2 hours ago, Wilsoky said:

See this Instagram from Susan. They had some kind of dinner party to celebrate Ray McDonell (Joe Martin). Julia Barr showed up to Susan's house apparently. Looks like Julia has give up on the TV look. That was about 5 years ago. So they must have been somewhat close.

I don't think that was Susan's house. The decor is not really her style. LOL.

New Jersey Nightly News; A Closer Look: Soap Opera - American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Part of this 1981 broadcast has a number of AMC clips from the time, and an interview with William Mooney. A local newsman and a cameraman both say they are big AMC fans (the cameraman smirks as he's been a fan for much longer than the newsman).

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

New Jersey Nightly News; A Closer Look: Soap Opera - American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Part of this 1981 broadcast has a number of AMC clips from the time, and an interview with William Mooney. A local newsman and a cameraman both say they are big AMC fans (the cameraman smirks as he's been a fan for much longer than the newsman).

This is a great find, thanks for sharing! I love that this long ago, they were highlighting how straight men secretly love soaps. The way the news anchor explained it was just like my dad - you walk by and get hooked, pretend like you aren't, but you sit down and watch haha.

This was before my AMC watching days, but who is Paul Martin (the actor they interviewed)? I'm drawing a blank as to how he fits into the Martin family.

27 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

This is a great find, thanks for sharing! I love that this long ago, they were highlighting how straight men secretly love soaps. The way the news anchor explained it was just like my dad - you walk by and get hooked, pretend like you aren't, but you sit down and watch haha.

This was before my AMC watching days, but who is Paul Martin (the actor they interviewed)? I'm drawing a blank as to how he fits into the Martin family.

Paul Martin is Joe’s brother. I always thought it was a shame the show didn’t bring this character back in the 2000s to beef up the Martin clan.

2 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Paul Martin is Joe’s brother. I always thought it was a shame the show didn’t bring this character back in the 2000s to beef up the Martin clan.

Oh wow, I don't remember them ever talking about Joe's brother. I agree, they should/could have easily brought him back. They brought in Jeff, why not Paul.

Per wiki, it looks like Paul came for a short visit in early 1995, which I definitely don't remember - wow. I wonder if this had something to do with the Martin house getting rebuilt after the 1994 tornado.

1995: Paul returned to Pine Valley for the Martin family housewarming party. While looking back at his life in Pine Valley, Paul could not forget to remember the love he shared with Anne.

I'd love to see this clip, I'll have to go find it.