Paul Raven

According to an interview with him in SOW,Bev McKinsey lobbied for Daniel Davis (ex Eliot TX ,Niles The Nanny) to be cast as Alan Spaulding on GL.

Rachel looked so much younger and sexier with longer hair.A few years later she went with the severe short hair that really aged her. Whereas Emily always looked matronly from 70's onwards. So who are Joanna Ray, Nona Allen and susan Bernard.

Zane's death happened early in DePriests/Whitsell's run and my impression is that he was fired as they probably thought Felicia being married limited her story.

Eileen didn't return as Lisa till 67.

I did some quick research on the character of Susan Burke Stewart. Most cast lists have her beginning in 66 but it is not unlikely that she was around in late 65.As we have seen with The Doctors being replayed,a lot of dates are off. Connie Scott is listed as the first Susan.I found a pic of her in the feature film Flipper from 1963 and she looks about 12.Luke Halpin her co star, was 15 and playing 12 so that would be about right. That would make her 15/16 by the time she was on ATWT. Jeffrey Rowland was 17 at this time. The next Susan Diana Walker was 25 in 1968 and she was replaced by Jada Rowland who was also 25. So at some point Dan and Susan took a major age leap.I wonder how this played onscreen. Were Dan and Susan away for a while? John Colenback was 29 when he began plating Dan in 66.So he was aged down and poor Pat Bruder was aged way up.

Paul's death was also totally unnecessary.He could have simply left town to get away from the whole Dan/Liz saga. Irna seemed to want to punish the characters for what the writers had done to them in her absence. Dec 16 1965 Bob fights Lisa in a custody battle for Tom. When Lisa took Tom to live with her in Chicago, she neglected to tell anybody -- including Bob, Tom, or the court -- that she had already remarried. As Tom tells the judge, he was deeply hurt when he arrived in Chicago and found that his mother had lied to him and already had a new husband. His mother's dishonesty has made him reconsider his decision to leave Oakdale. After hearing Lisa's testimony and having a private conversation with Tom, the judge arrives at a decision that puts Tom in the care of the most responsible parent. But Tom is in a no-win situation, no matter what the judge rules. Dec 24 65 In this episode, it is Christmas Eve as Chris Hughes and Pa Hughes discuss the Hughes family and Chris's wife Nancy, who is recovering from an operation. Meanwhile, at the Cassen home, Doug, Claire, and Judge Lowell discuss their Christmas plans and the date of Ellen and David's wedding. At their home, Dan Stewart and Paul Stewart discuss the gifts they've bought for Suzy and Ellen and wonder why Franny doesn't seem to like Ellen. As David Stewart and Ellen Cole admire a Christmas tree, Ellen tells David about a Christmas long ago when she was pregnant. Their conversation is interrupted by Paul and Dan, who opens a gift from his grandmother. Later, David tells Ellen he already knew about her child. Is Suzy Susan Burke(later to become Susan Stewart)?

Me too!

One looking a heck of a lot better than the other...

Not sure about Dan's later illness but it would have been interesting had there been a re-occurrence, Of course killing off Dan was a mistake.I understand that Dan and Kim had run their course and have read that the John Reilly Dan was the preferred actor in the pairing but ditching a legacy character (especially as his brother Paul had also been killed) was unwise.Instead have Dan's illness affect his judgement and have him leave for parts unknown would have been preferrable, leaving the door open for Dan return later to spoil Kim and a later partner. Or even return with a new wife and child.

That synopsis hints that a major motivation for Ellen marrying David was to get close to her son. Maybe that wasn't the case as David and Ellen remained happily married for years.The wedding was lavish by standards of the time. The fact that Pat Bruder's pregnancies were written in also solidifies Ellen and David as a happy couple as I'm sure Irna would not have allowed a young mother to have any major marital problems. Going back to Feb 23 65 Chris tells Pa about a rare disease that Dan has contracted, for which the prognosis does not look good. Chris explains that he feels that Ellen should be told the truth about Dan, given what may happen to her son. When the news is revealed to Ellen, she is very upset and asks to go the hospital to see Dan. She finds that he is in the same room in which she gave birth to him. While waiting to see Dan, Ellen thinks back to the time at which he was known as "Jimmy." She finds that Dan has been mumbling the word "mom" over and over again in his sleep, and she believes that this may be a good sign. She decides to keep vigil by his bed. By Nov 1st the Cassens and the Hughes learn that Ellen has agreed to marry David. When Ellen tells Claire, Doug, and Judge Lowell about her engagement, they are shocked because they had been certain that she would marry Donald. Doug even confronts David, accusing him of taking advantage of Ellen's love for her son, Dan. The Hughes also had been certain that Donald would marry Ellen, until he shared the news of the broken engagement at Grandpa Hughes's birthday celebration. Ultimately, Ellen and David are the only ones who seem pleased with the turn of events

Thanks for that.Don't think I've ever seen a photo of Carla Borelli as Mary.

