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1979 Best Of Daytime TV
The Best Of
DAYTIME TV (1970-1980)
Published in 1979

The Best Of Latest News, candid photos featuring
Richard Dean Anderson & Mary O'Brien...Barbara Rucker...Erika Slezak & Brian Davies...Kate Mulgrew & Michael Levin...Josh Taylor & Mary Frann...Robin Strasser & Larry Luckinbill...Mike Douglas, Deidre Hall & Jed Allan...John Shearin & Marilyn McIntyre...Ron Harper & Sally Stark...Tom Ligon and wife, Katharine...Tony Craig & Denny Albee...Mike Douglas & Louise Lasser

Interview with Julia Barr of All My Children
"I Don't Feel Guilty About My Divorce"
2-pages, four candid photos

Interview with Sherry Mathis of Search For Tomorrow
"My Boyfriend Treats Me Like A Real Lady"
2-pages, three candid photos

Interview with Josh Taylor of Days Of Our Lives
"I'm Not Sorry I Fell In Love With An Older Woman"
3-pages, six candid photos (some shirtless)

Interview with John McCook of The Young and The Restless
"Should I Bring My Girlfriend Home To Meet My Son?"
3-pages, six candid photos with son, Seth

Rick's Overwhelmed! Deidre's In Shock!
& Their Brand New Romance Is Just Plain Magic!
Richard Dean Anderson & Deidre Hall
2-pages, large candid inset photo together, plus one more of Hall

Christopher Reeve: Holy Krypton! It's Soaperman!
Full-Page Feature, three candid photos

Interview with Dorothy Lyman of Another World
"Mommy, Remember When You Used To Live With Us?"
3-pages, 3 candid photos

First Came The Slugging...Then Came The Hugging!
Soap stars battle it out on the game show, Family Feud
3-pages of candid photos, including
Erika Slezak...Lee Patterson...Michael Storm...Claire Malis...Al Freeman Jr...Denise Alexander...Chris Robinson...Genie Francis...Craig Huebing...Richard Dawson...Sharon Gabet...Kathleen Noone...John Gabriel...Nancy Addison...Hugh Franklin...Ruth Warrick...Richard Van Vleet...Ann Flood...Terry Davis...Joel Crothers...Tony Craig...John Beradino

Interview with Nicolette Goulet of Ryan's Hope
"My Mother My Father and Me"
Large Candid Inset Photo with father, Robert Goulet
Additional photo with mother, Louise Nicole

After 7 Years Of Marriage...Eileen Fulton And Husband Separate
Full-Page Article, two candid photos

After 22 Years Of Marriage...Don Hastings And Wife Separate
Full-Page Article, two candid photos

Edge Of Night: Nicole's Second Chance At Happiness
Full-Page Article, two candid photos featuring co-stars
Jayne Bentzen & Joel Crothers

Three Daytime Favorites Leave Their Shows
2-pages of individual articles with candid photos featuring
Lori Cardille...Nick Benedict...Tom Fuccello

Snooping Around Backstage, two near Full-Page Color Candid Shots featuring
Joe LaDue and David Hasselhoff & Roberta Leighton

The Doctors Gets A Brand New Look
2-page article with candid photos featuring
Kathy Glass & Patricia Hayling...David O'Brien & Shawn Campbell...Philip English, Dorothy Fielding & Jane Fleiss

Why Kin Shriner Has No Time For Love
Full-Page Interview, large candid inset photo

Interview with Dorian Lopinto of The Doctors
"I Have No Time For Love"
Full-Page Interview, large candid inset photo

Jacklyn Zeman's Honeymoon Diary
3-page Interview, five candid photos

Interview with Kathy Glass of The Doctors
"She's Really Got Her Hands Full!"
3-pages, six candid photos with her baby daughter, Juliett

Kate Mulgrew: From Noontime To Crimetime
Full-Page Feature, three candid photos

Interview with Bill Hayes & Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days Of Our Lives
"Even When I Don't Make Breakfast, He Loves Me!"
3-pages, Full-Page Photo together plus five additional photos

A Strange Visit From Another Planet - Darth Vader Invades Edge Of Night
Full-Page Feature, candid photos and remarks featuring Dave Prowse

