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The 1970s Guiding Light version of the Dobsons would have been incredible at Another World. The 1980s As the World Turns and Santa Barbara version of the Dobsons I am not sure about.

I think it is safe to assume the only reason James will be in attendance is because Susan will be there. I can't imagine any Another World fans are going to this so they can see the guy who played Dustin Trent for 2 months.

Thanks for posting this Donna. It would be incredible to be able to attend. I am already fascinated by the list of cast attendees - Barbara Rodell & Susan Keith! I would love to hear them talk about their time in Bay City.

Another World in the mid 80s - Felicia, Cass, Wallingford, Cecile, Lily, Kathleen. They could move from drama to comedy seamlessly. Also, Tony the Tuna and Dee. General Hospital 80s-90s: The Quartermaine's. Especially when David Lewis was playing Edward. Santa Barbara 1984-88: The Lockridges, Gina & Keith, Julia and Mason - intelligent, quirky humour. After the Dobsons left the humour was dumbed down.

Thanks Donna.

The people in charge at Loving made many decisions that I will never understand. Why they did not do everything they could to get back Peter Davies (Jim Vochek), Perry Stephens (Jack Forbes) and James Kiberd (Mike Donovan) is at the top of my list.

Yes I am sure Beverlee may have had a different take on this.

That is an understatement. https://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/09/coster2.html We Love Soaps: You shared many scenes Beverlee McKinsey. What was that like? Nicolas Coster: Well, I have to admit, it was not the most pleasant experience I ever had. She had a photographic memory, and she was patronizing of people who did not. Let’s leave it at that.

You are welcome. Enjoy!

Does everyone know about Linda Dano's new podcast? https://rss.com/podcasts/lindadano/ I have only listened to the first 2 episodes and it is so good to hear her voice again. She truly is a special person.

I loved her as Gomez! She was good as Santana but I was really hoping for a return with so many new characters and recasts at that point.

I have seen Gina in other roles and she can play strong. Her Santana was written to be weak. I would liked to have seen her back playing a stronger Santana.

I am pretty sure Jed Allen did not keep a excel file of exactly how long the actors stayed on Santa Barbara so it is understandable if he was off by a few months. Here is a link to an interview with Michael Brained. http://pierin26santabarbara.blogspot.com/2012/06/exclusive-and-unusual-interview-with.html In his autobiography Jed Allan said that he literally hated Wanda DeJesus (Santana), and in fact she did not seems to have an easy temperament. In your opinion, what makes her so unbearable? Do you have any anecdotes? Wanda is a terrific flirt. On the surface she seemed serious, but that was only with the work. Like most good actors, you want to get things right...according to what you think is right. Certainly what you think is right will sometimes clash with what other actors will think is right, no? Wanda and I had a great working relationship, when she and Jed were bickering I would stay out of it. I could always get her to laugh, though. We were always having fun.

I’m pretty sure it was Wanda De Jesus (Santana). Jed was very vocal about how horrible she was to work with. If the Dobsons would have been allowed to bring back Gina Gallego like they wanted to this could have been avoided and Santana may have lasted until the final episode.

When Elena threw Eden out of the plane on Santa Barbara. The characters thought Eden was dead but the audience knew she was alive and with Cain.

We Love Soaps: So when you were asked to come back to ANOTHER WORLD in 1988, was the plan to be a consultant or the head writer again? Harding Lemay: I don’t know what they had in mind, really. I was the head writer for awhile. And then there was a strike. And during the strike they hired some NBC people to do the writing. Then they fired me and kept the ones they used during the strike, and the show got worse and worse and worse. But even by then, when I went back, it wasn’t going to work. I could see they weren’t interested. They weren’t excited enough by what I wanted to do, whereas before they had been very excited about the ideas I had. Procter & Gamble were very upset by my book [“Eight Years in Another World”]. I was very harsh on them. Nobody thought they would ever hire me again. But they were in deep trouble, so they hired me, and forgot all about it. I was no longer that keen on doing it either. I didn’t need the money. And then I began to be a consultant. And it’s very interesting, the consultant’s fees were very high. You’d make $2,500 a day. I had a contract that said I had to be paid for three days a week whether they used me three days or not. I did that on four shows altogether. What you do is sit in with the other writers, make suggestions, and try to help them work out what they’re doing.

