Another World - July 1968
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- Here’s a reupload of a rare sequence of episodes of AW that was posted before the original uploader’s channel was deleted. This sequence of episodes are dated to July 1968.
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This period and these actors were Another World back when I was an 8 year old. I still have such deep memories and so grateful for this video. I'm 65 now and it seems almost like yesterday I watched at 3pm with my mom . Sweet memory.
Me 2 and I am 74
@@sandranorman5469 Cheers Sandra 😘
I also remember sitting beside or even in my Mom's lap as a small child while she watched this show. I lost my first tooth during one of those though I can't remember if it was this show or one called Edge Of Night.
I remember Constance Ford as Ada. I had no idea she started playing Ada on Another World way back in 1967 and that she was the only actress to play the character til her death. In real life, Constance Ford was a lesbian. It’s a shame that actors back then had to hide their true sexuality for fear of getting fired and never acting again. Susan Flannery & Joanna Johnson of Bold and the Beautiful fame also had to hide their sexuality (both lesbians) from the public eye as well.
@@trevorbayers2175 I was blown away when I found out. They also say that Jane Elliot (Tracy GH, Ex Angelica Deveraux Days Of Our Lives, Ex Cynthia Preston All My Children, and Carrie Marler Gudiing Light and Diedre Hall Marlena Evans Days Of Our Lives are also Gay as well. Constance also played the nasty mother in A Summer Place with Troy Donahue & Sandra Dee whose names were featured in Grease, then Maureen Garrett came out as well. In The UK, it's no big deal now but Amanda Barrie who played Alma Sedgewick Baldwin and Bev Tull on Coronation Street and Bad Girls had to hide. Boy was Rachel some nosey
Robin Strasser as the original Rachel. She was wonderful!
Robin Strasser WAS Rachel! When Rachel went goody-goody that was around the time I quit watching.
@@davefuller3311 I read at one point she was so wicked, that half the audience wanted her character dead. The writing..and Robin...was THAT good LOL
@@travisdavis7591 She had no filters and no boundaries. Robin was absolutely gorgeous! She had beautiful, long dark hair and a lovely face. She hungered for social status and money and she did really awful things to try to get both. She was definitely a character audiences loved to hate!
@@davefuller3311 - When Robin Strasser played the role of Rachel, the character was a minx. A scheming troublemaker who was always stirring the pot and causing drama.
When Victoria Wyndham took over the part, Rachel was an outright nasty piece of work who was determine to wreck Alice's happiness by any means necessary.
Wyndham remarked that the hatred for her character (by viewers) was so strong that she realised that any hope of longevity for her on the show meant that at some point, her character had to change.
They should've kept the character as a villian
I can't believe I've discovered this! After 50+ years I get to revisit "the scene of the crime". We had no idea what we were watching begin. George Reinholt was dubbed "the most exciting man on television" in the 70's and ended up a centerfold in a womens' magazine which sold out in days. Yes, I had one and I'm betting some of those feminists who decried the female centerfolds did too even it they'd never admit it.
I loved Ann Wedgeworth as Lahoma and nearly cried when she caught the bouquet but never thought she'd get the man she loved. I worked at the downtown Jacksonville Morrisons Cafeteria and a bunch of us, men and women, would watch this on a 9-inch b&w between shifts. Half of us wanted Sam to marry Lee and the rest Lahoma. She won and they got their own serial, Somerset. Thanks for the memories.
I've seen this one but I love it especially since Agnes Nixon was writing at the time and she knew how to write a soap
And it was around the time these AW episodes aired that ONE LIFE TO LIVE (created by Agnes Nixon) premiered (7-15-68).
She was under the wing of Irna Phillips, Soap Opera's Queen as well Harding Lemay who then to her chagrin, took over the whole show and transformed AW and Daytime Drama forever.
@@michaelrandall4862 She really new her stuff. She did alot for Soaps. Bringing Black & Latin Actors on The Show, dealing with Cancer and LGBT Issues. One of the Girls in her Sorority was Gay and she had to keep it on the quiet. Also in Lesbian Pulp Fiction Books I Am A Woman (Previously titled as I Am A Woman In Love With A Woman, Must Society Reject Me), and Spring Fire took place in Sororities.
Audra Lindley as Aunt Liz! Wow, I didn't think there was any surviving footage of her.
Boy how she hated Missy
@@sandranorman5469It's eerie. She played a meddling, nosey mother on another world, then she played a meddling landlady on Three's Company based on The UK Sitcom, Man About The House. I also had no idea that Irene Dailey was Gay as was Constance Ford. I loved the voice of Bill Wolfe.
My late Aunt Beverly & grandmother watched Another World throughout it's 35 year run 1964-99. It was this show that they made the soap switch to NBC including Days of Our Lives (still on), The Doctors, and Somerset.
Wow Steven Frame meeting Alice Matthews! Seriously, this is daytime legend. They were one of the first supercouples and set up the Rachel-Steven Frame-Alice Matthews triangle. It's amazing to think this scene ever happened. Robin Strasser was a great young Rachel.
