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https://classicsodloving.tumblr.com/ Not sure if you guys are aware of this link, but it’s one that I found ages ago, and it’s quite detailed from a weekly perspective.

Those were some lovely episodes of SFT. Thanks for linking these! Honestly the contrast between Maree Cheatham’s and Louise Shaffer’s portrayals of Stephanie are so stark. Cheatham plays Stephanie with such cunning yet still seeming human at the same time. From what I’ve seen of Shaffer’s Stephanie, she was just always way over the top with her portrayal, to the point where I sometimes cringe. Always a pleasure to see young Lisa Peluso here. It would be amazing if there were any SFT episodes with her from 1977-82 that would emerge, so we could see just how much she progressed as she evolved into adulthood. Lastly, who is this actress playing Suzy here? And how long was she on for?

Curious to know what kind of thoughts were being alluded to here. What exactly was JER hoping to communicate?

I am so sorry, I did not mean to make that worse for you!

I posted this in the DAYS classic thread the other day, but thought would do it here as well, if only for you guys to watch the first scene of this - a recently-turned-16yo Tracey Bregman in her first soap role as Donna Craig on DAYS. The talent shown here is amazing and goes to show she could certainly handle what would come her way 4 years later when she got her signature role on Y&R as Lauren. The contrast between the two characters couldn’t be more stark.

That was something else that was bothering me the other day. Did Dina and Traci have much interaction back on Dina’s original run in the 80s? From the episodes I’ve seen from the 80s, Dina has interactions only with John, Jack and Ashley. It’s almost as though the Dina/Traci relationship was non-existent back then. Funnily enough I recall a synopsis update from 1996 that I read years ago about the reactions of the Abbott kids when John and Dina announced their plans to remarry: ”Jack smiled, Traci didn’t, and Ashley stormed out.” Such a beautiful summation of Dina’s relationship with her kids.

First scene in this features a 16-year-old Tracey Bregman (pre-Y&R) playing Donna Craig. So weird to see her so young, and yet also marvellous to realise how far she has come with her soap career. She plays such a different character here compared to what would later come along with the role of Lauren Fenmore.

Sounds like a Grindr date... 😏

LOL that sounds like the start of a soap opera storyline... “the mystery of Box 347”

*sigh* AMC should still be on air. It certainly held its own with the others in the Top 5 (which incidentally are still on air today). Actually on a related note, was it also the 90s where B&B well and truly snatched #2 from DAYS?

The climax of the whole storyline came during summer 1997 (Susan Banks, the secret room, etc). So one would expect DAYS ratings to have peaked during this period if they sustained everyone from Aremid, Paris, etc.

Thanks heaps for this. It’s just weird that with all of the 1993-1995 episodes uploaded thus far, none have featured them together, and I’m interested to see what the chemistry was like between Robert Tyler and Phillip Brown.

That would be weird as she would have been only 27 in 1984 when she debuted on Loving. And also Chris Marcantel was born in 1958 according to Wikipedia, which would have meant “mother” and “son” were almost the same age 🤪

I find it really fascinating that B&B was hitting Top 5 for overall households as early as 1990 (and this was all pre-Sheila as that was still unfolding on Y&R). That time would have been Caroline’s death, Brooke and Eric’s wedding, and a few others that I’ve probably missed. That’s an amazing achievement for CBS and Bill Bell.

Out of curiosity, was there much exploration done into the sibling relationship between Buck and Trucker in the couple of years they were on LOV together? Or was that more of a plot point connected with the Trisha exit story?

@Soapsuds there are heaps of 404 errors coming up with your images...

Having watched both Y&R and SFT from that era recently, I can’t decide who’s the more evil: Warren Carter or David Kimble? They were both incredibly psychotic human beings 🙃

Curious to know why CBS felt they had to replace Capitol with B&B. They would have been the perfect back-to-back juxtaposition in an hour slot: the east coast political intrigue vs the west coast fashion and glamour.

I was watching some 1984-5 episodes recently, and the music cues in those episodes were very clearly old-school (60s/70s). You compare that to something like Y&R or GH at that time, and it was obvious they were very current and even way ahead of their game.

So June 1975 had two of the most iconic moments in daytime history: Philip Chancellor’s death in the car crash on Y&R, and Jennifer Pace crashing through the glass door on SFT. How awesome was that!

This was an episode from mid-1984 that I just stumbled upon. Again lots of familiar faces (Matt Ashford, Marie Cheatham, David Forsyth, Michael Corbett, Lisa Peluso). Even some lovely scenes here with Rod Arrants and Jane Krakowski. The episodes I’ve seen previously of SFT all had Louise Shaffer as Stephanie, but seeing Marie Cheatham’s portrayal here endeared me a lot more to her as a character, and actually made Stephanie somewhat more human and calm rather than as the caricature overbearing mother that Shaffer seemed to bring out more. It’s a shame that they couldn’t keep Cheatham longer.

I watched my very first Capitol episode today, and I was surprised to see people in there I was not expecting. I knew Constance Towers was in there, but I was surprised to see Tonja Walker and even more shocked to see a young Catherine Hickland playing a non-bitchy character for a change. And in the episode Soapsuds just posted above, is that Kimberlin Brown playing the girl who walks in with Jordy at the beginning??

I came on to say exactly the same thing. Just because one happens to have been reported doesn’t mean there are not others. People need to chill and see what unfolds.