21 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Also from this mag:

HOMETOWN HISTORY
    This edition of Hometown History looks at a few of Springfield's most famous families, and their inextricable connections.
    The most prominent family in the Journal files is the Bauers, personified by Bill and Bert Bauer, who moved to Springfield in 1966. Bert was a strong-willed but caring woman. Bill was a genial man with a drinking problem--and then there was Papa, Bert's wise, understanding dad. Bert and Bill's sons, Ed and Mike, became a successful surgeon and attorney, respectively. Mike was the Springfield Chamber of Commerce's Man of the Year in 1977. 
    In the '70s, Alan Spaulding switched Jackie Marler's baby, Phillip (who was secretly Justin's son, given up for adoption), with his wife Elizabeth's stillborn child. When Elizabeth suddenly left for Switzerland in 1981, her friends Jackie and Justin became Phillip's stepparents, but it wasn't until 1983 that Phillip learned Justin and Jackie were his biological parents. He was devastated by Alan and Justin's betrayal.
    The middle-class, struggling Coopers' lives started interlacing with the Spauldings when Harley Cooper married Spaulding scion Alan-Michael in 1989. Several romantic links, including Alan-Michael's marriage to Lucy Cooper in 1996 and Harley wedding Phillip in 2008, fostered the connection between the families, but business united the clans in 2005 when Harley talked her way into becoming CEO of Spaulding Enterprises.
    The machinations of Harley's mother, Nadine, resulted in a battle involving several families in 1994. Bridget Reardon had allowed Vanessa Chamberlain and Billy Lewis to raise Peter (Bridget's son with Hart Jessup), a child which Nadine had tried to pass off as her own. Billy dumped Nadine for her deception--but when Billy was jailed and Vanessa became a single mom, Bridget was inspired to take Peter back. The custody battle involved Peter's grandfather, Roger Thorpe. During a tense trial, Vanessa's change of heart led to the women agreeing on joint custody. Vanessa married Bridget's brother, Matt, the next year.
    On the subject of brothers, we will close this installment of HH as we always do, quoting Rev. Dr. John Ruthledge's poem:
    There is a destiny that makes us brothers
    None goes his way alone
    All that we send into the lives of others
    Comes back into our own.

 

The upper two photos are radio casts.

 

Hmmm, Papa Bauer wasn't Berts dad.  He was Bill's dad -- Bert's father in law.  Lordy, Lordy.

12 minutes ago, Mona Kane Croft said:

Hmmm, Papa Bauer wasn't Berts dad.  He was Bill's dad -- Bert's father in law.  Lordy, Lordy.

You know I am never surprised to find these errors. This is an old mag, but I thought the scholarship at Weekly was better than this, although this is after they fired Mimi, so who knows?

41 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Thank you a million for sharing with us.

Very welcome, of course. 

Since you said that this picture of Billy, Vanessa & HB was special, unusual being in color, I decided to try to get in better focus, maybe a sharper image. So, see if any of these are better.

 

 

Now, more from this collectors edition:

Blackout!

 

Reva drives off a bridge in Florida

 

the bridge

 

 

Santo Domingo, Roger is cruel to Holly but then falls to his "death".

17 hours ago, Mona Kane Croft said:

But to arbitrarily cram them all into Illinois in the 1980s was ridiculous, and spread suspension of disbelief a little too thin, in my opinion.   

No one of those shows ever had a storyline on political corruption...so we KNOW they couldn't have taken place in Illinois!

On January 5, 1993, on GL, Ellen Parker as Mo, delivered my favorite of all lines of soap opera dialogue, “You have reduced us to a ridiculous suburban joke and I will never forgive you for this”. - Mo to Lillian, GL 1-5-1993. Scriptwriter of the day was Courtney Sherman Simon, Headwriter, Nancy Curlee Demorest, Exec Producer, Phelps.

Now, Courtney Sherman Simon is someone I exchange emails with on occasion. I sent this to her under the heading "Favorite line of dialogue" & added at the end, "Brava!" I did not expect a reply. 

But, the very next morning, early, an email from her, appeared, and I quote: Thank you so much. But God help me, I do not have the restraint to resist telling you that the line I actually wrote was “You have reduced us to a cheap suburban joke”. And I still think it packs a better punch that way!

Now, I had several thoughts. First, she recalled exactly what she wrote some 30+ years ago! Next, her possible irritation at some actor changing the line she wrote. Finally, that she had taken the time out to sit down & write me an email about it. All in all, a quite wonderful exchange. 

