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In EB defense he's 84 and in recent years has gone through cancer treatment, so I give him a pass.

@Soapsuds Do you remember a Gregg Marx interview where he said that not long after he left As the World Turns Bill Bell offered him a part on Y&R but it was turned down? Given the timing, I'm guessing the part on Y&R was Dr. Steven Lassiter. @DRW50 @Tisy-Lish Re: Lisa/Lucinda, you raised some good points.

Did anyone think that Lucinda introduction as the new villainess diminished Lisa at all?

Damn Shanice, putting Ashley on blast like that. Derek is not a snack though. Andre OTOH.

Hahaha, dead.

I think the week of January 22-26, 1990. I remember the party was on a Friday and the end of the episode was an intoxicated Blake crashing the party.

The Cosby Show was such a big part of my childhood. I am so shocked about Malcolm-Jamal Warner. RIP.

Dani, girl you ain't slick. You know you want Andre all to yourself. Damn Shanice, you thirsty. Derek is no prize though. Ashley's game to make Derek jealous isn't gonna work. We know deep down she wants to be with Andre. Nicole needs to kick Ted to the curb. Carlton is waiting for her.

Hold up, MZ was being checked for BITD? I remember SOD Best of 1989 Most Intriguing Couple Roger/Holly write up described MZ as "dashing" but I never gave his looks much thought when I watched in real time. Then again, I was in middle school and high school when I watched in real time (Calhoun/Long/Curlee and first year of JFP/Curlee). From watching online I admit MZ looked better 1989-1994 than from what I've seen of his original 1971-1980 run, but if there was glow up I somehow didn't recognize it.

We can blame the decline of GL on many factors: Douglas Marland departure. Gail Kobe/Pamela Long chasing all the 1980s trends. Writer turnover during Joe Willmore run. Killing off Maureen Bauer. Nancy Curlee departure. To me killing off Maureen Bauer felt like the beginning of the end and Nancy Curlee departure felt like the end. GL was not in a good place creatively in June 1994 (Nancy Curlee departure was three months earlier) when OJ began and I feel it was effectively over in the aftermath of OJ.

Did her run total 30+ years?

Like I've said before, if there was any character that defined GL's final 25 years, it was Reva. Gail Kobe/Pamela Long Spring 1983-Summer 1984 saw the ratings go up from the post-Marland slump and set in motion characters and storylines that carried GL through its final 25 years, but it was too much chasing 1980s trends which wasn't sustainable and caused long-term damage. The ratings from Fall 1984 onward reflected this, and some may say GL never really recovered from it.

Eileen Fulton Dies: 'As The World Turns' Star Was 91 Daytime Icon Eileen Fulton (Lisa, As the World Turns) Dies at the Age of 91 - Soap Opera Digest

My school years (elementary through college) overlapped w/ supercouple Days and Reilly Days. That's what the soap fans among my classmates were mostly watching, not the CBS line up that their grandmothers watched.

I'm a 1980s kid/1990s teen and I went to school with plenty of Lisas. I recognize As the World Turns place in US daytime television history, but to a lot of soap fans of my generation it had a reputation of being a grandma show.

Noted. Thank you @DRW50

I pointed this out in the As the World Turns thread. Lisa ran so Rachel, Erica, Jill, and Brooke could walk.

Of the long-time (as in 30+ years) As the World Turns cast members that are past age 80, I believe Don Hastings, Larry Bryggman, and Marie Masters are the last ones left of that generation. If I'm missing any please add.

Eileen Fulton and Gregg Marx on The Price is Right (OAD February 5, 1985).

You're welcome.

RIP Eileen Fulton and thank you for your contributions to daytime television.

Eileen Fulton receives the Editor's Award. Segment begins 1:08:07

Lisa was the OG vixen. She ran so Agnes Nixon creations Rachel and Erica and Bill Bell creations Jill and Brooke could walk. RIP Eileen Fulton and thank you for your contributions to daytime television. The Daytime Emmys better give her the memoriam that she deserves.

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Joe Willmore. His run was January 1986 to June 1989, so that overlaps with the 1988 writer's strike.