Classic Soap Hunk: Robert Parucha

Although I'm not currently really watching any daytime soaps, FH readers know, they were an important part of my childhood.  Like many soap lovers, I became familiar with the soaps due to my mother.  She watched a three hour block most afternoons, and I often caught the last hour after I returned from school.

Like those people who attend church on Christmas and Easter, I've become somewhat of a holiday soap viewer.  I check out my favorite families during Christmas vacation, Easter, and of course sick days.  Soaps are like chicken soup on a sick day, comforting, and familiar.  Some characters, like Jack, Traci and Ashley on The Young and Restless, have been on for decades, and are usually there when I check in.

I wasn't sick when The Young and Restless aired their most recently tribute to Victor Newman, but I did watch on the CBS site when I knew it was a clip show.  When a sit-com does a clip show, I usually skip it, they usually do them as fillers to make their yearly quota of episodes.  When a soap does a clip show, it's a trip down memory lane, with episodes going back twenty, thirty and forty years.  Although I haven't watched the show that long, I have checked in on a dozen or so episodes each year for the last couple of decades.

I didn't watch when Victor's brother Matt Miller was on the show, but when he showed up on the clip show, I certainly took notice.  Whether the hot daddy he is today, or the hot stud he was several decades ago, I took notice when actor Robert Parucha graced the screen.

According to his IMD page, the actor played Victor's brother back in 1986.  He returned to honor his brother in the recent tribute episode, and the show wisely chose a clip of Matt shirtless and sweaty int he stables.  The clip certainly had me googling!   Although he was on the show in the eighties, Parcucha was still sporting a bit of a seventies porn vibe, with his hair and mustache. 

My googling led me to some old modeling shots prior to joining the show.  He certainly looks a little more GQ prior to his metamorphosis into hot soap stud. Parucha had a handful of TV guest spots before and after his soap stint, including roles on L.A Law, Lottery, Baywatch, Dynasty and The Client. 

Although he's currently working in another field, the show would be smart to bring him back on a more regular basis.  Poor Traci needs a man, and Matt Miller back on a regular basis might have me checking back in more than just on holidays.