All Those Lovely Young Ladies
3-pages of individual articles and candid photos featuring
Randall Edwards...Marci McCabe...Deborah Hobart...Cynthia Bostick...Brynn Thayer

...And Those Magnificent Men!
3-pages of individual articles and candid photos featuring
Robert Lipton...Doug Stevenson...Jim Poyner...Lee Godart...Peter Bergman...Dennis Romer

The Best Of...You The Viewer, fan letters and candid photos featuring
Gittana Tolksdorf & Christopher Reeve (shirtless in swim trunks)...Karen Morris & Tom MacGreevey...Candice Earley & Richard Van Vleet

Scattered throughout the magazine are Full-Page Color Pinups, featuring

  • Susan Lucci & Richard Shoberg
  • Leslie Charleson & Stuart Damon (shirtless)
  • Tony Craig & Jacqueline Courtney

  • Victoria Wyndham, Douglass Watson, Beverlee McKinsey & Nicolas Coster
  • Michael Storm & Judith Light
  • Chris Robinson & Denise Alexander

Interview with Jaime Lyn Bauer of The Young and The Restless
"When You Suffer With Your Child, You Really Learn What Love Is"
Full-Page Feature, two candid photos

A Beautiful Toast Of Love
Margaret Klenck Gets The Old-Fashioned Wedding She Dreamed About
Full-Page Feature, three candid photos

Interview with Joe Lambie of The Edge Of Night
"My Children Are The Greatest Gift Of All"
Full-Page Feature, large candid inset photo with son, Jansen

Susan Sullivan: Boy, Did She Make Good In Hollywood!
Full-Page Feature, three candid photos

Interview with Chris Robinson of General Hospital
"I'm Fighting Not To Hurt The People I Love"
4-pages, near Full-Page Photo plus five additional photos

Moving Madness with Jed Allan of Days Of Our Lives
2-pages, three candid color photos with wife & kids

Interview with Julianna McCarthy of The Young & The Restless
"My Son's Not Sure He Wants Me To Remarry"
2-pages, four candid photos

Handsome Devil - The Many Faces Of Robert Lipton (ATWT)
Full-Page Article, large candid inset photo

Interview with Sarah Felder of Ryan's Hope
"Sometimes I Could Just Scream!"
3-pages, four candid photos

Interview with Gerald Anthony of One Life To Live
"The Girl Who Didn't Foreget 'Butch' Anthony"
4-pages, six candid photos

They All Ganged Up On Paul Lynde!
Article on soap stars appearing on the game show, Hollywood Squares
Candid photos including
Kathy Glass...Deidre Hall & Andrea Hall-Lovell...Paul Lynde...Tom Ligon & Victoria Mallory...Dennis Cooney & Judith McConnell...Hugh Marlowe & Irene Dailey...Stephen Yates & Lezlie Dalton...Val Dufour...Josh Taylor

Interview with Marilyn McIntyre of Search For Tomorrow
"One Day You're In Diapers...The Next Day You're In Love!"
2-pages, five candid photos

Nobody Does It Better!
We throw a champagne party to celebrate Jacquie Courtney's 100th triumph in our Daytime TV Readers' Poll, 2-page article with candid photos of Courtney and
Paul Denis...Robin Strasser...Bernard Gordon...Val Dufour...Michael Storm

They Never Wrote A Soap Opera Like This!
Christina Crawford's troubles on The Secret Storm were nothing compared to her real-life anguish, 2-Page Article with two candid photos, including mother Joan Crawford

Inside Rear Cover: Full-Page B&W Pinup of General Hospital co-stars
Kin Shriner & Genie Francis holding her Readers' Poll Award placque

Rear Cover: Full-Page Color Pinup of Genie Francis & Kin Shriner

... AND MUCH MORE!!!!

Susan Lucci and Richard Shoberg (Erica and Tom on All My Children) Stuart Damon and Leslie Charleson (Alan and Monica on General Hospital)

Mailing Label? - NO
116-pages in VERY GOOD condition with no missing pages or rips or creases.





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    Last Modified:  07/31/2021
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