The Doctors

[Khan]

Yes, it was.

[DRW50]

An early Christmas gift from saynotoursoap.

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Edited October 18, 2014 by DRW50

[jam6242]

The Felicia/Adrienne story! I remember liking that even though it was so weird (especially for that time period of soaps). Guess it was ahead of its time.

Edited December 10, 2012 by jam6242

[DRW50]

The story was sort of panned but from what I've seen, I like it. Nancy Stafford is much better than I would have expected. On St. Elsewhere she was mostly just there for decoration.

[danfling]

Around the time of the stop smoking storyline, there were other guest stars. Some of them were singer/actress Judy Collins, Brooke Shields, and astrologer Aileen Cunningham.

[DRW50]

I knew about Shields but not the others. I wish I could see Judy.

[danfling]

I have a tape of her appearence. She played an attorney named Judith Howard who had given up smoking and was trying to convince Steve to do the same. This was right after Steve had lost his son, so he was feeling presure which he thought tobacco helped. Ms. Howard said that she was suprised that a doctor, of all people, did not recognize the problems that he was causing to himself by smoking.

[DRW50]

That's kind of an interesting way to write his smoking - I didn't realize they tied it in to Billy's death.

I really wish they'd given the show one more year. I know the ratings were terrible but it sounds to me like the show was pulling itself together.

[sungrey]

If you watch the tape the acting is still quite strong on the 1982 episode. The problem was just that damn noon timeslot. I don't know what the hell NBC was thinking.

[teplin]

This episode is a great gift! My local NBC affiliate had dropped The Doctors before Nancy Stafford came on and I've always been curious about it.

[DRW50]

Promo that starts around 4:35, and end credits at around 6:00. Steve Wyman directed this episode!

This is a real trip.

This is 4/21/81.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_PB5lwD5Vk

Edited January 13, 2013 by CarlD2

[Quent]

Whatever happened to David O'Brien? Was he ever in anything else besides The Doctors? Was he considered the lead male character on the show?

[DRW50]

I always thought Matt Powers was the lead, but I don't know.

David was on AW as a serial killer for the first half of 1987. I think he passed away in the early 90s.

[saynotoursoap]

Prior to The Doctors, David played one of the "Kips" on The Secret Storm, and he was on Search for Tomorrow and the primetime World Turns spinoff Our Private World. He also enjoyed a successful modeling career as one of the Marlboro Men used to advertise the cigarettes.

He had HIV while on The Doctors. Later, to help him keep insurance, producers gave him a recurring role on Ryan's Hope. He also had a fairly regular stint as psycho shrink Alan Glaser on Another World, otherwise known as The Sin Stalker. I also recall him being a dayplayer on Loving around the same time. He died from AIDS related complications in 1989.

I used to see David occasionally at The Saint in NY in the early 80s. He was a very, very nice man. Erudite, friendly and oh so down to earth. Thinking of that time is very painful. We lost so many extraordinary men.

[DRW50]

Did he ever talk about The Doctors when you saw him?