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."

Maybe our gushing is getting annoying.

That's what it was for me, people gushed about him before his work even hit the screen, it was a big turn off for me as well for a long time

Well TC, I'm going to agree with you. I wont ever say I haven't been jealous of DAYS or GH, because I have always wanted OLTL to be the most talked about. What I will say is that it feels damn good to have my soap as the top dog on the message board.

Well let's enjoy this much better feeling while we can. But we should try to avoid getting cocky!

That's what it was for me, people gushed about him before his work even hit the screen, it was a big turn off for me as well for a long time

I think we were just so desperate for ANYTHING new after Dena Higley's reign of terror. I can understand how you'd feel that way.

I would like to see a completely different alter come out...Viki had one for just about every occasion/situation. Jess needs one to come out and kick some ass...she needs an *angry* alter.

Tess was more the party girl like Niki was for Viki..she needs someone like Jeane Randolf to kick some butt & exact revenge....if thats what she wants to do.

Hey once you open the door to one alter, why not a few more? LOL

(not that I think DID is funny for those who suffer from it...but this IS a soap....)

so true! What shoud she be named?

Maybe our gushing is getting annoying. Also, over the years I've harboured a few irrational resentments over the way a certain other ABC soap has a tendencey to dominate some messageboards (not this one, surprisingly). Was it jealousy? Envy? Maybe. I know at times it did turn into sour grapes on my part.

then people who are against one life should stay out of one life threads...

then people who are against one life should stay out of one life threads...

I agree with you 100 percent.

Just when I thought OLTL couldn't get any better.

so true! What shoud she be named?

Since Viki already has a Princess alter, she could always go with "Empress".

I kinda like Bess...if you combine Badass + Jess it comes out to Bess. LOL

I do like Bess as well.

But Jessica doesnt need a princess aler bercause Jessica is pretty much a princess. lol.

Jessica's new alter should be "Natalya"

Lol, she mocks Natalie and then beats the [!@#$%^&*] out of her every chance she gets. I'm just sayin

I'd love it it Jess took on the identity of that older women who was Todd's personal assistant. I'd love it even more if she came back. Can't think of her name.

I think we were just so desperate for ANYTHING new after Dena Higley's reign of terror. I can understand how you'd feel that way.

Oh definitely, but still gushing about something that hasn't happened is always a turn off to me

But this is one of the rare instances where our gushing is WARRANTED! Some of you may recall I was gushing about GH mid-2007... now I don't even watch it. But OLTL is consistently entertaining and fun. We should be gushing!

I'd love it it Jess took on the identity of that older women who was Todd's personal assistant. I'd love it even more if she came back. Can't think of her name.

Margaret(sp?)?

Margaret(sp?)?

Shawna