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I wish there was more of his AW work available. He definitely had charisma to spare.

I don't think they do, but TV One does rerun their Unsung episodes quite frequently. All I can suggest is to keep checking the TV One listings.

For those of you who have Family Net on your cable systems, Robert Thaler's (Pearl) guest spot on T.J. Hooker will air on Tuesday (4/14). Apparently, he's in drag in this one.

Wow, I never knew Karen Gorney was interested in joining EON. You learn something new every day!!

I read an old article that after George Reinholt was let go from AW in 1975, Lin Bolen offered him a role on The Doctors. That same year, on that show, Gerald Gordon (Dr. Nick Bellini) was leaving to head West - though he did reprise the role briefly in 1976. Do you think that NBC would have cast GR as sort of a Nick replacement or basically Steve Frame as a doctor? Of course, all that became moot at GR signed with OLTL on ABC.

For those of you who remember Greta transforming from young girl to teenage mom, here is an article (and a photo!) from 2013 about Jennifer Houlton (now Jennifer Houlton-Vinyl): http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/nyregion/once-an-18000-home-on-a-seedy-street-now-a-5-million-gem.html?_r=0

Didn't Agnes Nixon offer her the chance to reprise Carla on Loving?

Thank you, Carl!!

That is a good one - thanks for posting it.

saynotoursoap, I couldn't agree with you more about how spoilers have helped ruin the genre. There's really something to be said about the element of surprise. Watching yesterday, my heart broke watching Nick silently say a prayer before breaking down in tears. All the acting has been fantastic, with Gerald Gordon, Zaida Coles and Carolee Campbell leading the way.

I really find the lack of spoilers refreshing, especially regarding yesterday's second episode. I was floored. Can't wait to see what happens.

Yes, the Duvall trial was great - and I think that was the story where everything finally came together for SB after a year on the air.

Yes, I remember that RSW said some kind things about Jacquie in the SOD cover story on her passing. I've never seen Ellen Holly's work but it seemed she had an ax to grind with everyone. What a shame.

Thanks for sharing those - he definitely has a terrific voice.

Sharon Gabet confirmed on FB that the actress in that commercial is indeed Terry Davis.

I wrote a fan letter to Jami Fields (Penny Davis, The Doctors), and besides autographing the pictures I sent, she also wrote me a letter and said what she has been up to these days. After retiring from acting, she worked as a production assistant on both GL and ATWT in the early 80s. Alas, she left ATWT only a year before Liz Hubbard joined the show, so their paths never crossed. From there, "I've been in marketing for the magazine industry for over 25 years now and still do that work. My favorite hobby is pottery, and I have two studios that I work out of here in NYC, making the usual mugs, bowls, tea pots, plates, and such."

It looks like her, but I can't tell for sure.

I read that he and Phil Carey often played pranks on her at OLTL (getting their hands wet and shaking hers, causing lines she had written on her hands to be washed away). Maybe she and RSW just didn't connect, especially since he seemed to get along fine with most of his other leading ladies. I wonder if Jacquie remained in touch with Virginia Dwyer after both had left AW, since they seemed to be very close. I've exchanged a couple of emails in the past with Jennifer Desiderio, the daughter of Jacquie and Carl. Jennifer says the only time she met George Reinholt as an adult was at that "50 Years of Soaps" special where "Alice" and "Steve" were reunited on stage. It was the first time they had seen each other since she was a little kid.

Hi Paul Raven - I have tried reaching out to them, as well as a couple of other surviving cast members from this period. If I hear anything, I will let you all know. Since I don't have Photobucket, I have a couple of friends here who might be willing to post the pictures of the pictures that I took (which will have to do until I can get a scanner). I'm pretty sure that this DS-inspired plot with Liz and Townsend was a network mandate. Later on in 1969 both Lakin and Edelstein left the show, so it's possible that their collective hearts weren't in this story, especially if it was one they were forced to write. There are so many other good stories going on at this time - the Powers and Bellini marriages, the implosion of the Aldrich marriage of "logic" coupled with Steve and Carolee's growing bond, Anna Ford's recovery and Mike Powers' struggles to be his own man and out of his father's shadow - that this dog of a story just sticks out like a sore thumb.

It was a thrill. What I like about this writing team is that other than her somewhat abnormal attachment to her stepfather, Penny is pretty much a normal preteen. She sasses her mother, frets about her homework, and loves writing in her diary and listening to music. The show was lucky to have such a talented young actress like Ms. Fields to keep Penny likable. I wish Retro TV would get her and others like Liz Hubbard, Carolee Campbell, Terry Kiser, Laryssa Lauret, Pam Toll, C.C. Courtney, etc., to do promos like MeTV does for the vintage shows they air. That would be awesome.

Was the show a mid-season replacement or did it get a full episode order its first season?

Did Peter Simon ever come back to SFT short-term, like his wife did?

From everything I've read and heard about her, she seemed just as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside.

I had a through the mail autograph success today with Jami Fields (Penny Davis) - as someone else upthread so eloquently called her, the Sally Draper of the show. Not only did she autograph the screen caps I had printed out, but she also wrote me a very nice letter. It reads, in part: "I was not aware that the shows were running on Retro TV. Since then, I have a friend in Albuquerque who has found the show and is watching it, as well as someone in North Carolina who is recording episodes for me. It's a lot of fun to see the old shows - especially after so many years. "After I retired from acting, I was working for a time in TV production in NYC. I worked at both "The Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns", for CBS. About a year after I left "World Turns", they hired Elizabeth Hubbard to be on the show. But I was long gone and in another industry, so our paths never crossed. In fact, I never ran into any of the "Doctors" cast again. I do keep up with my friends from CBS, but that's about it for the TV folks. "I'm glad you are such an avid TV fan and I imagine you must have a great photo collection from all the shows you follow. I'm just a fan now myself, and I spend a lot of time on drama as well as a fair amount of reality shows. Professionally, I've been in marketing for the magazine industry for over 25 years now, and still do that work. Outside of that, my favorite hobby is pottery, and I have two studios that I work out of here in NYC, making the usual mugs, bowls, tea pots, plates and such. So, best regards to you and your family. Thanks again for letting me know about "The Doctors". Jami" For the record, two of the screen caps were closeups, and one was a shot of her and Gerald Gordon (Nick) together.

I did read someplace else that KM extended her original contract an additional six months as a favor to Labine/Mayer. In any case, leaving the show with an all-expense paid trip to Ireland (without having to memorize lines at that, all the words were prerecorded voiceovers) sure isn't a bad perk!!!