Wow! Thanks Carl for all this! It is so appreciated!

Thank you for reading and commenting. I hoped you'd still been able to see them.

December 9, 1980 Digest.

I love that picture of Viki and Clint in the December 9 issue. OLTL seems so good back then too. I really wish I could have seen it.

They had such incredible characters back then. In a way it's almost a challenge because how can you write a story for these people? I think that era had such fascinating and complex people. I can kind of see why it seemed like "normal" characters like Viki, or Pat, may have blended into the background.

I thought this one was from late 1980 but actually it's from January 29, 1980. So just put this back towards the start of 1980.

Thank you Carl!!!!!!! I adore these synopses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOWWWWW

Thanks so much. I just dug up another 1979 synopsis. I really did try to post them in order...

July 24, 1979 Digest

Is it me or do most of Pat's stories from around the time the Tony/Pat/Paul stuff ended sound like huge pieces of [!@#$%^&*]? Paul injured and not wanting her to know he's still alive, the Adam stuff which seemed to go nowhere, the evil twin or cousin or whatever, a stalker. Kind of odd that they were pushing her as one of their main heroines in these years and they were so clueless about what to do with her.

I do find Pat's stories to be out of place. I wouldn't expect Pat to be stalked by her TV producer and then held hostage by her identical twin sister in less than 12 months in 1979. I would expect something like that on today's soaps, but not then. Regardless, I would still love to see Pat's stories even if they do sound bad.

Looking back, I think the show could have paired Pat and Larry after Karen's exit. Larry was just getting over Karen and Pat was mourning Tony's death. Larry never even found love again, except for Laurel and Brenda and Pat left, I am not sure why, a few months later in 1983.

I'd like to see them too, mostly because I enjoy watching Jacquie Courtney...it seems like they found a better place for her for a while with Bo. I wonder if she felt insulted when they moved him on to Delilah.

February 3, 1981 Digest

February 17, 1981

March 3, 1981 Digest

I would love to see the scenes of Carla telling Ed she still loves him and thinks they still belong together. They sound wonderful.

I also didn't realize how close Karen and Ed were. I like the idea of them.