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The Brewster story is a hot mess when you read it in Jon-Michael Reed's column. I think someone credits reporter Casey Muldoon. I'm not sure if Leonia Baxter, who was Bambi's mother, correct, appeared in the story. I thought she had been murdered, but maybe she appeared in flashbacks. Also, wasn't Eloise Alberini also Reverend Brewster's second wife or was that another character?

Allan Melvin played a pilot on the show alongside Larry Weber. Weber played Chris Kendall, an early suitor of Helen Emerson. Melvin was probably on around 1954 until maybe early 1955. Weber was replaced by Terry O'Sullivan's Elliott Norris. Two brief articles about a storyline involving Elliott Norris' ward: February 1956 and the new tragedy... April 1956 and from TV-Radio Mirror a bit later. It looks like it covers the tail end of 1956 after Elliott Norris left and when Lawrence Walker was introduced. And the captions from the article.

Well, this was bizarre... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd3F2pX9q7U

It's definitely possible they made it to 1986 as I wasn't keeping up with it at the end. I just remember they made it pretty far into 1985, at least. There was a message board that was pretty devout about tracking what had aired and keeping important details recorded. I'm pretty sure its still around but I cannot recall the name.

Search for Tomorrow made it to late 1985 because the Women to Watch storyline had begun. I think AOL aired episodes through November 1985.

I miss the days when the one blessing a fan of a cancelled soap had was to know that their show would no longer be damaged by hack writers.

I never was overly fond of Gus or Ricky Paul Goldin. To be fair, I felt they shackled him with a lot of bad stories and I didn't really appreciate how Kriezman basically replaced Michelle and Danny with Gus and Harley as the overexposed golden couple. When Taggert/Culliton began playing with Gus' parentage, I wondered if they were going to revert him back to Miguel Santos, Jr., but I don't remember if they ever really dealt with that. Either way, I didn't really like the story as it had been previously established that he couldn't have been Selena's son. Buzz has even confronted him with the possibility after Selena left, and Gus had said it wasn't possible. They may have been mentioned later, but Drew and Jesse were still in New York in May 2004. That's where Michelle and Danny sent Nico when he left town.

If Jeff is who I think he is, he was a member of the internship program with Darcy, Brad, and Alan as you mentioned. Jeff struggled with learning what he had to. I believe it was Dr. Matt Powers who was rather hard on him, which caused friction with him and Dr. Jack Garner. I think Jack may have been involved with Greta, Matt's daughter, at this point which caused more friction. Jeff dropped out of the program and Jack blamed Matt. I don't think Jeff was around very long maybe January/February 1980 until May/June 1980. This is all from memory of reading those old synopses. I had trouble finding information about "The Doctors" in 1982. Because stations dropped the show, newspapers tended to cut the show from the papers. Carl posted some 1982 summaries I believe that might have more about Nola, Thor, and the baby. I thought Thor was a drifter or something. I really don't know. When did Nola leave the show?

Josephine Nichols was Harriet Jessup.

It looks like Sam MacMurray played a murderer/rapist on "Edge of Night." He probably mixed up the shows.

Sorry, Carl, I forgot to respond to your question. That's Gloria Leroy as the woman at the justice of the peace's place.

I do think JB is F. Murray Abraham. I just cannot remember if it was called Noah's Ark or if that was a separate establishment.

I cannot remember if I posted this or not... Dixie Carter appeared as Linda Elliott in 1977. Her character's husband was Barry Elliott was played by Donald Symington. The Elliotts were friends of Jason Aldrich living on the Riviera who Jason and Nola stayed with during a vacation.

Ocala Star-Banner has his column and their archives are available via Google Newspapers. From said column, Frank Elmore played Dr. Hall in 1979. He was involved in the Brewster plot. James Congdon was Scott Carmichael, Meg's love interest under Jean Holloway. I believe another actor played the role, but Reed lists Congdon departing the role in July around the time Rick Weber left and Leah Ayres (Christy) and Michael Beirne (Clay Walker, Mia's pal and Ben's editor).

Henry Bellaver appeared in the role of Sidney Baldwin according to Jon-Michael Reed's column.

Christopher Wyatt played Joel Stratton. He is featured in the disco clip on youtube with Dana Delaney. Wyatt appeared from August 1979 until the shows final episodes. Bruce Ornstein played Guido Gaspero. I believe he is featured in one of the CBS promos that are or were on youtube. I believe Jon-Michael Reed listed a lot minor casting in his syndicated column, but I don't recall names off the top of my head. I'm pretty sure he listed a bunch of the actors who appeared in the Brewster/Des Moines story.

