Oh boy. I forgot Linden House.

Queen Susan looking younger than Luann at some Andy event today.

On 10/22/2025 at 11:35 PM, Vee said:

Oh boy. I forgot Linden House.

I still miss that home's original layout, with all those pastels and that portrait of La Kane perched over the stairs.  Bill Mickley's designs for AMC tended to be hit-or-miss, especially as the '80's wore on, but something about Linden House really captured the essence of Erica*, a woman attempting to bring a little bit of coastal sophistication to Philly Main Line Pine Valley.

(*Ironic, since I don't think it was Erica's house originally?)

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1 hour ago, Maxim said:

Queen Susan looking younger than Luann at some Andy event today.

Love La Lucci!

Courier Express, 8 February 1981

Soap Report Jon Michael Reed

NEW YORK - The casting wheels of change are afoot at all of the ABC soaps. The first soap to be struck by the Russian roulette casting game is "All Mary Lynn Blanks (Tara) was the first "AMC actor to receive her walking papers. For Mary Lynn, it was an especially crushing blow, since she had been led to believe the show was gearing up a terrific triangle involving Tata, Chuck and Jim. Add to that her father's holiday advice that she's wasting her time with that acting business- imagine how down in the dumps she is these days.

Paul Falzone, who joined "AMC" as Jim Jefferson three months ago, is now hustling to find work elsewhere to support a new addition to his family. Paul's wife is expecting a child in July: Several weeks ago, Paul's agent complained that he wished Paul had more time to be sent out on lucrative commercial auditions. Now, he has the chance.

ALSO SLATED to exit within the next month is Gwyn Gilliss and her "AMC" character of Anne Martin. Gwyn's screen husband, Paul (played by William Mooney) will probably be shipped off with a handful of other actors. It's a sad day, indeed, in soap heaven when such stal- warts as Tara, Anne and Paul, who've been mainstays since "AMC debuted, are relegated to the junk heap.

On the other side of the casting coin, Tudi Wiggins joins "AMC" as Sara Kingsley; Brandon's wife. Erica, who's been sleeping in Brandon's bed, should really love that bit or news, since Erica has no idea her lover has a Mrs. Add the fact that Wiggins is one of the best "scene-chewers" in the soap business and "AMC" might have at least a temporary remedy for viewers who will bellyache about the dismissal of familiar Pine Valley folks.

One guy who won't be missed, however, is wife beater Kurt Saunders Judging from fan mail, the actor who played this character was as loathed for his overplaying theatrics as for the character's vile story behaviour. We respectfully refrain from mentioning the actor's name. He's probably a nice guy who deserves an acting job else where, like Siberia.

*The actor was William Ferriter BTW. 

AMC eased out those original charcters along with Linc and Kelly w/ouch backlash. I guess one reason was that Mary Lynn Blanks and Gwynn Gillis weren't super popular castings so viewers were less connected.

And AMC had struck gold with Nina and Cliff. Erica was super popular and you still had Phoebe, Ruth, Joe, Chuck, Donna  etc to provide consistency.

https://www.tvinsider.com/1222061/sarah-michelle-gellar-all-my-children-casting-story-kendall-hart/

On 10/25/2025 at 6:17 PM, Paul Raven said:

For Mary Lynn, it was an especially crushing blow, since she had been led to believe the show was gearing up a terrific triangle involving Tata, Chuck and Jim. Add to that her father's holiday advice that she's wasting her time with that acting business- imagine how down in the dumps she is these days.

One guy who won't be missed, however, is wife beater Kurt Saunders Judging from fan mail, the actor who played this character was as loathed for his overplaying theatrics as for the character's vile story behaviour. We respectfully refrain from mentioning the actor's name. He's probably a nice guy who deserves an acting job else where, like Siberia.

LMAO. It is crazy how loose the old soap columns and mags were with this stuff.

On 10/25/2025 at 9:17 PM, Paul Raven said:

Courier Express, 8 February 1981

Soap Report Jon Michael Reed

NEW YORK - The casting wheels of change are afoot at all of the ABC soaps. The first soap to be struck by the Russian roulette casting game is "All Mary Lynn Blanks (Tara) was the first "AMC actor to receive her walking papers. For Mary Lynn, it was an especially crushing blow, since she had been led to believe the show was gearing up a terrific triangle involving Tata, Chuck and Jim. Add to that her father's holiday advice that she's wasting her time with that acting business- imagine how down in the dumps she is these days.

Paul Falzone, who joined "AMC" as Jim Jefferson three months ago, is now hustling to find work elsewhere to support a new addition to his family. Paul's wife is expecting a child in July: Several weeks ago, Paul's agent complained that he wished Paul had more time to be sent out on lucrative commercial auditions. Now, he has the chance.

Another case of a soap not even being listed in an actor's credits. I didn't realize Jefferson was on the show such a short time. Didn't they have some kind of backstory when Kelsey and briefly Tara were around that he was gay, or people thinking he might have a history with Michael Delaney? I may just be mixing that up with story ideas...

From the little I've seen of Mary Lynn Blanks here or on ATWT, I am not sure her father was wrong. In regard to AMC she seemed very miscast, like if someone had hired a Three's Company actress.

12 minutes ago, Vee said:

LMAO. It is crazy how loose the old soap columns and mags were with this stuff.

Reminds me of how boards or especially soap Twitter can be now, but now you have so many added agendas and toxicity.

3 hours ago, DRW50 said:

https://www.tvinsider.com/1222061/sarah-michelle-gellar-all-my-children-casting-story-kendall-hart/

Aww I love this, thanks for sharing. I loved that embedded YT clip of Gellar winning her Emmy. It warms your heart to see Eva LaRue jumping up and down with excitement for her friend. She recently mentioned again on Soapy that she auditioned for the role of Kendall, but Gellar got it. Judy then called her back for the bit role of Maria, which turned into a huge character. Eva and Sarah ended up starting on the same week and were roommates for their first year on AMC.  Anyway, love to see this!

I'm surprised that Eva LaRue was allowed to audition for Kendall, unless they were toying with the notion of Kendall's biological father being Hispanic (which would have been BEYOND problematic for the show, lol).

We need this revival right now. 

19 hours ago, Maxim said:

We need this revival right now. 

Yes please!

2 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Yes please!

I third that!  

Not sure if this was posted in this thread. Pretty fun clip between Palmer and Phoebe, I believe this is 1983 or 1984.

 

Unpopular opinion, but I think the ship has truly sailed on a revival and I think this cultural obsession with revivals tells me that people have a difficult time letting go and moving forward.

It was a great soap opera, but sometimes you need to let things rest in peace and move forward with new content/material.