May 5 -

There have been rumors floating around for awhile now that Days was looking to cast Mickey, and even that the show has been trying to get John Clarke to return to the role he originated. Clarke left in 2004 under doctor's orders that he retire. A poster at radio-info.com is claiming that John Clarke is actually back taping scenes as Mickey as one of the big surprise returns for fans this summer! Thanks to neild for the heads up

On the Sami as twins speculation/rumor, some of you wrote in that you felt the word babies was used either as baby's or as to mean the new baby and Will. However the speculation just won't be killed. This week when Sami had her check-up, it was noted that the baby's heart was beating very fast. Paige wrote in to let me know this is a common occurrence in mother's carrying twins! (the fast heartbeat is actually two heartbeats)

Finally, the recent on-air mention of Kim Brady has churned up that old rumor that the show is looking to bring back Kim to reunite all the Brady kids.

http://www.soapoperafan.com/days/rmill.html

Here is the post from radio-info.com:

I got a friend at TV GUIDE Channel says he saw John Clarke taping as Mickey Horton

the other day and thats supposed to be a huge summer surprise for "Days" fans.

Now this Mickey Horton guy is old as dust so if that's what they call a big surprise

then maybe you can see why they're getting the ax.

Tony and Anna turns out to be E.J.'s real parents and they got "Bola" back on the

writing staff ("Bola" being Bin Laden's real life Celeste) which aint fair since Bola is

Steve Wyman's little love squeeze while their best writers like Peter Brash and Sofia

Landon Greier they put on the welfare dole without so much as a thank you.

I personally loved the show best when Brash and Cwilky were HWs but Langan and

Higley rotted that out quick. Eh, I give Reilly his respect, he produced ratings for longer

than anybody else did since Bill Bell, but this Sheffer guy needs to be sent pack'n quick

for Oakdale. I don't see why they didn't just put Peter Brash or Beth Mstein in HW gear

and call it a day. Honestly, I don't have a lot of sympathy for Corday's ship and being

that he's on NBC he's as good as gone. That network has never liked soap operas

and never supported the genre.

http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/to....html#msg507859

Edited May 5, 200718 yr by Angie79

Old as dust or not, I'd love to see John Clarke again. But no, it won't fix the ratings. Why on earth would they expect any one character's return to do that; among other inanities with that logic, the viewership is just too fractured.

Thanks for posting!

Edited May 5, 200718 yr by billyjill

Why would Corday keep Mickey's return a secret? The other returns have all been heavily promoted in the mags.

[!@#$%^&*]'s back?

If they are bringing back John Clarke as Mickey, its to pay tribute to Francis Reid..I'm sure thats the big Horton story this summer..

If it means fore screen time for Maggie, then I'm all for it.

Mickey and Maggie are my favorite Days love story/super-couple.

However, if it's true, I doubt John will be back for more than a couple of episodes.

........the woman's name is "[S.W.S.N.B.N.]". If they can't even get her name right I doubt any of these are true.

"Bola" might be short hand ... still, I have a hard time believing she's back. And I certainly hope I have reason to.

If they are bringing back John Clarke as Mickey, its to pay tribute to Francis Reid..I'm sure thats the big Horton story this summer..

I would rather have them wait until Reid were to pass away instead of doing while she still is alive no matter what condition she is in currently. Remeber there has been no confirmation from any official source were her health is at.

I sure hope that this rumor of John Clarke is returning as Mickey. It would be wonderful news indeed, even if he returns on recurring basis.

It's been confirmed that Reid is no longer doing the show. There's no way the can exlain her absence around the holidays.

I am on the fence about the twin rumor. It is a copout but I can't really bash it for some reason.

I would love for Clarke to return. The Mickey issue needs to be resolved. However, I don't see why Corday would surprise us with that when bigger impact characters have returned and it's been leaked every single time. Perhaps word of this hasn't come out yet or something. I do think the Horton story this summer is something to do with Alice passing or getting ill so Mickey should be there and word of him being there is good IMO.

I would gladly take Kim back too but I would also want Shane too so maybe it's better to leave that alone for now.

As for [!@#$%^&*], I doubt the show would bring her back when her first stint there was cut short because of the media firestorm. I don't see her returning. I would love for them to bring SLG and Brash back. They are missed on the writing team IMO.

It's been confirmed that Reid is no longer doing the show.

Not officially it hasn't. There's been nothing in any of the soap mags and no official statement from Corday. I've only seen various websites lifting from the source of the rumor.

I'd like it if E.J. were Tony and Anna's. I've hated since day one that he's Elvis! I usually don't mind SORAS-ing, but that is just too much.