Thanks dc. I know we all went into this before but I still don't get recasting Doug, and that actor just seems a bit pointless.

I wonder what was going on with Cec, if they just kept recasting her because they didn't like the actresses, or if the actresses left of their own choice. Rebecca Staab was on GL by late 1985 and Alice Haining was on OLTL by mid-86, I believe. I wonder if Alice knew someone at ABC Daytime - she floated around their soaps for 2-3 years.

This should be mid-September 1985 Digest.

I don't know the exact date on this. If anyone else does please say. I guess this would be early 1985 or late 1984?

July 1, 1986 Digest.

May 6, 1986 Digest.

I think this is the next one.

Not sure of the exact date but I think this must have been in a January 1986 Digest.

OK that's all I have of 1983-1987 at the moment, aside from one or two I've misplaced.

I'm really sorry about cluttering up the thread this way. I hope that you've enjoyed these and I have really enjoyed the conversations sparked about them. If you have anything else to say about them then please do, and if not, then I'm going to start posting some of what I have from 1988 on, so I hope you enjoy those.

I also wanted to apologize if anything I post overlaps with Paul Raven's synopses - I know he spends a lot of time writing those up.

Thanks a lot for this and everything you post Carl. Even if I don't reply a lot because I don't have enough time but I very often read carefully what you post. It's always a pleasure.

Thanks for saying that - I appreciate it. I sort of cheat compared to the hard work you do on your synopses. The work you did and Paul Raven has done are why I started putting synopses up. Your synopses from this era were fascinating to read and they helped me see how important they are as a historical document for daytime.

When I'm done with the Loving stuff and some Doctors I will put up more of the early TV soap material I have (what little I have).

This was mixed up in my 1988 stuff somehow. It's from an early October 1987 Digest.

The 1988 recaps I have are all over the place - these are what I can get at the moment.

May 17 Digest.

May 31 Digest (for some reason I don't have the second part of this)

July 12 and July 26 Digest issues.

September 20 and October 4.

May 15, 1990 recap.

June 9 and July 7, 1992 Digest recaps.