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Was that the same Barnard Hughes who played Bob's dad on The Bob Newhart Show and the grandpa on Blossom?

That's it!! Thank you so much, robbwolff.

She's held up very well. She's almost 90 - God bless her!!

No, I watch all the scenes myself. Nancy shows up around October 1968.

Yup.

So did I. The best part was Maggie trying to break up the fight by standing in between them with a portable radio playing loud rock music. LOL

Thank you, danfling, for the detailed history. Were that all characters on daytime now were so fleshed out and palatable.

Thanks, guys, for the info.

Why exactly did Lesli Kay leave? Didn't she come back to ATWT at one point, while still appearing on B&B?

Does anyone know which episode is the one where Theresa and Ethan (then played by Travis Schuldt) sang a love ballad together called "Kiss Me" (which was co-penned by Lindsay Korman herself)? This would have been in spring 2000 - sometime in the first half of that year. It was so pretty - and I'd love to hear it again. I've looked on YT but can't seem to find it. Can anyone help? Thanks!!

Thanks! So he went from DS to SS to Somerset to EON to SB? Did I get them all?

Wasn't her character involved with Joel Crothers' character? I don't remember if this was before or after he was on DS.

YRBB, I had such a crush on Maxwell Caulfield from when he was in Grease 2 - so much so that I named a goldfish I won at the fair Maxwell. LOL

Hmmmm. Carl, do you know? saynotoursoap?

Applcin, immature is the understatement of the year for how Mike is acting about Nancy. It HAS gotten a bit more interesting the past few episodes as Matt angrily confronts Nancy about a $75 dollar gift Mike was planning to give her (and Mike actually hit Maggie up for the dough). Then Mike finds out about the confrontation and has an argument with his father that Maggie fruitlessly tries to referee. Nancy gives a ringing slap. These are the episodes that start April 1. About Karen and the wig, with the two primarily female characters/actresses being blond, LL had to disguise her naturally blond locks. On the other hand, Jami Fields (Penny) had to cover her naturally dark hair with a blond wig so she'd look more like her on-screen mom, Liz Hubbard.

Franko - YES!!!! "Can I have your autograph?" "Not on that thing!"

I was watching a few clips and noticed that at the beginning, Agnes Nixon and Douglas Marland were listed as co-creators in the closing credits. Later on, only Agnes Nixon was listed as creator. Why did Douglas Marland distance himself from Loving?

Very nice!

Applcin, right now it seems that all the stories are in a holding pattern. Getting way too much airtime right now are Mike Powers and Nancy Bennett, complete with the sexy saxophone music that is so not suited for them. On the upside, Laryssa Lauret (Karen) has a Facebook fan page and has been communicating with the viewers. She is a total departure from the dour Dr. Werner - and seems to be thrilled that a whole new generation of fans are enjoying the show and her work.

The young man playing Penny's date Eric (Joey Baio, cousin of Scott and brother of Jimmy) went on to a highly successful non-show biz career. He is now a lawyer practicing in NYC. Here is his webpage, complete with a current photo: http://www.willkie.com/professionals/b/baio-joseph-t

Pat Sajak also appeared on another NBC soap, SB, years later with Vanna White.

Yup, and Peggy Ann Garner also won an Honorary Oscar as a child for her role in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Nick will get even more abrasive as 1968 gives way to 1969...but then, so will Althea and Penny, and several other characters. Again, I don't know how our two favorite guys on the show got along off-camera (I would presume they were friendly), but the show's three main couples were all close friends IRL. I've read several articles about that Jim Pritchett and Lydia Bruce were very good friends, and they would often get together with their real-life spouses for shows and dinners. In 1976, JP and LB were in a play in Philly about the Lincoln-Douglas debate and her husband, Leon Stevens, was the director. Carolee Campbell mentioned in a couple of emails to me and also in the vintage soap articles that she and David O'Brien were close friends off-camera and even did a play together in 1977 after she had left the show. Carolee was also very close to Sally Gracie (Martha) and Jim Pritchett and his family. Elizabeth Hubbard told Serial Scoop in an interview from October 2014 (just as Retro started airing the reruns) that she and Gerald Gordon remained friends for many years. He would accompany her to the Emmys, and whenever he would come home to NYC from trips to Vegas at 7 AM, he would call her. He knew she was an early riser and he wouldn't be waking her up with his calls. She also confirmed they were very good friends when she answered my letter about a month ago. The Serial Scoop interview is on YouTube. The core group of actors and several key members of the crew stayed together on the show for a number of years, so I guess they were a tight-knit work family in many ways. Jim Pritchett, Lydia Bruce, Elizabeth Hubbard, Gerald Gordon, Carolee Campbell, David O'Brien, Laryssa Lauret, Peter Burnell, Sally Gracie, Jennifer Houlton, etc....all had significant tenure. Allen Potter was also at the helm for about 6 1/2 years.

Ahhhh. One paragraph that shocked me was the one that said, "so far, all their bedroom scenes they've done have been on television". My jaw actually dropped. These were supposedly the conservative soap mags!!! LOL

AW's Susan Trustman (the original Pat Matthews Randolph), now going by her married name of Susan Leider, is now an accomplished painter. Here is her website: http://susanleiderart.com/about