Great photo's!

It certainly was. I was a little to young to really remember specifics about him but I do remember that the actor who played him always gave me the creeps!

That was before Ivan got the mechanical hand and placed a mind control chip in Larry's mind, right?

That was before Ivan got the mechanical hand and placed a mind control chip in Larry's mind, right?

Umm, yeah, definitely before that . On a side note, who was responsible for that storyline?

I think it was when Sam Hall and Peggy O'Shea were co-headwriting, right before Paul Rauch came on. Funny, as I usually credit all the fantasy camp stuff to him (though Peggy O'Shea wrote the better early stuff). But I could be wrong and it was when Rauch did come on? Obviously it was an attempt to go with the GH sci fi style at the time.

Badderly was named worst story of the year by SOD - I guess part of that colors my thinking. But I should check it out.

Just catching up on this thread.....

Badderly should have been named the worst story of the decade. Gawd, that went on and on and on and on and....well, you get the picture. It was a horrific mess, and showed that Paul Rauch's creative steam was gone. Yes, it featured characters we cared about like Megan, Jake, Sarah, Bo Cord and Tina, but they interacted with cartoon villains in a senseless plot. It was the longest summer ever!

It was a disgrace. Gabrielle, Tina, and Megan, along with Viki, CARRIED OLTL in the late 80's. They were some of the most addictive and complex women ever on soaps.

I'd add Sarah Gordon to the list, though Jensen Buchanan was not in the same league as the other ladies you mentioned.

Was that when Schnessel (sp? lol what a name) was writing solo? It seemed like for the most part under Rauch, Peggy O'Shea kept things in check (I believe she wrote another soap after, but can't remember what), and had a great mix of camp and classic soap opera, even if the class and ethnicity issues slipped away, but once she left (quit? fired?) Rauch's impulses got the better of him. And then of course there was his awful final year where he seemed to try to bring the show back to its basics, with this time unintentional camp.

*edit* No i guess it WAS the 1990 DePriest/Rauch era

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Do you know how long Marco masqueraded as his brother Mario before the truth became public knowledge? Also what did you think of ABC taking his character to GH?

Marco started posing as Mario in March 1979 and was busted at his wedding to Edwina in September 1980 by Dorian. Karen figured out that Mario was really Marco in the early summer of 1979 and kept his secret.

I liked Marco on GH. Well i liked the Marco/Tracy stuff. They were great together, the odd couple. They even got a Soap Opera Weekly (or magazine) cover together. then once she left he was mostly there as Jagger's boxing manager. I don't think there was a time when he left the show, i think he just fadded into the background. He didn't even go to Jagger and Karen's wedding.

Nigel and Roxy sing "I Got You Babe".

Sean Kanan (Deacon Sharpe) is releasing a book! Get a sneak peek at the first chapter here: www.seankananthemoderngentleman.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDYJ360jyhE

Just catching up on this thread.....

Badderly should have been named the worst story of the decade. Gawd, that went on and on and on and on and....well, you get the picture. It was a horrific mess, and showed that Paul Rauch's creative steam was gone. Yes, it featured characters we cared about like Megan, Jake, Sarah, Bo Cord and Tina, but they interacted with cartoon villains in a senseless plot. It was the longest summer ever!

Amen. That was the beginning of the end of Paul Rauch. Summer of 1990. LOVED his run until that last painful year. Sarah almost sinking in quicksand WAS cool though. And I remember Megan played a funny nerdy character named Midge! (They were all mostly disguised as other people for some plot reason)

And responding to another comment, that Peggy O'Shea was BRILLIANT 1985-87 OLTL was truly brilliant, and the most underrated in OLTL's history. Brilliant. Loved Schnessell, although his storylines were outlandish. He was young and sadly died young..

From a November 1982 Digest.