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Odd though because we saw Laura comfort Rocco. In the chapel they lit candles for Sam & even prayed together. Was that the last we actually saw Laura? Her disappearance seemed to come out of nowhere.

This is SSH giving the eulogy at the public Celebration of Bill Hayes Life at their local church last February. My Rumble acct. acct name shallotpeel Video title DAYS SSH Eulogy 2-10-24

These early episodes continue to be eligible for the Star Billing Blog since the voiceover includes: "DAYS OF OUR LIVES, a new dramatic serial starring Macdonald Carey." 11-19-65 21:14 There's considerable visual clutter, lines, distortion at first but then it settles down & the quality from there on is fine. Cast: Mickey Horton, Ben Olson, Jim, Craig Merritt, Tony Merritt, Marie Horton, Tom Horton. In Salem: Ben comes to Mickey who wants to talk about whether there's any point to this meeting they're supposed to be going to, meet with Harry. Ben thinks it's a good idea. Obviously, Mickey does not. Ben says that Harry got the high school principal, Mr. Yarborough, to write a glowing, complimentary letter about Julie & send it to the judge. Mickey says this judge is not going to be swayed by that & he's also not going to appreciate this kind of effort. He knows about Julie & her life & her parents. Mickey sums up his position by saying this meeting with Harry will have no effect on the results of next Tuesday's hearing. Ben asks him what he thinks the judge will say. Mickey says he's going to want to shake things up. Ben: You mean, move? Mickey: This, with Julie has been coming on for a long while. She's got to be made to see the consequences of her actions. In Boston: Jim enters his apartment. Tony's not there. The phone rings. It's Craig Merritt, Tony's dad, and he wants to check on the logistics of Tony flying to Salem later today. As far as Jim knows, everything remains the same. Craig says he & Marie will meet Tony at the airport. Tony's in a bar, drinking. In Salem: Tom takes a patient phone call while Craig is on the phone. After Marie models a hat for them. Tom says Marie has never liked a hat in her whole life. Marie says Tony loves hats. Craig has no opinion about hats. Marie has a premonition of some sort. She doesn't understand it but she has this bad feeling about Tony. Marie leaves. Tom & Craig head to the kitchen for ice cream. In Boston: Jim is trying to get Tony to go to the airport. Tony: I can't do it to her. I can't marry her. Do not tell anyone about this illness. I can't help the way it's going to look. I'm definitely calling off the wedding. I simply cannot marry her when she would then have to take care of me for the rest of my life, as an invalid. Tony & Jim make their farewells. Tony to try to get an earlier flight. Jim says he still thinks Tony has that fellowship sewed up for next semester. 11-23-65 Same intro 21:34 B&W good quality throughout Cast: Tom, Mickey, Addie, Ben, Julie, a male judge, Tony & his friend Jim In Salem, at the Hortons. The phone rings. Tom answers, it's Marie, looking for Tony. Marie & Alice are out doing something for the upcoming nuptials. Tom us quite put out at things being in disarray at the house. Mickey arrives. They are to meet with the judge in Julie's case in 20 mins. Tom dreads it & wishes he didn't have to. Mickey tries to get Tom to relax, telling him its natural things would be crazy when there's a wedding Saturday. We don't see them meet with that judge. In Salem, at the Olson. Addie is SO upset. You could even say she is a little hysterical. Her POV is how terrible it is that their Julie is in trouble, again. Ben seems less concerned, although he does seem put off by the very idea of them having to deal with probation officers, judges, lawyers, etc. In Salem, at the courthouse, Tom, Mickey, Julie, Ben & Addie are meeting with the judge in charge of her case. He is pleased to have all the reports he needs. He seems optimistic but then he tells them what the conclusion is & it is that nothing is going to change without a change in Julie's situation. They insist that she must move to a different venue. Ben & Addie are quite upset at this news. The judge goes on, it could be a remedial school, which either I or you could choose, or it could be another home. The judge asks Julie what she thinks. Julie says please, another home, my grandparents's home. Tom initially is startled but then he sees that it might be an excellent idea. He expresses this. Next, we see Ben & Addie, just the two of them. I'm not sure where they are. It may just be the hallway outside the office they had been in. Addie is so upset. She feels things are terrible & that they are losing their little girl. She cries, hysterically. Last, and I'm not sure where we are but it seems to be Salem. Present are Tony & his friend Jim. Jim says, "See, this was a good thing. Another day when you're with Marie & things are gonna be fine." Tony shouts, "There is not going to be a wedding! And, you promised not to say anything to anyone about this blood disease." So, there is a very real problem.

