As The World Turns Discussion Thread

[vetsoapfan]

Oh, no, no, no. Please do not apologize. It is not your fault that hate speech permeates any site upon which you happen to find a video of interest to soap fans. No one would expect you to pour through the entire Rumble archives before sharing a classic ATWT episode. I'm grateful that you let us know about the vintage upload.

If we can find soap gems on any site, I'll investigate them readily, but fortunately we don't have to watch or endorse any of the other, toxic content out there. God knows, there are many things on Twitter/X and even Youtube I disagree with, but I just block or ignore them, and save the content I want.

On the internet, I think we all learn pretty quickly to navigate through the murky waters.

 

[NothinButAttitude]

Are these retreat episodes that Ariana is posting when Melinda dies in the boating accident? 

[DRW50]

Likely so, yes.

It's OK. It's difficult to know about sites like that as they are good at fooling people.

If you or anyone else ever want to see more of that particular story, the videos came from here:

https://www.youtube.com/@WeLoveSoapsVideo

[SoapDope]

I know it has been said that P&G did not archive their soaps properly till 1979. I know UCLA has a some pre-1979 episodes in their collection, but they do not have the equipment to play them on. I wish they would reach out to someone like Obsolete Video Services on youtube to get those digitized and make them available to view. A lot of archives are turning their stuff over to him to preserve. 

I would be blown away to see a late 60's color episode surface. 

[DramatistDreamer]

TBH, I’ve never had an account with FB. I was on Twitter for years but am no longer on there after Musk took ownership. It took awhile to get out of the habit but honestly, I don’t miss it. I can do without that level of toxicity.

[Franko]

I vaguely remember someone (Saynotoursoap?) saying the first color episode was a big deal indeed, that they used a cyclorama to depict an outdoor wedding or something like that.

[Khan]

IMO, there was almost TOO much going on in that episode.  You had Cricket/Margo/Brian/Tom; James/Karen/Burke (kinda) AND James/Barbara/Gunnar/Bob; Betsy/Steve/Craig/Sam; David/Ellen/Jeff/Annie; and even a little bit of stuff with Gunnar, Tucker and the Nicole lookalike.  That's a lot of storylines to cram into an episode; and aside from the stuff involving James, each character grouping seemed to operate in its' own bubble.

[DRW50]

You're not wrong but compared to what we often get from that time (Barbara worrying, Betsy fluffing her lines, Steve flaring his nostrils, a high camp moment from Karen or Ariel, and then sometimes Margo and Tom), I wasn't sorry. 

I have to admit I am not really that enthused about seeing more of 1980 ATWT (this is about the Melinda clips) but I'm glad for the newest as it's the only time I have seen Melinda with Kim or Betsy. Given that I never even remember Kim mentioning her, I appreciated the moment. And I was reminded again of how much I prefer Suzanne Davidson in the role, although I'm not surprised they recast with a more typical ingenue.

Edited August 3, 2024 by DRW50

[Vee]

I've also been really offended with people posting Rumble links throughout the board because they apparently don't know how to use Google or link properly. I don't blame AMCOLTL for it because I suspect I know the source.

Edited August 3, 2024 by Vee

[vetsoapfan]

While I technically still have my ancient Facebook and Twitter accounts, my usage of those platforms has dwindled to almost nothing. The toxicity, dishonesty and unbridled hate speech on those sites is just not tolerable.

[Paul Raven]

The first color episode was Mon Feb 20 1967. I don't think anything special occurred.

The 'outdoor' wedding was for David and Ellen June 1966.

[OzFrog]

I will say though that they at least did a decent job in finding an actress for Sabrina (Claire Beacham) who bore a strong facial resemblance to MES, so it wasn’t so jarring when Sabrina came back.

Almost every Kim scene in 1991:

Kim to Bob: “You must deeeeeeal with your feeeeeeelings for Suuuuuusaaaaaaan!”

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[Mona Kane Croft]

What is a cyclorama?  Is that the same thing as chromakey?

[Franko]

Just goes to show that my memory isn't what it used to be. Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclorama_(theater)

[SoapDope]

Early 80's ATWT was a mess. Marland really made the show must see TV. I do know some fans hated the arrival of the Snyders, but the vets ( Bob, Kim, Susan, etc...) did get good story.