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Some episode summaries of eps available at The Paley Center Friday Dec 1st 67 After receiving a call from Lisa, who sounds very sick, Bob prepares to go to her apartment and check on her. He convinces Chris not to mention anything to Nancy because it is probably nothing and Bob doesn't want Nancy worrying. Arriving at Lisa's apartment, Bob is perplexed by her serious cough and does a routine examination on her which indicates she has pneumonia. Bob says it is imperative that Lisa get to the hospital for a thorough examination but she refuses to leave the apartment. He can't understand why she refuses to go to the hospital, but the reason becomes clear when Lisa tells him she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Chris and Pa talk about the mystery behind Sandy's disappearance and whether she will show up for the holiday season. Bob is shocked by Lisa's news and can't understand why she would let herself become pregnant again. Bob arranges for Lisa to have a private room at the hospital and she reluctantly agrees. Monday Nov 1st 1965 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. Friday Oct 7th 1966 Claire Cassen lies wideawake in the middle of the night waiting for her husband, Dr. Doug Cassen, to arrive home from a house call to Mrs. Rogers. When Doug returns home, he's very distraught because his patient has suddenly died of heart failure. The next day, Ted Rogers visits Doug's office to find out exactly what happened to his wife. Doug doesn't know what to tell Ted, and the grieving husband demands that an autopsy be done. Doug then reveals some past medical information about Mrs. Rogers which shocks Ted. In a rage, Ted pushes Doug away and the doctor trips over a chair and hits his head on the floor.

So Bill went off to Chicago to live with Simone.when he came back in 84,was Simone mentioned? Strange that Hillary would stay in Springfield with her new family and not join her parents in Chicago. How was this explained? One of the first things PFS did was introduced Black characters,mother and son Helen and Clay Tynan.

Carl,i was referring to Bill's first death in 68. Browne had to write around Pat Falken Smith's short stint,which in turn came about after Marland leaving suddenly so there was a lot of turmoil. From SOD synopses at the time it seemed like the show concentrated on one or two stories and everything else was filler.

Fascinating discussion. One question that I hope someone will answer.Were Hillary and her brother (Paul?) the biological children of Bill? If so ,how was that explained? I thought it was stated onscreen that Bill had been gone for about 10 years.Am I mistaken? Hillary was supposed to be early 20's when she arrived,so was it actually stated that it was more like 20 years? Or had Bill and Simone been carrying on this affair during his previous time on the show? Which writers killed off Bill? Did Ed Bryce want to leave,or was it thought to be a dramatic plot for the show?

SPW reported that in addition to Chris Bruno,who scored the role of Michael on AMC,other possibilities included Bruce Thomas (who got the part of Jonathan Kinder) James Goodwin (ex Kevin AW,ex Johnny GL) and Bill shanks (ex Casey ATWT).

That says something about the reasons for the decline of the shows.The constant cast changes that began in the 80's ultimately weakened the structure of the shows and gave them no solid base to fall back on.

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Mary Frann in her RTPP days.

Fantastic post.Thank you Matt.Does anyone know the background to this? How did Liz come to be on the ledge and why did Nick and Althea's relationship have a bearing on this? Why was Liz living with Althea?

Vera Moore played Linda Metcalf who was half sister (?) of Peggy Nolan (Micki Grant) Lee and Peggy

Betsy Palmer and Pearl Bailey played friends of Ellen after her divorce.Who is the woman in the first pic?

Mark Pinter tested for the role of Grant on AW and was offered the role but he and the producers couldn't come to terms.Three years later he was called upon to take over from Dack Rambo. Jeff Trachta tested with Jess Walton and Jerry Douglas for Jack on Y&R.Bill Bell thought he was too young but decided to use him as Thorne on B&B. Randy Brooks tested for the role of Griffin on GL. Geoffrey Ewing who got the part of Griffin,previously signed a 2 year contract with AW as Quinn's love interest but a strike intervened and he was dropped after 4 eps. According to the AWHP that role was DA Adam Banks.

I'm getting an Eileen Davidson vibe- could she work as a Kristen recast on DOOL?

Mark and JulieNiki and Vinnie

Dorrie Kavanaugh as Cathy Craig

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Has Marianne Tatum been mentioned as replacing Christine Tudor as Gwyn on Loving? It was late 89 and Tudor suffered a ruptured appendix.

SOD reported that Lydia Hannibal (Chris RH) and BJ Jefferson (Ronnie AW) were contenders for the role of Angie on AMC when Debbi Morgan left for Generations

Robert Parucha (Matt Miller Y&R) auditioned for Jeff Hartman on Loving and Jamie Frame and Grant Harrison on AW.

Joanna Lee,I think.