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Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the May 1953 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the April 1953 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the March 1953 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the February 1953 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the January 1953 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

You know these aren't real people, right?

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the December 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the November 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the October 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Tommy is officially dead. Julie mentioned it during scenes with Dick Van Dyke when relating the story of Tommy's own amnesia.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the September 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the August 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

One thing about early Bert that I find fascinating & didn't realize until I started digging into the radio & early TV synopses is that Bert came from a somewhat well off family & "married down" by marrying Bill & constantly pressured Bill into improving their social standing (you can hear this in the radio eps available with Bert pressuring Bill into moving into a new apartment & how she testified against Meta for Ted in order to protect Bill's position at the agency. I also didn't realize that Bert's meddlesome mother once came to stay with her & Bill and provided no end of criticism & meddling, especially regarding the rearing of the kids.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the July 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the June 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the May 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the April 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the March 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the February 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the January 1952 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the December 1951 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Have you gotten to the part where Matt defends Althea to the board against morals charges because of the out of wedlock baby with Nick? James Pritchett delivers a masterclass with is monologue that I'm certain would've garnered an Emmy nom if the Daytime Emmys had existed at that time.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the November 1951 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the October 1951 issue of Radio Television Mirror.

Daytime Diary soap opera recaps from the September 1951 issue of Radio Television Mirror.