Yes those two meeting was the beginning of the show being a success. Sadly try as they might Jacqeline Courtney & George Reinholt (RIP) could never duplicate the same success most notably on One Life To Live.
Thank you very much for this! And greetings from Italy
Ciao!!!!
This is priceless!
Robin Strasser is very good as a young Rachel. It’s clear to see from this segment that Agnes Nixon created both Rachel/Ada & Erica/Mona. I believe she said that somewhere. Robin Strasser’s Rachel motivations was very similar to those of Erica Kane(wasn’t a fan of hers) but I liked the way Rachel developed later on and maintained her character conflict in more relatable ways IMO. Not just for Drama & TV.
Yes Rachel was created first by Agnes Nixon and Erica Kane was based on Rachel and they both had similarities such as both had aspirations to go to Hollywood and the daughter -mother dynamic of Rachel and Ada was like Erica and Mona.
I agree with all you've spoken. Erica didn't hold a candle to Robin's Rachel. Robin excited me with her acting and portrayal of Rachel Davis.
@@jabjab4434When did Victoria Wyndham take over Rachael?
@tackcolin6645 Robin left the role to go to AMC in 1972 so sometime after that Victoria joined AW.
@@jabjab4434 Thank you
This is like a prequel to Three's Company with Mrs. Roper, Lana, and Mr. Angelino!
My God! You are so right on, I was besides myself wondering who that was, his voice was so familiar. Is it true that Val Dufour (Ex Walter Curtin) was Gay? Robert Gentry (Ex Philippe Lyons) & (Ex Craig Davis) was Gay and it was rumoured that George Reinholt was which resulted in him being an alcoholic. I could be wrong.
Also don't forget that Three's Company was one of many UK Shows that had American Versions. So many shows came from the uk back in the day and today.
I started watching another world in 1964. And watched it for many years…The Matthews family..liked Pat and Alice …Steve…Robin Strasser(she was after Steve at one point time..but he truly loved Alice)… (the first Rachel) and Ada(mother)….later Mac and his daughter Iris….i think it was a half hour to begin with…(it has been so long ago …..)but I loved “another World”
Thanks so much for posting. I started watching on and off a few months after these aired, but got pretty involved in the early 70s. This triple set of episodes gives the full insight into the Rachel, Ada, Russ, Alice and Steve backstory!
I live in Canada and they started broadcasting Another World back in 1972 until it's cancellation in 1999.
Might not be the room for this comment but I worshiped Pat versus Dorian on One Life to live. I never got to see them here but they really played up the history on the other show. They were magically
I love the organ theme, the NBC snake chimes and the voice of Bill Wolff.
When soaps were great.
I told UK Soap Fans how US Soaps were created and they were blown away. In one of the early episodes of Eastenders (1985) they had a Package of Pampers. In The UK Tony Warren who created Coronation Street had to go through alot of Red Tape but he never gave up and last year it celebrated 60 Years On The Air. Daran Little who wrote For All My Children & Y & R now Writes for Eastenders. Now more than ever alot of US Folks watch UK Soaps and they love them.
wow I started watching 1974. This is fun to watch ☺️
Another World one of the best soap operas I know
Wow do I ever fell old but love this ,l,
WOW!
Wow watching this classic reminds me of how bad the budget for soaps are today in 2022 they no longer do weddings in churches today they now film weddings at someone else house they no longer have a very large number of extras it's just a very small number of castmembers probably due to covid but wow back in the 60s 70s and 80s and maybe 90s all of the soaps had such big big budgets back then but today it's just not the same those four soaps just don't have the superior writing that another world somerset Texas guiding light and as the world turns or even one life to live plus a number of others all had bit yeah if you compare the way they filmed weddings back then and the way they film weddings now the magic is gone daytime doesn't have much life left all of the really good ones are all gone
My God! Rachel/Ada and Erica/Mona from All My Children had one thing in common, they grew up on the Blue Collar side of town, who didn't have much but worked their way out although they did some unscrupulous things to get there, Rachel learned her lesson but to some degree it took Erica longer.
Best soap opera the classics. Nice clean wholesome. I was 13 yrs in 1968. The soap operas today ate trashy. Sex drugs you name it baaahaaahaa. Classics are far the best.
I don't watch soap operas myself, but I agree that the few remaining soaps are quite trashy.
Thanks for the upload !! So the color was taken out !! ?? Steve Frame !!
No, it ALREADY had NO color. This was taped in B&W apparently.
@@EdwynNSanchezThank you. I wish More RS episodes were available !!😂😂
Shame about the quality in this. BECAUSE was a favourite song of Auntie Fan from 1980s Nottingham U K.
The original core family, the Matthews family, were the best thing about this show. When it focused on them & their associates / friend's, they were the Golden years of the show.
The mistake was killing off Mary Matthews, replacing Alice, and writing out Pat & her family.
Rachel & Mac were good, but they shouldnt have been made the focus of the show instead of the Matthews / Randolphs / Frames.
