Ah I was expecting video, but still this is great! Agnes Nixon discusses this very episode in All Her Children. The week of hour episodes was also done to get people watching earlier to check out Ryan's Hope the next week--At the time Nixon seemed sure they wouldn't go to an hour permanently.

I didn't realize Mary was pregnant when she died. It's so horrible. No wonder Jeff left.

Nice to get to see another side to Kate.

June 1987 episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gU1oXVz76Y

So is that Jeff Byron as Jeff? What was up with him and Angie and man that other nurse sure is mean about it.... I know Charles Frank briefly returned to the role in '88

Not sure if this is already online. Good promo. I love Natalie in this era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HInUZt8L9AY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BVojj5MuhE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3xEfY_wh78

Part of a 1989 episode.

Thanks Carl!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BAMgPSQ8s

Oh how I loved AMC that summer. I remember kicking neighborhood kids out of my house so I could watch Edmund take Sam from Maria when she was trying to run off with him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BAMgPSQ8s

Ha I've seen those promos before--hysterical. I believe one of the soap books--maybe the companion to the late 90s Paley Center exhibition which has a chapter about advertising--mentions them specifically. One thing that's interesting is they actually show a *few* guys watching the soaps as well--something soap advertising doesn't often actually do (although much more recently when they had famous "fans" talking about the ABC soaps in promos I believe some were male.)

Ha I've seen those promos before--hysterical. I believe one of the soap books--maybe the companion to the late 90s Paley Center exhibition which has a chapter about advertising--mentions them specifically. One thing that's interesting is they actually show a *few* guys watching the soaps as well--something soap advertising doesn't often actually do (although much more recently when they had famous "fans" talking about the ABC soaps in promos I believe some were male.)

Weren't there pro athletes in those promos? Waynze Gretzky? Maybe a football player?

I think there were though I don't think Gretzky was one...