@chicagofrank2010 This is also how i'm dealing with the loss of OLTL - going back on YT and watching all the classic clips i can each day in as close to a chronological order as i can find! Thanks to everyone who's posted classic clips and please keep em coming!
I just saw the finale of OLTL and I want to thank you for posting this. I have been watching the show for over 20 years and now im watching the old shows now. One Life to Live will live in Internet Heaven forever.
Two incredible actresses! Judith Light is so earthy and heartfelt as Karen - her pain is all on the surface and you just want to protect her, and Slezak is so regal and dignified as Victoria - protecting all of that terrible darkness in her psyche.
One Life to Live, All My Children and General Hospital were great then and in the 1980s but now the storylines are old. GH is crap now because it's so focused on the Mob. They should at least keep OLTL on the air and cancel GH.
I agree with everyone who HATES the clips they play on OLTL rather than real scenes like this. The in-depth conversation is the hallmark of the Soap Opera. Other shows do not have the time to do it. That's why people love soaps -- one eavesdrops on intimate conversations and gets to know the characters intimately.
OH MY GOD. thats Viki. sorry to point out the total obvious but i just got a rush.....ive been watching one life to live and general hospital since i was born (thanks gram), but i never truly knew the Beginning of it all.....and i know this isnt the legit beginning, but it was waaaayy back in the day!
Wow...this is what GOOD acting on soaps should be!! I agree with most of the comments on here. This IS what soaps used to BE and UNFORTUNATELY never will be again. Soaps, IMHO, have gone down waaaaaaaay downhill since the 2000's. Some soaps in the early to mid 90's TRIED to get back to storytelling this but never really could.
What is striking is how long - but how compelling the scenes are. Now the writers can't write something this compelling. They can't write something that builds like this and explodes with great acting. They blame the audience for a short attention span - but they are to blame for not keeping viewers hooked.
@TheCats1963 This is so true... I didn't know soap scenes were ever as long as this one... Although, I still love OLTL... Seems like every decade it gets worse... All My Children is the same way... General Hospital is all about the mob now... I used to GH some, until the mob starting taking over of Port Charles more and more... Now I don't watch it all... Yep, soaps will never be as good as they were back in day...
I completely agree Mrob 75, One life was awesome before the buchannons ruined everything. They dealt with powerful social issues...wife beating with Brad and Jenny, prostitution and sexual addiction with Karen. My brother and I were in our teens and we were hooked!
Excellent scene - even Erika Slezak is pretty good (as opposed to the hysterical, over-the-top performances she has specialized in over the last 20 years).
OLTL is a shadow of this greatness nowadays. I suspect ABC will cancel it soon... Note how the network moved AMC out to Los Angeles (where it's other soap GH is based) but OLTL is still taped in New York. This once great soap has it's days numbered.
@ajwrangler1977 You are absolutely right. I think maybe 2012 if we are lucky will be the end of OLTL. The writers refuse to listen to the fans. We are tired of the same boring stories with Todd and Blair, Dorian has totally been turned into a cartoon just like they did with Alex Olanov who was one of the best bitches on OLTL. Then I think one of One life to lives most awful mistakes besidea letting these teens take over was killing off the character of Gabrielle Medina.
@zellcarey I also think that they lost their chance when they brought back Tina!! When Andrea Evans returned she was a severely "toned down" Tina that most of us remember. It's like they didn't know what to do with her and quickly lost her. I too am soooo tired of the "teen scene" that's taken over OLTL....Please!
@ajwrangler1977 Cont OLTL lacks the depth and drama now days. OLTL's biggest mistake has always been its habit of never keeping core oldtime characters on the show. Gabrielle Medina is one of those characters who can bring in the ratings and views. They brought her back only to kill her off. Just like they did with Lee Halpern in 2009. These characters have potential but tptb don't use them they just kill them off. Kim zimmer is returning to OLTL oct 1 as echo lets see how they use her.
Not just the acting and writing but the great direction has to be pointed out to. In my opinion it's the little things that used to make these scenes so great. Just the way Viki pulls her hands away shows you how every tiny part of these scenes were meticulously crafted.
I'll probably stand alone on this comment...I remember that this was the era just before the arrival of the "Buchanon" cowboys....Seems that OLTL before their arrival had some very DEEP and POWERFUL storylines Lots of social issues addressed (Did the Buchanons arrive on OLTL because of a new head writer at that time? Didn't they come to Llanview riding on the coat tails of the movie "Urban Cowboy" which was big at the time?) I seem to have enjoyed OLTL the most during this pre-Buchanon era.
@mrob75 I liked these episodes alot. They're more serious than the stuff in the 80's and way better than all the crap they do now. One of the posters who watched the show back then said that the EP Joe Stuart who took over in the late 70's brought in the Buchanan family & phased out the Lords and Woleks. It was to add more rich people & ride the coattails of Dallas & Urban Cowboy.
