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The mention of Tempo over on the GH thread has me thinking about it. In my mind, it's a hybrid of Time and Vanity Fair. Does that sound about right?

@Kane, et al. -- the Monday, July 20, 1987 episode of Loving leads off this beefcake-heavy batch. We've got Perry Stephens, Richard Burgi, Richard Shoburg, and Grant Alexander. If my research is right, this batch begins with the Thursday, July 23, and Friday, July 24 episodes. One more fragment, presumably from the following week (I forget how the Iran-Contra hearings affected schedules), starting at 78 minutes in.

Not to jinx her, but when Lee goes, that's going to be a big chunk of Hollywood history gone. I think she's the last major blacklist survivor.

Wrong show, and I'm only speaking for myself here, but when it comes to this topic ...

Oh, I thought of two actors dating back from the '50s! Nita Talbot, 94 Lee Grant, approximately 97-99

I'm actually rather relieved there's more living people than I expected.

Losing Eileen Fulton has me wondering just how many pre-1970 soap actors are still with us. I suspect the majority of them are women.

The ending of the Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1978, episode.

Two-and-a-half years before playing James, Sasha Mitchell starred in this PSA. We might have to do a separate thread about how campy and/or alarmist the Partnership for a Drug-Free America's oeuvre was.

Not a problem. I get a kick out of playing detective. I wonder if there were any fans of Steve & Trisha (Treve? Stisha?) who were upset about the lack of a happy ending after all those years of buildup.

Tuesday, May 26.

Beyond grateful that this all remains.

Oh, I didn't think you were overly critical. I just feared that I was using too much hyperbole. Let's face it, though. Bad is bad, and that was bad. Wordpress is being annoying with me right now, so this is the perfect chance for me to give a shoutout to @Kane for how much I'm enjoying the Loving blog's continued journey. The recaps brought me there, and the commentary's keeping me.

Oh my, that was painful. I try not to overdo it with the criticism, but that was like watching a recording of someone's failed audition.

Ah, yes, Elizabeth. I was thinking of roles introduced in 1983, like Donna Love.

It makes you wish that Ann would have caught on, and had a second act as a New York soap actress.

Today I learned that former SNL castmember Ann Risley played a character, Hermoine, on The Doctors. Somebody (Ann herself?) appears to have posted her resume on her Wikipedia page. Anyway, I looked up Hermoine, who appeared (apparently not opposite Alec Baldwin's Billy) in the summer of 1982. https://www.tumblr.com/classicsoddoctors/142685194540/the-doctors-soap-opera-digest-synopsis-august-3

Oh, that's right, I forgot Liza returned to the role of Gwen. I would have kept Kay as Tabitha's sidekick, although I suppose the writers might have wanted to limit that and keep the younger woman in more romance/intrigue stories, as opposed to the more camp and comedy stuff. Whoops, couldn't erase that last quote. It makes me wonder how many, if any, of today's school-aged kids are getting into Beyond the Gates.

Good question. Days had Salem Place (the outdoor shopping district set) from 1992-2004. It would be great if Columbia made that episode available, too. Or the Victor/Nikki episodes used in Mr. Mom.

Speaking of soaps and classic films, the script to Taxi Driver has a generic scene written by Paul Schrader rather than the excerpt from The Young and the Restless featured in the final movie.

Love it! I've mentioned before how I get a kick out of finding soaps "in the wild," i.e. random clips during movies. Things like the Capitol intro being seen when Daryl Hannah watches TV for the first time in Splash, etc. Every so often, it happens with books. Off the top of my head, Stephen King namedropped The Secret Storm in 'Salem's Lot and Santa Barbara in Needful Things. There's also Another World, which Guy's a recurring day player on, in Rosemary's Baby.

That Loving promo for Nick's murder is chef's kiss. (But really, most of the material's fascinating.)

Inspired by @MLH mentioning Michael Zaslow and his wife Susan appearing on Tattletales in 1976, here's a (presumably accurate) rundown of all the present or future soap actors who did the show in 1974-78, or 1982-84. Assuming this is true, it also reveals that the fabled "Dick & Fannie" week did happen in 1975. https://markgoodson.fandom.com/wiki/Tattletales/Episode_Guide

YES, PLEASE!

My new topic to obsess over is thinking about the emotional rollercoaster that poor Brian & Olivia went on. Granted, everybody went through the ringer, but it seems so much worse considering kids were involved. I hope that after Abby's kidnapping, she, Gary, and the children all had a nice family dinner, or a weekend at Disneyland, or something lighthearted.