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He got married (again) last year: http://imgur.com/AmxkD4b

That would make sense -- introduced and quickly dropped!

I was watching sporadically at this point, but a quick run-through of the above videos reveals a host of characters I don't remember at all -- John's girlfriend Chris? Kevin and his family? Detective Rick? Were these characters introduced by Harding Lemay in his short return stint? I look forward to watching them all!

I don't know why Fitzpatrick left, it doesn't seem to me that he was there for very long ... but I much preferred him to Russom's Willis. He was brash, cocky, sexual. I would never have bought Gwen with Fitzpatrick's Willis, it just wouldn't have worked visually. Russom, as someone pointed out above, was much softer in his portrayal -- though he was probably a better actor. He certainly built a long acting career. I never saw Fitzpatrick again. As to Jacqueline Courtney: I pretty much worship at Harding Lemay's feet, but I have always thought he was way off on her.

Harry Bellaver (Ernie Downs) having a few line troubles there ... funny I can recognize both his and Connie Ford's voices, but Robin Strasser's -- I assume that's Rachel they're talking to -- is unrecognizable. There's an Audra Lindley (Aunt LIz) audio clip floating around in which the voice is similarly sped up, which is too bad, because it undercuts how malevolent Lindley's Liz was (as opposed to Irene Dailey's more ineffectual Aunt Liz).

Patrika Darbo (ex-Nancy Wesley, DAYS) just got an Emmy nom - Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series -- for "Acting Dead."

Charles Shaughnessy (ex-Shane, DOOL) is playing a pivotal (and creepy) role on SyFy's Magicians. He first appears in episode 9 -- IMDB has him listed for one more.

"Is there any character in all of daytime television that is more remarkable than Julie Olson? [She’s] sort of super-woman whose weaknesses of character mix well with the strength of her sensuality, whose unwitting villainy never keeps us from sympathizing with her deep-down sincerity and need for love. She is the ultimate sexual pawn of fate. Susan Seaforth, the bombshell who plays her, has so much animal magnetism, so much female gutsiness, that in her scenes it’s hard to take one’s eyes off her for a second." I had to quote this from the review Carl posted because I agree with every word. And to think DAYS threw the character (and the actress) down the toilet just a few years later, turning her into a grandmother in her early 30s and then sidelining her into dreary, cliched mother-daughter conflict with the newly aged Hope. DAYS has made more boneheaded mistakes than any soap in history -- the 1980 reboot was a big one -- but for me, the mishandling of Julie (and Susan Hayes) ranks #1.

That's Brooke Hamilton version 2, played by Eileen Barnett. There's a good summation of her story here: http://soapcentral.com/days/whoswho/brooke.php

Marie Cheatham (Marie, DOOL) was on an episode of Zach Galifinakis' Baskets a week or so ago. Jill Larsen (Opal, AMC) appeared on the premiere episode of HBO's Vinyl.

"You are so right about the music. It really makes the scene. That's what's missing from today's soaps." It's still Bob Cobert doing the music, right? It's so distinctive -- I can hear shades of his Dark Shadows work.

Fantastic! You'll hear Olive wailing at the end -- that's what played under the closing credits for the day. No music. It's one of the soap moments that have stayed with me through the years and I'm so happy to hear it again. Thanks for sharing.

Richard Bekins (ex-Jamie, AW) was on the season finale of Mr. Robot. He really has worked quite steadily over the years.

Yes, thank you. Doug Watson was fantastic, but boy, had this show wandered far afield from Harding Lemay's vision for the show. The trial was pure melodrama, redeemed only by the performances, and everything else on the show at this point was dull as dishwater. Russ and Tracy? Snooze! Jerry and Larry? Snooze! Miranda and her clan? Snooze!

I honestly had no idea that was Rick Springfield while I was watching the episode. I still can't tell it's him from those caps. Lindstrom was quite good in his short scene.

I like John Clarke, but I think the Mickey-Maggie partnership was unfortunate for Suzanne Rogers, at least post-1980. DAYS prematurely aged her out of major storylines -- similar to what they did with Susan Hayes -- and I have to believe much of it was because Mickey was so dull and stodgy. The show should have followed up her Emmy win with more meaty material, but she basically just faded into the background. Personally, I would have been fine with Micky never escaping from Stephano's clutches and Maggie really moving ahead with Don. Then again, if she had spun off in a non-Horton direction, she might not have had the staying power she did.

Charles Keating's photo was flashed on screen during last night's "In Memoriam" segment of the Tony Awards. Unfortunately, it was just after the director switched to a camera angle that made the screen very difficult to see.

Nice tribute from Susan Hayes to Suzanne Rogers on the occasion of Suzanne's 40th anniversary with Days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xvBx2-1jEo&feature=youtu.be

The character itself was written very differently. For instance McKinsey's Iris was a "woman of leisure" -- there's no way she would have worked at Cory Publishing, or anywhere. It would have been beneath her. Yet Duncan's Iris was career-driven. One could argue that she molded herself into that as a way to prove her worth to "Daddy" -- but I believe that would have been the last tactic McKinsey's Iris would have taken. I was so excited when Rachel opened the Cory Mansion door on a Friday and said "Iris??!!?" And so disappointed that Iris turned out to be a shrill, rather manic Australian woman. I grew to like Carmen Duncan well enough -- to the point I was pissed that the show got ride of her -- but she was never really Iris to me.

Jacker had some interesting ideas -- including the introduction of a major African-American presence on the canvas -- but the execution was terrible. And she badly mishandled favorite favorites (including Pat) in her rush to introduce new characters. I liked both Tucci and Moss but Sandi Ferguson was always Amanda to me. Glad she was back for the show's final months, even though her story was terrible. Funny that someone said Ferguson looked nothing like Vicky Wyndham -- I remember a soap mag at the time of Ferguson's initial casting praising the choice because the new Amanda looked so much like Rachel. (I didn't see the resemblance either.)

Someone once said to me that Lana Parilla (Regina, Once Upon a Time) has a similar look and vibe to SSH. I really see it in photos and clips of SSH from the 70s.

Stephen Schnetzer (ex-Cass, AW) and Alice Barrett (ex-Frankie) played a married couple on the 4/13/15 episode of The Following. I recognized him (and his voice) right away but I didn't realize that was her until I read it afterwards.

It's funny how divided fans are on the Paulina portrayers. I thought Cali was a big snooze and that Judi scorched up the screen with Tom. But I know lots of people that agree with you ... and lots of people who agree with me. I do agree with you that Paulina and Joe were a huge mistake.

Stephen Schnetzer (Cass, AW/ATWT) played a prison inmate on the 4.2.15 episode of The Blacklist.

That's not Carla in the photo, it's Karin Wolfe, who played Mary before Carla took over.