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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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MEDINA JOURNAL-REGISTER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1972

Soap opera star leads "sudsy" life By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) 

Bill Hayes, one of the co-stars of "Days of Our Lives," might make the central figure in his own soap opera. He is divorced after 23 years of marriage and moved to Hollywood more than two years ago from New York to star in the long-running daytime series. Hayes, who plays a nightclub singer on the show, is an accomplished vocalist himself and was resident baritone of the old "Show of Shows""-1950-1954-that starred Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar.

Now he lives in the San Fernando valley with his three youngest children: Christian,21, Tom, 18, and Peg, 16. The house is large enough for the entire family and is close to NBC studios in Burbank where the show is filmed. Hayes, in fact, may be looking for smaller quarters soon. Christian will be moving to Arizona and Tom is headed for college, leaving only Peg at home.

Hayes became a grandfather earlier this year when his daughter, Carrie, gave birth to a son, David Samuel. Hayes asked  his producers to write him out of the serial for 10 days so he could back to Indiana to see his first grandchild. Another son, Blll Jr., is 22 and a Navy ensign flying jets.

NBC has Hayes under contract 52 weeks a year.  There are no re-runs of daytime serials. Therefore Hayes is on call almost every weekday. Generally he reports to the studio at 7 a.m. where the cast reads through the script and then rehearses. Then the crew is brought in for actual staging and another rehearsal before the episode is taped. Thereafter the cast sits around a table and reads through  the next day's script, timing the segment and changing dialogue here and there to suit the director and actors. 

Some performers are quick studies. After an hour or so with the script they have their lines down pat. Not Bill Hayes. He is usually through at the studio by 3 p.m., but returns home to study and restudy the script,  painfully memorizing his lines. Christian, Tom and Peg alternate  with household chores. One week, for instance, Christian will do the cooking, Tom will clean house and Peg does the laundry and dukes "It works out pretty well," Hayes said ruefully. But when I get tired of eating pizza and hamburgers I pitch in and do the cooking myself.

After dinner Hayes finds a quiet corner of the house to continue memorizing his lines. Then it's off to bed for that early call in the morning. On weekends Hayes not infrequently visits his parents who make their home in Tucson, Ariz. He would like to spend more time at the beach or in the mountains with his  offspring. Being both father and mother to his youngsters, Hayes and must devote Saturdays and Sundays to shopping, gardening and supervising the running of the house. "I have to put relaxation and recreatlon into the future," he says. It's a someday thing with me. “Once in a while I get out to see a play or a movie, or visit friends in San Diego. But as long as I'm doing is show it means giving up a lot of other things. The important element is that the series allows me to work regularly and stay in one place to be with my family. Not too many actors today can pull that off." 

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When he returned  to DAYS in 1991 it was at the behest of Deidre Hall wanting the two of them to make the DAYS scene together again & they both got preferential billing, too, in the closing credits. They did the Mexican story first with Bo & Carly and with John & Isabella & also Lawrence & the actress who would much later play Gladys on GH

After that they did this amazing story Marlena loved 2 men but society would not allow it. I have always felt that Deidre deserved an Emmy for that particular story.

 

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"DAYS OF OUR LIVES" CONTRACT CAST BIRTHPLACES...UPDATING FROM LAST YEAR...RACHEL BOYD 9TH CANADIAN...PEYTON MEYER FIRST FROM NEVADA...

Here's a look at the birthplaces of the 383 contract actors:
 
