- Awards
- 24
Yeah....on balance I would give that title to Pratt, like you say. I mean, who else would inspire these videos? It was AI before anyone even knew what AI would become.
Classic Soaps All My Children
- Thread starter cijimccashin
- Start date
- Copy link Copy link
Charles Pratt Jr - didn't he have a falling out with the Dobsons on Santa Barbara, leading them to sue NBC and New World?
He was also on Y&R as co executive producer alongside Mal Young (to UK audiences, yes that Mal Young behind the UK soaps) but their tenure didn't work out.
- Awards
- 4
Charles was also the head writer for a year before Mal Young got hired. I know it may be controversial to say this but I happen to enjoy his time at Y&R. It was probably the last time that show entertained me.
I recall Mal Young's appointment didn't go down well with Y&R fans, and I believe also Eric Braeden.
- Awards
- 4
That's true. I don't think he did too badly either. I believe the disconnect with his material was his style of writing.
- Awards
- 4
Cast Press Junkets:
On Donahue in 1993
20th anniversary Oprah special
part 1
part 2
part 3
youtu.be
On Donahue in 1993
20th anniversary Oprah special
part 1
All My Children - 20th Anniversary on Oprah - Part 3
All My Children, 1990, 20th Anniversary on Oprah, Part 1, Julia Barr, David Canary, Debbie Morgan, Ruth Warrick, Richard Shoberg, Susan Lucci
youtu.be
- Awards
- 4
A behind-the-scenes documentary special in 1981. View quick videos like this can be removed.
- Awards
- 4
Are there any fans of Angie & Jesse? Daytime first African American super couple. They were a delicious pairing, with beautiful chemistry, and an immensely talented duo. Their 2008 wedding happen to be one of my favorite wedding ceremonies.
- Awards
- 22
Janet Green/Jane Cox was fun. Robin Mattson was great as Janet from Another Planet. BTW, really liked when Trevor has those sideburns around 1994. Her telling off the people of Pine Valley was nice too. Steve Kanely from Dallas was in the audience in the video as Seabone Hunkle.
I also rather enjoyed the Adam and Stuart Chandler dynamic, especially when they appeared in the same scene.
- Awards
- 4
Yes, Robin nailed that role. She knew how to make us viewers root for Janet! Such a shame neither she nor Kate Collins has an Emmy for playing Janet.
That court scene is a great example of why she deserves one. And has to be one of finest moments on the show. I remember Steve Kanely on the show he played Dixie's father. Trevor was very popular with female viewers, he got more fan mail than Both of actresses playing Janet lol.
I enjoyed Adam and Stuart too. I always smiled when they acted together, I loved their storyline with Glory. Stuart is my favorite out of the bros. He just brings a lot of heart to the show.
I think I loved all of Stuart pairings too!
Last edited:
- Awards
- 4
Erica vs. Brooke
Erica vs. Maria
- Awards
- 4
- Awards
- 4
- Awards
- 4
- Awards
- 24
In current story on General Hospital, an effort is being made to create crossover stories to AMC's Pine Valley and its characters. GH has already done this with links created to One Life to Live's Llanview and even Ryan's Hope's Riverside/New York City. GH characters visited and interacted with Jackson Montgomery at his PV office, and Willey has stated that Jack will appear again later this month. The most interesting aspect of the story however, hints that Martin Gray (a GH character played by AMC vet Michael E. Knight) not only lived in PV at one time, but was apparently married to a prominent, rich PV resident he only refers to as "Ex-Wife #3". The overwhelming hints lead the viewer to believe EW3 is in fact Erica Kane, though they have been VERY stingy with hints lately...in fact, they barely have mentioned Martin's mystery past with EW3 since Lucy and Felicia returned from Pine Valley. This might be an effect of the Writers' Strike, but they're obviously building up to something in an effort to do some fan service for AMC fans.
The hints about Martin's ex gives the idea that she is (or WAS) involved in the cosmetics industry and has Jack doing her legal work, which includes sending Martin $50k a month in alimony, ostensibly to keep his mouth shut about trade secrets from within her company. But wouldn't you know, he indirectly blabbed about one such trade secret to his girlfriend Lucy, who also runs a cosmetics company. She took his "idea" and developed a device to tighten wrinkles that is apparently a runaway success---but now that it's a success, he keeps telling Lucy not to disclose that he gave her the idea. He also refuses to marry Lucy because (she found out) he would then lose that $50k per month from EW3. Though it would be a major coup if they could get Susan Lucci to do a guest stint as Erica to nail Martin (and ruin Lucy's company), they have to be hedging their bets in case she opts not to make an appearance. It made me wonder if they could pick another popular (though not AS popular) AMC character to play EW3, someone who had more ties to Tad Martin (Michael E. Knight's AMC character). Knight might be a bit too old for Alicia Minshew's Kendall, but Kendall did have interest in a cosmetics company. My dream would be Marcy Walker's Liza, but Walker is no longer acting and is in fact a youth minister. Another good consolation prize would be Jennifer Bassey's Marian Colby....both could joke that "Martin" reminds them of another "cad" they became entangled with years before.