A few more things about this. Ellen Parker's delivery of the line is perfection. And, I love it that the phone kept ringing until she slammed the receiver down, but she didn't just do it once, no, she slammed that receiver down 3 times! As you can tell, I am quite enamored of this whole scene. I have seen that the YT of this episode is dated Jan. 4th not 5th. I do not know if I am wrong or if they are. If any of you know, please tell me. 

37 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

On January 5, 1993, on GL, Ellen Parker as Mo, delivered my favorite of all lines of soap opera dialogue, “You have reduced us to a ridiculous suburban joke and I will never forgive you for this”. - Mo to Lillian, GL 1-5-1993. Scriptwriter of the day was Courtney Sherman Simon, Headwriter, Nancy Curlee Demorest, Exec Producer, Phelps.

Now, Courtney Sherman Simon is someone I exchange emails with on occasion. I sent this to her under the heading "Favorite line of dialogue" & added at the end, "Brava!" I did not expect a reply. 

But, the very next morning, early, an email from her, appeared, and I quote: Thank you so much. But God help me, I do not have the restraint to resist telling you that the line I actually wrote was “You have reduced us to a cheap suburban joke”. And I still think it packs a better punch that way!

Now, I had several thoughts. First, she recalled exactly what she wrote some 30+ years ago! Next, her possible irritation at some actor changing the line she wrote. Finally, that she had taken the time out to sit down & write me an email about it. All in all, a quite wonderful exchange. 

A few more things about this. Ellen Parker's delivery of the line is perfection. And, I love it that the phone kept ringing until she slammed the receiver down, but she didn't just do it once, no, she slammed that receiver down 3 times! As you can tell, I am quite enamored of this whole scene. I have seen that the YT of this episode is dated Jan. 4th not 5th. I do not know if I am wrong or if they are. If any of you know, please tell me. 

That's just... so special. ❤️

1 hour ago, Mitch64 said:

No one of those shows ever had a storyline on political corruption...so we KNOW they couldn't have taken place in Illinois!

Funny!  If TEXAS had lasted longer, I wonder if P&G would have eventually moved Houston to Illinois...   LOL.

Edited January 20, 20251 yr by Mona Kane Croft

15 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

You know I am never surprised to find these errors. This is an old mag, but I thought the scholarship at Weekly was better than this, although this is after they fired Mimi, so who knows?

I tend to say the last decade of SPW wasn't even useful as toilet paper. At least they did a tribute to GL, which almost no one else did. 

16 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I tend to say the last decade of SPW wasn't even useful as toilet paper. At least they did a tribute to GL, which almost no one else did. 

So, it REALLY went downhill after they stupidly fired Mimi?!

20 minutes ago, Mona Kane Croft said:

Funny!  If TEXAS had lasted longer, I wonder if P&G would have eventually moved Houston to Illinois...   LOL.

Very amusing. But, you know they have one of them in NYC, only there it's pronounced HOWston.

27 minutes ago, Maxim said:

That's just... so special. ❤️

Isn't it?!!! I know there are some people here who think I am the cause of just about everything including Global Warming, but in reality I have some very special people on the fringes of what I call my life. 

Courtney Simon has always been very approachable. She’s a great woman who always answers messages. I’ve messaged her myself and she answers. And just to be clear, the Headwriters of GL when Maureen Bauer died were Nancy Curlee, Lorriane Broderick and Stephen Demorest. 

Another page in this mag:

THE WEDDINGS
Ben & Eve 1978
Gus & Harley 2005
Reva & Jeffrey 2008
Danny & Michelle 2003
Tammy & Jonathon 2007 
Cassie & Richard 2000
Eleni & Frank 1994
Quint & Nola 1983
Hamp & Gilly 1992
Lizzie & Bill 2009
Alan-Michael & Lucy 1996
Elizabeth & Justin 1979
Vanessa & Matt 1995
Beth & Phillip 1991
Josh & Reva 1989
 

Yet another page:

SPRINGFIELD YEARBOOK
Going back to school and beyond with GL's younger set
Photo captions:
Ashlee, James and Daisy in Orlando in 2009
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
Mindy, Phillip, Beth and Rick at their prom and their 2009 high school reunion
Coop, as a teacher in 2008
Bill and Ben in 2002
Harley with two of her beaus, Dyland and Alan-Michael in the late 80s
Dahlia, Marcus and Bill in 1997
Bridget, David and Kat in 1992
Lujack and Beth in 1984
Michelle and Drew in 1999
 

Thank you again! This is literally the picture I see most often.