Paul Raven

FLAME IN THE WIND/A TIME FOR US Nancy Tyler Carol Guilford

WILLIAM GRIFFIS RADIO ROAD OF LIFE Mr Baedecker TELEVISION EDGE OF NIGHT Bartender 1966

JOE SILVER THE EDGE OF NIGHT Pat Sherman nightclub owner 1957 according to a newspaper article Pat Sherman was his 1964 role. Ted Price 1958 Davey Davidson 1962 Danny Fenton 1964

AS THE WORLD TURNS Bookstore owner ....John Gerstad 1971

YALE SUMMERS DAY IN COURT

ROSS MARTIN RADIO JANICE GREY (local radio serial) 1946

The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass Friday, September 25,1992 Soap opera writer rules destinies CHICAGO - Kay Alden's life is a soap opera. Really. As a head writer for CBS' The Young and the Restless," she helped capture its first Emmy for writing this summer. But, more important, she's helped decide matters of life and death, rule entire destinies and change the courses of lives — characters' lives, that is — when real-life circumstances require it. Contracts and storylines often cause characters' deaths or sudden departures from Genoa City, the program's Midwestern setting, she said. Sometimes, a villain becomes so evil he's beyond redemption and must be killed or imprisoned. But death isn't always certain in soap opera land. Like a cat with nine lives, characters can overcome the toughest adversity. Take the program's David, wealthy Nina's greedy, murderous husband. Nina thought she'd shot him dead, only to team he had undergone plastic surgery, had taken on a new identity and started dating her mother. But David got his just rewards: First, "his surgeon carved the words "KILLER" into his forehead, and later he was fatally smashed in a trash compactor. "Garbage to garbage, we said," recalled Alden. Some villains are just too delectable to kill. Take Sheila, who apparently died in a fire — only to sneak out alive. She's still playing the same role but is hiding out and creating more havoc on Bell's other soap, "The Bold and the Beautiful," set in Los Angeles. "In Sheila, we had a character people hated so much, but loved to hate," Alden said. "She was not redeemable. .... (But) we didn't want to put her in a mental institution or jail. And we definitely did not want to kill her. Alden, who writes from her home, faxes her copy to the Los Angeles based program and discusses story lines by phone probably 20 hours a week with the other writers, including creator Bill Bell. She began writing for the 19-year-old program 18 years ago. Alden, 45, said Bell develops most of the story ideas and the writing team helps execute them. "We probably have a story line in mind six months ahead of time," she said recently. Soap writers occasionally live to regret some story lines The character Victor, for instance, started out as a jealous maniac who locked wife Julia's lover in a basement cell — only years later to turn into a rich businessman and pillar of the community. "When the character of Victor came on the show, I think we hired him for maybe six weeks or six months," she said, noting the writers hadn't expected him to become a permanent, relatively good character. Unlike many of her characters, Alden, the mother of three, has been happily married for 13 years. Alden has enjoyed soaps since she was a child. "Literally, I'd thought since I was very young probably the neatest thing you could really do would be to be a soap opera actress," she said. "Being a writer is probably the best of all possible worlds: You get to do all the parts that way

