As The World Turns Discussion Thread

[Mitch64]

I loved their old living room (which was the house Kim and Nick lived in redecorated, which was kinda weird) where everyone would just "walk in" and start talking about their problems or doing exposition on the plot (mostly everyone's favorite buttinsky Lisa who had a hand in everyone's plot) ..it was unrealistic but I loved it and I always thought that a soap should have one center, main house where everyone felt comfortable and at home at..I am sure the Gautman's and JFP's of the world would disagree.

Anyway, Bob and Kim seemed to loose their whole house, during the producer before Gautman their living room got redesigned and shrunk and would not have contained the marching band of characters that Marland had coming in and out, and then their kitchen became a set of WOAK, and Bob and Kim had to hang out at Lisa's hotel all day, Kim wearing the same damn pink pantsuit...SAD!!!!

[Reverend Ruthledge]

I could be wrong but I don't think the Hughes kitchen was introduced much earlier than the Snyder farm. Maybe just a few years. The Hughes set up until 1980 was Chris and Nancy's house. Although I'm not sure when the new set was introduced. The years 1980-1984 are fuzzy for me. Was it originally Bob's house? Or Kim's? They didn't get married until 1985 so I don't know who lived there before then. I remember seeing scenes of that living room with Kim and Meg Ryan's Betsy (if I'm not mistaken) so perhaps it was Kim's house? Maybe someone with knowledge of those years could help out. 

I do remember they used to show the living room/dining room, the den and the kitchen. The den was the first to disappear and then the living room/dining room disappeared and eventually everything just happened in the kitchen. Then, the kitchen strangely got turned into a WOAK set. By the end, the elder Hughes were relegated to having holidays at the hospital if Tom and Margo weren't hosting. 

[DRW50]

Thanks @Mitch64 @Reverend Ruthledge . I remember all the posts over the years about the WOAK set. It shows how off the priorities became. Anything for Katie. At least Kim got airtime working there, I suppose. 

I envy the newer fans who didn't have to see sets go piece by piece. I can't imagine how it was for those who had been watching since the '50s.

[Mitch64]

Yes, it was the set for Kim and Nick...though when Marland came in they redesigned the living room to have that big entry way and stair case and as Kim helpfully explained, a door to seperate from the living room so "People can have private conversations" which other characters could eavesdrop on despite the door (actually it was a good production move as two characters could use the same set to talk about who the babydaddy  is, I hate it when soaps show characters step two feet from other characters to have a private convo, and the other characters don't notice.

The kitchen came during Marland..I remember Hays saying in an interview that they loved the direction the show was in and mentioned "they gave me a big beautiful kitchen set" I also remember only Kim would have plates that matched the wallpaper I believe.

I don't know if it was just for Katie (I actually liked Katie...duck...) but because New York Gautman could not believe that anyone spent so much time in a kitchen..(he mentioned that he had a hard time with ATWT "midwesterness.")

[DRW50]

I'm glad he had his priorities right...

I never even saw ATWT as very "Midwestern" by those last decades. As Harding Lemay mentioned, the show at one point had three characters with private jets. It was about as Midwestern as Y&R. Maybe he just didn't get the Hughes family. 

At least we never had to see Bob and Kim living in a hotel room.

[Dax7000]

I forgot Lyla Montgomery had a daughter named Cricket (played terribly by the late Lisa Loring). Did any of the Montgomery family ever mention this character after she left? It seems like she was forgotten, or the show pretended she never existed since I cannot recall Lyla, Craig, Margo, or Katie mentioning her. 

[DRW50]

Here and there. I think her having a baby is mentioned at some point in the early '90s. And I think she is mentioned again when they bring her son Billy in for a year or two.

Lyla's sister is the one who was never mentioned again that I heard.

Edited January 12 by DRW50

[DRW50]

Found some old scans. One a Bronson Picket interview. Sorry as I had a problem with my scanner for some of these.

 

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I hadn't seen this - an article Bronson's wife Lynn Snowden wrote in 2003 about being with a younger man (IMDB still has them together, whatever that's worth).

Dating a Younger Man - O Magazine

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[Reverend Ruthledge]

You are correct. Cricket, at least, got a few mentions. Maggie just ceased to exist. 

[Vee]

Julianne once again discusses her time on the show, and notes that the Drew Barrymore Show is now in its old studio at the beginning of this interview.

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[Khan]

Between Drew's overly enthusiastic demeanor over EVERYthing, and the audience clapping at every half-sentence liked trained dogs, it's hard for me to watch all the way through.

[wonderwoman1951]

 

haven’t watched any of the daytime talk shows in ages, but i hit the mute button wherever that commercial where she screams ‘bingo’ comes on.  

same for that lume commercial that is on ALL THE TIME. 

[kalbir]

April 2 will be 40 years since Julianne Moore debuted on As the World Turns. I love that she still speaks positively of her time there. She also had the good fortune of being on that show in the Robert Calhoun/Douglas Marland era when it was at its creative peak.

[Mitch64]

Ha..yes...I can no longer watch SNL with the studio audience acting like they are coked up and screaming at the start of the news, and laughing hysterically and clapping for the dumbest jokes....(if you can hear them if the stage hand presses the "laugh and clap" sign too early.)

[chrisml]

Julianne Moore is very good in her new movie, The Room Next Door. I saw it last night. I'd recommend it for her ATWT fans. It's nice to see someone respect her soap roots when many of them try to distance themselves. As for Drew Barrymore, I've never been able to sit through any of her interviews (or her awful introductions she did on Turner Classic Movies yrs ago with Robert Osborne). Plus, she was just awful during the writers' strike but that's not a subject for the ATWT forum.