Paul Raven

I have a couple of questions for you faithful watchers? Has the Mike/Liz relationship been alluded to? How long has Laryssa Lauret been off the show as of eps currently screening? Has Steve mentioned his family at all? eg to Karen telling his parents about their marriage.

No Ellen and David married in June 66.

Yes Al and Martha were married. They divorced maybe 65?

Bill Bell left to write Days in June 66. I agree,great episode. Nothing compares to seeing an actual episode. So many references eg Chris writing to his brother.I wonder if Irna made other references to John Hughes with the possibility of bringing him into the story at some point? That mention of Lisa coming to town - I don't think Eileen came back till 67 so either it happened offscreen or Lisa cancelled. Tom should have been about 4 at this time and Frankie Michaels was 9. I can forgive this sorasing as he was such a natural and talented actor.They should have let Tom age more slowly.Only a few years later he was off to Vietnam and then up on a murder charge. Sylvia and Al Suker did marry in 1966. Looks like they were hinting at a Sara/Don/Bob triangle,but that never happened.Sandy was around also she and Bob married in 66. Gloria DeHaven was 41 at this point but looked younger. Boy Nancy Hughes is a beyotch!! Constantly needling and interfering under the guise of 'caring' Great to see a cast list.Judy English,Claire's British niece is listed- she didn't stay long.Ellen was listed as Ellen Cole. I thought she always used Lowell as her surname.

La Looch still scoring magazine covers

In the cover above,who are the women either side of Henderson Forsythe?

Knots TV Guide covers.

As stated above,Carol was written out during Irna Phillip's absence from the show.That left Tom to get involved with Meredith.I had thought Carol returned when Irna came back in January 1972 and by June Tom and Carol were married.However,looking at the TV Guide cover from August 71,Carol is pictured. So my question is,when was Rita MacLaughlin written off and when did she return? Also around this time,Donna Wandrey was cast as Barbara Ryan and they were on the cover of Afternoon TV. I think Irna quickly dropped Barbara and steered Tom toward Carol. Tom seemed to be a popular boy with Meredith,Carol,Barbara and Ellie all interested in ashort period of time.

I didn't recognize half the people in that promo! Also Norma Connelly pops up earlier.They really brought out the hot soap stars for that one...

Diana Douglas,who played Martha Evans,Marlena's mother has died,age 92.

I've never seen that 1962 episode. Fascinating. At this point. Penny had recently been widowed and had amnesia. She knew about Bruce and Lisa. How was the affair uncovered? Did Penny spill the beans? Pa was obviously suspicious.Had he seen or overheard something? Gotta love Nancy. Jeff was barely cold in his grave and she was planning Penny's next marriage. A few line flubs here and there but the actors covered well. Good to see the Hughes dining room. In a late 70's ep,everyone was in the living room balancing plates on their laps. Bob of course was puffing away.And suggesting Lisa get preggers again when Tommy was barely a year old. Why were they still living at home?

Robert Gentry's Ed with Lynne Adams.

Variety June 78. Reading between the lines it seems that Mr Hermann and Ms Monty may have had some creative differences

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Variety June 1973

Yes I have read that directors/actors had tapes made of various episodes so I am sure there is more stuff out there. I also wonder about soaps produced outside of P&G.We know most of The Doctors exist.Maybe 20th Century Fox has Best of Everything and Return to Peyton Place? Then there are the tapes that were sent to other countries,particularly Australia.Maybe sitting in a box somewhere??

Thanks so much for reaching out to those actors and their relatives.It's nice they've been so gracious. Have you thought of trying to contact Rita Lakin? It would be cool if some of these people would agree to an interview...

Ouch! TV Guide June 26th 1965 Cleveland Amory’s review of Our Private World is not kind. He notes that the twice-weekly prime time CBS serial has even less depth than As the World Turns, the daytime serial it was spun-off from. “In fact, if it weren’t for repeating everything twice, we don’t think they’d be on twice a week.” He explains the basic plot of the series and its main characters before ending with the following: Altogether it is the first show we’ve seen in a long time where literally nothing is good–the idea, the producing, the writing or the directing. As for the acting, it has to be seen to be believed–and, believe us, it shouldn’t be. The girls are bad and the boys are worse. One thing this show dose, though. It makes Peyton Place look great. In fact, the only thing we cannot fault is the title, Our Private World. The mistake was in making it public.

That makes sense as Rita Lakin joined TD in June 67 and in August 68 renegotiated to have Rick Edelstein as co headwriter,each working in 16 week blocks. In June 69 she got the Mod Squad story editor gig.In Sept she penned her first script on the show, dealing with anti - semitism. So she was there for 2 years all told.How long Edelstein continues solo and when the next headwriters we'll have to wait and see.

Re Lynne Adams/Leslie. I guess there were a number of factors at play. Firstly,Lynne Adams may have not wanted to renew her contract. She had already left once,so this seems a possibility. So TPTB were faced with either recasting or killing off Leslie. When Lynne left the first time she was replaced briefly by Kathryn Hays and then Barbara Rodell.i have read that Barbara was very popular as Leslie and that Lynne's Leslie never had the same spark with Don Stewart as had Barbara. So maybe that was another factor in not recasting Also,story wise there may have been the feeling that there wasn't much to do with Leslie and Mike now they were happy together. The Dobsons were headwriters at that time and may have had more interest in their characters like Rita,Eve etc

I have never seen Garson De Bremenlo (!?) listed as playing Paul Stewart. Does anyone know about this??

In Jan 1964 Lydia Bruce and hubby Leon B Stevens were on stage in 'The Seven Year Itch' at the Community Playhouse at the Atlanta Women's Center, along with Susan Trustman (shortly to be Pat on AW),Bert Parks and Joel Fabiani,who later would also appear on TD

Apparently, Lynn Loring (Patti) had a go at a singing career. In 1962 she signed with Dere Records and released at least one single 'My Name is Ann'. This was at the time she was appearing on the TV series 'Fair Exchange'. Also,I never knew that while on Search,she also did radio soaps 'Ma Perkins' and 'Second Mrs Burton'.