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As always, Paul, thanks so much for your information! I know most of the minor supporting characters on AMC from the 80s on, but the ones from particularly the early 70s are largely a mystery, unless they appear in a random episode or a summary. Solomon seems quite appealing though (I wonder if that boutique later became Myrtle's?)

That's what it sounds like to me too, which would mean a minor character I guess? I know even in the official books those first few years are never summarized with much detail, so it could have been a regular character who never had a storyline... I feel greedy but now a part of me can't help wishing that whole episode was available. (and LOVE Judith Barcroft and her characterization of Anne)

HA Anton and that accent. Actually I do remember that story, though not super clearly (wow Kendall was living in a rundown place...)

I remember him being pretty awful when he first came to AMC--my sister still watched with me back then and we mocked him mercilessly, although for whatever reason I did grow to like him. Does Ann mention her name at the start of the scene? There's a brief bit I can't quite understand. I don't know the actor who played Linc back then, or that he continued to do soap work so recently, but he seems alright. One of the episodes on Agnes' website has the first Linc with Amy and you can see why he was recast... I guess there was a brief third Linc after Pryor, before the character moved to Seattle for a few years? I know AMC had a number of growing pains when it came to recasting in its first two years, so I'd be interested to hear the story.

I don't remember any suicide drama and I was a regular viewer around then... I know Julia came close to suicide after her attack--but that involved Noah I thought... Hrmm. (I always found it amusing that the actor who played Anton, later played Dracula on Buffy opposite SMG). OK back to that clip of the 1971 episode--anyone know who Ann is talking with in the shop?

I really grew to love The City, but the first six months were really fairly rough, in hindsight. Lots of way too short stories done for controversy's sake (liek the transgender one) and then the Masquerader serial killer story which just felt WAY too soon after the Loving murders. As much as I loved Morgan Fairchild it only REALLY came into its own when Tracy came on instead--I still say the last six months were pretty great--and I eventually swear I'll upload the last three months I have on tape... Gotta disagree with Khan, I don't feel they dumped on Loving--as much as I loved the last two years of Loving, reallyI'm amazed ABC gave it as many chances as they did--and The City was a nice compromise. I do think its reportedly high cost and the fact ABC didn't own it led to ABC dropping it WAY too quickly after just 18 months. And have to agree re Roscoe Born as Nick--it really proves he can do more than just play scenery chewing baddies. Yes, this was a Nov 1991 episodes that WOST aired, I have it saved--it was when Jeremy and Ceara were in Corinth pacthing up their marriage, and Ceara became involved in Matt's story (I think his name was Matt?) the druggie runaway who was up on rape charges and it finally came out that his sbusive dad was the rapist, in these court scenes. It seemed like they were tieing him to Ally at the time, but I think he was just quickly written out instead.

WOW I'm amazed to see it in colour too, and not just a random B&W kinescope. (It is true that I've heard fans proudly proclaim how they've watched since it was in B&W) The 1984 episode --was Brooke's rapist that friend of Tom? The AMC coffee table book leaves out the story completely in their 1984 synopsis.

Yeah, many in the industry seemed pretty annoyed she got a nom...

AH ok I do remember scenes with Sam and Opal flirting (I think in Myrtle's boarding house for some reason). Yeah, in the episode it's implied Sam came to Liza's rescue and she feels he's the only one she could trust.

I was randomly watching some AMC episodes I hadn't seen in full yet, on youtube, and came across this one: Now I believe this was after Liza's rape--can someone tell me who raped her? I think she left soon after--or was she recast first? I had thought her dad had died by then, can someone remind me of when he died and how? And finally can someone tell me who exactly Sam was? (Yes I could probably find most of this out in the AMC coffee table book but I'm lazy--)

Oh and random, in the gym scene in the second link they're playing Kylie Minogue--a song from an album that didn't get a US release! LOL

Thanks for that! That Casey the Alien music is from some movie, isn't it? it sounds like Jerry Goldsmith--I know in the 80s the ABC soaps all used movie cues a lot of the time (AMC famously used the Halloween theme for the Erica breaks Jeremy out of prison scene). Did Casey ever get an exit?