Courier Express, 28 August 1974SOAP SY¥NOPSIS-'"Search for Tomorrow"" - Convinced that Doug is going to live despite permanent paralysis, Eunice, who has been keeping a constant vigil at the hospital, admits to Doug that she is still very much in love with him, proving it by neglecting John and her new marriage. He urges her to leave. Doug wants to see only Scotty, whom he tells to see to it that Eunice never returns andd to find a way to let him die. Scott, horrified, leaves the room to find Cathy has returned from Europe. After a short confrontation, Scott and Jennifer return to her apartment where 'he admits for the first time he's in love with her and that his marriage to Cathy is over. AT HOME, Cathy finds Eric overjoyed to see her, but she must explain to him that she and Scott have many problems. Cathy says she'll move to a hotel until she can think things out clearly. Eric later begs Scott not to divorce Cathy. Len, who had promised himself to go to the police admitting he was the hit-and-run driver responsible for Doug's accident, now asks Patti to leave Henderson for good. Patti ,elated over the birth of their daughter, is mystified at Len's sudden request. Dr. Osmond tells Stephanie that he will leave Oakport and move his practice to Switzerland, He asks that she accompany him. Stephanie, however, must think of her daughter Wendy and, of course, her love for Dr. Tony Vincente, who now realizes he is the father her 10-year-old daughter, though (Stephanie denies it.) Jo, not knowing of Tony's and Stephanie's past, suggests she may be able to find Stephanie a permanent job in Henderson. Buffalo Courier Express, 18 December 1974Search for Tomorrow." (12:30 p.m. Ch. 4). Not being able to mutually reach any type of an agreement about Stephanie Wilkins and her daughter Wendy, it appears: the once secure marriage of Joanne and Dr. Tony Vincente is headed for, serious trouble. Although wanting to trust her husband completely, Jo is finding it extremely difficult especially now that Tony is breaking personal engagements and working late with Stephanie. Knowing. she and Wendy are causing problems in Tony’s marriage, Stephanie decides. to. confront Tony about his visits with Wendy, where she so cleverly always. manages to be present. Much to her satisfaction, Tony assures her that he will continue to see Wendy, his 10-year-old daughter, who according to Stephanie, is the product of their past affair, whenever it is possible. Stopping by Patti and Len's to show them the locket she purchased for Tracy's first Christmas, Jo finds Wendy present playing with little Chris. Wendy immediately notices the locket and is quick to show off hers, a gift she received several years ago from her father Dave Wilkins. When Jo reads the touching inscription, she knows she must follow her instincts. Sensing for quite some time that Stephanie was using Wendy to get Tony back, Jo is now determined to visit Dave Wilkins and find out once and for all the truth about just who is Wendy's natural father. One can only ponder as to Tony's reaction when and if he learns he is definitely not Wendy's father. Just when he assumes he has gotten his life back to normal, Scott Phillips receives an emergency phone call that Jennifer has attempted suicide. He immediately leaves Cathy and rushes to be Jennifer's side. However, upon his arrival, Scott is met by Dr. Wade Collins, who regretfully informs him that this was not Jennifer's first attempt to end her life. Having told Wade that if she cannot have Scott's love, she will continué trying to kill herself no matter how closely the hospital staff watches her, Wade desperately begs Scott to find a way to convince her that she must live. Scott, feeling totally responsible for Jennifer, tells her he still loves her and took Cathy back only out of gratitude. Believing everything Scott says, Jennifer makes a remarkable recovery and is returned to prison a much happier person. Being an excellent psychiatrist as well as a true friend, Wade tries persuade Jennifer that she needs help, but, she is sure Scott is her only cure, thus leaving him terribly concerned about a woman who he strongly believes has been unstable for some time. Scott tells Cathy the entire truth about his visit with Jennifer and she agrees to go along with him, but has grave doubts about how all this will affect her marriage. Meanwhile, Scott visits Sam Hunter and makes a deal with him to reduce Jennifer's charge from first-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter. Scott informs Jennifer of this unexpected decision and she agrees knowing she will be put on bail for at least 30 days beginning immediately. Jennifer assumes she and Scott will be spending all this time together, which leaves him concerned about Cathy and Eric. The long awaited trial of Dr. Len Whiting, guilty of hit and run, drunken driving which resulted in Douglas Martin's permanent paralysis and eventual death was finally over. With Kathy Phillips as his competent lawyer, he was handed the minimum sentence, two years in the state penitentiary. However, with Cathy's excellent summation Len's sentence was suspended providing he uses his medical skills to help in poverty stricken areas. The judge's decision leaves Patti and Len extremely happy knowing they can now look ahead to & bright future, Cathy returns home, pleased about her victory but finding Scott terribly troubled. Scott informs Cathy he must be with Jennifer for the next few weeks, otherwise she will destroy herself. Being more than understanding in the past, Cathy is horrified to learn about his plans. He tell Cathy he loves her and Eric, but he feels he must get Jennifer together mentally before she learns the truth about the two of them. Will Cathy once again swallow her pride and allow Scott to do what he feels he must, or will she finally realize Jennifer will always be a part of Scott's life?

Surely Bond Gideon was available?

Y&R- Wings Hauser auditioned for Lucas Prentiss before being cast as Greg Foster.