Because she drugged Trina, secretly recorded Cameron & Josslyn having sex, released the video to the entire PCU campus and drugged Oz Haggerty which put him in the hospital. But you do have a valid point. She has not been tried and convicted of any of it.

March 5, 1979 was the first 90 minute episode. It was not a special extended episode. Thank you! Petronia Paley and her portrayal of Quinn Harding was a favourite of mine. It was great to see her and learn about her continued creative success.

Did the ratings go up a bit in 1984 when Richard Cullton and Gary Tomlin were the head writers? If they had stuck around for a couple more years I believe the ratings would have gone up.

Jake raped Marley on October 25, 1990 and Donna Swajeski was head writer until November 1992. When was she supposed to have quit?

My favourite era of Another World was definitely 1975-79 with Harding Lemay as head writer. My second favourite was December 1982 - mid 1985. I thought Dorthy Ann Purser & Robert Soderberg and then Gary Tomlin & Richard Culliton struck a nice balance of the old and new. I enjoyed Donna Swajeski and Peggy Sloane's tenures but for me Another World was a completely different show after 1985/86.

lol. No worries I chuckled at your comment. It was a loooooong slow death.

Each decade behind the scenes decisions would put another nail in the Another World's coffin. 1960s 1966 - Writing out Janet Matthews and never bringing her back was a huge missed opportunity. Actress Liza Chapman died in a car accident but after some the role should have been recast. 1969 Losing Audra Lindley (Liz Matthews), Shepperd Strudwick (Jim Matthews), Carol Roux (Melissa Palmer Matthews), Joseph Gallison (Bill Matthews) and Barbara Rodell (Lee Randolph) changed the show significantly. While Liz and Jim were successfully recast killing off Lee and Bill and never bring back Melissa (other than briefly in 1970) was short sighted. Lee, Bill, Melissa and their children should have been the future. 1970s Popular characters Sam (Jordon Charney) and Lahoma Lucas (Ann Wedgeworth) were spun off to Somerset. I loved Harding Lemay and Paul Rauch's Another World but their egos got in the way and they made some horrible decisions that had negative effects for the rest of the show's run. Firing George Reinholt (Steven Frame), Jaqueline Courtney (Alice Matthews Frame), Virginia Dwyer (Mary Matthews) and Michael M Ryan (John Randolph) gutted the show's core and it never completely recovered. 1980s After Harding Lemay left in 1979 subsequent writers decimated the Matthews family. Beverly Penberthy (Pat Matthews Randolph) was fired in an unbelievably stupid move. Hugh Marlowe (Jim Matthews) died. The Steve and Alice recasts did not work out. Michael and Marianne Randolph were forgotten. Susan Matthews was written out again. Julia Shearer and Sally Frame (who was very popular when played by Jennifer Runyon and Mary Page Keller) were killed off. It did turn around from December 1982 - mid 1985 but then Margaret DePriest took a wrecking ball to it from 1986 and 1987 and after that it was completely different show. I could right short novel on all the things DePriest did wrong. 1990s From 1990 to mid 1995 the show was different but still enjoyable with many of my favourite stories (Who Shot Jake, the return of Carl and Kathleen and a new super couple era (Vicky/ Ryan, Jake / Paulina, Carl / Rachel, Dean / Jenna, Donna / Matthew, Cass / Frankie, John / Sharlene). Then the Jill Farren Phelps followed by Charlotte Suavity torched the show and it never recovered. Sorry for writing an essay!

Another World - From the premier in 1964 until they were written out in 1969 Melissa Palmer (Carol Roux) and Bill Matthews (Joseph Gallison) were the show's it couple. They were front and centre and had every plot device thrown at them. In 1970 Bill was killed offscreen and Melissa returned briefly to help launch Somerset. After that neither was ever seen again and rarely mentioned. I believe that eliminating theses two characters plus Lee Randolph (also in 1969) was the first nail in Another World's coffin.

The first couple of minutes here got me. A great use of history. https://youtu.be/sMoEwO0LHUA