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NO! Michael Easton!!!

Thanks. I understand, though, why they changed that. Why it matters is obvious at least to me. Phillip destroyed Harley's house & if that was the beginning of its ramshackleness, then, you see?

@MaximCrazeeeeee!

As of 11-4-2009 Viv is obsessed with Carly & charged Gus with locating her. He reports finding her - in Salem. Viv laughs & declares, "Carly is nothing if not predictable." The bad news is she's consistently called him "Gus" for the last 4 days. 11-9-2009 Well, this was bound to happen. Who is the baby Nicole has with her all the time? Also, I am amazed at how large the cast is. Sorry, Mona, still no luck.

Here he is 10-30-2009.

I didn't think any change was going to be needed?

Yes, Jane has pointed out my error. If we can come up with a date I can find this answer. So far I've just now looked at Viv's first week & no luck yet. A question to clarify: Did this other manservant come on after Ivan was introduced? I ask because I just got a brief glimpse of Ivan on 3-11-92. @JAS0N47Are you by any chance aware of a manservant to Vivian who was not Ivan but was younger, with dark hair & good looking?

Thanks for the heads up! Mona, sorry about that. But, while I'm at it, who can estimate a date? I can look up the episode, view it & get the answer.

Jon could be recurring on both soaps. Wally Kurth does it with DAYS & GH. This is the first picture with Chris McKenna that has sparked interest among the many disappointed Charles Mesure fans, at least as far as I have seen. So, maybe Valentines will be good for this recast. About the TV Insider website, so many fans complain that it is difficult to navigate. Recently a fan has suggested that using Reader's View solves many of its problems. I haven't tried it yet but I intend doing so.

Well, right off the bat, you are talking about Madam's mostly cherished Ivan. He has a name. but as to this tem, I have no idea. And, it certainly wasn't used much, at all. Meanwhile, this picture was posted on Twi/x yesterday. I don't know the context, unfortunately.

The Syracuse NY University Library houses the Ralph Ellis papers. Ralph Ellis Search for Tomorrow Collection An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University Overview of the Collection Creator:Ellis, Ralph (soap opera writer) Title:Ralph Ellis Search for Tomorrow Collection Inclusive Dates:1971-1974 Quantity:7 linear ft. Abstract:Scripts, breakdowns, story projections for the daytime television drama Search for Tomorrow. Also, the contents of the boxes is listed, by date & most of it is scripts. Only one box is breakdowns. Too much to copy in here. But it can all be seen here https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/e/ellis_search_for_tom.htm They have a policy of doing an hour of research for free. Other methods for remote researchers are outlined. Plus anyone local has full, free access, only making an appt. is required. This may also be of interest. This is from their order form for copies of items in the collection. Choices include: paper, pfs, jpg. 25¢ (This is not for print quality. For print tiff or jpeg & cost is higher.) Most of rest is std. Not Syracuse, in Schemering a high rating is listed for SFT In 1952-53, 16.1 Nielsen rating. Of course, the number of households would have been substantially lower.

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Well, the fact that Reva was first offered to Carla Boretti who played Rena on Texas & her turning it down, saying she really wanted her next part to be different & Reva seemed to be sort of a redux of Rena, would lend some credence, I think, to the idea that Long was maybe "going by" Texas when she began at GL. Kobe, I have no anecdote to support it but I've always thought that about her tenure as GL EP.

My god, that is filled with so much brilliance. The story, of course, is unbeatable & also unbearable, so very hard to keep watching it & the dialogue is amazing. Were Emmy reels allowed to be that long back then? Does anyone know any details about the making of this scene? Was it directed by Bruce Barry? Did they shoot it in one long uninterrupted take?

She was once Miss Alabama, so, yes, from the southeast.

@Maxim Amazing! Security was being too hard on the people standing, front row, to her it would seem. @MaximNow this is just weird. @MaximReally a very different version.

He hated Robin with Jason. Now, with Sasha, second verse, hates it as much as the first.

Yeah but it has a glaring error. 72 years is NOT ATWT. It's GL. I really cannot believe no one caught it in post-production!!!

Today I was unaware finally of this feeling of unrealness or its being surreal. This seemed to me at least like the real thing & by that I am not giving Coke an unearned plug.

Yes intentions do not guarantee - well anything.

I've never even heard of "overzealous fan-think online" so I happen not to think it had anything to do with anything & we'll see. One possibility would be Kelly's people saying things. It's not unimaginable.

And I would add one more thing & that is we continue with Carly being kept in the dark about so many things. No, two things. It has been duly noted that Jason once was with Robin. Last year he exchanged a kiss with Robin's mom. Now he has exchanged a kiss with Robin's sister.

Well, I loved that. If it only did not have that one glaring egregious error of fact, it would be perfect.

I always thought it was circumstances not a personal indictment. Maybe I didn't express that well.

She did leave early but I'm not at all sure it was because she was miserable. I recall that her husband became involved. She was very pregnant & the story called for Peter to "menace her" & it was felt that the actor was going overboard & that it was too physically menacing so they let her go, early. This was after her husband spoke with them at the studio.