That is a little bizarre, I had no idea that the page was turned live on tape each day. It was quicker and easier to do it that way back then, no post-production editing or having to dissolve to a pre-taped sequence. This is of course the original original AMC opening, and I'm guessing the yellow book opening was when they started rolling tape/editing it in in post.

When SoapLine used to air during O.J., they did a quick piece on the original opening, mentioning how the identity of the hand owner was a mystery. There's a big difference between "mystery" and "forgotten information". I'm sure Susan, Ray, or Mary remembered "that lady who used to turn the page" even if they couldn't recall her name.

Maybe the hand of the person in the taped version that aired through the 80s and 90s is not Betsy's hand. Maybe that's the mystery.

Yeah, that I can see because it's obviously studio filmed, probably with a hand model. But the piece SoapLine did was on the original Rosemary Prinz opening (which I didn't even know existed until that point... thanks O.J.!), so that kind of confuses the issue.

Maybe the hand of the person in the taped version that aired through the 80s and 90s is not Betsy's hand. Maybe that's the mystery.

Are you losing it, Jonathan? Gone too long without an Erica Kane bitchslap? The 90s? The "falling pictures" opening debuted in January 1990... and it had no hand turning the book.

**Bitchslaps Jonathan Like Erica Kane.... hair toss**

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Are you losing it, Jonathan? Gone too long without an Erica Kane bitchslap? The 90s? The "falling pictures" opening debuted in January 1990... and it had no hand turning the book.

**Bitchslaps Jonathan Like Erica Kane.... hair toss**

I think I love you.

Are you losing it, Jonathan? Gone too long without an Erica Kane bitchslap? The 90s? The "falling pictures" opening debuted in January 1990... and it had no hand turning the book.

**Bitchslaps Jonathan Like Erica Kane.... hair toss**

You'll find any excuse to touch me.

It looks like Dixie killed Erica!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At_piDJTZWI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SztNXGd4VKI&feature=channel&list=UL

Oh God, I love this!

I thought Tad and Dottie were never really much of a couple, he was paid to date her and then got her pregnant and had to marry her. I never knew they had their own promo like this (which reminds me of the Miss Piggy chase scene in Muppets Take Manhattan)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohBbHY3nkIA&feature=channel&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIHvaE2CKy0&feature=autoplay&list=ULohBbHY3nkIA&playnext=1

Its Bianca's wedding yet Erica is the one that stands out. Amazing

Its Bianca's wedding yet Erica is the one that stands out. Amazing

I'm always amused by the way soaps coordinate everyone's attire so they all blend with the same color scheme. And of COURSE she stands out - she's Erica Kane! It helps that she's the only adult wearing vibrant red.