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Between the Webbers and Scorpios, Tony also lived there. I think Tonia died before she got to live there, but Tony lived there with Lucy. Once that marriage was done for good, Charlene lived there (or maybe Lucy shared the place with Charlene?). It was the site of Alan & Lucy's wedding.

Does DOOL still use the Horton house set, or has it been retired? If it's around, I think it deserves mention.

This is actually from the week of Sept. 29, 1980. A Perfect Match, the TV movie promoted at 25:40, premiered Sunday, Oct. 5 (and didn't get a summer rerun, like I initially thought). ETA: D'oh! @P.J. beat me to the punch.

Apologies if this has been posted before. It's apparently the promo Lorimar used when the show entered off-network syndication. I do love a good narrated trailer, don't you?

While I wouldn't trade Robin's time on All My Children, I have to admit that having her return as Hope after Santa Barbara wrapped could have been a good thing for Guiding Light.

Even when you know it's coming, the reveal of Stacey as the first Loving Murders victim still packs a punch.

The flip side to the thread about short lived characters with lasting impact. I nominate Meredith Lord, OLTL. Yes, Larry and Dan remained on the canvas long after her death, but it feels like her place in the show's history and Lord family as a whole kept getting overshadowed as time went on and Victor gained illegitimate children with each new decade.

I'd never seen this until today. Apparently, it's not the first scene between Robin's Heather and Kin, but it's certainly the one that set them up as a couple. And the show's not subtle about it. I'm assuming that Mary's Heather and Kin never interacted?

This weekend marks 40 years since the cancellation announcement.

I'll add Jenny from AMC to that list. Her ripple effect includes adult Tad, plus Opal, Liza, Jesse and Angie, and all the people they affected. Oddly enough, I think the least impactful person in that pool is Greg.

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?

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