Wasn't Starman a good 5 years earlier? I wonder if any of Casey is online... It seemed McTavish was tempted to return to sci fi for a while with the defrosting of that character, etc, but...

How long did Casey stay on canvas?

Wasn't that when Casey the Alien showed up? In hindsight it seems smart for Monty to try to take the show more back to basics, even if she did it poorly (or so it sounds).

All those clips from the 1981 Emmys, even with crap sound, are amazing--I love how they actually play LONG scenes so you can see WHY they were nominated.

At the time, ABC seemed much more willing, maybe even too willing, to fire EPs--look at the insane turnaround in EPS at Loving from the late 80s to early 90s. Now, it's the opposite (and yes, this is one thing I do blame Frons for as he seemed to view himself as the overall EP on all shows). It's interesting that GH, until the early 70s (I think?) used a piano for score, instead of an organ. I know the P&G soaps largely used organs till fairly late (1973 or so?), and I think the other major ABC soaps that came after AMC (from Dark Shadows to AMC) never used organ or piano but had scored, pre recorded cues. I also kinda wonder why GH was done from Hollywood, when soaps back then were almost always done from New york (although not exclusively, I know a few others filmed from LA pre GH and Days).

While I agree that GH probably is the second most important TV soap, for the reasons you say but also of course for Gloria Monty changing the genre to a more filmic/primetime feel in terms of shorter scenes, more cross editing (ie a short scene with one character, then with another, then back to the earlier character--something I find OLTL does a bit too much of now), and I know this may show my AMC biase, but in 70s soap books, AMC usually egts the credit (or, as many in the soap press in the 70s didn't seem to approve of AMC, discredit) for really putting a lot of the focus on youth. Y&R of course did the same, and added the element of Hollywood glamour, in terms of aesthetics, but also because they were one of the first soaps to cast actors as much on physical beauty as on acting talent, something all the soaps eventually took up on to some degree.

LOL! I always just assumed that that story was unpopular for whatever reason. How long was he on the show? (Ahh the 70s when people would still sign their name with a Ms...)

I'm just catching up on this thread, but fascinating stuff--especially about FRFP airing at different times and not in all markets. Also about how much control Silverman apparently had (I know he did a lot with soaps, but I still always think of him as the head of, I believe, ABC Daytime in the late 60s, or maybe it was CBS, who brought Scooby Doo largely into fruition lol) "Where FRFP wasn't at for most its short run was under Fred Silverman's domain. The network president usually "directs story lines, but since he was responsible for the whole network (having taken charge after the 1978 fall line-up was set), he didn't even get around to daytime until the end of August when the soap was cancelled anyway."" So even back then network heads often had story say?

Old thread I know, but rewatching slots of AMC from 96-97 during Broderick's last tenure, the music is CONSTANT, and ver electronic. I actually find it very annoying, though I didn't I don't think at the time. It's MUCH more restrained in comparison now.

Was that when Schnessel (sp? lol what a name) was writing solo? It seemed like for the most part under Rauch, Peggy O'Shea kept things in check (I believe she wrote another soap after, but can't remember what), and had a great mix of camp and classic soap opera, even if the class and ethnicity issues slipped away, but once she left (quit? fired?) Rauch's impulses got the better of him. And then of course there was his awful final year where he seemed to try to bring the show back to its basics, with this time unintentional camp. *edit* No i guess it WAS the 1990 DePriest/Rauch era

No, I'm pretty sure I didn't put it up--and if I had, so what, it's fascinating stuff (at least to me) and is interesting to re-read. I looked through my books and found in All My Afternoons a nearly exaactly the same formatted Day in Another World piece, but haven't found an AMC one, so I'm not sure where I've seen it before.

Interesting, I'm certain that article was reprinted (or first printed) verbatim in one of the 1970s soap opera books I have... Will have to check.