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Well... I for one am looking forward to the Christmas episodes.   I love the Horton Christmas tree tradition.  It always makes me tear up.  Thanks for sharing Jason.  I think Days has been very good this week.  I know Days isn't what it used to be but Salem is still a town I like and choose to visit Monday thru Friday.  Considering the budget they have to work with I think the actors and folks behind the scenes are doing the best they can. 

15 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Or if CBS had held on to EON and programmed it at 4pm as ABC did. It would have had a much stronger lead in and probably better coverage,

Top 10 daytime ratings among blacks Jan- Feb 88

1. Y&R 18.3

2. AMC 17.8

3. OLTL 16.2

4, ATWT 14.2

5. GH 14.2

6. GL 13.1

7. B&B 13.0

8. TPIR 12.8

9.LOV 10.6

10. SB 8.6

I would have loved to have seen Edge stay on CBS!   In 1975 Match Game was huge at 3:30 and maybe the kids would have stuck around for Edge.  It was only 3 years since the move to 2:30 for Edge   I always wondered why CBS kept it at 2:30 it's ratings dipped so badly..... 

I wonder what might have happened if The Edge of Night had moved to ABC in September 1975 instead of December 1975 and had secured the 3:30 time slot with the same affiliate clearances as the other ABC soaps.  Where might they have been in 1981-1982?  They were almost neck and neck with As the World Turns and Search for Tomorrow in January 1982. 

On 8/5/2019 at 4:10 PM, SoapDope said:

 

I always wondered why Guthrie never did another long soap gig ? i know he died in the 90's and people rumored about what was the cause of death. SSF should have been more discreet.That would have been around the time of Anita Bryant.

Funny but I didn't think that Richard Guthrie was gay.  I  had hoped but when I saw the picture of the ballerina in his article I thought my gaydar was off.   It's such a shame that back then and even now somewhat, that gay actors need to be concerned about coming out.  I'm sure rereading these old articles (Thanks again!) we can read between the lines. 

Chandler Hill Harben was so hot!   He also was kind enough to post episodes of Love of Life on YouTube.  So happy to see their last opening credits.  I thought it was so classy. 

Thanks so much!   I can lose myself on YouTube for hours watching old soap credits.

Thank you so much!  Your posts bring back many happy memories!  I too got rid of all my soap magazines from the 1970s and 1980s.

The Edge of Night was my first love!  I wish there were episodes for all the shows as they have for The Doctors and rerun them on TV.

What a shame that the episodes were "wiped".  I wish private collectors would make them available some how.

Thanks again!

Is there any video footage of the opening and closing credits for Lovers & Friends?  I've heard audio and it's the same theme as For Richer For Poorer but I have never seen video footage.

I wish I could see the first episode.  Surely P&G saved that!

Thrilling to see Edge of Night at a 6.3 in October 79.  Imagine how much higher their ratings could have been with a higher station clearance.   

I loved it when Playgirl used to do spreads with soap opera actors.   Victor Webster (Days) was divine!   Robert Kelker Kelly (Days & AW) too.  

I wanted more out of the Jean LeClarc (AMC).   Some magazine was supposed to have nude pictures of George Reinholt too but I never did track them down.

On 1/15/2019 at 4:57 PM, pdm1974 said:

+1

 

Their furry chests were awesome!

Just my type!  

On 1/11/2019 at 6:59 PM, Khan said:

 

Yes.

 

There's only one man on daytime who STILL could make my toes curl, and that's Philip Brown (ex-Buck, LOVING/THE CITY; ex-Brian, KNOTS; ex-Neil, THE COLBYS; ex-Steve, SFT; et al).  I saw him again recently on a commercial and...uh huh....

 

 

I read that, too.  God bless Bev, but I don't think that would have worked.  Chris Bernau always found the humanity within that character.  He could make me care about Alan even when Alan was behaving abominably toward others.  I think Daniel Davis' interpretation would have been too smarmy and Snidely Whiplash-esque, much like Ron Raines' version became.

 

OTOH, I wouldn't have minded DD putting in a short-term appearance as Eric Luvonaczek (sp?).  I think he could have played the struggling (musical) artist/sniveling heel very well.

Thanks for that about Gregg Marx.   I had always hoped he would return to Days after he finished on ATWT.  

Phillip Brown was a hunk for sure!  I didn't see him when he was on SFT but there were great shirtless pics of him with Maree Cheatham.

Joseph Barbara and Hank Cheyne on AW also curled my toes!  

On 1/11/2019 at 8:11 PM, katie_9918 said:

 

I "knew" about Bernau and Crothers, but Gentry too? Damn, I never would have guessed that one. And I'm guessing Datalounge was right about Paul Stevens? I've found that I can't help thinking his performance as Brian Bancroft has a kindness to it that had to have come from the actor himself.

 

I hope they all found fulfillment and happiness during the time they lived. I know this is a very naive statement, but it just seems such a waste of who they were that they felt they couldn't be who they were (and not without reason at the time).

 

 

 

I stand corrected there. Like I said, I have no idea why I even started wondering about him. Maybe it was Michael Hudson I was getting vibes from? If so, I'll be the first one to stand up and point and laugh at myself.

 

 

I hope they found fulfillment in their lives as well.  I think in the 60s and 70s soap stars lived more privately without the glare of the media.   I hope that helped.    

I always lusted after Paul Stevens on AW.   So handsome!  There were so many good looking men on the soaps.  Anthony George 

was another... Robert Gentry, Chris Bernau, Joel Crothers, Michael Corbett. They didn't call it love in the afternoon for nothing!

Is it confirmed that Gregg Marx is gay?   Another dreamboat!