21 hours ago, Xanthe said:

Both Julia and Sally were adopted, so being a blood relation didn't have any bearing there. Liz also took a strong interest in the Corys, especially after the supply of Matthews-adjacent girls dried up. When Olivia came to town she was all over her and Russ.

I think there would have been some wiggle room for Liz to take an interest in Ricky.

This is kinda funny. Since when does "nosy" Aunt Liz need wiggle room? LOL! I'm kidding, of course.

 

Edited April 4Apr 4 by Contessa Donatella

I can't seem to find the posts, but I remember someone talking about Another novelisations. Has anyone read them? Do you recommend trying to track them down? 

By any chance, is anyone here in touch with Mona outside SON?

2 hours ago, chrisml said:

I can't seem to find the posts, but I remember someone talking about Another novelisations. Has anyone read them? Do you recommend trying to track them down? 

I don't know personally. But the information about them can be found here

http://anotherworldhomepage.com/public2.html

On 4/3/2025 at 2:25 PM, denzo30 said:

I suspect almost no one would have recognized him as being Russ in 1999.  Russ at this time meant nothing on the show.  I dont know what purpose he would have provided to the ending episode coming on as Russ.  

I didn’t recognize David Bailey as Russ in 1989 but I was still excited that he was brought back.

4 hours ago, chrisml said:

I can't seem to find the posts, but I remember someone talking about Another novelisations. Has anyone read them? Do you recommend trying to track them down? 

There are two main sets of novelizations. There are the "Soaps & Serials" set, which were part of a whole line in the late 80s and covered the history of a lot of the soaps that were on the air at the time. They were slim paperbacks, each about the same size as a Harlequin Romance. They cover 1967-76 storylines only.

The other is the two books by Kate Lowe Kerrigan. I believe we talked here about how publicity for these novelizations annoyed Harding Lemay who thought it gave the impression that she and not he wrote the actual show. These were published in the 70s as well.

I bought the Soaps & Serials when they were released, and the Kate Lowe Kerrigan books second-hand sometime later. None of them are books that I would reread for pleasure, but I use them for reference when I am looking for more detail than the AWHP synopses provide -- with of course the caveat that the books are wrong or vague in spots or omit characters and entire  storylines. They are interesting for the history such as they are.

12 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Josie was his daughter and Rachel was his ex-wife.

So connections right there that the show could have mined.

And Josie was at a real low then - her baby had recently died, her marriage had ended, Sharlene was not in town. Rachel was also alone. Plenty for him to do, even just for one episode.

I finished watching the first episode of The Pitt (excellent show, by the way!), and the credits had AW alum Joanna Going in the guest roles. Was surprised that she played the sick mother of a suspicious teen son. Time marches on, but I didn't even recognize her! She doesn't look bad, just very different/older than how I remembered her. Inevitable for all of us...

 

 

15 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

And Josie was at a real low then - her baby had recently died, her marriage had ended, Sharlene was not in town. Rachel was also alone. Plenty for him to do, even just for one episode.

Yes and just a nice nod to the origins of the show and to a time when it was a creative  and ratings success.

15 hours ago, Xanthe said:

There are two main sets of novelizations. There are the "Soaps & Serials" set, which were part of a whole line in the late 80s and covered the history of a lot of the soaps that were on the air at the time. They were slim paperbacks, each about the same size as a Harlequin Romance. They cover 1967-76 storylines only.

The other is the two books by Kate Lowe Kerrigan. I believe we talked here about how publicity for these novelizations annoyed Harding Lemay who thought it gave the impression that she and not he wrote the actual show. These were published in the 70s as well.

I bought the Soaps & Serials when they were released, and the Kate Lowe Kerrigan books second-hand sometime later. None of them are books that I would reread for pleasure, but I use them for reference when I am looking for more detail than the AWHP synopses provide -- with of course the caveat that the books are wrong or vague in spots or omit characters and entire  storylines. They are interesting for the history such as they are.

If I remember correctly, the Soaps & Serials AW book series skipped over A LOT of the show's early material. 

Edited April 5Apr 5 by Reverend Ruthledge

1 hour ago, Reverend Ruthledge said:

If I remember correctly, the Soaps & Serials AW book series skipped over A LOT of the show's early material. 

The first book starts with Missy on trial for the murder of Danny Fargo.

5 hours ago, Xanthe said:

The first book starts with Missy on trial for the murder of Danny Fargo.

That's right. Which was 1967. The first three years were completely ignored. 

7 minutes ago, Reverend Ruthledge said:

That's right. Which was 1967. The first three years were completely ignored. 

3 years for something like this, is truly insignificant. It's not like they were some scholarly text. They were pop culture & product tie-ins, and yes, there was history involved but certainly not to be considered an exhaustive study of the show.

Edited April 6Apr 6 by Contessa Donatella

21 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

3 years for something like this, is truly insignificant. It's not like they were some scholarly text. They were pop culture & product tie-ins, and yes, there was history involved but certainly not to be considered an exhaustive study of the show.

Yeah, but for someone like me who is only interested in the first ten years of the show, skipping three years of that ten years is pretty significant. I was interested in reading the origins of the show. 

4 minutes ago, Reverend Ruthledge said:

Yeah, but for someone like me who is only interested in the first ten years of the show, skipping three years of that ten years is pretty significant. I was interested in reading the origins of the show. 

Have you read "The Creation of Another World" on the AWHP?

10 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Have you read "The Creation of Another World" on the AWHP?

No.