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Good points! And, they were cockamamie! We almost have to cut Matt & Amanda some slack. Now, Mitch, I don't know - there were just times when he was up to no good! In a very real sense Mitch was a bad boy, if you know what I mean.

Oh, yes, Lisa Grady (Joanna Goings) & David O'Brian (the Sin Stalker).

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Wee-ell, let's see here, during 2004, in the Usenet newsgroup RATSc , a whole slew of peeps discussing GL, Conboy, Weston, Rachel Miner, Bryan Buffington, MADD and JFP. Maybe more. Sorry it's so long. I was just glad to find it archived.

Okay, that's wrong in Christopher Schemering 1987 then (page 23.) Totally dumb. Totally.

Back, way back, in August 1980, the show stopped broadcasting in 90 minute slots & went back to an hour. L. Virginia Browne was headwriting & focusing on younger characters, including Richard Bekins' Jamie. Among other things she had him play 267 straight episodes carrying a daily drug addiction. If I am counting right, that's 7 weeks! In 1983 the next headwriter Corinne Jacker brought Steve Frame back from the dead. That helicopter crash had not killed him, instead it had given him amnesia.In May 1984 they celebrated the show's 20th anniversary & brought Alice back & along with her the star-crossed lovers who became so popular Sally and Catlin. Unfortunately the show brought on Margaret De Priest and she created her first serial killer mystery.

I was either in junior high or high school when Susan & Julie were in high school. In order of preference, I don't consider Cass & Felicia or Cass & Cecile. Tops is Cass & Kathleen. Next up is Cass & Frankie who I adored. Cass matured so with Frankie & dealt with his bipolar, with the actress who played his shrink who was his wife. At the tail end I preferred Lila with Matt, either Matt Crane or Jeff Phillips. So, as you can see, I really wasn't keen on the wedding finale. Can anyone tell me why we had Jeff Phillips for that period of time we did?

Mark LaMura died Sept. 11, 2017, actor at AMC, ATWT, OLTL, of lung cancer.

Thanks for that interview! I loved Kathleen. I didn't see Julie on THE PRACTICE but I loved her on ER.

Here is a Day Player I knew from AW. Sorry that I don't recall his name. The Doctor: I'll be back for you as soon as I can, I promise. Amy: You always say that. The Doctor: I always come back. Flesh and Stone - Doctor Who quote

Which Jamie are you speaking of here & what was his occupation? Richard Bekins, novelist? Larry Lau, doctor? Russell Todd, I forgot because I never really cared for him. Same question: which Vicky? which Nicole #1 cocaine user? #2 Cass's lover & a fashion designer? I think I already posted this but it's not like it will hurt to repeat it. My mother & I both cried for 3 days when they killed Zane off. I loved seeing the actor show up on ATWT. Is that when Tom Eplin & Ellen Wheeler married & went to Hollywood for (I think it was) 5 years? The actress who played Kathleen, Julie Osborne, got married and one of the MJs was in her wedding. Julie Osborn (Kathleen) at her wedding with one of the MJs in attendance.They were good good friends. Julie Osborn was one of a number of AW players who had an astounding guest shot on the NBC primetime drama ER. (Did Osborn have an e on the end of it? I can't remember.) Her history with cocaine use alone showed that.

Video unavailable. The Doctor: What is Clarke's Law? Ace: Any advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic. The Doctor: Well, the reverse is true. Ace: Any advanced form of magic is indistinguishable from technology. Battlefield, The Quotable Doctor Who.

I don't know if it's your habit to notate it or not but his cause of death was lung cancer. And, here is a page from an Erica/Mark script.

According to what I saw & posted earlier he wrote for 5 years all as a member of Pete Lemay's team, won the Emmy you mention, and was up for Nomination twice more. I believe it further said that he was in L.A. at the time of his death on Sept. 20th, 2019. Sarah Jane Smith: Whatever's in that tower, it's got enormous powers and, well, what can we do against it? The Doctor: What I've always done, Sarah Jane. Improvise. pg. 15 referring to the pizza box under his bed. -- The Official Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from across Space and Time

"So, is this how it works, Doctor? You never interfere in the affairs of other people or other plants, unless there's children crying?" pg 16, Amy, The Beast Below -- The Official Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from across Space and Time Rose:I can see everything. All that is, all that was, all that ever could be. The Doctor:That's what I see. All the time. And, doesn't it just doesn't it just drive you made made. -- The Official Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from across Space and Time

