Bill Bauer

I wish all the guests were as honest as Susan. She's great. Did anybody watch this live? Something got edited out at the 1:07:49 mark when they were talking about the death of Maureen Bauer. Right before Alan says "I don't think she'd like to hear that". I wonder what got cut out. Must have been good for Alan to censor it.

Do you know if Right to Happiness was set in Five Points?

Yes, it is confusing. It's also strange that the Cunninghams, Rev. Ruthledge and all the Kranskys would be in the cast of the new show. That means either The Right to Happiness was set in Five Points (which I don't think it was) or the new town was close to Five Points and Rose went back and forth. That's the most likely scenario. There's no way all of those people would follow Rose to a new town. I do believe the Greenman story started up when Rose went back to TGL. I don't think Rose or any of those TGL people were on RTH for very long.

I'm very curious as to what Rose Kransky's storylines were over on The Right to Happiness. I don't think there are any surviving episodes with her in it from that show and I can't find any written synopsis of her time there.

Does anybody know whatever happened to Suzanne Davidson? I really liked her as Betsy Stewart. I can't find any information on her post-ATWT.

Pamela Sue Martin WAS Fallon. They should have just let the character die when the actress left the series. And the recast was just plain odd. Not only does she look different but she has a different personality and is all of a sudden British? I'm definitely in the minority with this opinion but I think Dynasty was at its best in the first season. It was really well-written and actually had some depth to it. Before it turned into a campfest. I'm not even anti-camp. It was just hard to take it seriously the further it went along. I don't think PSM would have fit in. Neither would have Al Corley. I think they were wise to move on. And I don't remember Blake not being Fallon's father. Was Sammy Jo lying?

Thanks, Paul! I have an episode with Dr. Ruthledge's secretary in it but this is the first time I've ever seen her mentioned in print. She's not in any of the history books for some reason.

Thanks so much for that! That's all kinds of awesome! In regards to the the Norma Greenman story on The Guiding Light, I love how, basically, her jealousy gets operated on.I love the 40s!

That would be great. I really liked both Bill Shanks and Casey Peretti. I wonder what happened to Bill Shanks. Does he still act?

I actually liked Pam too. She was down-to-earth and rational (two qualities in short supply in Oakdale back in those days). I think she was ruined by Beau. I found him gross and creepy and he kind of made her seem that way by association. While we're on the subject of unpopular opinions, even though I was never a fan of Lyla's singing, I love that song by Lyla that was Casey and Lyla's theme.

Ellie seemed to have the right amount of fans to make this an unpopular opinion but I never could stand her. She was my least favorite Snyder (which is saying a lot).

Yes. I got it from the Guiding Light 60th Anniversary Book by Julie Poll.

I was just reading the history of the show around that time and I came across this: "At Ed's urging, Holly and little Freddie went on a picnic. The outing ended when Freddie's clothes caught fire. Afterward, Leslie insisted that Holly never care for her son again unless Ed was present. Then Mike took Freddie, who was both his nephew and his stepson, on a canoe trip. During the trip, Freddie was washed downstream. The frightened boy was rescued by a mountain man and suffered from a brief bout with amnesia." Sounds like at least one writer had fantasies of offing the kid. LOL.

I really feel for Colleen. I wish I could give her a hug.

I think he'd like to think he's one of the stars and that people are interested in his stories. You are right in that he kills the flow of interesting conversation and revelation by interjecting irrelevant stories about himself. When he does that, people immediately clam up and there's an awkward silence.

This was a good one but I still find Alan insufferable.

MS and KMH's portrayals of Emily were so different, the writing for the character was so different and the actresses look so different that I don't even consider it the same character even though I know it's obviously supposed to be.

Very cool. Thanks again, Paul. That's the first time I've ever seen a mention of the storyline of Torchy having acid thrown in her face. I was unaware of the storyline until I received an episode where it is featured because it's not mentioned in any of the history books. I finally see it mentioned! The farther you go back into the story, the more things get omitted or distorted.

Thanks, Paul. So great! Still ambiguity on whether Rose and Ellis were really married. LOL. Yes, as vetsoapfan mentioned above, we would all be grateful for anything you're willing to share!

The Guiding Light and One Man's Family are my favorite radio shows. Anything about those two shows would be appreciated. Especially, as you've noted, The Guiding Light. Thanks.

Thank you, Paul. I love your posts. This one is fascinating and a little strange. First of all, it's strange that they would refer to Ellis as a Christian. He was an atheist. It's also strange that they said Ellis and Rose were married. According to all the reference material I've read, he offered to marry her when she got pregnant by Charles Cunningham but they never married. It says "living as the wife" so perhaps they just said they were married. Although I've never read anything that even hinted at them pretending to be married either. Everything I've read, and the material in my collection, all indicates that he just offered to marry her but she refused. The only thing that seems accurate for sure is that Abe had influenza. He died from it. Then again, as I've pointed out before, I don't know which is the most accurate--these articles printed at the time or the recounting of today's history books.

Yes, that's him and he seems to be having a temper tantrum in that photo so that could be the smoking gun. LOL. Good find indeed! Who is that very 70s-looking kid on the far left? Would that be TJ Werner?

If I had to place a bet, I would say it was probably Gary Hannoch. Courtney seemed to regret saying the name. I think she didn't want to call out a certain actor so she might have acted like she wasn't sure. She and PS both kind of seemed like they regretted bringing the story up.

It sounded like it was before PS came on the show and so it wouldn't be Damion Scheffer. They also seemed to indicate it was Freddy Bauer although, as I said before, it could have been Billy Fletcher. I don't know any other little boys that were on the show until Phillip Spaulding came on board. Courtney remembered it first as Freddy but then wasn't sure. Who knows?

Very much so. They made a lot of use of the location being on the coast. People falling off cliffs, fog, foghorn sound effects, etc. The night Meta shot Ted, they played it up being very foggy. They had Meta wandering around in a literal fog while she was in a mental fog with the foghorn sounding in the background. In fact, when she shoots him, the last thing you hear in the episode is the foghorn sounding. It's pretty haunting. One family lived at a place right on the coast called "Land's End". They also played up the Hollywood aspect with several of the characters being in show business. Selby Flats was a modest part of town but the more ambitious characters strived to live in Beverly Hills.