Another World Discussion Thread

[Efulton]

I agree Donna.  Pete was brilliant, extremely arrogant, made some bad decisions that had a long term impact on Another World but seemed like a good man in general.  

Paul was brilliant, extremely arrogant, made some bad decisions that had a long term impact on Another World, was a bully, should have been fired for harassment and probably should have been sued by a few actors, actresses and staff.

Edited December 30, 2024 by Efulton

[Maxim]

I remember his treatment of Ellen Holly and I get nightmares. 

[chrisml]

I was putting Rauch and Lemay in the same grouping because they worked together at the same time on the show. They are also known for not being exactly reliable about their contributions or versions about events on the show. Rauch's behaviour was much more egregious and disgusting, but Lemay could be cruel and dismissive of actors, and this is taking his own version of events as facts. I was also thinking about Ellen Holly tonight  when I wrote that post because I was watching a Family Feud episode where OLTL competed against GH on the show for charity. Ellen Holly was on there with Erika Slezak, Lee Patterson, Michael Storm, and a fifth person I can't recall at the moment.

[Contessa Donatella]

I can totally see what you mean about Amanda & in fact she is quite spoiled. She could hardly not be with the way she grew up. Mac alone spoiled her. Not even counting anything from Rachel. Sam is just as you say. He really has a blind spot when it comes to the fact that the Corys have a lot of money. He always has.

 

Yes, Paul at OLTL was worse than he was at AW.

[Contessa Donatella]

Great summary of both men.

In the vein of giving credit where its due, I will say one really good thing about Paul Rauch. At the time of his death he was actively putting together people who might have been able to provide a new venue for GL, which had just been canceled by CBS.

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[Contessa Donatella]

I see what you mean. They were a pair at AW also with Friends & Lovers which was later called For Richer, For Poorer. Not a spin-off but a crossover.

Paul's history (& also Joe Stuart) with Ellen Holly is truly appalling. And, then, of course, he was I guess you'd say abusive to Maeve Kincaid. And, I'm sure there were more.

In comparison Pete was a man with a giant ego & not much more than that. The ways he was difficult especially with actors was, as we know, a problem. But in the larger picture, he did a lot more good than bad. I fault him for the firing of Jacquie Courtney.

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[1974mdp]

Wow....what a powerhouse of a scene. It explains the backstory of the characters without feeling like boring recapping. Rachel also gets her bitchy streak back! You can only wonder how much more of scenes like this we would have gotten had Lemay been allowed to stay.

[Contessa Donatella]

When you say something like this, oh boy, what a true thing you have said.

[Xanthe]

I may have found the ALF reference, although it is just a mention of the title, no characters or storyline referenced and no clip or anything.

The neighbour played by Helen Sheridan caught a glimpse of ALF in the backyard and has come over in a panic saying she saw a monster.  When she says it looked like something from another world, her skeptical and unhelpful husband says "the soap opera?"

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S2E3, about 5 minutes in here.

[Contessa Donatella]

That is really hilarious!

[Matt Powers]

I had no idea that AW was going to do a storyline about the devil. Was Carl involved? I read up thread he “called” the devil? What exactly aired before the story was scrapped?

[Contessa Donatella]

I don't think any of it made it to air. AFAIK the only DOOLish thing was when Tomas said he thought he'd seen a vampire at the hospital. Does anyone else remember anything else?

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[Xanthe]

I did a little bit of searching to see if I could get a bead on the Hunter reference in Eddie's list and didn't find anything specific. However I did find this site which appears to have transcripts of dialogue from episodes of the show. I did not see any way to search inside the transcripts without opening each episode up individually and that is not something I am about to undertake in the foreseeable future, especially without knowing whether the actual phrase "Another World" is the string to search for.

https://subslikescript.com/series/Hunter-86734#google_vignette

[Maxim]

Absolutely. And I think it's great (for the sake of the drama) that in a way Rachel's spoiled children are her Achilles's heel.  

[Contessa Donatella]

Oh, yes, absolutely! Especially given how much trouble Rachel was for her mother, Ada. So, it is a kind of perfection that Rachel gets paid back both by Amanda & then later by Matthew. Although Matt was never the kind of problem child that Amanda really always was. Two of Matt's relationships were challenges for Rachel. One you know about already, Josie. Much later Matt has this amazing relationship that I don't want to spoil for you. So, mum's the word on that.

I don't know if you know this or not. But, if the scripts are pdf files, there is a pdf utility that lets you search multiple files at one time.