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Harry Dean Stanton was fired from OLTL? Wikipedia & Soap Central list Arlen Dean Snyder as the first actor in the role, so it may be another case of JMR's newspaper editor getting facts wrong. If it's true, I will remember this the next I feel underappreciated at work; some people just don't recognize talent.

Filed under "soaps had money to burn" file: Perhaps to mark the celebration of the premiere of Santa Barbara ( and their expensive sets) and the fact that ABC soaps were on an abbreviated Olympics schedule DAYS went on remote to New Orleans Whereas AW's remote was in rainy Rye, New York All of which is especially odd when you consider that AW spent the time and money for a remote just when Nancy Fragionne left due to a "snag" in her contract negotiations Also, one hopes that the reporting on Cusi Cram, Beth Maitland, and Laura Malone's weight would not be published in 2021

Poor Kim Delaney got caught in the Stephan Ferris (Ferrara)/Steve Blizzard (Fletcher)/Nana Visitor (Tucker)/Charles Flohe (Grant) name change pandemic of 1984

In today's news from yesterday: Soap fans are full of questions about new guy on Capitol but this fan gets straight to the point JMR has the full story on Laura Malone and her "feud" with Chris Rich. As reported above, Chris and Nancy were "cold" to Laura upon her return from maternity leave, and Chris referred to her replacement as a breath of fresh air. Both deny actively seeking her replacement, but apparently Laura was interviewed on TV after she was let go and expressed her troubles about the backstage life at AW. @will81's scan is too unclear to repost here Speaking of backstage intrigue regarding co-stars, we get this new bit of info regarding the casting of Kimberly Brady Much like PC from Red Bank, NJ, I hope things work out for Meg Ryan But I'm no so sure about Rick Porter's prospects (What are novelty cosmetics?) And I think we all share CC's concern about AW's Sally's insta-kid, but Lynda thinks that rating justify the retcon. Finally, much like the Queen herself, Lynda has begun to refer to herself using the royal "we"

I still don't get why Steve Fletcher would trust someone who changed their last name, but held onto the name Nana. Sorry in advance to any Nana's in the crowd.

Lynda Hirsch did not suffer fools gladly (she just published their letters and publicly mocked them).

That tracks. But what about the crazy kismet of someone referencing the same title 37 years ago, it’s a remarkable coincidence.

July 1984's entries were like deja vu all over again. I have always maintained that Q&A's in the soap press are fake. However 37 years after someone confused soaps with Hemingway in this question Our own @Mitch said this in the Soap You Couldn't Get Into thread Sunset Beach..its just played like a parody..kind of like "The Sun Also Rises," instead of a real soap. The actors were plastic, not sexy! I researched and found that the Carol Burnett Show soap parody was called "As the Stomach Turns" and the SCTV parody was titled "The Days of the Week", so I am unsure of the source of this confusion. And maybe JMR was so snippy about Eileen Fulton's return in this article: Because two weeks earlier he published this comment Finally is it possible that a young Ron Carlavatti was posing as PL from Toluca Lake when he wrote this question to Lynda Hirsch?

When I watch the interview I can't help but think of Martin Short's SCTV character Brock Linahan, which was obviously a satire based on Brian Linahan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJDK71B6xI8

One more twist on the Steve Fletcher/Blizzard story he was dating Nana Visitor/Tucker - if they got married their wedding announcement would have been super complicated

@SFK Its from January 1984 and the party marked the inauguration of the mansion set for Mark and Paula Denning See my Soaps of Yesteryear thread for other examples of editors making headline mistakes

One more note - I continue to appreciate how the soap press was spoiler free and therefore subject to poor predictions

@Chris 2 if you thought the Alec Baldwin material was catty I thought you should see some other fan opinions of the time I'm tickled both by this fan's derision of a baby actor, and Jon-Michael Reed's admonishment that not everyone can survive in daytime To be fair, Terri Vandenbosch was no Julianne Moore Ryan's Hope fan were also not happy And Lynda Hirsch feels its important to note that even men feel the same way As always Jon-Michael and Lynda are not fans of the Daytime Emmys However, when asked who should win this year Lynda went with James Mitchel. whose plot she derided for weeks prior Then there's this tidbit More off-screen drama - Gloria Loring and Alan Thicke are getting divorced and Tristan Rogers's divorce is messy In other news they retract the Marcy Walker gossip from last week

SB Sophia once played another Augusta - that's a twist I never knew

Its a shame that no writer was able to successfully integrate Silver into a long term character. Con artist Silver was so great at playing an All About Eve storyline with Erica, and while the long term potential as a thorn in Erica's side was intriguing, at some point there would have been a detente, which would have weakened both characters, making her redundant with the role that Kendall played in Erica's story later in the series. Then, we had mousy Silver aka Noelle. She was interesting contrast to Erica because she was so earnest while Erica was so flamboyant. However, that contrast was later played out with the adult Bianca. Finally, we had the recast Silver, who went from victim to psycho on a dime and could never sustain as a character over time. I like the idea of Silver in terms of what Erica might have been if she was not raised by Mona. Silver had the capacity to be all of the self-centered parts of Erica, that wouldn't have been tempered by the relationship with Mona. Mona was so intriguing to me because despite her patrician exterior, she had a history on the cabaret circuit, her best friend was Nick Davis (who, if I remember correctly, Mona suspected might have been Erica's actual father), and she wound up married to one of the richest guys in Pine Valley without really trying. She was critical of Erica, but also she understood that her daughter was living out the life that she may have wanted for herself, if she had not been hurt by Eric. The constant finger wagging kept Erica in line and reminded her that she deserved more than just being an object of men's desires. Silver grew up with Goldie, who was never able to achieve a successful relationship after Eric Kane. Goldie was such a narcissist that she named her daughter after herself, and then used her as a means of scoring an inheritance that she wrongly felt she deserved. Silver should have been an interesting contrast to what might have been if Erica was left to her devices. In the end, I guess most of the likely stories for Silver got played out by Bianca, Kendall, and even Brooke/Barbara. But, I can't help but think about the lost potential of Erica having an ongoing sibling rivalry.

