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The only way I saw successful playlists for DAYS uploaded to youtube was maybe 10 years ago  .... The uploader had code names for each playlist by obscure nicknames for each character, without mentioning DAYS or the actual character names in the description.  You'd have to be an expert on the show's history to know the obscure nicknames for each character - something mentioned in the show's dialogue once years before.
Importantly, commenters were asked to not mention the name of the show or the characters or the actors in their comments, or their comments would be deleted, which meant that the channel owners had to check it daily to delete such comments.
AND the videos were all unlisted,
so you'd know about it only from word-of-mouth, but were asked not to post about it anywhere.

This was many years ago and I enjoyed watching those as they were up for several months.

However some unaffiliated fools would create their own playlists on their own personal youtubes, linking to the unlisted videos and labeling their personal playlists with real show name and character names...
so of course Sony caught it eventually and it was all lost.

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I was going through those episodes from 1984 and early 1985 before they were taken down. Some of the older characters, like Don and even Tom, looked a little out of place, like they were on the wrong show. But the newer characters were fun.

It's too bad they lost the character of Melissa. I guess Jennifer took her long-term place on the canvas. 

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DJxpFaAp_UY/
Roman vs. Stefano, Cliff top, Beach Below
This is one of the most important scenes on DAYS in the 80s. After this nothing was ever the same. DAYS 11-23-84
 

@JAS0N47Closing Credits roll & it's complete silence. Isn't that unusual?

Edit to add: A much longer version can be found on my usual hosting site

video title DAYS 11-23-84 Roman vs Stefano, clifftop & beach below

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I’ve always wondered - why did Wayne decide to leave DAYS in 1984? He and Deidre were at the peak of their success, and their on-screen relationship was so iconic. Three years together just feels too short. Was there a specific reason for his departure at that point?

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He told The Chicago Tribune:

❝ It was a choice I made because I had itchy feet. ❞

Which, to me, reads he wanted to do things outside of the limits of daytime. And, after that, he did end up returning to Dynasty for an extended run and some other primetime work in L.A. Law.

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I guess Wayne felt it was now or never. He'd made a splash at Days and probably hoped that would lead to a primetime series. If he signed for another 3 years at Days then the momentum would be lost and he's probably have to stay in soaps like so many others.

And in the back of his mind there was the knowledge he could probably get a role on SB or GH if he didn't luck out in primetime or Days didn't want him back.

As it turned out he returned to Dynasty and got a couple of primetime gigs before agreeing to go back to Days.

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