1973 -- that was the year of Erica's abortion! I can't wait to see a recap of all that!!

Was her doctor back then really a 'Dr. Madden' ? Hope so! Continuity, I hope...?

Edited October 26, 201015 yr by Pine Charles

1973 -- that was the year of Erica's abortion! I can't wait to see a recap of all that!!

Was her doctor back then really a 'Dr. Madden' ? Hope so! Continuity, I hope...?

Don't press your luck

Thanks for the summaries FrenchFan they are very much appreciated.

As always it's General Hospital that interests me the most...interesting that it turned out Diana turned out not to have Hodgkins after all. I wonder if that's because the Hursleys decided to go in a different direction with her story (I do know that she's due to lose her son Tracy and learn that she's pregnant by Phil as a result of the rape and the resulting drama lasts for the best part of two years until Phil is killed in December 1974).

Also I wonder how long this Dr Steward will be hanging around...Audrey eventually married her third husband Dr Jim Hobart after getting Tommy back and erroneously believing husband #2 Tom Baldwin had been killed.

1973 -- that was the year of Erica's abortion! I can't wait to see a recap of all that!!

Sorry, but Erica's abortion did not occur in 1973. It happened in the summer of 1972. If you read this synopsis closely, you will see that Erica and Jeff are already speaking of divorce so that Jeff and Mary Kenicott can marry. Shortly after this, Jason Maxwell is murdered. Erica's abortion preceded all of these events, despite what the history books say.

I didn't know Tempo was around in 1973.

I had wondered whether Susan and Julie patched up their friendship after years of open warfare. It's nice that they did. Did that happen when Denise was still on the show?

Interesting that GH had a story about a couple who were worried about overpopulation. That was very "in" at that time but I didn't know soaps ever talked about it.

Sorry, but Erica's abortion did not occur in 1973. It happened in the summer of 1972.

Oh, my! I wonder why EVERY source says she had the abortion in '73..? STRANGE!

Edited October 29, 201015 yr by Pine Charles

Roe vs Wade came into effect in early 1973, but maybe abortion was already legal in Pennsylvania and people have just gotten a bit confused about the timeline - ie: since Erica's was the first legal abortion they may have assumed it took place after Roe vs Wade but in actual fact it took place before when abortion was legal in some states but not in others.

Just wanted to get this back on the front page for those like me who haven't read it all. And wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to one of the posters, along with Paul Raven and saynotoursoap, among others, who helps remind me of the soaps and their glorious, ugly, fascinating past.

Did Bethel Leslie and Gerry Day come back to Secret Storm? In the TV Dawn to Dusk I have from January 72 it says they resigned to produce feature films.

Just wanted to get this back on the front page for those like me who haven't read it all. And wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to one of the posters, along with Paul Raven and saynotoursoap, among others, who helps remind me of the soaps and their glorious, ugly, fascinating past.

Thanks a lot Carl. It's very nice of you. I want to post more oldies and I probably will during Christmas break (we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in France).

This sharing of summaries is fantastic. I only ever watched Y&R, hooked by my grandmother, but I am aware of the other soaps and really interested to read what they were doing during this period. Thanks FrenchFan for sharing. I have said on another thread that I realize that it takes a lot of effort to write these up, so I do appreciate it.

Bumping this up again.

You're right Carl. I should check my files to post more

Oh I didn't do this for you to add more (although I'd love to read more!), I just didn't want this to get lost in the woods, as this is a resource that covers a lot of stuff which can't be found elsewhere. Most of this wasn't really covered by soap magazines in 1973.

Re-reading these got me wondering, I heard that Bryna Laub didn't get Y&R in the first few months. FrenchFan, out of curiosity, what is the earliest recaps you have of Y&R?