One Life To Live stripped down

[EricMontreal22]

Mitch doesn't seem to care that his real brother did return anyway... Aaron I get and appreciate what you're saying, though I'm not sure which core families aside from the Buckes you can possibly mean (I guess the Cramer's by now are a core family but all of OLTL's old school families are pretty much gone)

[DRW50]

The Lords are still there, although that is pretty much just Viki and her kids, aside from Viki occasionally giving Todd romantic advice.

I do think if OLTL gets a few more years, they should consider bringing on a Wolek. There's Danny, or Jason Webb, or they could say Jason had a child. After all the effort they put into shoehoring odious Rex into the fabric of the town, they could make some attempt do to the same with someone who is actually a value to the show.

[EricMontreal22]

Yeah I agree about the WOleks. The Lords IMHO are basicallyt he Cramers or the Bukes now.

[Vee]

You guys are lazy - they've already shown Jason Tam without clothes many times. I should know because I ran the Prom Night episode footage of Markko on his knees wriggling out of his clothes in tiny boxers over and over on the DVR in slo-mo. Catch up, bitches.

I've always wanted them to reintroduce the Woleks, starting with a tribute episode for Larry, the unsung hero of Llanview Hospital, still working there after all these years, and, metatextually, the unsung hero of the show. You can call it "24 Hours With Larry Wolek" and show him interacting with all of the town from his quiet, unassuming perspective. Open the episode with Larry waking up in the dead of morning for his hospital rounds, with a picture of Meredith by the side of his rec room cot, and end it with Judith Light appearing for a visit as Karen, possibly escorting his ne'er-do-well grandchild.

[DRW50]

Seeing Karen again would be great. I'm sure Judith Light would come back for a brief appearance if they asked her. I know Brynn Thayer was supposedly willing to come back during David Rinaldi's ALS story, if they'd asked.

It would be nice to see Larry one last time. He was always such a calm and rational presence. And someone at OLTL probably would enjoy bringing Tracy James back, or whatever her name was.

[SFK]

They really should have brought Brynn back for Zaslow's s/l, burrying Jenny in an avalanche, I mean, wtf??

I tend to believe that Judith Light and Phylicia Rashad would be happy to appear on the show if asked. Maybe we aren't talking story arcs, but a day or two, sure. It's too bad that Asa and Ed and Carla aren't there for Courtney, but just one scene at a kitchen table between Judith Light and Erika Slezak, that would be so nice. Maybe even a throwaway line about Marco, whereabouts unknown, but still raising hell.

[Vee]

I would kill to see Ellen Holly return briefly and the Halls honored, but I very much doubt it will ever happen. The least they could do is have a Hall kid, Josh or perhaps one of his children, appear and/or join the cast. The way OLTL abandoned Carla and Sadie Gray, yet still continues to trade on that story's rep at every anniversary, is a black mark on its soul that should be rectified.

[SFK]

I keep hoping for that too, but I've kind of resigned myself to that not happening. She declined for the 25th, and then the Slezak drama, I wish it could all get smoothed over.

[Vee]

I don't think Erika would care. Her comments on it seemed extremely decent, and she did not appear to have been the one with the issue (Holly took her out of context); she also expressed sympathy and regret for how Holly was treated. Erika Slezak is extremely pragmatic and professional. I don't think she would put her hand in there.

[SFK]

I meant more on Ellen's end actually.

[EricMontreal22]

I have less mind to expect Diva Rashad to return to her less glamorous roots (she did a camptastic disco concept album, Josephine Baker Superstar, as Phylicia Allen when she was still married to Victor Wells the original lead singer of Village People--it was produced by Jacques Morali who created the Village People. Anyway if anyone dares to ask her a question about it anymore or bring it up she'll end the interview then and there--instead of just embracing her past) But I wish they had gotten Judith for the anniversary last year (then again OLTL isn't like AMC and rarely has major past returns for its anniversary).

And yeah I'd love to see Larry back again--the actor has said he'd be thrilled to be back and the way they just phased him out when he could become a reasurring patriarch for the show and hospital has been unfortunateI didn't realize Ellen was about to come back in 93 for the anniversary--I don't even remember that anniversary (though I know when Malone came on for one of his first stories, Megan's Death he did that great week of flashbacks for the whole show he said as a present to fans of some of the material he thougth was great when he was doing his research into the show)

[DRW50]

The 25th anniversary was around the time the town gathered together to save CJ and Al from some natural disaster, and Luna had to fight to keep Max alive. And Viki and Dorian were trapped in Victor's secret lair.

A few clips are online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwf2ukxoj9E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrnozKAbw8o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFQJUVWlQ4&feature=related

I thought it would have been nice if they'd made Greg and Shaun Halls.

[EricMontreal22]

Aw I was watching then though was more into Loving and AMC (i think the anniversary was between the big stories that as a very young teen hooked me most to OLTL--the Billy Douglas story and the Marty rape one) The whole Death with Max Luna thing struck me back then as pretty silly and I think Iw as only allowed to watch 2 hours of tv a day so usually cut OLTL out lol

[DRW50]

I've never seen the stuff with Mary Kay Adams as Death. I'm sure it must have been bizarre. I love Mary Kay Adams, I want OLTL to cast her as Melinda.

[EricMontreal22]

I most remember the ads from that time featuring her... I think Max wore some leather which was...intriguing. Didn't Gottlieb have them associated with a song too? I did watch some--but only on holidays and sick days