Courier Express, 15 April 1979Days Actress Has Change of Fortune by Jon Michael Reed. How quickly fortunes change in soapland. Three months ago Mary Frann was told she would no longer be a regular in the role of Amanda on "Days of Our Lives" A new head writer had altered Mary and Amanda's fates. Mary joined Days in 1974 after a years stint on the now defunct 'Return to Peyton Place' as industrialist D. B. Bentley. Prior to that had been a 1961 Junior Miss beauty contestant and a TV weather announcer in her hometown, St. Louls, Mo. The actress' first duties on "Days" involved Amanda Howard's suicidal malaise, which was remedied by married medico Greg Peters, who later left his wife to devote his attentions to Amanda. Another doctor, Nell Curtis, also tailed Amanda relentlessly. But after brain surgery and memory loss, Amanda realized that Nell was a snake in the grass and eventually married Greg. Last fall, the couple moved to Chicago and out of the Salem, U.S.A. spotlight on "Days." MEANWHILE, the on-screen romance of Chris Kositcheck and Mary Anderson grew stale without a third party to cause emotional conflict. Also, actors Josh Taylor (Chris) and Barbara Stanger (Mary) weren't hiding the fact that they were not, to put it mildly, compatible as a romantic screen duo. They barely speak to éach other once the cameras stop rolling. The show's new writer has brought Amanda back into the picture, explained that her marriage to Greg wasn't working, and it appears that Amanda and Chris are slated to provide future story juice. Does that mean that Mary Frann is back on ''Days" permanently? According to the studio, "Mary is not a contract player. But we will use her in the story when her schedule and our production schedule are agreeable." And, of course, if Amanda and Chris' sparks ignite audience interest, you can bet that she'll be around the Salem scene more regularly.

Couldn't find a thread for this groundbreaking show. Courier Express, 21 April 1974AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION> ALMOST ANYTHING GOES by Patricia Angly. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, is a country which, until recently banned the sale of Playboy magazine and Portnoy's Complaint, TVviewers are having a field day watching one of-the-most rutty-sex-ridden half-hour programs in existence. It's called 96, the number of an apartment building, and it details the lives and loves of some 16 inhabitants there. In the past 18 months the program has developed into a national phenomenon, saved a TV channel from near bankruptcy, and become the subject of heavy debate in Parliament. Some 4 million Australians-one third of the nation-watch the program, which is telecast at 8:30 p.m., and apparently identify with its characters. One of them is a homosexual lawyer. Two are Hungarian migrants. A fourth is the caretaker, or "conserge" as she calls herself, who keeps abreast of the problems of her neighbors. And what problems: insanity, lesbianism, murder, rape, incest, alcoholism and religious fanaticism. According to the show's producer, Robert Huber, an American who used to work in educational TV in Ohio and California, "The problems we deal with are normal and average." "I think," he declares, "ours is one of the most moral shows I've ever been associated with, Evil never triumphs. We only show nudity when the occasion demands it. Characters in 96 take baths because people do bathe and they do continue conversations with their husbands or wives while in the tub." "We are able," Huber elaborates, "to take up. causes and comment on life through our program. Take homosexuality. In Australia it was looked upon In with a great deal of disgust in comparison to other countries. We present our homosexual as a very normal person leading a very normal life. He's one of our favorite characters. He gets a tremendous amount of mail, especially from girls. They are obviously aware he is homosexul,, but accept him quite readily. Despite an enormous public relations buildup including free T-shirts, a Sydney-to-Melbourne train-run, and a Number 96 photo album of the stars, not all the reaction to the show has been favorable. EYE ON PRURIENCE From the start of the series the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, the federal authority responsible for "good taste" on the Australian tube, has been keeping its eye on the more "prurient" aspects of 96. The board did not appreciate one scene in which a husband is indiscreetly fondling his pregnant wife. Although the control board here has some basic rules, such as no sex on the screen before 8:30 p.m., it has no explicit guidelines. Miles Wright, chairman of the board, views the astounding success of 96 as an overreaction to the period when Australia severely censored its books and films. Other Australian TV producers are of course jumping on the same sex bandwagon. Channel 10, the originators of 96, whose owners include NBC, follows 96 on Tuesday and Thursday nights with a program called The Box .This series exarnines the innermost workings of a TV station. Its first nude scene, of a young lady getting out of bed, wandering around, and then bedding down again, was deleted by the control board, because as Wright explained, "there was no dialogue, so we didn't see any dramatic merit in it." Distressed as some factions of the TV audience purport to be, many viewers concede that 96 is habit-forming. Some even compare it to the once popular American soap opera, Peyton Place, which in comparisonis a sedate tea party. A few weeks ago one viewer wrote the editor of a weekly magazine about the trend in Australian TV and said: "Let us not despair, sir, in all our degeneracy. Comfort, if not salvation, lies in the fact that in these times of renewed national, - spirit, there's nothing that unites people like bad taste.

