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It was Paul who found her. I'm surprised after all the trauma of being raped, being in love with a married man, kidnapped by a cult, breaking off an engagement to Steve Williams, that Peggy did not become an alcoholic. That may have given some meaty storyline to Pamela Peters in 1980-82. Maybe with Peggy drinking she becomes a bit of a bad girl and goes out to the Bayou etc...

I love all the old music cues too. It was what made Y&R . I remember a few years ago someone posted some Lorie edits, so the 1982 edits may come from that collection. Also we have to remember tapes were expensive in the early days like $ 15- 20. I wish someone had that 1981 scene I read in synopsis of Victor sniffing around Peggy Brooks. That sounded so freaking random.

One funny thing about those 1982 clips is, who ever taped them edited out certain character/scenes. I noticed when we got a scene with Ashley, Jack, Patty etc... it would jump cut and on to the next scene. I'm a bit curious as to why Angela insisted on getting close to Traci. Was she going to be "Lauren" before she was let go and set her sights on Danny ? I saw the scene where she noticed Traci eating brownies and Tracy ran into the bathroom. In the synopsis is said " Angela shows Traci a" new way of dieting". Did Angela show her how to binge and purge ?

I wonder if Jaime Lynn Bauer had stayed on, if Bell would have made Lorie and Victor the super couple instead of Victor/Nikki ? Bell loved Bauer and Braeden and it was probably excited he was pairing up his favorites onscreen. I wonder if Lucas had stayed if he could have been paired up with Nikki as they both pined for their true loves ? A Lucas/Julia pairing would have been good too.

I was always curious as why Sean Garrison was in the part in that 1980 episode with Bond. Was he John Abbott # 1 before Brett Halsey or did he just sub for him ?

Thanks for the info. It's interesting that Bond could have been Jill for a while till Brenda came back. I wonder if she fired her agent after that ? 1980-82 was a crazy time period. I noticed too that in the 70's most of the men had been dark haired, but when the early 80's arrived it was mostly blonde men Lance, Lucas, Jack, Andy, Paul, Kevin, Cash, Greg, etc...

I was about to say the same thing about Traci. She was so shy and self conscious about her appearance. How did they write Angela out ? Liz Keifer said she had signed a contract with the show and she assumed she would be there for a several years, but then she realized the hard cold facts that a contract doesn't mean squat and they can opt out at anytime. I loved Lilibet Stern as Patty and remember being disappointed as a kid when she abruptly left and was replaced by Andrea Evans. Tracey Bregman said she originally was offered to the role of Patty when Lilibet decide to depart, but Bell created the part of Lauren for her. She said originally she was supposed to be a good friend to Tracy, but Bill Bell saw something she did in a scene and realized he wanted to make her the bitch. Bregman said she loved playing the role as the mean girl, but it hurt her to say awful mean things to Beth Maitland and fretted over it. Beth told her it was just acting and don't worry about. She and Beth are still close after all these years.

I think Dorothy Green (Jennifer) also questioned why her character never interacted with Kay. When Bill Bell killed off Jennifer in 1977, Green was vocal in the press how Jennifer, Kay, Liz and Vanessa were written as long suffering by Bill Bell and was unhappy about it. She implied he did not know how to write for happy stories for older women. Kay did appear at the 1981 Gala Ball when Lorie stole Leslie's spotlight by wearing that dress slit to the crotch.

The 1982 episodes are a hoot. I remembered Cash being stabbed and dying in the hospital scenes from when I was a kid ( I was 4 when they aired). That dinner party at Victor's with Lorie, Katherine, and Nikki being catty was hilarious. Lucas could have remained on the show and been a leading man. I did not realize the actress who played Karen passed away in 2018. She also played Bobby's secretary Connie on Dallas 1978-1981. Christopher Holder who played Kevin had a great voice. I assumed he came from a theater background. Nikki treated Kevin like crap.

I think she had 2 roles prior to 1980. She was Ron Becker's mother circa 1976-1977 and the other role I'm not sure about.

Pamela Peters seem to have had a lot of issues doing the show. I have read that Y&R was not too happy a workplace behind the scenes. I wonder if she and Anthony Herrera got along all that well ? He did say she freaked out and walked out the scene.

She didn't even appear during the rape trial ? She must of had issues if she looked into the camera and stormed off during a live to tape scene. I bet Conboy was pissed about having to re-shoot that. I'm surprised she was asked back to the show in 1980 and again in 1984.

Pamela Peters sounds like she did not want to be tied the daily grind of doing a soap and walked several times. If they had recast, I could see Judy Strangis in the role. Janice Lynde could have taken Leslie beyond 1982, but Victoria was dull in the role and was cut loose. Bill Bell insisted on keeping Chris & Snapper together and it limited their storyline potential. If they had split up, it would have given them story and the audience something to sink their teeth into. It also didn't help that Hasselhoff and Topping lacked the Espy & Stewart chemistry. Hasselhoff also took long periods off to chase after pilots determined to get off the show and have a prime time career.

I wonder if Peggy could have gotten a job at Jabot ? She could have pined for Jack.

Soaps like Days and GH always used their rich histories to drive storylines from time to time, but GL and Y&R never dove into their histories prior to the 80's. Y&R pretty much ignores the 1970's except for the Jill/Kay feud. Most viewers of Y&R and GL mainly know stuff 1983 -forward.

I agree. I wish at some point Mike and Elizabeth had found their way back to each other. Even if it was off camera and mentioned by Phillip. Hope not returning never made sense at all as you said since Alan Michael was prominent. The problem when new writers come in they ignore the past and make a mess of things with quick flash in the pan storylines. Y&R is a prime example of that after the loss of Bill Bell.

I am in love with late 70's GL. Jackie, Elizabeth, Alan, Hope, Justin, Mike, Ed, Bert, Rita etc....keep me invested in what's going on. Even if it's just someone having coffee or dinner etc... By the early 80's the show started to unravel and become the Reva Show. Elizabeth Spaulding was such a fascinating tragic character. Her marriage to Alan was tumultuous, her son Phillip was not her real son, she couldn't be with the love of her life (Mike), married and divorced Justin quickly and eventually gave up custody of Phillip leaving town. I wish Cindy Pickett had continued as Jackie till the end of the Phillip story.

This is dated 1979, but it is from when he first started on Days.

Jarrod Ross Kaplan who played Phillip # 1 (1977-1981) has a personal youtube page. He uploaded a clip of his GL work back in April.

I stopped watching GL in the early 90's after Maureen's death. I did see bits of towards the end before cancellation and it looked like train wreck. I have been re-watching the late 70's and remember why I loved this show in it's hey day. The Jackie/Justin/Alan/Elizabeth/Mike/Hope story is one of my favorites. I wonder why Lezlie Dalton left the show in 1981 and never returned as Elizabeth ? Was she ever mentioned in the last years of the show ? The storyline about Phillip was great, but fizzled out when Cindy Pickett as Jackie departed.

I also noticed Tanya Roberts in that ad. Thanks for sharing. There is another late 70's Excedrin ad on youtube with Brynn Thayer

I remember as a kid when Bob and Kim got back together in the 80's and the scenes in the snow storm. Kim was talking about the past with Jennifer. I remember my Mom filled me in on the Kim/Bob/Jennifer story. To this day I wish I could see ATWT episodes circa 1972-73 when that all went down.