Paul Raven

Most likely that was on set, not Gloria's office unless she had it decorated like a living room.

Jack/Victor crossing paths at Society. I'm sorry but I can't buy these two as frenemies, after all Victor has done. It seemed like Eric was reading his lines off the counter. Maybe not, but his halting delivery makes it appear so. 

Very contrived having Nikki turning to Jack with sobriety issues.

Chance/Summer look good together. Connor was fine in that suit.

Demerit points to Audra for a backless dress in the office.

I focus a lot on the visuals because the stories are not interesting.

One thing I applauded from vet director Sally MacDonald was the Society and GCAC scenes utilized tight shots so the lack of other customers was not noticeable. Quite effective.

However when Esther was serving Nikki and Diane at CL there was one extra who was not really in camera and the rest of the place was empty. Looks crap.

I think there is a rehearsal, although different soaps may have different practices.

Maybe they do a run through on set and then begin taping. 

They would not be able to just turn up and tape. Camera angles, movements etc have to be set up.

OTTOMH,there used to be a table read/discussion, a run through, a run through on set to make adjustments, dress rehearsal and final taping.

1 hour ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

I don't follow. The idea that Cass was Maggie's father was a new idea. 

Cecile gave birth in April 82 so therefore became pregnant in 81 when she was involved with Jamie and Sandy and was onscreen. The story at the time hinted that Jamie may have been Maggie's father.

Cass arrived in July 82. When he met her she already had an infant. I don't know if the rewrite addressed this or just pretended Cass and Cecile were involved when she got pregnant.

Enough with the deaths.

Couldn't Maxie and her brood just leave town?

Love of Life had a story in the early 70's set around ESP, which was a big thing at the time.

Did any other show touch on 70's trends/fads/buzzwords etc?

The Young Marrieds was set in Queens Point, near the locale of General Hospital.

Jessie (a phone call) Dr Ken Martin and Dr George Lyons from General Hospital made appearances on TYM.

Makes sense to me.

1 hour ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

A high point for Cecile was when she abandoned the scam she'd been running by saying that Cass was her daughter Maggie's father & admitted that he was not.

Well I'd call that a low point in that it completely rewrote history and insulted long time viewers.

When I saw them hinting at Victor/Christine, I threw up a little in my mouth.

The man was old enough to be her father-how would she find him attractive on any level? The women who went with Victor were pretty much  either weak or scheming. 

And both Victor and Christine could both be extremely annoying so them together would have been too much.

The circle of rings motif was something AW should have kept in the later openings.

The 82 opening kept it at the beginning which was great but that should have been the main theme. The silhouetted 'lovers' was lame and I didn't really like the block letters.

Then the Crystal Gayle opening came in and hearing that song day after day for years was annoying.

Finally the generic ER ripoff.

@te. @DRW50

Thanks for this. I have never seen it online before. Let's hope 2024 uncovers more treasures.

First I've seen of Jada as Amy that young. Poor Mr Jiminez didn't get a credit. Maybe someone will recognize the actor. 

How many calendar bracelets were purchased from that promo? I wonder if this sort of promo was used often?

Came across this listing for Wed May 11 1983 for Des Moines Iowa

The NBC affiliate did not show Days of Our Lives. Pre-empted for movies chopped up for showing over consecutive days. 

13 - WHO (NBC)
5:00 am - Nightwire
6:00 am - AgDay
6:30 am - Early Today
7:00 am - Today
9:00 am - The Facts of Life
9:30 am - Sale of the Century
10:00 am - Wheel of Fortune
10:30 am - Dream House
11:00 am - New Battlestars
11:30 am - Search for Tomorrow
12:00 pm - News
12:15 pm - Duane and Friend
12:30 pm - Movie "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) (Conclusion)
1:00 pm - Movie "The Cowboys" (1972) (Part 1 of 2)
2:30 pm - Another World
3:30 pm - Floppy Show

BY Tues Nov 12 1985  Days was back in the schedule

13 - WHO (NBC)
6:00 am - Morning Agriculture Report
6:30 am - NBC News at Sunrise
7:00 am - Today
9:00 am - Your Number's Up
9:30 am - Sale of the Century
10:00 am - Break the Bank
10:30 am - Scrabble
11:00 am - Super Password
11:30 am - Wheel of Fortune
12:00 pm - News
12:15 pm - Duane & Friend
12:30 pm - Days of Our Lives
1:30 pm - Another World
2:30 pm - Search for Tomorrow
3:00 pm - Newlywed Game
3:30 pm - Let's Make a Deal
4:00 pm - Love Connection

I'll believe  an invitation was extended to Beverlee, but I don't think she would have accepted.

From everything I've read, she didn't seem the sentimental type and wouldn't be bothered returning to a show she left 19 years before that was being cancelled. And the fact that only Rachel was still around from her era wouldn't be much of an inducement.

1 minute ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

It was said recently that Bill Hayes's Doug singing live was the first one. 

I think Gene Bua (Bill Prentiss) on Love of Life preceded Doug.

