MonaCroft

I came in around Summer 1974 so I am sadly about four or five Mikes behind.

From my vantage point watching the reruns starting in 1974, the Pollocks bludgeoned plot points till they were bleeding. The whole Mike in Asia was dragged out mercilessly. I am guessing that, early on, the powers that be realized that Michael Landrum was a huge casting mistake and they simply lengthened the story there while they were waiting for a better acting option to throw into the heavy duty business with Toni and Alan. They were also probably hamstrung with using him until his 13 week contractual cycle was up.

I did not know that. Thanks for sharing.

Probably redundant to this board, but it was fascinating to see both Elizabeth Hubbard and Meg Mundy (albeit in separate scenes) in Robert Redford's "Ordinary People" in 1979.

I am new to this board and happy to be here. I actually started watched the Doctors around 1978 with my grandmother and continued till its end in 1982. I started watching the Retro shows when they were in 1974. It's fascinating to watch the evolution of a soap opera to its present form. I know a little bit about the behind-the-scenes as I had some friends who acted on OLTL. TD had some really natural dialogue and strong acting, although there are a few really poor contributors e.g., Steve Aldrich. He underplayed every emotion to the point of almost sleepwalking through the role.