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From what little I've seen of classic ATWT, I loved Rita McLaughlin Walter as Carol. She's now retired from acting and she and her minister husband, Norm, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this past December. They are the parents of three and grandparents of five.

Good to see you, too!! I had problems for the longest time accessing my account. But I finally figured it out, and now I'm back. 😊

Yup, and Lynda Hirsch would often do soap updates during the noon news...which in those days, led right into the soaps. I believe Loving started the lineup at 12:30.

As a lifelong resident of the Cleveland area, I recognized that set right away from the thumbnail. That's the late, lamented Morning Exchange. It was a local morning talk show which aired on WEWS Channel 5 (Cleveland's ABC affiliate) from 1972-1999. Lee Jordan, who is interviewing Mr. Palance here, is still on Channel 5 to this day - as weekday co-anchor of the 6 and 11 pm news.

Here are some updates on some former cast members of The Doctors: Marie Thomas Foster (Lauri James) teaches acting and dancing to young people in a company called The Peppermint Players, located in Newark, NJ. Her son went to the Fame school - LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts - and graduated in the same class with another offspring of a soap star...Jennifer Aniston. Here's what Marie looks like today: http://thepeppermintplayers.org/director/marie-thomas-foster.html Paul Henry Itkin (Dr. Vito McCray, 1972; also of DAYS and EDGE) is also involved with teaching youngsters about the performing arts. He is now a teacher at Hollywood High School in their magnet performing arts program. Last year, he directed their production of Hairspray. Here's what he looks like now, per his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-itkin-20a3033a Gracie Harrison (Greta Powers, 1980-81) retired from acting in 1995 and returned to her native Kansas City, and is now director of a non-profit organization called Smiles Change Lives. The program helps disadvantaged children get braces who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford them. Gracie and her husband are also rabid fans of the Kansas City Royals. Here's a current picture on the SCL website: http://www.smileschangelives.org/about/our-team/ Her successor in the role of Greta Powers, Lori-Nan Engler (1981-82), also moved back to her hometown - Philly. She still acts in community theatre but is primarily a realtor and mom to four children. Here's a photo on her profile for realtor.com: http://www.realtor.com/realestateagents/Lori-Nan-Engler_Malvern_PA_2242964_416294972 In what may have been the most surprising change of career, Holly Peters (Nurse Cathy Ryker #3, 1972-73) left acting and became a dentist!! She posted on the FB fan group for the show that after leaving the show in February 1973, she enrolled in college a few months later in September. Then she went to dental school and practiced for 30 years under her birth name, Olga Werchola, before retiring.

Yes, happy birthday to Mr. Lemay! 95 - God bless him. Seeing Jensen Buchanan in those above promos makes me a bit sad. Who would have guessed that she'd end up in the mess she did last year for DUI? By the way, I think the gown she wore at Vicky's outdoor wedding to Jake in 1997 was absolutely stunning. Apparently, JB felt the same way because she told the soap press that she wished she had worn that gown to her own (first) wedding!

Thank you - it's good to be back. Here are a couple more 1982 episodes that have been posted in the past few days: For those of you who prefer Christmas (1981) in March...

There is another "current" cast member in that photo that we're seeing now on Retro, and that's Jennifer Houlton (Greta Powers). She's the girl in red holding the baby. Jennifer played Greta from 1971 until she left for college in 1980.

Here is more from Eileen Kearney. We saw her brother Michael in this week's episodes as the boy with the earache who was writing on the hospital walls. I asked her if that was him: "That's him. I watched it last night!!!! Was going to tell him later. I also invited him to join the FB group. I forgot he was even on TD. He was on secret storm as a regular. He and I are getting such a kick out of all this. Michael was quite the child star. Worked with. Burt Lancaster, Joanne Woodward, Geraldine Page etc etc. God willing I will continue to build a body of work as a character actress." Here's what else she had to say about her time on the show and some of her co-stars: "I had a crush on David O'Brien...he was so handsome and very nice. Gerald Gordon was cool. I didn't have too many scenes with him at all if my memory serves. Peter Burnell was wonderful. Really nice to me. He doesn't look anything like I remember....which is so strange. The coolest lady on the set was Carolee Campbell. She was a doll and her husband Hector Elizondo was also very nice. It was a pretty fast paced schedule so there wasn't much time for fooling around or practical jokes. My brother Mark and I used to enjoy wandering around the sets. Sometimes we'd leave candies and little things in the nooks & crannies of the sets. It was our own little secret. I do remember I had to learn how to hold the bunny otherwise its back feet would just kick away. I got the knack of it. He was big bunny. I do not recall if he had a name. I just called him thumper because of his back feet." "Life is so full and busy and sometimes the nostalgia and goofiness of soaps is a great escape. I guess they were so popular back in the day!" On Ginger Gerlach, who played Julie Forrest (Mike's first love interest post-Nancy): "I was very close to Ginger Gerlach who played my babysitter. Unfortunately she passed away of a drug overdose - tragic. She was a really nice young woman. She had a little dog named Daisy. I remember at the time my mom was very vague about the circumstances. It wasn't until years later I knew what really happened. My mom, grandma, granddad, kept us all so grounded. We were just kids who happened to act. And we loved it!" The cherry on top was getting a PM from Michael Kearney as well, after I posted a picture of him I had found on a Google search onto the FB group page: "Thanks for the memories.....I was on "The Doctors" for about a year around 1970ish. The photo you posted is from "The Swimmer" in 1966. I assume the one that Jeff posted is from The Doctors. FYI, Mark and I were 11 months apart. I'm the oldest. We weren't twins, but many thought we were because we were so close in age and looked so much alike. Thank you all for remembering us."

