~~~As one of the 'vets' who was around for
all 35yrs Another World aired on nbc,
and now BEYOND...........
I can honestly say there have been periods in my life
when settling in with the residents of *BayCity* have
helped me weather some of the worst passages.
Even now...ten years after nbc cut us off...the SPIRIT is
alive&well in wonderful places like this board. We have our
*guilty pleasure* back thanks to AOL & hulu,
along with our *buds* in residence here to share it all with...
Two actresses were very important to me for very different
reasons...Constance Ford & Judi Evans Luciano...it wasn't only
their incredible portrayals of the characters. At times I felt as
though they were *reaching out* to me during times when I
truly 'needed' an extra *push* to snap out of it.
Here's the question:
Has Another World
ever impacted your life in a significant way?
I can honestly say there have been periods in my life
when settling in with the residents of *BayCity* have
helped me weather some of the worst passages.
Me too, especially in the late 80's/early 90's. Sometimes the only bright spot in my day came from knowing that I had an episode of AW waiting for me on the VCR when I got home. And when I discovered that AW's "Felicia" also had a Lifetime talk show, Attitudes, that's when Linda Dano became a huge influence in my life. To this day, she remains my favorite actress and one of my favorite people.
It's no accident that my vault only covers AW from about 1988-1993. I don't remember when or how but I must have weathered the rough patch and moved on both from the show and from absorbing everything about it. I know that the local affiliate stopped airing it around 1994 and I had to rely on my *Janie* to send vids so that may have helped in weaning me off of my daily *fix*. Also, the Felicia/John and Frankie's death s/l's contributed to my withdrawal as well. By the time the DH came along in 1998, I don't even remember if I watched at all although when I asked him recently he told me that I mentioned the show to him but he was not aware I was a huge fan. I never stopped *following* AW so I was able to keep up through other sources (mags, TV Guide updates, etc.). I didn't even own a computer until moving in with the DH in 2001 so I didn't track anything that way.
So that leads me back to this board. I think it was Sept/Oct 2006 I stumbled upon the SN board and first lurked and then started posting. NO ONE other than my *Janie* who had moved to the East Coast (thus her ability to tape the epi's for me) watched AW on a full-time basis so I was thrilled to find all the SN posters and began *chatting* about my years-ago love for AW. That lead me to dig the vault out of the garage and then when SN cut us off at the knees, I joined this board the first day that Wendy told us about it.
I LOVE having a place to discuss *our show*, gush over *our actors* and hang out with new friends. And to have the opportunity to go back and watch the early antics of Mac, Rachel, Cecile, Mitch, Jamie through the AOL vids and now to relive Fanny & Luke, Dean & Jenna, The Goddess Lorna, Jake & JE's Paulina, through HULU, well, that's just icing on the cake.
I am one happy little camper.
A _________________ "It has been a magnificent journey..." ~ Linda Dano, 1999 Daytime Emmys
AW has had a HUGE impact on my life in a lot of ways.
My brother Adam watched the reruns on SN, and I noticed him watching one day and asked him what it was he was watching. "Another World," he told me. I still remember the scene--Iris and Mac at the '88 Snowflake Ball.
"Daddy, why doesn't anybody ever love me the way I love them?"
"I love you, sweetheart."
My grandma died after eight years of hell caused by various illnesses shortly after this.
I had watched other soaps growing up--raised on especially ATWT and Y&R, dabbled in AMC in high school and GL in high school/college, with a little bit of pre-way-out-there stories on Days thrown in--but never AW. So I went online to research the show. The first site I found was Eddie's. I started reading about the show, the couples, the families, the characters. Then I asked Adam where they were on SN. December 1988 heading into 1989, he told me.
I read the data on all of the couples at Eddie's site. And the two couples that jumped out at me were Cass and Frankie, and Mac and Rachel. From what Adam said, I knew that there wasn't much time left for Mac and Rachel, but that Frankie had not yet arrived. This led to our humorous exchanges every day:
ME: "Jason get killed yet?" (I knew that Frankie didn't arrive until Jason was killed.)
ADAM: "No, not yet."
This went on every day for almost two months. Then one day, before I could ask, Adam said, "Felicia's birthday party started today. You better start taping the show every day."
So I did.
Frankie didn't arrive until about six weeks after Jason was killed.
And the funny thing to me now is, I thought I'd only be watching for Cass and Frankie (and for what was left of Mac and Rachel).
But in those six weeks, I got to know who else was who in Bay City, and found that I liked several of those people, and even hated some of them.
Mac's death helped me deal with the final loss of my own grandmother. The scene of Rachel at Mac's grave, her "I won't be coming here to visit you very often because this is not how I want to remember you" monologue...Very few things in my life have ever made as much sense to me as that did, and still does.
My opinions of some characters changed. I started out hating Iris, hating Anne's Vicky, and liking Stacey. Over time, I came to love Vicky, really like Iris, and hate Stacey.
I see shades of my grandma in Ada and in Bridget every time I watch them.
About a year after I started watching the show, someone asked half-jokingly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I replied earnestly, "Frankie Frame for about the next 10-15 years, and Rachel Cory after that."
I was devastated when SN yanked the show away from us. I cried. And Janie really came through in a big way, and I kept it going at YouTube for everyone, and then HULU came through for us just a little over a month ago. And we have the 1981 episodes on AOL, which I hope will continue on and on through the '80s, as there is so much more to see.
But the most important thing, and the biggest impact, that AW has had on my life is that it has given me you guys--the first real, true friends of my life. You like and accept me for who I really am. That never happened before you. Well, except with my grandma. And that is a gift beyond measure that I am grateful for every day of my life.
