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I don't find any reference to that in the ATWT book. My synopsis says Susan got pregnant to keep her marriage together in the wake of Dan's attraction to Liz. Liz (pregnant by Dan) married Paul. Dan was so upset, he got into an argument with Susan, and she fell down a flight of stairs, miscarrying. Emily seems to be born in 1971 or so.

My bad. I just meant that in the time period I read in the book, it never says something like "Lisa pined for Bob." It was always kind of unwritten that for Lisa, Bob was always the one who got away. Especially between lovers. But Bob, Lisa and Kim at the time weren't really letting any grass grow underneath their feet. The sluts.... ;O That Lisa might have been pining for Bob was a plot point in the Doug Cummings story for a bit....something about a Christmas card that had been left for Kim matching the one's Lisa sent out that year...although I can't recall specifically why. It's hard to recall specific incidents, but they were always portrayed as friends as far back as I can remember. The Lisa/Babs friendship seems more tangible, because I can picture them sitting in their Fashions/Simply Barbara set, chatting away. Carly and Molly actually didn't cross as much as you'd think, as each was kind of a tent pole for a separate story. I do remember that before Jake, when they did cross, they'd often complain about their problems, but rarely seemed to focus on what the other one was saying. They would end up supporting the other when shtf….Carly lives in Molly's old apartment for example, and Carly really tries pulling Molly out of her grief after Jake's death. Lily---she just rarely had girlfriends.

The book doesn't go into great detail, but from what I gather, Lisa made a play for Bob shortly before he met Jennifer, by using Tom and worming herself back in with the Hughes' when Chris Sr took ill. But he sidestepped that and met Jennifer. Lisa took up with his brother Don. Lisa thought she was pregnant, only to find out it was an ovarian cyst. Jen's son Chuck tried to derail the Bob/Jen romance by claiming Bob was the father of Lisa's non-baby. So I doubt Jen and Lisa were friendly. Lisa gets engaged to Don, but then falls for a newcomer, Wally Matthews. Don leaves for CA, but Lisa dumps boring Wally, buys the Wade bookshop and meets Grant. Her attention never seems to go back to Bob. All it mentions about the start of Kim and Lisa's friendship was that it blossomed after Kim had slept with Bob, and that it concerned Jennifer.

I only remember two, looks like Dennis Miller mullet guy and old grandma Jason Hogan. Someone in casting must've hated Lisa at the time. 😱

Admittedly, its my teenage judgment. LOL. The only thing really enjoyable about Nola's return was the cattiness with Vanessa.

Agreed, and it's not even really a contest. I loved Craig, but she never really had a shot with him, and the relationship with John was just...weird. The less said about Jason Benedict, the better. Its almost debatable whether Lisa had better chem with Wiggin or Michael Tylo's Quint. Iva got written out before Kirk, IIRC. I don't recall the vulnerable thing at all. There was always something so rootable about Iva though. It seemed like Marland wrote Iva as a 180° turn from the ditzy Nola just to prove there was more to Lisa than that. But it did have the effect of making Iva's life one endless river of misery. I think Nola's bummer return to GL was more about the HW than some hangover from Iva. That was McTrash's work, wasn't it?

Hey, I loved Kirk and Iva!! I still remember their first kiss.

I love Kirk!! Tom Wiggin and Liz H had such great chemistry.

The character of Scott went sideways when it was discovered his portrayer, Joe Breen, was HIV positive. Breen left the role (or was fired) and never really thrived with the recasts, one of whom was Doug Wert. By then, Scott had drifted into the Rosanna/Mike/Carly triangle, was trying to leech off Rosanna, and blackmail Carly (he knew Mike had gotten her pregnant). Carly outsmarted him, but after that Carly lost the baby, Maura left the show to have her first baby ( who just graduated college, BTW) and they fired Yvonne Perry. Scott left town with her, and I believe the last we heard, Ro said Scott had helped her gamble a significant amount if her fortune away. I don't really remember Rick Ryan, but they brought the character back briefly in the mid80's and pinned him with selling baby Sabrina.

Isn't the guy in the J&J ad Don Galloway, from Ironside? And the lady in the last one Robin Strasser?

I had no clue Lindsay's kid was a pitcher. Didn't Lindsay do the Bambi Bembenek story? Could've been that.....

First...thank you, and don't ever feel bad about when you can get around to it. It is a huge time investment on your part. But in Easton's list you used Stephen twice. The doctor was Silas.

Colleen Zenk and Mark Pinter's son Morgan died last month. He was 28.

Yeah, the thing was it became a competition between Cal and Jarrod to see who could buy her the bigger, newer appliance. Sorry to disagree, but I've been in more than one old farmhouse, and the biggest inaccuracy was the room size. That kitchen was about four times the size it would've been.

Beau was the man Bob saw on the park with Laura, but he wasn't attacking her. The bible doesn't say why Beau ran off though. I can't completely hate the strike though---it ended up being the only time a guy actively pursued Iva. I must've replayed their first kiss a thousand times....

Me either, really. And she slept with Josh. And had some kind of rivalry with Nola, which I completely blank on. All good points.

No, I've confused you. Carolyn Ann Clarke played Laura, and the role of Lesley Ann ( Candy ) on GL. Robin Morse played Pam on ATWT. She is the actor Robert Morse's daughter, FYI. But she's been in little else since ATWT.

It gets better: hooker nom de plume: Candy! The biggest obstacle? Lily. Hard to thrive when Lily sucked up airtime and men. Even Jennifer Ashe didn't really hit her stride until Meg was moved out of competition with Lily.

I know the story stinks, but I had a soft spot in my heart for the actress. She'd been on GL as a ex-hooker/nurse. But Beau---no such attachment.

I'd forgotten all about that. God, can you imagine the coverage if that happened now?

Caroline McWilliams Shawn Christian Julie Pinson Hugo Napier Mark Pinter

Maybe it was preempted in some markets that day. Seems odd that whoever's posting wouldn't have that pivotal episode. I seem to remember it involving Pam getting baby Chris out of the house, so I must've seen it.

Lol...thanks. Isn't that a very tan Marie Masters standing by Kathy Hays?

Anyone help out identifying these cast members? I recognize the more obvious ones. Its mid70's (and from Judith Chapman's inclusion 75-78, from Suzanne Davidson's appearance I'd guess more 75-6 ish. ) https://mobile.twitter.com/cliffordjdm/status/992915872846098434/photo/1

Yeah, I can look back and see his faults a little clearer---for better or worse, he rarely cut stories that weren't working, he relied a lot on therapy and eavesdropping. Although I think he did balance the show fairly well, there were times the sturm and drang made Oakdale depressing. But he was the best at creating an immersive, connected community. He mined history for story and didn't rewrite it to his purpose. Writers today couldn't compare. But even among his peers, Doug was special, and I think they knew it.