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Bobby back from the dead was the final nail in the coffin for me. Patrick Duffy was responsible for them killing his character off in the first place because he insisted on it. After he came back, he, Larry Hagman, and Leonard Katzman became insufferable, and it became a boy's club behind the scenes and onscreen. The show never recovered. I don't blame Victoria for leaving. She and her character became a joke.

Susan was always flipping out about the least little thing especially during her marriage to Merle. She put him through the ringer. David was also like her and treated Janet like crap. One thing that EIE made a mistake of doing was use a laugh track during comedic/lighthearted scenes.

🤣.....That mauve pink was pretty bad. Val must have picked that color after seeing it used on The Cosby Show. The house looked better during the early seasons with Miss Ellie's gifted antique furniture. The only thing that bugged me was the 2 wing chairs in the living room did not match each other and should have been reupholstered. When Gary & Val remarried and moved back to the cul-de-sac , Val was complaining about trying to make the ranch stuff fit. It would have been a nice throwback if Gary had told her about having a storage unit and she goes out there walks in and see's all of Miss Ellie's stuff still there and brings it back to use in the house. Gary later walks in and it's DeJa'Vu.

I think she fit playing snotty preppy rich girls. She could also play a trophy wife that married an older man for his money while having an affair with the pool boy, gardener, husbands' business partner etc...Maybe a rich bitch CEO of a modeling agency that verbally abuses her female models and they develop eating disorders etc...she would have affairs with the male models. Similar to the Joan Collins character in the campy 80's TV movie " Making of a Male Model" with Jon Erik Hexum.

Cleaned up/Upscaled 1979 episode with Roger and Holly's rape. Elizabeth & Alan's battle over the custody of Phillip. Cindy Pickett was a treasure as the tormented Jackie.

I could picture Judy going fatal attraction on Gary during his later marriage to Abby.

I may have seen Massacre years ago but can't recall the details. I would have to go back and see it again. There are a lot of actors that came out of the Universal contract system but never became major stars. Tom Selleck was there for years before he finally broke out with Magnum P.I. Bill Bell would never sign him to a Y&R contract in the mid 70's and regretted it when he hit stardom. Beck I would qualify as a character actress. She fit certain types of roles. Another actress that I could picture in the role of Julie on Capitol is Amanda Wyss.

What I have seen of Beck's work she always plays kind of aloof characters. She played Linda Blair's preppy friend in the 1979 film Roller Boogie. She just comes across as frosty. I could easily picture her being a ringleader mean girl in a sorority or private girl's school. Like Blair on Facts of Life in the first few episodes.

I have not seen enough Santa Barbara to judge the writing. I am a fan of its creators The Dobsons and the writing they did on late 70's GL. I was always a viewer of the CBS soaps with Y&R being my favorite during the Bill Bell years. I was also a big fan of Marland's ATWT. I love watching classic episodes of all the soaps (CBS ABC, NBC). I just wish more episodes were available.

Marla Pennington also played the Mom on the 80's sitcom "Small Wonder" about Vicki the girl robot. Dick Christie (B&B) played her husband. Thanks for the info. Yes, it is Dianne no Diane. There are so many different spellings of that name. Like Dian as in Dian Parkinson the model from the 70's & 80's Price Is Right.

Beck was also let go from Eight Is Enough after the pilot. She was replaced by Diane Kay for the series. I never knew that David Mason Daniels was let go from Capitol. I assumed he left on his own. I didn't care for Dane Witherspoon in the role. Same for the Brenda recasts. If I recall correctly Catherine Hickland said she had tested for Julie before Beck was cast. Capitol was a beautifully produced soap, but the writing was a mess. All the constant recasts hurt the show as well.

Several spots in this reel for the premiere of Rituals.

Someone has found half an episode of 1950's Divorce Court. Rare Find.

1986 TV pilot movie "Crazy Dan" starring John Beck and Mary Crosby

I would love to see that scene surface. I bet Bill Bell did do that on purpose so he could get that past the censors. I also read about the infamous Jed Andrews (Tom Selleck) & Lorie Brooks (Jamie Lyn Bauer) 1974 shower sex scene. Supposedly it was very graphic with their blurred naked bodies grinding up against the glass shower door. Selleck and Bauer said they are always reminded of that by longtime fans.

Marguerite Ray appears in this short film from 1971 about interviewing for a job. She appears at the 7:46 mark. I also recognize actress Sherri Alberoni as the friend at the beach at the beginning. The actress playing the lead Ruth looks familiar as does the actor who gives her the job.

Andrea Evans was a bizarre recast for Patty. Kari Michaelsen from Gimme A Break would have been more believable as a replacement for Lilibet Stern than Evans or Stacy Haiduk.

Thanks for the Catlins episode post. I hope to see more surface.

Geraldo does a story on the new trend of Disco in 1975. Nick Benedict appears at the 10:05 mark talking why he likes coming there.

Joan Van Ark appears in the 1969 Playtex girdle ad at the 8:13 mark.

Thanks for all the info. I was curious why Timm abruptly left the show mid storyline but remained in Virgina Beach till his death from a car accident. If he had wanted more acting opportunities he would have left the area and went back to L.A. or New York to find steady acting work. Since Jeannette Larson did Playboy early in her career, I wonder if Timm did something similar like Playgirl etc... A lot of models, actors, struggling college students etc... did those magazines in the 70's and 80's for quick cash. They figured they would run their course and be quickly forgotten. They would use fake names to try and hide their identity.

Tom Urich did short little cooking segments on CBN back in the 80's. Here is one of them.

I always thought Robert Foxworth looked like he could be a brother to Robert Reed. I ran that through Google one time to see if anyone else thought the same thing. I found a write up. It said that in the final season of the Brady Bunch. Sherwood Schwartz threatened Reed that if he didn't shape up he was going to be replaced if the show had continued. When Reed scoffed by who ? Sherwood mentioned Foxworth. Reed was taken aback. Reed knew and had worked with Foxworth. Foxworth said Reed had admired his curly hair and mustache. The next time Reed and Foxworth crossed paths, Reed was sporting his new curly do. After the BB ended, Reed started sporting the mustache copying Foxworth's look. Reed also later did roles with the full beard like Foxworth.

Ron Moss on the 80's show "The Judge". This uploader who does mostly game shows has started uploading episodes of 1980's courtroom dramas. Meredith MacRae appears in another episode. I used to watch these fake court series as a kid back then and I remember a lot of soap actors appearing on them like Tonya Lee Williams, Joanna Johnson etc...

Joan Van Ark Betty Crocker frosting commercial circa 1972-73. I wonder if she really ate that frosting and if she jogged 5 miles to make up for it ?....LOL I wonder who the other actress is ?