3 hours ago, DeliaIrisFan said:

That said, if someone actually went to all that trouble to try and get Beverlee back but she was unable for medical reasons, they should have pivoted and ended with a recreation of Carmen's intro: a freeze frame of Rachel answering the doorbell and exclaiming in disbelief, "Iris!" without actually showing who was there.  If Iris had returned for the finale, I assume it would have been a cameo like Mark Pinter/Grant anyway, so why not?  That way, anyone watching could have imagined her as they remembered her.

Yep. That is exactly what Goutman should have done. To a tee. I hate to be too critical of him but he really bungled the finale. The video recordings so the actors could speak directly to the fans, well, that one thing was brilliant. Enough said. 

Okay, one more thing. I do not think they went to a lot of trouble to try to get Bev. Getting in touch with an actor you want to come onto your show is pretty much business as usual. 

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On 7/4/2023 at 6:00 PM, chrisml said:

I don't know how much of the AW audience in 1999 would have even remembered McKinsey. For me, Carmen Duncan was Iris. I would have been highly annoyed if Alexandra Spaulding had showed up as Iris during the show's last months (I was aware of McKinsey through GL and I'm not sure if I knew she had been Iris) rather than Duncan. Even as a child, I missed Duncan's Iris when they wrote her off in that ridiculous way.

Yes, that was the point I was trying to make that the audience in 99 may not have even know Bev.  She had left the show 20 years earlier.  For us long time fans, that would have been great to see her but ideally Carmen would have been the choice I think the network would have wanted. 

1 hour ago, denzo30 said:

Yes, that was the point I was trying to make that the audience in 99 may not have even know Bev.  She had left the show 20 years earlier.  For us long time fans, that would have been great to see her but ideally Carmen would have been the choice I think the network would have wanted. 

Pardon me while I sputter. NBC had no interest in what the content was of any AW broadcast & hadn't had an interest in years. They wanted the show off the air & they were getting that. 

2 hours ago, denzo30 said:

Yes, that was the point I was trying to make that the audience in 99 may not have even know Bev.  She had left the show 20 years earlier.  For us long time fans, that would have been great to see her but ideally Carmen would have been the choice I think the network would have wanted. 

I know that some people disliked it, but they used Sam Groom, who had previously played Russ, as the officiant at Cass and Lila's wedding. If they could not think of a way to use Iris well they might have been able to come up with a way for Beverlee and/or Carmen to play some other part that would deliver fan service and acknowledge the performers. (On the other hand although I had liked both John Aprea and Alice Barrett and I don't object in theory to actors playing different roles I wasn't thrilled with Alexander Nikos or Anne O'Donnell, so maybe it would not have worked.)

1 hour ago, Xanthe said:

I know that some people disliked it, but they used Sam Groom, who had previously played Russ, as the officiant at Cass and Lila's wedding. If they could not think of a way to use Iris well they might have been able to come up with a way for Beverlee and/or Carmen to play some other part that would deliver fan service and acknowledge the performers. (On the other hand although I had liked both John Aprea and Alice Barrett and I don't object in theory to actors playing different roles I wasn't thrilled with Alexander Nikos or Anne O'Donnell, so maybe it would not have worked.)

Oh, good! You've reminded me of the other thing I usually give Goutman credit for. He used every cast member in the show & Sam Groom & Alice Barrett & Carolyn Culliton & Richard Culliton & Sam Ratcliffe were bonuses. 

Hard to believe it’s been 24 years since this show went off

18 hours ago, Xanthe said:

I know that some people disliked it, but they used Sam Groom, who had previously played Russ, as the officiant at Cass and Lila's wedding. If they could not think of a way to use Iris well they might have been able to come up with a way for Beverlee and/or Carmen to play some other part that would deliver fan service and acknowledge the performers. (On the other hand although I had liked both John Aprea and Alice Barrett and I don't object in theory to actors playing different roles I wasn't thrilled with Alexander Nikos or Anne O'Donnell, so maybe it would not have worked.)

I love the fact they flew Sam Groom all the way from California to be on the final episode.  But I hated that he played the minister.  Groom should have played Russ Matthews.  Russ was Josie's father and Rachel's first husband. Russ could have reconnected with Josie, and could have reminisced with Rachel  for a few minutes.  Why not give the audience one old legacy character in the final week?  Oh, I forgot -- Goutman okayed the Gorilla, but said no to Russ Matthews.  Jeeze-Louise.   

2 hours ago, TVFAN1144 said:

Hard to believe it’s been 24 years since this show went off

I said this over & over just the other day! 

Why is it hard to believe that fans in 1999 wouldn't remember BM's Iris? Soap fans, as every thread on this board can attest, have a loooong memory and it's not like 20 years at the bottom of the ratings had garnered AW some new influx of viewers.

24 minutes ago, Darn said:

Why is it hard to believe that fans in 1999 wouldn't remember BM's Iris? Soap fans, as every thread on this board can attest, have a loooong memory and it's not like 20 years at the bottom of the ratings had garnered AW some new influx of viewers.

Same!  And it only a few years since she had appeared on General Hospital, so it was not like she was absent since she exited the role of Iris.

9 hours ago, Neil Johnson said:

Oh, I forgot -- Goutman okayed the Gorilla, but said no to Russ Matthews.  Jeeze-Louise.  

I feel like the line that goes with Chris Goutman is "What was he thinkng?!!! Just a perfect fit. 

16 hours ago, TVFAN1144 said:

Hard to believe it’s been 24 years since this show went off

Did Another World even make it into the High Def era?

14 minutes ago, j swift said:

Did Another World even make it into the High Def era?

Yes, it did. High definition televisions began to sell in 1998, and broadcasts in HD began in November 1998.

My favorite soap, #AnotherWorld, my favorite actor, Stephen Schnetzer, playing Cass Winthrop but in drag as Krystal 'with a K' Lake, being caught by Tony the Tuna. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DliA4gOrUNo

45 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

My favorite soap, #AnotherWorld, my favorite actor, Stephen Schnetzer, playing Cass Winthrop but in drag as Krystal 'with a K' Lake, being caught by Tony the Tuna. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DliA4gOrUNo

So nice to see Julie Osburn as Kathleen with Kathleen Layman as MJ. They may be my favourite pair of sisters of all time.