Mona Kane Croft

Nobody did prostitutes like Agnes Nixon at All My Children. Donna Beck and Estelle with their respective pimps, Tyrone and Billy Clyde. Nixon's prostitute storylines were both overtly simple and full of stereotypes, while also being nuanced and complex (unexplainable, I know). No other soap opera's prostitute storylines could hold a candle to Nixon's work on AMC. And the Estelle/Billy Clyde stuff was also during the height of the AIDS epidemic.

After the 90-minute disaster, what would you say was Another World's biggest failure during the show's last 20-years (1979 to 1999)? I'm really asking about big fundamental failures -- not casting decisions and smaller mistakes. I'll go first. I think AW's biggest failure during it's final 20-years was never hiring an established well-known head-writer with a long record of success (a writer similar to Nixon, Marland, Bell, Lemay, Phillips, Labine, etc.), AND giving that head-writer the freedom to write, AND keeping that head-writer for 7-8 years. What do you consider AW's biggest failure during the show's final 20-years?

I agree about American Playhouse. I'd love that to return to the PBS schedule for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

John Conboy had an affair with a woman? While he was at GL? That's a new one, Mama...

After observing this "irritating ad" situation for another week or two, I am thinking the ad is just a symptom of the problem. And the problem is much larger than simply an irritating ad. I think the larger issue is, something is taking almost complete control of the page. In addition to the ad(s), it is changing the type font on the page, rearranging contents of the page, making the reply option completely disappear, and generally making the entire page unreadable and unusable. Could it be some kind of virus or malware (or some other form of corruption) that has invaded the site, or maybe even the host software? I no longer believe it is just a legitimate ad that is malfunctioning.

I just watched the episode. The Horton set appears to be exactly the same as the former set, including the staircase and a short glimpse of part of the front door. It is possible the living room is slightly smaller -- less "deep" with the fireplace a few feet closer to the entryway. But I'm not sure about that. We'd need to do a side-by-side comparison, and I don't have any pics or screen shots. Also, I suppose since we saw the foyer in the background, that means they will continue to use the foyer for scenes at least occasionally. If anyone notices any differences or changes later, please post them here. I find it a little hard to believe TPTB would destroy and rebuild such an iconic set without at least a few cost-saving measures.

So does the new Horton house look exactly like the old set? Is it different in any way? Smaller? Different paint color? Do they still show the staircase? Or is it an exact rebuild of the old set? I assumed TPTB would use this as an opportunity to make the set either simpler or smaller, to save money. By the way, staircases are usually the first thing to disappear when a soap opera decides to save money on sets. For example on ATWT, by the mid-2000s nearly every staircase on the show had disappeared. Note, I said nearly -- not every one.

I got mine in 2018, so probably not the newer version.

I had begun to believe I was the only person this was happening to. What browser are you using? Are you on a laptop? I'm on a MacBook Pro using Safari browser.

Yes, I know. But I assumed the original poster would eventually tell us the names of the people he was talking about.

When are you going to tell us who these people are?

Here are two better examples of the ads and how they irritate. You'll notice in both photos, an ad is covering part of a post, and the part of the page that is visible/readable is distorted -- strange type font, etc. Again, no idea why they appear sideways. They are in the correct orientation on my laptop.

Couldn't get a real screen shot, so I took a photo of the screen. Not sure why it is posting sideways, because the orientation is correct on my laptop. If you can see the photo, notice the distortion of the page. The ad itself is not appearing on this shot. It seems the page will only allow me to attach one photo per post, so I'll try to post a couple of others seperately. Here's another one

Thanks for the response. I'll try to get a screen shot next time it happens. I can't remember the topic of the ads, but there are several of them and when one closes another immediately replaces it. The ads themselves partially cover the posts, which is strange because none of the other ads on SON seem to do that. These ads are not in the margins of the page as most SON ads are. They actually cover part of the page content. I think this might be some kind of rogue situation, because when the ads appear, the entire look of the page changes -- even the type font on the posts changes. And the reply button is not covered by an ad, it just disappears. It's almost as if the ads are controlling the page. I'm using a laptop, Macbook Pro. As I said, I'll try to get a screen shot. Thanks again.

Thank you, Contessa. Did anyone get pics of Beverly Penberthy's children? Or the children of Liza Chapman?

I came here to reply because here is where the original suggestion was made. And I was replying. Otherwise, I have no interest in arguing. So I'm done.

I did, and I got absolutely no response from any of the moderators (or whatever they are called). I did get one response from a fellow poster, who misunderstood my post and went off on a tangent. LOL. So I wouldn't suggest the Support Desk as a way to solve anything, because apparently nobody monitors it -- or if they do, they only respond to the posts that interest them. Worthless.

Interesting that there were very few Lemay era (his first era) actors at the reunion. There were several from the Nixon and Cenedela (pre-Lemay) eras, and many from the post-Lemay years (of course). But no Susan Harney, no Leon Russom, no Dorothy Lyman, no Maeve Kincade, no Susan Sullivan, no Robert Doran, no Mike Hammett, etc. Are Gail Brown and Ariana Muenker the only two actors from the (first) Lemay years who were there? I feel sure Nick Coster would have attended, if the reunion had been held a couple of years ago.

That's a very nice and positive way to describe Lau's journey. So many people bash him. You found a way to explain, while still being positive. Thank you.

These are not the ads I was asking about. The ones I'm irritated by are much worse. They actually cover parts of the posts, prevent you from reading the posts, and stop the entire page from working correctly. The Alley Mills ads do not do any of that, as far as I know. If you ever encounter the ads I'm talking about, you will be happy to see the Alley Mills ads again! LOL.

Finally, here is a good photo of Gail Brown (Clarice) from the AW Reunion. I think she looks great! This was posted in an AW Facebook group by a member named Larry Mann.

Thank you, Contessa, for posting all these photos. It is truly appreciated!

Absolutely. Had Lemay remained as head writer, this would most definitely have happened eventually. Cory was a legacy character. But no need for Robert to die, because Nick Coster was still living until about a year ago.

I agree. Harding Lemay gets the blame (or the credit) for bringing uber-wealthy characters to Another World. But he was equally adept at creating working-class characters. Clarice is a perfect example of this.

Did anyone get an individual photo of Gail Brown. I loved Clarice and Gail, when she was on AW. I saw her in the back row of the group photo, but would love to see a better pic of her from the reunion.