Members AbcNbc247 Posted July 24, 2019 Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 If it was me, I never would've gotten rid of Alice, Sally, Catlin or Aunt Liz. I would've made Sally fight Brittany for Catlin and would never have turned Brittany into the victim that she became after she married Peter. I would've pushed a Larry/Clarice/MJ/Jamie quadrangle. And I would've aged Cory at the same time that they aged Nancy, and given him the storylines that they gave Ben McKinnon, who was ultimately an unnecessary character that was gone in less than a year. I wonder why they never aged Cory. And I would never have gotten rid of the Harding/Mason/Todd family, who were much stronger characters than the Edwards family (with the exception of Zack) and the Lawrence family. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted July 24, 2019 Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 Wasn't Gerald killed off on SOMERSET? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted July 24, 2019 Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 No. Originally introduced on Somerset in 1970, he eventually left that town and returned to Bay City/AW, where he caused all sorts of trouble, and ended up being sent to prison for perjury. That's where we saw him last, in 1974: behind bars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted July 24, 2019 Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 Ah. Okay. Thanks, @vetsoapfan! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members watson71 Posted July 24, 2019 Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 Quick question- Rachel's half sister, Pammy Davis, was played by Pamela Toll on Somerset. Was her mother, Marsha Davis, ever seen on Another World or Somerset? If she was seen onscreen, who played the part of Marsha? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robbwolff Posted July 24, 2019 Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 Alice Hirson played Marsha on Somerset. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 24, 2019 Author Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 Alice Hirson played Marsha. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members watson71 Posted July 25, 2019 Members Share Posted July 25, 2019 Thanks for the info! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted July 25, 2019 Members Share Posted July 25, 2019 Yes, Alice Hirson played Marsha Davis on Somerset. This photograph is of the actress from OLTL, where she played Eileen Riley Siegal, Joe Riley's sister. I've always though Hirson's best role was that of psycho Stephanie Martin on The Edge of Night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members watson71 Posted July 25, 2019 Members Share Posted July 25, 2019 And she was Miss Ellie's best friend, Mavis Anderson, on Dallas. Episodes of Dallas are available to stream on the IMDB Freedrive app. Wish episodes of AW and the other P&G soaps would show up on a streaming service! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrisml Posted July 25, 2019 Members Share Posted July 25, 2019 As much as the MJ as prostitute story was ridiculous, I actually enjoyed the story. I just saw Spencer's MJ as another character rather than MJ. I think this period of the show had so much potential, but they never followed through with anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Xanthe Posted July 25, 2019 Members Share Posted July 25, 2019 I loved Ed Fry so much in the role that I find it hard to agree that he was unnecessary. At the time there was a void in the place where Jamie had been. Both he and Sandy had been gone for a year or so. I don't think they could have rebooted MJ and Jamie's relationship with the prostitution storyline. The new MJ paired with a new Cory with no baggage made sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted July 26, 2019 Members Share Posted July 26, 2019 Soap opera history buffs who wish to read the complete histories of their favorite series may want to check out "Vetsoapfan's Treasure Trove," here in SON's Cancelled Soaps section. So far, I have shared extensive articles on: All My Children Another World As the World Turns Days of Our Lives The Edge of Night General Hospital The Guiding Light How to Survive a Marriage Love of Life One Live to Live Ryan's Hope Search for Tomorrow The Young and the Restless 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 27, 2019 Members Share Posted July 27, 2019 I'd totally blanked that Anna Kathryn Holbrook briefly popped up on AMC after her AW firing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ5DgXM8pFE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted July 27, 2019 Members Share Posted July 27, 2019 Regarding the shoulda/woulda/coulda of 1985-1987, I think it is important to add that the plot ascendance of The Loves also the end of an era at the Cory Mansion. Sandy left with mis-recast Blaine while he investigating Carl during his post-escort stint as a journalist. Jamey had left town with his tail between his knees after his drug addiction. In retrospect, some would say these moves were to set up Nancy was the sole ingenue in the Cory family. However, I think Neil and Adam Cory were clumsily introduced, and then discarded, due to shifts in the writing of the Cory storyline which diminished Sandy and Jamey, who rightly should have helped Nancy fight Carl. In addition, Sharon Gabet as Brittney is the real loser of this period. While being a deaf-mute with a dead baby and a passion for horses was a hyperbolic contrast to Sally, the character was never built to sustain. It was a soap so the audience was immediately waiting for Britney's cure. Then, once she could speak, fans were assured in the soap press that she would be different from Raven. There were many options. Raven was a contrast of self-assurance with very low self-worth, as a result, she made many poor decisions based on her survival instinct without regarding the welfare of those around her. Britney could have been self-assured in another way either due to her prowess with animals or working with men on the ranch for so long. In contrast to Sally who was always needing to be rescued, Britney could have been a good rival. Instead, once Britney could speak, she became all of the worst parts of Raven and never had her own routing value. Much like Blaine or Rachel, Britney needed a "talk-to" to make her more sympathetic to the audience. Her motives for marrying Peter were so ill-explained that I recall being unable to tell if she was conning him or being conned. It seemed like a classic example of a soap hiring an actress expecting them to be the character rather than writing for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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