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13 hours ago, Brolden said:

January 28, 1986: I had this listed as pre-empted in my research from last year, but couldn't retrace it this year...

 

As always, any info on these dates will be much appreciated!

That was the day of the Challenger disaster, which occurred at midday (11:39 a.m.). I'm positive all of the soaps were preempted that day -- can 100 percent confirm <i>Days</i> and <i>Santa Barbara</i> were.

On 7/10/2018 at 4:17 PM, robbwolff said:

And toward the end, Steve got a half-brother and sister-in-law. I believe there were plans to introduce their children. Stephanie was also aged toward the end. Anne Rose Brooks played Stephanie in the final year after finishing up a stint as Diana Frame on Another World. Ian Ziering of 90210 and Sharknado fame portrayed Erich. Mark Andrews also played Erich after wrapping up his role as Chad Sutherland on The Edge of Night.

It sounds to me like The Doctors received one of NBC's patented 11th hour cancellations. I'm not sure TPTB would have gone to the trouble of SORASing Erich and Stephanie, introducing the Langleys, writing out Nola and killing off Mona and Billy if they knew the finish line was so close. 

I remember that episode! With Mary Jo and her art teacher, Miss Eulalie!

(Sorry, had a moment.)

On 7/6/2018 at 9:18 AM, dragonflies said:

 

Five newcomers (well, sorta) in two weeks is pretty astonishing. The Brady reruns returned 6/30, same day as Showoffs premiered. Ryan's, Rhyme and You Don't all debuted on 7/7. By 1976, Showoffs would be gone, Let's Make a Deal would be in the noon slot and Edge would be in the 4 p.m. slot.

In what would have been the last episode of Life With Lucy to air (had ABC aired all the ones filmed), there's a scene where she performs at a talent show, speak-singing an especially maudlin version of "Sunrise, Sunset." I can't get over the fact that for many audience members, their last impression of Lucy would have been that of an old woman lamenting her obsolescence.

As for Michelle, yeah, she's really "on" during this interview (Thursday, Oct. 30, 1986). For the record, Johnny was off that night. Cosby guest hosted Tonight, with Bob Melvin, Carmen McRae and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Letterman had Jack Hanna, Harry Shearer and David Sanborn.

OLTL was kinda pick-and-choose with paternity reveals in those days. Wasn't Dr. Ivan Kipling supposed to be Edwina's biological dad at some point? And I should know this, but Brad did get brought up to speed about Mary/Kristine being his daughter with Katrina, not Jenny. right?

Put me down as someone who also really liked "In This Life" in that scene. It also was a highlight of the Bette of Roses album.

I know, right? He must have stories like you wouldn't believe.

According to IMDB, Capitol. From there, it was a couple more years writing-producing for Bob Hope, then onto Inside the Actors Studio.

6 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

 

Yes!! That's the scene I meant. Thanks for posting it. I know I saw it as a flashback. I believe it was in the 1997 episode where Alan and Monica looked back, reminiscing on their "crappy anniversary". (Which also commemorated Leslie Charleson and Stuart Damon's 20th anniversaries on the show, if I'm not mistaken.) Which year did this scene take place, exactly?

 

I've said it before but it's worth repeating...GH shot itself in the foot big time by getting rid of Stuart Damon, and over a decade later, I still haven't forgiven TIIC. I loved Alan and the way Mr. Damon played him. Alan and Monica were probably the hottest couple in GH history. (Forget Luke and Laura...they didn't even come close!) Their chemistry was off the charts, yet there was real love there as well. They were made for each other.

I'm guessing 1986. And I remember that anniversary episode, too. That was the first time I'd seen footage of the nursery accident and the waterfront stalking.

8 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

 

Thank you for sharing all that. I love it!! I do remember seeing a scene from the early 1980s of Alan and Monica in marriage counseling, bopping each other with these Nerf-like things. Hilarious!! 😂

5 hours ago, depboy said:

6th in line was Zelda Berstein, the Quartermaine family lawyer, played by Sarah Simmons.

