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NW's three photos look like he's trying different approaches at a dating app.

It was the soap-to-be that supposedly Douglas Marland was tinkering with right up until his death.

A-ha. I'll keep that in mind.

Yup, that was Luna's grand arrival. Personally, I'd have done without the big buildup (Tina fretting about Friday the 13th, not to mention her fortune cookie), but I guess the show really wanted to make it apparent that a BIG DEAL has arrived.

"Runaway" is a bad episode for many reasons, including the waste of Greg Evigan, who I think would have been perfect as Southfork's in-house stud.

Was it that Jane was joining As the World Turns or planned to join The Soul Survivors?

I apologize for repeating myself, but I remember visiting the old Beth's Days Page circa 1999-2000 and reading fan comments that wondered what exactly was the point of keeping Maggie around. People were tired of her being the one to declare such and such was evil and that (insert couple here) were going to have a happy ending. I think the conclusion was that Maggie was the backup talk-to for when Alice would no longer be available. I guess the pecking order would have been Alice, then Maggie, then Caroline.

How eerie. We were just talking about him, and now Michael Cole's dead. https://deadline.com/2024/12/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-general-hospital-1236199973/

GH, Lesley slaps Monica.

Okay, the grim reaper needs to leave daytime alone for a while.

It's also reasonable to assume Kristian Alfonso's return didn't come cheaply.

CBS is airing The Price Is Right reruns during the interim period after The Talk ends and Beyond the Gates returns. I can understand why, but it's kind of a bummer that we wouldn't get CBS' version of "A Daytime to Remember." https://deadline.com/2024/12/the-talk-replacement-the-price-is-right-beyond-the-gates-1236195490/

Oh, duh ... Wayne Northrop & Lynn Herring Roman Brady and Lisanne Gardner, DOOL (The scene where Roman's in drag, disguised as Marlena's maid, and spills a vaccum bag on Lisanne, forcing her to take her dress off.) Rex Stanton and Lucy Coe, PC (They married and he tried to kill her.)

Richard Shoberg & Dorothy Lyman Kevin & Elly Jo Jamison, EDGE (Siblings) Tom Cudahy & Opal Gardner, AMC (I've never seen it, but Saynotoursoap mentioned that at one point, Opal was attracted to Tom.)

Okay, well, I'm hoping that we're finally done with Max & Lee Ann, since she's got to be getting mighty close to conceiving Duke with Kevin. I also loved how Dorian's scenes were, "I should get laid." Then she has a fantasy (to "Enter Sandman"!) about Jason*, only to have cold water splashed on her privates when she realizes he's Wanda's nephew. *This appears to be where the photo of Dorian and Jason on a motorcycle comes from. Jason was all over the place in this episode, from the Banner loading dock, to Wanda's Place, to Carlo and Stephanie's. And without much time in between. Boo, OLTL! You're better than that.

I'll wait until Vee catches up to fully comment on September 10, 1991. I did roll my eyes at the use of Cassie and Dorian's inner monologues. Knots Landing did that to death around this time. Anyway, it did clear one of the items off my wish list.

"Always" is in the public domain, so the show could (and should) use it any time they want.

Something I didn't know: the original "Tour of Llanview" almost included a shot of ... Three Mile Island! Wayne Fitzgerald, who filmed the opening credits in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1984, told AP that "ABC producers" nixed the idea.

"Oh, sweet cake, you're the only one who understands me." The riffs are great, but I'm actually genuinely compelled by Ken/Cynthia/Phil/Jessie. In particular, the moment where Jessie and Cynthia know all too well what's going to happen when Phil & Cynthia are alone. Cynthia tries to stop it from happening, while Jessie's resigned herself to the inevitable.

May he rest in peace. His daytime career was relatively brief, but left one heck of an impact. And of course, much love to Lynn and his sons.

I'm a musicals fan, so I greatly enjoyed it, not to mention the moment in the 9/4/91 episode where Babs was dishing on the Tyne Daly production of Gypsy. And what a fine bit of kismet (sorry, couldn't resist), since the Audra McDonald production's in previews right now. Oh, definitely. It's been fun observing the transition. I've said it before, but I have a wishlist of late 1991 things I'm curious to see: Andrew and Blair's arrivals, the domestic violence storyline, JDP's return as Max, and the start of Dorian & Jason.

As the story goes, Cyndi Lauper came up with the title "Time After Time" while scrolling through TV Guide (the movie was making its network premiere). Could Glenn Frey* have had a similar experience with "The Heat Is On"? I'm certain the Dynasty ad dates from late 1983-early 1984. *Or rather, the song's actual writers, Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey.

These ones have been on YouTube for a long time, so it should be okay to share them. Credits start at 10:00. They could also be from the Wednesday, Sept. 4 episode, it's just that the GH summaries make it sound like the Sept. 5 episode was being teased. This one I'm absolutely certain is from Friday, Sept. 13, followed by Monday, Sept. 16. Credits start at 2:00.

Throwing it out there ... if Kin Shriner stayed into 1994 and we had more time with Lucy/Scotty/Katherine, could Nikki have taken Katherine's role in Lois/Ned/Katherine?

We have one of the last pieces of the great 1991 end credits puzzle. The credits from what appears to be the Thursday, Sept. 5 episode are on YouTube. I'm going off the teasers for that day's GH and the next day's Good Morning America. Craig Carlson is still credited as headwriter, and Linda Gottlieb isn't credited yet. Luna's first scene is also on YouTube, and thanks to the Life Goes On teaser, we can place the OLTL episode as airing on Friday, Sept. 13. Linda Gottlieb now has a credit, and so does Michael Malone.