Matt Powers

Wooden?i think Ben Gavin of BTG is giving costar Alex Alegria a run for his money on that score

Neither Morgan did it for me. Thought the character was whiny—and the pairing with Kelly did not work

Why did Chris Bernau exit in 1984?

@MLH -Do you mean Robin Mattson? Robin Strasser was Dorian on OLTL in the 80’s

1987/1988 seems to be an extremely bad era for GL. 1987 had Vanessa and India. exiting, the introduction of bland Johnny, the art scam, the whole Paul Valere murder mess (warren, really??), Alex and HB dating, and the oh so dull Fletcher/Maeve combo. ‘88 brings even more ridiculousness-Johnny’s cancer/miraculous recovery, the Rose/Rusty story, George/Cam drug saga, and Alan/Reva. The Sonni/Solida story has promise but gets murky-(was she Solita all along? A multiple personality or both?)Mindy seems adrift—they just throw Will at her at one point. Alan-Michael/Harley sounds good, but they seem to throw Phillip into the mix as a spoiler (the less said about him and Chelsea , the better).

Wasn’t Tom Langan both head writer and EP of DAYS at the same time?

GL really went downhill after Pam Long left in 1986 (not that her collab with Jeff Ryder was spectacular) It seems there were 3 different head writer regimes-Just Jeff Ryder to Ryder/Mary Ryan Munisteri to Joseph Manetta (?) to Sheri Anderson/Jospeh Manetta. Each seemed to denigrate the show more than the last

Was watching a GL ep from 1986 and Jerry Lanning was playing a character named Cain. He chewed up more scenery than Kim Zimmer! Did he play Justin in such an over the top way as well?

Was watching an episode of GL from April 86 and there was announcement the part of Beth is being played by Lisa Lockridge(?). How long did she sub for Judi?

Fletcher annoyed me. I never understood his character or why he was considered such a catch-they threw some many women at him-Hillary, Claire, Mo, Alex, Reva, Holly, Maeve. I can kind of understand why during Pam Long’s tenure, but no some much once she was gone

I tend to take all McTavish’s claims with a grain of salt. I find her quote she attributed to Agnes re: Susan Lucci totally unbelievable.Lucci was the star of that show—no way Agnes would jokingly or otherwise disparage her. I will concede to her point that Lucci as a Vegas showgirl at that point in her life was a stretch. It seems to me McTavish is one of those folks who have to tear others down to feel better about themselves.

1985 is such a strange year for the show. An influx of uninspired characters (Calla, Jessie, Maeve, Suzette,Jackson), yet another random Spaulding (Simon), ridiculous stories (Infinity, Kyle’s parentage). The departures of Nola/Quint and Annabelle/ Tony leave a noticeable hole in the canvas.

The Sonni/Solita story sounds interesting. Is it available on YouTube?

I was watching Tony and Annabelle’s wedding from May 84 and there was this short, dark man with a mustache who attended with Claire. It seems he was a doctor at Cedars—does anyone know what the characters name was? They never mentioned it in the episode

I had no idea that AW was going to do a storyline about the devil. Was Carl involved? I read up thread he “called” the devil? What exactly aired before the story was scrapped?