Don Hastings� World is Still Turning

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Don Hastings� World is Still Turning
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RogerNewcomb	Aug 26 2009, 09:31 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 20,208 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 30, 2008	http://showbiz411.blogs.thr.com/don-hastings-eileen-fulton-kathrynhays/ Don Hastings� World is Still Turning By: Roger Friedman // Wednesday August 26, 2009 Yesterday, I happened to catch Dr.Bob Hughes on �As the World Turns� just as he was keeling over. He�s played by the best actor on soaps, Don Hastings, who�s 75 and has been on the soap since 1960. That�s right, next year is his (and co- Eileen Fulton�s) 50th anniversary with the show. Let�s face it: no one writes about soap actors unless they leave and get popular somewhere else. I�ll bet Don Hastings knows all about this. Julianne Moore once played his daughter. Meg Ryan was his friend�s daughter. Marissa Tomei was on the show. It�s harder to stay, and be the star. The show�s producer, Procter & Gamble, wants out of the business. They�re killing �Guiding Light� next month. Soaps get no respect. So here�s to Don Hastings. He�s not on the show as often as he once was, but it�s August, and the younger stars are away. The show is featuring their �vets� for once. It�s very refreshing. Dr. Bob seems to have dementia, but it�s no doubt curable. Soap diseases are fatal until they�re not. Dead people always return from the grave. And Dr. Bob is about to celebrate 50 years. He�s great. If you watch him, he has a sly sense of humor. He knows the score. He�s got everyone�s number. Sometimes, he looks like his thought balloon is a snarky quip you�d love to hear. In a way, he�s the Leslie Nielsen of soaps. And this month, he�s being featured (along with his terrific soap wife, Kathryn Hays.) Good for him! A leading man at 75. It gives us all hope.



Patty	Aug 26 2009, 05:10 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Posts: 4,135 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: September 1, 2008	Today's final scene with Dr. Bob and Kim in their adjoining hospital rooms was so bittersweet and brought tears to my eyes. Kathryn Hayes and Don Hastings are the best!

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