Alaska (1)
Fairbanks...Brody Hutzler
 
Arizona (1)
Phoenix...Jaime Lyn Bauer
 
Arkansas (1)
Little Rock...Jessica Serfaty
 
California (91)
Artesian...Eileen Davidson
Bell...Mark Tapscott
Bishop...Trevor Donovan
Burbank...Cady McClain, Tammy Taylor
Calabasas...Kate Mansi
Canoga Park...Dick Billingsley, Tony Rhodes
Concord...Joseph Adams
Daly City...Lamon Archey
Dana Point...Mindy Clarke
El Segundo...Kristi McDaniel
Encino...Michael Bays
Eureka...Sarah Brown
Fremont...Julie Pinson
Fresno County...Melonie Mazman
Gardena...Billy Warlock
Glendale...Megan Corletto, A Martinez, Aaron Van Wagner
Granada Hills...Dani Minnick
Hanford...Elia Cantu, Casey Moss
Inglewood...Michael Easton
Irvine...Veronica Lauren
La Mirada...Eric Winter
Laguna Hills...Kyler Pettis
Los Angeles...Rod Arrants, Nick Benedict, Brenda Benet, Ashley Benson, Aimee Brooks, Jason Culp, Barry Cutler, Katherine Ellis, Melinda O. Fee, Holly Gagnier, Galen Gering, George Jenesky, Michael Leon, Heather Lindell, Debbie Lytton, Gregg Marx, Yvette Nipar, True O'Brien, Marie-Alise Recasner, Derya Ruggles, Louise Sorel, Elizabeth Storm, Shannon Sturges, Alison Sweeney, Lisa Trusel
Los Angeles County...Susan Keller
Los Gatos...Gregory Mortensen
Maywood...Robert S. Woods
Montebello...Judi Evans
Monterey...Jean Bruce Scott
Mountain House...Thia Megia
Mountain View...Ken Jezek
Newport Beach...Leo Howard, Alexis Thorpe
Northridge...Arianne Zucker
Pasadena...Mary Beth Evans, Sal Stowers
Placentia...Christie Clark
Rancho Mirage...Lindsay Hartley
Riverside...Collin O'Donnell
Sacramento...Gabrielle Haugh
San Diego...Charles Bateman, Joy Bisco, Raven Bowens, Anne Howard, Erik von Detten
San Francisco...Susan Seaforth Hayes, Thyme Lewis, Karen Moncrieff, Guy Wilson
San Jose...Heather Olson
San Mateo County...Nathan Owens
San Pedro...Patrick Muldoon
San Rafael...Olivia Rose Keegan, Scott Palmer
Santa Barbara...Joseph Bottoms
Santa Clara...Casey Jon Diedrick
Santa Monica...Blake Berris
Santa Rosa...James Lastovic
Venice...Michael Sabatino
Ventura...Krista Allen
Whittier...J. Cynthia Brooks
(City unknown)...Ava White, Olivia White
 
Colorado (7)
Colorado Springs...Jason Brooks
Denver...Kristen Renton, Shayna Rose
Evergreen...Staci Greason
Littleton...Molly Burnett
Walsenburg...Steve Eastin
Wheat Ridge...Nick Stabile
 
Connecticut (4)
New Haven...Daniel Cosgrove, Robert Mailhouse
West Hartford...Joseph Mascolo
Westport...Jamie Martin Mann
 
Florida (14)
Bradenton...Miriam Parrish
Fort Lauderdale...Mike Manning
Jacksonville...Patrika Darbo
Jacksonville Beach...AlexAnn Hopkins
Miami...Camila Banus, Jordi Vilasuso, David Wallace
Miami Beach...Tracy Middendorf, Valerie Wildman
Opalacka...Renee Jones
Orlando...Mandy Musgrave, Kirsten Storms
Stuart...Linsey Godfrey
Tallahassee...Matt Battaglia
 
Georgia (5)
Atlanta...Bonnie Burroughs, AnnaLynne McCord, Schuyler Yancey
Dalton...Lane Davies
Norcross...Chandler Massey
 
Hawaii (4)
Honolulu...Darin Brooks, Richard Guthrie, Austin Peck
Maui...Charity Rahmer
 
Illinois (16)
Chicago...Eileen Barnett, Robert Cuthill, Wortham Krimmer, Felisha Terrell, Precious Way, Michael T. Weiss
Elmhurst...Rachel Melvin
Evanston...Tamara Braun
Harvey...Bill Hayes
Highland Park...John Lupton
Joliet...Tyler Christopher
Kankakee...Bryan Dattilo
Lake Bluff...Kyle Brandt
Princeton...Josh Taylor
Winnetka...Charlotte Ross
Woodstock...Quinn Redeker
 
Indiana (8)
Columbus...Brian Green
Elkhart...Peter Reckell
Fort Wayne...Drake Hogestyn
Indianapolos...Steve Burton
New Albany...Suzanne Zenor
North Liberty...Marci Miller
Plymouth...Richard Bergman
South Bend...John Clarke
 
Iowa (4)
Davenport...Matthew Ashford, Patricia Barry
Sioux City...Macdonald Carey
Urbandale...Carson Boatman
 
Kansas (1)
Topeka...Roscoe Born
 
Kentucky (5)
Draffenville...Chrishell Stause
Harlan...Richard Hill
Lexington...Farah Fath
Louisville...Wes Ramsey
Morganfield...Kassie DePaiva
 
Louisiana (3)
Baton Rouge...Wesley Eure
Destrehan...Shelley Hennig
Pineville...Justin Gaston
 
