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Guiding Light--

Jennifer Gati/Paige Turco/Wendy Moniz  as Dinah. Gati was tough and stubborn, Turco was soft to the point of squishiness, and Moniz seemed hard and selfish.

Elizabeth Dennehy to Sherri Stringfield as Blake. GAWD, Dennehy was miscast in the role. Stringfield fit perfectly as Maureen Garrett's daughter. Blake went from being a cold fish to a scheming neurotic troublemaker.

 

As the World Turns--

Brad K/John LoPrieno/Austin Peck as Brad. #1 had a laid back zen vibe, #2 was evil and suddenly insanely possessive of Carly, and Peck came back as a bum/airhead.

Honestly, just about every recast of the Goutman era. They all changed personalities with little to no explanation. Craig, Dusty and Paul are the most egregious, but even Mike and Meg didn't carry over much of the established personality of their characters. 

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Eileen Davidson/Brenda Epperson as Ashley. Sorry---Epperson's Ash was as dumb as a box of rocks. 

 

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As for night time soaps:

Dynasty: Pamela Sue Martin VS Emma Samms

                Al Corley VS Jack Coleman

                Catherine Oxenberg VS Karen Cellini

Dallas: Morgan Fairchild VS Priscilla Presley

             David Ackroyd VS Ted Shackelford

             David Wayne VS Keenan Wynn

 

 

 

 

             

 

 

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Is there any truth to the rumor that the producers found her working at some fast-food joint and offered her the gig?  Or was it one of those "discovered at a drugstore" tales that PR people love to make up?

(Personally, I thought the concept of someone with no prior acting experience landing a role on a hit TV series after being noticed at a fast-food restaurant would have made for a great Hallmark movie, lol).

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Surprised the classic example of Dorothy Lyman vs. Jill Larson as AMC's Opal hasn't been mentioned yet. Both very talented actresses (with Lyman having the edge) portraying an entertaining character that added much to the canvas, but they had different roles, different connections, different motivations, etc. to the point where, out of respect for both actresses, we almost talk about them like they actually were two different characters ("Opal Gardner" vs. just "Opal").

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Yes Jacquie Schultz Patti was Jo's daughter and that was it.

Firstly she was a good 10 years younger than Patti should be. Patti was a nurse who somehow morphed into spunky reporter. She had 2 children who in soap ages should be teens but JS Patti appeared to be child free and so on.

It was nice to finally have Jo's daughter back but not as Pod Patti.

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ATWT was one of my Gram's (RIP) favorite soaps. So, sometimes I'd read some ATWT in the soap mags and watch casually so she could chat with me about it.

(I was more an ABC [AMC] girl turned NBC watcher [Days/Santa Barbara] in my teens/20s - college].)

I mention this because I'm surprised to not see Melanie Smith vs. Kelley Menighan (formerly-Hensley) as Emily on here.

Smith's version seemed like the intense sexpot, impulsive type while Menighan just seemed neurotic, losing the intensity. Not to mention the actresses did not even resemble each other whatsoever.

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