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It would have been great if CBS had worked things out with P&G and brought SFT back to the network in 1987 when they knew Capitol was going to be axed. Then hired good writers to do their thing to revitalize the show. No offense to the late great Bill Bell, but B&B has been a mess.

Meg Bennett as a contestant on Three On A Match (1971). I remember Meg saying on a 80's Pyramid appearance that she was a contestant on this show and said it furnished her first apartment in New York as a struggling actress. She started in SFT in 1973. I wonder how Janice Lynde would have been as Patti ? Robert Reed seemed pissy in everything he did outside of the Brady projects. Ironically, he thought the BB was beneath his talents a serious actor. 🙄

Someone posted years ago that they remember Pamela Peters (Peggy) was having some sort of issues behind the scenes during the rape storyline and barely participated onscreen when it played out. Trish Stewart (Chris) seemed to carry most of the storyline along with Dick DeCoit (Ron) and David Hasselhoff (Snapper). I think the poster also mentioned that Anthony Hererra (Jack) said that Pamela Peters one day looked into the camera and exclaimed she didn't know what she was doing and walked out of the scene.

Kari Michaelsen (who played Katie on the 80's sitcom Gimme A Break) interviews Donna Mills. Michaelsen has been a TV host and motivational speaker for over 30 years after leaving acting.

Kristy McNichol and Scott Baio fall in love on The Love Boat. Season 1 (1977). Coincidentally Richard Mulligan who later played Kristy's father on Empty Nest also appears in a separate storyline.

I never understood why Pam would want to have a friendship with Sue Ellen. When things are good between her and J.R., she throws Pam and Bobby under the bus. When things fall apart, she comes crying to them. The time Sue Ellen got into a fight with Pam at Pam's house by the pool, Pam should have been done with her for good. Sue Ellen was a real bitch to her from day one. I loved it when Pam slapped her across the room when J.R. & Bobby's plane went down. I also loved it when Pam busted her playing lady of the manor on the stairs when Jock was in the hospital with his heart attack. Those 1978-79 episodes are real gems. Victoria was stunning to look at.

Here is an episode of a syndicated game/court show hosted by soap vet: John Shearin.

Just some random thoughts. The revolving door of writers and recasts really hurt the show. If Conboy hadn't pissed in Bill Bell's Cheerios early on, he may have lent a hand to Conboy. I wonder if Conboy ever tried to lure Bell writers over to the show like Kay Alden by offering them more money etc...? The show never really evolved in 5 years. The political storylines took a back seat after the first couple of years. Why set a soap in Washington D.C. and not play up that angle more ? Viewers were left to assume the McCandless were Democrat and the Clegg's Republican. The sets were beautiful. The Clegg mansion was probably one of the grandest sets on daytime at the time. with his shortcomings Conboy did know how to stage a show to look attractive. Catherine Hickland was a better Julie. Beck was too weepy in the role. David Mason Daniels was a wooden actor (like Kent McCord of Adam-12), but it somehow worked for the character of Tyler. I felt Witherspoon was all wrong as a recast. Leslie Graves was great as the feisty little Brenda. The recasts were bad. I wonder if Teri Hatcher should have been cast as Brenda instead of Angelica? I loved Marj as Myrna. She was an awesome recast after the death of Carolyn Jones. All of the back from the dead/missing storylines were too much. Baxter is back from the dead. Sam's first wife/Trey's mother is back blah blah blah. They also did the paternity switcheroo too much. Sam turned out to be the father of Kelly's son, Sam had an out of wedlock daughter, Matt is not really a McCandless blah blah blah. They character assassinated Mark by making him a traitor/spy out of the blue. Ed Nelson quit in disgust, and they killed him off. What was the point of that? If the show had went on into the 90's, they could have used some of the political scandals of the day in Capitol storylines. Trey denies an affair with an intern, but she saves a dress as evidence. Or to be less obvious they could have it be a bedspread she refuses to take to the cleaners. Maybe Myrna tries to break in to steal and dispose of it.

Sara was like Val Ewing. She was a magnet for psychos.

1977 Unsold Pilot.

Alice Haining (Angel) Chevrolet commercial.

I'm enjoying all of the recent Capitol uploads. I watched the series as a kid when school was out on break, but kind of tuned out during the last year or so before B&B replaced it. It was sad Leslie Graves had her demons and was replaced as Brenda. Most of the original actors had been recast by that point. Marj was awesome as Myrna. I also loved Julie Adams as crazy Paula.

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