"Days of Our Lives" Canceled?
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Yep, Mikkos Cassadine and his weather machine (or was it Lawrence Welk and his bubble machine?). Port Charles (GH spinoff) did a vampire storyline. GH had a space alien. OLTL had the Eterna storyline and a time-travel scenario.
Not to mention the number of times Helena Cassadine had people cryo-frozen and brought back to life.
The Ice Princess storyline was brought back a few years ago, when the show recast Lulu Spencer (Luke and Laura's daughter).
Stavros was one of them. And then when he couldn't have Laura, he became obsessed with Laura's daughter, Lulu. So he captured her, froze her, and Helena arranged to have some of Lulu's eggs harvested (without her consent, of course). The idea was for Stavros to father a child that was half Cassadine, half Spencer... but oops, turns out Stavros was sterile. So Helena used sperm from Mikkos' bastard son Valentin (who is one of the show's current villains). A woman named Claudette (played by one of the younger actresses from OLTL) was the surrogate. Lulu didn't find out that she even had a daughter until years later.
Now we have a situation where Lulu and Valentin have a daughter named Charlotte, and they're trying to co-parent her. It's not easy since Lulu and Valentin hate each other, and Valentin's fiancee is Lulu's best friend's employer.
Luke isn't on the show anymore, as Anthony Geary retired from acting several years ago. Laura is back on the show, and she's married to Kevin Collins. Her son Nikolas is back now, having recently returned from the dead again (everyone thought Valentin killed him a few years ago).
Nice recap. Stavros died and was brought back 3 times IIRC. I wouldn't mind seeing Helena & Stavros again, plus Stefan and Victor. It's only a shame John Colicos is long gone or we could see Mikkos again.
Not enough Cassadines or Quartermaines anymore. Maybe Alan is frozen somewhere.
Played by John Colicos, aka Kor on STAR TREK and Baltar on the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
DARK SHADOWS was the only soap I ever watched religiously, but I did spend a summer watching GENERAL HOSPITAL because my best friend was hooked on the whole Ice Princess storyline.
I once spent a summer watching 3.5 years of General Hospital. Someone used to have a YouTube channel with several years' worth of episodes. I'd missed more than several years' worth during the time when I didn't have cable TV (or a working TV, period), and I had no idea who anybody was or what this other storyline was that everyone kept mentioning.
So I went to YT, thinking there might be a few clips to explain, and found a treasure trove. I also found that you really can watch years' worth in a summer when the commercials aren't there. GH episodes are only 36 minutes long.
So I went to YT, thinking there might be a few clips to explain, and found a treasure trove. I also found that you really can watch years' worth in a summer when the commercials aren't there. GH episodes are only 36 minutes long.
That would be the plot with John Colicos (our beloved Kor and Baltar):
https://general-hospital.fandom.com/wiki/Mikkos_Cassadine_(John_Colicos)
https://general-hospital.fandom.com/wiki/Mikkos_Cassadine_(John_Colicos)
In the case of Perry Mason, I would categorize the TV show as its own thing, rather than a continuation of previous adaptations. The radio show was a cheap, somewhat soapy serial with fifteen-minute episodes, and the movies leaned toward comedy, if I remember right.
Kor
I've hardly watched the old movies since I enjoyed the Raymond Burr series so much. As to the Radio show - never heard a single episode.
I know that the original stories were by Earl Stanley Gardner but, I've never seen any of those (yet).
I know that the original stories were by Earl Stanley Gardner but, I've never seen any of those (yet).
Yeah "As the World Turns" and "The Young And The Restless" were my late mother's favorites. The ATWT's villain your grandmother adored had to be James Stenbeck. I saw plenty of those shows growing up and the way my memory works I remember lots of it.
I was never able to take DeLancie seriously as Q, remembering his uber-nerd character (Eugene?) from Days.
GH has had Anthony Montgomery (Ens. Mayweather) on and off in recent years, and currently has Joe Flanigan (Col. Sheppard) in a regular role. Not to mention Lisa LoCicero (Miral Paris). No shortage of ex sci-fi people there.
And of course Anthony Geary played a weird role in U.H.F.
And of course Anthony Geary played a weird role in U.H.F.
I love Delancey as Q, but I always pictured Harley Quinn in the Batman the animated series as Calliope Jones.
Didn't Eugene and Calliope's story include a functional time machine?
It also had JG Hertzler (Martok) at one point.
And Genie Francis (Laura) is married to Jonathan Frakes, though AFAIK she herself hasn't done scifi.
Edit: I just had a mental image of Martok in a soap opera.
It also had JG Hertzler (Martok) at one point.
And Genie Francis (Laura) is married to Jonathan Frakes, though AFAIK she herself hasn't done scifi.
Edit: I just had a mental image of Martok in a soap opera.
Looks like maybe one episode in 1990. I think I was not watching at that particular point, but wouldn't likely have remembered him.
Why not a Klingon soap opera? They have Klingon opera. Though there would be much more bloodshed than an Earth soap.
I am pretty sure Robert Duncan McNeill was on a soap once but I can't remember which one.
I don't remember much about the character, but he had a girlfriend named Trista who I thought was pretty.
OLTL had Bo Buchanan travel to the past. It's how he managed to be David Vickers father, despite not being that much older than David.
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