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Thanks for that detailed explanation. I appreciate it. I wish we could see that period too. I remember being moved by the writeup of her brain tumor story in a Daytime TV special history for DAYS that I read somewhere in the early '90s. Probably the first soap magazine I read. They never said what happened to her after that, so I never even knew if she survived.

Of all the producers I think JFP had the least interest in Rachel. She seemed to immediately get more story once JFP left, and even though she wasn't heavily used under Goutman she was still a presence.

Thanks @SoapDope78 . I always get confused over just when Mary Frann left.

https://archive.org/details/blue-book-v-100-n-01-1954-11/ A men's magazine from 1954. The mention of Secret Storm is just a lead-in to the rest of the jokey article but I still thought it was worth sharing as it's so interesting to see how people felt about the soaps at the times they were airing, and getting to read a brief recap of the early story.

@dc11786 Your descriptions of each era make me want to see them too. The show seemed to change quite a bit.

@Huntress Thanks. I remember some who were eager about that UU signing and confused over what happened. I was curious (to any of you who were watching VL at the time) - where Chrolli popular with fans or was that more an international sensation but not as popular with the actual fans? It did seem like they were running out of ideas (I can't remember if one or both of them ended up having drunken sex with women).

I think it's time for some refunds all around.

From what I've seen just at a quick skim, Crystal has praised her as an actress and when Kim guested on Venice, Kim praised her.

The scene where Ross runs into the house and opens fire at the sight of Ben and Blake is one of those moments where internally I knew something was going wrong with the show (again), but I just went along for the ride. I agree this should have been the end of Blake and Ross. They only reunited as a default pairing, although the show does keep them split for a little longer than I had expected at the time.

Thanks. I was able to use AI (I guess it has some positive use) to figure out her comments and the timestamp (it took a few tries) so it was nice of you to wade through all of that without having any help. GL was ahead of its time, I suppose - this happens all the time now. On EastEnders they decided to open a gay bar, even though there aren't that many gay characters on the show, so in order to justify the set, there are all sorts of characters who go in there and have casual meals and conversations. It's fun to see middle-aged right-wing characters sitting in the gay bar chatting. I imagine there was some speculation, but the Annie reveal was kept secret. In the Locher interview, Signy says she didn't know until she was two weeks into production. She also says that Beth Ehlers was very friendly toward her...and Kim Zimmer was not. I was going through your last 3-4 recaps and see we're now at the point of Dinah's final descent under Moniz. You're in for some hilarious times, including her holding a napkin over half her face for a good while so they won't have to give her scar makeup. The scene where the door hit her got a lot of criticism at the time, from fans and soap magazines, because the door operated in a way it couldn't have, slamming out instead of in. I love Vanessa's dig to Beth about all the unavailable men she is chasing. Reva throwing a party to celebrate Annie's death...no wonder Annie hated her.

I think they go up to the early or mid '90s.

Good point, although with a few exceptions, I thought that show was about as sexy as a Barretta marathon.

This isn't exactly my ATWT era but I thought this was notable anyway. I never knew there was a slasher series put out via Verizon alongside the slasher story that aired in summer 2006. This channel found a DVD with a higher quality version of a few of the clips. They also link to the original channel which has the rest of the episodes. As the World Turns: The Slasher - Episode 10 (High-quality) As the World Turns: The Slasher - Episode 9 (High-quality) That channel has a number of '00s ATWT behind the scenes videos I never knew of. Here's one - some kind of spoof about Goutman. As The World Turns "What Happened to Guffman ATWT" Satire @P.J. I'm guessing you already knew about these, but here is a 24 parody featuring Maura and Michael, among others. As the World Turns "24" Parody - Episode 1

Ending on a shot of Perry Stephens' ass isn't the worst way to advertise your soap. ABC Network "Loving" Soap Opera Ad "Something's Happening" Commercial

Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle, GH) will be appearing in a film that has no reason to exist in 2025. 'General Hospital' Alum Chloe Lanier Stars in Lifetime's 'I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco' - Michael Fairman TV Cam Gigandet and John Stamos: 'The Hunting Wives' Casts John Stamos in Season 2

I think P&G's turn toward ageism also hurt ATWT more than GL because ATWT's most vibrant characters were older. Marland having to weed out Barbara or Adam didn't make a big difference.

Bits but never the whole thing.

Now this is the oral history I want, not stuff like that one for Christmas is Connecticut where all I learned is the people who worked on that still hate Dyan Cannon.

I don't think Alice works outside of the book. The book has not only the unsettling illustrations but also a genuine sense of strangeness and anger which doesn't translate onscreen. The best adaptation I've seen of in live action is that Tom Petty video. This is likely why I got into FOX on Sunday nights. Sunday otherwise felt dead.

For a genre that is known for being about sex, I've never seen a soap that has made a threesome seem sexy. The closest may be the glimpses of Loving Friends and Perfect Couples, and that's a little disconcerting because the man having the threesome is the ex-husband from Kate & Allie.

Sally Struthers is channeling her anger toward Betty White.

I forgot they had a health club. Again, I just end up remembering GH (they seemed to be in on all the trends). Whenever I think of health club revamps on soaps I think of Acorn Antiques, which made fun of Crossroads doing this. (it's at about 42 minutes) Acorn Antiques - Omibus Edition

It is. That was one of the worst promos I've ever seen. Do you think we could have a story about Mark and Sarah learning they go to the same stylist?

Oh I know - Janice was doing a lot more than dancing with him. I just found the idea of that club of Mitch's driving her insane amusing. (I didn't even know Mitch and Alice had any involvement - they really did make a mess of her character) The Hostage could have been their Enough is Enough! A disco does suit Lisa more than a bookstore. A shame that by the time she opened up her own place it was mostly a more sedate affair - can't even remember if we got Lisa in a feather boa very often. Geez, Brad would have been there, wouldn't he? No wonder the disco shut down by the time he arrived. If there was ever a man in Oakdale ladies would be warned not to leave their drinks around...

I'll have to look for that. All I've seen of that disco/club is Tracy singing, and singing, and singing, which, nothing against Janice Lynde, probably helped drive Janice Frame into madness. I do understand why the soaps wanted to try to change with the times - which they should probably be doing more of these days - but there could have been so many other ways to do it.