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Jack Lord was from Brooklyn, so I figured he still at roots there and could pop in as Gerald. Jack Klugman did enter my mind as well.......LOL

I'm surprised John Aniston wasn't brought on as a re-cast Gerald before he headed to Days. Here's a totally random one, Jack Lord from the original Hawaii Five-0 series. The only problem with that is I can't really picture sophisticated Lord being married to gruff Ford's Ada. Lord & Ford hey that sounds like a business partnership...LOL

I ran across this ITV series from the 1970's on youtube. It has kind of a soap feel to it. I was tempted to post it in the foreign soaps thread, but it is considered a courtroom drama. I will post one segment as an example. There are other episodes on the uploaders page.

In the first season of Knots Gary was very protective, supportive, and loving to Val. In season 2 he pretty much couldn't stand the sight of her and even when she tried to support him in his screw ups, he resented her even more. He also started the cheating after only being remarried for about a year. When Val had cancer, Gary preferred she die than to have to deal with her having to get a colostomy. He also trashed their house throwing a hissy fit like a 5-year-old. In season 14 when he thought she was dead he immediately hit the sheets with Kate. Gary obviously never used condoms so I'm surprised Val didn't get STD's

Robert Colbert left Y&R around 1983-84. He played heavies earlier in his career, maybe he would have worked as Gerald Davis. SFT ended in 1986 Larry Haines would be available.

I like Lezlie Dalton as Elizabeth, but I can see how she can grate on other people's nerves. She has a listless quality about her like she is channeling Katharine Hepburn with her breathless line deliveries and acting ticks. That's a great thing about being a soap viewer. We all have our favorites characters and actors that makes interesting and diverse conversations.

What actor would have been a good re-cast for Gerald Davis? Maybe Ed Nelson after Capitol ?

I recently have been doing a OLTL history dive. Why the heck did they kill off Meredith Lord? I read Lynn Benesch didn't renew her contract, but they could have recast. Maybe Jacqueline Courtney could have been recast Meredith instead of playing Pat. I think that was a major mistake as the character could have driven story for decades. Did she die in the garage at Llanfair? They also killed Victor off 3 years later. Then it became all these convoluted stories of Vicki having long lost siblings and then making Victor the ultimate monster (The DID) storyline. Erika Slezak hated that storyline. She joked that Ernest Graves who originated the role would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what they had done to that character.

I just realized I goofed in my post. Wizard of Odds aired 1973-1974 instead of 74-75. Actor Don DeFore makes an appearance in this as a guest concerning the Hazel quiz. He is asked about the child actor who played his son Bobby Buntrock. DeFore mentions he is engaged to be married. Unfortunately, by the time the episode was taped, Buntrock had been deceased over a month from a car accident. DeFore obviously didn't know. Whitney Bake who played his mother didn't know he had been killed till decades later.

Another rare episode has surfaced of the 1974-75 game show " Wizard of Odds" hosted by Alex Trebek. Trebek moved from Canada to the U.S to host this series. The theme song is sung by " Alan Thicke" Odds lasted one year. Trebek was immediately hired to host "High Rollers" after it's cancellation.

I'm not sure if it had been posted here before. I ran across it accidentally and I don't remember seeing it myself.

I had to laugh a bit when Amanda was rubbing perfume on her cleavage. I guess she wanted to smell nice in case Chris wanted to motorboat. Mary Frann was also in the Tang ad with Florence Henderson. Polly Holiday (from Alice) was in the Mon in the Stove Top ad.

I posted the video in the Days behind the scenes thread and The Doctors thread. I figured someone found it before me....LOL

Re: 1978. I'm glad the unedited version of the episode complete with commercials is available. The one that has been posted several years ago had several segments missing. I like Barbara's long hair here. Dr. Steven Farrell didn't last very long I take it since she is re-connecting with Tom (Tom Tammi) by 1979. The actor playing Steven (Phil Peters) was the real-life husband of Lenore Kasdorf (Rita GL).

I love those old TV movies, especially the ones from the 70's and 80's. The ABC movie of the week had a ton of them. Like Satan's School for Girls (1973) All My Darling Daughter's (1972) Gidget Gets Married (1972) The Girl Who Came Gift Wrapped (1974) The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan (1979) The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) Death Cruise (1974) Here is the 70's ABC opening. The theme music "Nikki" was composed by Burt Bacharach and named for his daughter with Angie Dickinson.

I just wanted to add a thread where you can post classic commercials. Ones you like, find interesting, or feature soap actors. This a quirky one from the early 70's. The actors look familiar. I like how the husband barely pays attention to her rambling about Oversauces. A childhood holiday classic from 1986 featuring soap actor Greg Wrangler as Peter.

Interesting 1976 segment on people obsessed with shopping at Bloomindales. Queen Elizabeth even shows up.

In the second episode Lucy is blackmailed by her sleazy classmate and they go to the opening of the new disco. Bobby, Pam, and Ray also go there. In the second season Lucy and her fiancé Kit Mainwaring go to the disco. Kit runs into a guy who turns out to be an ex-lover. Later Kit confesses to Lucy he is gay and can't marry her. Sill very controversial for TV in 1979. Dallas also did the Health Club trend. Bobby, J.R. and Ray were often seen there playing Racquetball (which was a big trend in the 1970's). Eight is Enough (another Lorimar show) featured Disco and Health Club scenes.

A quick glimpse of Days from 1979 at the end of this clip.

It may have been Jackie. There is tension between Jackie and Ann when there are scenes of them together in the 1979 episodes. There is also a photo I posted at one point from about 1977 of Jackie, Mike, and Ann. Ann is looking disapprovingly at Jackie. It would have been interesting if Ann had hooked up with Ross in 1979. Ann would be torn between her loyalty to Mike and her budding relationship with Ross. Ross would probably have used her to spy on Mike during the rape trial.

Thanks. After I posted I found the detailed 1976 summaries in this thread. I kept thinking Spence Jeffers sounded familiar to me for some reason and quickly realized he was the one who hit Leslie with his car and she later died. I remember reading about her death years ago (probably way back in the 1990's). It's interesting they kept Ann around for so long. She never got her son back. It would have been nice if they had done more with her character. After her initial story she just kind of hung around for years till she faded. I don't think she was around after about 1982. Re: 1976 I think it's interesting that Ben bought Leslie's car and his brother used it in a robbery. I wonder if it was the same one that he was driving when he and Amanda were stuck in the mud.....LOL I am fascinated with 1970's GL (and 70's soaps in general)...My Mom was watching back then and I wasn't born till 1978. I started remembering/watching the show at about age 3 in 1981 along with the entire CBS lineup.