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1992 Christmas party

1992 Christmas party

1992 Christmas party

1992 Christmas party

http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/37693-as-the-world-turns-discussion-thread/page__st__180__p__920996#entry920996

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1c7pLonfa0

Yes.

I think she could have passed - Susan Diol didn't look that much younger, and she was supposed to be a hardened, longtime con artist. I do have to admit I kind of laughed when she went on in the interview about how even though she was in her late 30's, she could pass for her 20's, or even younger without makeup, and she just can't help that. Cat is and was beautiful but IMO she could NOT pass for her 20's by that time (this was 1993).

Cat Hickland auditioned to play Angela Holliday on OLTL (she said she was probably too glam for the role). She also tried out for Mindy on GL after Kimberly Simms left. She was upset that JFP seemed to think she was wrong for the role and never seriously considered her - she even said that Vincent Irizarry felt she'd be great as Mindy.

I have to watch this every Christmas... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUbKmCfnKJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG9QyKxYUxw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKtZUyDbQ5U

In a way it's almost sad seeing Erica go on about Bianca, as you know she's overcompensating. By the time I started watching AMC, it was a mixed bag (mid-90's), so I enjoy seeing the earlier stuff. I especially like seeing more of Erica at this time, as it seems like they had the characterization just right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDOWyAnSCJY

The postcard line threw me, mostly because I'm surprised she came up with all that (then again Erica had to get some scheme genes from her mother's side...). I couldn't help imagining Phoebe knocking back a few, caterwauling to Charles about, "That Kane woman, wasting your far too generous salary on frivolities, and rubbing our nose in it!!" I loved the line about how Erica "faded like the Japanese lanterns at her birthday party," and especially when Mona said all she was left with was "a distant and rather dull ache." It's startling how seamlessly AMC seemed to be integrated at this time, and how this was dismantled only a year later.

GH ad at about 14:10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80EIjh6wl0

AMC ad at about 5:50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80EIjh6wl0

SFK did you get to watch the July 11, 1995 clip yet? There's a totally random scene where Dorian gets a makeover in some salon? I guess nothing says constant efforts to stay off death row like sassy closeups of hairspray bottles. Kelly is also getting a makeover (too bad she didn't get a personality...) Anyway, I'd never seen it before. It starts about 5 minutes in. There's also more of the horror Ken Kenitzer.

They knew what they were doing - they desperately wanted to make Antonio/Jessica a big couple (never happened) and Keri paid the price. She wasn't obsessed with Antonio at the time of the stuff with her mother. She was more of a generic ingenue then. That was a trashy, needlessly vulgar story, typical of Tomlin/Broderick/Whitesell.

Bev at her best!

I liked her. Most of her stories stunk. I hated Antonio and the story about her carrying her mother's child, Antonio's baby, was just awful. Wasted potential.

ghfan89, thank you so much for posting that 1993 episode. I hadn't seen any of AMC from that time, outside of a few clips. I'm glad to finally be able to see some of Kendall's story, beyond the SMG clips already on Youtube. The show was so fortunate that Frances Heflin was still there to relive the story of Erica's rape and pregnancy. Having rarely seen Heflin get the chance to really act, she was masterful here. She makes you believe this storyline. The show also did a surprisingly decent job of passing Susan off as a teenage girl. Great to see more of Kendall's uneasiness, longing, and the buildup of her rage towards Bianca. Natalie is so flat. Her fried hair, her generic personality. No wonder they wrote her off not too long after this. Glad they didn't go with Maria/Trevor, but I prefer her here to what she became later.

You can find the rest at their channel. I never liked that Life Savers opening in 2002.

11/22/83 Digest. John Kelly Genovese reviews. Several months ago, Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer returned to once again head write their reaction, "Ryan's Hope." They thrust the Ryans back into the spotlight, and moved toward a resolution of two star-crossed romances which had intertwined the Ryans with their friends, the Coleridges, for eight years: the stormy involvement of Frank and Jill, and the on-again-off-again relationship of Pat and Faith. In many respects, the move paid off. Indeed, pivotal hero Frank Ryan was rotting away in storyline limbo (an interminable business trip in St. Louis) for want of a replacement actor. This left a tremendous void in the Ryan family, as well as a lack of storyline for his fair lady, Jill Coleridge (Nancy Addison Altman). It was worth the wait, however, for Geoffrey Pierson is a winner in the Ryan role. He is charming, but always in command. With his strength and charisma, Pierson might indeed be the definitive Frank Ryan. The return of the definite "Ryan's Hope," however, has been a mixed blessing. In the transition, several promising characters were axed and/or compromised. The wealthy Kirkland family had given "Ryan's Hope" a "bigger than life" dimension which could have served to contrast, rather than overshadow, the homey earthiness of the Ryans. The soft young heroine of the storyline, Amanda, was recast and turned into a scheming nitwit before being finally put out of her misery. And there were limitless possibilities for RH's resident bitch Rae Woodard (Louise Shaffer), through her tainted history with the Ryans and her new involvement with the Kirklands. Also, Jack's new romance with the tempestuous Leigh Kirkland Marshall (Felicity LaFortune) came on the heels of the departure of the rest of her family - another area where these characters could have been put to use. Most disturbing, however, was the killing off of diamond-in-the-rough cop Mitch Bronski (James Sloyan). Here was a splendidly drawn character, placed ideally as a possible future romantic interest for Siobhan (Marg Helgenberger) and interim involvement for Faith (Karen Morris-Gowdy). Bronski also provided a "nighttime crime show" element perfectly suited to the show's New York City locale. Instead, "Ryan's Hope" has once again become a slow soap which plays by its own rules - where story at times seems secondary to long, intimate "moments" between characters. True, moments are wonderful - they set the character-oriented daytime serial apart from slam-bang, plot-induced action common to most of today's prime time shows. But there has to be a balance, a marriage between those precious, reflective scenes and the business of storytelling. And as of this writing, the "business" on "Ryan's Hope" doesn't amount to much. The recent excuse for a Frank Ryan story came off as nothing more than manufactured plotting. The arrival of Charlotte Greer (Judith Chapman), a mystery woman claiming to be Frank's wife, initially looked exciting. But when the premise of the development was revealed to be an age-old Irish vendetta between mother Maeve Ryan (Helen Gallagher) and Charlotte's father, Rod McCurtain (Roy Poole), who cared? The audience had never heard about this conflict in the first place until it was employed for plot purposes. Even worse, it was a short term story with a closed end, having no long-range repercussions on anyone - therefore, no reason for being in the first place. Thus far, the arrival of Jill's estranged mother Bess Shelby (Gloria DeHaven) and half-sister Maggie (Cali Timmons) appears to be a more natural, character-oriented premise. The budding love of Siobhan and the awkward but well-meaning Bill Hyde (David Sederholm), complicated by dizzy Delia (Ilene Kristen) is usually good fun. The "Chapter Two" romance of Jack and Leigh took off once Jack was able to shed the deceased Mary (Kate Mulgrew) from his system. (Those morbid, "Our Town-ish" scenes with Mary's "ghost" were unnecessary). But where are the longer overdue new involvements for the intense Seneca Beaulac (John Gabirle), romantically unlucky playboy Roger Coleridge (Ron Hale), and loyal brother and buddy Bob Reid (Earl Hindman)? Now that the Kirklands are gone, "Ryan's Hope" has the chance to take full advantage of the half-hour form by using its entire cast in fast-moving, well enmeshed stories. Ghosts of dead wives, Irish legends and ten-minute love scenes, however, won't do it.