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I don't know, but he has done a lot of indies. I think it's a shame that the show didn't showcase A Martinez's gorgeous singing voice. Oh, he did belt out the first line of "Your Song" to annoy Eden when she was on the phone once, and another time, the two sang "Bennie and the Jets" driving in the car (both Elton John songs, hmmm), but that was about it. Here is A in a 1996 episode of Touched by an Angel, in the title role, "Rock & Roll Dad": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuETd0uU438

Those are great. Thanks so much. Upthread, I mentioned that Mark Arnold had only signed a three-month contract because plans were in the works to make another Teen Wolf movie with Michael J. Fox, and in the first one Mark Arnold had played the antagonist and wanted to reprise the role. Ultimately, the movie never got made - I think because MJF landed Back to the Future. When the Teen Wolf "sequel" was finally made a couple of years later, it was with an entirely new cast (with Jason Bateman in the lead).

Here are the scenes in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiwBvFUFtKc ("She's ours.") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jQajTrCdio (Their "doubles" were their consciences, who had been "talking" to their counterparts, issuing tough love.)

"Nothing Can Take Me Away From You", another song written for Eden and Cruz, sung by Cathy Hudrall. It was used again in 1989 when they got the paternity results after Adriana's birth and learned that she was indeed Cruz's daughter, and in 1990 when the couple visit Pebble Creek, which had been the site of their wedding. Pretty song, and I've always liked that one, too.

Hmmm...that I don't know. Wendy probably would. SB really did have a crackerjack music department. I have always LOVED Peabo Bryson's "If Ever You're in My Arms Again", which of course was Joe and Kelly's love theme. Fun fact - according to Billboard's book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits, that was the #1 song on the AC chart the same week SB premiered. Quite timely!! Of the original songs written for SB, "Shelter From the Storm" was amongst my favorites, first used in the 1987 Utah storyline. It was used again in 1988 following the rape, and I love how they used it for Cruz and Eden for its symbolism. Very touching.

I know. She and Rusty standing there spewing venom at each other was priceless. Speaking of Sherry Mathis, I still have the wonderful article that Memphis magazine wrote about her in 2006. As soon as I can get myself to a scanner, I'll post it.

Nice!! Sherry Mathis could really play the ice queen when the occasion called for it. Heh.

I think they just found his corpse. Yeah, that hot tub scene was kind of racy for its day. Nowadays, that's tame!! My favorite prop was the dartboard at Cruz's house. We actually saw him use it once (while he was waiting by the phone waiting to hear from Pearl, who was trying to find Eden while she was married to Kirk the Jerk Cranston)!!

Natalie Cole's "A Little Bit of Heaven"? I loved it so much hearing it on the SB clips that I bought it off iTunes. Yes, the 80s. Part of the fun of watching SB is to see the hideous fashions and hairstyles of the day. Thank goodness the rest of the show is timeless!!! The only other I thing I know about Kimberly McArthur, other than that she was the one unfortunate enough to be RW's first replacement, is that she was once a Playmate. Ironically, I saw a clipping of her "turn ons and turn offs" from that time, and one of her "turn offs" was soap operas. HA!! Her Kelly was indeed bland and she had no spark with the other Capwells. Then again, she was in a dog of a story (the TJ affair and the dissolution of her marriage to Jeffrey). At least Carrington Garland had the fortune of starting fresh in Paris!!

They sure don't make 'em like him anymore, do they?

She's the villainess du jour of the week!!

Sounds a bit racy, even for daytime back then! LOL

Plus, both of the female leads, Connie Sellecca and Megan Follows (yes, the same one who played Anne of Green Gables) were in the advanced stages of pregnancy, so I think the network and/or the producers decided to just cut their losses. I don't know how, other than just taking a lengthy hiatus, they would have been able to do a show with no sets and two of their stars giving birth. If they had gone on a hiatus, they would most likely have lost any momentum they'd had from the start anyway.

Oh man, do I remember Titans. I watched every episode of that silly show. Should I admit that? LOL One time, on Jay Leno, he had the crossword puzzle game with a "wrong" and "right" clue. "Here's a six-letter word, beginning with 'T', meaning something horrible, something really sad." Kevin Eubanks: "Um, tragic." Jay: "No, NBC's Titans." LOL!!

