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Another round of the 1987 mixtape episodes (h/t to @DRW50 for that turn of phrase) has been uploaded. These are from November. @Vee, @Khan, @Kane, @EricMontreal22, @j swift, @slick jones, @Soapsuds, @All My Shadows, @alwaysAMC, @beebs, @dc11786, @kalbir, @Maxim, @P.J., @Paul Raven, @robbwolff, @Reverend Ruthledge, @Tisy-Lish, @Wendy, @Xanthe

"Oh, the mother and child reunion is only a motion away ..."

Jesse Metcalfe reflects on the road not taken, namely bailing on auditioning for Adrien Grenier's role on Entourage. https://deadline.com/2025/08/jesse-metcalfe-regrets-skipping-entourage-audition-1236477355/

Ah, thank you. I guess the magazine stepped up once the Pine Valley ladies got involved. Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I see that J.K. Simmons appeared in the Goldie Kane story in 1987.

The thing is, Pam's dreaming this. It's like, where did emeralds, deaf children, and Angelica Nero come from? Was it something Pam ate? If Lechowick & Latham were writing Dallas in 1986, we'd have gotten a scene where various catalogs and magazines were open to random pages on a bedroom table.

Yes, we can keep Renee reading everyone for filth. In theory, recommitting to David also means recommitting to Doug & Julie (i.e., not just disliking Hope with Bo), which would be a good thing. Oh, man, a love pentagon (accidentally typed "pentagram" at first) would be something else. Years ago, we found out that Deidre Hall was close to leaving in 1983-84. I suspect that if she had, Marlena would have been a victim of the Salem Slasher. Megan really did feel obligatory, an extra speedbump for Bope. And then Chris gave the eulogy at her funeral.

I once tried to imagine them keeping Renee, but moving her out of the love triangle with Tony and Anna and moving her into a new one with Bo and Hope (and Larry Welch, I guess). Philece Sampler was only two years older than Peter Reckell, and it's not like Renee had been tied to any one man during her time on the canvas, even if Tony was the longest-runner at that point.

That's why I wrote "in the '80s," when there would still be something of a novelty to growing the DiMeras.

Talking about Stefano as a father reminds me of this portion of Daphne's bio from the old Who's Who in Salem site: It was no secret to Daphne that Stefano had affairs (and children) with numerous women, but there was nothing she could do about that. And Daphne watched as Stefano snatched those children from their mothers in order to mold them into an image of himself. If the show wanted to go there, it could have given Tony more half-siblings in the '80s, and/or introduced other Stefano baby mamas.

I know Richard Simmons was part of the canvas at this time, and maybe not for much longer, but it feels weird seeing him in the frenzy leading up to Luke & Laura facing the reporters. I'm assuming they used minicams for that scene.

Awesome!

He was, indeed, very, very sexy, and has aged well.

Oh, and it turns out I'm wrong: Metcalfe to Bellani happened before Cook to Beemer. Side note: Days' Garden of Eden storyline with Austin & Greta feels like something that could have aired on Passions with Miguel & Charity.

I wasn't watching during Blair Redford's run as Miguel, but I remember thinking the transition from Jesse Metcalfe to Adrian Bellani was a repeat version of what happened with Jason Cook to Brandon Beemer on Days. We went from a babyface to a men's fitness pinup. I suspect that had the show gone on, or was airing in 2025, Sam and Ivy would have been solidified as a tentpole couple.

Miguel and Kay was definitely a course correction. I remember Tabitha going on about how if and when Miguel and Charity got together, they'd destroy evil with the purity of their love, or something like that. I can only imagine what Jesse Metcalfe and Molly Stanton thought when the cameras weren't rolling.

Okay, I think I can name them all ... Asa, Viki, Clint, Bo, Cord Max, Gabrielle, Steve, Rob, Cassie Wade, Mari Lynn, Melinda, Jon, Elizabeth, Renee, Herb, Brenda, Sarah Rafe, Delilah, Larry, Leo (?), Wanda, Virgil (!), Tina

The mention of Tempo over on the GH thread has me thinking about it. In my mind, it's a hybrid of Time and Vanity Fair. Does that sound about right?

@Kane, et al. -- the Monday, July 20, 1987 episode of Loving leads off this beefcake-heavy batch. We've got Perry Stephens, Richard Burgi, Richard Shoburg, and Grant Alexander. If my research is right, this batch begins with the Thursday, July 23, and Friday, July 24 episodes. One more fragment, presumably from the following week (I forget how the Iran-Contra hearings affected schedules), starting at 78 minutes in.

Not to jinx her, but when Lee goes, that's going to be a big chunk of Hollywood history gone. I think she's the last major blacklist survivor.

Wrong show, and I'm only speaking for myself here, but when it comes to this topic ...

Oh, I thought of two actors dating back from the '50s! Nita Talbot, 94 Lee Grant, approximately 97-99

I'm actually rather relieved there's more living people than I expected.

Losing Eileen Fulton has me wondering just how many pre-1970 soap actors are still with us. I suspect the majority of them are women.

The ending of the Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1978, episode.

Two-and-a-half years before playing James, Sasha Mitchell starred in this PSA. We might have to do a separate thread about how campy and/or alarmist the Partnership for a Drug-Free America's oeuvre was.