Here's Scott at Blondie's Sports Bar in Manhattan at an event. Besides being very talented, he was just a lot of fun! Off Topic: From AWHP: January 20, 2006 L. Virginia Browne tells the AWHP: “L. Virginia Browne was headwriter from 11/80 to 11/82. [With a period where Corrine Jacker filled in as temporary writer during the writer's strike, using Browne's bible] I was replaced by Bob Soderberg in 11/82. Even though I had already left to do Guiding Light with Doug Marland in late 81 or early 82 (can't recall) AW continued to use my story lines & bible and so continued my headwriting credit until 11/82. "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. Ken Fitts (a P&G exec) said he hoped we'd be working together for years. The VERY NEXT DAY, Allen Potter, the executive producer, announced he was leaving to be replaced by Gail Kobe and she fired me -- the very next day after receiving all those flowers and wishes for years and years of working together. And then they continued to use my bible for 9 more months and kept my name on the credits as headwriter for that long. "That story, i.e. the flowers and the firing the next day, has become part of soap folklore. I've even had individuals tell it to me but ascribe it to various different writers. I sent Chris a note (along with copies of the network ratings sheets) and he wrote back and apologized, saying he would update and correct the info in his revised edition. Sadly, Chris then suddenly passed away and never did make the revision, so that mis-information stands in what is considered by many to be a very reliable book. "As for AW, I was supposed to write Texas and was shifted, at the very last minute, to AW, which I had never once seen before being handed the assignment. I spent a week-end in a NYC hotel watching old tapes (those old, huge Beta tapes, I think), boxes of them, to catch up. And, as I posed your question to my former assistant head writer Linda Hamner (with whom I still am friends and still write with from time to time), she reminded me of one story. 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 samed cursed mugs. I swear, they must have bought a thousand. "I've kept up with some of the folks from AW. Warren Burton (Jason) has carved out a great career doing voices for video games. Richard Bekins (Jamie) is much in demand on Broadway (He was in "Love, Valor, Compassion" the year it won the Tony) and regional theater as well as regular and frequent performances in the "Law and Order" shows. I ran into Chris Rich a few weeks ago at the mall and met his new wife and twin babies, as well as his daughter with Nancy Frangione (the second Cecile). He's doing well on "Reba," as you probably know. James Horan (Denny) lives nearby and produces local theater as well as acts in them. For a bit of trivia, in the film "Gods and Generals," Richard Bekins, James Horan and Warren Burton all had roles. "And, again, great work on your site. I know the Soap Net cable network is running AW (or will be soon) but decided to start in 1987 which I think is doing the show a great disservice as it will miss all the wonderful shows written by Harding LeMay, whom I believe was the show's best writer ever. "Take care, Virginia." Both of Christopher Schemering's books, the 1987 edition of Soap Opera Encyclopedia (not the 1985 one) and his 50th Anniversary Guiding Light are both generally speaking very reliable books. It's a terrible shame that he died so young.

I spoke to Alina Adams & was shocked to learn that once P&G took ATWT off the air, they pulled the plug out from under her on AW Today & on Mindy's Twitter Feed! She pointed out to me, though, that they couldn't stop you from doing an unofficial twitter feed. I liked her thinking naughty thoughts!

Thank you for spelling it out. My family had real "things" for both AW & DOOL. We just grew up with everyone in the family being into both of those soaps. So, when Carl came into the picture my baby brother could not stand it. He just hated Carl. And, of course, I went the other way. I liked Justin best, too.

I'm afraid so. Now, he backed off of that position & he fell in love with Rachel big-time & then his romancing of her was remarkable. When she disappeared to New York & he followed her & she was working in Loretta's shop, they really started up something. Then, they spent all that special time walking through the Poets' Corner & exchanging that delightful communication! Your memory beats mine. I could only think of once.

They totally overdid it with disliking & mistrusting Carl.

Speaking of NBC's Wednesday night Block, does anyone know if Anne Heche (another ex-soap star) is going to be back on CHICAGO P.D. this year?

If you ask me he always has!

I don't know. Matt was so upset. But, I don't know what it was about.

You beat me to the reply! Yes, McClatchey was an FOJ & she wanted to get rid of Justin (also my fave) to put her FOJ in place. And, McClatchey was too old for the part. Yabbut, Justin Chambers ending up on Grey's Anatomy really was the last laugh! Oh, let me look at it again.

Today IMDb asked us on FB what our favorite Michelle Williams was. FosseVerdon where she channeled Gwen Verdon! Brokeback Mountain.