Yay, another episode of my favorite 50s soap! Thanks for the tag, @DRW50!!

Every time a new episode turns up, I just have to go back and watch all of them in order so that I can see the new one in its proper chronology. We’ve already seen Ellie gushing about her and Alex’s Bermuda honeymoon, and now we have a little piece of the drama leading up to their wedding. Plus, we now have a bridge between Van getting the phone call about Meg’s accident and bitchy, irritable wheelchair-bound Meg. It’s so nice to see a scene where she is loving toward her sister!

If we’re destined to keep getting stuff from this era, I hope we can finally get a glimpse of the Dale parents.

One of the great things about having access to so many episodes from one stretch of a few months is that you can really get to know the other characters besides Van and Meg. Ellie is wonderful, and her presence helps us see another side of Van. Van may be the “good” sister, but she’s not naive or driven by fickle emotions the way Ellie is.

I also wanna see more of that queen Evans.

Edited November 2Nov 2 by All My Shadows

Soap Report Jon Michael Reed April 29 1979

NEW YORK - CBS's "Love of Life" has undergone many creative changes since last fall when new producer Cathy Abbi spruced up the visual look of the show with dynamic stunning sets and costumes. But a beautiful environment does got a good soap opera make. The story, under headwriter Jean Holloway, has gone to the dogs. The prime focus centers on a ridiculous story about locating Bambi Brewster's parents. At first, since the girl was in critical condition, the search seemed logical. Now that she has recovered and not expressed the least bit of interest in her boss Ray Slater's locating her family, motivation and reason has flown out the "'Love of Life story window.

AND, HAS ANYONE out there in videoland been able to make sense out of the horde of various characters bearing the Brewster name that Ray contacted in Des Moines, where half the.town of Rosehill has journeyed to join Ray in the dismal hunt? The story's core characters have been left in limbo, meanwhile, with absolutely nothing.' Love of Life's" doldrums may be reversed, however, when yet anothér new headwriter Ann Marcus takes over the writing helm. . Marcus was in charge of Days of Our Lives story till last fall. Prior to that she had co-created "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, even earlier had scripted 'Search for Tomorrow." Her expertise hopefully will bring "'Loveof Life" out of the pits.