Jump to content
Email System Update

All My Children Tribute Thread

Toups

By Toups
in DTS: Cancelled Soaps

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Members
danfling Proficient

danfling

Posted
  • Members
Posted

I had forgotten that Katie and Joey were in the same storyline.  Thank you for reminding me.  However, I could have sworn that she was in town on Thanksgiving.  Opal had invited the Martin family to Courtlandt Manor for Thanksgiving dinner, and Palmer was not happy about it.

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 10.4k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Posted Images

  • Members
Soaplovers Veteran

Soaplovers

Posted
  • Members
Posted

 

Claudette came on and was addicted to drugs..  her character in 1975 tied in with the Kitty bigamist plot because kitty was being blackmailed due to linc and the Tyler's not knowing this..so kitty used the boutique to smuggle drugs via soap.  Claudette came across the soap and got high off it and suffered an overdose.  She ended up going to rehab/prison and was off the show for 2 years or so.

 

She came back in 1977 after serving her sentence..and she ends up taking a job as hostess as the Chateau that Erica wanted (erica being passed up led her to look tom cudahy's way to make Nick Davis jealous).  Claudette was on for 3 years...she briefly dated Phil before she and Linc started dating after Kitty's death.

 

She ended up as manager of the chateau and started fighting kelly (kittys lookalike) for Linc...then Kelly's ex Eddie came back..pushed claudette out of her position at the chateau and caused trouble for other characters before being killed.  Kelly was accused, but it turned out claudette was the killer..and she ended up in a car accident and confessed to being the murderer before dying.  I think that was in 1980.

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
j swift Grand Master

j swift

Posted
  • Members
Posted

To me Nurse Kinnecott was the aural equivalent of a finger wag.  Every time I heard that name I would just think of an image of a woman wagging her finger in disgust.

 

What was the commercial that the actress who played Mary was on for years?  I seem to recall her Dorothy-Hammel-hairdo selling something.

0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
danfling Proficient

danfling

Posted
  • Members
Posted (edited)

Susan Blanchard was on the L'eggs pantyhose commercials for MANY years.  (even after her primetime show Mr. T. and Tina was cancelled.)

 

I am thinking that Kitty was not a bigamist - that she and Hal were former spouces, but no one knew about him.  The Boutique WAS used in drug smuggling, but Kitty wanted nothing to do with it.  It was Hal who was using the dress shop as a front for this illegal activity.   I think that Claudette may have hatched the plan and am thinking that she was an employee of The Boutique.

 

Erica was definitely jealous of Claudette.  She had Benny to slip some drugs into Claudette's purse.  However, Brooke saw this happen, so, when Erica was not looking, she went into Claudette's purse, got the same drugs, and slipped them into Erica's purse.   Driving home that night, Erica was stopped by some policemen and was going to show them her driver's license.   Of course, the drugs fell out and Erica was charged with drug possession.  (This was right after some decrimilization rules were being enacted around the country, so it was a misdomener.)

 

Claudette did have a drug overdose (at the Chateau) and left town for two years.   (She possibly could have died, but Dr. Frank Grant was there, and he ordered her to be rushed to Pine Valley Hospital.)  She returned to town and was played by another actress, (who I preferred).   She had a one-night stand with Phil and then did date Lincoln for a while.  (The actress was expecting, and I suspect that the show toyed with the idea of Claudette having Phil's baby to set up an Erica and Claudette feud; Erica, of course, had lost Phil's baby and afterward had a nervous breakdown, which caused her hospitalization).  I thought that she worked at The Chateau.

 

It was Mrytle (who had left the show, possibly after Nigel's death) who found Kelly (Kitty's TWIN).   She called Lincoln and told him about it.  They got Kellly to come to Pine Valley so that he could meet her and so they could research the birth.   (Kitty had originally come to town as a dance instructor who was looking for her natural mother.)   Myrtle also stayed in town, buying the house that Phil had bought for Erica and turning it into a boarding house.   

 

Eddie was Kelly's manager, and they stayed in town.  She got a job singing at The Cheateau (after Nick left town).  You may  not remember that because there were two other actors who played Eddie prior to Warren Burton.  It was Eddie who kept Kelly on drugs so that she would have stamina.

 

Kelly also was the rapist of Brooke.   Brooke was impregnated and had an abortion.  (the second one on the show, after Erica's)  Phoebe hated him because of what had happened to Brooke, and so did Langley because Eddie knew the truth about Lenny's impersonation of someone he was not and that he was really Lenny Vlassic.

 

Eddie seemed to make enemies everywhere.   Lincoln disliked him, and so did Freddie and Ellen at the Chateau.

 

Kelly was able to warn Tad (who was experimenting with drugs) about their dangers.   However, he had very little will power in stopping his use of them.

 

 

 

Edited by danfling
0
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
danfling Proficient

danfling

Posted
  • Members
Posted (edited)

Yes, I think so.   Of course, she was interviewed by the police when Jason Maxwell was murdered.

 

I never can remember the character's name, but Burt Douglas played the police lieutenant during the Jason Maxwell storyline.  He had completed his role of Ron Christopher on The Edge of Night.

