Paul Raven

I guess Victor and Jack crossed paths at the Charity function Nikki organized? When Nikki approached Jack for a donation he blew her off which resulted in Victor approaching Ashley for a donation. Ashley was involved with Marc at this time and she and Marc had dinner with Victor and Nikki. Things evolved from there. This was late 84.On NYE Jack and Nikki witnessed a kiss between Ashley and Victor.

The trouble is also that over time the original characterizations and motivations have been diluted and redirected to serve the plot machinations and keep the characters in story.

Re interactions Nikki was on some years before meeting Victor. Then a few years later, she met Jack, who had been on the show 4 years at that stage. That lead to Victor meeting Jack and Ashley. So several years past before those characters interacted. Paul was involved with Nikki first and met Victor way before Nikki did. Remember when Lauren decided to approach Mrs Chancellor to cough up money for a music video?

Brett Porter subbed for Terry Lester at least twice as I recall. He was a poor replacement IMO, but Terry's shoes were hard to fill.

Robin filled in for Melody for quite a spell. Maybe 4-5 weeks? She definitely was playing Nikki when she went to Jabot and asked Jack to donate to the charity. That was the first interaction between Jack and Nikki

Here's a photo I'd never seen before

I had forgotten that previous to this Carla Dragoni also played MJ. I wonder if she was dropped when Kathy became available. Did Kathy go straight from OLTL to TTD?

Jumping ahead here but I wonder why Kathy Glass was given the role of MJ? Why not create a new role and have MJ written out?

Some observations... Geraldine Court has finally been taken off the credits. Steve and Carolee remarry. I think they could have got more out of them being apart. Gene Lindsey is now plating Kyle. Chuck Weiss is now producer. Ethel and Mel Brez get a story by credit and then various writers get written by... This is a change to previous headwriters who got the written by credit. What does that mean in terms of their contribution?

That was hilarious...Nikki all "Kitten with A Whip" Love those scenes where everyone on the dancefloor just steps aside because the stars want the spotlight.

Dino Narizzano (es Len SFT) who also appeared on TD a few tears earlier as Kevin McIntyre was the director of the latest episode.

Sometimes performers don't have the recall of fans...maybe when Pat got time off for the play, there was talk she would be replaced but it never happened.

I agree that must be the case.

This is from Walsh's Linkdin account, so as to why dates are off ????

For the record Addie Walsh's CV She has been involved in soaps for over 30 years. She would have some stories to tell. Never really made an impact as a headwriter. Staff Writer TEXAS, NBC-TV January 1980 – March 1980 3 months Staff Writer GUIDING LIGHT, CBS-TV January 1982 – January 1986 4 years 1 month Headwriter SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, NBC-TV January 1986 – January 1987 1 year 1 month Associate Headwriter One Life to Live, ABC-TV January 1987 – January 1990 3 years 1 month Creator/Headwriter RIVIERA, CHANNEL 1 TV, PARIS January 1989 – January 1990 1 year 1 month Headwriter LOVING, ABC-TV January 1990 – January 1991 1 year 1 month Associate Headwriter As The World Turns, CBS-TV January 1991 – January 1997 6 years 1 month Associate Headwriter Days of Our Lives, NBC-TV January 1997 – January 1998 1 year 1 month

I knew Pat was dropped a couple of times over the years but not that she was replaced. Slick, can you assist?

Well, Joe's recasting and killing was just one of many changes made in the early days. The Perkins family was eliminated, the Andrades as good as gone, recasts, changes in story etc Was it NBC wanting immediate results from their investment? Or the Dobsons being too panicky and /or mercurial with their creation? Someone should write a book!

I don't believe it used history, in that Carl's 'death' never happened onscreen so it was weird to have characters talking about something that never occurred! Then Bell went the amnesia route with Carl followed by everyone else getting amnesia as no-one ever mentioned Carl again. I would have preferred for Carl reappear with the assumption he had always been around and then have Mary feel a distance between them. Chris discovers that Carl has been seeing Ruth over the years and fallen in love with her, but still feeling loyal to Mary. This would have been far more realistic. In the end Carl chooses Ruth and leaves town. Paul and Mary have to deal with the aftermath.

Don't forget Jason 47's DOOL page! Current SOD has a Stephen Schnetzer interview, I didn't know he and Nancy Snyder had divorced.

Barbara Joyce Tucker Smallwood Marco St John Robert Emhardt Gretchen Wyler Steve Fletcher

And then it was completely dropped... I rember that at one point when Hadley was recurring he was called back to work and had shaved his head so had to wear a wig for Carl's appearances.

Bonnie Bedelia as Sandy Porter 1963

Re One Man/One Woman's Experience Each 15 min segment ran back to back One Man at 11.30/One Woman at 11.45 Initial story One Woman - 'Never Let Me Go' starred Mildred Clinton One Man - 'Two Young Lovers' starred John Griggs Re 3 Steps to Heaven Add Jay Barney - 2 week stint as a psychiatrist Sept 54

Robert Soderberg was listed as a writer in the Variety review of the first episode along with Manya Starr.

Re The Egg and I Add Mary Perry as Grammy Richard Carlyle as Joe Kettle