And Mary Stuart definitely sang live on SFT.

Cancellations were a feature of the 70's.

CBS cancelled Where The Heart Is, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and Secret Storm within the space of a year and dropped Edge of Night also. And only introduced one new show Y&R.

ABC cancelled Dark Shadows,Best of Everything and A World Apart.

NBC cancelled Bright Promise, Return to Peyton Place, How To Survive A Marriage, Somerset, Lovers and Friends and For Richer For Poorer.

So only 3 successful soaps were introduced in the 70's - AMC, RH and Y&R.

How did that story of Agnes killing off the Gregory family on AW begun?

Alex was killed in an offscreen car crash. That was it. The rest were just written out.

As for GH having more sets,maybe it's simply that the available studio space is larger so the sets themselves are bigger and there's space for more of them.

Does GH still do daily set changes ie a crew comes in each day to erect sets?

Do we know the taping schedule? One of the actors talked in SOD a few months ago about going in the afternoon and taping into the evening, which I thought was a big no these days due to overtime payment issues.

Looking at the Brad in a Cage location clip posted in the Old Articles thread, highlighted the contrast with the Nikki/Jordan story.

Location filming, and a longer term, more suspenseful tale.

Not just a bunch of people standing in a room in the culmination of a plot that lasted a few weeks.

2 minutes ago, Beachstorm said:

Why are there so many posters who still think that the Billy/Summer one-time sex event is relevant to anything on this show anymore? It wouldn't change a damn thing with anyone.

If it had have come up when Billy and Phyllis were still together maybe.

But it's like Billy/Sharon, Cole/Nikki, Jack/Sharon...no longer mentioned or relevant.

Gwynn Gillis

Guiding Light Molly Randall

Guiding Light Blair Van Houten

Gwynn Gillis lists these roles in her book 'The ABC of Soaps' 

Her character descriptions

Blair was a clothes horse, always pursuing the best designer
with the most elegant gowns. She’d lunch with her friends at posh
restaurants and try to stay on a her strict diet, to no avail. She
always had to buy new clothes because “nothing fit.” She briefly
appeared to help Mindy’s design career by commissioning her to
create a party dress in a day. Due to a snowstorm, Mindy lost her
car keys and never delivered the dress. Mrs. Van Houten never
forgave her for leaving her hanging with the dreaded reality that
she had to wear “last year’s dress,” which obviously didn’t fit,
wrecking her evening. Blair had a sense of humor, but only about
her diet, not her clothes.

Molly was a ruthless district attorney running for re-election
during a highly publicized murder trial in Springfield. Rather than
carefully prosecute a visible case with indisputable evidence, Molly
rushed in to arrest unlikely suspects, including Laura, who was
pregnant, just to capitalize on the publicity and guarantee her
re-election. When the evidence couldn't withstand court scrutiny,
she blamed several high-ranking police detectives and the police
commissioner. Molly was re-elected, though the lives of all those
arrested were destroyed—Laura lost her child and her marriage;
she was given a prison sentence, along with several others.

Blair I can see as a short term role but Molly is a mystery.Who was Laura? Perhaps Gwynn misremembered  the characters actual name?

Can any GL fans help out?

And both GH and The Doctors finally identified their locales-Port Charles and Madison respectively.

Re Paul Burke - Della and Royal Bay are the same project. When Royal Bay was rejected as a TV pilot, it was repackaged and renamed for some sort of theatrical release/syndication deal. I've also seen it as a VCR release under another name. 

And I had no idea that Ali Shawkat was his grandaughter.

Also,Barbara Rush's 57 No Down Payment has been cited as the inspiration for Knots Landing. PS It's a good movie if you haven't seen it -very soapy!

It's sad to think that 'going into the past' afyer 35 years of story resulted in a gorilla.

And having Sam Groom back , but not as Russ. And extended an invitation to Beverlee knowing full well ill heath or not, she probably wouldn't accept.

9 hours ago, SoapDope said:

The fitness craze started in the 70's and several soaps started to jump on board.

OLTL had the Health Club. Are there more examples?

9 hours ago, SoapDope said:

Super couples started having their own theme songs. 

Was Doug and Julie's 'The Look of Love'? What were some others?

More of a 60's trend I guess but the end of live broadcasts when ATWT and EON went to tape in 75.

Like John Aniston on Days there are many performers who had small roles on a show before landing a bigger role much later.

But I'm really referring to popular actors/characters who were dropped and then returned as an admission that the original departure was a mistake, and that hopefully a new role will recapture the magic.

Usually the original character was killed off, which created drama at the time but long term wasn't always the best move.

Despite the batting average being extremely poor as seen in the above examples, the soaps continued to try. 

Even in the great outdoors Y&R characters would talk to themselves...

Tracey/Lauren got two location shoots in major stories. Paul with SF and Barbados.  Did anyone else manage that?

AW tried several times with Robert Kelker Kelly formerly Sam as Bobby/Shane, John Aprea Lucas/Nikos and Alice Barrett Frankie/Anne.