Soap Report BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS, Sunday, February 24, 1980 It's Tough to be a Man By JON-MICHAEL REED United Features NEW YORK- It's not easy being opera heartthrob idol when the story odds are against you. ''The main problem for an actor on a soap", says Peter Bergman, who appears on "All My Children" as Dr. Cliff Warner "is to remain strong. Usually, men on soaps are merely appendages of women and their stories. It's tough to surmount some of the plot situations, but I try to make Cliff energetic and forceful. It's often a struggle to make the character something other than weak and indecisive." Bergman's Cliff is a man who at least attempts to take charge of situations that revolve around the character's romantic partner. And Bergman's appealing sensitivity and lively, goodnatured manner have hurtled him to the top of current list of reigning afternoon golden boys. It doesn't hurt that he's involved in a story that is classically endearing to serial audiences. "Cliff and his sweetheart Nina are involved in a story that's based on a fragile, honest, simple, pure relationship. It's an old-fashioned romance that also has a tinge of something Gothically threatening in her background," says Bergman. "I'm lucky to be playing opposite someone like Taylor Miller (who plays Nina). There's a chemical reaction between us that is exciting and sensual but not blatantly sexual." PETER CLAIMS that he and Cliff share an idealistic, optimistic, hopelessly romantic nature. Their backgrounds, are decidedly different. Bergman was born in a naval hospital in Cuba where his father, a career navy man, was based. Peter grew up in Camp Springs, Md., and had no acting ambitions as a youngster. In high school he sang in a rock-and-roll band and was on the football and boxing teams. His strict Southeren Baptist parents encouraged him to be a teacher. But he got interested in theater by chasing a girl. "I was something of a rabble rouser type and thought actors were néurotic, pain-in-the-butt people,"" remembers Peter. "But I liked one special girl who convinced me to try out for a school production of 'Peter Pan."' And he won the role of Captain Hook. At Prince George's College he majored in English but was hooked on the applause of school productions. He moved to New York City to study at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. To pay for tuition he worked in construction and was a building janitor. He met actress-singer Christine Ebersole at the Academy and they were married in June of 1976. "I was the typical struggling actor," says Peter, "who was working as a waiter while she toured: in productions of 'I Love My Wife' and 'On the 20th Century.' We weren't growing at the same rate. We were moving in two worlds I was confused, jealous and angry at her success while mine was non existent. I got my own place for awhile and went into therapy. Then things started happening to my career. An agent spotted his Academy work and got him roles on "Kojak," a few other nighttime series, and many commercials. He played bit roles on other soaps, then auditioned for "All My Children" in the role of Jeff. But Agnes Nixon, the show's creator, had a new story in mind, and last May Peter joined the show as Cliff whose story with Nina has been moving fast and heavy ever since. Since Peter has job security and Christine has settled into a Broadway run as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma! ' the couple recently moved into a new apartment and "solidified what we once had and lost because of my insecurities," according to Peter, who finds his new found acclaim rewarding but scary. "The audience reaction and adulation is sometimes bizarre and unnerving but always gratifying. There's a temptation to be sucked in by it, to believe that I just may be the greatest thing on earth. But I think I'm secure enough now that I'll keep my head and not become Mr. Big TV Star."

I was just wondering if and when we were ever going to see Jill again. How much notice would Jess be given that she was needed? I hope that there is not more to this ie Jess is not well or not interested in returning. Lauren will give a different vibe - definitely more glamourous than Jess current version of Jill. When she came on as Lindsey I remember thinking she would have made a good Jill.

Courier Express, 18 October 1981‘Hospltal’ intrlgue behlnd-the-scenes. PATRICIA FALKEN SMITH is mad as hell and she intends to take it out on her former intends bosses -the producer of "General Hospital" and ABC daytime program executive who preside over that enormously popular soap opera. As reported here recently, Falken Smith was the head writer for "General Hospital" for 2 and a half years through last month. But in the wake of a series of disagreements with "GH" producer Gloria Monty, Smith and her entire writing staff have departed and now toiling on the storyline of rival NBC soap Days of Our Lives. Monty says Smith was fired , Smith insists she got tired of working at GH and quit. In fact, Falken Smith is so upset by what she believes are deliberate attempts by Monty and ABC daytime exec Jaqueline Smith to embarrass her, that she's making noises about suing them unless they both publicly declare that her leaving GH was a genuine resignation and not a firing. "I won't be maligned by these two crummy broads," Falken Smith told this column. "I made their....show No. 1 and they've done nothing but scheme to stop me and my staff from getting the credit we deserve. We took those awful, corny plots Gloria and Jackie dreamed up and turned the show around. "'But now, because their stupid science-fiction storyline was such a drag all Summer, they're trying to blame me. But that bad Summer story wasn't created by me. It was created by the scab writers who worked last spring during the writers' strike which I honored because I am a very strong union person. I refused to scab during the strike, and that's what got me in trouble with those two insecure broads. When I came back July 15, after the strike, they dumped all over me and made my life miserable. So I quit, and then they put out the word that I got fired. All I know is I'm now the head writer on 'Days of Our Lives', my entire staff came over here with and and I look forward to making the show No. 1 and watching 'General Hospital sink into oblivion

