As The World Turns Discussion Thread

[Mona Kane Croft]

I can't answer your question.  But, speaking of Lyla -- does anyone remember if Lyla lived in the same house previously occupied by Don Hughes and Joyce?  And if so, did anyone else live there between Don and Lyla?  

[VelekaCarruthers]

Her character was not listed in alpha order in the Dec 30, 1993 holiday long credits; so she was off contract in Nov/Dec. I wasn't able to find any Nov or early Dec cast credit crawls on YouTube. 

[Contessa Donatella]

I have the 40th anniversary episode in my Dropbox for someone right now. If anyone else were to want it, very convenient. 

PM me for link if so.

Lyla, I have an edit of my own of her singing live.

[DRW50]

A 1995 episode has been uploaded - I don't think it was already up.

@P.J. it's a Carly episode. I had forgotten she used to call Rosanna "Rosebud" - not in a kind way. So did I - not in a kind way. 

Mike/Rosanna always suck the life out of scenes. 

@DramatistDreamer This might be a little late for your ATWT enjoyment era but tagging anyway just in case.

I had also forgotten there was a redesign of the Mona Lisa, which does not look good (and it seems like the camera angles are trying to hide that). How long did the Mona Lisa last anyway? I think people were still going there in the late '90s but I can't remember after that.  

Some good Kim/John scenes here.

It's a shame Jeremy left (I know it was the actor's choice) as he was more natural and compelling than the usual generic models like those we got in 1996 (Ryder, Paul, etc.). It might have made more sense to bring him back for Margo/Tom conflict than that weird story with Eddie and his being fixated on Margo.

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Edited March 26 by DRW50

[P.J.]

OMG---PROOF that Carly didn't know who Mike was when they hooked up. Haters retooled history insisting she did. 

LOL...I used to love Carly's snarky "Rosebud". And Tess calling Rosanna "Just Rosanna

[DRW50]

Just Rosanna was a hoot.

I had also forgotten they used that very loud hair metal music cue with Carly.  I do remember the fiddle cue they use right as they're about to kiss.

The idea of looking for more reasons to prove how wicked Carly was feels like something Lisa would have been doing in the '00s.

[P.J.]

Right? Ugh.  And watching Yvonne Perry try and act is painful.

[Mitch64]

I think all the ATWT sets in the late 70s, early 80s looked like that...it may have been a recycled set but I dont think it was supposed to be the same house Don had...interesting that they used the original set that Lyla lived in when she first came to town, I wonder if the ghost of Lisa Lorings bad acting haunted the set?

[Liberty City]

This soap was so rich. Gosh.

[Soaplovers]

I remember Tess used to say 'Rosanna C' whenever she addressed her or introduced her to anyone during the summer of 1992 when Rosanna was a mysterious runaway.  I think Parker Posey getting a movie was why her character was quickly written out and then replaced by Debbie  as the heavy in the Hutch/Rosanna coupling.

[Mona Kane Croft]

I do think it was the same set at least.  I recently watched an episode that someone posted which featured Don and Joyce.  And the house they were living in looked identical to the house Lyla and Casey later shared.  And if (as you said) that was the same set Lyla lived in when she first came to town, then it makes me wonder how much time passed between Don's departure from the show and Lyla's arrival. I suppose it is possible it was not only the same set, but even supposed to be the same house. Who knows??   No big deal, but I do find set transitions interesting.  

Edited March 26 by Mona Kane Croft

[Xanthe]

I was watching CNN's Have I Got News for You and in a game where they have to guess which of 3 facts is true about a person they had one about Parker Posey where the true item was that she had dropped out of SUNY Purchase to work on a soap. No one knew and both teams rejected the true item as "too believable". Then they played a short clip from 1991 of Tess sitting on some grass with a blond guy I didn't know who was talking about his father and a drainage ditch. Then the HIGNFY people made fun of the clip. 

[DRW50]

Nice to see that sneering anti-soap attitude remains...even with CNN's ratings in the toilet, the elitism dies last. 

That could make sense. I wonder if she's ever spoken about her reasons for leaving. I am trying to remember if they built Debbie up before Tess left. Sad to say, Debbie was nowhere near as interesting.

[MarlandFan]

In her interview with Alan Locher a few years ago, Alison Rice shared that when Parker Posey was offered the movie, Posey asked ATWT if she could be allowed to take time to film it. TPTB said no and Alison remembers Posey saying, "Well this is a great opportunity and I'm not giving it up" and she abruptly left ATWT.

[Soapsuds]

That is surprising considering Marland was still HW. He was famous for allowing cast members to do other projects while on WT. It must have been Caso that didn't allow it.

I didn't care for the character of Tess or Posey acting.