Maryland (4)
Bethesda...Valerie Karasek
Cumberland...Edward Mallory
Midland...Suzanne Rogers
Silver Spring...Crystal Chappell
 
Massachusetts (7)
Boston...Joseph Gallison, Paul Keenan, Lauren Koslow
Brockton...Kristian Alfonso
Fitchburg...Deborah Dalton
Grafton...Robert Scott Wilson
Newton...James Acheson
 
Michigan (6)
Ann Arbor...Ashley Puzemis
Detroit...Tanya Boyd
Flint...Aketra Sevillian
Grand Rapids...Shawn Christian, Stacy Haiduk
Marquette...Susan Diol
 
Minnesota (4)
Ada...Paul Kersey
Hennepin County...Billy Flynn
Lake Minnetonka...Nancy Parsons
Minneapolis...Roberta Leighton
 
Mississippi (1)
Hattiesburg...Taylor Spreitler
 
Missouri (11)
Camdenton...Randy Reinholz
Kansas City...Mark Drexler, Terry O'Sullivan, James Reynolds
Springfield...Jay Johnson
St. Louis...Brandon Barash, Stephanie Cameron, Mary Frann, Kyle Lowder, George McDaniel, Kevin Spirtas
 
Montana (1)
Billings...Wally Kurth
 
Nebraska (2)
Omaha...Miranda Wilson
Staplehurst...Coleen Gray
 
Nevada (1)
Las Vegas...Peyton Meyer
 
New Hampshire (1)
Manchester...Christopher Stone
 
New Jersey (10)
East Orange...Joyce Little
Eatontown...Melissa Reeves
Englewood...Paul Coufos, Genie Francis
Hackensack...Paul Logan
Jersey City...Susan Flannery
Montclair...Richard Burgi
Morristown...Shawn Stevens
Somerdale...Jason Cook
Somerset...Ariana Chase
 
New Mexico (2)
Alamogordo...Jeff Griggs
Albuquerque...Geno Silva
 
New York (37)
Buffalo...Tom Hallick, Mark Hapka
Greenwood Lake...Peter Porte
Levittown...Barbara Crampton
New York City...Robert Alda, Denise Alexander, Jed Allan, Peter Brown, Brooke Bundy, Al Calderon, John Callahan, Joseph Campanella, Charles Cioffi, Don Diamont, Jane Elliot, Rick Hearst, Vincent Irizarry, Cherie Jimenez, Tracy Kolis, Victoria Konefal, Adrienne LaRussa, Philip Levien, Gloria Loring, Peggy McCay, Susan Oliver, Rhasaan Orange, Greg Rikaart, Jay Robinson, Lanna Saunders, Zach Tinker, Eddie Velez, Vanessa Williams
Ogdensburg...Mark Valley
Pawling...Lindsay Arnold
Rochester...Elaine Bromka
Schenectady...James Read
Springfield Center...Steve Wilder
 
North Carolina (3)
Asheboro...Lane Caudell
Winston-Salem...Jackee Harry, Patsy Pease
 
Ohio (12)
Akron...David McLean
Ashtabula...Freddie Smith
Brook Park...Billy Hufsey
Cincinnati...Stephen Nichols
Cleveland...Charla Doherty, Robert Kelker-Kelly, Martha Smith
Columbus...Richard Biggs, Stephen Brooks, Matthew Mahaney
Euclid...Amy Stock
Saylor Park...Braden Matthews
 
Oklahoma (5)
Enid...Lynn Herring
Oklahoma City...James Hampton
Tulsa...Maree Cheatham, Dianne Harper, John Ingle
 
Oregon (5)
Eugene...Brandon Beemer, Brett Williams
Medford...Lisa Rinna
Portland...Ashlee Holland
(City unknown)...Regina Gleason
 
Pennsylvania (10)
Bryn Mawr...William Joyce
Chambersburg...Elaine Princi
Darby...Frank Parker
Easton...Jack Coleman
Harrisburg...Eric Martsolf
Johnstown...Natalia Livingston
Philadelphia...John de Lancie
Phoenixville...John-Paul Lavoisier, Margaret Mason
Pittsburgh...Rusty Cundieff
 