Yeah, I had forgotten to mention Peter Reckell in that FOL ep. Actually, there was another FOL/AW connection - Nic Coster recurred as Blair's father.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2268404/bernie-mac-unsung-hollywood-beef-kings-of-comedy-steve-harvey/

Here is yet another NBC sitcom referring to AW. Natalie thinks she spots "Rachel" from AW at a fancy NYC restaurant and follows her into the ladies' room. It turns out that this woman is a civilian and not an actress, but her life story is even more of a soap opera than AW!! LOL

Oh, and D.L. Hughley was also interviewed on the Bernie Mac episode.

OK, for some reason I thought that happened pre-2004. Thank you for the clarification!!

LOL!! Thank you for posting that. They do look like they're having fun!!

I've always felt Judith McConnell to be one of daytime's most underrated actresses - and felt it was such a shame that she never got another great soap role after her signature role as SB's Sophia Capwell. She's still acting today, though, and most everyone will recognize her as the lady getting the pedicure in that Walgreen's commercial.

I didn't even recognize Jenny Jones in the MG ad until you pointed it out - nice catch!! Carl, I forwarded the video you posted on to Ann Williams' kids - I don't know if they've seen it.

I just finished watching the Bernie Mac UH - Steve Harvey is not in the episode. Chris Rock and Cedric the Entertainer were interviewed. Candi Staton was one of the interviewees in the Disco episode of Unsung, along with Nile Rodgers, Gloria Gaynor, Janice Marie Johnson (of A Taste of Honey), and Anita Bell among others. It would be great to see a profile about her. My dad absolutely loves "Young Hearts Run Free"!

I found and eventually connected with Eileen Kearney on FB. I had originally PM'ed her and sent along a couple of photos of her as little Greta Powers with her on-screen parents, Jim Pritchett and Lydia Bruce, asking if she was the same Eileen Kearney. Here are some of what she's written to me: "That's me! Thank you for the info!!! And thank you for watching! I have returned to acting and you can follow my recent progress on imdb.com." Like other members of the cast, she was unaware of Retro airing the reruns. Assuming Retro keeps going, we should be seeing Eileen as Greta within the next couple of months. Her brother Mark was one of her co-stars; the first actor to play Billy Allison. "The cast were wonderful. James Pritchett, Lydia, etc. Carolee Campbell was very sweet. A great experience all around." "It's so nice that people are rediscovering the show. I used to get the nicest fan mail when I was on the show. I always answered every one! I even saved some to this day. You've brought back so many wonderful memories! 30 Rock is correct! Sometimes we would run into Doc Severinson on the elevator." "The "rabbit" storyline is pretty wild! Takes little Greta to some pretty dark places!!!!" "I told my brother Michael about the show. He was on it in the early 70's. not sure what character he played. Mark, my dear brother, has passed on but I know he is smiling down on us. He played Billy Allison. Next a guy named Bob Hennessey played Billy. I met him about 6 months ago at Screen Actors Guild. And just by chatting we realized we had been on the same show....just missed each other. He took over for Mark when we left the show and moved to LA. I invited Bob to join the FB group and he is thrilled about the renewed interest just like me!" I also gave her the contact info for Luken (who owns Retro TV) and SFM (who owns the rights to the show), and Eileen has really become a champion for the reruns to keep going and for the release of the show on DVD.

For some reason, I can't even imagine Meryl Streep and Rick Springfield paired up - even just on-screen!!!

Didn't they make a comic book of that? Was Paul Rauch EP then? That sounds like a storyline that would be played out under his watch.

That is so great!! Thanks for posting it.

The late David Haskell (Nick Hartley, SB) was also on that show.

I had a bit of a chuckle when KZ wrote how whenever she would march up to Ellen Wheeler's office to complain about something, everyone working on the floor would vanish!!

Thank you so much. I think he was the only WKRP cast member with soap experience, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.