vetsoapfan

Probably about six months later.

Prinz originally signed on for six months at HTSAM, as she had at AMC originally, but then agreed to extend her stay a few months after that. I don't remember for sure, but she might have remained at HTS for 9 months.

Oh no. I have not had access to this series for many years, but still miss it, even though I know it's been messed up and Dingle-fied. With Diane leaving, there goes one of the few remaining links to the Sugden family. Is only Victoria left, now?

Patricia Bruder (Ellen Stewart), born in 1936, played the mother of John Colenback's Dan Stewart on As the World Turns for years. Colenback, born in 1935, was a year older than Bruder. John Reilly, who also played Dan for a while, was born in 1934. It was all so ridiculous. In the Y&R case, if the show wants Brooks Prentiss to be a new and viable leading man, gratuitously and arbitrarily making him be in his 60s is counter-productive . If Brooks is said to be in his 60s, that would age Leslie to 90+. No thanks.

I hope not, LOL. Linda Grover was just awful.

That's exactly how I feel about the soaps overall. I was fortunate enough to see them in their glory days of the 1960s and (particularly) 1970s, with brilliant writers at the helm, so it spoiled me and I simply cannot accept or even really tolerate the dreck that is being produced nowadays. Going from William J. Bell and Pat Falken Smith to Ron Carvilati? 🤮

Yes. She was given some meaty material, after many years being sidelined, and she hit it out of the park. As much as I loathe the current, apparent story with Doug and Julie on DAYS (I do NOT want to see Doug deteriorate with Alzheimer's), I have no doubt that these beloved vets will work their magic on screen as well.

The previous actresses playing Julie were tepid in comparison to the divine Susan Seaforth. Imagine having a show with Susan Flannery, Denise Alexander and Susan Seaforth as the leading ladies!

And honestly, the competition for ratings was very fierce back then, as so many soaps were just on fire. All the CBS soaps were rockin' it, even The Secret Storm, Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life. Something had to get crowded out.

So, a big shout-out goes to Mike McGavin too! Woohoo!

Eddie seems to have given over the day-to-day running of the AW Homepage to another individual now, but the huge amount of work he did on that site for years and years is astonishing.

True, a variety of soap material has surprised the fan community over the years by popping up unexpectedly. If RTPP videos are ever uncovered, the sleuths here will find out and share the good news. They always do, thankfully. 😛

Eddie Drueding has been a godsend to the AW community for decades, and his remarkable site is a valuable resource. http://www.anotherworldhomepage.com/

As previously noted, fans and collectors have hunted for material from this show for 40+ years, to no avail.

The wishful and hopeful side of my heart says that yes, our beloved soaps should be rebooted and returned to us. The realistic, cynical side says no, because in the current climate, what we would actually get would be disastrous and disappoint and alienate fans everywhere. Would ANYONE be able to "get it right," and reintroduce a modernized version of one of the shows that would satisfy both the fervent, dedicated fans of yore as well as new viewers? Honestly, I doubt it.

Ellen Holly seems to have developed some emotional issues over the years, but she was a beautiful and talented actress, and an iconic, essential component of OLTL. Damn the odious Paul Rauch for firing her and Lilian Hayman. He decimated OLTL the same way he decimated all the other shows he touched.

Lauren White was (and is, LOL) Caucasian. The character of Blair Cramer on OLTL went from being Eurasian to Caucasian thanks to recasting, and THAT WAS definitely absurd and idiotic and offensive, but MJ on TD was always a white woman.

When JC's popularity really started to soar on Another World (in the late 1960s or so), she was still in her early 20s. When TG inexplicably became popular as the slimy Luke Spencer on General Hospital (late 1970s), he was already in his early 30s. Visually and acting-wise, I think they would have been woefully mismatched on screen, regardless of their ages.

Tony Geary was born in 1947, and Jacquie Courtney in 1946, so they were very close in age, but I honestly cannot picture them having believable romantic chemistry on screen.

Not surprising. An on-line sale for Portrait of a Soap Star: The Emily McLaughlin Story had the book priced at over $700.00 (plus shipping) when I came across it.

Killing off Bill and Laura Horton was not enough.🙄 Actually, if Doug's long-forgotten-about biological son Little Dougy (also known as Charles) or one of his descendants turned up, I wouldn't hate that as much as most other potential stories Ron could inflict upon us.

Ron is completely incapable of writing an Alzheimers story, or anything at all that is socially relevant, sensitive or adult. Will Doug and Julie be possessed by the devil? Cloned? Abducted by extraterrestrials? I'm dreading to see what this story is actually going to be about. Bill and Susan deserve the very best, and with Ron, that is not going to happen, alas.

Is there any indication of what this story will actually be ABOUT? I do not want to see an Alzheimers story for Doug, a plot involving a guaranteed terminal illness, or anything idiotic like devil possession, clones, alien abduction, etc. Knowing Ron, anything socially relevant will be a failure, and anything sci-fi based will just be STOOPID and offensive.

I'd rather give her a chance and see what she could do today, than suffer through any more Griffin or Carlivati. Or Passanante. 🤮 I really didn't want SSM around at all, but if she had to be, I agree that she and Alden should have switched positions. I agree.

The question would have to be posed to Alexander by someone from SON. Most of the people working in today's soap press are way too young, or way too ignorant of history, to ask such a question, sad to say. I can hear it now: Alan Locher, "Denise Alexander started on GH in the 1970s and her character had another lost child? WOW, that's CRAZY!"🙄