Getting me through the rough times? Oh yeah, absolutely, big time! That's partly why I spend so much time in *Another World* between videotapes, fanfics, AOL, my own videos with music, and soon HULU.
In looking back at this, and looking ahead to what's to come, nothing has had as big or as positive an impact on my life as AW.
My first memories of watching AW was in 1979. At the time I think I only saw a few episodes. I was still living with my parents before I left for college. I remember Rachel trying to get Jamie away from Blaine because she didn't think Blaine was good enough for her son. Those shows unfortunately probably don't exist today.
It wasn't until 1991 many years later that I got into it again. During the 80's I was mostly into General Hospital. Like most here have said the soaps were sometimes an escape from difficult times in my life. I am now divorced but during the 90's I was in an unhappy marriage so I saw in the soaps what was lacking in my personal life. The reason I started watching again in 1991 was because I was working half days and I watched AW when I got home and was eating my lunch. It's odd that it's the same year that HULU is now showing. The show roped me in due to the great writing. I feel like I'm in the minority on this board because my all time fave couple is Josie and Gary. I got to enjoy the romance in their life that was lacking in my own. Hopefully HULU will go on long enough so I can relive them and also find other fans of theirs online. I usually felt the show as a whole was great with few fast forward moments until the last few years. Glad I can now relive, see shows I've missed and hear others opinions online about AW.
Sharon _________________ I'm not fighting this anymore, it's no use.
I especially loved Amy Carlson as *Josie*, and TG as *Gary*...
but I came to love Nadine&John too.
It's so cool that they are another one of our couples who
started their relationship after they met on the show.
I believe they are still married like MPK&TIG.
What's your take on the whole *Josie~Cameron* thing??
KTin, I'm so excited to find another G&J fan on this board. Guess I should of spoke up sooner, but I didn't know if anyone else here was interested in them. In my mind Amy and Tim are Josie and Gary. John and Nadine are like a different couple to me and not near as exciting.(with all due respect to the actors, they just had a hard act to follow)
Being a fan, I've followed Tim and Amy's careers after they left the show. Yes they dated but they split up. Last I heard Amy had a baby, but I'm not sure if she got married. Tim is on his second marriage and left show business after playing Kevin on OLTL. After OLTL Tim found success being the model for Max Payne in the Max Payne 2 video game. One thing Amy did after AW was play a fire fighter on Third Watch a show I loved.
The Josie and Cameron thing bothered me a lot and I was kind of glad Amy and Tim were not playing the characters when that happened.
Amy was okay with JMcM but to me she didn't have near as much chemistry as she had with TG.
Thanks for posting that great picture!
Sharon
KTinVA3 wrote:
~~~Sharon, I'm a big *J&G* fan too.
I especially loved Amy Carlson as *Josie*, and TG as *Gary*...
but I came to love Nadine&John too.
It's so cool that they are another one of our couples who
started their relationship after they met on the show.
I believe they are still married like MPK&TIG.
What's your take on the whole *Josie~Cameron* thing??
Did you enjoy her Amy's stint with JMcM??
Spoiler:
_________________ I'm not fighting this anymore, it's no use.
~~~Sharon, did you catch Amy's episode of Criminal Minds
last week? I'm hoping TPTB bring her back...*she*{CeCe}
was flirting with Thomas Gibson's stoic character &
I'd love to see them as a couple. Amy's character was
somewhat like the A.D.A. she played on "L&O~Trial by Jury".
Amy's page at tv.com is loaded with great info &
some beautiful photos of *our* girl.
I actually liked Josie (as played by AC) & Gary, individually, and as a couple as well. I wasn't crazy about Josie (who I dubbed *Hosie*) when she was played by Alexandria Wilson but that wasn't completely her fault, the character was annoying. When AC took over, I liked her a lot and when she hooked up with Gary, who was friends/AA buds with Felicia (so naturally I watched him), I thought it was a good match. Didn't Josie & Gary sneak around at first cuz it was against department policy for officers to hook up?
After they left the show, I watched TG (who was real-life friends with LD) on OLTL and followed Amy Carlson as well. I watched every episode of Third Watch so didn't miss a thing with her there. I thought she and Bebe Newirth did a decent job on L&O: Trial by Jury but I could tell it was going to be an uphill battle for that one to stay on the air (didn't they give it a Friday kiss-of-death timeslot?). Amy must have remained friends with LD (I cringed when *Josie* would rip into *Felicia* over the affair with John) since she was at her last birthday party (hmmm...I can't find the pic anymore) ~
I didn't see either of the other actors as Josie & Gary nor did I see Cameron.
A _________________ "It has been a magnificent journey..." ~ Linda Dano, 1999 Daytime Emmys
Yes I was able to see Amy on Criminal Minds last season. A few of the Third Watch actors have been on CM because the executive producer of the show was also the EP of Third Watch.
It seems like most AW fans like AC the best as Josie. I didn't see a lot of Alexandria so it's hard for me to judge her. The last Josie, Nadine, looked like Amy but in my mind could not compare acting wise. She also was, unfortunately, in the bad sleeping with Cameron storyline.
Yes they keep their affair quiet at first due to department policy. I have edits of the first couple of years for J&G.
One thing that I'm sure will make me odd on this board is that I liked Amanda and Cameron, but not as much as J&G. That made the Josie and Cameron thing even more yucky for me.
Thanks for your comments,
Sharon _________________ I'm not fighting this anymore, it's no use.
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