Thanks!

I should note that by 1990, the crowd at a Quartermaine party was easier to weave through.

Alan makes it to the top of the stairs and there's a whole bunch of happy maids.

14 minutes ago, Khan said:

It'd been funny, though, if that procession, for lack of a better word, had included characters that viewers hadn't seen in ages.  ("Hey, it's us, Howie and Jane Dawson, just stoppin' by to congratulate you on the baby, and to keep this insane suspense going!")

Speaking of that, who all can we name?

1. Random socialite.

2. Amy

3. Stella

4. Tommy Hardy

5. Jeremy

6. ? (Diana?)

7. Howard Lansing

8. Luke

9. Ruby (note Mitch and Susan throwing discretion to the wind)

10. Bobbie

11. Jessie and Dan

12. Audrey and Steve

13. Claudia and Bryan

14. Laura and Scotty

15. Tracy and her champagne

25 minutes ago, Khan said:

You can see Gloria Monty injecting some Hitchcockian touches into the sequence.  I find them too distracting.

They couldn't do that sort of thing two years prior and I'm not sure they can do it now, 38 years later.

Marlena Laird directed that episode, right? I love Alan caught in the throng of well-wishers and drunk Tracy. "And you know what, for the good name of Quartermaine," indeed. My second favorite moment is Bobbie apparently not liking getting brushed off.

One exhibition of deluded thinking deserves another:

On 6/13/2018 at 6:11 PM, victorlord75 said:

I recall that the critics were not particularly kind to Mary O'Brien, Heather#2, at the time.  She was regarded as a weak actress, though I enjoyed her portrayal.  I think what happened was, by the time Robin Mattson arrived to play Heather, the really good head writers like Marland and Falken-Smith were either gone or on their way out.  Gloria Monty, it appears, was a big fan of some films of the 40s and 50s and injected some story line into the show from some of the movies she enjoyed  So, Heather got  turned into a film noir-like femme fatale for awhile, and viewers ate it up.  In fact, I remember the writers putting words in Heather's mouth in her interactions with Scotty that originated with the great Tallulah Bankhead (I think, though I may be wrong).  Scotty would tell Heather he'd be waiting in bed for her, and Heather would wryly reply, "If I'm not there, start without me!"

I've always thought of Robin as a little bit Bette Davis-ish.

11 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

I had forgotten all about the love noodle until now. Of course, that nonsense was all moot because Luis and Sheridan would not end up together in the end.

As far as I'm concerned, that was a hallmark of Passions. Glacial-slow storytelling that usually went nowhere in the end. And I never missed an episode.

With nearly 20 years hindsight, though, I'm questioning why I was ever supposed to root for Theresa.

Gotcha. For a minute I wondered if there was the danger of a wardrobe malfunction.

What was funny about Frank jogging? Did DHK look weird while doing so? Was he obviously not going far?

That Dru introduction is so charming.

Robin left OLTL in February 2000 and joined Passions in October 2000.

I was surprised to see Hecuba was a recurring character for two years. My memories have her petering out fairly quickly. That said -- and this tells you all you need to know about the type of soap viewer I was in those days -- I have a vivid memory of treating Hecuba splitting Luis & Sheridan's "love noodle" as an OMG, I've got the vapors moment.

The love noodle, by the way, was from pasta served at a Harmony restaurant. If a couple ate from each end and made it to the middle without the noodle splitting, they were going to be together. 

I don't just need Andy to be out (of whatever influence or social cred he had/has), I need him to get the memo already!

Over on the AMC thread, vetsoapfan rightly praised Denise Alexander's ability to do emotional scenes. With that in mind ...

I think it comes down to SB having such a strong identity. At its best, the show wasn't trying to be idiosyncratic, eccentric and a little outrageous. It just was and that's what people respond to.