Paul Raven

I guess this is when Nancy had a hysterectomy? As the World Turns-1965

Concerning Miss Marlowe: Christine White & Donald Buka Concerning Miss Marlowe: Louise Allbritton

Joseph Gallison, Judith Barcroft and Audra Lindley

Well in 1963, KT Stevens (Peggy) was 44 and Linda Dano was 20 so not likely.

Although the man in the park looked a little like Albert Ottenheimer,I think he and his wife should turn up later in the week,which Variety says is a Wednesday. The first time we've been 'outside'. Penny refers to meeting Liz before so I guess the was when Christopher Norris was playing her. In 68 Norris had moved onto Edge of Night as Sarah Capice so I guess TD had to recast with Jami. I was quite impressed with Althea's apartment set as it had an entrance,terrace and kitchen/dining room and was set up so the camera could show both rooms from different angles. Speaking of sets,have others noticed how the hospital set is configured so that each door of the elevator supposedly leads to a different floor but it is actually just the other side of the same set? Does that make sense? Had to laugh when Liz said the LP she gave Penny was supposedly the loudest rock group around and then Penny played a cover tune of a sweet Motown song.

Look for actor Albert Ottenheimer and his actress wife Mies Waalewijn to appear on the Wed May 22nd episode according to Variety. This may clear up the issue of what day we are actually up to. Ottenheimer was primarily a stage actor who was blacklisted in the 50's. His other soap role was as Moe Bachman on How To Survive a Marriage. He toured Europe in West Side story where he met and married his wife, a Dutch actress, and they returned to the U.S. Pictured with Woody Allen in Annie Hall

Don Stewart was not happy that Mike Bauer became a grandfather. He had been one of the most popular leading men of the 70's and this coupled with his desire to be paired with a younger woman could be seen as ego but maybe he saw the writing on the wall and was fighting to keep his position. Seeing Mart Hulswit dumped for a younger actor must have had an impact.also.

Jami Fields today Jami Fields appeared in over 100 television and radio commercials as a model and child actress in the 1960’s – 1980’s. She appeared in the very first made-for-TV movie “See How They Run” on NBC co-starring with John Forsythe, George Kennedy and several other stars of the day. On Broadway, she was in the original production of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, in Prime Time TV she appeared in dramas and variety shows including multiple appearances on the “Garry Moore Show.” In Daytime, she is best known for playing Penny Davis on “The Doctors”. Stepping behind the footlights, Jami was on the production staff for “The Guiding Light” and “As The World Turns”, adding the Director’s Guild to her performer’s union affiliations. She was thrilled to be invited to join the Twelfth Night Club @1980 in the Club’s renowned performance of ‘Stage Door’. In more recent years, Jami has had the great fortune to work as a marketing director for many of America’s most well known magazine publications, both at Time Inc, and the Hearst Corporation. A true New Yorker, Jami is also a ceramic artist, and maintains two pottery studios in Manhattan.

I had read that Kristen was often late on set and not 'prepared'.

Looking back over past storylines,I wondered how it would have played if Liz Matthews had been revealed as Iris' mother? Liz had a child she gave up for adoption as she was determined to marry into the Matthews family.She got pregnant by a man she truly cared for but he was married so she married Will Matthews. This could explain why she always had a poor relationship with her daughter Susan as this reminded her of the daughter she gave away. Imagine Iris reaction to having Liz as a mother. Susan was brought into the story at that time and they could have played an Iris/Susan rivalry.Maybe Iris got involved with Dan as a revenge on Susan. Although a bit of a soapy coincidence the dramatic impact on those core characters might have made for some riveting storylines. What do you think?

Looking at Jason 47's wonderful page I notice that in the 60's and 70's new characters were always recurring at first and then became contract. Does anyone know the reason for this? Wasn't it possible that an actor could move on and force the show to recast?(not that it seemed to happen).

Mary Ann Mobley, who played Dr Beth Everdene in 88 has died aged 77.

Mary Ann Mobley, former Miss America turned actress has died age 77. She was on GH in the late 70's as Jonelle Andrews.

Just saw the movie 'Pride' and discovered the lead actor was Ben Schnetzer,son of Stephen Schnetzer and Nancy Snyder.He was excellent and the movie was great.

