That thread's gonna make me so sad now

I started watching in June 2011 when I was eleven years old, and even though that was the heart of Passanante's reign, and even though the vast majority of my AMC viewing experience has been of episodes from the last ten years, I take pride in the fact that this show, written by Passanante and Culliton and Rayfield and Cascio and McTavish, was a special, special thing for a kid who, at the time, needed another world to escape to for an hour every day. Perhaps that's why I'm never as hard on some writers as they probably deserve, because no matter how nonsensical one could say their stories were or how horrible one could say their writing was, there was always something, especially in that little 2002-2005 time span, that kept me entertained, kept me watching, and kept me sane. And then as I got more acquainted with the first 30 years, learning those characters and those storylines and as much as I possibly could about what AMC really is, at its core, the attachment I have for this show was born and will never, ever go away. AMC will always have a special place in my heart because of that, and yes, it sounds strange because it's "just a TV show," but I think we soap fans know something and have experienced something that people who haven't committed to watching a soap nearly every day for years upon years can never really understand.

Be glad we live in the time of the internet. In the 80s and 90s, after a long-running soap was canceled, that was it. Maybe you had video tapes, or magazine cut-outs. Maybe you were lucky and your soap got picked up for reruns. But in most cases? The show aired its last episode and that was it. I'm eternally grateful that Pine Valley will never more than a few keystrokes away.

I know this was pages ago and plenty of others have responded, but I had to quote this and give you a big +1. Days has always been "my show," but I feel exactly the same way about it as you do with AMC. So well articulated!

Like I said, I haven't watched AMC or OLTL regularly in a while, but I will never forget the comfort characters like Adam, Brooke, Phoebe, Erica, Palmer, Mona, Tad, Dixie, Skye, and Hayley on AMC and Viki, Dorian, Cassie, Asa, Bo, Clint, Max, Gabrielle, and Tina provided to a sad lonely girl once upon a time. Thanks for the memories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsUXc1_jBU&feature=related

January/February 1993 Episodes

OH GOD. OH GOD! Thanks for posting this Carl. You have just made my f'ing day!

weareclouds is gonna love you for that.

+100 to SFK!

Also. Isn't it funny how Michael E. Knight married Cat Hickland who was married to the guy who played Michael Knight on Knight Rider (David Hasselhoff) and then the guy who played Tad's son on AMC played Michael Knight on the Knight Rider remake.

IRONY AT IT'S FINEST!

Thank you to everyone who provided clips/screencaps/magazine shots in this thread. Amazing & I throughly enjoyed looking at them! Omg I am dying thinking about no longer having AMC in my life.

I forgot that Lily once thought Aidan was her bf

I remember loving Lily & all of her S/L's (yes even Ava). What a great find Leven Rambin was. Of course Lily & Aiden were never going to work but I still liked the story and how the show went with it. I really miss Lily & Reggie and the whole Kane/Montgomery group as a whole. Erica/Jackson/Kendall/Bianca/Lily/Reggie were all amazing together to me!

Back to Lily, I think I'm in the minority but I LOVED her & Jonathon together. One of my fave S/L's was when Lily was lost in New York and Jonathan saved her from that lunatic rapist (played by Matt Walton). The NY location shoots were captured beautifully and I just loved the story behind it.

Oh wow, isn't that creeper Blair's husband, Eli?

I posted these once before, but no tribute would be complete without the AMC game

has anyone ever played the murder game?

has anyone ever played the murder game?

that reminds me of this

I'd never heard of this Murder Game. Wow.

I'd never heard of this Murder Game. Wow.

I have it.

I have it.

I would think the person who would have the most fun was the one who got to play Phoebe.

I wonder what rumors Hillary was squelching.

"No I did NOT have a baby with Tad and I did NOT name him Chin BamBam!"