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Very hot take: Lulu pushed Rocco to Britt by not understanding that he wanted to know the woman who gave birth to him. It may not be her DNA, but she gave birth to him and she IS a second mother to him whether Lulu and the haters like it or not. There is a uterus to mother bond and Lulu just pushed him away by rejecting it. I'd say there's more of a bond between him and Brit just from being in her womb for 9 months.

Today in 1984, Nola gave birth to Anthony James (J) Chamberlain. She had the Wizard of Oz fantasy and the show had a 900 number poll to name the baby. The other options were Quinton Jr and Thomas Henry. @alwaysAMC GL Quola Baby Name Gimmick, WCBS 2 News

I would've gone with Victoria Wyndham, even though she played Charlotte in the early 70s. Jordan Clarke was Dr. Tim Ryan in the 70s an Mark Pinter and Carrie Nye had two different roles as well. Unlike some, she was still located on the east coast, AFAIK. Judith Light was never going back to daytime at that time.

I believe D&G ran from 1997-2002.

No, because that would mean the writers would have to admit that GL existed before 1983.

@DeeVee urban legend has that they wanted to make Jeffrey Ed's son. Which would've made Ava and Colin Bauers as well. Further cementing him into the show's DNA.

Simon was the Ed that I grew up with as well. It was so nice to have him back in 2002 and his return was written really well and him and Holly reconnected as they should've done in '98. After Fletch took Meg have Ed support her and help her through her alcoholism. I suppose that would be too "mature" of a storyline without the flash of kidnapping a bunch of your friends children.

Gus was originally planned to be the son of Miguel Santos and Selena Matthews and it was changed by Taggart/Culliton in 2002. They planned in Gus being the son of Alan and Rita. When ConJob took over, the Alan being Gus's son was the only projected story that they kept. However they didn't want to be tied down with continuity "baggage" so they made Gus"s mom a dayplayer Nun instead. I hated ConJob, espescially coming off the brief Taggart/Culliton interim regime.

Mid-2002 Guiding Light was awful as it gave us viewers hope. Ed was back, history seemed to be valued, vets were being used, the mob and island stuff was being phased out. It seemed too good to be true- and it was. They last time I had any hope was very early Kreizman until that horrible Phillip exit storyline.

Re: Paul Wesley and the contracts of cancelled P&G soap actors. David Andrew MacDonald (Edmund) was also on Another World when it ended June 1999. He was the creepy "time travel" guy who was obsessed with Amanda Cory. Famously Tom Epting carried Jake over full time to ATWT with other characters guesting. Stephen Schnetzer's Cass was utilized as the recurring "opposing" attorney. Cass later popped up briefly on GL as the Santos family lawyer. Three p&g soaps- the modern-day Mitchell Dru.

Quickly off topic, re: Tom Wiggin. His exit with Sam on ATWT seemed so abrupt. Sam reunited with her daughter Georgia like for a few months. They left it vague if they just fleed the law or (my head canon) that Stenbeck had them killed. IIRC it was after the Yaucht Club blew up.

You may already know this, but Blanchard would later win a Primetime EMMY for portraying Judy Garland in a TV movie.

You may already know this, but Blanchard would later win a Primetime EMMY for portraying Judy Garland in a TV movie.

The ranch hand in 1999, would that be "Sam the Cowboy"? I recall the actor was Kirk on ATWT. It was nice to see Holly have a man again.

The ranch hand in 1999, would that be "Sam the Cowboy"? I recall the actor was Kirk on ATWT. It was nice to see Holly have a man again.

Since Julia Barr was mentioned in thread, her daughter Allison Hirschlag played a teenage Lizzie from 2002-2003, after Mackenzie Mauzy and before Crystal Hunt. I might add, I thought she was pretty good in what scenes she had.

Phillip and Beth, Lujack and Beth, David and Kat on GL. Daniel and Lilly on y&r. Mac and Felicia on GH.

Watched the intro of the NBC 60th anniversary special. Of coursevthey had several Days stars and zero AW people. They also had Mary Stuart from SFT, which was only on NBC for four years and was likely still thought of as a CBS show. AW truly was the Rodney Dangerfield of soaps, despite having success in the 70s.

I liked Gus and the fact that he was a blue-collar cop guy suddenly thrown into the Spaulding clan. I found Hart to be a complete dud, until Frank Grillo- and even then it wasn't great.

Kay Alden was good for the Bell soaps, but they are a bit "stuffier" than the other soaps. Perhaps with a co-writer that can focus on lot while she focused on the character work.

I think Margarite dePriest would've been an interesting HW-- Springfield Stalker, Springfield Strangler anybody? Also, I wonder what Sheri Anderson would've done if she were at GL longer, considering her long tenure at Days. Of course we already mentioned how PFS should've had more of a chance. Could you imagine a real Stefano on GL and I suppose the Reardons would be the Bradys. I always thought one of the blue collar, Irish Reardons should've been a cop.

Best Headwriter or EP that never worked at GL that you wish that they'd got a shot?

Evening Shade was struggling on Friday, CBS moved it to Mondays and it ran for four seasons. Everybody Loves Raymond also struggled on Fridays then moved to Mondays.

Not really a hit, but Head of the Class never a lead-in show, always depended on stronger lead-ins like Perfect Strangers and Growing Pains. Nurses was another show that was always a lead-out show. When NBC renewed Cosby, Cheers and Golden Girls in the late 80s, they had to contractually concede the lead-out slots to Carsey-Werner, Paramount and Disney, respectively. Empty Nest and Wings had modest success as lead-in shows, but Dear John and A Diff'rent World both flopped as lead-in shows.

@alwaysAMC I liked it when gl would play special music over the intro. They played going to the chapel for frank and Elena's wedding and happy days are here again for Ross's Election nightmare.