Rhode Island (1)
Newport...Nadia Bjorlin
 
South Carolina (2)
Columbia...Julianne Morris
Greenville...Judith Chapman
 
Tennessee (1)
Nashville...Lisa Linde
 
Texas (17)
Austin...Pat Delany
Colleyville...Madelyn Kientz
Dallas...Jensen Ackles, Melissa Archer, Patrice Chanel-Carter, Abigail Klein, Greg Vaughan
Denton...Dylan Michael Patton
Fort Worth...Joy Garrett, Hunter Tylo
Houston...Vivian Jovanni, Marissa Reyes
Katy...Paige Searcy
San Angelo...Philece Sampler
Sherman...Lucas Adams
Wichita County...Alli Brown
Wichita Falls...Frances Reid
 
Virginia (9)
Lynchburg...Deborah Adair, J. Eddie Peck
McLean...Marilyn McIntyre
Newport News...Martha Madison
Norfolk...Rob Estes
Radford...Corinne Conley
Roanoke...Jen Lilley
Virginia Beach...Paige Kettner, Ryanne Kettner
 
Washington (9)
Forks...Leann Hunley
Moses Lake...Matt Cedeno
Oak Harbor...Christopher Sean
Seattle...Tamara Clatterbuck, Cindy Daly, Pamela Roylance
Spokane...Jay Pickett, Brandon Tyler
Sumner...Wayne Northrop
 
West Virginia (3)
Charleston...Shelley Taylor Morgan
Clarksburg...Patty Weaver
Huntington...Eric Schiff
 
Wisconsin (3)
Milwaukee...Dick Colla, Deidre Hall
Waupaca...Annie Burgstede
 
Washington, DC (5)
Washington, DC...Roger Aaron Brown, William Christian, Madlyn Rhue, Diane Sommerfield, Arleen Sorkin
 
Australia (5)
Sydney...Alexander Bruszt, Isabel Durant, Dan Feuerriegel, Justin Melvey, Thaao Penghlis
 
Canada (9)
Calgary...Roark Critchlow, Victor Webster
Edmonton...Catherine Mary Stewart
London...Lisa Howard
Montreal...Rosemary Forsyth
Newmarket...Rachel Boyd
St. John's...Shannon Tweed
Toronto...Anne-Marie Martin, Camilla Scott
 
Cuba (1)
(City unknown)...Gabriela Rodriguez
 
Czech Republic (1)
Prague...Ivan G'Vera
 
France (4)
Graase...Gilles Marini
Paris...Robert Clary, Barbara Stanger
Saint-Julien...Antony Alda
 
Greece (2)
Athens...Marie Wilson
Crete...John Aniston
 
Italy (1)
Rome...Victor Alfieri
 
Mexico (2)
Camargo...Alma Delfina
Mexico City...Andrew Masset
 
Philippines (1)
(City unknown)...Jolina Collins
 
South Korea (2)
Seoul...Sung Hi Lee
Yesan County...Victoria Grace
 
Spain (1)
Palma de Mallorca...Francisco San Martin
 
Trinidad (2)
(City unknown)...Sandra Canning, Clive Clerk
 
United Kingdom (15)
England/Bath...Marcus Patrick
England/Bedfordshire...Emily O'Brien
England/Leeds...Yvonna Kopacz
England/London...Adam Caine, Bren Foster, Deborah Moore, Camilla More, Carey More, Charles Shaughnessy, Jane Windsor
England/Nether Compton...Serena Scott Thomas
England/Newcastle Upon Tyne...James Scott
England/Romford...Millicent Martin
Scotland/East Kilbride...Ian Buchanan
Scotland/Paisley...Paul Telfer
 
BIRTHPLACE STATS:
337...USA
46...Outside of USA
 
BIRTHPLACES BY CITY (3 or more)...
27...New York City, New York
25...Los Angeles, California
7...London, England
6...Chicago, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri
5...Dallas, Texas; San Diego, California; Sydney, Australia; Washington, DC
4...San Francisco, California
3...Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Glendale, California; Honolulu, Hawaii; Kansas City, Missouri; Miami, Florida; Seattle, Washington; Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
BIRTHPLACES BY LOCATION...
91...California
37...New York
17...Texas
16...Illinois
15...United Kingdom
14...Florida
12...Ohio
11...Missouri
10...New Jersey, Pennsylvania
9...Virginia, Washington; Canada
8...Indiana
7...Colorado, Massachusetts
6...Michigan
5...Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington DC; Australia
4...Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota; France
3...Louisiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, Wisconsin
2...Nebraska, New Mexico, South Carolina; Greece, Mexico, South Korea, Trindad
1...Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Tennessee; Cuba, Czech Republic, Italy, Philippines, Spain
0... Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming
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