All My Children Tribute Thread

[John]

Can anyone tell me the date of the scene where Adam mentioned Dick Cheney finding an undisclosed location? Thanks. 

[DemetriKane]

Part one of Erica Kanes 1985

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[DRW50]

Mark Consuelos interview at about 52 minutes.

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[Jonathan]

It's fascinating how life works out, with Kelly and Mark eventually becoming the hosts of this show.

[DRW50]

Very true.

I think he'd only been on AMC a few months when he got that interview. Sometimes I forget how popular he was initially before the character became unbearable.

[DemetriKane]

Thank you!

[Sapounopera]

Always happy to see Susan Lucci.

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[Chris B]

I was wondering, did the script ever leak or more detailed about the AMC primetime reboot? I'd be curious what characters it meant to have. 

[SFK]

I follow that IG page and had been wondering when she would inevitably be caught out and about. Her parents lived in Palm Beach for several years and she still spends a good amount of time down there. She's probably the only person on IG who gets a heart from me by reflex, I don't even read the caption (potentially dangerous in these times, I know).

[Sapounopera]

Same here. I am just happy to see her.

[SFK]

It really is. My mother would be so tickled. I had been catching bits and pieces of late night rebroadcasts, but now that Get TV has stopped airing my Good Times reruns in the morning, I've taken to watching K&M. They don't get on my nerves nearly as much as I feared. Of course I enjoy any AMC-related anecdote (like having dinner at Robin Mattson's house which was mentioned last week).

[Jonathan]

I missed this. Was it a recent dinner with Robin or a dinner back in the day?

[SFK]

Back in the day. A memory Kelly had of grabbing Mark's leg when standing up.

[DRW50]

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I had to laugh during the OLTL promo when they talked about the glamour of AMC, given how grimy this episode felt. You can really see the shift from where it had been a year or two earlier. 

The standout material here is getting to see Robert Lupone and Melissa Leo as Zach and Linda - Zach slithering and then coming completely unglued at the end, and Linda being so nasty yet managing to play kid sister to Cliff. It's still hard to believe sometimes that Melissa Leo was on a soap, especially in this more superficial era, but she's dynamite to watch. On the other hand, this Nina just looks crazy. I am not sure if they cast her based on a resemblance to Taylor Miller, but it is jarring to watch.

I have not watched much of this period, so my main memory of the Brooke story was the photo in the AMC history book. Nice to see a bit more here, complete with a very campy big mama who could have made a killing on GLOW. I always forget Brooke and Mark got back together. Mark seems to be one of those characters they didn't know what to do with for most of the '80s, which is a shame, as Mark LaMura is adorable and a good actor.

Brooke became tiresome in the '90s, but I give Julia Barr credit for making some of the bizarre plots they gave her in these years work.

The Angie/Eugene/Jesse/Yvonne saga wasn't very popular, was it? As is often the case the story with black characters seems isolated. Nice to see Pat though.

I forgot Donna and Benny were just getting together around this time. They have a sweet scene that is one of my favorite parts of the episode.

Watching this I'm reminded of this whole generation of kids (Laura, Bobby, Frankie) and how wasted they all ended up being. 

[Franko]

Hopefully some of the Cobra plot will turn up next.