Paul Raven

Santos Ortega The O' Neills Carlos (later role to Mr Collins) By Kathleen Norris 'Woman in Love' George Davis Maureen O'Sullivan Dreft Star Playhouse'Hold Back the Dawn' Emmy Brown Elmira Roessler Romance of Helen Trent Valerie Wayne Dan Sutter Manhattan Mother Tony Chandler Maurice Tarplin Front Page Farrell Guy Morrow 1949 Betty Winkler Thunder Over Paradise Carmencita Midstream Eva Porter Light of the World Just Plain Bill Clare Cameron

Whoever owns the rights to The Doctors had them up for grabs for several years before Retro acquired them. At one point it was stated that Hallmark had purchased the series. Whereas P&G is not offering its soaps in the marketplace at all so its a whole different ballgame.

General Hospital The name of the reporter played by Lee Anthony was Terry Dresser.

Three Steps to Heaven add Miriam Goldina

Gary Pillar (Carpenter) Capitol CIA Agent Dawson

John Considine references Y&R (from AW Homepage) "The Young and the Restless." I was fired from this job approx. two months after signing with them. I played the rich guy, Chamberlain? Something like that. The husband of Jeannie (can't even think of her name now, Corbin Benson's mom), and after a couple of shows we photographed like mother and son, instead of husband and wife. Character makeup didn't help, and so they replace me. First and only time. Not a happy experience.

Maxwell Kramer was Marshall Kramer (Randy Brooks) and the minute there was hint of romance b/w them it ground to a halt. Don't know why they bothered to move in that direction if there was no intention to follow through.

I have to say I expected more from Sally/Kay. They wasted the return of Scott and Dina and most of the other stories were meh but at least they didn't trash the characters. Mal however did more damage. Josh bringing back Adam was bad enough but then turning back the clock to his earlier incarnation has been horrible, Having Kevin and Chloe back and giving them nothing to do adds insult to injury. Really its time for a change (and hopefully some improvements)

Marcia seems like such a gracious and thoughtful person. A nice acknowledgement of all your efforts Slick.

I just checked Dallas Season 3 ep 14 Return Engagement dealt with Gary and Val re-uniting and heading for California. So Knots had to debut after that episode aired, which might have dictated that debut date.

Yes that was an odd date for Knots to debut. CBS initial lineup was Waltons/Hawaii Five0/Barnaby Jones which were all ageing shows. So they moved Barnaby to 9 and brought in Knots which immediately did better in that timeslot. CBS played Dallas on Thurs at 10 and Friday at 10 to get viewers interest in both timeslots. Dallas was 2nd and 3rd. I cant recall but was there a Gary and Val episode of Dallas that lead to Knots? As for the middle class aspect, as the soap wars heated up in the 80's there was pressure to be more glitzy and Knots was caught up in that.

Merry Christmas to you and hope it was a good one. Looking forward to Soap Hoppers 2021! Some requests David Winn June Squibb Christopher Loomis Ara Gerald Donna Reade Charles'Chuck' Webster

Wasn't Sean Garrison just a temp replacement for Brett Halsey? Press at the time announced that Halsey was cast as the new character John Abbott, never any mention of Garrison.

The room we see now representing the Newman Ranch is a totally different set to the 1980 ranch. That set stuck around for many years until Sharon burned down the ranch in 2012. It was replaced by a bland (an universally despised) new ranch which then became the room we see now. Pictures of the old Newman Ranch:

Reese Taylor Manhattan Mother Richard Stratton 1938 Story of Mary Marlin 1940 Now and Forever 1943 Right to Happiness Robert Judson 1945 Road of Life Rev John De Witt 1948 Front Page Farrell 1950 Guy Sorel Katie's Daughter 1948 David Harum 1949 Our Gal Sunday 1950 Ned Wever Second Husband

Charita Bauer Mystery Man 'The Bannister Case' 1941 Orphans of Divorce Penelope Pearson Just Plain Bill 1941 Stella Dallas 1942 Front Page Farrell Evelyn Groves 1951 Betty Garde Lorenzo Jones Belle Jones temp replacement for Lucille Wall 1942 William Zuckert Young Widder Brown Joe Harris 1049

Raymond Edward Johnson Madame Courageous Mr Marston Ellen Randolph George Randolph Wheatena Playhouse 'Of Human Bondage' Philip Carey 1941 Story of Mary Marlin David Post 1944 David Harum 1948 Lorenzo Jones 1948 Our Gal Sunday 1950 Front Page Farrell Chester Bellows 1951 My True Story 1955 Whispering Streets 1955/1959 When A Girl Marries 1955 Romance of Helen Trent 1959 Young Widder Brown 1942/1947

A great read. So Marie, Tommy and Sandy were there for Christmas but we just didn't see them...

Elaine Kent Amanda Amanda Dyke temp replacement for Joy Hathaway Backstage Wife Joan Mears Just Plain Bill Winifred Ward Second Husband

Tom Wright One Life to Live Theodore 'Ted' Sorel One Life to Live Dr Emerson (pre 1980) Terry Kiser A Time for Us

Loving Peter Prescott... Jeff Keller As The World Turns Phyllis Monroe...SuEllen Estey (pre 89)

Cheer Brentson Guiding Light Joan Greenman Caroline's Golden Store Gladys Heen Right to Happiness Virginia Carson Eliot Reid Jane Arden Harry Torp

Alex was gone way before that. By 1975 Sarah was widowed again.

Margaret 'Peg' Hillias Bachelor's Children Allison Radcliffe Romance of Helen Trent Vivian Decker Caroline Golden Store Mrs Larrimer Stepmother 1940

Vince and Mav Jaroslavski were in two episodes that month so I assume they were Leslie's parents. I like that they brought on the parents as often new characters have no relatives which is always a little weird. Nice to see Hank from Maggie's farm was also brought back. Mike and Margo were last seen on May 21st. Mike had a few appearances June 9th, June 20th, June 25th which seemed to be phone call scenes from the farm. He was then back on July 29, 30 to wrap up Margo's death. It seems she got an offscreen funeral. It seems Mike the went to work at Andersons. He appeared Aug 5, 19, 22nd. Tune in Tomorrow said Chris promoted Mike, who's pitted against David at the plant. Mike wants to join Chris' new marina project. Richard Guthrie's last day as David was August 25th I wonder why they decided to ditch David? I think Richard Guthrie was popular and there were plenty of things they could do with David. Trish and Mike gravitating towards each other again woukld have been a natural story to tell at this point.