Paul Raven

Edward Grover played Gil Stallings. Please post the Bob/Sandy stuff as I'm sure your summary will provide a different slant on the storyline.

Courtesy of French Fan,here's how some of 74 was summarized Mrs. West asked Bob if she could return to him since John has foisted her on to Rick. John accused Bob of trying to challenge his position as head of medical services. Jennifer was upset when Rick defaulted on a loan Bob cosigned for him. John maligned Bob and Rick to Kim and told her it was none of her business. However, he continued to force Kim to socialize and was very upset when she walked out on a dinner with a couple whose views on basic values disgusted her. She later said their marriage was a mistake and should be ended. John answered he knew who the father of the child she miscarried was. John made it clear Jen would learn if she divorced. A very suspicious delivery man was found near the bookstore and when Lisa described the man to Jay, he realized he was his stepfather, Gil Stallings. Nobody believed that Gil is the one who tried to kill Lisa twice. A night, Gil locked Lisa in a closet and told Jay he married her mother for the money but the money was left to Jay. He would kill Lisa and made it look as though Jay killed her and then killed himsel. Grant learned form Salt Lake City police Gil inherited Jay’s legacy and realized Jay and Lisa were in danger. He surprised Gil who had shot Jay. Jay was hospitalized and Gil was killed escaping. Ellen and David discussed Dan staying in England because of Susan’s threats to take their daughter Emily from him. Ironically, a mutual research project between hospital meants David might be working closely with Susan. Kim begged John to let her go and insisted a marriage relationship with him would disgust her. John found Kim packed and ready to move but dialed Jen’s number and Kim realized he would go through with her threat. She backed down then saw a minister Rev. Booth explaining about the one night stand with Bob before her marriage. He said he would talk to John but John was furious. When a Mrs. Wilson called Rick at 1 a.m. he told her it was indigestion but at 3 a.m. John was called: it was a coronary. Mrs. Wilson’s sister, Marsha Davidson was an important social contact for John who took care of Mrs. Wilson. Kim was distgusted that John was concerned for Mrs. Wilson because of her sister’s patronage. Jay was cleared of all involvment in the murder attempts on Lisa and he tried to buy into the construction company. He was turned flat and bought up yhe own,er Mr. Herschel’s big note. Grant admitted he wanted a future with Lisa and went to San Francisco to free himself from his ex-wife. Then he asked Lisa if she had ever considered Jay might be in love with her. She laughed but Jay said to himself he would win her. Tom felt he was penalized for working in Grant Coleman’s department at the family law firm. Carol was afraid that Tom would quit and felt part of Tom’s discontent was the fact she was unable to have a child. Lisa tried to convince Grant into giving Tom a raise but he refused. Susan was working with David on an antibody resarch project and tried to impress her ex-father-in-law. Mark was becoming annoyed at the way she was hiding their relationship but she explained she could not give Dan any ammunition to open the custody case. Susan tried to cut down Dan’s visits to Emily claiming she did not adjust well. She made sure Dan met Mark but Mark sensed she tried to make Dan feel badly with Emily. John implied Susan wanted Dan back she she denied it. Tom was involved with his first case: defending Natalie Bannon and Carol felt excluded. One night Tom got away early and was furious to find Carol at the Book Shop. After another dizzy spell, Jennifer realized she had an incurable condition. Bob realized Jennifer knew and he encouraged her to live each day to its fullest. Kim returned from vacation and Jen apologized for forcing Kim to go away with John. Grant decided to file for divorce so he and Lisa would not wait. Joyce arrived in Oakdale claiming she wanted Grant back. She asked Lisa if she and Grant were lovers but Lisa did not answer. A night, Grant found Joyce very ill and rushed her to the hospital where appendictis was diagnosed. Lisa understood he wanted to be near Joyce. Dan performed the surgery and while Joyce survived, peritonitis infection was severe. For Joyce’s recovery, Grant said he still had feelings for her. Jay presented Lisa with an expensive pin and hoped she had feelings for him. She felt upset and told him he should move from the Book Shop apartment. Carol began to realize Lisa was the girl Jay was in love with.

Yes and synopses later in the year again mention Dr Brandt,so I would assume that Rogers returned to the role.

April 15th 1977 Producer Doctoring The Doctors by Jon Michael Reed. Jeff Young,producer of "The Doctors" has been doctoring his show with a slew of new characters and storylines over the past year. To mark the serial's 14th anniversary,April 1st, he introduced a "peppier,livelier" jazzed-up version of it's theme music during a special one hour edition a few days earlier. The NBC graphics department also executed a new opening, featuring a romanticized montage of the shows major performers a la the innovative titles of "The Young and the Restless". Changes continue this week with the debut of John Shearin in the returning role of Mike Powers, previously played by Armand Assante. Shearin,who'll commute to the NY studios of "The Doctors" from Baltimore, where he lives with his wife,recently understudied two roles in Broadway's The Comedians. So he's not a novice in taking over someone else's role. Another "Doctors" inheritor is Katherine Eckles,who replaces Fanny Speiss in the role of Wendy Conrad, a role that has been "matured" in order to provide a story of a mother daughter contest over the affections of a young buck. The other major casting switch is the casting of Gordon Rigsby in the role of Dr McClintock. Gordon was a director at OLTL for many years as well as several recent episodes of "The Doctors". McClintock will handle Carolee's professional care after the exit of her physician Dr Brandt. Actor Gil Rogers, in the latter role, departed to play executed convict Gary Gilmore in an upcoming PBS special. I never knew Rigsby and Rogers were on the show. There must be so many other recurring roles played by known actors that are unreported. I don't think the Wendy/Eleanor rivalry came to pass. Were they slated to fight over Luke?