Thanks for that confirmation. For a minute, I began to doubt my sanity.

And that happened before Kent.

I have no doubt in my mind that Pete Lemay knew an Iris sometime in his life.

But what about the huge elephant in the room? Where is Laura? Speculation is wild. From Cyrus having Laura tied up, literally they mean, like maybe in a garage. Others suggest it is actually Nulu who is the one who was abducted.

OH!!! Amanda, quick, run away, hide, Iris simply cannot abide Mac's relationship with Amanda. That's the easy, give and take, that she'd love to have with him -- but never will.

Thanks! I'm still reeling over Martha Byrne & Doug Davidson. I haven't made it to Chuck Woolery, yet, and now I won't get that chance. Anyway, you provided valuable information & I appreciate it.

The Lexi stans I know from Twi/X originally are just, I think, holding on too long & too hard. Also they seem to think she'd have shone with this material, despite what so many other people think. Lexi was a class act, all the way, and Kate & Lexi talked to each other, according to Mansi & they are friendly colleagues & there's no bad blood between them. Given all that went on to accomplish the restructuring the Davis women, that they both seem like grown-ups is to me, Swell! Possibly you know all of this. Kate does get some hate online & I don't pretend to understand it. This one guy posts anti-Kate Mansi every day & he alleges that she's ugly. ???? Although that's not all he says. And, to the question who does Carly have? Carly has Jason. Even without Romantic Jarly, Friend Jarly is a pretty good thing to have going on. We could take this further & say Carly has Sonny but she doesn't want that, not anymore. Also, I surmise you could say that Carly has Brennan. Notice anything? Right, no girls!

