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Since @titan1978 snagged the round nurses station, I'll take a set of GH's elevator doors. I'd also bid on the C from the Capwell Hotel roof, an Aremid bible if one exists and Nola & Vanessa's dueling Scarlett O'Hara dresses (with fans, of course).

What happened to Olin, anyway? Did she fade out in the 1990-91 exodus of characters?

I don't know if she was necessarily an eccentric, but Amy Vining?

It's an excellent scene, greatly improved by the length. I like that they took the time to really let us savor the range of emotions Lucy was feeling there: anxiousness, curiosity, pride, gentle annoyance, despair, love. Nice acting showcase for Lynn Herring, and Jon Lindstrom did well, too.

Was it part of Scotty's apartment when he and Lucy were roommates? After she was done with Tony and before Alan? ETA: Never mind, earlier posters say it was part of the Katherine Delafield cottage set from 1988-89. I guess they just photographed Lynn and Kin there because it was available. It's better than my first thought, which was that this was Lucy's apartment from 1986, which presumably had already been scrapped as a set.

Curly. Harold Hill. Billy Flynn. Coulda played 'em all. YouTube commenters say it's Mary-Margaret Humes (Dawson's Creek).

Ultimately, NBC opted for John Tesh & Leeza Gibbons in the fall of 1993, and then Leeza by herself from 1994-2000 (the last season was syndicated). Star did host her own show, Jones & Jury, in syndication for 1994-1995.

Two more from LOVING, both boys: Sandy and Christopher.

We'll have to do a separate thread on gay parenting on soaps.

Three more: Amanda, AW Tom Jr., GH Marah, GL

Up until recently, I'd never heard of this term. A rainbow baby is the first healthy child after a miscarriage, infant loss, stillbirth or neonatal death. Naturally, I've been trying to think of soap examples. Sami and Eric Brady -- DOOL Serena Baldwin -- GH/PC Patti Burnell (presumably) -- LOV

Thank you for the tag, Carl! It's always great to see new Loving episodes.

CBS tried twice between 1993-95. The first, "Dixie's Fixins," would have had Dolly playing a cooking show hostess. Once that one bit the dust, it was "Heavens to Betsy," which had six episodes filmed but apparently never aired. It appears to have been partially reworked into the 1996 TV movie "Unlikely Angel." Variety, March 30, 1994: HOLD THE COOKING SHOW: Dolly Parton’s plan to play a cooking show hostess in the fall CBS sitcom “Dixie’s Fixin’s” has been sent back to the kitchen. Parton is now fixing to star in “Heavens to Betsy,” created by David Babcock (“Herman’s Head”) and inspired by a song Parton wrote. Stuart Sheslow, the Sandollar TV prexy who has reshaped the series with partner Gail Berman in conjunction with Disney TV’s Dean Valentine, said that Parton will now play a singer whose big chance to open for Siegfried & Roy is spoiled when she gets killed instead. Up in heaven, she’s given a choice: Go to hell, or go back to her old hometown, where she was a troublemaker named Hurricane Betsy, and redeem herself. “She can go to hell or make amends, and she chooses to run this local choir of misfits,” said Sheslow, who maintained that “Dixie’s Fixins” was unfixable. A script was turned in by “Married … With Children” vet Ellen Fogel, but rejected. “She worked hard, but missed,” he said. “David went to work on this thing and hit a home run. She gets to play an angel with a dirty face, and she gets to sing.” Ironically, the plot line is similar to a pilot idea that didn’t fly, in which Parton would have played a gospel singer. “This is a concept she’s been trying to develop for four or five years, but that other script was more dramatic, and nothing like this one,” Sheslow said.

Uh ... no. The boink on the plane's anniversary was way back on Feb. 4. And I'm not sure of the exact date when J&M learned they Sami watched them on the conference table (but I'll find that out). ETA: Sami spilling the beans to Marlena concluded the Friday, Sept. 10, 1993 episode. I guess John found out shortly after.

Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of it being revealed that Sami caught John & Marlena fooling around on that conference table. The 30th anniversary, alas, isn't the conference table anniversary, but the pearls one.

I'm not sure what her exact episode counts were, but it feels like Ruby/Norma Connelly dodged a bullet by no longer working at GH and instead becoming proprietor at Kelly's.

"He Knows You're Alone's going to make me a star! Everything's coming up Arlt!" No, but seriously, thank you for that extra insight.

Well, now I'm curious. ETA: Found it. Renata, pregnant from a rape, considered suicide. She found new happiness with David (Lewis Arlt). It all ended when the "fireproof" Henderson Towers caught fire. Martin, drunk, passed out. His cigarette caused a couch to catch fire, causing a chain reaction (a subsequent summary reveals that the disaster spread due to substandard electrical equipment). Renata and David attempted to flee the Towers and she, of course, went into labor during this crisis. The baby, Mia, was delivered in a storage room and survived. Renata demanded that David flee with Mia to safety. "With the baby in his arms, David climbs through an air duct to the roof." (!) Renata couldn't manage that. Firefighters warned David that she's doomed, stuck with a bunch of soon-to-explode chemicals. Renata wasn't directly killed in the explosion, but as a result of it. David found her bloody body buried under rubble. She lived long enough to have a tender farewell. Wow. Yeah, I can see why this would upset viewers. And if you didn't care about Mia, there's the elements that seem to be ripping off The Towering Inferno.

Apologies if we've seen this one before. It's another non-storyline-related promo. I kinda like that NBC did these sort of vignette ads. Maybe I'll find one not related to a couple, like, say, of Mike in a medical situation or Victor scheming?

@Melroser's earlier comment about Amanda being too mature during Christine Tucci's run reminds me of a question I was going to ask: did it feel like Vicky was the only woman in that group who got to cut loose and consistently be a vixen? (Or am I misinterpreting Vicky's later characterization?)

Yes and no. It appears that the Dawn storyline was airing at approximately the same time as All My Children's. Based on the recaps, it appears that AMC did begin its storyline with the drugs factor (through Mark). I find it interesting that AMC apparently didn't introduce the sexual aspect/Cindy (and, appropiately for this thread, with an ex-AW actress) until after Mark tested negatively.

Fair enough. For what it's worth, I don't think expansion was the solution for every show. It limited the amount of timeslots networks had available.

Interesting. Daphne's biography on the old Who's Who in Salem page also states that Tony wasn't Stefano's oldest -- in fact, she ran away with Tony after being aware of the treatment Stefano gave to his previous baby mamas and/or wives -- but I'm pretty sure that idea is no longer canon.

Surely NBC could have scared up some more space for The Doctors at 30 Rock. It's not like there was THAT much going on there circa 1976 (Today, WNBC, NBC Nightly News, Tomorrow and SNL).