This day in 2009, a newly returned Phillip pulled Coop out of a burning car and interrupted Alan and Beth's wedding. Coop was trying to stop the wedding when he wrecked up as he was Beth's lover at the time-- Coop passed away from his injuries.

9 hours ago, Mitch64 said:

I really liked Reva when she was working at the hospital, and then at the Journal and she was buddies with Fletch (the only time I found him tolerable) and interacting with people outside the Lewis family and it wasnt just about her great love..though of course we had Kyle mooning over her. She just was more well rounded and seemed to tone it down with others (which reminds me of a scene she had with PS when he came back..Zimmer is trying her usual tricks

They were considering older actresses, but I think they felt that there were so many on the canvas that age already they went with younger which did not work. I love Poser as well and wish she had been brought back as Victoria's daughter, though realize having a white woman play a mixed race character might not go over well...(was Victoria's husband white as well?)

Pairing a younger version of Amanda with Roger was really tired out by that point-we’d already had very similar Roger plots with Jenna and Dinah.

I do wonder if bringing a de-aged Amanda on was part of a plan to actually do the Spauldings next generation and push Alan out too, but Rick Hearst leaving plus Michael Dietz being a giant flop made them stick with Alan to constantly be in battle with Phillip. It’s actually too bad that GA came back on after VI left, as Phillip and Nick as foils had interesting potential. Both claim to want nothing to do with the Spaulding trappings with one having been raised in it but turned out not to be a Spaulding by blood with the other being the opposite.

It still annoys me that these episodes were likely in archives at some point even in the late '00s but I don't know if they still are...and even if they are we'll never see them.

(the second clip pops up here every few years but the first less often)

Guiding Light - Final Week of Black and White

Guiding Light - A scene from the early days of GL in color - YouTube

12 hours ago, P.J. said:

Honestly, sometime after Phillip "died", Van should've stepped in and taken over Spaulding. It's ridiculous that they had Harley (I loved her at one time, but C'MON..) run it for even a minute. Even if Maeve wasn't willing to put in a lot of time, the entire Spaulding clan was so decimated, they'd lost any sense of being capable of being the town dogcatchers, not to mention running an international conglomerate.

And Lizzie? D'oh smacks forehead

That would have been great! Van steps in and takes over from an obviously deranged Alan, a depowered Alex, (that drug dealer storyline...our Alex???) and "dead" Phillip. Spaulding would already be in chaos with Alex's arrest, the drugs, and Phillips death,that Van could come in and snatch it our from under them.."It may be named Spaulding, but my father created this company as well, so I am taking it back.")

When Kreizman wasnt jacking off over TP/Jonathon he was doing it to BE/Harley..so he made her pres, and the show became a farce.

11 hours ago, GL95 said:

I do wonder if bringing a de-aged Amanda on was part of a plan to actually do the Spauldings next generation and push Alan out too, but Rick Hearst leaving plus Michael Dietz being a giant flop made them stick with Alan to constantly be in battle with Phillip. It’s actually too bad that GA came back on after VI left, as Phillip and Nick as foils had interesting potential. Both claim to want nothing to do with the Spaulding trappings with one having been raised in it but turned out not to be a Spaulding by blood with the other being the opposite.

That's funny as that is a line from BevAlex, she wanted Phillip, non bio but raised a Spaulding to run the company with Lujack, bio but not raised one. I think a silbing fight over the company would be great with Hearst really being able to hold his own with Phillip. Throw in Amanda as the wild card and it woudl be a refreshing spin..(though Amanda might use Roger, and screw him once in a while, she would not be manipulated by him.)

10 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Guiding Light - A scene from the early days of GL in color - YouTube

I think that was the climax of the Lee Gantry storyline? IIRC, Lee had married Sara for her money, then conspired with the housekeeper, Mildred Foss, to kill her. Lee had already killed Miss Foss and was about to do the same to Sara in that attic before Joe Werner rescued her, thereby causing Lee to stumble backward and fall from that attic window.

36 minutes ago, Khan said:

I think that was the climax of the Lee Gantry storyline? IIRC, Lee had married Sara for her money, then conspired with the housekeeper, Mildred Foss, to kill her. Lee had already killed Miss Foss and was about to do the same to Sara in that attic before Joe Werner rescued her, thereby causing Lee to stumble backward and fall from that attic window.

It was, yes. That story was interesting to read about so seeing a fragment of it was a nice surprise. Those rare moments CBS put up for GL and ATWT were one of the better parts of the shows ending. I just wish they'd put up the episodes.

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

It was, yes. That story was interesting to read about so seeing a fragment of it was a nice surprise.

I agree. Unfortunately, I think that (Sara being deceived by a murderous fortune hunter) was a storyline they wrote too often for her. I mean, didn't Dean Blackford also attempt to murder her for her dough?

6 minutes ago, Khan said:

I agree. Unfortunately, I think that (Sara being deceived by a murderous fortune hunter) was a storyline they wrote too often for her. I mean, didn't Dean Blackford also attempt to murder her for her dough?

I think so, yes. Or because she knew too much. I can't remember. They seemed to lose interest in Sara after Joe died. It's strange to me to think that Millette Alexander, who seemed so suited to complex psychological drama, often just had woman-in-peril stories. I would have loved seeing her in some Lemay type domestic dramas.