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Reading summaries from later in 1993, I see that Cass mentioned his estranged mother. It was the lead-in to Morgan's introduction, but I feel slightly cheated we didn't get an appearance from Claudia Winthrop. I compiled some names, but I'm sure I'm missing plenty. Who would you choose? Mary Stuart Audrey Peters Tudi Wiggins Lori March Rosemary Prinz Ann Flood Lois Kibbee Bethel Leslie Doris Belack Alice Hirson Helen Gallagher Diana Van der Vlis Millette Alexander

Was the cover of "Every Breath You Take" from an episode of Solid Gold? I think I'm hearing Marilyn McCoo. (Around this time, there was a Tom and Margo scene where she's watching TV. The audio was from a Lily Tomlin album.)

Well, smell him!

1. My God, you're brilliant! 2. and 4. Think of the possibilities if Ridge was written as having absolutely no boundaries when it came to sex?

Is Ann Williams at the start of this commercial?

The actresses who played Kay tend to blur together for me. Taylor Gina Deanna Heidi I remember Kay spending much of the first year enviously watching Miguel and Charity. It seemed like every month Tabitha had a new way to attempt killing Charity (usually involving fire), so early Kay was just mostly there for the teen angst stuff. She'd tell her problems to Simone, fight with Jessica and dodge Reese's affections.

Slowly but surely, the Seattle pieces are falling together. I think that'll be my new goal, determining when Search stopped airing in that market. Slight tangent: I think it was foolish in the long run to slot sitcom reruns in the half-hour after Guiding Light. I can understand why CBS didn't move Match Game from 3:30 to 3, since it supposedly helped by having a big after school audience, but would Tattletales have suffered moving from 4 to 3? Were the ratings that good for the All in the Family/M*A*S*H/One Day at a Time reruns? I dunno, I just feel like interrupting the soaps-games lineup with reruns ended up isolating the games (and eventually Love of Life).

Was this before, after, or right around the time Jill daydreamed about Ryan without his clothes on?

Darn it, I'm now wishing Lypsynka would have shown up at The Outback. Don't forget Bill and Julia becoming ELQ shareholders.

Currently just the scrapbooks for AMC, GH and GL and the trivia book for OLTL. It might be time for some Goodwill hunting.

Gee, I don't remember that storyline in the YouTube uploads. "There have been strange things going on at Liberty House. Jo calls a tenants' meeting to discuss the underwear thefts. In addition, the elevators keep conking out and the laundry room is flooded. Much to everyone's amazement, it turns out that Craig and the apartment complex children are responsible! To get attention, Craig has led the tots on a spree of vandalism. Naturally, they'll have to be punished." Who on earth's Craig? Some disturbed maintenance man? (Nope, just looked it up. Sunny's nephew.)

I'm glad the story had a (belated) happy ending.

By 1978, Welcome Back, Kotter was a nightmare. People, 11/6/78 By then Kotter had become less a set than a civil war. The cast Softball team had long since hung up its gloves and, more significantly, the feud spread to the Sweathogs, who, willingly or not, are lining up in rival camps. John (“Barbarino”) Travolta and Lawrence-Hilton (“Boom Boom”) Jacobs remain pretty much above the battle. Still close to both, Travolta goes to movies occasionally with Gabe and dines weekly with Strassman; Jacobs continues to hang out with Kaplan but no longer meets Strassman after-hours. Robert (“Epstein”) Hegyes is on the Kaplan side, but he’s stopped seeing him socially (and is also less tight with Travolta these days). Marcia’s main ally, Ron (“Horshack”) Palillo, barely talks to Gabe and sees none of the others outside work. The one vestigial source of Kotter cast unity is that virtually nobody can stand executive producer James Komack.

We can't forget Princess. Erika's physical performance is really impressive here.

The cancellation was officially announced November 4, 1986, so they had about a month and a half to wrap things up, assuming there was about two weeks between taping and air dates.

If memory serves, cast members who got out of line at ATWT had to answer to three individuals. First Don (who I think was described as more of the good cop), Kathryn and if it just wasn't improving, Helen.

If the Bauers and Hughes were part of an extended family, I feel like the latter would be the branch that maybe had nicer cars, kept the house a bit neater (to the point where it was noticeable) and was a little more icier/passive aggressive at full get togethers. The Bauers would be the branch that was better at keeping it real. They're still family and lovable/loving, but different genes and attitudes. (Meanwhile, Jo insert-last-name is your mother's fabulous but slightly exhausting friend. Or Felicia Gallant has that role if mom was more of a lady who lunched.)

"Lesley disapproved of her daughter taking up with the more experienced Scotty ..." Just ask Rhonda Wexler.

Yup, they're on that playlist.

Another big batch has been uploaded, this time a month's worth from May-June 1993. It's so exciting. We could end up with the last nearly two years of the show at this rate! P.S. If you've only got time for one episode, make it the one from May 12 (and thank me later).

I see where you're coming from. I got fixated on getting Don back as soon as Jed was available. ETA: He could have popped up anytime from 1993-1998. And yes, the possibilities were there, they just weren't explored. Sad but true, all around.

What an interesting idea! Suppose John stayed in Italy for a while after Isabella's death. Marlena's terrorized by Stella Lombard, as planned, but it's a returned to town Don Craig who plays the pit storyline, the re-emergence of feelings for Marlena, conceiving Belle ... Alas, the timeline just didn't work. By the time SANTA BARBARA went off the air, John-Marlena 2.0 was heating up.

This might be a results may vary trope (since so many of the performers were genuinely talented), but how about how the town token would inevitably end up singing at funerals? Didn't Timothy D. Stickney say he deliberately sang badly in an OLTL episode to avoid that fate?

For that matter, if the Aztec treasure storyline was being told in 2020, I'm assuming Felicia wouldn't be played by a blonde. Rewinding back to page one, wasn't Lauryn Hill's character on ATWT another young illiterate?

What a feast! We've got the very end of 1992 though most of January 1993. Side note: is it me, or does Cooper's wardrobe feel way too busy? I get that it's winter and layering, but ...