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Those of you who have Cozi TV on your cable systems may want to set the DVR for Tuesday, May 26th. The Knight Rider episode entitled "Brother's Keeper" will air (originally aired 10/9/1983), and the guest star - in a very meaty role - was Gerald Gordon. It's actually double the pleasure for soap fans of that era because Catherine Mary Stewart (Kayla Brady #1 on DAYS) plays his daughter.

Todd McKee isn't even acting anymore. He now works as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch: https://www.ml.com/MLWM/System/ViewFAPage.aspx?pageurl=mckee&locator=2C8C74AC-04AB-4D14-95D4-50E05906016C He was kind enough to autograph a couple of photos of him as Ted for me when I wrote to him at that address. He got back to me very quickly, too, within a couple of weeks.

When in 1988 did Carmen Duncan join AW?

That's great!! DeliaIrisFan, I have always enjoyed the Ryan's Bar site. It obviously was a labor of love.

Kin never ages. He looks great.

Had the proposed spinoff come to fruition, I wonder if any other TD characters would have jumped ship - and if so, which ones.

About Denise Alexander, I read someplace that she was tired of the bicoastal life and wanted to be back in California full-time. TPTB probably didn't protest too much as her leaving freed up a lot of money.

From what I can gather, he's cleaned up in the real estate market in recent years: http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2011/03/soap-actor-justin-torkildsen-gets-quick.html?m=1 http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/news/story/900009329-Soap_actor_s_wife_gets_1M_in_Cahuenga_Pass

Yes, and of course, her mother Frances would start her own role of a lifetime less than a year later - playing Mona Kane for nearly a quarter of a century on AMC. Ironically, Frances Heflin and Liz Hubbard both appeared on Broadway in The Physicists shortly after LH began playing Althea on TD. Sadly, Marta Heflin is yet another cast member no longer with us. She passed in September 2013 at the age of 68: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/arts/marta-heflin-actor-dies-at-68-waif-seen-in-altman-films.html?_r=0

Quinn was great - but I may be biased because I am a huge fan of her wonderful portrayer, Petronia Paley.

I feel the exact opposite - I felt that Ted flourished away from the teen group and was given more family scenes with the Capwells, and then the big story in 1985 with Christie Duvall. (The Duvall rape story and trial in the summer of 1985 was when I think SB as a whole started to really gel. It also gave Lane Davies a plot he could sink his teeth into - and gave Mason his first true love, Mary.) But SB could have done a lot more with Ted than they ultimately did, especially in the late 80s. Todd McKee was a handsome and charismatic young man who could actually ACT...but sadly was lost in the shuffle for the majority of his run on the show.

Definitely. After Terry Kiser left, I think TPTB saw in David O'Brien (playing John's cousin Steve) another very viable potential young leading man and started writing towards that. Plus, the chemistry with Carolee was there right from the start.

Louise Sorel was already great, but she was twice as fun with Nic Coster. Lionel and Augusta could have you crying from laughter one minute and crying from sorrow the next. They were golden.

Michael Landrum (How to Survive a Marriage; The Doctors) today: http://speechwright.com/

That seems most likely. There didn't seem to be much point playing out that story without Terry Kiser, so I guess they just cut their losses and concentrated on other stories.

I also wasn't crazy about Danny Andrade or the revolving door of C.C.s (though Charles Bateman wasn't bad, the role didn't really come alive until Jed Allan came in). Kelly/Joe was almost the only good thing about SB in the first couple of months until key people like Marcy Walker, Nic Coster, Kerry Sherman and Richard Eden came aboard.

I think Martha was already on before Polly's departure, but I could be wrong.

Terry Lester was certainly a very competent actor, but I just can't see anyone else but Lane Davies as Mason. I still give him credit for trying.

It's great seeing Chris Knight in those super-quality full episodes posted, but bizarre seeing him as the love interest of Jennifer Runyon's Sally - for the sole reason that they later played siblings in A Very Brady Christmas. LOL

That was cute, Eve Blazo's hashtags.

That would be nice!

I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens!! I still really wish we could see episodes pre-December 1967, if they still exist. I want to see the beginning of Althea/Nick - first meeting, first date, first kiss and the whole Buddy story.

Not lately, but you guys will hear if I do!!!

I think she very well might have been. There were several birth stories to play out over the 13 1/2 year run of RH, but really not all that many. Nancy Addison never had children of her own IRL but played out two births as Jill. Siobhan and Maggie were others who gave birth on the show but I don't believe the actresses were pregnant IRL at that time.

Yeah, Carolee started in 1967 (though exactly when in 1967 I don't know). Mother Simpson does appear in the flesh a few years down the road from where we are now, but who knows if Retro will get that far.