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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it that P&G always wanted Judi Evans and was more than happy to drop Cali Timmins? A new Paulina, a new Vicky, a new Grant ...

Which begs the questions, was Smith's daughter the least-engaged viewer known to man or was GH really that dull?

She did mention doing dayplayer work on other soaps. I feel like she would have thrived on Ryan's Hope. And, in her defense, how the hell does one make giving birth "attractive"?

This just makes me want to watch Kathleen's episodes and catch her sneaking a glance at the cue cards. I do like her, I swear, but she mostly comes off condescending.

That's just too sweet.

I'd be curious to read/hear his reviews. Five years later, Good Morning America had Jonathan Winters as its film critic. Imagine if they came calling to Joel once he joined Edge?

Three looks from Trisha, of Loving. I like the first one best. Did something happen to Jeff's suit?

Did someone say "weird headpieces"? I forgot the creme de la creme. Poor Elsie Mae -- I mean, Tiffany -- looks like she's wearing a baby's bonnet.

I like to think it's studio footage of VW having a "can you believe this guy?" moment with GR.

Yes, I scrolled back and realized you were a fan. (Meanwhile, I'm waging a tireless search for the Men of Another World gettin' down.)

The lone success story would be Robin Mattson. Such awful puns.

Daytime Dilemma! Give me a second and I'll post one of those. (I consider myself an equal opportunity soap fan, but ABC's promo game was on point.) Play along at home (or work).

I forgot to explain my asterisk -- ABC's daytime announcer isn't Ernie because Ernie had a much deeper voice. A unique promo campaign and classy as hell. From the classy to the unabashedly trashy.

I'm casting my vote for "Love in the Afternoon" 2.0. Or is it 3.0, counting NBC's promo? Anyway, the one from 1983 or so to 1985 or so. "Loooove in the Afternoon" as opposed to "Fall in love/in the afternoon." I never get tired of watching these promos. The announcer (not Ernie Anderson, @j swift, but iconic in his own way*), the music, the soap hierarchy (not too surprising that AMC and GH would often share promos) and the charmingly odd occasional interjection from a non-soap.

That accent! It gives me life.

I'm not ready to lose her, too.

Kelly was 15-years-old and madly in love with Joe in the summer of 1979? Those Capwell women, I tell you.

Six episodes? A little return to the anthology style of storytelling, I see. C.C. and Sophia's first marriage lasted from 1961-69, but they weren't legally divorced until 1985. http://santabarbara-online.com/SophiaCC2.htm

The first day of the Old West storyline has been posted:

I've always loved Knots, but you could make an argument it was past its sell-by date.

I'm such a dork. I always thought the first Perfect Strangers intro was sweet. Calculated as hell to be touching? Oh, absolutely. "America or Burst," indeed. But it worked for me. Michelle Lee even took a pay cut just to be in every episode that season. If Knots stuck around for 1993-94, who knows what would have happened?

I was *this close* to posting Too Many Cooks. My favorite part of Turn and Smile was when they all turned, but Ashley Marketable was a second or two behind on smiling. It could have been genuine or a dead-on parody of how the Olson Twins weren't that good of actresses.

This was a pretty good spoof of the Miller/Boyett style of opening credits:

Thank you for answering that question. It was driving me up the wall.

Be still my heart, the old NBC "In Stereo" graphic. Interesting that Christine was enough of a name to have the "as" credit and Josh Taylor is enough of a name to have the "and ... as ..." credit.