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I'll give AW a pass on that red swan mystery since the storylines for the entire show had to be rewritten following Douglass Watson's death. I wonder if Paulina and Ken Jordan even figured into the storylines at all. I'm sure that in the original storyline that either Mac and/or Rachel were in some kind of danger and would be saved by Iris, so that Mac would forgive Iris for being "The Chief."

40 years ago today, August 11, 1978, Rachel Cory went into premature labor and gave birth to Amanda 4 weeks early. Any long time viewers remember the scenes when Mac lets it slip to Iris that Amanda is his first born daughter and that Iris was adopted? Was anyone surprised by this revelation? Obviously, they later made Iris Mac's biological child as well, but this must have caused quite the stir in pre-Internet days.

Here is a rare 1982 SFT opening and closing when the show transferred to NBC with announcer Alison Steele...

This episode followed the aftermath of Alma Rudder's murder when Felicia discovered that Cass was seeing Cecile on the side, so Felicia was a woman scorned. Felicia was also having Julia Shearer "ghostwrite" some parts of her books. She confronts Julia at the wedding reception, and Julia pushes Felicia into the Cory swimming pool. 😂

35 years ago today- August 3, 1983, Another World aired the double wedding of Mac and Rachel and Sandy and Blaine.

On July 21, 1972, Victoria Wyndham made her debut as Rachel on Another World. Any long time viewer remember her first day on the show? I wish this episode would show up on a YouTube one day.

That was probably the case with both The Doctors and Texas which both left the air on December 31, 1982. The following Monday, NBC seriously revamped its daytime lineup: 10:00 AM reruns of The Facts of Life debuts 10:30 AM Sale of the Century debuts with Jim Perry 11:00 AM Wheel of Fortune returns to this timeslot 11:30 AM Hit Man debuts with Peter Tomarken 12:00 PM Just Men starring Betty White debuts 12:30 PM Search for Tomorrow 1:00 PM Days of our Lives was heavily featuring Roman and Marlena and the DiMeras 2:00 PM Another World had the character of Felicia Gallant premiere the first week in January and would again kill off Steve Frame within a month and start to reconcile Mac and Rachel 3:00 PM Fantasy with Peter Marshall and Leslie Uggums

Lemay certainly had his fans and detractors, but no one can deny that he provided viewers with years of entertainment and unforgettable characters while he was headwriter of Another World. Rest In Peace Mr. Lemay. 🙏🏼

I looked at the synopses for July 72 on the Another World Home Page. Could it have been Victoria Wyndham's introduction as Rachel when she was staying in a hotel with Jamie and Steve Frame stops by to visit them?

While "In This Life" made it to the final aired episode, there was another edit of the last episode that used the Crystal Gayle/Gary Morris "Another World" theme in the last few scenes of the episode. I wish someone would place this on YouTube.

19 years ago today, Another World aired its final episode on NBC- where has the time gone- it seems like yesterday...

Jacqueline Courtney and George Reinholt received top billing to be replaced by Victoria Wyndham and Douglass Watson In the mid-70s. The rest of the cast from the late 70s and early 80s would be listed in order of seniority. I can only only think of two instances when this did not happen. Stephen Schnetzer left the role of Cass in 1986 and returned in mid-1987. For a few months, he was listed at the bottom of the credits when he first returned. Then, he started to appear directly after Linda Dano in the credits a few months after his return. In 1986, Denise Alexander was listed at the bottom of the credits when she first joined the show. A few months into her run, she began appearing last in the credits as and DENISE ALEXANDER Mary McKinnon

Someone at NBC must have liked her- she was head writer on The Doctors (76), Days of our Lives (82-84), Another World (86-88 and 96), and Sunset Beach- while she had stints on other shows, she worked on NBC soaps for 20 years. I agree she is a mixed bag- she was the writer who killed both Sally Frame and Frankie Frame on AW. And practically every show she wrote on NBC there was a serial killer storyline.

Interesting- looking up a 1967 calendar- the soaps were off the air for 9 days- Wednesday, March 29 Thursday, March 30 Friday, March 31 Monday, April 3 Tuesday, April 4 Wednesday, April 5 Thursday, April 6 Friday, April 7 Monday, April 10 AW, and I guess the rest of the soaps, returned on Tuesday, April 11. AW was still a live broadcast at this time. On May 24, 1967, AW would make the transition to videotape from a live broadcast. I wonder if P&G and/or NBC made this decision so that AW could have episodes on hand and ready to broadcast in case there was another actors' strike?