And the silly over the top characters & plots from the 80s ruined the show further.
I didn't watch into the 90s.
Had Another World not made all those errors in the 70s / early 80s, it probably would have lasted longer and kept higher ratings like OLTL or ATWT.
I loved the Matthews family and I agree they should have remained the core of the show.
I lament the exit of all the Matthewes, too, but Mac/Rachel/Iris is the storyline that sent the show to the top of the ratings.
@@greenbrown7776 Not true. You'll see that's incorrect if you were aware of the history of the show. Highest ratings were between late 1960s to late 1970s. Mac came mid 70s. Highest ratings were the Alice / Steve / Rachel years. Ratings were already high with Mac/ Rachel / Iris stories , which helped it stay strong for a few more years, before it slipped (badly) in late 70s.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_daytime_soap_opera_ratings
I keep trying to post the actual text but it will not show up here. "Another World" didn't have high ratings the first couple of years, but it was the No. 2 show for the 1967-68 season and No. 3 for the 1968-69 season. It then dropped out of the Top 3 for several years but was still quite respectable, never less than the No. 6 show.
But when Harding Lemay came aboard in 1971 and eventually started penning first Iris, then Mac, then the triangle with Rachel, it went back up.
In the 1972-73 season, it was No. 3 again. '73 and '74, it was tied for No. 2 with "Days." Same deal with '74-'75, when we were entering peak Mac/Rachel/Iris. In '75-'76, it had the No. 2 spot to itself. In '76-'77, still No. 2. In 1977-78, STILL No. 2 (always trailing "As the World Turns").
Iris first joined in December 1972. Mac first appeared May 1973. That was the beginning of its second rise in the ratings and its longest sustained period in the Top 3. Of course, both the Matthewses and Randolphs were still heavily involved at the time, even if Mac/Rachel/Iris got the most thunder.
Then in 1978-79, AW dropped to No. 8 and never recovered and the ABC soaps took over in the 1980s. But AW had a much longer run near the top of the ratings in 1970s with Mac/Iris/Rachel in the 1960s with Rachel/Steve/Alice -- just two years in the 1960s.
I think these are the things that diminished Another World, and many of them occurred around that 78-79 period or not long after:
-- Going to 90 minutes. Way too much for even a 1970s audience to watch every day.
-- Flooding the show with Texans who just didn't fit in and then sending Iris off to "Texas."
-- New Alices that didn't work.
-- Killing John Randolph in the fire and eventually sending Beverly Penberthy packing in 1982.
-- Failing to find an effective counteroffer to the youth storylines on the ABC soaps. They had no answer to Luke and Laura and Jenny and Greg, etc.
By the time they foolish let Beverly Penberthy go (probably their best actress on the show), they had lost their way. They often started off with promising new characters and families but never gave them time to stick.
Is thst the original Alice Frame Mathews ?? Isn't that the actess from Evening shade at 41:23 ??
Wow that’s a young Dorian lord
Fabulous Love too find more of the Alma Rudder or when pat was on trial in 79
Gad zooks Alma Rudder was horrifying wasn't she? The actress who played her was wonderful. She showed up years later on Roseanne as the owner of the beauty shop Crystal went to that Rosie got a job sweeping hair and making coffee. "Alma Rudder!" i shouted at the t.v. as she appeared. Everyone in the room thought that the actress was a friend of mine. She played a smart, kind and lady who knew she was a bit odd. And remember how depressing and strange Blaine's mother Jean was?
@@michaelrandall4862 Yes and I laughed when she always mispronounced Cecile's name as "Cecil".
"I want that negative." You don't hear that anymore! Lol
Wow I never noticed how these guys had large large wide areas above their brow into their hair
Isn't that Mrs. Roper from Three's Company? 34.11 And Lana from Three's Company! 40.57
Yes
Audra Lindley originated the role in 1964.
No way she is number 2 Sarah cullingham was the original Liz aura Lindsey replaced her with in a month john Beal was original Jim Mathews Hugh Marlowe replaced him to Jane Cameron was original Susan Mathews she was replaced by Lisa elderson it was irna Phillips she fire these people she said they was not right I read her book and history of another world I buy it years ago thanks
Also Mr. Angelino and Lana from Three's Company are also in this episode.
@@michaelscire8313 Also Don Knotts was on it's Sister Show The Edge Of Night.
I for got but was Alace and Racha sisters ,,,
Sisters-in-law? Yes, Rachel was married to Alice's brother Russ.
And My MARRIED Name is
Sandford…The BUTLER DID IT…Santa Barbara and CHANGO for the rest of YOU…THIS IS WHOPPING CRANE LEMAY and God Bless, America..Love Cuba..where I am certain no Cuban ever would have clever enough to come up with a title as Original as Another World…or Otro Mundo..,❤❤❤
I used to love to hate Rachel, especially when Robin Strasser played her. Many forget that she originated the role and was really good. Actually I prefer her to Victoria Wyndham.