4 minutes ago, Franko said:

Hopefully some of the Cobra plot will turn up next.

Yes. I have never known how long her mother (the homeless woman) was even around. 

7 hours ago, SFK said:

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

If you remember the day of the week they talked about this let me know. I, too, like watching the host chat segment and hearing All My Children anecdotes.

13 hours ago, DRW50 said:

@SFK @Vee @dc11786 @Jonathan @slick jones @Franko @Soapsuds @marceline @FrenchFan @Paul Raven @Sapounopera @DemetriKane  @John @NothinButAttitude @Contessa Donatella @Maxim @Liberty City @vetsoapfan @All My Shadows @Forever8 @Khan  @TheyStartedOnSoaps @Joseph

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. 

How tragic, this was brought down and I couldn't even see it 💔 😢 

2 hours ago, Joseph said:

How tragic, this was brought down and I couldn't even see it 💔 😢 

That's awful. I saved everything but hopefully it will pop up again - on Youtube or on Archive. I don't even know what it would have been - maybe the AMC episodes? Or maybe some of the Capitol or GL. I don't know. I know some people just like to report these channels out of spite. 

And they had content that in some cases I've never seen anywhere else, like the Loving episodes. 

This is why content is so difficult to find. They don't want to make the material available for fans in any way, shape or form.

18 hours ago, DRW50 said:

This is why content is so difficult to find. They don't want to make the material available for fans in any way, shape or form.

OneDrive floating vaults should really be set up for the ABC soaps IMO.

On 8/17/2024 at 9:16 PM, DRW50 said:

@SFK @Vee @dc11786 @Jonathan @slick jones @Franko @Soapsuds @marceline @FrenchFan @Paul Raven @Sapounopera @DemetriKane  @John @NothinButAttitude @Contessa Donatella @Maxim @Liberty City @vetsoapfan @All My Shadows @Forever8 @Khan  @TheyStartedOnSoaps @Joseph

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. 

damn video is gone.

8 hours ago, Vee said:

OneDrive floating vaults should really be set up for the ABC soaps IMO.

GH has a whole mega set up with 80‘s to 2023 and the few of the 60‘s/70‘s. OLTL finds their way to youtube

only AMC is hard to get by

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Edited August 21, 20241 yr by AMCOLTLLover

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Queers and Soaps posted Part 2 of their Erica Kane 1985 Saga.

 

 

56 minutes ago, MissPalmer said:

 

Love it. Thank you! 

On 8/19/2024 at 2:54 PM, AMCOLTLLover said:

GH has a whole mega set up with 80‘s to 2023 and the few of the 60‘s/70‘s. OLTL finds their way to youtube

only AMC is hard to get by

I am very jealous at how much late 70s GH and OLTL is available while all we have for AMC, full episode wise, is Tom and Erica's wedding and then Tom's birth control blow-up.

Looking at that 1981 episode, I always wonder how fans felt at the time with Liza, Jenny, Greg, and Jesse becoming such big parts of the show in such a short period of time while Phil, Tara, Anne, Estelle, etc. were all being phased out. Obviously it worked out for the best, and the show continued to ride high with new iconic characters, but it had to be a time of adjustment for sure.

Interesting that Bill Bell get's talked about for gambling on revamping Y&R but Agnes did her own restructuring much more seamlessly.

The core characters from the 70's were pretty much dropped.

Phil Tara, Anne, Linc, Kelly, Jeff, etc

But they still had enough around that the balance was good.

I recall reading that the week of 1 hour shows was a nightmare to tape.

Understandable when you think of what was involved. I think it took 9 days for 5 shows.

Edited September 4, 20241 yr by Paul Raven

14 hours ago, All My Shadows said:

and then Tom's birth control blow-up.

"Disco Deceit" is the PERFECT title for a late-'70's movie of the week, lol.

The December 1981 partial episode (and the two 1983 episodes) were originally on that Retro Soaps channel that was taken down by Youtube. A shame as I can't imagine how much more rare content they had. Hopefully they might return someday.