bit incredulous to the claim that Layman's MJ was incredibly popular. Personally, I don't recall any of MJ's stories when Layman was playing the role, aside from flirting with Larry Ewing.

Any idea when Marland departed General Hospital in 1979?

I'm not sure it's Marland writing. From what I've seen online these episodes are from the summer of 1979. Marland supposedly didn't arrive until the fall of 1979. I wish these episodes showed credits.

Sara did get romance during Marland's reign. He paired her with Adam Thorpe and they got married. And Mike and Jennifer did date for a bit but then Jennifer got involved with Mark Evans.

How curious. NBC was considering expanding Days of our Lives to 90 minutes at that time, so I imagine Days would have aired from from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. I wonder what would have aired from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m.

She wasn't head writer, but an associate head writer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_DePriest

I don't think that's the case. As I said above, in the scene with Tatum (who looks so much like Tudor), Gwyn references Rick as going away. Rick was killed off in July 1990 so the scene with Tatum has to pre-date his murder.

The December 1990 date doesn't make sense. Gwyn mentions Rick in this clip and that he's going away. According to an article I saw online, Rick (as played by Brian Fitzpatrick) was murdered in July 1990.

For some reason, I've been thinking about Barbara Rucker, who portrayed Ginny on "Texas." She was one of my favorite actresses on the show. I figured I'd Google her and found that she's now a Mary Kay Cosmetics representative and still acts down in the Nashville area. Here's a link to a recent pic of her. Seeing her again brought a smile to my face. http://www.marykay.com/barbararucker/en-US/_layouts/MaryKayCoreLocator/ContactMe.aspx

For some reason, I've been thinking about Barbara Rucker, who portrayed Ginny on "Texas." She was one of my favorite actresses on the show. I figured I'd Google her and found that she's now a Mary Kay Cosmetics representative and still acts down in the Nashville area. Here's a link to a recent pic of her. Seeing her again brought a smile to my face. http://www.marykay.com/barbararucker/en-US/_layouts/MaryKayCoreLocator/ContactMe.aspx

Yesterday, I had the privilege to see Wicked in Philadelphia and to see Kim Zimmer in action as Madame Morrible. Kim was amazing -- quite mesmerizing. Also in the cast was Clifton Davis, who was on A World Apart in the early 1970s.

I never heard anything about a replacement for Ruth Warrick as Phoebe on AMC. When did this supposedly happen?