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I remember Lucy Deakins did that movie The Boy That Could Fly that The Disney Channel ran into the ground back in the mid 80's.

Here is the first day of ESPN in 1979. Stephen Shortridge (ex -Dave B&B) is in the commercial for Racquet Club cologne at 9:42 and John Forsythe does the voice over for Michelob 34:04. Stephen was in the episode of Toni's Boy's the proposed spin off of Charlie's Angels.

Colleen Zenk in several 1983 ads for Ivey's.

Michael Tylo and Leslie Denniston Hastings in the Sure ad 3:22. Commercials aired September 28, 1979

It was odd to see Robert Horton as Whit McCall. He was mainly known for western roles. In the late 50's/early 60's he was on that show Wagon Train. As Whit: Wagon Train

I'm a subscriber to this channel too. Thanks for creating a thread about posting old TV clips. I love going back in time and watching all this stuff. I just recently watched a 1978 Superstars special on another channel where all the popular athletes of the day competed against each other like Steve Garvey etc...I also like all the Battle Of The Network Stars specials. If it were not for people sharing their collections, most of this stuff would never see the light of day again and be forgotten. VCR's were pretty common in households by the mid 80's, but to see stuff from the 70's on home video recordings amazes me. Most people taped over stuff since tapes were expensive back then.

I agree with everything you said. Brenda did come off the rails in those final days. She seemed to start speaking with a eurotrash accent. I guess trying to channel Joan Collins as Alexis. That story about MTS and Jeanne Cooper was interesting. I have a feeling Melody may have gotten an ego after marrying executive producer Ed Scott. Yes, Casey was the only tie to Nikki's past pre Victor. Even though Paul was on the show, most younger viewers probably had no idea that they were even an item at one point, and Nikki's early marriages to Greg and Kevin were swept under the rug. I remember back in the 90's when Nikki was going to marry Brad, Jack was talking to Ashley and said " Nikki Reed Foster Bancroft Newman Abbott soon to be Carlton. I was shocked at how random that was thrown out there. I guess Bill Bell would do stuff like that at times to give long time viewers a laugh. The same way at John & Jill's second divorce hearing, Katherine on the witness stand starting naming all the men Jill seduced and she mention Stuart Brooks and Derek Thurston. Yes, some cousins of Nikki at the ranch would have been good. One male cousin could have been a ladies man that run the ranch like Ray on Dallas and laying pipe all over GC. After bedding Jill in the bunk house, she would want him be the face of the men's line. His sister could have been like early Fallon or Sammi Jo from Dynasty and going to work at Jabot and sleeping and slapping her way through the company. Women with big ole 80's hair dueling in the offices at Jabot. Cat fights galore. Nikki should have gotten so bored that she started to have men in during the day while Victor was at work.

Here is a 40th anniversary with Randy Powell who played Alan Beam on Dallas 1979-1980.

Kim Lankford (Ginger) with Greg Evigan (Dallas, GH) in a 1976 Coke ad.

I sometimes wonder of MTS and EB just tolerate each other. I remember MTS said in a recent interview that Nikki needs to dump Victor and be done with him once and for all. EB seems to be more fond of ED. He also seemed to be very fond of Meg Bennett who played his first wife Julia. I remember reading an old interview from around 1984/85 and he said he was going to miss her deeply when she decided to write full time. They also use to travel and make personal appearances together.

I took another look at that ad, is the actor Richard Shoberg from AMC ?

The Dad looks familiar but it's not Don Murray. Yes the little boy is Phillip McKeon who played Tommy on Alice and is Nancy's brother. The blonde guy in the Dial ad recently played Gil on The Doctors.

Yes that was her. Yes, I knew Claire was on a soap. I googled Amy to see what she was up too and she has a wig/artificial hair business. It said she started losing her hair at 14.

Thanks for the uploads. I was watching as a kid off from school during this time. I will get around to watching these when I get time. Speaking of Amy in Airplane, Doug Davidson's wife Cindy had a role in Airplane II: The Sequel. I also remember Amy Gibson as the *itch who made fun of Jo on Facts Of Life about her mother being a waitress. Blair smashed pie in her face. It was in the episode The New Girl Part II.

Hard to believe it's been 40 years since Dallas premiered. I was born the same year. There will never be a show like it again. I saw the reunion video. Victoria Principal never participates. She did the Return To Southfork, but that was it. She also declined doing the reboot a few years ago and said Pam was dead. The 1970's and 80's were a great time for programs. You could escape reality and go into a fantasy world to get away from your problems. Today we have reality crammed down our throats. Most shows today are depressing and vulgar.

Kind of like all that crap created by Seth MacFarlane. I bet there are some skeletons in that closet.

I saw that too. I sent a message to Tammy Taylor's youtube page that her scenes as Patty is on there. She might want to clip them and add them to her body of work she has uploaded.

According to imdb, she has no acting credits after 1980. It says she is now an acting coach in another state. Her husband is the one who alerted on facebook about purchasing episodes with her in them. I wonder if someone should contact Tammy Taylor via youtube and send her scenes as Patty to her for her page ?

I think that is him. According to his bio he went into the swimming pool construction business after leaving acting in 1981. I wonder if he played the part before Brett Halsey or if he was just filling in ? He looks like Terry Lester. According to his birth year, he was only 12 years old when Terry was born in early 1950. I know that doesn't mean anything in soap world, but interesting. I think he would done great as John from what little I saw of him in those scenes. I actually like Bond Gideon as Jill. I liked her scenes with Liz and John.

I remember someone commenting he looked like he had the shakes during that return. I noticed Melody never mentions him in interviews. I wonder how well they got along ?

He always came across as seedy in everything he has played in. His career since leaving Y&R has pretty much consisted of low life characters. I remember reading an article from the early 90's when Y&R was celebrating the 20th anniversary, he slammed his time on the show and called it a "hair show". He said he learned he never wanted to do a soap again and that any actor on them that complained of how hard they are to work on, long hours, lots of dialogue etc... is full of it.

Thank you for the 1980 episodes. Wings Hauser was so horrible and campy as Greg. I wish James Houghton had stayed in the role paired with MTS. Interesting that Victor brought flowers for Nikki before their big romance. Tammy Taylor is really good as Patty. I remember only Lilibet in the role. I wonder why Tammy was dropped ? Bond is pretty good as Jill. One interesting thing about the cult. The blonde girl Nikki talks to is played by Cindy Fisher, Doug Davidson's wife. She reminds me of Daryl Hannah. Cindy played small roles on the show over the years. She stole Victor's car at one point.

Have the 1980 episodes been posted yet ?

I didn't know that Joseph Mascolo appeared on Days in 1968 before his run starting in 1982. I remember Jeanne Cooper said that Kin Shriner appeared on Y&R in the 70's prior to his GH role. She said he played a delivery guy who brought groceries etc... to the Chancellor home. He has always been close to the Y&R cast and you can see him at cast parties going back to the 70's.