1 hour ago, DeeVee said:

Elizabeth's doctor was corrupt and needed money. I could see him getting in touch with Brandon and the two of them cooking this up. He would end up double-dipping--getting paid to lie that the baby was going to be born dead so Brandon could take it, and getting paid by Alan to swap the "dead" baby with Phillip. Brandon was really into kidnapping his grandchildren, so, yeah, I would buy that.

Here's an idea! Elizabeth finds out about her real baby being alive and THAT'S why she takes off to Europe and practically disappears. Because she doesn't want Alan to get his mitts on the kid.

Oooh, yeah, who would play a more mature Elizabeth? I have to think about that.

I love the idea about Elizabeth finding about her child. Brandon probably would have named the child after himself "Brandon".

A more mature Elizabeth would tell Alan to shut up and occasionally slap him when he stepped out of line.

Hey - wanted to draw everyone's attention to the name Lyle Sudrow (thanks, Paul).

Sudrow was an on-stage participant in the 2002 celebration of GL's fifty years on television. He came on stage and his name was announced. I think that's cool as hell - that someone who appeared on the first televised episode of GL was on hand in 2002. THAT is how that kind of celebration should be done. I wonder how TPTB found Sudrow, or if he contacted them instead.

His appearance begs the question: Why didn't GL have him appear on the show itself, alongside Meta. TPTB could've blown the minds of many viewers.

51 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1982

Soap battling 'General' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

NEW YORK (AP) - Top-ranked “General Hospital,” keeps “The Guiding Light” trying harder in the battle for more and younger day time viewers. The CBS soap opera has gone in for elaborately staged fantasy sequences, more location shooting and a new eye-catching montage for the show’s opening credits in an effort to catch ABC’s “General Hospital,” which it faces in most television markets. The keenness of competition has paid off for “Light,” at least as far as the National Daytime Emmy Awards are concerned. It’s the only CBS nominee for the season’s outstanding daytime dramatic series. The other three Emmy nominees for best series — “Ryan’s Hope," “All My Children,” and “General Hospital” — are all on ABC The winner will be announced Friday at ceremonies that will be broadcast nationally by CBS, 3 p.m. EDT

Leading “Light's” quest for higher ratings is the show’s executive producer, Allen M. Potter, a 28-year veteran of the soap operas wars, whose credits include such shows as “Brighter Day,” “As the World Turns” and “Another World.” He joined “The Guiding Light” six years ago. “In those days, there was a lot of talk about what went on, mostly over coffee cups," he said “The characters were middle-aged or beyond with usually a token young person ” Today, they are mostly younger — “the bulk of our show is now age 17 to middle 20s," says Potter “We made a massive change in the last year when we let some of the older people go.That was a sad parting but we feel that it's necessary in this day and age to tell the stories of the young because they are the ones who are giving the shows ratings these days.”

Not only are the characters younger but the locales are frequently becoming more exotic Potter spoke in a telephone interview from St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands where the show was taping a number of scenes, including underwater shots and a search for a golden temple that, according to the producer, “is going to reveal all kinds of things The episodes will air in July. The stories, written by head writer Douglas Marland, move faster, too. Marland created the enormously popular characters of Luke and Laura on “General Hospital." before joining "The Guiding Light ” On “Light,” he created a series of fantasy sequences for the willful Nola Reardon, who besides being the series’ "bad girl,” has a penchant for old movies and an active imagination Marland placed her in "Wuthering Heights,” "Dracula,” and even a Busby Berkeley style number with dancers on a battleship, reminiscent of “Anchors Aweigh.” Fortunately, Lisa Brown, who plays Nola Reardon, is an expert musical comedy performer, who later this summer will take over the ingenue lead in the Broadway musical, "42nd Street.”

