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Ben Hendrickson was such an underrated talent. This is what I loved about ATWT - for the most part they hired actor - not just hair models. He was salt of the earth and yet had some sort of ability to work with all these leading ladies and it wasn't weird == even MW and KMH == good stuff came out of each story. My favorite Hal moment was one day when he walked in the station, saw some donuts on a desk and started singing "All the cops in the donut shop say" from Walk Like an Egyptian! It was one of those perfect moments.

Four months since the finale.... It's a good thing so much stuff is on youtube (and more keeps getting added). It's kind of been fun going back and revisiting some of the great stories. Fortunately, there's a lot of good stuff out there. It was a bummer not to tune in during holidays for the usual celebrations.

On this, the 26th Anniversary of Edge's cancellation, I received something very special in the mail...A script from the Jan. 14, 1976 episode (#5148), just about six weeks after the show moved to ABC.

What a beautiful keepsake!

Wow! That is a fantastic gift on this sad anniversary.... How were you so fortunate to obtain it? BTW -- It still p's me off that P&G would not accept ABC's offer to continue. I have a feeling if ABC bought the property, it would have lasted at least five more years (and they would have rallied to get their affliates to start airing it.) Oh, well, water under the bridge. I'm still surprised that it hasn't been rebooted.

The whole Iris thing with "Daddy" was pretty sick. It would be different if she was in her teens or maybe early 20s, but 35. (And 35 in 1976 was a lot different than it is today. Try like 50 or older.) I'm starting to understand why AW started to take a free-fall in the ratings during this time. Don't get me wrong, I started watching AW in 1979 and enjoyed BM performances, but really.

I adore the funky groovy 1976 As the World Turns logo. Over the last decade, with retro so in style, Goutman would have been smart to use a modified version of this for the show's title card. Young people would have seen it as fresh, funky and older fans would have had acid trip flash backs. ATWT had such a rich history but Goutman never brought back any blasts from the past or even their children. Fans are forgiving when it comes to recasts and there was so much potential in the show's history. I never realized how radically Marland revamped the show and, in the process, eliminated characters and entire families. I would have rather watched an extended Stuart family or even the McColls as opposed to the sappy Snyder clan.

That was never the ATWT logo -- just a cheap graphic the magazine created. During the 1970s, the logo was spinning globe with "As" on one line "the World Turns" on second line with orchestra music, which was color version of title from the original title sequence. Check youtube for ATWT logo history. In 1981, intro was switched to first modern version -- with globe spinning from outer space, forming the O in "World" and the three beams of light.

And don't forget JC's stint on Dark Shadows. If you've ever seen any of the episodes, he was drop dead handsome. Such a shame. Anyway, back to EON, it's amazing watching the episodes that are out there, they had such a solid cast. To me, it was the perfect 30 min show. The only time it slipped was the Jody-centric stuff or the dance sequences. Otherwise, pretty consistent with Slesar's ability to weave incredibly intricate stories. Once he was gone, it was over.

I wouldn't consider Deborah Adair a "temporary replacement" since she played the role for three years (1980-83). She did come back for a brief stint in 86 for Brenda Dickson.

More like 2 weeks.

My mistake! LOL I was think about last week being the end since we finally saw the final ratings -- that seemed like the shutting the door. Now that's it's two weeks. I can't believe someone hadn't opened this thread sooner! I think it would have been a lot easier for us to accept if ATWT ratings were REALLY bad -- like PASSIONS or PC bad, but they weren't and the fact the show didn't lose it audience after a NINE month cancellation notice is even more incredible. The has to be the longest notice in history of soaps, what a mess. I promised myself I wouldn't rant for some time.

I thought I'd open since it's been a week. It still doesn't seem real.

Is that on Youtube?

Unfortunately, no. It's from a DVD collection I obtained.

I just watched the episode where Raven is alone in mansion and door opens downstairs and RS slips in and closes it behind him and the end shot of skyline appears silently for just two seconds. One of the creepiest moments I've seen. The way he enters and then the sudden close -- gave me shivers. Classic EON.

Just went onto Hulu for AW for first time in a couple of months. Episodes are ENDING Oct. 21! Not again. They are posting three a day. I wonder what happened. I didn't see notice for ATWT or GL. One can hope that P&G is launching it's own channel now that they are done with soaps. They have this tremedous archive. We know there is an audience!

OMG. Thanks for posting the Tony Craig fashion shoot. I needed a good laugh! My gosh, those were awful, particularly the last one.

I actually followed this show for some time during original run. What I liked about the show was that it had characters/people who seemed a little more 'real'.

Thanks for all that dialogue and detail from that S/L. It's such a tragedy that those episodes are gone forever. I wish P&G would post what's available again.

I'm a day late, but happy 54th anniversary EON! EON and ATWT debuted on April 2, 1956. First 30-minutes soaps. Two classics.

It was 25 years ago today that EON aired it's last episode.... My how time flies. If ever there was a soap that should be revived either as daytime or primetime -- this is it!

BTW -- You should check YouTube. Two users have been uploading key scenes from SL, such as Clown Puppet, The Locked Room, etc. (These are five to 10 minutes scenes. Clown Puppet has about 20 scenes for two parts of the story.) Very cool stuff.