August 8 1956 Hal tells Meg about his secret past. He admits that while he was drunk, he got into a fight with his twin brother, Bert, and killed him. Bert, a prosperous import and export merchant, had accused Hal of stealing, and in a fit of rage, Hal knocked him off a pier to his watery death. Although Hal tried to save him, Bert's body was never recovered. Hal confesses that he was so upset that he destroyed his own "self" and assumed the identity of the respectable Bert. But lately, the conflict between the two personas has been troublesome. Meg says he can no longer lead a double life and pleads with him to give their relationship one more chance

1982 Karen has absconded to Nantucket just as Viki and Clint's wedding is about to begin, and Steve plans to fly there to persuade Karen to marry him. In this episode, the following events also occur: Marco, who is late for the wedding, learns of Steve's plans and decides to try acquiring a vital reel of film from him; following the wedding ceremony, Asa surprises everyone, especially Clint and Viki, with his wedding gift; Marco decides to follow Steve after failing to stop him from leaving town; when Karen's husband, Larry, explains he is flying to Nantucket, she tells him to stay away; and, as the wedding reception ends, Gary goes to pick up Clint's car for the newlyweds. But Gary fumbles with the keys, drops them, and spots a bomb attached to the bottom of Clint's car. While Gary is busy calling the police, Clint is surprised to find his car still in the garage and prepares to start the engine.

Dec 26 1962 Austin and Toby exchange the money they plan to give Ted to keep him off Austin's back for the time being. When Austin goes to Ted's office to deliver the money, Ted says that they must abide by the conditions they previously agreed upon. Austin then informs Ted that he would never even dream about jeopardizing his career for personal business or pleasure. Meanwhile, Bill calls Reynolds to tell him that Tony has been arrested. After hearing this, Reynolds then gets a call from Nancy in which she passes on the information about Austin and Ted's meeting. Dec 23 1963 Winston tells Phil his complicated plan which will likely keep the Warrens from leaving town. Emory and Lyn discuss their soon-to-be monetary situation and why they both have to be in superior physical and mental condition for their plan to work. Lyn is worried that Emory will leave her shortly after the baby is born, but Emory assures her that he isn't going anywhere. Dec 23 1965 Louise tells Mike what happened between her and Phil. Meanwhile, Martha becomes upset when she hears children singing Christmas carols because her fragile health complicates her having children of her own. She feels that Christmas is a phony holiday without children of one's own around, and Bill tries to cheer her up. Phoebe, who is still in the hospital, gets a surprise visit and a Christmas present from Martha. Realizing Martha is upset, Phoebe says that Martha will make a great mother some day. Phil receives a phone call which bothers Louise because she thinks it is from an old flame who is back in town. Nov 8 1968 Lee Pollock is upset about something that happened at school. His classmate Miss Brown tries unsuccessfully to reassure him. Lee is worried about his involvement in the Kurtz murder. Nancy and Mike Karr consult with police chief Phil Capice about Lee's possible involvement in the murder. When Nancy visits Lee's instructor at the art institute, she learns that Lee's work began to suffer right after the murder took place.

1989 Curtis and his father Clay Alden argue about Clay's impending divorce from Curtis's mother. The argument is interrupted when a man arrives to deliver a message from Simon Hemphill. Meanwhile, Trucker and his sister Rocky try to stay warm in their cabin, while reminiscing about Trisha, Trucker's now-dead former lover. Later, the conversation shifts to Rocky mentioning how she believes she recently saw the presumed-dead Jeff Hartman and how stunned she was. Trucker and Rocky try to figure out whether Jeff is indeed alive -- which would likewise mean that Trisha may be alive too, as she was in his car that crashed -- and had just faked his death. At the same time, Jeff is outside the cabin, cutting Trucker's truck brakes and setting up a ruse to cause Trucker to drive on the snowy night. Elsewhere, Ava tries to console her mother, Kate, whose hair is beginning to fall out due to cancer treatments. Ava offers her a variety of wigs.