Here's a great Eden & Cruz montage video, set to a great song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dck4NtBk_gE

Hmmm...good question. As sad as I was to see them go (and all separately) - I'm glad that Eden, Cruz, Amy and Brick were never recast. Well, there was a temp Amy for when Kerry Sherman went on maternity leave in 1985, but I don't think that really counts. To me, while Robin Wright will always be THE definitive Kelly, I think Carrington Garland put her own stamp on the character. She looked uncannily like her on-screen sister Marcy Walker, and despite being a relative unknown, just fit right in, like she'd always been there. But, I have to call the best recast SB ever had - Jed Allan. After a series of short-lived, unsuccessful CCs, SB struck gold when they got Jed Allan. He brought menacing, drama, romance and comedy to the role - entirely credible as the patriarch of the screwed-up Capwell family - and his chemistry with Judith McConnell (Sophia) showed that love, both physical and emotional, doesn't have to cease once one gets past 40!! The recast that just made one go "huh?" - Janis Paige as Minx Lockridge. She was way too young to play the same role Dame Judith Anderson had originated, and didn't have the same aura of mystery and fun. I would have bought her as another Lockridge relative, but not as Minx. Worst recast - Eileen Davidson as Kelly (bad idea, never should have happened), and Mark Arnold as Joe Perkins. Neither of them were/are bad actors in the least, but were asked to live up to the impossible task of filling big shoes. I feel bad for Mark Arnold because the need for a recast Joe was totally unnecessary. In just three months, Dane Witherspoon had created an appealing character trying to prove himself in society again after wrongful imprisonment - and the way his shoulders would slump and his head would sag after trying to convince true love Kelly and his father really conveyed that he was carrying the world on his shoulders. He and Kelly had just come together again when the role was abruptly recast - the Dobsons saying that they didn't think Witherspoon had on-screen charisma. Were they watching the same show we were? Or maybe were they afraid that the white hot chemistry between Witherspoon and Wright, which had spilled over into real life, would somehow fizzle out and ruin the show? Those two basically single-handedly carried the show through the first three months, and were already very popular with fans. That's a goldmine for a brand-new show. Getting rid of one-half of your show's premiere couple is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Anyway, Dane Witherspoon's last airdate was exactly three months after the premiere, on 10/30/1984. Mark Arnold's first was the very next day. He was basically already coming in with two strikes against him. The chemistry between Kelly and Joe that had been there with Witherspoon was just not there with Arnold - not that it was necessarily his or RW's fault - chemistry is either there or its not. Everyone from RW to the fans were angry about the sudden recast and lashed out at MA. I don't think it was necessarily a personal thing, but a testament to DW's popularity and that he was let go for no good reason. I think the producers quickly figured out that they had made a big mistake, because Joe was more or less moved to the backburner until Joe and Kelly's wedding and the Carnation Killer storyline, from January to March 1985. Mark Arnold had only signed a 13-week contract because he wanted to be available for the new Teen Wolf movie that was going to be made with Michael J. Fox. Rightfully so, the choice was made not to recast Joe again, and he was killed off. By that time, Eden and Cruz had emerged as SB's signature couple, a title they still hold to this day. I wonder how things would have turned out for Dane Witherspoon had SB kept him on. Would he and Robin have stayed a couple in the long run? Would he have moved on to bigger acting opportunities like she did? Would Joe and Kelly have remained one of the tentpole couples of SB, and how would that have affected the popularity of Eden and Cruz? After a similar disappointing stint on Capitol, Dane Witherspoon eventually left show business altogether and moved to Denver with his second wife (now divorced), with whom he has two teenage sons, pursuing a career as an independent businessman.

I know - it was like, let it rest, people!! Kimberly McArthur - THAT'S someone I would love to know whatever happened to. She vanished without a trace, didn't she? Cruz and Eden - save it for the houseboat, huh? LOL

That period in 1988 couldn't have been fun for them either, between the strike and the departure of original cast member Robin Wright. Gee, I wonder whatever happened to her...

Heh. The article itself is interesting, but the fact that they hired her to play Kelly (canning Carrington Garland in the process) is all kinds of wrong, and just one example of why SB was such a mess in its final year.

At least she didn't last long in the role and wound up on SB soon thereafter, where she had a long run as a character much more suited to her strengths (Gina).

I can't even bring myself to watch that much of the final year of SB. Marcy leaving was bad enough, but A's departure was the nail in the coffin. It didn't even seem like the same program. Also, no way can I buy Eileen Davidson as Kelly. No way.

Makes sense, as both were P&G shows. Thanks.

Were Donna and Michael before Lily and Holden, or was it the other way around?

Sounds more like AW's Donna and Michael (aka the heiress and the stableboy)!!

Interesting - and she does look quite a bit like the real Coretta. I wish her nothing but the best!!!