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I also feel like Kelly-Nola could have been Bob & Lisa for the '80s.

Unfortunately, the timeline doesn't work out. Doug Sheehan was on the sitcom Day By Day, which didn't get cancelled until the end of the 1988-89 season. By that time, Sam Behrens was playing Danny. Now, if it's between the return of Ben vs. Val's brain virus story? I think we'd all choose the former.

Some commentary on DOOL's Dec. 29, 1988, and Dec. 30, 1988, episodes.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Emilio & Jennifer ripping off Dirty Dancing.

@dc11786, as always when I read your posts, I think of Whoopi Goldberg in Soapdish. (I mean it as a compliment, if it wasn't obvious.)

That reminds me of the Who's Who in Salem book (circa 1998) having Ken claim that Mike and Carrie rode their bikes to school together, or something like that. Billie & Nicholas? Interesting. Thank goodness Rinna's Billie never babysat Nicky in 1993. But yeah, Victor Webster was hotter than Satan's stove in 1999. (I've said it before, 1999-2004 on the NBC soaps helped me realize it wasn't a phase.)

This reminds me of Kate's cougar year with Victor Webster's Nicholas Alamain. What the hell was that all about?

I wonder if the AW and OLTL tests were for specific roles (Diana Frame? Cassie?), or if they just wanted to keep her in the pool of potential actresses.

Also, I've said it before, but I feel like DOOL in the '80s and '90s had an assembly line attitude when it came to their couples. Just keep turning them out.

They had much more luck when they tried it with Jack & Jennifer.

@DRW50, am I reaching too far with this one, or does "Charades With Mom" from last night's show feel like a spiritual successor to Phil Hartman's "badass mother-in-law" sketches?

I would pay good money to have the image of Lisa at 14:52 silkscreened on a t-shirt.

Thank you! I wasn't sure what came first.

Would someone give me a brief recap of how we ended up with Josh's Roman? Did the show decide to revive the character before or after Wayne signed onto Port Charles?

Viki ... Buchanan Vicki ... Lawrence Vicky ... Love

Throwing it out there ... should Robin have been a recast Victoria Hill?

The 1983 episode is from the week of August 1. I think we determined it was Thursday, Aug. 4. (ETA: I don't think it was outright determined that it was Thursday, Aug. 4, but I assumed so, because the original uploader had all of that day's All My Children episode.) The 1981 episodes are from the week of December 6. The 1985 episode is from Monday, March 4.

Everyone's been so eloquent, so I'll just choose a song.

I'm glad these are still around!

Thank you

Yup, in spite of it all, the cast more or less makes it work. (I'll also admit to being a performances over composition kind of audience member.) I'm just looking forward to eventually getting to see the arrivals of Luna, Andrew and especially Blair (I think I got the order right).

And it is BLOATED!

Loon Lake begins July 23. Until proven otherwise, I'm considering August 5 to be Malone's first credited day. (Sorry, I know that doesn't help much.)

Ooh! Ooh! Do Alma Rudder next!

We're getting close to the 40th anniversary. Speaking of "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes," I've headcanoned it that Jessica made many of her future longtime friends (at least the ones that weren't likely to have lived in Cabot Cove) at that costume party she attended. Granted, this means that she would have spent the entire party being introduced to people.