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Ryan's Hope 50th Anniversary

July 7 marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of Ryan's Hope. It ran on ABC until July 13, 1989.

Share your memories of Maeve and Johnny and their kids Frank, Mary, Pat and Siobhan as well as their rarely seen and seldom mentioned sister Kathleen.

Did you witness Delia push Frank down the steps? What about when Prince Albert the ape kidnapped Delia?

Were you hot for Joe Novak? What about that hunky Rick Hyde and his older brother, Bill Hyde?

Do you recall Maeve singing Danny Boy?

Share those Ryan's Hope memories here.

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by Anonymousreply 21July 8, 2025 11:03 PM

I met Ilene Kristen at a Farewell OLTL party. I said. 'at last, my Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge' and we clicked glasses. She's a peach. Was the best part of the show.

by Anonymousreply 1July 7, 2025 2:10 AM

Christian Slater will celebrate by throwing Ilene down a flight of stairs.

by Anonymousreply 2July 7, 2025 2:31 AM

LOL r2

I'm sure Christian's mother Mary Jo Slater would approve.

His late father would likely appreciate it too.

by Anonymousreply 3July 7, 2025 2:56 AM

I watched the truncated run on SOAPnet — what a great show.

I fell for Sarah Felder. She was perfection as Siobhan.

by Anonymousreply 4July 7, 2025 2:59 AM

I also LOVED Tom Lisanti’s oral history.

by Anonymousreply 5July 7, 2025 3:02 AM

Kate Mulgrew was the perfect Mary. They never managed to find another Mary as good as Kate. But show certainly did try. Tried with three other actresses.

by Anonymousreply 6July 7, 2025 3:06 AM

Show went through five Franks, four Marys, four Pats and five Siobhans.

by Anonymousreply 7July 7, 2025 3:08 AM

One of the Siobhans got fired because she was fug, right?

by Anonymousreply 8July 7, 2025 3:45 AM

I seem to recall a young Marge Helgenberger in this.

by Anonymousreply 9July 7, 2025 4:20 AM

Nothing against Ilene, but Randall Edwards was my favorite Delia.

by Anonymousreply 10July 7, 2025 4:33 AM

I agree with R4. Sarah Felder was PHENOMENAL. I also enjoyed Kelli Maroney's Kimberly towards the last year of her run when she had the baby. Michael Corbett's Michael was also sex on a Stick and Louise Shaffer's Rae was a goddess. I guess I liked the supporting players more that the lead Ryans!

by Anonymousreply 11July 7, 2025 5:32 AM

I liked Maggie Selby. And her background music.

by Anonymousreply 12July 7, 2025 5:34 AM

Michael Corbett sucked alot of cock. Alot! He always smelled like cum.

by Anonymousreply 13July 7, 2025 8:46 AM

They really did have a lot of trouble with Mary recasts. They did better with Siobhans (Ann Gillespie and Carell Myers were kind of duds, but Marg Helgenberger and Barbara Blackburn were great). and they also lucked out with Franks once they got rid of Michael Hawkins. Haven't seen as many of the Pats, but Malcolm Groome was so damn cute that I don't care.

by Anonymousreply 14July 7, 2025 2:53 PM

Scott Holmes as Dave Greenburg made me moist - down there.

by Anonymousreply 15July 7, 2025 3:24 PM

Reading the Ryan's Hope book was fascinating. The general consensus seems to be that ABC kept making mistakes with the show, with the time slot move being the final nail in the coffin. Ben Shelby, Dakota Smith, and Chaz Saybrooke were hot.

by Anonymousreply 16July 7, 2025 4:18 PM

I know we have a Bill Hyde fan here.

by Anonymousreply 17July 7, 2025 7:17 PM

I thought John Blazo was a hot Pat.

by Anonymousreply 18July 8, 2025 12:29 AM

Both Hyde brothers were ultra hot and sexy -- Rick and Bill.

Both Grant Snow and David Sederholm were terrific in the parts.

by Anonymousreply 19July 8, 2025 12:34 AM

David is 72 now......

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by Anonymousreply 20July 8, 2025 3:29 PM

R20 and still sexy!

by Anonymousreply 21July 8, 2025 11:03 PM
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