Thursday, June 25, 2009 marked a special episode for "Days of Our Lives." It was episode # 11,111. This was the 28th time in "Days" history that the episode # was comprised of the same exact digits. The next time that a "Days" episode will have the same digits will be for episode # 22,222 (which will not air until around the year 2053!) Here are the stats of the previous same-digit episodes:
# 11 OAD: Monday
11/22/65
Cast: Tom, Marie, Craig, Tony,
Carl.
Sets: Salem Airport, Merritt Living Room,
Horton Porch, Horton Study.
# 22 OAD: Wednesday
12/8/65
Cast: Tom, Mickey, Craig, Tony,
Jim, Rusty.
Sets: Tom's University Hospital Office,
Jim's Apartment, Horton Study, Restaurant Booth, Phone Booth Limbo.
# 33 OAD: Friday
12/24/65
Cast: Alice, Mickey, Craig, Tony, Bill,
Barbara.
Sets: Mickey's Apartment, Boston
Restaurant, Horton Living Room, Horton Kitchen.
# 44 OAD: Monday
1/10/66
Cast: Tom, Marie, Mickey, Craig,
Diane, Rusty.
Sets: Diane's Home, Tom's Office,
Marie's Bedroom, Horton Living Room.
# 55 OAD: Tuesday
1/25/66
Cast: Craig, Tony, Jim, Diane,
Lil, Dr. White.
Sets: Dr. White's Office, Lil's
Apartment, Merritt Home, Tony's Apartment.
# 66 OAD: Wednesday
2/9/66
Cast: Alice, Marie, Craig, Tony,
Lil, Rusty.
Sets: Alice's Hospital Room, Horton
Living Room, Lil's Apartment, Park Bench with Snow.
# 77 OAD: Thursday
2/24/66
Cast: Tom, Alice, Marie, Craig,
Julie.
Sets: Horton Kitchen, Marie's Bedroom,
Horton Living Room, Park Bench.
# 88 OAD: Friday
3/11/66
Cast: Tom, Alice, Marie, Mickey, Craig, Tony,
Donald, Minister.
Sets: Marie's Bedroom, Horton
Living Room, Tony's Hospital Room, Church
Altar.
*Note: The first-ever wedding on "Days"
(Marie Horton marries Craig Merritt).
# 99 OAD: Tuesday
3/29/66
Cast: Tom, Alice, Julie, David,
Rusty.
Sets: Julie's Room, Horton Kitchen, Tom's
University Hospital Office, Horton Front Hall.
# 111 OAD: Thursday
4/14/66
Cast: Marie, Craig, Julie, David,
Diane, Susan.
Sets: Craig & Marie's Bedroom,
Hunter Home, Julie's Bedroom.
# 222 OAD: Tuesday
9/20/66
Cast: Tom, Marie, Mickey, Craig,
Bill.
Sets: Mickey's Office, Merritt Living Room,
Table at Nice Restaurant.
# 333 OAD: Monday
2/27/67
Cast: Tom, Alice, Marie, Mickey,
Tony.
Sets: Horton Living Room, Tom's Study, Tom's
Apartment.
# 444 OAD: Friday
8/4/67
Cast: Alice, Marie, Mickey, Susan,
Laura, Dr. Cooper.
Sets: Horton Living Room, Jail
Hospital Examining Room, Mayfair Room.
# 555 OAD: Wednesday
1/17/68
Cast: Tom, Susan, Bill,
Julie.
Sets: Susan's Apartment, Horton Living Room,
Tom's Study, Julie's Room, Phone Limbo.
*Note: One
of the smallest cast episodes ever, with only four characters featured. In fact,
there were more sets (5) than characters in this episode! The record for the
smallest cast was two characters, which last occurred on episode # 7563 (July 5,
1995), a special recap episode of the possession storyline featuring mostly
flashbacks along with new scenes featuring Drake Hogestyn (John Black) and
Michael O'Neill (Father Jansen).
# 666 OAD: Tuesday
6/25/68
Cast: Tom, Susan, Janet, Scott,
Baby.
Sets: Susan's Apartment, Tom's Office,
Scott's Office, Banning Living Room, Bannings' New
Apartment.
*Note: The "baby" mentioned here is Brad
Banning, who would turn out to be David, the son that Julie gave up for
adoption.
# 777 OAD: Friday
12/6/68
Cast: Mickey, Susan, Bill, Laura,
Janet, Scott, Michael.
Sets: Laura & Mickey's
Apartment, Susan's Apartment, Hospital Nursery, Telephone Station at
Hospital.