Yes, but once again Jon-Michael Reed's editor f@#$ed up the headline Clearly it should have been "Married duo ditches Days"

Why didn't he change his name to Steve Skitching? Its got more zing!

@will81's Tumblr The Soaps of Yesterday is so juicy I thought we should have a place to discuss these older news stories (both personal and professional) - https://thesoapsofyesterday-blog-blog.tumblr.com/ 1. Remember when soaps had money to burn? Weddings in 1984 were very expensive affairs with $10,000 to $20,000 spent on the dresses alone! 2. But off-screen marriages did not go as smoothly for Marcy Walker or Alec Baldwin I think Janine Turner's southern accent was real 3. I had always though there was more to this story But, apparently it coincided with an overall cast exit from SFT 4. And finally, one of my favorite soap gossip stories of all time @Franko I hope this is the beginning of a beautiful threadship

Question: Did Mark Dalton and Silver Kane ever live in Pine Valley at the same time? Were they half-siblings as well, because I think Goldie was not Mark's mother?

That was just as silly as the critics at the time complained about. Palmer's motivation in that plot makes no sense. I think Daisy was using Lars as a romantic rival, but it hardly warranted Palmer going to South America with Erica to investigate on his own (given that Palmer had never previously been a man of adventure). Why would he host an engagement party for Jenny and Tony? Why wasn't Nina invited? What's up with the stunt doubles who were two feet taller than the actors? What was Lars's plan if he won the fight, there are a dozen other people on board (mostly younger and more virile that Palmer), would he take everyone hostage and try to navigate that small yacht all the way back to South America? And who directed Jack Betts to use that bizarre facial expression when he fell off the boat? Given all that, it is hard to believe that anyone allowed AMC to revisit the subject of Nazi art years later, only this time Palmer was dealing in contraband. If Courtland Electronics needed some extra cash they should have sold the yacht.

Its really a credit both to the writing and the production. The use of contemporary music makes it even more exciting, along with Roger's creepy clown costume, and that still shot of Rita's horror. They made what was probably a 10x10 set look like a huge maze. I can't watch this and not compare it to Another World's use of a house of mirrors in 1989 with Felicia Gallant and the murder of Jason Frame. GL's was much more engrossing because the inclusion of the music. However, both plots required a suspension of disbelief as to why the town sophisticates were suddenly interested in attending a carnival. You know that if it was not required by the plot, Rita would have sent Crissy off to the carnival with some extra while she had lunch at the club.

From the Lyman wiki (which may or may not be a trustworthy source) In an appearance on Vicki Lawrence's talk show Vicki!, Lyman noted that she continued to perform on All My Children concurrently with the beginning of Mama's Family's production, flying back and forth each week between New York City and Los Angeles. While the commute was brutal, she remembered it fondly, referring to that stage of her career as "All My Paychecks"

After my recent reading of the Soaps of Yesteryear Tumblr, I question this assumption. In 1983 when P&G syndicated Texas to TBS, it was noted that they had the foresight to add a limited residuals clause to the contracts for all acting, writing, and production staff which made it cheaper to rebroadcast on cable. Clearly at the outset of the production of Texas, and later EON, they did not know if the market would allow for syndication because no soap had ever done it before. However, given the fact that those contracts exist, it would make it easier to reproduce the soaps in either in syndication, or later on streaming services, in order to maximize profits. I would suggest that it was the dissolution of P&G's media production, not an overall corporate disinterest, that keeps their soaps in the virtual vault. When I read the book Soap Opera: the inside story of Procter and Gamble by Alecia Swasy, it was clear by the 90's P&G was hit with huge losses due to environmental issues and consumer lawsuits. They shut down production because they couldn't afford it anymore after years of red lines due to corruption around the research on consumer safety. So, it wasn't a loss of creativity in the writing or production that killed ATWT as much as customer payouts for tampons that caused toxic shock and animal testing on detergent. ATWT might still be on air today if corporate raiders hadn't destroyed the consumer product industry by trying to cut corners. Bad writing didn't kill the soap, as much as actual bad soaps killed the commercial viability. Thus, it may not be that P&G didn't want SoapClassics to succeed, as much as that the people who might of cared were no longer a part of that corporation's future. So, P&G considers soaps a discontinued product, just like Prell shampoo.

I try to avoid spoilers because I am on the west coast and watch it late. But, I happened to see @Faulkner's post prior to watching the show. Amusingly, when Symone won the lip sync, I thought to myself, "why would anyone think of her as nasty or negative?". Then, Kandi was saved and it all made sense. All in all, one of the worst Rusicals The lyrics weren't funny, the subjects were tired, and it was an odd choice to discuss "cancel culture", but ignore trolls. My top Rusicals are: Bitch Perfect,the Olympics (was that a Rusical?) the Cher autobiography, and the Madonna one because they were worthy of parody and filled with more iconic gay references. I also preferred the Herstory of the World and the Diva's Live one because it was more about lip syncing than singing; which seems more salient to choosing a great drag queen. The fact that Symone can't sing does nothing to diminish her talents in my eyes.

The reports of the time do not indicate any bad terms. She left to play a role on Momma's Family (perhaps inspired by Carol Burnett's AMC fandom).