Edited by danfling
0
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


  • Recent Posts

    • Contessa Donatella
      HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈

      By Contessa Donatella · Posted

      “Gender is who you are, and sexuality is who you want.” — C.N. Lester, “Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us” St. Pete bridge lit for Pride

      Please register in order to view this content

    • Contessa Donatella
      Flamingo Road

      By Contessa Donatella · Posted

      In case it is of interest to anyone here, I have digital copies (computer files, mp4 etc.) of all of the episodes. And, besides having the files they are all up on my usual video hosting site, acct name: shallotpeel, channel it is in: Primetime Soaps and file names like  Flamingo Road S1E15 Hurricane Flamingo Road was a primetime soap on NBC by Lorimar Productions. 2 seasons. 1980-1982. Morgan Fairchild, Barbara Rush. Developed by Rita Lakin.   
    • Contessa Donatella
      DAYS: June 2025 Discussion Thread

      By Contessa Donatella · Posted

      Arguably DAYS OF OUR LIVES has been brilliant lately & definitely was last week. But, here I am with nitpick & technicalities. This was the only misstep but it was just a stupid thing that should have been caught. Deidre Hall as Marlena has this one problematic line, "It didn't matter how many identities you had, I always knew exactly who you were, you were the man who saved my life." - Marlena, DAYS, 6-2-25 Unfortunately the flashback closest to it was when Marlena was on the phone, terrified because she thought he was Stefano. Yes, it's true that the line is not accurate. There were many times when she did not feel the way she is claiming because of whatever was going on in story with his 'retconned to hell & back' identity & origin story. Does it keep the whole week from being called excellent? Nope.  
    • fivethej
      Y&R/B&B/GL Vault Updates

      By fivethej · Posted

      The Vault has been down all night.
    • Vee
      The Politics Thread

      By Vee · Posted

      Notable: Glendale is not exactly a progressive enclave.

      Please register in order to view this content

      Newsom is a craven opportunist, but his comments today were exactly how better people need to handle Trump.
    • Maxim
      Your daily (or nightly) thought

      By Maxim · Posted

      Please register in order to view this content

       
    • Paul Raven
      Flamingo Road

      By Paul Raven · Posted

      I decided this primetime soap deserved it's own thread as the Primetime soaps thread is very cluttered and why shouldn't NBC's Lorimar soap mot have a chance to shine? In doing a deeper dive into the second season ratings I was surprised to see that FR actually had an uptick in the ratings when NBC moved it to 9pm Tuesdays beginning March 82. I'd always assumed this move was a desperate one as NBC were running short of programming and had given up on the show,deciding to let the final episodes play out and be hammered by 3's Company  and CBS Movie. But the numbers paint a different story. In it's 10pm slot up against Hart to Hart, which regularly finished in the Top 20, FL premiered in 53rd place and placed in the 40's and 50's as the season continued. But come January 82 the numbers surged a little now moving into the 40's hitting #43 in Feb. Hart to Hart was #11 Then in March Bret Maverick was moved to 8pm with FR @9. First week 16th March FR #47 15.1/24 3's Company #3 Too Close for Comfort #5 CBS Movie #60 Not great but #2 in it's timeslot March 23 FR #44 15.6/25 3's Company #4 Too Close for Comfort #5 CBS Movie #33 So even with a stronger movie on CBS FR's numbers went up. March 30 FR #31 16.6/26 3's Company #9 Too Close for Comfort #5 CBS Movie #56 Best rating/position yet Tues April 6 pre empted Tues April 14 FR #36 16.0/26 3's Company #5 Too Close for Comfort #11 CBS Movie #59 Maintaining previous week's numbers Tues April 21 FR #33 15.6/24 3's Company #3 Too Close for Comfort #5 CBS Movie #60 Numbers down a little (reflecting general spring downturn) but best ranking of the season so far Tues April 28 FR #35 15.1/23 3's Company #9 Too Close for Comfort #6 CBS Movie #42 Tues May 4 FR #27 15.2/24 3's Company #5 Too Close for Comfort #4 CBS Movie #41 Season finale and highest position of the season. Looking at those numbers I wonder why NBC cancelled the show? They had very few hits and here was a show that was holding it's own and moving up in the rankings in a tougher timeslot. And being a serial, the storylines could continue to build the following season. And I'm sure the desirable W18-49 demo was good. Some might argue that CBS were shower weaker movies, but even so, soap viewers are pretty loyal. I guess Grant Tinker arrived at NBC and wanted a classier look but there was room for FR on the schedule. I mean, the following season Knight Rider,Powers of Matthew Star and the A Team arrived so there was still room for more populist fare. Flamingo could have stayed at 9pm-the replacement Gavilan bombed (surely FR would have done better} or moved back to 10pm. The following Jan NBC had a hit with A Team Tues 8pm. Had Flamingo followed it, it might have really taken off. As it was they tried Bare Essence, which flopped. Oh well,it was not to be...    
    • Contessa Donatella
      Another World Discussion Thread

      By Contessa Donatella · Posted

      Always, in every way, Cass/Wally/Felicia foundational to my viewing. And, I think if we look at the aftermath of the disastrous 90 minute show that we find too many pockets of some kind of lost time at the show plus way too much of change-ups in exec & writing leadership and of course we also reach the first time it becomes notable that NBC wants to get rid of the show so they can put a new soap they own in the timeslot.
    • vetsoapfan
      The Politics Thread

      By vetsoapfan · Posted

      If the MAGAts were easy prey enough to get manipulated into voting for the tangerine-tinted terror, they'll fall for anything.

      Please register in order to view this content

    • DRW50
      The Politics Thread

      By DRW50 · Posted

      And this came out as the "feud" and the media pushing the protests in Los Angeles got all the media attention. They know the press and the public will not care or can be manipulated into approving.

      Please register in order to view this content

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

  I accept