*Note: Michael Horton was two months old
in this episode. He would later be played by Wesley Eure, Michael T. Weiss and
Roark Critchlow.
# 888 OAD: Thursday
5/15/69
Cast: Mickey, Susan, Bill, Laura,
Scott, Julie, Will.
Sets: N/A.
# 999 OAD: Tuesday
10/28/69
Cast: Tom, Alice, Mickey, Laura,
Bill, Kitty, Janene.
Sets:
N/A.
*Note: Mary Wilcox played Janene in this
episode, but would soon be replaced by Joan Van Ark (later of "Knots
Landing") in the role.
# 1111 OAD: Friday
4/3/70
Cast: Alice, Mickey, Susan, Laura,
Scott, Julie, Will, David.
Sets: Horton Living
Room, Horton Kitchen, Mickey & Laura's Living Room, Scott's Office, Park
Bench, Will's Phone Limbo.
# 2222 OAD: Wednesday
9/18/74
Cast: Mickey, Bill, Laura, Julie,
Doug, Max.
Sets: Horton Living Room, Mickey's Law
Office, Doug's Place, Doug's Place Bedroom.
*Note:
Hal Riddle played Max, who was the Doug's Place maitre d' before Don Frabotta
(Dave) became Salem's long-time favorite waiter.
# 3333 OAD: Tuesday
1/16/79
Cast: Bill, Bob, Jeri, Robert,
Linda, David, Mary, Laura, Chris, Stephanie, Trish,
Artie.
Sets: Mary's Studio, Anderson Lake House,
David's Apartment, Laura's Den, Doug's Place, Melrose Club, Emergency Waiting
Room, Emergency Examining Room.
# 4444 OAD: Thursday
5/5/83
Cast: Julie, Doug, Maggie, Neil,
Don, Liz, Tony, Gwen, Anna, Daphne, Hope, Delia,
Dave.
Sets: DiMera Living Room, Liz's Apartment,
Lakehouse, Don's House, Doug's Place, Neil's Bedroom, Neil's Office.
# 5555 OAD: Tuesday
8/25/87
Cast: Neil, Victor, Steve, Kayla,
Grace, Adrienne, Justin, Jo, Jack, Ed, Noel,
Luke.
Sets: Kayla's Loft, Neil's Living Room,
Nurses' Station, Jack's Hospital Room, Hospital Lounge, Kiriakis Study, Island
Beach.
# 6666 OAD: Friday
12/20/91
Cast: Mickey, Victor, John,
Isabella, Bo, Carly, Lawrence, Marlena, Roman, Shawn-Douglas, Ivan,
Rafi.
Sets: Hospital Lounge, Nurses' Station,
Isabella's Loft, Fisherman's Village, Roman & Marlena's House, Fancy Face,
Alamain Mansion, Victor's Holding Cell, Pier, Phone Limbo.
# 7777 OAD: Tuesday
5/7/96
Cast: Caroline, Shawn, Vivian,
Austin, Carrie, Sami, Lucas, Jamie, Ivan, Mike, Hope, Bo, Kate, Lynn, Henderson,
Benny.
Sets: Sami's Apartment, Fancy Face, Hospital
Chapel, Salem Club, Nurses' Station, Victor's Hospital Room,
Warehouse.
# 8888 OAD: Friday
9/15/00
Cast: Sami, Lucas, Austin, Kate,
Roman, Nicole, Greta, Chloe, Philip, Brandon, Victor, Rolf, Hattie, Angela,
Vincent, Marie.
Sets: Chloe's Bedroom, Philip's
Bedroom, Nicole's Titan Office, Titan Reception Area, Hattie's Apartment,
Roman's Car, Tuscany, Doctor's Office, Wooded Path, Italian Villa, Italian
Cottage.
# 9999 OAD: Friday
2/18/05
Cast: Sami, Hope, Bo, Kate, Belle,
Shawn, Mimi, Brandon, Lucas, Philip, Rex, Jan, Billie,
Jake.
Sets: Shawn's Loft, Mimi's Hospital Room, Bo
& Hope's Living Room, Bo & Hope's Bathroom, Lucas' Apartment, Marine
Base.
# 11111 OAD: Thursday
6/25/09
Cast: Maggie, Hope, Bo, Philip,
Stephanie, Lexie, Daniel, Nicole, Melanie, Rafe, Brady, Mia, Arianna, Nathan,
Victor, Zack, Father Matt, Ciara, Dean.
Sets:
Nurses' Station, Mickey & Maggie's Kitchen, Brady Pub, Java Cafe,
Kiriakis Mansion Exterior, Stephanie's Hospital Room, St. Luke's, Pier,
Cemetery.