6 minutes ago, Khan said:

Linda Dano/Rae Cummings' hopscotching across the entire ABCD lineup was such a joke.  I'm honestly surprised they didn't have her pop up and looking for her long-lost child on other ABC programs as well.

I love Linda Dano, but the whole arc was a very odd choice which showed how out of touch Angela Shapiro was with fans. Most ABC viewers had never heard of Rae and if they knew Linda Dano it was probably through QVC or seeing her in the Daytime Emmys. There are some characters who did go from soap to soap and charmed fans, like Myrtle (did they even mention Rae or Skye when Myrtle died???), but Rae was not one of them. I remember her AMC stint in particular getting a lot of viewer negativity.

Edited January 18Jan 18 by DRW50

3 hours ago, DRW50 said:

From this it seems the main story she had was witnessing the Rachel/Kevin hostility and briefly hoping Eve was her daughter.

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Thank you! They did that with Eve, too?! It always made me laugh how Rae knew she'd had a child but didn't seem to have any clue what decade said child had even been born in, let alone its gender, birth date, or anything else.

32 minutes ago, Michael said:

Thank you! They did that with Eve, too?! It always made me laugh how Rae knew she'd had a child but didn't seem to have any clue what decade said child had even been born in, let alone its gender, birth date, or anything else.

This was criticized a lot at the time. The daughter in question ended up being 10-15 years older than some of the possible choices. It would have made more sense if Rae's maternal backstory had just recreated this game:

 

LMAO!!

Speaking of ill-fated visits by daytime names, does anyone recall Louise Sorel's month as (*sigh*) Donatella Stewart? It apparently was limited to just PC and happened before Linda's big adventure.

8 minutes ago, Franko said:

Speaking of ill-fated visits by daytime names, does anyone recall Louise Sorel's month as (*sigh*) Donatella Stewart? It apparently was limited to just PC and happened before Linda's big adventure.

That was during the nurses' strike, wasn't it?

7 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

That was during the nurses' strike, wasn't it?

According to my limited research, yes.

4 hours ago, DRW50 said:

This was criticized a lot at the time. The daughter in question ended up being 10-15 years older than some of the possible choices. It would have made more sense if Rae's maternal backstory had just recreated this game:

 

Ha! I remember it was like… Gina Tognoni’s Kelly, James DePaiva’s Max, Robin Christopher’s Skye, apparently Eve, and god knows who else. What an unhinged storyline. 

Can anyone confirm if Skye or Rae were even mentioned when Myrtle died on AMC?

19 minutes ago, Michael said:

Ha! I remember it was like… Gina Tognoni’s Kelly, James DePaiva’s Max, Robin Christopher’s Skye, apparently Eve, and god knows who else. What an unhinged storyline. 

Seriously, they could've had Linda/Rae just pop up all over the damn network looking for her kid.  ("Tonight, on 'The Drew Carey Show'....")

I think the only stunt worse than the one for Linda/Rae was the time CBS devoted an entire night's programming to Liz Taylor and her missing jewels.

Edited January 19Jan 19 by Khan

I very vaguely recall Louise Sorel's character. Nothing else about her.

The Rae thing was so idiotic. I've talked about it a lot. I could not believe she went from show to show asking if everyone from Eve to Kelly to Max could be her child when they had 10-20 years apart in age.

Edited January 19Jan 19 by Vee

I think Louise's character faked an injury to sue the hospital, or something. Courtney worked for her.

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

This was criticized a lot at the time. The daughter in question ended up being 10-15 years older than some of the possible choices. It would have made more sense if Rae's maternal backstory had just recreated this game:

 

Shapiro's Folly, didn't it end up being Skye? The most ludicrous possible was Max, of course, with him being a guy not a gal.

BTW, I asked one of those HWs what they all thought about doing that? She expressed that they all effing hated every single minute of having to write Rae into their "swear words" stories!!! I laughed so hard at the strong way she said this.

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16 hours ago, Khan said:

Seriously, they could've had Linda/Rae just pop up all over the damn network looking for her kid.  ("Tonight, on 'The Drew Carey Show'....")

I think the only stunt worse than the one for Linda/Rae was the time CBS devoted an entire night's programming to Liz Taylor and her missing jewels.

LOL. NBC did a similar with Betty White in like ‘87 or ‘88, hence White popping up on AW as some long lost love interest of Mac’s, and then some additional random roles on SB and Days as some campaign.

Edited January 19Jan 19 by soapfan770

1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

NBC did a similar with Betty White in like ‘87 or ‘88, hence White popping up on AW as some long lost love interest of Mac’s, and then some additional random roles on SB and Days as some campaign.

I forgot about the "Where's Betty?" campaign!  Thank you for reminding me, @soapfan770 (...I think, lol).

1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

LOL. NBC did a similar with Betty White in like ‘87 or ‘88, hence White popping up on AW as some long lost love interest of Mac’s, and then some additional random roles on SB and Days as some campaign.

The difference with that, though, is that Betty just did cameos, as opposed to impacting the storyline. The AW one is especially funny, since she obviously didn't go to Brooklyn. They just inserted footage of Betty on the phone with Mac.

One bright side of the Donatella Stewart storyline, seeing Lynn Herring and Louise Sorel interact again.

 

Edited January 19Jan 19 by Franko