OMG, I remember thinking that the wedding dress looked like a set of doilies sewn together. Googling pictures of it now, however, I must admit that the dress does not strike me as quite so hideous.
Good point. I justified the "cheap" wedding in my mind as Alan trying hard to convince Hope and her family that he could meet them on their level, act like a "regular guy," and not always remain in a gilded bubble with his immense wealth and power.
To his credit, Marland continued to write for fan favorites on all his shows, including Mart Hulswit on TGL, for quite some time. Even Harding Lemay focused on Jacquie Courtney, George Reinholt and Virginia Dwyer for the first four years of his tenure on AW, despite disliking those actors. Some scribes do understand the importance of keeping audience favorites center stage. I appreciate that. The cast purge in 1983 and 1984 in Springfield proved what a disaster slaughtering vets is to a soap's structure and stability.
Oh dear God in heaven, as our dear Mrs. Chancellor might say, what have I done to you? Have I cursed you, too, with my obsessive, nagging doubts?!?😬
Uh-oh. The Pinterest picture I am thinking of was definitely from Hope's wedding, and I believed Bill Bauer was present in that one...but I always saw Ed/Rita wedding shots on Pinterest too, and if I was looking at both the Ed/Rita and Hope/Alan photos simultaneously, who knows what tricks my mind is playing on me now?
This added question may make me truly go around the bend!!!🤣
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