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Didn't Michael and Catherine wed in the early 1990s? That would have pre-dated The City.

Thanks for clarifying about Peter Simon. His SFT replacement, Peter Rattray, is the father of Devin Rattray - who is best known as Buzz in the Home Alone movies.

Very cool - and she still looks exactly the same!!

Very nice!

Awww!! Those aren't awful. Those are great!! All featuring Carolee. I love them!!

When exactly did Peter Simon start on GL? I knew he'd had a long run on SFT before that, but I don't know what the gap was between his exit from SFT and beginning on GL.

Great stuff.

I think Matt was kind of playing that up - exaggerating how bad it was. It must have been in the genes because said son went on to become a doctor himself!!! Did anyone else notice that when Matt and Maggie were dozing on the couch and he woke up first - his pipe was still in his hand??? Yikes!!! Judging from the current photo of Jami Fields, she and Liz Hubbard could still easily pass for mother and daughter!!!

Jason47, how would YOU rank all the Lauras? The only one I ever saw was Jaime Lyn Bauer - and footage of the others can be difficult to find. I'd like to hear your thoughts.

I remember reading that at the time Kale Browne was cast on OLTL in 1998, he was staying at the home of then-marrieds Michael E. Knight (AMC) and Catherine Hickland. The show was searching for someone to play Sam's ex-wife for what was only supposed to be a couple of shows, so KB suggested Catherine, whose last major soap gig on The City had wrapped the year before. The rest is history.

Maybe. I don't know, because I don't hear much about Stephen Schnetzer these days - except as the voiceover guy in commercials. There is no mistaking that voice!!

Thank you for clarifying the dates!! Kristen Vigard has several albums up on venues like iTunes. Her original songs are more in the folk realm. Many of them just feature acoustic guitars. Her excellent rendition of Neil Young's "Old Man" also features piano, steel guitar and strings. An alto, she can dig down and reach some pretty low notes. "Child of Nature" is maybe the best example. I'd encourage any Kristen/Morgan fan to listen to the samples - there are some true gems.

He did eventually go back to NYC and act on another soap there - OLTL. Two of his co-stars there, Sharon Gabet and Lois Kibbee, had also acted with him the entire three and a half years he was on EON.

Really? If true, what a shame.

Wasn't Christine Jones' first soap gig Lovers & Friends/For Richer, For Poorer?

How long did Anna Stuart temp for Maeve Kincaid? I know the latter was on maternity leave, but didn't they later write one of her pregnancies into Vanessa's storyline?

I don't know, but I cracked up during the "demonstration" of the bikini because we all knew a certain someone would walk in right in the middle of it. Sure enough!! LOL Someone a few pages back asked what Althea's maiden name was. I guess we can confirm now that it is Hamilton. What was up with that "earth mother" dress Maggie was wearing in episode 2? Holy cow!! By the way, I loved the news of Matt's son Mike getting set to graduate college and come back home. It was hilarious watching the father trying to read his son's letter, due to the latter's illegible handwriting and the suggestion of buying him a typewriter as a graduation gift. LOL

RIP to Ann Marcus. She certainly had a long, illustrious life and career.

So sad to hear about Mary Ann Mobley. I never knew she had appeared on FC.

Your guess is as good as mine.

Sad but true!

Thank you. I guess she temped on GL when Fiona was on maternity leave?

Was it Frannie or Sabrina that Claire Beckman played on ATWT?

It would have been interesting if they had kept Dane, because by the time Joe was killed off, Eden and Cruz were already rapidly becoming the show's signature couple. Would Kelly and Joe have been able to keep up the momentum - and would Robin and Dane have stayed together IRL in the long run had SB kept him? So many questions.

Mark Arnold made the decision to sign a 13-week deal because he wanted to be free to work on the proposed Teen Wolf sequel with Michael J. Fox (Arnold had played the role of Fox's nemesis, Mick, in the original). The movie was ultimately never made (but another TW movie was made a few years later with an all-new cast, with Jason Bateman in the lead) - I think because Michael J. Fox was offered Back to the Future. He was juggling his filming schedule with BTTF with taping Family Ties, and so wouldn't have been available for anything else at that point in 1985. The Dobsons' explanation at the time for letting Dane Witherspoon go was because they didn't think he had enough charisma (were they watching the same show??). Then again, they made the decisions to fire Harley Kozak and Louise Sorel later on in the show's run which had the fans crying foul. I'm just glad they didn't try for a third Joe. A third Joe in 7 months would have been too much, and the magic was already gone.