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Jaime Lyn Bauer's the only Laura I've ever seen. I'll have to see some clips of the other Lauras. Speaking of which, was SF still on the show when she did The Towering Inferno, or had she already left?

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I do wonder if they bring Laura back for the 50th, who will they get

In recent years they brought back Jaime Lyn Bauer so it will probably be her again.

I feel like that was a common problem among many established characters during JER's time at DAYS. Mark Valley's and especially Steve Wilder's Jack bore no resemblance to Matthew Ashford's. Stephanie Cameron's Jennifer bore no resemblance to Melissa Reeves's. Roark Critchlow? No way was his Mike anything like Michael T. Weiss's. Even John, Marlena and Roman were not what they used to be. I guess that's one reason why I eventually walked away from the show for awhile.

You can add Tony to that list.
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Being a younger viewer -- I started watching as a kid in the '90s, those were all the ones I grew up on. Though oddly, Mark Valley and Stephanie Cameron never jived with me and I still only see Missy/Matt as Jen/Jack, probably because they came back during my high school and college years.

But I'm used to the characterizations of John, Marlena, Roman and Tony from then forward.

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You can add Tony to that list.

Yep. In fact, that one was so bad, they had to retcon it all as Andre.

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Leslie Jordan (of Will & Grace and many other shows) was recently interviewed in the UK and was asked to name the most difficult person he ever worked with.

He said Mary Frann.

That doesn't involve DAYS, just putting it here as she was on the show and I didn't know where else to put it.

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That's too bad about Mary Frann because I know the Newhart cast absolutely adored her. Maybe she found sitcom work and the pace of it better suited for her, and thus was more mellow?

Speaking of Mary Frann, she was in one of my favorite cheesy 80s movies of all-time, Dance 'Til Dawn (1988), about the prom night in one little town and how it affects both the kids AND the parents. Ms. Frann played the wife of Cliff DeYoung and the mother of Christina Applegate!! Another soap alum (an Emmy-winning soap alum, at that) who had a prominent role in the flick was Brian Bloom (the first Dusty on ATWT) - who broke up with the popular Alyssa Milano character and asked the nerdy Tracey Gold character to prom in the hope of, ahem, making prom night a "special night".

Has anyone else ever seen this? Trust me, Kelsey Grammer (who himself had a stint as a doctor on AW shortly before joining Cheers) and Edie McClurg as Tracey Gold's parents alone make this movie worth watching!!!

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Thanks for posting that here. I had been checking a few tapes from 1996 and stumbled across that, so I thought people would enjoy seeing it!

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Deidre Hall with Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes at the time they recently taped the Christmas episodes.

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Thanks for sharing that.

I really love their relationship - it's so sweet. Hey let's just go in the car and see the country. And they do. You can't ask for anything better in a relationship with a partner or spouse.

I don't blame Susan for not wanting fan hate but I hope they keep Julie with an edge.

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God bless Bill and Susan Hayes, who will be celebrating their big 4-0 next month. They got married the exact same day my parents did - Saturday, October 12, 1974. How cool is that?

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