Courier Express, 21 December 1980Jean Simmons joins prime-time soaper MISS SIMMONS stars as the matron of an aristocratic San Francisco publishing family in Golden Gate, proposed primetime soap opera in the mold of "Dallas." The pilot show tells the story of the Kingsleys, played by Richard Kiley and Miss Simmons, owners of the fictional San Francisco Bulletin, and their two children, Perry King and Mary Cros by, who was Kristin, the woman who shot J.R. on Miss Simmons said she and executive producer Lin Bolen had a certain unnamed grande dame of publishing in mind as the model for Jane Spencer Kingsley. "I'VE NEVER DONE a series before so I don't know what to expect," Miss Simmons said in an interview in her Santa Monica home. "I would hope that my character would sort of pop in and out." She said she's never purposely avoided a TV series. 'I've never really thought about it. But as I get on in life I find the less I want to work. I'd like to do a lot of traveling." Her role in the film frequently calls for her to be an intermediary between her husband and son, who are at sword's point ''We did a lot of kidding on the set about how we could get Richard to sing. (Kiley was Broadway's "'Man of La Mancha.") He only sings in the shower in the movie, and when I don't hear him I discover that he's had a stroke." Miss Simmons formerly was married to writer-director Richard Brooks, and has two daughters, Tracy and Kate, named after Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hep burn. She starred with Tracy in The Actress. "I WAS BORN within the sound of the Bow Bells in London," she said. ''That makes me a real Cockney. I grew up with a Cockney accent. When the the Rank Organization put me under contract I had to talk like a lady. We had to take elocution lessons. ''Michael Caine broke the rules in Alfie. He was a hero with a Cockney accent. Things became much better after that." HER FIRST MOVIE was Give Us the Moon, and her first American movie was Androcles and the Lion, for Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes bought my contract," she said. "I woke up one morning and found myself working for Hughes. I'd met him earlier and found him to be very nice." She said she considers Elmer Gantry to be her favorite movie, but she said she also particularly likes The Actress.

So Mitch is an amnesiac but still has money? OK so then he would either have a credit card or wallet with some ID?

Survivors aired Monday @9 up against NBC Monday movie and Mayberry/Doris Day on CBS.

Male appeal was important to the networks as well, although they recognized the bulk of the viewers were female. Knots admitted losing Don Murray as the strong male lead was a mistake and Kevin Dobson was brought on to strengthen that side of things. It would be interesting to see the demos for KL and Hill St Blues as they fought it out Thurs @ 10.

Episode guarantees are way down to save money.Most of the cast seem to be on a 2 ep a week deal. The Mariah story continues on it's spiral with no appearances this month.

One Day At a Time. Always a success, but followed Mash,All in the Family/ Archie Bunker. The one time it was scheduled as a 9pm lead in 1979, it flopped and went back to a being the second half of a comedy hour. And as soon as the lead show was weaker eg Four Seasons and Maggie Briggs, ODAAT dropped out of the Top 30. Time slot hit.

I think the exec producer credit was pretty much a title only thing. I doubt he was anywhere near the studio. It just gave him a little more influence/power. Have you seen the number of exec, supervising etc producer titles on some primetime shows? Endless. A bit like singers insisting on songwriting credits to make more cash. It means more $$$, so Josh might be taking a pay cut by losing that title. But now Sally might not have to run things by him and can hopefully overrule some of his story 'ideas'.

Stanley was on the show for two years and it seems he preceded Holly by a few months.Stanley was murdered late in 71. Not sure how Holly and Stanley interacted but from the type of character Stanley was I don't think it would have been a close one. Didn't Stanley divorce Barbara early on, leaving her with 3 kids to raise? It appears that Adam came on in 72 after Stanley died.

Karen Valentine as Esther!

To whatever being or entity is responsible for this, I offer humble thanks. BUT the magic must continue and Josh leaves altogether. A new headwriter who drops musical businesses and psychos.