‘DAYS’ Stars Reflect on 48 Years of Sands Through the Hourglass

When Ted Corday and Betty Corday watched “Days of our Lives’” NBC debut on November 8, 1965, they couldn’t have known that the soap opera they created would garner so much success. Now, 48 years later, the show not only is coming off of an Outstanding Drama Series win from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, it’s comprised of a talented and close-knit cast who all have very special memories regarding their time with the popular show. Soap Opera Network spoke with a few said castmembers, and in celebration of the show’s 48th anniversary, they were all too happy to share some of their favorite moments from the early days and beyond!

James Reynolds (Abe Carver)

“I actually remember my first day really well. It was a lot of pages. I was cast on a Friday and had to come in and work on Monday, so somebody delivered eight scripts to my house on Saturday morning, and I knew I had to do at least one on Monday. It was tons of dialogue with the whole Salem Strangler story, and my character came on a few weeks ahead of Roman’s character. And my first scenes were with John Clark [Mickey Horton], who was so extraordinarily helpful that first day. Everybody was very kind and encouraging.”