@marcowuzmypimp I agree. I think soaps in general became more serious in the 70s...esp late 70s-early 80s. We didn't really get that again till the 90s. And yes...daytime SUCKS today in comparison. Also...during this time Young and the Restless brought in the Abbotts...and then the Quartermaines had been firmly established and maybe OLTL just wanted a family to compete with them.
Thanks again for your postings! Amazing scene!! Couldn't help but notice how much they tried to make Judith look like her predecessor, Kathryn Breech (at least the hair; they did the same with Brynn Thayer after she took over from Kathy Glass, making her wear that bowl cut). However, Judith looked nothing like Kathryn, but proved ideal for this role! I remember "AW" first outfitted Susan Harney in clothes similar to what Jacquie Courtney's Alice wore in 1975.
@chicagofrank2010 This is also how i'm dealing with the loss of OLTL - going back on YT and watching all the classic clips i can each day in as close to a chronological order as i can find! Thanks to everyone who's posted classic clips and please keep em coming!
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I just saw the finale of OLTL and I want to thank you for posting this. I have been watching the show for over 20 years and now im watching the old shows now. One Life to Live will live in Internet Heaven forever.
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Two incredible actresses! Judith Light is so earthy and heartfelt as Karen - her pain is all on the surface and you just want to protect her, and Slezak is so regal and dignified as Victoria - protecting all of that terrible darkness in her psyche.
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Messylin 1 month ago
One Life to Live, All My Children and General Hospital were great then and in the 1980s but now the storylines are old. GH is crap now because it's so focused on the Mob. They should at least keep OLTL on the air and cancel GH.
Margie75 3 months ago
I agree with everyone who HATES the clips they play on OLTL rather than real scenes like this. The in-depth conversation is the hallmark of the Soap Opera. Other shows do not have the time to do it. That's why people love soaps -- one eavesdrops on intimate conversations and gets to know the characters intimately.
KGirl1953 5 months ago
100$ this was 1978 lol
MrCraigblaze 6 months ago
So awesome how did you find this clip
roxasinkh2 6 months ago
So Karen & Viki were friends? Wasn't Dorian (Claire Malis) a friend of Karen's after Judith Light took over the role, circa 1977?
tallulah1961 7 months ago
OH MY GOD. thats Viki. sorry to point out the total obvious but i just got a rush.....ive been watching one life to live and general hospital since i was born (thanks gram), but i never truly knew the Beginning of it all.....and i know this isnt the legit beginning, but it was waaaayy back in the day!
d92Minnesota 11 months ago
Wow...this is what GOOD acting on soaps should be!! I agree with most of the comments on here. This IS what soaps used to BE and UNFORTUNATELY never will be again. Soaps, IMHO, have gone down waaaaaaaay downhill since the 2000's. Some soaps in the early to mid 90's TRIED to get back to storytelling this but never really could.
dh1173 11 months ago
What is striking is how long - but how compelling the scenes are. Now the writers can't write something this compelling. They can't write something that builds like this and explodes with great acting. They blame the audience for a short attention span - but they are to blame for not keeping viewers hooked.
TheCats1963 1 year ago
@TheCats1963 This is so true... I didn't know soap scenes were ever as long as this one... Although, I still love OLTL... Seems like every decade it gets worse... All My Children is the same way... General Hospital is all about the mob now... I used to GH some, until the mob starting taking over of Port Charles more and more... Now I don't watch it all... Yep, soaps will never be as good as they were back in day...
sunrazor0 7 months ago
WOW!!! Amazing.
dolemitedavis 1 year ago
I completely agree Mrob 75, One life was awesome before the buchannons ruined everything. They dealt with powerful social issues...wife beating with Brad and Jenny, prostitution and sexual addiction with Karen. My brother and I were in our teens and we were hooked!
morpheusneo27 1 year ago
@morpheusneo27 I hate the Buchanans they ruined OLTL
carrielovejoy 1 year ago
Classic!
jasoncarly 1 year ago
Excellent scene - even Erika Slezak is pretty good (as opposed to the hysterical, over-the-top performances she has specialized in over the last 20 years).
kbirdusa 1 year ago
OLTL is a shadow of this greatness nowadays. I suspect ABC will cancel it soon... Note how the network moved AMC out to Los Angeles (where it's other soap GH is based) but OLTL is still taped in New York. This once great soap has it's days numbered.
ajwrangler1977 1 year ago
@ajwrangler1977 You are absolutely right. I think maybe 2012 if we are lucky will be the end of OLTL. The writers refuse to listen to the fans. We are tired of the same boring stories with Todd and Blair, Dorian has totally been turned into a cartoon just like they did with Alex Olanov who was one of the best bitches on OLTL. Then I think one of One life to lives most awful mistakes besidea letting these teens take over was killing off the character of Gabrielle Medina.
