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[carolineg]

Thank you for such a thoughtful post as always.  You are very creative with your ideas.  This sounds like an amazing arc.

In 1994/1995 I feel like a gay/bi Mike storyline would have sidelined Mike even worse.   The show couldn't even figure out a straight story with Mike for years.  With no other gay characters on the show until years later I just don't see it.  It's an interesting idea, of course, but I don't see it fitting into JER's plans at all.

[DRW50]

You're right, it never would have happened (and JER's feelings about gay men may have been best expressed on Passions). I just figured since there was talk about other story choices that never would have happened due to the show at that time (like Mike/Lexie) I thought it might be interesting to ponder.

[AbcNbc247]

So, what happened?

I think Michael T. Weiss was one of the first to go, during the cast purge.

[MichaelGL]

I agree with this. From Sami to Bill, the reactions would've been monumental. 

[carolineg]

I am curious too.  I briefly searched to see if I could find any old articles about it, but had no luck.  Maybe MTW was suppose to return to reunite with April and they would leave together?  I wonder if Days just changed April's story and they decided they didn't need Mike anymore.  She ended up in a triangle with Nick and his brother but they all were written off shortly after.  I think April left town alone anyways lol.

[JAS0N47]

March 6, 1990 Soap Opera Weekly:

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During that time, he signed as a series regular on Dark Shadows. Since it was also on NBC, I guess that was the reason they allowed him out of his Days contract: 4/28/90 newspaper article: "Michael T. Weiss (Mike) may not return to Days of Our Lives. He has joined the cast of NBC's two-hour movie pilot for the revival of Dark Shadows."

[carolineg]

Thanks!  That all makes sense now.  It doesn't sound like MTW was that thrilled to return either lol.  I knew I remember reading something about Days letting him out of his contract early.   

[DRW50]

I remember some fans saying they never liked him with April anyway and preferred him with Robin.

[carolineg]

I have heard the same.  I think the storyline about Mike/Robin's faith differences was just more interesting than anything April/Mike got.  It seems like Derya Ruggles was a real handful to deal with though.  I am not a big fan of either couple, but I think Lisa Howard/MTW had more chemistry than DR/MTW.  From what I have seen, Robin seemed exhausting in general lol.

[jam6242]

I didn't like Robin very much.  Her background was interesting but she always seemed so cold to me.  I liked April much better.

[AbcNbc247]

Same here.

From what I’ve watched, I like April more, though the accent that Lisa Howard put on made her sound more like a Cerullo or a Falconeri than a Latina  

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I wasn’t really a fan of Mike trying to convert to Judaism either because, from what I saw, it made him look stupid, made Robin look like a snob and made Jennifer a bit of a bitch too lol 

Thanks!

Edited October 15, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[j swift]

It is ironic that Nick Correlli spans such a huge generation of storytelling on DAYS from 1981-1990.

I was just reading his wiki, and he starts with David and Trish Banning, and he ends working for Lawrence Alamain.  It feels as if one million characters came and went during that time span.  It sort of explains why he wound up buying Wings, there was nobody else left to run it by that time.

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[carolineg]

From what I have seen, and it's not everything from that period, Nick pops in a few years after 1981, but isn't relevant again until 1987.  It's more of a character that Days decided to bring back in the late 80's instead of a character that was driving much story for all those years.

[JAS0N47]

Here's his monthly appearance stats:

11/81: 9
12/81: 2
4/84: 1 
5/84: 4
7/84: 6
8/84: 4
9/86: 1
10/86: 1
6/87: 2
7/87: 9
8/87: 11
9/87: 2
10/87: 6
11/87: 1
1/88: 2
2/88: 5
3/88: 3
4/88: 5
5/88: 7
6/88: 5
7/88: 2
8/88: 5
9/88: 3
10/88: 4
11/88: 5
12/88: 10
1/89: 5
2/89: 13
3/89: 15
4/89: 11
5/89: 10
6/89: 8
7/89: 6
8/89: 11
9/89: 9
10/89: 9
11/89: 11
12/89: 9
1/90: 9
2/90: 5
3/90: 6
4/90: 7
5/90: 3
6/90: 5
7/90: 5
8/90: 11
9/90: 3
10/90: 15
11/90: 1
12/90: 1
1/91: 2
2/91: 1
4/91: 2

[AbcNbc247]

I’ve always wondered why Anne Howard Bailey seemed to love Nick so much 

Edited October 16, 2024 by AbcNbc247