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Thank you, Paul Raven.

vetsoapfan, did you get to see AW (and Jacquie/Alice) right from its beginning? Or did you start watching when George Reinholt/Steve came on?

It's all in the recasts - when Ava Lazar and Linda Gibboney were on the show, Santana was the strong one and Gina was weak. When Gina Gallego and Robin Mattson played the roles, Gina was strong and Santana was weak. While Gina Gallego seems like an absolute sweetheart from the interviews I've read with her, I just didn't like the character. However, I believe that had more to do with the writing than GG's portrayal.

I still think it's a shame that the now-defunct SoapNet would quit showing reruns after 1981, and would just go back to the beginning of 1975. There had to be a way to work through copyrights, or whatever the issue was.

I think that plot did eventually lead to Frank and Jill finally tying the knot (in his hospital room).

That was great! When was the last time a soap magazine had a gardening column? Thank you, Carl.

Thank you, jam!!

All I know about it is that a lot of RH fans say it was the last great story the show ever did. It was penned by the returning Labine/Mayer, and Charlotte Greer claimed to have married Frank in the time he was off the show (DHK departed in 1981 and GP took over the role in 1983).

That would be great, thanks.

I didn't even know she and Tim Hagan had divorced. I wonder if his alleged involvement in the infamous Cuyahoga County (where Cleveland is located) corruption scandal put too much strain on their relationship.

Here is an article about Pam Toll and her then-husband, Jim DeVault, from Old-House Journal in late 1999. Pam is the mother of four - two daughters and twin sons. https://books.google.com/books?id=u4io40z5UZwC&pg=PT13&lpg=PT13&dq=pamela+toll+devault&source=bl&ots=DAbtRpk4KZ&sig=AuUKq8wYMYvN3IjWsAgqA1Tfw20&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ydg2VerLMae_sQTT9oHIAg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=pamela%20toll%20devault&f=false Someone upthread asked me if I had gotten in touch with either her or C.C. Courtney. I had written him an email (he has an email address listed on his website - cccourtney.com) a few weeks back and got a reply just yesterday. Here's what he said: "Hello Monika, So sorry I didn't answer you sooner but your message got designated as read when it hadn't been. So, thank you for your kind comments. I really enjoyed doing The Doctors and learned a lot from it. I'll tell you some more details when I get through the project I'm now working on and have some time. CC" I believe I posted this before (or on the WATN page), but here is a video with Jami from 2012 - with her natural reddish hair. She does look and sound just about the same - except she doesn't say "groovy" once. LOL

I know that Peter Falk never appeared on the Mrs. Columbo show, but I can't even imagine him and Kate Mulgrew playing a married couple. She looks more like his daughter than his wife, but on the other hand, her RH husband Michael Levin was about the same age as Mr. Falk.

That would have been inspired casting, as both had played Y&R's Ashley.

Thanks for posting them - and thanks also for mentioning Sally Gracie's gardening column. You wouldn't happen to have any of them around, would you?

I saw that reunion. She's barely aged - same goes for Billy Moses.

Sure - here you go: http://santabarbara-online.com/InterviewALazar2.htm

Linda has also proven to be just as ageless as Stephen. It seems like just yesterday that they were playing Felicia and Cass, not 16 (!!) years ago.

Until I read your post, safe, I didn't know that Kate Mulgrew had written a memoir. Right after reading your post, I went to my library's website and placed a hold on it. So thanks for alerting me. In 2000, she came close to being first lady of my state of Ohio. Her husband ran for governor of Ohio that year but lost to incumbent Bob Taft.

Totally agree about Felicia and Cass - proof that a man and woman can be just friends, and the best of friends at that (though the characters did start out as lovers). It's also great that LD and SS have still remained good friends after all these years.

Thanks, Carl.

Ava Lazar was fired (she confirmed that in an interview on the French/English SB site run by fan Nicolas). Along with getting rid of Dane Witherspoon, that was the other stupid casting move the Dobsons made in 1984.

It seems that Sally brought a lot of herself into Martha - especially with her love of plants (hence all the geraniums in the lab). Sadly, she and Gerald Gordon passed away the same week - she on August 13, 2001 and he went four days later on the 17th.

Pilar wasn't still on FC when it ended, was she?

GR would have been an inspired casting choice. I also agree about Stephen Schnetzer's agelessness. He has to hold the record for the AW actor with the most L&O (any L&O show) appearances. It seems he is in every other L&O, SVU or CI rerun I see!!

I couldn't agree more!!!