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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.

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.

Eleanor Phelps Central City Marian Allen

Cliff Soubier Thunder Over Paradise Padre Against The Storm Hannibal Bong Lone Journey Henry Newman Ma Perkins Clay Bryant Story of Mary Marlin Sgt Mac McKenna / Daniel Burke

P&G was The Catlins. Rituals was Telepictures at the time. Forgot about Santa Barbara- certainly long running and well remembered.

The Doctors is unique in that it was long running and independently owned by CP. The only other long running shows are either P&G, ABC or Sony and none of them seem interested in licensing their shows. The only other posssibilities are 20th Century Fox who produced Return to Peyton Place and Best of Everything and Metromedia? How to Survive a Marriage. That's if the shows have been kept and they were willing to let them be shown. Of course they were fairly short runs so Retro may not be interested. Capitol is another possibility- I wonder who owns the rights?

ATWT Dan and Paul Stewart. Paul in particular was killed off for no reason. It would have been perfectly reasonable at the time for Paul to want to leave town. Dan and Kim were happily married and the writers must have wanted to shake it up but maybe Dan could have not died but rather left town due to his illness. Have him reported dead and leave it open for him to return. Maybe Ellen or David know he is alive but kept the secret.

Mitzi Gould Perry Mason 'Case of the Unwanted Wife' 1943 The White Family Susan White Dorothy Dix at Home 1949 Into the Light Emily

Looking back at 1986 the show took on a lot trying to tell 2 back from the dead stories with amnesia thrown in. Of the two families involved both the mainstays of the Loves - Donna and Marley/Victoria would be (badly) recast within the year and Peter was already on his 3rd recast with a new personality to boot. Nicole had already come and gone and the returned with a recast who made little impression and was dropped. The McKinnons had a recently recast MJ and Vince, Kathleen was gone by years end,as was Jake. Cheryl appeared out of nowhere and Ben never bothered to come back. So there really wasn't a strong backdrop for the return of these parents. DePriest said AW would be the story of the McKinnons, Loves and Cory's but didn't really nuture and strengthen those families. I recall something along those lines or was it that he didn't want too be a recast? Jason was supposed to have two daughters arrive at some point I think.