1986 Jeremy Hunter learns that his father, Alex, and Erica Kane may have been trapped in a landslide in Canada, where Erica had travelled to interview a famous author; Angie Hubbard tells a friend that though she would like to quit her job with the research team due to understaffing and her discomfort with the advances of Dr. John Voight, she feels compelled to stay, motivated by a visit from a world famous Korean doctor who congratulated her on her work and told her the team appeared to be on the verge of an important breakthrough; Brooke English warns Tom Cudahy that a case is building against him over the murder of her lover, Gilles St. Clair, and she asks him how he can explain why Jesse Hubbard saw him in the lobby of the Valley Inn the night of the murder though he says he wasn't there; Phoebe Tyler Wallingford gives husband Langley a gift of a toupŽe to replace the one he sacrificed so he could buy her a Christmas gift; Phoebe expresses shock to Langley that Brooke is writing a series of articles about the life and death of Gilles for the sleazy "National Intruder" tabloid; Tom begs Brooke not to write the series, telling her it will destroy her journalistic integrity, but she counters that without a job, she has no career to destroy; Jeremy decides to charter a plane and fly to the sight of the landslide in Canada in an effort to rescue Alex and Erica; Jeremy asks Alex's wife Natalie why she told him that Alex and Erica were due to arrive home tonight when they obviously had no such intention; Natalie says Alex told her so and that he appears to be up to his old tricks again; Dr. Voight insists that Angie come to his house for dessert and she reluctantly accepts; Adam Chandler arrives at Jeremy's house and offers his private jet to Jeremy, who accepts; at his house, Voight harasses Angie, implying that he will not send his letter of recommendation to the fellowship committee on her behalf unless she sleeps with him; Tom asks Phoebe to help dissuade Brooke from writing the "Intruder" series, suggesting she tell Brooke how all the publicity will affect baby Laura; Charlie Brent visits Julie Chandler while she is babysitting Laura at Brooke's house; at the Valley Inn Brooke bribes a chambermaid to gain entry to Gilles' room; a furious Angie tells Voight he won't get away with harassing her, as she leaves his house; Salange surprises Brooke by entering Gilles' room, claiming she noticed the door ajar; Salonge berates Brooke for exploiting Gilles' death for personal gain; when the Frenchwoman leaves, Brooke takes several small items of evidence from the room, including a piece of blood-stained wallpaper; Angie arrives home agitated, but pretends nothing is wrong when Jesse arrives and tells her that his business finally made a profit; lovestruck teens Charlie and Julie kiss; in her mind's eye, Brooke recalls a wound on Tom's hand; while Tom and Cliff Warner talk at a bar, Cliff gets a message that Brooke wants to see him; Charlie stops at his grandmother Phoebe's house and tells her he's met a girl; Phoebe tells Charlie she'd like to meet the girl to see if she is deserving of his attentions; though Natalie tries to keep him from going, Jeremy leaves to search for Alex and Erica; Phoebe visits Brooke and tries to convince her not to pen the tabloid articles, but Brooke is in no mood for Phoebe's meddling and shortly asks her to leave; Cliff calls Brooke, tells her the stain is human blood -- not belonging to Gilles -- and says he wants to know what's going on.

Back to the Irna Phillips era Sept 27 1965 Ellen is at a crossroads: she must decide between two men, only one of whom can reunite her with her long-lost son. Ellen has received marriage proposals from both Don and David, and although she has secretly agreed to marry Don, they have not made the announcement. And yet marrying David would reunite her with her son, Dan. While Ellen contemplates her situation, the Hughes and Cassen families wonder if, when, and whom she will choose to marry. Meanwhile, Henry is in critical condition and Bob will be treating him along with a consulting physician. But Bob is torn about whether to work with his colleague David or with Doug Cassen. I didn't realize that Ellen was actually that close to marrying Don. Is Henry Lisa's father?

Peter Burnell was the partner of Gerald Mast,a film scholar. This article talks about their Provincetown house. Burnell died in 87 and Mast in 88. Burnell was 44 and Mast 48. https://buildingprovincetown.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/581-commercial-street/#comment-704

Warner Archive Instant has added The Yellow Rose to its streaming program. The NBC drama starred Sam Elliot, David Soul, and Cybill Shepherd. It ran for 22 episodes during the 1983-1984 season. A complete DVD set was released through the Warner Archive Collection in May 2011.

