Yea that's another thing. I think i saw more scenes/photo's of Viki in furs during the 80's than Dorian. Dorian wore the furs in the early 1990's (even making a joke of it when Sloan was bugging her penthouse and had to hide in her closet with all her furs.) and then of course it all went away in the late 1990's when a producer and the actresses were aware of PETA. Jeanne Cooper on Y&R wore one on her show for years, well into the late 1990's when her character eneded up in a homeless shelter with only her fur coat to keep her warm. I'll probably get slauted for saying this but i liked seeing my Diva's in fur coats. It showed that they had money.

hears one from 1987 Viki wears fur when she sees Maria and then Tina shows up and is also in fur.

Viki wore a Gawd awful hat at Megan and Jake's wedding...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GsGsX7WuVc

I don't think so. I remember another Gabrielle fan on a LONG defunct board saying years ago that their final scene in 1991 may have been one with KW's Tina slapping Gabby in the face, either after the stuff with Carlo came out, or after the prison sentence was delivered (maybe even after her infidelity in her marriage to Max was revealed, too).

Yes, I do believe the final Tina-Gab scene was the one in 1991 where Tina slapped Gab. I have that floating around here in my "archives" somewhere. And as much as I liked Karen Witter, she was HORRIBLE in that scene!

I know Tina and I think Viki had on fur coats in a scene that around sometime during Eterna. They were at Viki's cabin which had been ransacked by a gold hunter. Itso n YouTube somewhere.

I didn't realize she ever left the show. Was that her months-long absence from 1987 to 1988, before she returned in the Faux Bo story?

I loved Shelly Burch and Delila, especially in the beginning when the character had a purpose. She did leave from November 1987 to June 1988. Here are two 8X10 pictures that she generously sent to me when I wrote to her way back when. She was and is a beautiful woman!

It was because of their kids, Frank and Leslie. They had been living with Luna's relatives on their farm in NC after they had been kidnapped, presumed dead, then rescued. Basically, JFP treated Max like a deadbeat dad (Al was living with Gabrielle after she was released from prison by this time), and they stayed with them until after Al died and Max went to raise them himself.

Because it was revealed at Asa's funeral that he lived in Argentina, I've always fanwanked it that he moved there after Gabrielle's death to carry on her memory, her death devastating him more than he ever thought possible, given what he felt after losing Luna.

The show missed a major opportunity with Max and Gabrielle when she returned in 2001. Back in their heyday, the characters were written with a "I hate you but can't live without you" kind of passion. But when Gab came back in 2001, it was more like they just had a "I hate you" kind of passion. The redux fizzled miserably (IMO) though it had such great potential! I wonder if anything had changed between James and Fiona by that time, because the chemistry just wasn't there. Or maybe it was the writing that lacked.

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These are for MissLlanviewPA:

I loved Shelly Burch and Delila, especially in the beginning when the character had a purpose. She did leave from November 1987 to June 1988. Here are two 8X10 pictures that she generously sent to me when I wrote to her way back when. She was and is a beautiful woman!

Those look really nice, thanks for sharing.

She mustve had the longest disappearance on a soap.

Those look really nice, thanks for sharing.

She mustve had the longest disappearance on a soap.

You're welcome! Funny (or not so funny) story about Shelly Burch......

In 1997, Soap Opera Digest reported that Ms. Burch had been brainwashed and joined a cult and was feared dead. I kid you not! There were no quotes from any authorities or former cast mates. Yet, I was still worried, as I thought Ms. Burch to be a lovely and kind woman based on interviews she did. Well, in 1999, I was fortunate enough to attend the OLTL Fan Club event, and I asked Mr. Bob Woods directly about Ms. Burch. He shook his head in disgust and said that he too had read that story, but was happy to report that Ms. Burch was alive and well and had never joined a cult. He confirmed that she IS a nice and warm woman, and thanked me for asking about her. If you are interested in seeing for yourself that she is indeed still living her one life to live, check out her website. The woman still looks amazing! http://shellyburch.org/gallery.php

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It's wonderful to see Shelly Burch still looking wonderful after all these years. I always thought she was stunning as Delila. Thanks, Dale.

I remember she did a Where Are they Now with SOD in 2009 and said she was so happy and was willing to come back.

I can't believe they would run such a serious story as that, with no verification or anything. Did they ever refute their claims?

I would have loved -- LOVED -- to have seen Delila come back and be a threat to Bo and Nora's reunion.

Shelley Burch's characters (Delilah) simply disappeared. She had lost her buisness when her back-stabbing partner, Gabrielle, stole her fashion designing business out from under her nose. Delila had tried to keep the business and be a mother to Sami too, but Gabrielle took advantage of her absence and tried to pass the designs off as her own. So, the business collasped because Gabielle had been trusted. I think Delilah got into a cab, and the cab sped away. Actually, Delila was kidnapped with Lord Bove and Elizabeth Sanders were behind it. Rafe looked and looked and mourned the disappearence of Delilah.

In the OLTL book, it says Gabby came to town because Delila had taken credit for her designs. I thought she was trying to get them back. Oh well, I still love her and Fiona .

The show missed a major opportunity with Max and Gabrielle when she returned in 2001. Back in their heyday, the characters were written with a "I hate you but can't live without you" kind of passion. But when Gab came back in 2001, it was more like they just had a "I hate you" kind of passion. The redux fizzled miserably (IMO) though it had such great potential! I wonder if anything had changed between James and Fiona by that time, because the chemistry just wasn't there. Or maybe it was the writing that lacked.

I actually thought they still had chemistry, particularly when they became friends again in 2003. I really felt that could have had a more mature, lasting relationship at that point, particularly if they had been written off together, They were never closer friends than they were then--I really thought Max was in love with her all over again--there was something about Jim's acting in their scenes that year that indicated that to me--but backed off because of Bo.

And THANK YOU so much for those pictures!

Edited September 14, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

Sod synopsis early 79

A 1982 review of OLTL from Afternoon TV Magazine