Another World, and I assume the rest of the soaps were pre-empted from March 29 to April 10, 1967 due to an AFTRA strike. According to the Another World Homepage, when the show resumed on April 11th, Mitchell Dru caught the audience up on what was going on in Bay City: Dru: "Come in. Come in. How good it is to be back with you again. (HE CLOSES THE DOOR AND MAKES HIS WAY TOWARD A DESK WHICH HAS A NUMBER OF LETTERS ON IT, REPRESENTING LETTERS FROM VIEWERS) And when I say that I'm speaking, of course, not just for myself but for everyone who is a part of Another World. And we particularly want to thank you for the many letters you have sent, saying that you have missed us for we have certaintly missed being with you. As far as we are concerned, absence does, indeed, make the heart grow fonder, and we hope that is the case with you...We also want to assure you that during our absence, you have not missed any important developments in the story. Tomorrow, there is a Grand Jury hearing of the State versus Melissa Palmer Fargo. An event which, as Missy's counsel, I am not looking forward to with any eagerness. The District Attorney only has a circumstantial case against Melissa but it's a very strong one, especially since we have no true lead yet as to who might have killed Danny Fargo. That, you see, is the big question in all our minds. Who did it? There's the man who came to see Danny several times, you know, the man Danny called Sam whom Missy saw. But as yet we have not been able to find him, or even to learn his last name...However, Bill is going to Chicago immediately after the Grand Jury hearing to try to get some lead from the people there who knew Danny...Another thing that disturbs me very much, though I don't like to say this even to John Randolph or Bill, is the lie Bill's mother forced Lenore to tell the police about her engagement to Bill. For it was a lie, no matter how Liz Matthews tries to justify it. And I am sure Walter Curtin suspects that Melissa and Bill are in love and I'm sure he intends to ferret out that fact (DRU MAKES HIS WAY TOWARD THE DOOR ADJOINING THE LIVING ROOM) Mary's in the kitchen fixing lunch and Bill and Melissa are still in the living room, I believe, enjoying a few moments alone. (HE CRACKS THE DOOR, LOOKS OUT, AND THE CAMERA, FROM DRU'S P.O.V., SHOWS MISSY AND BILL SEATED TOGETHER ON THE COUCH TALKING EARNESTLY AND HOLDING HANDS) Yes, there they are. And we'll join them in just a moment." (FADE OUT)

Douglass Watson (Mac) is featured as Father Nature in these late 60s- early 70s TV commercials for El Producto cigars:

Yes in November 1983 at the opening of Leo Mars nightclub.

That could have been the reason. I'm not sure if he left on his own or whether the storyline dictated his exit so they could begin the Felicia alcoholism storyline. Aprea's second character, Alexander Nikos, started with potential- a Lucas lookalike with a vendetta against Carl Hutchins- Carl had an affair with Alexander's dead wife, Diana. After a few months, Alexander's storyline became a plot driven mess with Amanda posing as Hadley Prescott to interfere in Rachel and Carl's marriage, Alexander and Carl fighting on the top of penthouse roof causing Felicia to fall through the skylight, Alexander kidnapping Rachel, burying her in a coffin, in a church that was about to demolished, etc.

I always assumed they never recast Lisa because Jenna arrived in 1990 and Lorna in 1991. I would think with two daughters, Felicia no longer needed a niece.

I'll cut AW a little slack- the show had a little over a month from the time it was cancelled to the filming of its last episode. Carolyn the gorilla was a nod to the show's history- Cass, Cecile, and Felicia met Wallingford searching for David Thatcher's killer- Felicia and Wallingford were accidentally locked in Carolyn's cage. I would have featured this earlier in the last week rather than in the last episode. The video for Cass and Lila's wedding where each cast member spoke (to the fans), Grant being alive n Tanquir, Rachel's sweep of the Cory living room surrounded by pictures of her loved ones, and ending with Mac's last toast were all nice touches. However, more flashbacks would have been preferred! AWs and Guiding Light's endings were head and shoulders above As the World Turns ending- a show that had 9 months from cancellation to prepare filming its last episode. No flashbacks, veterans like Lisa treated like a day player, all to end with a cheap plastic globe spinning on Dr. Bob's desk. No nods to the show's history whatsoever. Had AW and GL had 9 months from cancellation to prepare filming its last episode- I believe we would have had more flashbacks and nods to past history.

54 years ago- on May 4, 1964- the continuing story of Another World premiered on NBC at 3:00 PM EST. "We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds. The events of our lives represent only the surface, and in our minds and feelings, we live in many other hidden worlds" Happy Anniversary Another World! 🥂🎂🍾🎈🎉

For some unknown reason TPTB kept Jamie, Sandy, and Blaine permanently off the AW canvas in the last years of the show when the show could have used characters with pervious history on the show. Those three characters could have been heavily featured in Rachel's romance with Carl, etc. In 1995, the show's refusal to put Nancy Frangione's Cecile on contract spoke volumes about their care for the history of the series. Cecile was a pivotal villain on the show and should have remained on AW until it was cancelled in 1999. I would have much preferred to see a Cass/Cecile wedding than a Cass/Lila wedding in the last episode. At least a Cass/Cecile wedding would have used the show's history and backstory.

Miller left AW in May 1986 and returned to AMC later that year. I did not care for her Sally at all.

Mary Page Keller was my favorite Sally as well. I did not care for Taylor Miller as Sally, but TPTB should not have killed off the character. Sally was too important to the show. Sally had ties to the Matthews and Frames and could have driven years of story on AW. Had the character stayed on the show, Alice could have easily come back to Bay City, Aunt Liz could have been giving her advice, and Sally's son, Kevin, could have been featured as well.

Rhonda Lewin only played Vicky from September to December 1986. She never played Marley.