P.J.

I'm pretty sure JD wanted to try LA. That being said, TIIC clearly never exactly knew what to do with her Alison---oy vey, the Dunphy/Chase pairing was arguably the creepiest thing I've ever seen on soaps---and I got tired of all of Alison's "goofy" adventures.

It's weird to read, knowing how much the writing for soaps has devolved. Does anyone for a moment believe breakdowns are still so detailed as to go to the "time of day"? ATWT regularly, gleefully, ignored "trivialities" like geography and the time-space continuum. "Time of day"? Phfft.... Sigh---I miss Doug. I'm really glad he stayed instead of developing his own show.

LOL...I'll give everyone a hint. This actor/actress is also in one of the final episodes of MASH.

Sadly, he died of AIDS in 1993. http://www.kidsfromcaper.com/actorsbiffbio.htm

*squee* I remember that clip of Iva and Kirk kissing in the promo! I FLOVED it so much, it was the first time I really saved an episode to tape and watched it over and over and again. I watched it so much, I could FF through the eppy and stop at their parts.

From soapopera451... In honor of this gift to daytime fans, we visit with Emmy-award winner Susan Dansby, who recalls directing Carly and Jack's first kiss: I had been fired from my directing job on Port Charles; and, though I made many claims to the contrary, took a real hit to the ego. My agent arranged for me to direct three episodes of As the World Turns – which was kind of inconvenient. I lived in LA and ATWT shot in New York. But I figured it was worth the airfare to prove to myself I still had serious directing chops – hopefully. On one of those three days, I was lucky enough to direct Maura West and Michael Park having one of their first on-screen kisses (the ice cream scenes at the cabin in Montana). During the dress rehearsal, Michael was playing Jack as "nice guy." So, when I went out to the studio floor to give notes, I suggested to him that Carly was throwing down a challenge; and rather than running from it (as Carly anticipated), Jack's G-man persona would come to the fore and give Carly (in the form of a toe-curling kiss) WAY more than she – or I – expected. I still remember that kiss. Have mercy! I fell in love that day with Michael and Maura. With their skill as actors, and their willingness to play in the creative process. Yes. Molly taped her and Holden "doin' it", and eventually, Lily proved she'd edited footage together to make it look like Holden was actively participating. (I swear this involves Lily somehow pretending to want to buy Molly's "sex tape" or something and going "undercover" at a porn distributor, but I can't swear to it.)

I think Sierra became irrelevent to TIIC the minute Peyton List left. If she was ever truly relevent to them at all. I think for a while, MBE was insurance against McClain's ping-ponging "do I wanna work this next six months or not" routine. I really wish they kept her---God knows Sierra was more welcome in town than some other NBC "talent"....coughcoughJanetcoughcough.

Dusty and Sierra went nowhere, unfortunately. In about three weeks, Jen slept with Craig. In May she and Mike married, by July, (nearly full term) he dumped her, and Dusty started stepping in to being her hero.

One, BITE YOUR TONGUE. Gawd how I hate that box-of-rocks. The only useful thing Collier-as-Mike ever did was finally dump Katie's sorry ass. Two...ATWT ain't B&B.

I'm really eternally grateful Parker was not a Stenbeck.

The episode is from Tuesday, June 29, 1999. Monday's episode is when Carly pulls him in there after Jack sees Reid propose to Julia, and Wednesday, they wake up and almost make love, only to be interrupted by Hal, Barbara and their wedding planner. Transcript links.... http://atwtx.0catch.com/ATWT06291999.txt (atwt.x0catch.com 's transcripts start in March '99) while tvmegasite.com's start in 2000.

Well, they stopped using Molly as a run-of-the-mill-psychotic. I'm sure that helped.

I really doubt they'd come back with a Carly dvd....they want to reach the widest possible fan base. My guess would be they'd do a character comparable to GL's Reva (one that spans generations)....perhaps Barbara, Lisa or Lily. Random thought---did Eileen Fulton ever do an interview with someone like Dick Cavett? It would be fabulous to have some kind of "extras" like that in addition to the episodes.

