OLTL is looking more and more like GL with more GL stars on the show now.

It's a shame they don't cast DAM, but then, OLTL wouldn't know what to do if they had a proper leading man.

I am waiting for news about DAM, RN and maybe GA joining OLTL - think KZ has got viewers to tune in.

From SOD July 7th 1992

40 Years of GL weddings

1952

Bob lang/kathy Roberts

Dick Grant/Kathy Roberts

1954

Joey Roberts/Lois

1956

Jim Kelly/Lila taylor

1957

Mark Holden/Kathy Roberts

Dick Grant/ Marie Wallace

1959

Paul Fletcher/Anne Benedict

Mark Holden/Ruth Jannings

1960

Bruce Banning/Meta Bauer

Mike Bauer/Robin Holden

1961

Alex Bowden/Robin Holden

1963

Mike Bauer/Julie Conrad

1964

Paul Fletcher/Robin Holden

1965

George Hayes/Jane Fletcher

1967

Ed Bauer/Leslie Jackson

1968

Marty Dillman/Peggy Scott

Johnny Fletcher/Charlotte Waring

1969

Johnny Fletcher/Peggy Scott

Lee Gantry/Sara McIntyre

1970

Mike Bauer/Charlotte Waring

Joe Werner/Sara Mcintyre

1971

Stanley Norris/Leslie Bauer

1972

Ken Norris/Janet Mason

1973

Ed Bauer/Holly Norris

Mike Bauer/Leslie Jackson

1976

Roger Thorpe/Peggy Fletcher

1978

Ben McFarren/Eve Stapleton

Dean Blackford/Sara McIntyre

Gordon Middleton/Amanda Wexler

Ed Bauer/Rita stapleton

1979

Roger Thorpe/Holly Norris

Alan Spaulding/Jackie Marler

Justin Marler/Elizabeth Spaulding

1980

Ben McFarren/Amanda Wexler

Alan Spaulding/Hope Bauer

1981

Adam Thorpe/Sara McIntyre

Kelly Nelson/Morgan richards

Justin Marler/Jackie Marler

1982

Ross Marler/Carrie Todd

Mark Evans/Jennifer Richards

1983

Ed Bauer/Maureen Reardon

Quint Chamberlain/Nola Reardon

1984

Billy Lewis/vanessa Chamberlain

Phillip Spaulding/Mindy Lewis

Warren Andrews/Leslie Ann Monroe

Tony Reardon/Annabelle Sims

HB Lewis/Reva Shayne

Phillip Spaulding/India Von Halkein

1985

Kurt Corday/Mindy Lewis

Kyle Sampson/Maeve Stoddard

1987

Josh Lewis/Sonni Carrera

1988

Alan Spaulding/Reva Shayne

Fletcher Reade/Maeve Stoddard

Rick Bauer/Meredith Reade

Will Jeffries/Mindy Lewis

1989

Alan Michael Spaulding/Harley Cooper

Hawk Shayne/Sarah Shayne

Rusty Shayne/Rose McLaren

Josh Lewis/Reva Shayne

Phillip Spaulding/Blake Lindsey

Alan Michael Spaulding/Blake Lindsey

1990

Roger Thorpe/Alexandra Spaulding

Rick Bauer/Beth Raines

1991

Billy Lewis/Nadine Cooper

Phillip Spaulding/Beth Raines

Giancarlo Marino/Francesca Vizzini

1992

Alan Michael Spaulding/Eleni Andros

Hampton Speakes/Gilly Grant

Thanks for listing those. I didn't realize that Kelly and Morgan were married in 1981, although of course they had to be. I also thought Roger/Holly were earlier than 1979.

Kathy sure got around in 1952.

You know, as harsh as we were toward certain "heroines" on GUIDING LIGHT at the end, I wonder what sort of reaction Kathy and Robin would've received from the audience had there been such a thing as the Internet back then. I heart GL like nothing else in this world, but even I gotta admit their stories seemed irksome (at least, on paper).

I think people might have really enjoyed Robin since she was so complicated and she was eventually played by Gillian Spencer, who, I don't believe, was ever unpopular in any soap role she played. Kathy seems like a mess, although that isn't helped by the annoying voice of the woman who played her in those 1952/3 episodes I've seen.

I wonder why they replaced the woman who initially played Meta.

I always wonder how fans at the time felt about seeing Peggy just basically disappear.

What I'd most love to know is how people would have reacted to Bert at the time and also how they reacted when she began to mature. Would they hate her? Would they love her as a bitch? Would they say that her maturing was "dull" or "character assassination"? Would they blast her as being a hypocrite?

Charita was such a delight as bitchy Bert I almost wish that had come back a little later on, as that does tend to happen to some older people.

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I thought there was quite the viewer turnout with Kathy Roberts' death. I've heard they had to up Kathy's age a little bit once the actress started appearing on TV because she was supposed to quite younger on the radio. Sort of like the William Conrad situation. I would have liked to see the Internet's reaction to 1984 GL and 80s Reva...probably not a single fat joke then.

I always wish Bert and Bill would have had a daughter.

That wedding list is interesting. I know through old episodes I've seen Phillip and Blake's infamous wedding in 1989 and later seen Ric Hearst and Sherry Stingfield having mad sex but how exactly did Blake go from Phillip to A-M within months? I think Harley left A-M for Dylan, I remember seeing clips of Carl Tye Evans' A-M getting into a brawl with Dylan at a swimming pool.

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May 25, 1982 SOD. Network Publishing Co Early interview with Michael Tylo.

Edited November 22, 201015 yr by CarlD2

July 20, 82 SOD. Music stars on GL. Network Publishing Co

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http://www.beverleemckinsey.com

A wonderful site full of rare photos, articles, and interviews. A must for any Beverlee fan. Enjoy (and thanks to Liz for her labor of love)!

I really like both of these. The first is from the December 15 87 Digest and the second is from the July 10 90. Network Publishing Co and News America Publishing. I still remember some of those old "Gimme the Buzz" ads (Mindy's one fast chick, better catch her if he can).

Edited November 22, 201015 yr by CarlD2

Ellen Parker kind of looks like a slightly younger Elizabeth Hubbard in the first pic.

Edited October 21, 201015 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Yeah she does. I like the vibe of that picture. It's something which GL ignored when they turned Maureen into a frump.

You're a Maureen Garrett fan, right? I had wanted to remind you that her RH episodes are on again. Also I was going to post an interview with her from 90 or so, although you might have already read it. She has some very harrowing details about why she decided to become an actress -- basically when she hitchhiked, she was hit on the head by the guy who picked her up, and she had a cracked skull and he was going to hit her again until he became guilt-ridden. She agreed not to tell the hospital what had really happened (and she didn't tell the cops until she knew she was safe). After that she decided to do what she wanted, because life was short.

You're a Maureen Garrett fan, right? I had wanted to remind you that her RH episodes are on again.

Thanks for letting me know!

Also I was going to post an interview with her from 90 or so, although you might have already read it. She has some very harrowing details about why she decided to become an actress -- basically when she hitchhiked, she was hit on the head by the guy who picked her up, and she had a cracked skull and he was going to hit her again until he became guilt-ridden. She agreed not to tell the hospital what had really happened (and she didn't tell the cops until she knew she was safe). After that she decided to do what she wanted, because life was short.

No, I haven't read it, please post it when you can!

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