All my references have her listed simply as Sue. Sue Knowles was a later character in the early 60's played by Audra Lindley.

Black actress Billie Allen was part of the Flame cast in 65.Does anyone know who she played? Allen went on to play Ada #1 on EON.

Kitty Foyle had been a book,a movie and a radio soap.I wonder which template (if any)they planned to follow?

The whole Love/McKinnon story was a bust from the outset.The premise of Mary back from the dead and an amnesiac and married to Reg was a stretch .The we had Vince having to be recast to fit the story,the creation of Cheryl,complete ignorance of the viable character of Ben.It was almost like DePriest came up with the story and twisted things around to fit it. Then you had Jamie recast and now a doctor,bad recasts for Nicole and Vicky. I remember reading in SOD that by the end of 86 they had only 6 characters left from the start of the year. I think Eplin and Wheeler asked to be released from their contracts.Did Stuart,Schnetzer and Osburn all leave when their contracts were up?

That rundown of the 73/74 story was terrific. Thanks so much for taking the time to detail that storyline. Your passion really came through. I was interested in your comments regarding Rick/Con Roche.when reading your summary I felt that there was a lot of mileage to be had from that character.John and Rick could have had an uneasy alliance that would have gone on for years,each trying to one up the other but also bound together by their dislike of Bob and the Hughes.Imagine if Rick had gone after Carol or got involved with Lisa in some way... Keeping Rick on the canvas and bringing back Barbara much sooner (maybe when the show went to 60 min) would have kept the core tighter in my opinion. Not having seen the show at the time it seemed the show faltered a little when this story wound down. Kim was put into the John/Dan story which kept things humming for a few more years,but Bob really had nothing strong after that in terms of romance.Then when Kim and Dan finally married,that was the end of that saga. Of course all shows have that issue when the tortured couple finally get together eg Days with Bill/Laura and Doug/Julie and it takes masterful writing to have another equally compelling plot ready to take over. Re the later Sabrina plot,i agree with the posts previously that stated that Sabrina should have been a more interesting character who perhaps had had an unfortunate upbringing and caused a lot of trouble.Overall Sabrina had little impact on the show. Saynotoursoap,hope you can continue to detail 74 and the shows expansion in 75 and your feelings about the storylines of that time.

Jet magazine reported in Oct 82 that actor Ben Harney ,Tony award winner for Dreamgirls would be playing Dr Gregory Stone and be involved with Nurse Hollis Rogers played by Donna Drake. Did Ben/Gregory ever make it to air or was the show cancelled before he taped any shows?

Ouch! Deb was not holding back. The general consensus was that AMC was a little uneven in its first years but surely not as bad as she makes out.

Keith Charles took over the role of Brian,even though he had been on before as Nick Kane.

Ethel Remey played Elsie years before becoming Alma on ATWT. I think years later (in the 70's?) Bert got news that her mother had died.I wonder why,after years of ignoring the character,they decided to write in her death?

Interesting that Lynn would compare the two shows in that she was only on SFT till the age of 16,so her experiences would be very different. I don't think her Patti had any 'adult' stories.Surprised that she said things were unprofessional-how would this be allowed to happen when they had to tape a show everyday?

Funny how things turn out.Had Barbara gone back to Storm,she might have missed out on playing Joyce on ATWT for many years. The late 70's must have been a tough time for many older soap actors as there were so many firings and not much chance of hopping to another show.Wonder if Rodell and others were prepared financially and emotionally for it all.

Many thanks for all these articles as they give info that is otherwise unknown(at least by me!) eg that Lassen was off 73-74. It seems hard to believe that they had no story for Patti,but I guess juggling a small cast meant it was hard to fit everything in.I assume Len was written off as well. I guess their return was the time that Len was recast with Jeff Pomerantz as Dino did not want to return. Ralph Ellis I think was responsible for the return of Janet and bringing on Liza and Gary and Bruce (Jo's ward). Maybe also Kathy. He really revitalised and freshened up the show and layed the groundwork for years of story.I think he was headwriter from 71-73.

Some Edge photo memories

It seems that Margaret Hayes's daughter she mentions is actress Tracy Brooks Swope who appeared on WTHI and AW.

Did they hint at a Nancy/Jake/Marley triangle?