Friday, March 13, 2015

Today in Soap Opera History (March 13)

1984: Days of our Lives' Stefano was fooled by Roman's latest plan.
1984: General Hospital's Mike was upset about Lesley's death.
1992: Days' (new) Bo Brady unmasked himself to Carly.
2008: As the World Turns' Carly shot and killed Kit.
"Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature."
― David Hume

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to Scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1967: CBS aired the first color broadcast of The Guiding Light. The show still ran for 15 minutes a day at that time.

1972: Australian soap Number 96 premiered. The show had a successful run, including spawning a feature film, and aired its final episode on August 11, 1977.

1975: On Another World, a distraught Liz (Irene Dailey) pinned Rachel against the wall and warned her to stay away from Mac, but Richard Gavin and Russ restrained her. Roy Poole played Richard. He returned to AW in the early '80s as Mayor Stein, the candidate Mac ran against. Mac bowed out of the mayoral race after Mayor Stein published photos of Sandy and Blaine.

1980: On The Edge of Night, Deborah produced Margo's stolen wig and accused Nola of the murder: "Nola, you wore this wig the night you murdered Margo Dorn!"



1984: On Days of our Lives, Roman and Marlena argued about her helping out with the investigation. Later, Roman, Bo (Peter Reckell) and Eugene (John de Lancie) fooled Stefano (Joseph Mascolor) into believing Roman was ready to give up after they realized the house was bugged.



1984: On General Hospital, Mike (David Mendenhall) was devastated over Lesley's death, and asked Rick (Chris Robinson) if he could go to the funeral.



1992: On Days of our Lives, Bo Brady (now played by Robert Kelker-Kelly) unmasked himself to Carly (Crystal Chappell) at the masquerade party.



1994: Claire Bloom made her first appearance as Orlena Grimaldi on As the World Turns.

2008: On As the World Turns, after Kit (Lauretta Vaughn, now Lauretta Nkwocha) shot Jack (Michael West), Carly (Maura West) fatally shot Kit, who confessed to killing Sam on her deathbed.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Mascolo (Stefano, Days of our Lives; ex-Massimo, The Bold and the Beautiful; ex-Nicholas, General Hospital; ex-Carlo, Santa Barbara) - 86
Robert S. Woods (ex-Bo, One Life to Live; ex-Paul, Days of our Lives) - 67
Dana Delany (ex-Katherine, Desperate Housewives; ex-Hayley, As the World Turns; ex-Amy, Love of Life) - 59
Annabeth Gish (ex-Anne, Pretty Little Liars; ex-Elizabeth, The West Wing) - 43
Common (ex-Elam, Hell on Wheels) - 43
Molly Stanton (ex-Charity, Passions) - 35
Julie A. Smith (Producer/Writer, Fumbling Thru the Pieces)

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2 comments:

  1. I'd love to see an adult Mike Webber come back to Port Charles as a successful doctor, but that slot is pretty full now with Silas, Lucas and Patrick.

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  2. I don't think Mike even exists in the timeline anymore. He's probably in Pine Valley having tea with Bobby Martin.

    Number 96 was amazing!

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