not sure where to post this. putting it here because it rambles. I'll link on the OLTL and Doctors threads, too.
Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes (Data and Riker from Star Trek) have a podcast called "Dropping Names with Brent and Jonny", in which the guests discuss various famous people they've interacted with through the years. [Frakes is married to Genie Francis.].
The Feb. 26, 2026 episode of their podcast is called "Once we all were spacemen" because the guests are Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk who have also been in sci-fi series, so they talk about that some.
At about 18:50, soap operas come into the conversation.
Nathan Fillion talks about being cast on Firefly and randomly encountering Jonathan Frakes at a restaurant; and he recognizes Frakes from Star Trek -- but also because Frakes was with his wife Genie Francis, whom recognized due to Fillion’s past on OLTL.
Fillion talks about playing Joey Buchanan on OLTL (says jokingly he was the "best Joey") and his first interaction with Phil Carey (Asa), which is quite interesting. (Carey mentions the prior Joey's exit).
Brent Spiner says he played a kind nerd who was john of Judith Light’s Karen Wolek on OLTL, and how he reappeared in the same role a year later, being kind to Karen and she wanted to give him the money back. He says what a phenomenal actor Judith was and how she could cry a tear on cue. He mentions that Kathy Bates was a guest star the same time he was there.
Fyi, @slick jones -- IMDB says Spiner was in one OLTL episode but he says here that it was two episodes.
Jonathan Frakes mentions being on The Doctors – his character was a troubled Vietnam War veteran who was a childbeater.
For the scifi/soap connection, they all bring up John DeLancie (Q from Star Trek) being on DAYS. And mention Arleen Sorkin.
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