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It's always tough for me to recall that when I started watching ATWT, Margo and Tom had a lot of fun, romantic, silly scenes. At the time, I greatly enjoyed them. This was pre-Internet, pre-knowing anyone else had ever played Margo and Tom, and most of all-pre ATWT draining the life out of the characters to a shocking degree. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eugi33WTME&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL I love this scene too. Lyla was such a wonderful character. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km5TAXZKk9U&feature=mh_lolz&list=FLTYls32YlvSQ

From the June 1958 TV Radio Mirror.

A thread for Kitty Foyle, the short-lived daytime soap based on the film Ginger Rogers won an Oscar for. A radio version had run from 42-44. According to Chris Schemering's book, for publicity the producers went on a lengthy talent hunt, involving over 200 actresses, before casting Kathleen Murray. Kitty wasn't introduced until five weeks into the show's run (which makes no sense to me and I wonder if that's why the show didn't last longer). When the show failed, Variety blamed the weak scripts and was surprised, considering that Carleton E. Morse (of One Man's Family) was the headwriter. The show was produced by Charles Irving, directed by Hal Cooper, and packaged by Henry Jaffee Enterprises. The show opened with location shots of downtown Philly. It aired on NBC at 2:30 PM EST. The run was January 13-June 27, 1958. Kitty Foyle - Kathleen Murray Ed Foyle - Bob Hastings Pop Foyle - Ralph Dunne Sophie Foyle - Kay Medford Mac Foyle - Larry Robinson Wyn Strafford - William Redfield Molly Scharf - Judy Lewis Rosie Rittenhouse - Les Damon Stacy Lee Balla - Marie Worsham Also featuring Patty Duke, Teri Keane, Karl Weber, Ginger McManus, Lee bergere

It always amazes me when I hear "Corrie is the comedy soap" and "Corrie isn't depressing like Eastenders." The only comedy on the show now is ugly putdowns. If it's not more depressing it's because the show never commits to telling any story all the way through - they will always skip most of the aftermath and most of the buildup, because it's easier to have the same half-dozen scenes again and again, followed by a week of hysteria, followed by nothing.

Apparently Michelle insisted on a Northern accent because she didn't want to have the same accent she had in Eastenders. You'd think she would be more concerned about her inability to move her face. The show is heartless. Collinson has taken any heart Corrie had left. It's also rigidly plot-driven - characters like Tracy or Carla go from genius to chump within an episode. It's a miserable experience.

She also reminds me of a vampy Julianne Morris. When I was reading about Brian Fitzpatrick, who played Rick Alden for a while before Rick was killed off, they said that he was only thirteen months younger than Elizabeth. Wow. She seemed to handle it fine, but that must be a bit strange to work with.

I think Sonni and Alex fell out because of Sonni's schemes with Alan. I can't remember. Or something with Roger? Kim Zimmer talked about the scenes she and Michelle had on a rotting rope bridge in Venezuela or wherever, and how Michelle was terrified, and Kim had to go and chug down several straight vodkas to get through it. I should watch more of the full 80's episodes while I still can, to see the story for myself. I've just seen clips. Speaking of clips, I like this scene with Josh and Trish. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJr9uBLMxw8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

She was pretty good on GL. She's a very unique actress and was especially unique to GL at that time, and was a real contrast to Kim Zimmer. She became a very popular character. I liked her friendship with Alex, which didn't end well.

For me there's a difference between snapping and methodically plotting out murder. And the show then still tried to paint her as a heroine. No thanks. I do wish Pat wasn't written as a plot device, but I think this is kind of similar to where she was when she let people believe Janine killed Laura. She was very badly hurt by Janine last year.

For me the buried alive story destroyed the character. Tanya has given Rainie many chances over the years, and Rainie has always gone back to drugs and several times this has gone on around Tanya's kids (she even hit Abi up for money to buy drugs, didn't she.) I don't have a problem buying that she'd sacrifice her sister to keep some of her lies straight.

I haven't seen him...ever, actually, but I don't know if he would have been any more of an odd replacement than Nick Walker.

Collinson has completely destroyed Carla and has badly bungled the Frank story, to the point where many fans were cheering him and trashing Maria. This story will get all kinds of hype, because Collinson gets hype no matter how bad the show is, but unless the guy who plays Frank wakes from his coma and Carla stops changing her personality based on the day of the week, then it's a waste of time. What did you think of Michelle Collins and her bad accent?

She had a lot of story with Dot and Ian a few years ago, when Santer destroyed her character. She would also have strong ties to Janine, since they went to school together.

In spring 1990, when Brian Fitzpatrick got the recast role of Rick Alden on Loving, he mentioned that he'd previously gotten close to winning the roles of Max on OLTL and Jamie on AW.

It wouldn't be "big", but someone at DS claimed that they talked with Gemma Bissix and Gemma left the impression she might be back at EE. Some also think this may be Sean Slater. I sure hope not... It's weird how much I can enjoy Tanya when she's around Syed, yet with just about anyone else I want Janine to throw her off a cliff.

Thanks - this was one of the first articles I read about SB. Do you know how the person who scanned that managed to get the full page? I never have been able to with Weeklys.

Why do you think they didn't go for Kelly/Ric? Didn't it seem like they struggled with Cruz's family (although I know the guy who played his father won an Emmy). I'm glad you enjoyed the article. You're such a big fan I am never sure if you've already seen these but I'm glad you hadn't. I have one of Carrington Garland from around this time, if I can ever find it again. I really liked her when I watched the show back then - it sucks she never ended up on any other soaps.

I meant never reconciling with Edmund at all, and instead giving her a new life. She and Edmund were back together for about a year before the Zach story started, weren't they? I can't remember.

I liked Maureen mostly because of her relationship with Aidan, and because it meant they weren't going back to the long-suffering, weepy, sanctimonious lady of Wildwind. Unfortunately the stories for Maureen/Maria pretty much sucked. They never should have put her back with Edmund, even after she did get her memory back. They could have found a new love interest for her.

Thanks for sharing this with us. What did you think of the ending? Sad to see a long running show go.

It could be. Considering how Malone ended up damaging the Lords quite a bit (whether he meant to or not), I could see why he wanted to write some out.

I liked Jason mostly for his relationships with Marty and Dorian. He was self-righteous but he was a loyal friend to them, although Dorian was in self-destruct mode at the time. I miss soap characters like that - hotheads who can still be nice guys and can be used to support stories of strong female characters. I've never understood why they fired Palance, since the show didn't really have a lot of younger leading men at the time. It was short-sighted, as Dan Wolek could have been an integral part of story for years, instead of various ciphers in the doctor role. Not to mention his ties to Viki, although the show has run as fast as possible from most of her family for a long time.

For me Maria was damaged by all the baby hysteria and then that very creepy scene where Dimitri boned her.