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Well that was a triangle that was (initially) written to provide weight to each coupling, whereas any 3rd party in a supercouple was merely an interloper to be defeated. Poor Ma Henderson, never receiving a visit or even a mention from those uncaring Fosters. I wonder if Ma was in the original bible or a strike creation (Conboy?) Maybe for BTS reasons Bill ignored her after that...

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There was an Angela Mason played by Ruth Rau around this time so I assume this is the Angie Manno character.

Speaking of Love of Life, Lincoln Kilpatrick was on first in 1962 as a garage mechanic I believe (will try and track down this newspaper item to confirm his occupation)

Bill Bell didn't do 'super couples' because they are limiting story wise. Victor and Nikki split a few years after their uber wedding and it worked because it was character based.

Looking again at Jason's summary this is the tally for Bill once Laura institutionalized 6/25/79-6/29/79: Bill finally accepted it that Laura has to be institutionalized. Bill 4 7/2/79-7/6/79: Bill 0 7/9/79-7/13/79: Bill 1 7/16/79-7/20/79: Bill 2 7/23/79-7/27/79 Bill 0 7/30/79-8/3/79 Bill 2 8/6/79-8/10/79 Bill 1 8/13/79-8/17/79 Bill 1 8/20/79-8/24/79 Bill 0 8/27/79-8/31/79 Bill 2 9/3/79-9/7/79: Bill 1 9/10/79-9/14/79 Bill 1 9/17/79-9/21/79 Bill 1 9/24/79-9/28/79 Bill 2 10/1/79-10/5/79 Bill 3 10/8/79-10/12/79: Bill 0 10/15/79-10/19/79 Bill 1 10/22/79-10/26/79 Bill 1 10/29/79-11/2/79 Bill 1 11/5/79-11/9/79 Bill 0 11/12/79-11/16/79 Bill 1 11/19/79-11/23/79 Bill 0 11/26/79-11/30/79 Bill 1 12/3/79-12/7/79 Bill 2 12/10/79-12/14/79 Bill 1 12/17/79-12/21/79 Bill 1 12/24/79-12/28/79 Bill 3 So the writing was on the wall for Ed Mallory/Bill

Never seen this photo before.Mitchell Dru,Pat Matthews and John Randolph prepare for her trial.

i envisaged a scene b/w Rachel and Alice leading to Alice imagining Steve declaring his love and them sharing a romantic reunion. Don't bring back old characters for an anniversary and then discount the whole thing by not dwelling on the past... I'm sure this has been discussed before but wasn't it supposed to be Leon Russum as Willis who originally had the lines given to Dorothy Lyman? Either Russom couldn't commit or they decided there was more value in having Lyman return and there was a last minute switch.

Yes it is a bit of a mystery as there was mucho publicity about Nina L and the changes she was bringing to Days but no mention of Flippen when she took over. She only wrote Days for a month so it seems she was some sort of placeholder. Interesting that it was Flippen who killed off Bob, and wrote off Bill, Samantha, Donna,Cathy and Robert -all moves that are associated with Laemmle. It seems that Flippen may have been preparing for Laemmles stint. Reading back over Jasons daily summaries I see that Harrower actually wrote out Linda,killed off Stephanie and introduced Tony Kingman,Julie's new beau (in her final week)

Ann Marcus had worked in daytime previously so that probably was a big factor. I think they made a mistake in marrying off Mike and sticking him with a doomed Margo. Wesley Eure was the closest thing they had to a teen idol and he should have been hot and heavy in a teen triangle rather than being married off to a sickly woman. They had spent years getting both Bill/Laura and Doug/Julie together and should have applied that formula to Mike. Marie did return but Kate Woodville didn't seem to make much impression and she really wasn't written for. Sandy Horton was waiting in the wings and they went with Marlena. Bob/Phyllis/Mary and Brooke/Stephanie had provided a lot of drama through the 70's but maybe it was time to introduce a new secondary family to provide drama going forward.

And Marlena's father attended the wedding but no brother. Looking back on Ann Marcus' run a few observations. Coming in she had the challenge of dealing with coming up with story for Bill/Laura,Doug/Julie and Mickey/Maggie - all popular couples who had fought the good fight for wedded bliss with the pressure of keeping them front burner. For Doug/Julie she went with the Larry Atwood murder (agree that Jeri should have been the killer-more dramatically resonant and also a way of cutting down the large cast and getting rid of an older character) Then when that was resolved there was the arrival of Steve who manipulated a trusting Julie. Bill/Laura got the professional pressure story leading to the Kate/Bill attraction. Mickey/Maggie dealt with the wife beating story followed by the Janice /alcoholism story. The problem to me was that those stories,whilst achieving the aim of keeping those couples front burner -when concluded - left those couples exactly where they were at the beginning. Julie's rape ,which could have devastated her and had long term repercussions was brushed over. Bill didn't cheat on Laura and they reconciled. Maggie stopped drinking and after a brief crisis got over the loss of Janice. So pretty much Harrower had the same issues facing her with those couples -the path she took at least with two of them were much more drastic with long term fall out. Also worth noting was that Marcus only introduced one successful character in Chris Looking forward to others' opinions.

Re Marlena's brother-maybe that was a misprint and should have said father? As for Harrower over Marcus, how often have we seen new writers come in and make immediate improvements as they settle in before spiralling downwards once their own stories take shape?

Well the amnesia is an old trick that can stop the story and delay the inevitable. Flannery was a hard act to follow and by the time Forsyth was cast Laura and Bill were settled so she didn't have much to do and there was nothing for viewers to invest as they would have had Susan F still been there. Wait till Julie's burn story...

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I hope Maree talks about why she has never come back to Days esp for the 50th.

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i believe they did so Dylan should have come from that relationship if they had to give Paul another child.Maybe Cindy could have returned and flashbacks used. Instead they rewote stuff for the ridiculous Paul/Nikki/Dylan story. Y&R has all that history available and they fluck it up.

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John Clarke (Mickey) was 34 when he started on Days in 65 and Edward Mallory (Bill) was 36 but I believe Mickey and Bill were supposed to be younger. Really the characters should have been 10 years younger when the show started. Neither actor looked particularly youthful and didn't age well so by the 70's they weren't really leading man material.

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Wow -that Tammy story has never been referenced,I've seen that Tammy was on till 1970 and always wondered what place she had on the canvas all those years.

Remember that Betty Corday had really only ever worked with Bill Bell and PF Smith, so having a new headwriter with her own style and agenda may have been a little difficult on both sides, more so than expected. There was also some backstage rumblings when Susan's mom became headwriter - she addressed rumors in SOD that Julie would be favored - denied of course, but the Julie burn and Doug/Julie breakup wew penned by her mother and she was front burner.

Never seen Dick DeCoit as Mile before.He looks older than Wesley Eure. Wonder if that's why they decided to drop him?

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