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OLTL: OMFG, Fortieth Anniversary Spoilers From TV Guide

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Blast From the Past

Long before Passions came along, One Life To Live was Daytime's wildest soap......especially back in the Reagan era, when Viki(Erika Slezak) had an out of body experience during brain surgery and wound up on a space ship to heaven. To celebrate the ABC soap's 40th anniversary next month, OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati will revisit the celestial 1987 plot by having Vicki die........just momentarily of course! "This time, heaven will be a very modern high rise.......Vicki will go up the elevator encountering all sorts of dead characters along the way," said Carlivati. Among the former stars making angelic returns are Phil Carey(Asa), Mark Derwin(Ben), Stephen Markle(Mel), and Jessica Tuck(Megan). OLTL's legendary creator, Agnes Nixon, will also appear in heaven. That's not all. Carlivati will redo the famous 80's plot where Tina(Andrea Evans) survived a plunge over the Iguazu Falls in Argentina, only this time, creepy Carlo(Thom Christopher) will force Tina to watch in horror as he sends her daughter Sarah(Justis Bolding) over a waterfall. Fan favorite John Loprieno will return as Tina's ex-hubby Cord. And remember the time Clint(then Clint Richie) was knocked unconscious and time-traveled to the Wild West? Carlivati will riff on that plot too. "Bo(Robert S. Woods) and Rex(John-Paul Lavoiser) are hit by lightning and wake up in 1968............the same year OLTL hit the air," Carlivati say. The kicker: Bo has become his pop, Asa, and Rex has become the young Bo. All three homages air July 21-22, but the Bo-Rex twist will play out for several weeks, maybe with dire consequences. Say Carlivati: "If they can't find their way back to the future, Rex will be drafted and sent to Vietnam."

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This? Is classic. I am so excited.

I'm really cracking up at Bo and Rex stuck in 1968, it's just so silly and old school soap.

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Oh my...although this was Paul Rauch's campy era (Heaven, Old West)...it was good, memorable, campy fun....rescued by decent writing and outstanding acting and humor and ORIGINALITY.

With Passions gone and Days in sunset, there is a niche for campy soap too. Well written campy soap, with its' feet in history...all the better.

This will bring this lapsed viewer back.

I really pray the ratings soar.

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this sounds so lame.

tho i am excited for tina/sarah.

How long have you been watching OLTL? This is a OLTL fans dream come true!

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New age OLTL fans wouldn't understand this...... This is history..lol

DITTO! And paying tribute to the BEST era in the soaps history. Its a win win situation

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DITTO! And paying tribute to the BEST era in the soaps history. Its a win win situation

You folks are getting me more excited about this by the minute!

Honoring its' past! Making exciting television in the present. Crazy how I'm pinning all my hopes on this show rocketing to the top of the ratings :-)

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Man I hope the ratings to soar for One Life because it deserves it. I'm actually looking forward to this 40th Anniversary show.

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DITTO! And paying tribute to the BEST era in the soaps history. Its a win win situation

Amen Cheap! I for one am glad they are doing this instead of some lame clip show(cough*30th Anniversary*cough).

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I'm so jealous of OLTL right now. Ron doesn't seem like he's going to burn out anytime soon. He's delivering on all cylinders! All Y&R got for their 35th anniversary was some stupid Restless Style party. <_<

I'm so jealous of you One Life to Live fans. You guys have a cool headwriter. Us All My Children fans have a freaking revolving door in that department.

OLTL is no longer the red-headed step child it once was. :)

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GhostAsa, GhostMel, AND Cord?!

Wow. Just wow.

I don't think I could be more impressed with the effort ABC is putting into OLTL if I tried. Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati are the best team in daytime, by light years.

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Didnt GH just celebrate its 45h Anniversary in the past year or so? OLTL is going to blow that piece of crap out of the water

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Damnit I want a RC for AMC, can we steal him away? :P:D

I think you might have a fight on your hands if you tried. LOL. It's so GOOD to finally have a HW that knows the history, isn't afraid to use it or isn't afraid to use the vets, and to boot he's one hell of a storyteller.

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OMFG this is great!!!!!!!!!!

I was just thinking today about how wonderful it would be if Agnes Nixon appeared on OLTL, and here she is!!!!!!!!

I know she has appeared on AMC before, but isn't this a first for OLTL?

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