17 hours ago, chrisml said:

I remember reading this column in '94 and being comforted by the knowledge that I wasn't the ONLY one who thought AMC had become "a sad shadow of its' former self."  Something I had been saying since two years before.

Edited April 12Apr 12 by Khan

On 4/5/2025 at 8:13 PM, alwaysAMC said:

Random thought of the day, but does anyone know the real behind the scenes story of how Di was introduced?  They wrote this mysterious "could she be Dixie?" story, but then turned out she wasn't and David coordinated this plot to make people think she was Dixie... but was she meant to be Dixie originally and then something changed and they made her Dixie's half sister instead?  

Probably once they realized they can get Cady McClain back from ATWT

Is the All My Children Lifetime movie dead or is it moving really slowly?  I haven't heard anything about it.

2 hours ago, vote4llama said:

Is the All My Children Lifetime movie dead or is it moving really slowly?  I haven't heard anything about it.

Most likely “in development.” Projects can stay in development for years and never end up getting made.

Robert Gentry and Susan Keith, not in character as Ross and Shana (from Loving), are featured in this ad for a New York Daily News supplement.

 

J'adore an overly complex 1985 updo.

It is so funny to think of these young women looking so mature in the fashions of the day.

On 4/9/2025 at 6:00 AM, alwaysAMC said:

While I was always team Tad/Dixie and really loved Tad's return, I remember still liking Brian Bodine because of the Hayley/Brian pairing with the first actor.  This second actor was good too, but some of Brian's bad boy persona got lost.

Brian Green's Brian was such a departure I remember thinking as a 12-13 year old.  I liked him (and already at the time knew him from his Broadway musical stuff) but he just seemed so much... not like a bad boy (or former bad boy.) 

Interesting to see the Cullitons listed as (I think?) breakdown writers with Hal Corley in the credits.

Thanks for those Michael Logan pieces.  I don't agree with a lot of what he says in them (from my memory anyway...) but they seem to be honest--if catty--and not how he would eventually become in his soap writing which was simply unbearable.

On 4/9/2025 at 12:56 PM, j swift said:

May I ask anyone to either confirm or deny this memory of Cliff & Nina's (first) wedding?

I recall that Phoebe did not attend because Palmer, following Nina's wishes, invited Dr. Tyler, who would be bringing Mona (seen center-left, daring to wear white to a wedding 😉👰).  Dr. Tyler worked with Cliff, and he was part of Nina's treatment team, so it seemed like a natural request.  But, Phoebe lived next door to Palmer, so she would be invited, despite the fact that she did not want to be in the space as the new bride of her ex-husband.  However, I can never remember if Erica went to the wedding or stayed in the city?

I always thought of there being a rift between Erica and Phoebe (given their various interactions throughout the 70s). Despite the idea that later writers tried to sell them as respected ol'pals.  Which I track as starting at that anniversary episode when everyone gathered at the Martins (including Erica), to look at old family picture albums.  One could hardly image Ruth Martin inviting Erica Kane over for tea and memories.  But, it shows what a gracious hostess Ruth, and Mona, could be.

Great question that I have no answer for Did Phoebe ever really have much of a gripe with Erica after Erica's obsession with Chuck?  (I'm sure I'm forgetting something.)  In theory of course she should have hated her simply due to the eternal Erica/Brooke feud, and yet...

Edited April 13Apr 13 by EricMontreal22

19 minutes ago, EricMontreal22 said:

Great question that I have no answer for Did Phoebe ever really have much of a gripe with Erica after Erica's obsession with Chuck?  (I'm sure I'm forgetting something.)  In theory of course she should have hated her simply due to the eternal Erica/Brooke feud, and yet...

No, Phoebe disliked Mona for 'stealing away' her husband Charles, and that was transferred on to Erica.

45 minutes ago, j swift said:

No, Phoebe disliked Mona for 'stealing away' her husband Charles, and that was transferred on to Erica.

Well I certainly remember that--but not many Phoebe/Erica altercations.

1 hour ago, EricMontreal22 said:

Well I certainly remember that--but not many Phoebe/Erica altercations.

No, I don't think they ever fought, because Phoebe tended to avoid Charles and Mona (and by default Erica, who was mostly in NYC at that time).  She tried to actively outcast Mona, and she wouldn't let them join the Pine Valley Country Club.  Which of course wound up just causing Phoebe pain and sorrow when she was seduced there by the notorious Wade Matthews.

But, Pine Valley's second most popular type of employment was the "oldest profession.”  So, odds are a single woman might get conned.

Edited April 14Apr 14 by j swift

On another topic:

Given that Janet was clearly an afterthought once the character of Natalie needed a new antagonist, did we ever find out much about their backstory?  I recall the well, etc etc.  But, do we ever get the narrative connection from what drove Janet to madness to how Natalie wound up with wealthy Alex Hunter?  Were the Hunter's Canadian?  And what are the chances that both Natalie and Jeremy would have long-lost evil twins that they never told anyone about?

It felt like they tried to brush the Alex stuff under rug, but I want to know how she initially got involved with that family?

 

On 4/13/2025 at 1:45 PM, Franko said:

Robert Gentry and Susan Keith, not in character as Ross and Shana (from Loving), are featured in this ad for a New York Daily News supplement.

 

Thank you! Nice find. I have such a crush on Robert Gentry. Just always feel like I'm watching softcore 😂. 

On 4/13/2025 at 8:33 PM, j swift said:

On another topic:

Given that Janet was clearly an afterthought once the character of Natalie needed a new antagonist, did we ever find out much about their backstory?  I recall the well, etc etc.  But, do we ever get the narrative connection from what drove Janet to madness to how Natalie wound up with wealthy Alex Hunter?  Were the Hunter's Canadian?  And what are the chances that both Natalie and Jeremy would have long-lost evil twins that they never told anyone about?

It felt like they tried to brush the Alex stuff under rug, but I want to know how she initially got involved with that family?

Well technically Janet was a sister, not a twin.  We did get the stuff when Natalie and Janet's awful mother would visit--but that was just backstory about their childhood.  You're right, there are a lot of gaps there.

I always assumed the Hunters were French Canadian but probably just because of LeClerc.

On 4/14/2025 at 5:15 PM, DemetriKane said:

Thank you! Nice find. I have such a crush on Robert Gentry. Just always feel like I'm watching softcore 😂. 

I feel you

25 minutes ago, EricMontreal22 said:

I always assumed the Hunters were French Canadian but probably just because of LeClerc.

I think they were French Canadian as I thought Natalie was meant to be from there too or that she and Jeremy had at least been star-crossed since they were teens. Wasn't there an entire remote in Canada or am I just mixing this up?