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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spooky Owl!" data-source="post: 437679" data-attributes="member: 57984">Daytime soaps are different -- the suspension of disbelief is far greater. So one actress may play Countess Veronica Heptenshtein for 30 years, die or retire, and they brining in another actress a few months later for the same role. Nobody blinks an eye.35mm primetime shows are different. They have to go further to convince us, and recasting major roles just rarely works.The reason Steve Forrest's role succeeded was because no one really knew for sure whether was Jock or not. The ambivalence was important.And someone said, "Donna Reed was a popular choice at the time," when she was brought in to replace Ellie in 1984. Which is ridiculous: some people accepted her, a few may have loved it, but the vast majority or the reaction was decidedly negative. For obvious reasons."Take me home to the High Chapparal, J.R., where I can have a nice, thick slice of Ponderosa steak..!"<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/88/b7/2d88b741da87b7a6dfdb83bd1fd11e5d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"Ohhhhh, the precious dear... Little Ricky seems so sleepy!!"<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/85/a1/cf85a121ef7e8a1fb80d6ae1c148ee4d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 854px" /></blockquote>