Is it safe to come back in here now? 😆

 

I have been rewatching episodes of ATWT from 1999, specifically to see the AW crossovers from Jake and Vicky. One thing that is sticking out is the sets that made their way to ATWT. By my count, we have Jake and Vicky’s home and Tops restaurant.

 

And of course there were AW set pieces that were repurposed on ATWT. Katie’s cottage and possibly Jack and Carly’s house had some AW elements.

 

Anyone remember other AW sets, either used as a Bay City setting or repurposed in Oakdale on ATWT?

40 minutes ago, SheenaSoaper said:

Is it safe to come back in here now? 😆

 

I have been rewatching episodes of ATWT from 1999, specifically to see the AW crossovers from Jake and Vicky. One thing that is sticking out is the sets that made their way to ATWT. By my count, we have Jake and Vicky’s home and Tops restaurant.

 

And of course there were AW set pieces that were repurposed on ATWT. Katie’s cottage and possibly Jack and Carly’s house had some AW elements.

 

Anyone remember other AW sets, either used as a Bay City setting or repurposed in Oakdale on ATWT?

Yes, I think they used Cass's final law office from AW as Tom Hughes' new law office on ATWT.  And I believe a set from AW later became Jessica Griffin's house on ATWT.  But I can't remember how it had been used on AW.  There were a couple of others too, but I have forgotten them.  

Edited August 2Aug 2 by Tisy-Lish

7 minutes ago, Tisy-Lish said:

Yes, I think they used Cass's final law office from AW as Tom Hughes' new law office on ATWT.  And I believe a set from AW later became Jessica Griffin's house on ATWT.  But I can't remember how it had been used on AW.  There were a couple of others too, but I have forgotten them.  

Thanks! This is jogging my memory. I think Lucinda’s Worldwide offices may have been a repurposed Cory Publishing.

4 minutes ago, SheenaSoaper said:

Thanks! This is jogging my memory. I think Lucinda’s Worldwide offices may have been a repurposed Cory Publishing.

I think you are right.  The final Cory Publishing set (which had been significantly downsized on AW), became Lucinda's office which we had not seen in several years.  

2 hours ago, SheenaSoaper said:

Is it safe to come back in here now? 😆

 

I have been rewatching episodes of ATWT from 1999, specifically to see the AW crossovers from Jake and Vicky. One thing that is sticking out is the sets that made their way to ATWT. By my count, we have Jake and Vicky’s home and Tops restaurant.

 

And of course there were AW set pieces that were repurposed on ATWT. Katie’s cottage and possibly Jack and Carly’s house had some AW elements.

 

Anyone remember other AW sets, either used as a Bay City setting or repurposed in Oakdale on ATWT?

ATWT had moved into the Brooklyn studio, hadn't they? 

22 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

ATWT had moved into the Brooklyn studio, hadn't they? 

Yes, they had, but it was several months after AW ended. I wonder if GL inherited any of the sets.

I have been following the daily updates of 1990, but I accidentally clicked on a fall 1991 episode by mistake. The difference in quality is enormous. The dialogue and pacing was way off. I don't know what happened within the year, but the quality took a nosedive. Jensen Buchanan is terrible as Vicky. I don't think the woman can act. I've now seen her on three shows (OLTL, AW, and GH) and she was unwatchable on all three.  So many good characters from 1990 are gone and we have a whole new set of returning actors, recasts, and newly created people (Jenna, Dean, Kathleen, Hannah, Carl, not my Paulina, terrible Marley/Vicky, Sam, Spencer, Dennis, etc.).

Rachel is being chased in a building's rafters by some madman. The man's been hired by Carl which makes their eventual relationship insane. At this point, I really don't know if I want to continue 1990 if this is where it's going to end up. I know AW gets better, but when? Evans will still be there as Paulina and they never get rid of Eplin or Buchanan. 

4 hours ago, chrisml said:

Jensen Buchanan is terrible as Vicky. I don't think the woman can act. I've now seen her on three shows (OLTL, AW, and GH) and she was unwatchable on all three.  So many good characters from 1990 are gone and we have a whole new set of returning actors, recasts, and newly created people (Jenna, Dean, Kathleen, Hannah, Carl, not my Paulina, terrible Marley/Vicky, Sam, Spencer, Dennis, etc.).

I can't feel as strongly about Jensen as that. I thought she was perfectly capable of delivering lines and conveying emotion. I reserve "can't act" for performers who seem to have to concentrate so hard on getting the words out that they don't have any energy left for varying their emotions. 

I did not care for the recast Dennis at all. 

I thought that the progress of Felicia's story, adopting Jenna and having Lucas come back into her life with the reveal about her baby building up to finding Lorna was good. I wasn't crazy about Dean at the time but when I catch scenes with him and Jenna now I find myself liking them. 

 

 

5 hours ago, chrisml said:

I have been following the daily updates of 1990, but I accidentally clicked on a fall 1991 episode by mistake. The difference in quality is enormous. The dialogue and pacing was way off. I don't know what happened within the year, but the quality took a nosedive. Jensen Buchanan is terrible as Vicky. I don't think the woman can act. I've now seen her on three shows (OLTL, AW, and GH) and she was unwatchable on all three.  So many good characters from 1990 are gone and we have a whole new set of returning actors, recasts, and newly created people (Jenna, Dean, Kathleen, Hannah, Carl, not my Paulina, terrible Marley/Vicky, Sam, Spencer, Dennis, etc.).