By default, I "enjoyed" Lindstrom more than Block, simply because Pissy made it clear "Craig" was nothing more than a loser and took away any and all pretense of his omnipetence. Sheffer had such a man crush on Block, he made Craig into an unrecognizable mess to play into his "strengths". Bryce was completely wasted in the Paul/Meg vortex of suck. The talent it took to make a near baby-killer the sympathetic one in the triangle is off the charts. Firing him was a major WTF decision I will never understand. I'm down with an all Carly dvd. There were lots of Hal-moments I loved. And natch, there'd be lots of Jack in it.

I don't understand a Carjacker who "isn't familiar" with these moments. They're some of the most iconic moments in their story. Maybe they're thrown off by the short synopses. Maybe they expected more of the proposals-weddings kind of highlighty-thing. Psst...I would have paid to see Bryce's Craig mix it up with Carjack. PAID. Instead, I had five years of JabbatheCraigHut slobbering over Carly any chance he got, and two years of pussyCraig making her into a drunk and stealing from Parker. UGH!

Yeah, those bastards are prying $20 out of my pocket. Not that Carjack could have a bad episode : ) , but I can't quibble with one of those choices. It might have been nice to have the follow-up to their 2003 wedding (for those of us who'd bought the 20-episode set, so we could see Jack's actual reaction to Carly telling him Sage was theirs) but that's about it.

IA, Carly seems almost like a different character after Maura returned in '97, but in a good way. I think she brings more to the role. It's really hard for me to watch anything from her first run---Carly seems so much harder to me. Although, maybe it's because (IMO) she's working so hard in scenes with poor castmates. Perry and Christian seem to suck the energy out of every scene they're in.

I don't think you can ever recreate the bond that comes from "knowing" the characters, anticipating tomorrow and growing with these families. That bond is built over hundreds of episodes, not just a "best of" dvd.

Or Holden?

Iva confessed to murdering Tad? Why?

Well, the video quality doesn't help. LOL. I think soaps in general were guilty of trying to "amp it up" to compete with primetime and cable shows like NYPD Blue with bare asses and slo-mo grinding and orgasm faces. I forget who was HW/EP but this was an admitted low point for ATWT, with Diego, Mark/Connor, etc.

It's a little....strange....reading about the omnipotent and omnipresent James being conned and made to do someone else's bidding. Obviously, this was forever ago, but still....LOL.

First....Carl, you're killing me with the 2004 stuff. It's a very bad time for Carjack. ;0 Thanks for posting those pics, soaps. Imagine, there was actually a time the 'soap press' acted like ATWT was important and worthy of coverage. I've always loved that pic of Finn/Scott and I've kept that 35th anniversary issue of SOD all these years.

The Lisa/Carly hostility was over the fact Carly married John when they all thought he was Parker's father. Which really didn't make any sense since Lisa had pretty much known all about Carly's $50 million dollar scheme and if not supported her going after it, understood why she chose Hal over Jack at the time. Lisa's role in general dropped off mightily around '00 anyway, and the only "bad" girl she took under her wing was her goddaughter Bonnie. I have a feeling most of Lisa's bitchiness toward Carly (ocassionally Emily and the odd newbie run in) was simply TIIC trying to keep the myth of "Lisa, Queen of the Bitches" alive. KWIM? Unfortunately, most of the time, it simply made her look like a doddering idiot, as when Lisa treated Jack's "wife" not-that-JuliaII as if they were long lost besties---which stopped the minute not-that-JuliaII decided to [!@#$%^&*] Holden. I'd like to see some of Runyeon's work before the "Steve and Betsy" thing happened. I wonder if his ego kind of got the best of him, or if that's simply the way he always was. I gotta say---watching early Justin Dees is a revelation when all you really remember are his GL Buzz-ed years.

That ad is gorgeous. I have a secret---in watching the dvd....I roll my eyes through Frank Runyeon's scenes. He's channeling William Shatner. And not in a good way.