The show’s introduction has also changed. For years, it began with a shot of a lighthouse and stately organ music. “After that we opened with a pattern of leaves and a slow, melodic kind of music," said Potter “We felt a need for a change. So we created our present opening. I think it's the sharpest thing we’ve got in daytime (drama) today.” It’s a montage, one- or two-second action shots from recent shows that are intercut rapidly on the screen to faster, uptempo music, he said. The scenes will be periodically updated Marland also built plot lines around a discotype nightclub called “Wired for Sound.” which allows for more music on the show and the appearance of people not usually seen on soap operas Recent performers at the club have included the punk rock group, the B-52s, and Jennifer Holliday who won a Tony Award this week for her performance in the Broadway musical “Dreamgirls.”

Say what? I don't remember a "golden temple" in Summer, 1982. Am I lost? Or a dunderhead?

Was this Quint's intro? When was Nola kidnapped by Silas Crocker? And when did Gracie Middleton first appear as Nola's gal pal? My mental timeframe now is all screwed up.

23 minutes ago, Speed Racer said:

Hey - wanted to draw everyone's attention to the name Lyle Sudrow (thanks, Paul).

Sudrow was an on-stage participant in the 2002 celebration of GL's fifty years on television. He came on stage and his name was announced. I think that's cool as hell - that someone who appeared on the first televised episode of GL was on hand in 2002. THAT is how that kind of celebration should be done. I wonder how TPTB found Sudrow, or if he contacted them instead.

His appearance begs the question: Why didn't GL have him appear on the show itself, alongside Meta. TPTB could've blown the minds of many viewers.

Lyle Sudrow's daughter Penelope Sudrow was a child/teen actress for many years in the 70's and 80's. She was in one of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" films and was in a memorable episode of "Mamas Family" as Iola's niece Vernette that Mama and Iola set up on blind date with Bubba to take to the prom. There is a reunion photo of Sudrow and Alan Kayser (Bubba) from a few years ago at Chiller.

Penelope Sudrow looks exactly like her Dad Lyle.

37 minutes ago, SoapDope78 said:

I love the idea about Elizabeth finding about her child. Brandon probably would have named the child after himself "Brandon".

A more mature Elizabeth would tell Alan to shut up and occasionally slap him when he stepped out of line.

One of my main gripes with Marland is he rarely had those big confrontation scenes you wait years for when a secret finally comes out, especially when it wasn't a storyline he created. Elizabeth never told Alan she knew the truth about Phillip. Would have loved if she had come back and finally torn him a new one.

As for possible Elizabeth recasts: Jacqueline Courtney comes to mind. Someone mentioned Sophia Capwell. I could see Judith McConnell as Elizabeth, too.

29 minutes ago, Speed Racer said:

Say what? I don't remember a "golden temple" in Summer, 1982. Am I lost? Or a dunderhead?

Was this Quint's intro? When was Nola kidnapped by Silas Crocker? And when did Gracie Middleton first appear as Nola's gal pal? My mental timeframe now is all screwed up.

That was Quint's Indiana Jones adventure. Quint had been around for a while. This is when they really committed to the Quint/Nola pairing. Before he was this scary, mysterious dude. Yeah, this was when Silas kidnapped Nola.

2 hours ago, Khan said:

Another suggestion: Susan Sullivan.

Basically, you could've said that, in the years away from Springfield (and from Alan), Elizabeth re-discovered her passion for photography and became a fashion photographer like Annie Leibovitz or Richard Avedon.

If possible that would have been amazing

If possible, that McConnell actress. Judith

16 minutes ago, DeeVee said:

One of my main gripes with Marland is he rarely had those big confrontation scenes you wait years for when a secret finally comes out, especially when it wasn't a storyline he created. Elizabeth never told Alan she knew the truth about Phillip. Would have loved if she had come back and finally torn him a new one.

As for possible Elizabeth recasts: Jacqueline Courtney comes to mind. Someone mentioned Sophia Capwell. I could see Judith McConnell as Elizabeth, too.

That was Quint's Indiana Jones adventure. Quint had been around for a while. This is when they really committed to the Quint/Nola pairing. Before he was this scary, mysterious dude. Yeah, this was when Silas kidnapped Nola.

Courtenay could have bern good. Or even Susan Flannery

14 minutes ago, Stevel said:

If possible that would have been amazing

I feel like it could've been, although, I admit, I can't remember when "Dharma & Greg" premiered.