. >> and if you've been a devoted fan from the beginning youou may and alice horton, god bless them, from the very first episode of "days" that aired in november 8th. >> they're all captured in a new book filled with rare photos. it's calledd "dayss of our lives 50 years." >> and here with us are our guests. >> and billy flinn. >> and standing by is a group of super fans from the plaza. >> i hope security is ready, because these people aree crazy. >>hey are. >> hi, guys. >> whenever we do one of these anniversaries you think, 50 years, does it feel like 50 years? deirdre, you've been on for how many? >> 39. it's been home for so long that you can't measure it in time. it's just oh, that's home. >> b b it's such a good gig for an actor to get, isn't it? because it's security. most of acting is what's my next job. you can get a job for 39 years. >> and kristin, it's funny, we watched hope's character have all these crazy arcs. >> you ain't seen nothing yet. >> really? you can't give it away, though, right? >> i'm stiti recovering. >> what's craziest arc, with exceptione of what's ahead

, let's be honest. >> we love alice horton i have great fun. >> when you go down the road, patch, do people go patch! >> yeah, they do. >> what about when they see te'o? >> ah! >> well, because i've played two characters over the years, they sometimes ask me which one i am at the time. now i'm playing andre, which is the disturber of salem. >> in is not salem, massachusetts. this is salem, illinois. >> a villain we love. >> we have a ton of fans, but who's got a question over there? >> this is jane from nashville, tennessee. she has a burning question about beau. >> are beau and hope going to get back together? >> are beau and hope going to get back together? >> i don't know. you have to wait and see. >> you cannot reveal. >> let me just tell you, that is so much coming up on the show, and it's moving so quickly, and so fast, but it's very exciting. you're going to laugh. you're going to cry. you're going to celebrate. there's going to be so many emotions running through through us. getting the scripts and doing the scene, you will have a lot to look forward to. >> how about the youn

. >> and that sis much more than alice horton, come on, let's be honest. yes, i have great fun. >> when you go down the road, do people yell "patch." and what about tao. >> because i have played two characters over the time, they ask me who i am at the time. and right now i'm the villain of salem, andre. >> and this is not salem, massachusetts, but salem, illinois, and just as bad stuff goes on here. >> yes, but you can't have a hero without a villain, so it is great to have the disturber to come. >> and the villain, we love. >> and we have a ton of fans, but who has a question over there? >> this is jamie from nashville, tennessee, with a burning question about bo. >> are bo and hope going tot get back together? >> are bo and hope going to get back together? >> i don't know. >> let me just say that there sis so much coming up on the show, and it is moving so quickly, and so fast. but it is very exciting. you are going to laugh. you are going to cry. you are going to sellcelebrate, and there is goinging the be so many emotions running through everyone as t