From what I understand Gloria took over at the beginning of 78. The first 4 hour long shows had been taped and she persuaded the ABC execs to ditch them. Marland had already been appointed headwriter. Characters like Laura,Scotty,Bobbie were already there so Marland/Monty worked with the set up they had. The only story that was axed was Jeff and Lana (the split personality) This is the transition from the Hollands/Tom Donovan to Marland/Monty. Written by: Richard & Suzanne Holland / Douglas Marland Produced by: Tom Donovan / Gloria Monty On Monday, January 16th, the soap expanded to 60 minutes, airing from 3:00 to 4:00 When the helicopter makes emergency landing, Rick and Monica are forced to spend the night together in an isolated ranger outpost. Concern for Rick’s safety drives Lesley and David together. Laura informes Lesley her sex life is no one’s business but her own. Heather talks Diana into letting her sti with Peter Jr. on New Year’s Eve. Lana, making a prank call to Heather, is upset when Jeff picks up the phone. Gina asks Gary to wait for an answer on his marriage proposal. Mark feels lonesome when Katie goes to Boston. Lesley moves out of the house. Rick asks David to find a place of his own and persuades Lesley to return. Gina agrees to marry Gary. Heather feels guilty because she knows Steven Lars is alive while Jeff does not. Lana pretends she is going to visit an aunt but Jeff discovers her suitcase is empty and also realizes there is no aunt. Monica learns Alan wants to leave town. Katie admits to her sister she loves both Mark and Lamont. Rick is angry when he finds out Monica was supposed to cancel the helicopter trip they took. While Mark is out of town conferring about surgery for Lamont, Lamont suffers a stroke. Diana plans to return to work and have Heather watch P.J.. Laura is apprehensive because a new student nurse has eye for Scotty. Heather moves into the apartment Jeff found for her. Lana tells Peter her parents were killed by lightning. Rick informs Lesley that David took blame for getting co-ed pregnant and was expelled from college. Making love to Alan, Monica fantasizes that she is with Rick. With Lee out of town, Scotty and Laura spend night at his apartment. Lesley learns of trust when Laura leaves her wallet behind despite being covered by young nurse in training, Bobbie Spencer. Gail travels with Lee to St. Louis, where her in-laws are contesting her late husband’s will. David decides to make easy money by informing stockholders about Lamont’s health. Unaware of Lamont’s declining condition, Mark agreed to perform surgery. Lana learns about Mrs. Hadley and pretends to be Heather’s friend. In Canton, Jeff finds no trace that Lana or her family ever lived there.

Yes just goes to show you can write compelling story without resorting to the usual cliches. Today Karen would have a Lied that Matt was the father. Maggie would believe it. Karen would then seduce Matt. Matt and Maggie divorce. b.Had a miscarriage and claimed Matt was the father. Catfights between Maggie and Karen ensue causing Karen to lose the baby. She frames Maggie for the death of a patient etc etc

Let me add my thanks for those summaries.A quick glance has uncovered a treasure trove of information.Can't wait to read it all in depth. Fantastic stuff!!

By Jan 3 1961 Penny Hughes comes home for a visit, and her parents, Chris and Nancy, are worried that she's still in a state of depression over the disappearance of her husband, Jeff Baker. Penny assures them that she's fine and is now moving on with her life. Nancy is certain that Jeff will come back to Penny, but Chris seems to disagree. Penny begs Jeff's father, Dick Baker, to sell her house because of the memories of Jeff it conjures up. Meanwhile, Meg Blaine asks Joe, the bartender, to give Jack Bailey -- who is really Jeff -- a job as the piano player there. Joe doesn't know why Meg is so insistent about this, but he does offer Jack the job.

March 25 1958 Jeff Baker is on trial for the murder of Al James. In the courtroom, the prosecutor questions Penny Hughes and gets her to admit that she and Jeff had been secretly married but then had the marriage annulled. When the prosecutor upsets Penny, Jeff stands up and yells at him to stop. The prosecutor succeeds in twisting Penny's testimony so that it damages Jeff's case. In private, the prosecutor wonders if Jeff will testify in his own defense and worries that the jury will sympathize with Jeff. Jeff talks privately with his attorneys, Chris Hughes and his assistant, Tom, who convince Jeff that he should take the stand in his own defense. Tom Pope was in love with Penny, He was engaged to her, but when he heard Jeff Baker declare his love for her he released her from the engagement and later left town.

May 10 54 Vanessa tells Sarah that Beanie is in the hospital after being beaten by an unknown assailant: evidently someone is trying to frighten him from revealing a dangerous secret. Meanwhile, a mobster known as Tiny tells Senator Deacons that he had to rough up Beanie, who refused to keep quiet. Deacons, fearing the assault could cause problems, urges Tiny to leave town and hands him a wad of cash. Also, Sarah regrets that Meg became involved with Hal Craig and blames her for Beanie's fate. But Vanessa comforts her by promising to expose the truth about Hal in The Barrowsville Times. Apparently Tige Andrews (Mod Squad) appeared in this episode.I guess he played Tiny?