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DAYS didn't have to lease Wally out for John Ingle's farewell. He's on recurring, he can do as he chooses.

DAYS screwed GH over back in 2004 when Anna Lee died. GH asked to use John Ingle, who was on contract at DAYS at the time, for the 3 episodes that would deal with the death of Lila Quartermaine. DAYS refused to let Ingle do it.

Also, verDorn does in fact appear in one GL's final episodes. He's sailing his boat across the lake during the scenes at filmed at verDorn's local country club.

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But again he's not on contract with DAYS so they couldn't have stopped him anyway. Credit for what? They really didn't do anything.

And in some markets DAYS and GH overlap as well.

Like I said instead of just hanging in their they need to refuel the competition and use it for better stories for each soap. Them playing nice with each other still doesn't do anything for the shows.

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It shows goodwill to the audience, which is really the only reason any of these shows are left.

DAYS went on the record (SOD, Wally said DAYS had no problem with him reprising his role as Ned for those couple of days) saying they didn't mind and that they were glad Wally's days didn't overlap with the two shows, because they loved John Ingle as well, and they knew it would mean a lot to the audience if he appeared. I think they deserve a little credit for that, considering ABC refused to allow JVD and B&B wouldn't allow Rick Hearst (who they weren't using, despite him being under contract to B&B at the time) to appear during GL's finale week, despite what it might mean to long-term viewers to see GL's Alan-Michael appear at his own father's funeral.

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I always liked the jazz version of the GL opening

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GH should have new a version of Autumn breeze with a updated Ambulance going to the hospital that all it needs in my book.

The characters don't need to be displayed they where never shown on DOOL.

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But GH already had a "new" Edward Quartermaine for that and the daytime community wasn't in as dire straits as it was at that time.

They may not have been able to predict the future, but they should have known the value of a John Ingle when they had it before they actually "needed" him.

Jed Allan did the best he could (even drew upon personal circumstances for it) and ABC Daytime had no one to blame but themselves for that fiasco.

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Never should have replaced JI in the first place. Never should have put themselves in the position that would have made them replace him in that situation. I blame ABC Daytime for that. They didn't appreciate what they had and DAYS did appreciate what ABCD had and offered him a contract.

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