Well, I had always heard that Edge of Night, or EON, was different from other soaps, what with the focus on mysteries and its popularity with males. So I've been checking it out, and I am truly hooked. I usually watch two or three an evening, as they only run for twenty minutes. Right now, Draper Scott/Kirk Michaels has amnesia and is recovering in the bed of Emily Gault while back in town, Raven Swift is trying desperately to get her child back. From what I understand, what I'm watching first aired in the spring of 1980. Although there is a little too much repetition for my liking (which I probably wouldn't mind if I weren't watching back-to-back, but day-to-day), I have thoroughly enjoyed the Mansion of the Damned and the train wreck. Looking forward to what I think will be something about a carousel, as Crazy-Dream April (as I've come to know her) has been tossing and turning in her sleep again.

I think Donald May is still alive. Wouldn't it be great if someone could track him and Carla Borelli down and interview them. 

I still remember when Soap Opera Weekly did their big, "Whatever Happened To...?"/"Where Are They Now?" issue, where they caught up with May, Borelli and a truckload of other former soap stars.  It was so bittersweet reading that and thinking and feeling that there were so many former actors who should've still been on the soaps.

 

  

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She probably staged it.

She doesn't seem especially reliable.  lol.  

1 hour ago, Chris 2 said:

She probably staged it.

I wouldn't be surprised if she did.

I just sent Carla Borelli an email. Interested if she'll respond. I asked her about Don and how he's doing. 

RIP Donald May (Adam Drake). 

My understanding is that actor Donald May (Adam Drake) has passed away.

 

  

Sad to hear this. I have barely seen any of his work as Adam Drake, and I guess I never will. He was a very handsome, charismatic man. If you want to see him in a real change of pace role, watch OC and Stiggs. 

Here are some clips with Donald May re the Serena Farraday story.  Serena had another personality named Josie.  Adam was defending her in a murder trial.

 

And an article from 1968 regarding his one-man show in a 1968 episode.  I have an interview with him from 1969 and he said the crew had given him a kinescope of that episode (which of course was done live then).  Would love to see that one.

 

Thanks for those clips! It took me a little while to clock that that was Louise Shaffer playing Serena Farraday (and man she did that so incredibly). Incidentally, the full follow-up episode to all of that is also on YouTube…

 

Loved Donald May and the Adam Drake character