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11 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

And Iva circa 1985/6 had a youthful style..that became matronly in by the early 90s

Iva had great chemistry with teen Lily.  That whole story with Josh Snyder was one of my favorite SL's.

17 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Got too distracted by a young Scott Bryce.

He looked like an adult to me back then.  Today, he looks like a baby. OMG!

Days of our Lives in the early 90s.  They were too super couple oriented for me.

On 5/3/2021 at 5:59 PM, ironlion said:

What would you all consider the definitively best period of GL, and when did it go off the rails?

I feel like it went off the rails in the mid 90s. Not all at once, it wasn't a swan dive into asphalt, but imo the show never hit another writing high again. 

Doug Cummings!  I think he died via letter opener. Ahh, good times.

On 4/29/2021 at 3:56 PM, DramatistDreamer said:

 

Not to brag, but what other soaps have as many Oscar, Tony and Grammy award winners? In the decade from the early 80s to the early 90s alone, there were so many actors that became very well-known/famous in popular culture worldwide, in movies, in Broadway, television, making platinum status albums.

The downside was that most of those actors were never going to stay beyond three, maybe four years, which kind of throws so many aspects of the story/show for a loop. The lone exception had to be Tamara Tunie (Tony award winning producer) and it's pretty obvious to me as to why she stayed as long as she did.

Yeah, I was crushed when Julianne Moore left.  At that time, I was like, "WHY?!" She would never get a better gig or character than Frannie, I thought.  lol  At the time, I was too young to appreciate that deep talent of some of these ATWT actors.

On 4/26/2021 at 9:42 PM, SoapDope said:

 

What if Heather Locklear had played Jamie (as J.R.'s daughter) ? That would have been something. She popped in and out of Dynasty so much it got crazy at times. 

Oh now, I think that would have worked out!  Heather Locklear had a certain baddie glint in her eye, just like Larry Hagman.

Speaking of Pam long? I have an of and on (friendly) argument with a friend whether she was the best GL writer? She certainly brought on lots of great characters but I don't think she was great at ensemble storytelling.

I liked Kim Rhodes as Cindy but I'm glad she didn't get Carly.  Maura West won ATWT 2 Emmys for Carly, if I'm remembering right.

Great quality on that '85 vintage ATWT episode! Bob and Kim were my fantasy mom and dad.

48 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

In fact, Jamie could have been that very person (with a different actress of course).

In case anyone is wondering Jamie was played by Jennilee Harrison (also known as Cindy Snow on Three's Company).

Ha! Yes, Rodrigo is very handsome.  I haven't seen him in anything prior, but he's good in Rubi.  I do think I liked the old Maribel better, though.

Thanks!  Watching the first episode.  Mori was more stunning but Camila may be a better actress.  Still, originals usually are better like 99% of the time.

On 4/21/2021 at 3:46 PM, zanereed said:

 

As I mentioned earlier, I now wish that GL had hired Reinholt to replace Chris Bernau in 1988 as Alan Spaulding (he was a much better fit IMHO than Daniel Pilon), although we may never have gotten Michael Zaslow back as Roger Thorpe, had that actually occurred.

 

 

 

I think I am the only one GL fan who thought Daniel Pilon was a pretty good Alan. He could twist his mouth cruelly, which I rather dug.

What network is it on?  I remember the old one.  Fans will be merciless if the new actress is not on par with Barbara Mori.

Wow! What a collection.  My favorite is Ryan's Hope Tempting Fate - good golly, who is the husband and who is the brother, and is either one the guy in the background?  lol.