Back when they did the public Celebration of Bill's life, they streamed it. What follows was Susan's eulogy. At the time it touched me in my very core. It still does. ---------- “The look of love. Bill Hayes had it and made this world shine with it, especially when he was looking at us. He was born to matchless parents whose three boys grew up to become part of what America calls the greatest generation. His lady mother, Betty, had the playful warmth and imagination of a fairy queen Betty. William Foster Hayes, his debonair father, was a nurturing parent with theatrical flair in his robust tenor voice. Billy’s first memory of being alive was climbing out of his crib and crawling along the floor to the top of the stairs so he could hear his father’s barbershop quartet rehearsing. The Hayeses lived in Harvey, Illinois, a suburb of mighty Chicago and little Billy loved to play baseball. He played baseball every day with his brothers and the kids in the neighborhood and he also played piano, with the natural ear to knock out any tune in any key. This unsettled his piano teacher, who discouraged such unbridled musicality. So he switched to the violin and fiddled away until his 92nd year. At Thornton High School, he joined the orchestra and began singing with his dad in the church choir. He told me sometimes in this church, he could hear his dad’s voice harmonizing with him on all the grand old hymns. Back at Thornton in the string section, he sat across from the lovely Mary Hobbs. The petite redhead made quite an impression and was to become the first Mrs. Bill Hayes when they attended DePaul University together. Yes, during World War II, he joined the Navy and and trained to become a fighter pilot. And the service taught him how to navigate by air and sea, how to fly a Stearman — that’s an open cockpit plane. Goggles, white scarf. Yeah, just like you imagine. The Navy also taught him to dive off a 50-foot platform swim five miles fully clothed in one go, taught him to survive for three days on a deserted beach without food or water, and how to kill a man with his bare hands. Not planning to use these skills in civilian life, he was very happy to muster out of the Navy 24 hours after Japan surrendered. But he loved the flying. He’d dream about it many times, wake up with a smile on his face. Here are some of the things he accomplished in his marvelous years among us. He raised five children, years later became a positive mentor to his 12 grandchildren. He helped build a village hospital in Angola, he wrote two published published books, was working on the third, he took up dancing seriously at 65, he earned a master of music degree at Northwestern and at 73, a doctorate of education at the University of West Virginia. He also served on the boards of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Professional Dancer’s Society for 30 years and of course, First Christian Church. He had a gold record, he starred on Broadway for Rogers and Hammerstein and in over 100 musicals, plays and national tours. He made the cover of Time magazine in 1976, representing the pop culture of daytime drama, and from 1949 to 2024, participated in the dawn, high summer and sunset of network television as we know it. There is a Lifetime Achievement Award on his piano. I should hope so. The following list of some of his favorite things — besides chocolate — Italy, grand opera, lyrics, puns of his own composing, family dinners and choir rehearsals and tap dancing and up tunes, new places to visit and old songs to sing. The Dodgers. New York City. Serenades and sunshine in the morning. Performing, poached eggs, The Count of Monte Cristo and Casablanca, every single Christmas card with photos of his friends and family, colored markers and piles of sheet music, an old safari jacket he wore to every continent and the morning sports pages and his grandmother’s violin. Red roses, red lips, red sauces, red wine and an Indian ruby he gave to me. He took me to the Taj Mahal, he took me me to the pyramids, he took me to the Great Wall of China, and he took me to paradise with every kiss. Songs he composed: ‘Ramshackle Daddy,’ ‘Here Comes The Macy’s Parade’, ‘I Love To Tap’ and ‘I’ve Got The World By The Tail’. Joyful tunes from a heart pounding with the rhythms of life. His mind and spirit never changed, I promise — it never changed til all those happy birthdays took his strength away. What gifts he had, my sweetest of sweethearts, my beautiful, ageless troubadour. my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. What will people remember about this exuberant, intelligent, spiritual gentleman? The music, the great performances, the good times? You know, besides his talents, each one of you spoke of his kindness. In Webster’s Dictionary, the word kind means gentle and generous. Yeah, that’s it. I mean, that’s it exactly. He treated all strangers as potential friends and never returned indifference with a harsh word or a cynical remark. Why did we all love him so much? Because he saw us. Bill gave everyone — a visitor at his door or a troubled grandchild — a smiling greeting that was full of optimistic expectation. But he saw in us something wonderful and we became, in his company, as wonderful as we all want to be. No surprise, his favorite movie was Love Actually. He was passionately reaching out to people his whole life’s song, with a song, a story and that look of love, love that transcends time and lifts us all into the light sublime where creation never ends and we all are shining, too. May his love live on to warm you in his light. And oh, how bright is Billy’s light.”

Kate's doing an excellent job but the difference really is on the page. First, the writing changed. But, Mansi is one of those special recasts that are so successful.

I was always puzzled by P&G having the Dobsons switch places with him.

Well, if Anna were to enter in here, now, in the persona she played on AMC, Mary Smythe, she would very politely chew you up & spit you out, etc. So, one thing we know about Anna Stuart it's that the lady has range. If someone at GL had indicated to her that they wanted something else, she'd have given them another take.

I'm just not ready.

Didn't he do SCRABBLE? I don't get why people are celebrating.

Recasting Jason's first born: I want MarkT to do the whole process from casting call to audition to screentest & get someone fantastic and also new. Definitely not Adamson. JAX: I want Jax to die offscreen & Joss to become a gajillionaire & maybe grow up a little more from losing a parent who is pretty much lost to her already. But, I also think Adam Harrington could've played a recast Jax. Accent negotiable. (Did Mac have an accent?) The State of the Show: I don't think GH is in danger. Despite the problems that accrue to Frank, I also don't think his job is in current danger. Things may change as of the third week in February because GH will be in the same block of time that The Duprees are headed for. BTG.

