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One word: Wallingford. No way would that adorable man have belonged on GUIDING LIGHT, AS THE WORLD TURNS, or SEARCH FOR TOMORROW. (Yes, Brent Collins, who portrayed Wallingford, also played Mr. Big on WT. But think about it: on WT, his was the role of eccentric super-villain in an action-adventure tale that, despite its many charms, made about as much sense being on there as cloning and time-travel did on GL. On AW, though, Wallingford was a key member of the "family" that also included Cass, Cecile, and Felicia. He was diminutive, but he also was beloved and treated as part of Bay City society. And therein lies my point.)

I'm glad you shared that information. I've been trying to find any information on Paul Roberts, but all I could uncover was that he worked on ONE LIFE TO LIVE with Agnes Nixon and Don Wallace. Does anyone know anything at all about K.C. Collier or John Saffron? Both worked as HW's on ATWT during the early '80s.

That seems like a real, honest-to-God love triangle. I feel like I would have been satisfied with whichever outcome (Adam with Nicole, or Adam with Brandy) had I been watching.

Apparently?

This must have been when Lisa was still teaching the children of Walnut Grove in that one-room school house.

Has the guy ever heard of eHarmony.com?

I would agree, Carl. I'm not sure whether I liked or even understood Barbara's relationship with Henry. To me, it might have made more sense to have her hook up with Casey. (I know it would have been an excellent way to continue the Barbara/Margo feud, lol.) All things considered, though, I felt as if ATWT's writers had acknowledged toward the end how far they had gone with "Mad Babs," and thus were taking steps toward rectifying that situation without dismissing that period as the result of a brain tumor or (ahem) microchip.

It hurts me to no end how Hogan Sheffer and his minions destroyed Barbara Ryan.

He probably figured he might as well own it.

FALCON CREST fans just discovered a (new) reason to hate that guy.

It's like that one scene in "Being John Malkovich," 'cept everyone is saying, "Oprah!".

Well, I'm sure anyone else would have made the same mistake. RME.

Same. ANOTHER WORLD was getting good again toward the end. Not perfect, mind you, but the most watchable (for me) that it had been in awhile.

IIRC, didn't she shoot Gillian because she thought Gillian looked like Alex from behind?

Joyce: Are you alright? Nancy: Well, yes, of course. Are you? LOL! Tell me: was Joyce the first character to return from the dead on AS THE WORLD TURNS?

She did. Once for Best Supporting Actress, the other time for Best Actress.

I love Bruce Barry as a director and will defend him and his work until we both are in the grave. Nevertheless, even I was left scratching my head when JD said he told him to give "10 percent less," or words to that effect.

I've tried, but I just can't hate on Justin Deas. (Buzz Cooper? Yes. JD? No.) He is fantastic. He just needed a strong director at GUIDING LIGHT to rein him in.

Wasn't there also a period when Harding Lemay served as story consultant?

Oh, God. Don't we accuse Ron Carlivati all the time of doing things like this on GH?

For sure, JFP's vision created one of the least appealing eras in OLTL's history. However, I'm not so sure Pam Long's vision was appropriate for the show either. Thanks, saynotoursoap, for the insight and background regarding Long's stint. It surprises me none to read about Roger Howarth's attitude during this period or that relations between management and "creative" were piss-poor. All you had to do, really, is watch one episode to realize there was bad blood all around BTS.

Long also wrote the story involving Kevin, Cassie and Barbara Graham, played by Sonia Satra.

Yep. IIRC, it was an episode that aired in primetime (for some reason, I can't remember why).

Long also wrote the "Who Killed Georgie Phillips?" mystery and Todd faking D.I.D.

I truly loved CBS's promos BITD. They were all kinds of awesome.