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Thanks for sharing!

I had read those years ago but forgot about them. Thanks for sharing again. 

It was interesting that the complaints of 1984 (which seems boring based on everything I have read and seen) were fixed by 1986 but by 1987 the O'Neill family was gone and they would just bring c-story families in and out for years. Then by 1988 they were into the flights of fancy as mentioned. I actually love the mix of the fantastical (Eterna and Mendorra) and the reality based stories (Carla and Billy Douglas) but I wish Rauch had kept the cast diverse (so much potential lost IMO in losing Blair Underwood and Lisa Carrington-that one scene with Tina/Bobby/Lisa just oozed chemistry for me) and at least SOME community/reality based stories intertwined with the over the top drama. 

1 hour ago, EricMontreal22 said:

Peggy O'Shea was brilliant.  She left I agree due to disagreements with Rauch I think...  But the writer right under her was S. Michael Schnessel (at least from the credits) and he was the one who replaced her as HW (he was there until 1990--I've heard very little about him but apparently in the final years was quite ill with AIDS related illnesses).  But he seemed more willing to go with Rauch's ideas.  He took over officially in Summer 87 which does seem to be when the show became so much more camp.

Is that what happened to Schnessel? I have googled him multiple times over the years trying to find SOMETHING and was unable to. How sad. Does anyone know when he actually passed? Did he ever come to the studio, I have never seen anyone mention him in interviews or anything. He wrote some of my favorite scenes and stories outside of my time watching the show...thankful for YouTube!

1 minute ago, OzFrog said:

 

Sounds like a Grindr date...

Lmaooo....accurate

Didn't Rauch remodel Llanfair multiple times? Did he just take things to far? 

I guess a lot of 1989 was filler but I still enjoyed it for what it was. We know RC was a big fan of the 80s and has the same problem today on DAYS (and when he was at OLTL) of basically filler and then climax. 

4 hours ago, EricMontreal22 said:

Wow!  Lots of work put into that.  Funny enough, I just found a SOD which voted OLTL as worst show of 1989.

1989 is one of my favorite years I have watched outside of "my era" and it just seems so fun with Eterna, the baby switch, the crown jewels, Tina and Cord wrestling convicts in an arena, the baby switch, Megan/Ruby, etc. I only found the B stories and cast boring but I guess the show was gettinf absurd. 

Can you share what SOD called them out on?

That was the first full interview I watched for Locher and after a rough beginning it was enjoyable. Tina and Gabrielle are my ultimate faves so I was most excited for them. I wish they had focused more on story points and less on Tonja's social media/politics talk. 

I had no idea that the random scene of Tina being admired by the natives of the falls actually consisted of...natives of the falls. I dont know if they actually dressed like that or what but I was shocked and that was a cool behind the scenes story. 

Thanks Soapsuds! I didn't even realize ATWT was hitting #2 in the 90s. Really shows all the squandered potential by the end of the decade and just how good the shows were at one point. 

What year are the 4th of July ratings from? OLTL was doing terrible! Actually so was AMC. DAYS and ATWT werw doing really well though. What was going on during this time?

Yeah, I just finished the episode and was totally expecting the fire. A little disappointed. 

Those production values for the gala were AMAZING and it was just simply using the Newman ranch. Was most of the cast still islanded at this time? I loved all the small beats and you could tell who did and did not get along. I wish we got to see more of Diane/Phyllis/Dru going at it. They seemed to write Raul so angrily (but I see why he was upset) and I agree the Neil/Lily scenes just came off real, they barely do any natural family drama anymore on the remaining shows. GH tried a little but no matter wjat any of them do it comes off flat. 

This is like the ideal interview of what you would want them to say. I wish he would have this realization again. I really truly enjoyed early Hope/Liam/Steffy but after years and years of the same thing. Then he builds up Ally and Oliver and destroys that. Same with the Avants and Rick and Maya. They could have done years of story with Amber/Rick/Maya IMO. They don't keep any villains on the show without them being comic relief. So on and so forth. 

Enjoyed the 1998 episode but sad to think by 2003/2004 they har either burned through so much story or gotten bored with Amber/Rick and the rest of the younger crew. 

This 2007 episode may be one of the best episodes of Bold I have ever seen. Those scenes between Stephanie and her mother and then with Eric (amazing dialogue too!)were great. I can never seem to get into Kyle Lowder and this is my first time seeing Phoebe. I wish I could say I thought they at least had chemistry. 