zellcarey 1 year ago
@zellcarey I also think that they lost their chance when they brought back Tina!! When Andrea Evans returned she was a severely "toned down" Tina that most of us remember. It's like they didn't know what to do with her and quickly lost her. I too am soooo tired of the "teen scene" that's taken over OLTL....Please!
mrob75 1 year ago
@ajwrangler1977 Cont OLTL lacks the depth and drama now days. OLTL's biggest mistake has always been its habit of never keeping core oldtime characters on the show. Gabrielle Medina is one of those characters who can bring in the ratings and views. They brought her back only to kill her off. Just like they did with Lee Halpern in 2009. These characters have potential but tptb don't use them they just kill them off. Kim zimmer is returning to OLTL oct 1 as echo lets see how they use her.
zellcarey 1 year ago
@zellcarey I'll bet the writer will probably kill off Kim Zimmer's character as well since she's not a teenager...Ha!
mrob75 1 year ago
@ajwrangler1977 all abc soaps stink nowdays and I don't watch! Soaps will die by 2015!
entertainme3000 1 year ago
Judith Light was one fine looking woman back in the day.
raiders75 1 year ago
Judith Light was one fine looking woman back in the day.
raiders75 1 year ago
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Judith Light was one fine woman back in the day.
raiders75 1 year ago
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Judith Light was one fine woman back in the day.
raiders75 1 year ago
Judith Light was one fine woman back in the day. :)
raiders75 1 year ago
Judith Light was one fine woman back in the day. :)
raiders75 1 year ago
was Judith Light going through some personal issues when she was on this show
Central85 1 year ago
Not just the acting and writing but the great direction has to be pointed out to. In my opinion it's the little things that used to make these scenes so great. Just the way Viki pulls her hands away shows you how every tiny part of these scenes were meticulously crafted.
zamusicza 1 year ago
I'll probably stand alone on this comment...I remember that this was the era just before the arrival of the "Buchanon" cowboys....Seems that OLTL before their arrival had some very DEEP and POWERFUL storylines Lots of social issues addressed (Did the Buchanons arrive on OLTL because of a new head writer at that time? Didn't they come to Llanview riding on the coat tails of the movie "Urban Cowboy" which was big at the time?) I seem to have enjoyed OLTL the most during this pre-Buchanon era.
mrob75 1 year ago
@mrob75 I liked these episodes alot. They're more serious than the stuff in the 80's and way better than all the crap they do now. One of the posters who watched the show back then said that the EP Joe Stuart who took over in the late 70's brought in the Buchanan family & phased out the Lords and Woleks. It was to add more rich people & ride the coattails of Dallas & Urban Cowboy.
marcowuzmypimp 1 year ago
@marcowuzmypimp I agree. I think soaps in general became more serious in the 70s...esp late 70s-early 80s. We didn't really get that again till the 90s. And yes...daytime SUCKS today in comparison. Also...during this time Young and the Restless brought in the Abbotts...and then the Quartermaines had been firmly established and maybe OLTL just wanted a family to compete with them.
MsTexas73 1 year ago
@marcowuzmypimp And the show was never as good.
calalilygirl 1 year ago
@marcowuzmypimp And the show was never as good. The Lords rocked.
calalilygirl 1 year ago
@mrob75 It was at the height of the Ewing Dallas phenomenom that the Buchannans came to Llanview. Copy cat plain and simple
17mark1717 1 year ago
@mrob75 after Dallas(1978) before Urban Cowboy(1980) It did get a tad ridiculous after the B boys. This right here pushed the show to #1.
entertainme3000 1 year ago
It is really a wonderful scene!!!! Thank you for the clip!!!! I love OLTL from 1978 to 1981!!!
Goldensoaps 1 year ago
amazing! JL is wonderful!! One of the best actresses ever.
deefanforever 2 years ago
I love Karen's laugh at 4:54. Such a powerful scene!!! Thanks again!
dereka79 2 years ago
Thanks again for your postings! Amazing scene!! Couldn't help but notice how much they tried to make Judith look like her predecessor, Kathryn Breech (at least the hair; they did the same with Brynn Thayer after she took over from Kathy Glass, making her wear that bowl cut). However, Judith looked nothing like Kathryn, but proved ideal for this role! I remember "AW" first outfitted Susan Harney in clothes similar to what Jacquie Courtney's Alice wore in 1975.
LOLOLUTHER 2 years ago
I think Judith and Breech look very similiar.
ThorneAstor 2 years ago
Thanks for posting the whole thing. I love this scene.
ThorneAstor 2 years ago