Great to see these episodes. This is the first time I've seen Tom Selleck,Susan Brown and Paul Stevens on Y&R. So Susan's character Fran was an old friend of Stu's and a possible romantic interest.Any one know how long she was on and how far her story progressed? Didn't Lanna Saunders play Mrs Selleck? I know Y&R wanted to sign Tom but he refused so they eventually dropped him. I wonder what story Bill Bell would have played had Jed stayed on. Maybe a variation of the Lance/Lorie story?

SFK, you need to visit The Doctors thread!

Bethel's delivery and take on the character reminds me of Constance Ford - the lack of eye contact and rolling of eyes. It will be interesting if Lydia takes that on, especially when she was temp replacing.. The Anderson story seems quite daring for the time.Notice he referred to 'the spirit' rather than 'god' - no way would that have been allowed. Looks like this and possibly the Ed Stark story may be the next short arc stories. I wonder how long they kept up this format of having these stories weave in and out? In the initial eps we saw Rick Edelstein was story editor and then his name no longer appeared.Later in 68 he becomes co headwriter,so I wonder what went down there?

Judy Dewey,who filled in for Laura Malone on AW during Malone's maternity leave replaced her as Blaine. Wasn't Jess Walton rushed in to replace Brenda Dickson as Y&R's Jill with no firm guarantee of taking over the role?

Re Denise Alexander. I think she wanted out once her contract was up as she is an LA girl at heart. Also, the role of Mary never lived up to potential or created the kind of buzz as did her roles as Lesley on GH or Susan on DOOL. As for the McKinnons,all the children had been dropped - MJ,Kathleen and Cheryl and Ben had never been brought back so Vince and Mary were parents of absentee children,thus limiting their relevance on the canvas. Only Jake was around as a surrogate child. I think Lemay would have gone back to the Frames and Matthews as the Loves and McKinnons,supposedly the next core families had not been nurtured. There were a lot of previous characters that had potential to return and the next generation for story possibilities. Evan Frame was an example of that.

Variety March 13th 1968 Nancy Hsueh, has been out of sight in recent weeks, and reliable word has it that she-and the part of "Mia" that she played-won't be back. This can hardly surprise anyone who's kept pace with the story convolutions this new daytime strip has gone though since its establishment last fall in the web's afternoon drama.

Variety May 24th 1967 Negro actor P. Jay Sidney has notified producers of the Procter & Gamble-CBS soaper, "As the World Turns," that he will not work the strip again without a contract. Sidney, who has made 14 appearances on the show, claims that white actors with similar feature roles are on contract. Sidney played Dr Bellamy. I wonder what the outcome of that was.Irna Phillips wanted to include Black actors on the show but refused to show them as janitors etc Nonetheless,she did not take kindly to actors setting the agenda. Maybe she would have had little to do with this and Dr Bellamy was dropped quickly and quietly.

Al Hinckley as Ralph Anderson Mary Jordan as Greta Powers John Carpenter as Fred Harrison

Variety October 11th 1967 In its 2nd week Love Is A Many Splendored Thing had a 7.6 to be beaten by DOOL 8.3 The Doctors had a 9.5 to Art Linkletter's 9.2 - the first time TD had beaten Linkletter. And then at 3 AW beat To Tell The Truth. The first time CBS daytime dominance had been threatened.

Around this time August 67 The Doctors was winning its time period up against Art Linkletter on CBS and Dream Girl 67 on ABC. NBC must have been thrilled with Rita Lakin's work as that was the first time TD had beaten Linkletter. As a result Dream Girl was dropped for something called 'The Baby Game'which began Jan 1st 68 and lasted until July 68. Later in 68,CBS would drop Art Linkletter after 15 years in that slot and The Doctors would go up against The Guiding Light.

Variety April 3rd 1968 mentions Conrad Roberts. His part In the Colgate soap, that of a medico back from the wars, incepted last week. As Roberts noted, his is the first three-dimensional black characterization featured on the serial Some cast lists have Roberts playing Dr Simon Roberts while others including IMDB have Mel Winkler in that part. In addition to P Jay Sidney,Clarissa Gaylor will play Mrs Stark.