7 hours ago, GLATWT88 said:

Do you know what week her heaven storyline happened? It looks like OLTL did in fact go to number 1 (tie) for one week in 1987 that I was able to find...it may be a week that isn't available, tho. I will say that OLTL did have several weeks at number 3 and a few at number 2 throughout 1987. 

 

 

I think those ratings are for Tina's murder trial Maria Roberts and aftermath. The Heaven story was in March or April. 

Was there a rumor or did OLTL go #1 for the Faux Bo story as well?

Flo reminds me of Maggie from DAYS

I had already watched this episode in a playlist but it was fun to see it in HD. It was great seeing Victor and Jack co parenting and the Dacid fallout...but that ending seemed SO RUSHED with Nina, Cricket and Danny randomly reappearing alive at the end and I couldn't help but feel that Nina should have been the one to see David as he dies instead of Cricket. 

Did Brad get bored with Sasha/Nicole/Zende/Ivy,etc. I stopped watching as much around 2016 and am surprised at the cast turnover as I watch the "classics"

2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I can’t believe I’m saying this but I think it might be time to put John and Marlena on the back burner, at least for a little while.

 

I know it’s hard to write for them because after all these years, something coming between them and breaking them up won’t seen believable anymore. But when all you can write for them is for them to be constantly kidnapped or held hostage, it’s starts to get a little tedious. 

 

Same goes for Ben and Ciara. Apart from all of them, I’m enjoying the show.

Agreed! I actually love the John and Marlena danger stories but it is time for it to have a break and they simply do not have the budget for this. It feels like they just threw darts at the wall for the Stefano and Orpheus stories. There was absolutely no point in either one. 

They skipped months/years of angst for Ciara and Ben (I am over him being a killer, soaps will never learn and they have chemistry IMO) but the story isn't there. For John and Marlena I would love to see Marlena with am actual patient or both solving mysteries connected to the younger characters in an important but not front burner role. 

Thank you both for answering. I will have to find these episodes on YouTube. I can't believe that Genie go for that long but glad she came back with so much material to play even though she seemed like a supporting player basically. 

What I would do to see this Mark Toland investigation on OLTL and the Phillip death on Y&R-which had way more going on than I imagined. I can't believe none of these episodes have been made available and are just sitting somewhere. They could air one episode with Phillio going over the cliff and then his funeral in an hour block. Smh. 

1 minute ago, titan1978 said:

What an exciting return to the show for Genie that was!  Every part of Laura’s life was in distress.

Was Laura off the show before this? And what was the truth about Stefan and Laura for Katherine? 

I loved this 2006 episode. As has been said, makes me hate that they allowed VR to leave. I just love the Winters family in these scenes, feels genuine and real. Sharon Case looks absolutely fantastic here. Wow. I know Amber was pretty hit or miss but I enjoyed seeing her arrival and introduction to Kay. I forgot how beautiful Adrienne Frantz is. This was my first time seeing Colleen and JT together, they seem to have chemistry despite her concern for the professor. 

Outside of that WOW did the show move fast. I swear they went from set to set to set and back to the same set. I did however love the small touches like Lauren and Michael taking turns with the baby and their careers. 

15 hours ago, Marquise said:

 

 

Thanks so much!

These are amazing, I love the OLTL ones especially! Great job!

I started watching when I was 8, my brother, cousin and I would sit right in front of the TV with my aunt and watch Passions. Timmy the doll and the wedding with the poison ring had me glued to the tv that summer. Then in the summer of 2003 my stepmom would have on As the World Turns with Lily trapped in the well and that is when I remember asking if soaps were really long movies that never ended (I think miniseries were popular back then too and I thought that's what miniseries were.) Then in the summer of 2005 my mom who was an ABC soap fan was watching OLTL during the Natalie/Evangeline kidnapped and set fire story but the rest of the show was boring to me. I finally got my own tv and found Passions on Syfy and discovered SoapNet when I found AMC during the time Janet had Babe kidnapped in the cabin, then I got into DAYS, OLTL and GH before OLTL became my sole favorite. I definitely prefer the more mystery/suspense stories (extremely lacking now) but the more I watched the more I cared about the relationships and by the time I was appreciating them all the soaps were decimating anything good they had going on. 

Are the episodes with Eric and Stephanie remarrying and some risque photo of an affair in the bible available anywhere?