6 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

That story seems a direct copy of ATWT from 1962 where Doug Cassen had to attend to Claire who had made a suicide attempt while he was supposed to attend to Mr Rice. The family complained and Claire exonerated him by finally confessing.

Sounds exactly the same.

Inspired by @MLH mentioning Michael Zaslow and his wife Susan appearing on Tattletales in 1976, here's a (presumably accurate) rundown of all the present or future soap actors who did the show in 1974-78, or 1982-84. Assuming this is true, it also reveals that the fabled "Dick & Fannie" week did happen in 1975.

https://markgoodson.fandom.com/wiki/Tattletales/Episode_Guide

I see the Tattletales episode guide @Franko and raise you this

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On 7/11/2025 at 11:44 PM, kalbir said:

I see the Tattletales episode guide @Franko and raise you this

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Love it!

I've mentioned before how I get a kick out of finding soaps "in the wild," i.e. random clips during movies. Things like the Capitol intro being seen when Daryl Hannah watches TV for the first time in Splash, etc. Every so often, it happens with books. Off the top of my head, Stephen King namedropped The Secret Storm in 'Salem's Lot and Santa Barbara in Needful Things. There's also Another World, which Guy's a recurring day player on, in Rosemary's Baby.

12 hours ago, Franko said:

There's also Another World, which Guy's a recurring day player on, in Rosemary's Baby.

Do you know whether it is mentioned in the movie as well?

@mikeaw1978 in case you want this for the AWHP -- I don't think I have seen it there.

33 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

Do you know whether it is mentioned in the movie as well?

I don't think so. In the book, Rosemary watches Guy on Another World while she's decorating the apartment. In the movie, she watches him in a Yamaha commercial. 

Yes, in Rosemary’s Baby (the novel by Ira Levin), Rosemary Woodhouse’s husband Guy is explicitly described as a “day player” on the soap opera Another World. Here's a direct reference from a film-criticism blog that cites this detail:

“She would never have married frustrated Another World day player Guy Woodhouse …” (willmckinley.wordpress.com)

This confirms that within the story, Guy is indeed an actor on Another World, and Rosemary watches his appearances as part of her insight into his career and frustrations. But, not in the movie.

Edited July 14Jul 14 by j swift

37 minutes ago, DeeVee said:

I don't think so. In the book, Rosemary watches Guy on Another World while she's decorating the apartment. In the movie, she watches him in a Yamaha commercial. 

Thanks very much. I am too big a chicken to have actually watched the movie, even for research.

Speaking of soaps and classic films, the script to Taxi Driver has a generic scene written by Paul Schrader rather than the excerpt from The Young and the Restless featured in the final movie.

 

1 minute ago, Franko said:

Speaking of soaps and classic films, the script to Taxi Driver has a generic scene written by Paul Schrader rather than the excerpt from The Young and the Restless featured in the final movie.

 

That's interesting! It's actually a Brock and Jill scene that gets used in the end, from when they got married, I think.

Does anyone think an American soap opera will ever have a large permanent outdoor set, as some of the British soaps do (Eastenders for example)?  I know it would be prohibitively expensive, unless/until the production and funding model of American soaps changes. Still, I think having consistent outdoor sets (as soaps have long-running in-studio sets) is important to the future of the genre.  Mind you -- not the most important thing. The most important thing is good writing.  And the second most important thing is good acting. 

30 minutes ago, Tisy-Lish said:

Does anyone think an American soap opera will ever have a large permanent outdoor set, as some of the British soaps do (Eastenders for example)?  I know it would be prohibitively expensive, unless/until the production and funding model of American soaps changes. Still, I think having consistent outdoor sets (as soaps have long-running in-studio sets) is important to the future of the genre.  Mind you -- not the most important thing. The most important thing is good writing.  And the second most important thing is good acting. 

Good question. Days had Salem Place (the outdoor shopping district set) from 1992-2004.

2 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

That's interesting! It's actually a Brock and Jill scene that gets used in the end, from when they got married, I think.

It would be great if Columbia made that episode available, too. Or the Victor/Nikki episodes used in Mr. Mom.

12 minutes ago, Franko said:

Good question. Days had Salem Place (the outdoor shopping district set) from 1992-2004.

Great point. And yes, I was remembering Salem Place.  It has probably been the longest running outdoor set on a US soap. But unfortunately is wasn't permanent.  So it disappeared. I think American soaps are ready for outdoor sets that last throughout the life of the show.  But paying for those sets is going to be the problem.  Unless they exist on the studio's property.  

Edited July 15Jul 15 by Tisy-Lish

1 hour ago, Tisy-Lish said:

Does anyone think an American soap opera will ever have a large permanent outdoor set, as some of the British soaps do (Eastenders for example)?  I know it would be prohibitively expensive, unless/until the production and funding model of American soaps changes. Still, I think having consistent outdoor sets (as soaps have long-running in-studio sets) is important to the future of the genre.  Mind you -- not the most important thing. The most important thing is good writing.  And the second most important thing is good acting. 

That's what DAYS was doing with Horton Square. 

23 minutes ago, Tisy-Lish said:

Great point. And yes, I was remembering Salem Place.  It has probably been the longest running outdoor set on a US soap. But unfortunately is wasn't permanent.  So it disappeared. I think American soaps are ready for outdoor sets that last throughout the life of the show.  But paying for those sets is going to be the problem.  Unless they exist on the studio's property.  

It was permanent but they moved. 

17 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

That's what DAYS was doing with Horton Square. 

It was permanent but they moved. 

Right. It was torn down and replaced by Warner Bros. office space and a new gate installation at Burbank Studios.