On 11/22/2025 at 2:25 AM, Khan said:

I still can't believe how Samantha fooled everyone into thinking she was Marlena when she neither sounded like her nor looked much like her either.

Which is strange because, if I recall, Deidre and Andrea are (well, were, since Dee Hall had work done!) identical twins!

I do remember reading a whole spread in one of the soap mags when DH returned in '91, chronicling her real-life wedding. And there were photos of both sisters together, and there, they did look alike!

The wedding guests must have agreed, since the write up mentioned the guests standing up too early when they saw Andrea coming down the aisle (as MOH).

Edited 16 minutes ago16 min by Wendy

12 hours ago, cody_1990 said:

It seemed a lot of characters weaved in and out of the canvas in the mid to late 70s for sure. Greg and Amanda defiantly being that case. I think Greg and Amanda left in 1978 to move to Chicago, Greg had to practically drag Amanda kicking and screaming from Salem if I recall correctly. In 1979, Amanda returns alone, moves in with Doug for awhile as she contemplates divorcing Greg. Greg bounces back and forth from Chicago trying to save his marriage. Amanda has a few romances, I think Chris Kositchek being one of them. Amanda and Greg both returned to Chicago at the end of 1979, whether they are still married, I don't remember. I think Greg returns briefly the next year, but exited quickly after. And we never heard of either of them again.

I so wish we could see that whole period of Days! Mary Frann was such a unique actress. One of the most beautiful in the history of soaps in my opinion.

Yeah.

Amanda got pregnant, and (I think) she wasn’t sure if Chris or Greg was the father. But the pregnancy turned out to be ectopic and she had to terminate it. And it sounds like, after that, she decided to just make a go of her marriage to Greg and left Salem with him.

Which was too bad because from what I’ve read, Greg sounds like a real douche 😂😂😂

I wish more of this time period was available to see

12 hours ago, cody_1990 said:

I so wish we could see that whole period of Days! Mary Frann was such a unique actress. One of the most beautiful in the history of soaps in my opinion.

If you can ever visit the Paley Center for TV in NYC, they have a number of 1976 Days eps available in the viewing library, including Amanda during her cancer story

13 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I so wish we could see that whole period of Days! Mary Frann was such a unique actress. One of the most beautiful in the history of soaps in my opinion.

I didn't remember her still being in Salem as late as 1979. But I agree, I thought she was absolutely gorgeous.

2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Amanda got pregnant, and (I think) she wasn’t sure if Chris or Greg was the father. But the pregnancy turned out to be ectopic and she had to terminate it. And it sounds like, after that, she decided to just make a go of her marriage to Greg and left Salem with him.

And when that crashed and burned, she hooked up with do-it-yourself author Dick Loudon, moved to a quirky little town in Vermont and became an innkeeper and part-time real estate agent (who always wore sweaters).

2 hours ago, Khan said:

And when that crashed and burned, she hooked up with do-it-yourself author Dick Loudon, moved to a quirky little town in Vermont and became an innkeeper and part-time real estate agent (who always wore sweaters).

What? I thought that was a dream 😂😂😂

Edited Sunday at 05:47 PM2 days by AbcNbc247

9 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

What? I thought that was a dream 😂😂😂

Wait, does that mean Dick Loudon was a DAYS fan, lol?

Edited Monday at 03:26 AM2 days by Khan

On 12/13/2025 at 6:10 PM, DRW50 said:

Thanks @SoapDope78 .

I always get confused over just when Mary Frann left.

Here's her monthly stats the last two years she was on the show:

1/78: 3

2/78: 4

3/78: 11

4/78: 1

5/78: 2

6/78: 2

7/78: 2

8/78: 4

9/78: 1

10/78: 4

11/78: 2

1/79: 1

2/79: 3

3/79: 6

4/79: 7

5/79: 11

6/79: 7

7/79: 8

8/79: 9

9/79: 9

Thanks @JAS0N47

Thanks for sharing @SoapDope78 I was nervous on how long this will stay up but hopefully people can save it in time. I know this footage is available in archives but we'll never likely see it, so this is a real treat for fans in the show's 60th anniversary year.

On 12/15/2025 at 3:52 PM, JAS0N47 said:

Here's her monthly stats the last two years she was on the show:

1/78: 3

2/78: 4

3/78: 11

4/78: 1

5/78: 2

6/78: 2

7/78: 2

8/78: 4

9/78: 1

10/78: 4

11/78: 2

1/79: 1

2/79: 3

3/79: 6

4/79: 7

5/79: 11

6/79: 7

7/79: 8

8/79: 9

9/79: 9

I always thought Ann Marcus didn't have much interest in Greg and Amanda. I wonder what happened in March 78 that she had so many appearances.

3 hours ago, SoapDope78 said:

That 1979 episode of Days is amazing. I want more! Amanda and Chris! I really enjoyed the Stephanie and Mary scenes. I am so intrigued to see more of the Trish and Margo scenes surrounding the diamonds. The Mike and Margo scenes were great. Margo’s jealousy of Trish was wonderfully acted. Mike and Margo seemed to have such a conflict filled marriage. Never time to stop and breathe, they were always worried about something. Money, Trish or Margo’s health. Never a truly happy moment lol

2 hours ago, cody_1990 said:

That 1979 episode of Days is amazing. I want more! Amanda and Chris! I really enjoyed the Stephanie and Mary scenes. I am so intrigued to see more of the Trish and Margo scenes surrounding the diamonds. The Mike and Margo scenes were great. Margo’s jealousy of Trish was wonderfully acted. Mike and Margo seemed to have such a conflict filled marriage. Never time to stop and breathe, they were always worried about something. Money, Trish or Margo’s health. Never a truly happy moment lol

It was much easier to watch than I'd feared after hearing of this era of tumult. I guess the claims that things get much worse once the "massacre" takes place were correct. The only part which annoyed me a little was Margo and her baby voice, although it makes sense for how sheltered the character seems. Patty Weaver also has a much lighter voice here than she would on Y&R, which is natural due to aging, but I wonder if they were both trying to play younger or softer (the pigtails in Patty's hair).

You can see what a good body Richard Guthrie had in some soap magazine features, which I was reminded of again seeing what a nice ass he has here.

(if that's considered objectifying him, then I'll say Mary Frann looks lovely too)

The Mickey/Amanda scene was the highlight. It's very difficult for a soap to present two very different points of view and have both be right, but that's the case here. I could say Mickey is being hard-edged (which seems to be the case for the Hortons until their '80s reinvention), but he's not entirely wrong. Amanda and Chris dealing with the consequences of their "true love" affair is much more compelling than what we would have gotten in later years, where Amanda would have gone to visit Alice and Alice would have told her Chris was her soulmate.

The Anderson material is also really fascinating and shows you just what a horrendous decision it was to wipe them off the canvas and then gave Mary a botched recast as one last kick. Given how much some DAYS families cling on by their fingernails, I genuinely think the Andersons would still be there in some capacity if not for these choices. I've always wanted to see more of Brooke/Stephanie and now I have. Eileen Barnett is not as moving or raw as Adrienne LaRussa was, but she's perfectly fine. There was no reason to kill Brooke off.

I wonder how much of the story reason to separate Mary and Chris was down to the alleged dislike between the actors. It's unfortunate if this cost the show Barbara Stanger, who is very good.

(Tom should be written up for telling Mary her father's medical history)

It's disconcerting watching this and knowing just how much will be lost within six months.

I had a few questions:

• Was that something the uploader did (they make a few changes sometimes for copyright reasons) having that weird shaking before Patty went into the lengthy flashback, or was that the show's actual flashback style at the time?

• How long did the show have the format of commercial break, then one last scene going into the closing credits?

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by DRW50