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Thank you so much, @slick jones!

You're welcome. I always forget to tag everybody. And I agree with you -- these new discoveries are a real treat. @Kane is going to have a lot to work with! Loving had enough kids for at least two future teen scenes. First off, J.J. & Heather, Johnny Watley, Sandy & Alexis, Tommy, and Christopher. After that, Tyler, Patti, Steffi & Cooper's child, and Trucker & Dinah Lee's child. It sounds like Sam was meant as either a fill-in or tryout replacement for Maggie (Constance Shulman). I'm shallow. I just want to see more of the Perfect Man contest, particularly when they wore singlets. Googling didn't turn up a "Matt Hargrove" with ABC Sports, but he may have been from a local affiliate.

The first half of the Oct. 30, 1989, episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-jS3-gMgug

Oh, that's right, I forgot about the near-death experience in 1989, the one with Steve (once again played by George Reinholt) and Janice.

Surprisingly, they didn't go for the trifecta and have her in a coma/have a near-death experience.

Twenty-five years ago this week. (It took me a moment to recognize PAS.)

A few months later, GH ended their 30th anniversary episode with John Beradino walking with dignity off the set and onto the soundstage. I suspect that was meant as a classy rebuttal to SB's finale. And now I wonder if GL got to give its own response.

Welcome, Tisy-Lish! I take it you're a Family fan?

I'll never deny Megan her place in OLTL history, but I think you've blended two years together. Megan died in February 1992. The show's next milestone anniversary (25th) was July 1993. I can understand the confusion, though, since the lead-up to Megan's death included a lot of flashbacks.

Man, if that doesn't encapsulate what soaps mean to us, I don't know what would.

ATWT using "Tears Are Not Enough" during 1985's July 4 episode made me think about Hands Across America, which took place less than a year later. Suppose some of the shows acted like how they did with early Day of Compassion observances (i.e. wear AIDS ribbons but not necessarily mention it). In this case, a show could have a normal enough episode, but characters are also standing in the local chain. Which shows do you think would do something like that?

It's "Tears Are Not Enough," the Canadian answer to "We Are the World." https://justinmcelroy.com/2015/02/10/bring-back-the-tears-celebrating-30-years-of-canadas-forgotten-supergroup/

Diana Canova waited by that phone ... 😜

Thanks for the tag, @DRW50. When did Dorian get involved with WVLE, anyway?

Thanks! It's not a bad effect for 1981, but I always laugh at the image of Tim and Morgan in front of the Chroma-Keyed Laurel Falls.

The full episode used to be on YouTube, and for all I know, it's back. I love so much about it, including the ending, when the down-and-out Miss Reardon starts plotting her comeback ...

That's Galen Henderson. "Won't you please join Mr. and Mrs. Dillon for their first song as a married couple, 'I Wanna Sex You Up'?"

Luke was rockin' those jeans and that t-shirt. They probably didn't, but I could see a scene where Diane messed with Ned's mind, saying that the brothel (read: her) was intererested in a stud.

I wouldn't trade Christine, and Jacqui was still playing Alice when the character was introduced, but this clip made we wonder how she would have done playing Gwyn.

Hopefully one day we'll be able to know exactly when Ceara's last appearance was. She and Jeremy were at Trevor and Natalie's wedding.

Oh, how I wish they kept Jacqui around longer. I'm adoring her snark in that clip.

You're welcome. Hopefully it answers some questions/re-rings some bells. Erica was the first person I thought of when wondering about Jeremy's goodbye. She might have been occupied with the Dimitri and Edmund story, though. For all I know, Jeremy's goodbye might have just been a scene with nu-Natalie and Trevor, or even just Myrtle (since Ceara was her niece). Say what you will about Tracy Quartermaine joining The City, but they at least gave her a few weeks back on General Hospital to try geeking up some fans.

Yup. Jeremy's listed as a contract arrival for Loving in October 1992. He officially moved to Corinth in mid-November. I wonder if he got a grand farewell on All My Children, or if it was treated like an afterthought.

Well, sorry for the spoiler, I guess. 😜 Genie wouldn't return to GH until Oct. 29, 1993. (I'm grateful that ABC didn't call her bluff in 1992 and bring back Laura as a recast.) They did, yes, from November-December 1991. Jeremy & Ceara then married on AMC on Dec. 31, 1991. @Kane's site has the details. https://lovingsoapopera.wordpress.com/2021/09/03/character-profile-jeremy-hunter/

Yes, most of the Cape Fear-inspired aspects, specifically Carter menacing Natalie on the boat, happened on All My Children. After he was presumed dead, JWS crossed over to Loving for a few weeks in an attempt to get revenge on Dinah Lee. Jeremy, who had begun to care for Dinah Lee while she was in Pine Valley, had visions of her in danger. Jeremy and Trevor (separately) arrived in Corinth and rescued Dinah Lee from Carter. Ceara was in London at the time. I'm not sure when Genie Francis' last episode was, but she never came back to AMC, nor appeared on Loving after the initial crossover. (Ceara, played by a stand-in, was killed off on Loving in December 1992.) AMEN to that! I adored "Preserving Our Television Heritage"-era Nick at Nite.