Well, one long time mystery solved as well as a more current one… In Jim Cox’s book, The Daytime Serials of Television, Gary Morgan is listed as playing Robin, the son of Ben and Rose Fraser. We still don’t know yet who played Sarah Fraser, Robin’s sister. Also listed in the book is Charles Egelston as Dr. McAndrews, a role mentioned in the initial press release. Egelston was better known for his work on the radio serial, Ma Perkins, where he played Shuffle Shober since the show’s premier. Egelston died on October 31, 1958, which would have ended his involvement with both soaps. Someone has put online an early draft or unpublished manuscript by Rusty Morris. In his biography, Morris recounts his days in his role as Hugh Devon, the owner of an inn in the Bahamas where Liz and David Allen honeymooned. Hugh was an alcoholic married to a woman played by Joan Wetmore. In his recollections, Morris mentions a rather uncomfortable encounter with a producer who torn his performance down, but he felt that the writers (Provo and Pickard) liked his interpretation enough to reshape the role. In the end, the role ended after seven weeks, which means Morris and Wetmore were around from February until April 1960. I wonder what happened in the story that kept Liz and David in the Bahamas for so long. Earlier, I read about several African American actors being used during this storyline. Based on the script information online, I think Vinie Burrows and Rick Ferrell may have been the actors involved as I’ve seen them listed in at least one script with Joan Wetmore. I’m not sure who they played.

I don't know. Jean Shepherd played Milton Sweetwater circa early 1961. Both roles were listed in TV-Radio Mirror

Hal Studer, one time husband of Billie Lou Watts and the original Don on ATWT, appeared as Ahmed, a Pakistani houseboy prior to the summer of 1961.

Forgive me, but didn't Anna Pavel have two runs on the show. Initially, she came to the restaurant in Sheepshead Bay to tell Joe and Tiso that she would avenge her beloved Paolo's death. Then, a few months later, she popped up again when they introduced Michael and Rae went to her and offered her money to keep Michael away from Kim. Or did these things happen about the same time. I really enjoy a lot of "Ryan's Hope" once they got rid of Tom Desmond and introduced Kim. While I did find Kim annoying at times, I enjoyed most of the plotting and scheming between herself and Rae. It may not have been fitting with the current vision of "Ryan's Hope," but I thought it was engaging.

I believe the TBS run began with the shooting of Alex Wheeler. The episodes were from November 1980.

I just saw Judith McConnell (ex-ATWT, AW, SB, GH) in a preview for "The Purge: Anarchy" playing a very different character from her soap roles.

I hadn't realized that they had made Ron Tomme wear aging makeup when he first appeared on the program.

Rose Donovan appeared around the time Rick Alden was killed. That would have been around 1991. I don't remember her returning later on. Ava went into a coma in spring/summer 1994 after being shot at the police station. I think Egypt had arranged for Ava to get in trouble with the law, but Ava ended up getting shot when a criminal stole a cop's gun. The date on the tape says April 1984. I would say this was before Patty Lotz was hired. They even film the scene in that hotel room set when Ava says they've returned to the Rescott home. Kate typically mentioned she had raised a large brood of children (6 or 7), but Sherri, Ava, Carly, and John Rescott were the only ones to appear onscreen.

I do remember reading Jeremy was involved in the reveal that Clay was behind Stacey's gaslighting, but I didn't consider that 'big' as I don't remember it having the kind of impact it could have had. I'm sure you're right, but I thought Taggart was referring to something new and different. Besides Nixon's influence, Taggert wrote the show the longest (September 1988-mid 1991 and then late 1992-fall 1993). Initially, she wrote with Tom King. They were hired after the writer's strike ended and continued a lot of what was going on, while killing off other stories. Incidentally, one of the stories I believe they wrapped up was the one involving Mei-Ling, which is mentioned above. Homewrecking Lily Slater was working at a homeless shelter with Fr. Jim and they were both trying to help Mei-Ling, who was a battered wife with a young son. Right before or right after, Mei-Ling, Timmy, and Lily were all given the boot. Taggert and King introduced Trucker McKenzie, paired him with Trisha, and made Jeff Hartman a psychopath. The duo also continued the Clay Alden/Alex Masters story by introducing the real Clay Alden back into the story and tying it into the Maine shooting that Trucker had been involved in. Egypt, who had been introduced during the strike, was kept around as a romantic rival for Ava. Later, Taggert and King would introduce the young love story with Trucker's sister, Rocky McKenzie, Egypt's brother, Todd Jones, and a newly widowed Curtis Alden. At one point, they did a story set in some fictional Spanish speaking country which introduced Rio and Abril Domeq. Abril became involved with Clay, while Rio replaced Todd Jones in the younger love triangle. Under Taggert and King, Stacey and Jack dealt with Stacey's infidelity with Rick or at least the birth of their child, Heather. I think a good amount of the Rick/Stacey stuff may have occurred during the writer's strike, but I cannot remember. Later, Rick was killed off and Stacey stood trial, I believe, for the murder. Jacqueline Babbin was EP at that point, but I cannot remember if Taggert and King were still writing. Guza and Taggert won a WGA Award in 1993 for their work, but I don't remember many memorable stories. For the life of me, I cannot remember a single person returning, but I might be forgetting.