Rachel is being chased in a building's rafters by some madman. The man's been hired by Carl which makes their eventual relationship insane. At this point, I really don't know if I want to continue 1990 if this is where it's going to end up. I know AW gets better, but when? Evans will still be there as Paulina and they never get rid of Eplin or Buchanan. 

Interesting.  1991 is one of my last favourite years. The returns of Kathleen and Carl.  Jake blackmailing Paulina. Sharlene/ Sharly, John and Taylor. The introduction of Lorna Devon. There were definitely some parts if the show I did not like but overall I thought it was very good.

1 hour ago, Xanthe said:

I can't feel as strongly about Jensen as that. I thought she was perfectly capable of delivering lines and conveying emotion. I reserve "can't act" for performers who seem to have to concentrate so hard on getting the words out that they don't have any energy left for varying their emotions. 

I did not care for the recast Dennis at all. 

I thought that the progress of Felicia's story, adopting Jenna and having Lucas come back into her life with the reveal about her baby building up to finding Lorna was good. I wasn't crazy about Dean at the time but when I catch scenes with him and Jenna now I find myself liking them. 

 

 

I know I'm in the minority, but Buchanan is one of my least fave soap actresses (almost as bad as Alexandra Wilson). I thought Buchanan was a disaster as Marley. She couldn't do  1/4 of what Heche did as Marley or Vicky. I don't think she was convincing in any shape or form in either character, and it's not helped that I've spent the summer watching Heche. I know people did like JB. Her GH role was a disaster but that was another instance of JFP hiring an actress without having a developed character. 

I have no real memory of Chris Bruno as Dennis. I know he's attractive, but that's about it. No other memory of anything he did on the show. I must have quit watching before he did anything.

I missed the buildup of Felicia's story but caught the aftermath of Lucas's death where Dano was phenomenal. I know one of the episodes was part of her reel that got her the Emmy.

28 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

@chrismlI liked parts of 1991 and 1992 on the soap because it felt more like what Swajeski was wanting to write vs either finishing up stories started by Lemay's outlines or trying to compensate for the death of the actor that played Mac.

I can't speak to 1992 because I hear it's good (and I think I must have returned in late 1992/early 1993), but what I've seen of 1991 is just so awful. The recasts just kill the momentum. 

7 hours ago, chrisml said:

what I've seen of 1991 is just so awful. The recasts just kill the momentum. 

AW had so many cycles where there was an obvious big reset and suddenly everyone was a stranger. I don't know if there was one particular flashpoint where the housecleaning was so thorough that they got themselves into a pattern where too many contracts just always expired at the same time and so we just saw huge turnover every couple of years after that. Obviously that wasn't the case with the two biggest most disappointing losses of 1991, Cali Timmins and Dack Rambo, who didn't complete their contracts. But I remember by mid-1987 there had been so many characters written out that only Douglass Watson, Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Linda Dano, and Brent Collins had been around for more than 18 months.

Spotted Alice Barrett in this Acutrim ad.

 

3 hours ago, Xanthe said:

But I remember by mid-1987 there had been so many characters written out that only Douglass Watson, Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Linda Dano, and Brent Collins had been around for more than 18 months.

 

This struck me when I noticed the credits in 1986 - How Petronia Paley (Quinn) went from being billed last in 1981 to moving all the way up to FOURTH billing in 1986 (behind Wyndham, Watson & Ford) in just five years!

Kind of like how Jerry ver Dorn became the de facto elder statesman on GL after only a few years. 

11 minutes ago, TheyStartedOnSoaps said:

This struck me when I noticed the credits in 1986 - How Petronia Paley (Quinn) went from being billed last in 1981 to moving all the way up to FOURTH billing in 1986 (behind Wyndham, Watson & Ford) in just five years!

And then of course Quinn was killed off and I think it was Marcus Smythe, the third (and ultimately final) Peter Love, who was the actor with the next longest tenure in the list. It felt remarkable at the time. Was it just as bad in 1982 when Beverly Penberthy left as Pat?

2 hours ago, TheyStartedOnSoaps said:

But I remember by mid-1987 there had been so many characters written out that only Douglass Watson, Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Linda Dano, and Brent Collins had been around for more than 18 months.

Once John Whitesell arrived in March 1986 as executive producer, there was a large turnover in cast AW.

The following characters left the show in 1986: Amanda Cory, Chris Chapin, Neal Cory, Dee Evans, Clarice Ewing, Larry Ewing, Sally Frame, Edward Gerard, Marley Hudson, Vicky Hudson, Zane Lindquist, Donna Love, Lily Mason, Liz Matthews, Jake McKinnon, Kathleen McKinnon, Vince McKinnon, Kevin Thatcher, Carter Todd, Thomasina Todd, Cass Winthrop

Mitch Blake and Cecile DePoulignac returned to the show.

These roles were recast: Matthew Cory, Jamie Frame, Vicky Hudson, Nicole Love, M.J. McKinnon

The following new characters were introduced in 1986: Adam Cory, Julie Ann Edwards, Zack Edwards, Michael Hudson, Scott LaSalle, Reginald Love, Cheryl McKinnon, Mary McKinnon, Chad Rollo