I have a soft spot in my heart for L. Virginia Brown but it's for a possibly wacky reason. She has an item in Correspondence on the AWHP. I read it & I really liked her personality. She appealed to me. Here are a few sentences, totally out of context. To get the context, if you're curious enough, it's easy enough to go read the entirety. http://anotherworldhomepage.com/public10.html Virginia Browne (Headwriter, 1980-1981), September 2005 ... Christopher Schemering wrote a book called the "Soap Opera Encyclopedia" and, in it, he says that I took over Guiding Light and it then went into a "slump." I was pretty darned surprised as, within four months of becoming head writer, I had raised the ratings by two full points and our position from 8th to 3rd. In fact, the folks at P&G filled my office with flowers to congratulate me ... ... ... I guess AW must have gotten a great deal on a crate of baby-crap colored brown mugs. And, as a result, they installed them in EVERY kitchen. Ada had them; so did Mac and Rachel. When Jamie married Cecile, they had them. Even Joey and Sandy had them in their decidedly down-scale apt. You could never do a "cup-to-cup" scene cut (made famous by Gloria Monty of GH) because everyone had the very same cups. Years later I tuned in and there they were, those same cursed mugs. I swear, they must have bought a thousand. ...

I loved Joanna Goings as Lisa & in the primetime revival of DARK SHADOWS & in that Caribbean doctors show that Charles Keating was in. However, I did feel sorry for her Lisa, as I think she was out-matched at every turn, and, yes, as you're saying, deserved better. Jamie was kinda a lout to her.

She was more interesting to most, if not all, people.

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UNBELIEVABLE! https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Another+World+Red+Swan&form=IRIBIP&first=1 I was about to do a search on Bing Images & the last thing I had searched for was an AW thing so Another World was still sitting in the search bar & I happened to notice a little text bubble saying ANOTHER WORLD RED SWAN suggesting that an actual human being might search for that *thing*!!!! So, I clicked on it of course & here we have both our AW & anime & all manner of red swan stuff. And, there goes 15 minutes I can never get back.

These early episodes continue to be eligible for the Star Billing Blog since the voiceover includes: "DAYS OF OUR LIVES, a new dramatic serial starring Macdonald Carey." 11-19-65 21:14 There's considerable visual clutter, lines, distortion at first but then it settles down & the quality from there on is fine. Cast: Mickey Horton, Ben Olson, Jim, Craig Merritt, Tony Merritt, Marie Horton, Tom Horton. In Salem: Ben comes to Mickey who wants to talk about whether there's any point to this meeting they're supposed to be going to, meet with Harry. Ben thinks it's a good idea. Obviously, Mickey does not. Ben says that Harry got the high school principal, Mr. Yarborough, to write a glowing, complimentary letter about Julie & send it to the judge. Mickey says this judge is not going to be swayed by that & he's also not going to appreciate this kind of effort. He knows about Julie & her life & her parents. Mickey sums up his position by saying this meeting with Harry will have no effect on the results of next Tuesday's hearing. Ben asks him what he thinks the judge will say. Mickey says he's going to want to shake things up. Ben: You mean, move? Mickey: This, with Julie has been coming on for a long while. She's got to be made to see the consequences of her actions. In Boston: Jim enters his apartment. Tony's not there. The phone rings. It's Craig Merritt, Tony's dad, and he wants to check on the logistics of Tony flying to Salem later today. As far as Jim knows, everything remains the same. Craig says he & Marie will meet Tony at the airport. Tony's in a bar, drinking. In Salem: Tom takes a patient phone call while Craig is on the phone. After Marie models a hat for them. Tom says Marie has never liked a hat in her whole life. Marie says Tony loves hats. Craig has no opinion about hats. Marie has a premonition of some sort. She doesn't understand it but she has this bad feeling about Tony. Marie leaves. Tom & Craig head to the kitchen for ice cream. In Boston: Jim is trying to get Tony to go to the airport. Tony: I can't do it to her. I can't marry her. Do not tell anyone about this illness. I can't help the way it's going to look. I'm definitely calling off the wedding. I simply cannot marry her when she would then have to take care of me for the rest of my life, as an invalid. Tony & Jim make their farewells. Tony to try to get an earlier flight. Jim says he still thinks Tony has that fellowship sewed up for next semester.

And, when Anne Heche's Victoria wants something, ... look out. When motivated, she is - at the very least - fierce but also determined, focused, laser-targeted, poor Lisa, doesn't stand a chance. And, Jamie, he's not going to have any idea what hit him! This makes me think of possibly the most iconic picture of Vicky & Jamie.

"The Most Beautiful Girl" "The Look of Love"