Stephen Nichols Archive

Happy Days, or the Dude in the Orange Shoes Aug 16, 2007 09:20 PM ET by Stephen Nichols Imagine that you awaken one morning and go about your usual routine, put the coffee on, get the paper, prepare things you will need for the day’s work. You get in the car and on the way [...]

My Middle Name Is Earl… May 17, 2007 11:32 PM ET by Stephen Nichols I recently taped an episode of Days of our Lives which included (in a scene with Mary Beth Evans, Kayla) one of my all-time favorite lines of dialogue. I won’t give it away but it happens at the end of the [...]

Star Struck or Stars Truck Apr 18, 2007 10:29 PM ET by Stephen Nichols What do you do when an actor whom you’ve admired for years, and watched transfixed from the audience when he was on stage, who starred in Scarecrow, Serpico, Glengarry Glen Ross and the seminal masterpieces, The Godfather movies, is sitting 10 [...]

BIRTHDAY PLOG OR 20,440 DAYS Feb 27, 2007 11:58 PM ET by Stephen Nichols  I know, the Patch Blog is way overdue. Sorry, I’ve been busier than an actor on a soap opera. Hey, I am one! Yes, I had this week off from the show, but there is always something to be done around [...]

Patch’s Yule Blog Dec 20, 2006 05:59 PM ET by Stephen Nichols Hello, friends. The holidays are upon us. Everyone is busy running around trying not to forget anyone on their list. I for one don’t want to forget to thank all of you wonderful people who have supported me during these past seven months. [...]

Plog # 6 Nov 14, 2006 05:43 PM ET by Stephen Nichols Hello Plog Readers, This time I have a question for you. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Now, many people, like the commercial, consider it an impossible task to determine this. They’re biters, not [...]

Oct 18, 2006 3:44 PM DID YOU FALL IN? “Where you been, Dude?” People who’ve been asking about airtime, you’ll be happy to know I’ve been working my buns off… that’s where. Yeah, almost every day. Sweeps of Our Lives. Happy to report, I met up with Mark Wayne “Hoagy Carmichael” Sheffer (new head writer) [...]

Sept 25, 2006 4:22 PM Plog Blog. I don’t like that word. It’s clunky, heavy, not very pretty. Here’s the definition from Wikipedia: Blog is the contraction universally used for weblog, a type of website where entries are made (such as in a journal or diary), displayed in a reverse chronological order. (I always wondered [...]

Sept 12, 2006 4:18 PM HELLO FROM CINCY That’s right folks, by the time you read this I will be in Cincinnati, Ohio, my birthplace. I promised myself I would visit the real Eddie’s Roadhouse and look for Bobo. They tell me he is not the gentle giant portrayed on Days of our Lives. Apparently, [...]

Aug 29, 2006 4:44 PM Farewell Missy and Matt! It is 4 a.m. and not ten minutes ago I was auditioning for a play to be directed by Nick Nolte. I bellowed something about fried chicken and dirty socks (a bizarre comedy, I think…perhaps something by Sam Shepard.) A trim, blue oxford shirt- clad Mr. [...]