Another World Discussion Thread

[Xanthe]

Is there anything Nick Hudson did that Cory could not have done? With Blaine as Maggie's stepmother and Larry as Cory's stepfather they were not real cousins. I hardly remember Nick interacting with Michael and Donna very much but maybe that's more about the casting than what actually happened in the storyline. I remember thinking that Justin Chambers was very good and then *poof* he was gone. 

[DRW50]

Nick did have some interaction with Michael, but not enough to warrant making him Michael's son. The most interesting element was after Michael died and Donna began to turn to Nick. The show never would have gone there but I was kind of hoping they'd sleep together.

[DemetriKane]

I agree. I appreciate your response. Very insightful. Thank you! I secretly enjoyed it myself. I thought it was a fun way to celebrate V-Day.  I found the episodes to be relatable. 

[chrisml]

I would have liked it if Clarice had shown up for the anniversary episodes because I had heard so much about Clarice but I've seen so little of her. By the time I started AW, Larry was on his way out and he just disappeared with no fanfare. Was there a writer or producer on AW at the time of the anniversary episodes that knew the history of these characters that people in this thread have offered as possible candidates for inclusion?

[Tisy-Lish]

I can't answer your question directly.  But they did not include Clarice and Larry in the 25th anniversary episodes.  Although Clarice and Larry both returned a few months later for Mac Cory's funeral.    

[Xanthe]

I came across this post about fur on Another World and marvelled at how many occasions Lisa was described as being dressed in fur until I looked more closely and realised that the poster had mistaken Philece Sampler as Donna for Joanna Going in most if not absolutely all cases.

https://furglamor.com/2008/10/23/furs-on-tv-another-world/?amp=1

 

[Xanthe]

Apparently Nick did have to donate bone marrow to Michael, but based on the dates it sounds like that must have happened quite early after he arrived. Really it sounds like a justification for the character to be around at all which would not have been necessary for Cory. They could have manufactured a reason for Cory to interact with Michael just as easily. 

[Soaplovers]

Also, the show tried to get Maeve Kinkaid to return as Angie.. which I think had she agreed to come back.. it would have given Gwen something else to do other then her out of character hatred for Rachel and the Cory's.

Also, Angie had been a neighbor of Ada's... and her mother Rose and Ada were friends so she would have also interacted with Rachel/Ada.. and she also had ties to the Matthews as well.

[Tisy-Lish]

It is interesting (and probably meaningful) to note that, with the exception of one -- all the characters invited to return for AW's 25th anniversary episodes had either been active characters during Lemay's first era of head-writing, OR created by Lemay during the same period.  The only exception was Sandy Cory (Christopher Rich) who was invited to return for the 25th but declined. (Sandy first appeared on AW in late-1980 or 81.)  

So, let that sink in.

What does that say about the permanent influence of Harding Lemay on AW's long-term legacy?  And what does it say about earlier and especially later head-writers?? The entire merry-go-round of head-writers between 1979 and 1989, and the dozens and dozens of new characters who came and went during that decade were almost completely ignored when the 25th anniversary episodes were pulled together.  

I do certainly realize that nearly the entire 1989 "current" cast had been introduced by later writers (all post-1983, I believe).  But the focus of my point is on characters and actors invited to return for the 25th. Except for Sandy, Lemay had written for or created all of them.  

We can discuss specifics, if anyone wants to.  But I believe the list of invited returnees is fairly well known among long-term AW fans.    

Edited August 14 by Tisy-Lish

[watson71]

Coverage of the 25th anniversary of Another World 

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[Efulton]

I love Linda Dano but we did not need to see her mother and husband.  There were so many others there to put the focus on.

[DRW50]

I do wish we'd seen more of the guests, but given that it was her show and she was helping AW with publicity I can't blame her. Knowing how much she loved her husband and her mother it warmed my heart a little seeing them.

Thanks @watson71 . I'd never seen any of the party, never saw that clip either. 

[Xanthe]

Thanks! Susan Sullivan mentions how much she enjoyed doing a scene where she got to destroy a set -- does anyone remember that scene and what it was about?

I know what you mean. Lemay created Mac Cory and in 1989 even though the cast had been completely reset two or three times since Lemay had left, Mac and Rachel represented a core of stability -- which is why it made sense to build the anniversary and the return of so many characters around the retconned idea that Cory Publishing was 25 years old.  

I can imagine an alternate universe where they had decided instead to make the show's 25th anniversary party the 25th birthday of Marley and Victoria -- but that would not have had ties to older cast members before 1983.

[Tisy-Lish]

She was likely talking about the scenes just before Walter Curtain's deadly car accident. Lenore and Walter had a huge fight at their house, and Lenore became so angry she was throwing things and knocking over small furniture.  

[Xanthe]

I thought Judith Barcroft was still in the rôle when Walter Curtin died.