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@alwaysAMC yes, it was awkward that Blake wasn't involved more in the Holly slayer. "As Reva Turns"- everything outside the Phillip/Beth/Harley stuff needs to interact with Reva... Odd that it was like a month before anyone told Reva that her only grandchild was in town... they seemed to be having trouble finding someone for Cassie to click with. First Sean, now Jim... who's next, Father Ray? Lol.. Maybe they should've wrote out Holly with Roger and let the character have some dignity. lol again. Nobody has Fletcher's contact information anymore. I liked Lizzie/Susan's friendship. The two actresses have good friend energy. Note that Susan is older than Lizzie, when Susan/Daisy returns around 2005, she'll only be about 16 while Lizzie is a grown woman. Another LOL.

@AlwaysAMC one thing I'd say is the Phillip/Harley/Beth/[redacted] storyline is one of the highlights coming up for you- lasting through 2000. Light spoilers.... August 1999 is noteworthy because its probably the last "classic soap style" remote for GL. They filmed in Puerto Rico for the introduction story for the island people. Unfortunately, you are two years away from Gus-- i kinda liked him even tho he took the role on the show of A-M. But yes, by the end of 1999, the show is totally different with both the mob and the island people basically taking over the whole show. Whatever vets left are just there to prop up the mob/island people. Then B&E leave and there's a writing revolving door until Kreizman in 2004.

@alwaysAMC Here's one with Meg Ryan from when she was on ATWT

@alwaysAMC TPIR- GL themed Showcase, 1985

Don't forget that Fletcher was a bad father as well, look how he basically abandoned Ben and how he turned out.

Most of the original teens on SB- Jade Perkins, et all. The original Santana- especially with her storyline marketed in the run-up promotion. Obviously, the ratings were soft and they had to retool. The original setup with four core families was good soap, but they knew to make adjustments. Hopefully BTG does the same, as we need it to last.

@alwaysAMC I like Hart and Dinah's dramatic exit. They already cycled through numerous Harts, im glad they chose to move on from the character-- espescially with Roger gone. TPTB (Rauch) were upset with both actors leaving together and wanted to make it so they couldn't come crawling back.

In SOD, Hogan Sheffer said he was offered either ATWT or GL. He said something to the effect of, he couldn't relate to GL with the island and far out stuff and ATWT was more grounded. This would be in 2000.

Debbie Morgan as devon's mom (yolanda/harmony) on Y&R. She was essentially new characters, going by a new name even. This was the height of cbs's period of poaching AMC actors for y&r. They even had a promo for her.

Sydney Penny, wasnt she connected to Lorenzo Lamas's character? I want to say he was a fireman. How about that one actress from Saved by the Bell who briefly had a role on the show. Speaking of Cowboys, the actor who played Kirk on ATWT played a character who was a cowboy and was briefly involved with Holly (GL). Also, J Chamberlain was a big dud, like many of the Chris Hughes on ATWT. Also on GL-- the last Dylan and Alan-Michael, espescially AM who was de-aged and paired with Marina, the woman he thought might've been his child back in the day.

Speaking of Sebastian on GL, didn't he give Michelle a mysterious coin-- a plot thread that went absolutely nowhere. Also, Zachary the Angel seemed to have his storyline wrapped up rather quickly. It seemed like they were going to delve deeper into a connection with Meta.

B&B Ricky Paul Goldin(sp) character. The soap mags made a big deal about him joining. Also, wasn't there a blonde receptionist at Forrester for awhile that flirted with Ridge and was a friend of Brooke? Sally 2's sister Coco and the Spectra 2.0 crew. Lorenzo Lamas's family. Chris Robinson as Taylor's dad. ATWT. Kin Shriner's character on ATWT. There was one ABC actor (GH?) who on ATWT was a cowboy and played the guitar?

Guiding Light Sean (1998-99)- Reva's island buddy. They gave him a story about being framed for his wife's (fake) murder, they even tied Ben Warren into the plot. He then had a one-way crush on Cassie before quietly leaving town. Noah (2000?)- The character was originally created to be paired with Harley but they changed course and put him with Reva instead. He might have been a doctor. Was he Lizzie's cancer doctor? Anyway he was in the San Cristobel earthquake and I don't remember much else about him. Sebastian (2004)- already mentioned, but the whole plot with him holding Holly captive in San Domingo was cringe. Lainie Bauer (1987)- Johnny Bauer's kid sister and parents were duds. Catalina (2001?)- Migrant that Reva championed, later Tony's wife, killed by Romeo. Ruth (2000?)- Person in trouble that Reva championed, Thrown into a relationship with David- making Vicki Spaulding the spoiler. Harley's cellmate played by Linda Dano (2005)- I was under the impression she'd stick around a little, like Selena did. Also like Selena, she had a grown daughter which I was also sure was going to be a thing. Oh, well. As the World Turns had many in the late-1990s and 2000s. From Rose's daughter Jade, to Hal's daughter, to Holden and Molly's daughter, Bob's nephew Ryder, Marshall, Monti Sharp's character, the Kasnoff sister and her model friend, Mark Kasnoff (?), Bryant Montgomery, those two teen siblings from Montega.

I remember there was talk on the old WoST boards about Stuart Damon (ex-Alan, GH) as an Ed Bauer recast, he ended up playing Juicy Janet's mobster "uncle" on ATWT instead.

@CrazySexyQ Bradley Cole was let go, and the rabid RASSIE fans made a stink and the next EP/writers created Jeffrey for him and shoved him down our throats. McTaggart/Culliton phased out the mob and scaled back the island stuff- really fixing the show, but they brought in ConJob and all that improvement was tanked.