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I never understood why they never did anything more with Scott DeFreitas after the story of baby Hope, because Andy Dixon was one of those tentpole characters who could carry the next generation of Oakdale. Then again, he wound up meeting his future wife and mother of his children, so I guess everything turned out OK.

Filmed right here in my own hometown of Cleveland!! I hope his character was less shady than Cain. LOL

Thanks again for posting that article. It really gives one insight not only into the soap world as it was back then, but also the publishing world at that time.

Yup, it was written up in the OLTL 40th Anniversary book, by Gerry Waggett. It only mentions Philly as wetting down his hand and shaking Jacquie's so hers would be wet as well and the lines would wash away, but I read in an old article that Woodsy did it, too. Then again, Bob Woods was known as the most notorious prankster for years on the OLTL set, and also in several sources (including the aforementioned book), it was revealed that he and JC did not get along offscreen (and I'm guessing the pranks had a lot to do with it). Even though they were sent to Paris in 1980 to film a romantic storyline for Bo and Pat, once it became obvious to the producers and writers that the two didn't like each other very much, the Bo/Pat was shelved and both characters were moved into different stories.

Yeah, I think it belongs on the AW thread as well. I recall reading elsewhere that George took umbrage at Harding Lemay creating a poor family background from a farm with many siblings for Steve Frame (based on Lemay's own background), as he was going by what Agnes Nixon had given him to go by, a self-made millionaire and an only child from Philadelphia (which is where both Reinholt and Nixon hailed from). Plus, with three men working together who were/are known for stubbornness and anger, among other things (Reinholt, Harding and Rauch), it's no wonder that so much venom was being spewed, both on the set and in the media. On the other hand, I don't understand much about what their beef was with Jacquie Courtney, other than the fact that she didn't play a nervous breakdown storyline the way Lemay had envisioned (he was looking for catatonia and she went with full-blown hysteria, and as a result Alice was given a much speedier recovery than originally planned) and that she supposedly wrote her lines on her hands (on OLTL, both Bob Woods and Phil Carey delighted in getting their hands wet and shaking her hand so that the lines would smudge). She was an original cast member and had been working on AW since she was 17 (JC and my dad were born in the same year, just mere weeks apart). The audience had watched her grow up onscreen. What a bizarre situation all around.

Wow!! Thanks for sharing those clippings. These days, who would write a headline proclaiming someone "bites the hand that feeds them" and not worry about being sued for libel? Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at AW and OLTL when JC and GR were on. They were before my time, but my mother remembers them, even though she worked full-time in those pre-VCR days. (She was a home health care nurse who would sometimes watch whichever soap was on at her patient's house as she worked.) All I've seen of their soap work is the few scant clips I've found on YT. GR sure bore a strong physical resemblance to a later soap actor, Dane Witherspoon of Santa Barbara and Capitol fame. So ironic (and sad) that they passed within months of each other. They could've easily passed for father/son or even brothers (albeit with a large age difference - I've seen GR's birth year listed as both 1939 and 1940, and DW's as 1957) and been cast together in some project had circumstances been kinder. I know that both GR and JC were on a talk show (either Mike Douglas or Merv Griffin) where they talked about the whole AW controversy. I sure wish it was available and posted online because I'd love to see it. Was it just a matter of money, not being the main storyline on the show anymore (with the emergence of Rachel, Mac and Iris), or a combination?

I'm happy - a couple of months after writing to him, I received a lovely autographed photo of Raul Esparza (ADA Barba) in the mail yesterday.

You're right - I guess I was thinking of the ones who made the transition to primetime and made names for themselves there. Thank you for the rundown!!

Wow, he was just a baby!! Was this before or after he was on Dallas?

Heavy on the tragedy, I take it - for the character or the audience?

Thanks for posting those. In addition to Dynasty, the same poster made videos of FC intros in the style of Dallas, Knots Landing, Hotel and Flamingo Road.

Oh, I forgot to add John Karlen, who spent most of the 80s as Tyne Daly's husband on Cagney & Lacey and won an Emmy. Then there was Louis Edmonds, who spent many years as Langley on AMC.

Wow, I hadn't seen it that short. The long hair really worked for her, and also helped set Siobhan apart as a rebel. Thanks for the screen capture.

Here's a bit of good news - we'll be seeing two familiar faces before the season is out: Dr. Warner (Tamara Tunie) - http://allthingslawandorder.blogspot.com/2014/04/law-order-svu-post-mortem-blues-episode.html Dr. Huang (BD Wong) - http://www.tvguide.com/News/SVU-BD-Wong-Return-1080579.aspx

Someone put together a nice tribute video to Dane Witherspoon as Joe Perkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuFG6iAfqc4

Were David Selby and Kate Jackson the only cast members who were on hit shows post-DS?

They should have at least done a clip show or something. The fans deserved that much.

What if FC used the Dynasty theme and graphics for its opening? Someone had the idea and posted it. Very impressive!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ4RSYdPqLs

My main memories of KL (I was a baby when it premiered and in middle school when it ended) are that we never had our Girl Scout meetings on Thursdays because my troop leader was a MAJOR fan. Our meetings were always at her house - so Thursday was her night to unwind, kick back and enjoy the goings on of Val, Gary, Abby, Karen, Greg and the rest. Of the different variants of the theme song, my favorite was the first season's. Still a very hummable song!!

Has anyone watched the Harlem Globetrotters episode yet?

Yup, and she's set to reprise her M.E. Warner character on the next new SVU episode, which airs on April 30th: http://allthingslawandorder.blogspot.com/2014/04/law-order-svu-post-mortem-blues-episode.html

Thanks for clarifying!!

Cool, thanks for sharing!! I don't think I've seen a RH promo starring Siobhan #1. I'm guessing this was towards the end of the line for Sarah Felder. I see she has the shorter hair by this point.

Cool. I knew she was on AW and DAYS, but not ATWT.

Plus, they banded together to bring down the parties responsible for Mary's death.