I understand that actor David Canary (Stuart and Adam) has passed away.

 

 

 

January 31 1995 Digest

 

In honor of World Aids Day today...

 

 

AMC was always cognizant when this day came around, even after the AIDS epidemic was not as prominent in the media.

Thanks for sharing that clip, cct.  Cindy's death had to have been one of the most heart-rending moments I've seen.

Cindy visiting Scott before she died just devastates you.

 

These scenes reinforce what years of change 1988 and 1989 were for AMC (often not in the best of ways...). So many people in that clip were gone by the end of the year. 

 

So how did they handle Karen's role? I guess they realized having her there as Cindy died would have been in poor taste. I wish the show had done more with her, if they were going to create her at all.

 

Where was Skye at this time? Was she still in her coma?

 

TV Line's Best and Worst Recast http://tvline.com/gallery/best-worst-soap-opera-recasts/#!4/jamie-luner-liza-colby/ Jamie Luner made the list coming in at #2 for worst recast.

She wasn't even the worst recast on AMC, let alone top 5 in all soaps. 

 

Ugh at just dismissing Chris McKenna's Joey as a "cute kid." 

TV Line's Best and Worst Recast http://tvline.com/gallery/best-worst-soap-opera-recasts/#!4/jamie-luner-liza-colby/ Jamie Luner made the list coming in at #2 for worst recast.

She was awful, and looked to be ten years too young, or maybe more.   I would have put Roger Howarth in as Franco on this list, maybe the top.   Jed Allen as Edward Q was pretty bad.   How could Charity Rahmer not be atop this list???  

AMC is mentioned.

O.J.'S GUILTY - OF IRKING LEGIONS OF SOAP FANS

YOU THINK you're sick of hearing about O.J. Simpson?

You couldn't be any angrier than the millions of soap opera fans whose daily digest of infidelity, divorce and murder has been pre-empted by - well - talk of infidelity, divorce and murder.

Los Angeles' posh Brentwood neighborhood has been almost as busy as the soap opera lands of Pine Valley, Corinth and Genoa City lately - much to the dismay of the Internet users who call themselves RATS. That's because you'll find them talking on a USENET group - rec.arts.tv.soaps.

The RATS are mostly working men and women who have their VCRs whirring from 1 to 4 p.m. weekdays. They don't want to miss one breathless moment of ``All My Children,'' ``Loving'' or ``The Young and the Restless.''

At night, they pop in their tapes, hit the rewind button and sink into a world of sheer nonsense. And if they forget to tape, they can always post a message to the group:

``Anybody have a summary of what happened on `All My Children' today?'' one soap opera fan queried recently.

``Well, the defense agreed to give the prosecution 100 hairs and the prosecution agreed to let the defense watch the tests,'' came the disgusted reply of one fan, who had found O.J. on his tape that evening.

It's been a rough few weeks, say the RATS, who chat in code. Too much O.J. Not enough AMC, OLTL, GL, GH, LOV, DOOL.

Gone are the good old days when the RATS could exchange important observations:

``Can you believe the dress Dixie wore at her wedding?'' (Olive green, scaly fabric)

``Looks like she'd know what looks good by now. It was her fifth wedding!'' (Adam, Tad, Steve, Brian, Tad again).

So, these days, they've taken to flaming O.J. and the television networks. Death penalty, one RATS member advocates - if for nothing else than taking up the daytime airwaves. And the networks? Ratings, ratings, ratings. What's next? Hertz ads?

The RATS want their soap operas back. And with good reason.

On ``All My Children'' (that's AMC in RATS talk) a tornado is scheduled to hit Pine Valley on July 15. Tad, a favorite, is supposed to have a dream sequence that will bring the return of his evil father, the angelic woman who only thought she was his mother, his sister who died in an explosion and maybe even Billy Clyde Tuggle - the man who once blew Tad off a bridge.

But O.J.'s preliminary hearing could delay all that. The tornado may not hit until fall. And by then, who knows where Tad might be?

But even with the end of the preliminary hearing, the RATS fear the daytime bulletins and coverage will continue. They dread the real trial.

Make-believe soaps are so much more addictive than the real-life one unfolding four hours a day on the screen.

``I bet the network execs didn't think of the long-term viewers they might lose. They should take a lesson from the tobacco industry and keep their users hooked,'' wrote a RAT named Nancy.

More than 11,000 fans have called ABC alone with their protests, threatening to abandon daytime TV forever if ``All-OJ-All-The-Time'' isn't over soon.

But alas: Like sands through the hour glass, the O.J. coverage rolls on. In Hampton Roads, computer users can explore the Internet through the InfiNet online service.

At one time, AMC was the most-taped show on VCRs. Not sure when it lost this distinction, but I seem to remember this fact from the early nineties.

They were right about Dixie and her wedding dress.  She should have known better.