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Thanks! They mention that Kale had been on the show for nearly 6 years so it must be close to when he left the first time.

Well -- I couldn't see anything in the 1977 synopses regarding Mrs Hewitt, but I jumped to the 1979 daily synopses and found this which seems to support your memory: http://www.anotherworldhomepage.com/aw1979d.html

Sid Krofft has died at 96. I associate the Kroffts with H R Pufnstuf and did not realise that they had produced Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-14-day-6/clip/16209414-celebrating-krofft-brothers-weird-trippy-ground-breaking-vision-kids

I see that Jane Rose, who played Phyllis' mother-in-law, has a day player credit as "Mrs Hewitt" on November 16, 1977 according to the AWHP. Susan Harney would have been Alice at the time. Jane Rose also played Becky Winkle on Somerset.

Thanks. And the previous section happens to be about Terrence Mann who played Griffen Sanders. I wasn't able to view the video (geoblocked!) but there is a transcript.

I love Anna Stuart's portrayal as Donna and her whole cycle until the arrival of Reginald was great. I don't know whether they thought of Grant as actually being younger than Donna of if that was more driven by the mother-in-law/son-in-law dynamic or at least that she was his child's grandmother. I believe Mark Pinter is only slightly younger than Anna Stuart although Dack Rambo (swoon!) was several years older. Just checked the AWHP character guide and they have Grant's year of birth as 1951 and Donna's estimated as 1950 (presumably based on Marley & Vicky). So quite close, although of course all ages and dates on a soap must be quite elastic. Here's an episode from 1985 where Donna tells Marley she's her mother -- not knowing that Marley has a twin or that it is actually Victoria she is talking to.

Anna Holbrook (Sharlene, Another World) showed up on the most recent episode (S3E14, Deadutante) of Elsbeth as the victim's first wife.

IMO it makes it worse. John did go on to have an unpopular affair with Felicia. And speaking of things that didn't happen, there was a brief little storyline where a young Vietnamese woman came and stayed on the farm with him. It was unclear whether they had intended to have it turn out that she was his daughter (or Michael's daughter) or something, but nothing ever came of it.

The rape was a flashback and they were very committed to the idea that it was just Donna's self-deception that it had been a rape so that she didn't have to feel guilty about betraying Michael, and oh my goodness isn't this summer hot and sultry and John walking around with his shirt off and Donna trying to stay cool by drinking lemonade and pressing the icy glass against her bare skin while Reginald and Peter scatter incriminating photographs of John and Donna where Victoria can find them.

There was a theory that Scott Lasalle was going to turn out to be a triplet to Marley and Victoria on Another World and that the photograph that Reginald showed Donna that sent her into a mental breakdown was of three babies (as demonstrated by the fact that Donna said "my baby" three times when she saw the photo -- although if I recall correctly Anna Stuart said later that there was no significance in the number of times she said "my baby" or in the number of pillows she grabbed). In the end it turned out that the photo was of Michael's brother John and two infants and Donna's traumatic secret was that John had raped her and might have been the father of the twins instead of Michael. On the one hand I don't think that the triplet story would have been any good, but the John rape story was pretty awful.

Thanks for the recommendation. This is from a few years ago but here's an interview with Ben on a podcast called That One Audition. He talks a little about his parents. https://share.google/IzlX5stxIcM7nuk1w

Mary Beth Hurt has died. Mary Beth Hurt Dead: 'World According to Garp' Was 79 https://share.google/DoKJvpaI5fX2Ig1YT

I recall being in favour of the Matt/Donna pairing at the time, but I remember very few details. It made a bit of a change for both of them while staying within current core families.

Wow, I did not know Christine Andreas had such an extensive musical resume. Tiny typo here -- should be Fran Kubelik with an N.

I remember when Tom Lisanti's Texas book came out he mentioned that he had a lot of Another World-related material left over that he intended to publish in a new book. He expects it to be out later this year. It covers a very narrow time period but hopefully it will be interesting. "The book covers Another World from 1978 to 1982, what led up to it going to 90 minutes (with chapters on the failed soaps Lovers and Friends and For Richer, For Poorer); what went on while it was 90 minutes; and the return to 60 minutes up until EP Paul Rauch left in early 1983." https://www.threads.com/@tomlisanti/post/DWJg6jvEYSa?xmt=AQF0IonKdAQHjgpJoCKUIgPyLM5bI7oD5obwv71coLOOVg