The hints about Martin's ex gives the idea that she is (or WAS) involved in the cosmetics industry and has Jack doing her legal work, which includes sending Martin $50k a month in alimony, ostensibly to keep his mouth shut about trade secrets from within her company. But wouldn't you know, he indirectly blabbed about one such trade secret to his girlfriend Lucy, who also runs a cosmetics company. She took his "idea" and developed a device to tighten wrinkles that is apparently a runaway success---but now that it's a success, he keeps telling Lucy not to disclose that he gave her the idea. He also refuses to marry Lucy because (she found out) he would then lose that $50k per month from EW3. Though it would be a major coup if they could get Susan Lucci to do a guest stint as Erica to nail Martin (and ruin Lucy's company), they have to be hedging their bets in case she opts not to make an appearance. It made me wonder if they could pick another popular (though not AS popular) AMC character to play EW3, someone who had more ties to Tad Martin (Michael E. Knight's AMC character). Knight might be a bit too old for Alicia Minshew's Kendall, but Kendall did have interest in a cosmetics company. My dream would be Marcy Walker's Liza, but Walker is no longer acting and is in fact a youth minister. Another good consolation prize would be Jennifer Bassey's Marian Colby....both could joke that "Martin" reminds them of another "cad" they became entangled with years before.
- Awards
- 22
- Awards
- 22
The Adam and Stuart Chandler dynamic was always fun to watch. David Canary was such a talent.
- Awards
- 4
@Daniel Avery I would love to see Erica make an appearance. Who remembers the fan episode of Etica and Tad's wedding?
Tad's actual third wife would be Dixie. That's his most popular couple, so it could be her.
Marcy Walker has retired but Liza did help Greenlee and Kendall start their cosmetic company "Fusion". Maybe, Jamie Lunar could come on as Liza.
BTW, Dr. Angela Hubbard would make the perfect character to bring to General Hospital, and she brings her Doctor son, and cop husband with her!
Tad's actual third wife would be Dixie. That's his most popular couple, so it could be her.
Marcy Walker has retired but Liza did help Greenlee and Kendall start their cosmetic company "Fusion". Maybe, Jamie Lunar could come on as Liza.
BTW, Dr. Angela Hubbard would make the perfect character to bring to General Hospital, and she brings her Doctor son, and cop husband with her!
Last edited:
- Awards
- 24
Cady McLain would be a great stunt-casting event, though she'd likely play a different character than Dixie (since Martin has been well established to NOT be Tad Martin) and I'm not sure it would have the same impact with them playing different characters. Jack acted as if he knew Martin from the marriage to EW3. It's all kind of weird since we are expected to have some characters cross over and know one another, while others "look just like someone they know" but nothing is said of the resemblance. Jack wanted to have Lucy and Felicia arrested for breaking into his office (trying to dig up dirt on Martin's divorce) but the ladies called Jack's "old friend" Anna Devane and she talked Jack into letting them go. Anna blackmailed Martin last year using the information she had about his third wife, but it was not stated in the conversation if she knows EW3 personally, or if she even knew the identity of EW3.
- Awards
- 10
I am loving the AMC stuff now. Perhaps Martin is really Tad under an alias, and Dixie is EW3. I first watched AMC the summer of 2002 when I got SoapNet. I loved the coupling of David and Anna. For me AMC and the character of David were never the same after Anna left in the fall of 2003. I felt she was his soul mate, and I'd love David to come to GH in the midst of these crossovers. He and Anna could discover Leora is actually alive. Vanessa survived the fall at the cliff with Leo and had paid henchmen pose as surgeons who led David to believe she died. Vanessa raised her in Europe. I believe Marj Dusay passed away, so Leora inherited her grandmother's empire and is an evil mobster much to her parents' horror. Leo survived, but he is amnesiac and wheelchair bound. This leads Rebecca Budig to come back as Greenlee, who drops Ryan without hesitation to be with her man.
Last edited: