@carloscutie78 Yes, that is referred to as Tour of Llanview 2 opening because it showed pictures of the town along with the cast. That theme music has remained until the end, although it was modified in 2004
The very first time i ever sold my soul to the devil I gave up celestial heaven in order to get my face where Cordero's was and be on OLTL as an adult trapped in a 2nd grader's body, cause I was only 8 or 9 at the time, but I knew how to deliver the lines OLTL writers were looking for. My storyline ended w/ me and Max Holden moving to Buenos Aires to live in the castle that Gabrielle Medina had left to him before she died only to be resurrected w/ a new haircut.
It kinda makes me angry they got rid of this one. Because, the next opening was horrid. Just plain horrid. Looked like a porn flick. They should have just kept this until 1995 when they updated to the Tour Of Llanview II version.
What television staton had the number 27 at the end I don't believe that it is an abc station playing this opening it looks like whoever had access to oltl got this opening to play during the commercials until the show actually came on and it looks as if the station was playing reruns of this soap.
I realized soon after 1999 that all the shows had passed through their glory years. It's just so sad to me. Even the ones I didn't watch -- you can tell by the these and other clips - it's just not coming back.
I hope they bring Dorian's oldest daughter Cassie back to lanview. I often wondered if part of the reason she left was because she needed space from Dorian.
Any child of Dorian's needs space from her, lol. Anyway, Cassie, along with Kelly and Adrinna will be returning sometime in the early part of this year.
If I am correct, not all the contract players were even in this opening because I think ABC knew they were going to be changing the opening credits very soon.
I should also mention that the guy who appears two people before Renee is Herb Callison, and that the black woman near the end is probably Sheila Price.
Oh yeah! I know the name Sheila Price, but I don't think she was too prominent in 1995 or 1996. However, I didn't really start watching it until 1997 and I was 12 then.
No.....Cord is Clint's son with Maria Roberts. If you saw the "flashback episodes from this summer, Maria was a maid at the Buchannon Ranch in TX and she & Clint had an affair.
Well they had two versions of the opening that showed different characters. I think Viki was the only one who appeared in both versions of the opening
It is very refreshing to see Andrea Evans back as Tina. It has been a long time since we've heard the country Mendora mentioned. All I can say is that history is rich!!! I like the history more than some of the shallow stories of today. It is also great to see the original Marty back. Let's keep it this way for a while!
I agree. The episode where she died is quite possibly my favorite OLTL episode ever! She had a way about her that was indescribable. And I loved her smile and her sass. She worked so well off Joe Lando. They were the perfect couple.
@whitbyterry Yes, Terry. She left in the early 90's. According to the story, she left Llanview for Seattle, where she got married and opened a bookstore. Jason and LeAnne had left before that.
@whitbyterry That's correct, Wanda left in 94. She had been there since the 70's, one of the longer running people. She used to be married to Larry's brother Vinnie who died.
Okay i keep hearing about, and my mother just confirmed it, this Asian Blair. That is totally weird. I wasnt watching OLTL until the late 90's so i just always thought Kassie was the original Blair. But now i gotta see this Asian Blair. Is there any post on here of the original???
I don't know about her being Asian, but she definitely was not the blond-haired/blue eyed Blair you see on OLTL now. She was definitely dark haired woman with brown eyes. IMO, she was way more attractive.
Laura and Karen were terrible replacements for cassie and tina. their diction and mispronunciation of words and poor acting just shot the characters to hell. i would have rahter they didnt recast
yes i know--gillian spencer and joanne dorian were the first two. technically elaine princi is the 4th dorain--dixie carter played the part briefly--filling in for nancy pinerton
Laura was phenomenal as an adult Cassie, that she can break down in a scene to cry and she was a great actress. Karen made Tina BOLDER! Holly Gagnier performance was aloof as Cassie and she was a waste of talent!
All the shots were taken in Harrisburg, PA. No idea who's dog it is!
I think OLTL was the first show to have opening titles with the cast, after Y&R. That led to Another World going with that format soon after and then, when the 90s hit, most of the shows went that route.
Actually many other soaps had characters in the openings before OLTL. Y&R started the trend in 1973, followed by Ryan's Hope in 1975, The Doctors around 1977, The Edge of Night in 1980, Guiding Light around 1982, and then finally One Life To Live in 1984.
Remember All my children didnt have one until 1990-1991ish like so One Life to Live was not last and this the greatest part is like Dorian and Viki are the same as then as they are now
JJoey, you might be surprised to know that it is not the same Dorian featured in this opening. It is Elaine Princi, who played Dorian from 1989 to 1993. She replaced Robin Strasser, the previous and current Dorian. And no one will fault you for the error, because the two actresses resembled one another quite a bit.
Yep. I even felt that Elaine did a wonderful job of filling her shoes. She captured every essence of the character flawlessly. As with Karen Witter coming in to play Tina. I didn't feel that way with Max and Sara's replacements. Though Nicolas was a good actor, I didn't feel he captured the essence of Max Holden.
that is so untrue amc has been featuring their characters in the credits for a long time way before 1990 i remember the credits from the 70's and it showed the characters
You must be thinking of the wrong show. AMC's opening, before 1990, was simply a photo album on a desk that opened to say "All My Children". There were no cast pictures until January 1990.
Perhaps you're thinking of AMC's first six months in 1970, when Rosemary Prinz was shown in the photo album with the "Special Guest Star" title. After the opening was re-shot without her, no other cast photos were shown in the opening credits until the first CGI sequence was introduced in January 1990.
It may not have been the first to feature the cast in the opening, but OLTL was indeed the first daytime soap to have VOCALS in its opening theme. :-)
I'm from Harrisburg....I'm going to have to watch it in slow motion....I know a majority of the landmarks and buildings shown, but not all of them. I think the dog may have just been the owner's dog of whatever house they were at. There are a lot of historical residential homes along the Susquehanna River.
@whitbyterry Not exactly -- LOVE OF LIFE created a new magnificent opening in 1977 that ran to the end of the show's run in 1980 that featured cast pictures. Have to give credit where credit is due. GUIDING LIGHT starting using this type of opening in 1981. I believe EDGE OF NIGHT started in the early 80's as well with cast pictures. There's probably even more that I'm not aware of.
@docgirl2009 They could have been the first to use cast pictures -- I wouldn't know for sure. I just know OLTL definitely was NOT the first show to do this.
What are the background shot of and Who's black dog is that... OLTL, looks like besides Y&R, openings had shots of the characters before lot's of the rest.
Correcting myself: this edit wasn't entirely a deletion of characters. Mark Brettschneider's Jason Webb was new (blonde haired guy with the pony tail; Wanda Wolek's nephew - was initially paired with Dorian in a May-December romance) - and James DePaiva had resumed the role of Max Holden from his replacement, Nicholas Walker. So there were two new photos.
This is during the time then-executive producer Linda Gottlieb had just taken over the show. There was a huge turnover of characters, and an intent to completely change the opening. So really, they'd just deleted several for this update. As for Tonja Walker's Alex Olanov, she was let go from the show. But Alex was later brought back as part of the Sarah Buchanan recast/back-from-the-dead story. This is where her association with Carlo Hesser began.
Yeah, I notice that also. I guess around this time the cast was cut smaller, a lot of characters where not on the show during this time, but would eventually return such as Dorian, Alex, etc.
Dorian was there on this opening. Elaine Princi had been playing her for about two years at this point. About a year and a half later, Robin Strasser resumed the role. Princi's Dorian is featured the last of the third set of charachters, following Dr. Larry Wolek. Her resemblance to Strasser during this time was somewhat remarkable; her portrayal of Dorian was pretty damn good, too - many argued even better than Strasser's.
She's not there for the last one. I don't recall if she had left the show around this time or not. But I do remember that the last opening was very small - there were only 5 faces in each section, where there had been 7 or 8 in the last two sections in the past. She is in the opening before this one.
It only looks slow because there were less characters featured in it, so they no loger matched up to the faster bass beats in the later part of the theme.
Love this song!
TheJetsfanatic 2 weeks ago
what was the opening after the Champagne One
was it the Blue and White ones (where they showed the chracter names)
carloscutie78 1 month ago
@carloscutie78 Yes, that is referred to as Tour of Llanview 2 opening because it showed pictures of the town along with the cast. That theme music has remained until the end, although it was modified in 2004
whitbyterry 1 month ago
What ever happened to Yasmine Bleeth?
freshin888style 5 months ago
The very first time i ever sold my soul to the devil I gave up celestial heaven in order to get my face where Cordero's was and be on OLTL as an adult trapped in a 2nd grader's body, cause I was only 8 or 9 at the time, but I knew how to deliver the lines OLTL writers were looking for. My storyline ended w/ me and Max Holden moving to Buenos Aires to live in the castle that Gabrielle Medina had left to him before she died only to be resurrected w/ a new haircut.
Westhydeman 10 months ago
It kinda makes me angry they got rid of this one. Because, the next opening was horrid. Just plain horrid. Looked like a porn flick. They should have just kept this until 1995 when they updated to the Tour Of Llanview II version.
weareclouds 1 year ago
NO THIS ENDED 1991
SuperRene002 1 year ago
@SuperRene002 Does this look like a commercial for OLTL from a station other than ABC?
Cyclops236 1 year ago
does anyone know the name of the actor who played Herb
he looks so familiar (like I have seen him somewhere else)
CarlosSuperCutie 2 years ago
@CarlosSuperCutie Anthony Call
Llanviewfan1 2 years ago
Thanks :)
CarlosSuperCutie 2 years ago
I love OLTL
but I agree
I so didnt like the champagne bottle
yuck!
CarlosSuperCutie 2 years ago
I was 20 numbers off the question I asked I'm sorry.
Cyclops236 2 years ago
What television staton had the number 27 at the end I don't believe that it is an abc station playing this opening it looks like whoever had access to oltl got this opening to play during the commercials until the show actually came on and it looks as if the station was playing reruns of this soap.
Cyclops236 2 years ago
lmao at dorians hair :P
jonathantibbo101 2 years ago
I never knew Jason Webb was in these credits.
CarlD2 2 years ago
I never knew there was a Jason Webb!
jld005 2 years ago
He was a great character. He was mainly involved with Dorian, Marty, and LeAnn.
CarlD2 2 years ago 2
@CarlD2 I've yet to find a scene with him!
jld005 2 years ago
There are a number of them under VickRobCal
CarlD2 2 years ago
I realized soon after 1999 that all the shows had passed through their glory years. It's just so sad to me. Even the ones I didn't watch -- you can tell by the these and other clips - it's just not coming back.
TimsDale4ever 2 years ago
EP Jill Farren Phelps messed up OLTL. But in 1999 many soaps became boring except for Y&R
nightowlchad 2 years ago 7
You can tell by the end of 1991, it was a much smaller cast. Not as many people appeared in this opening as previous openings.
spinnernet1 2 years ago 2
i hated HATED karen witter as tina
delidude1999 2 years ago
I LOVED Karen Witter as Tina. Too bad she was not still on OLTL. She was better than no Tina.
Karen was also great in the March 1982 playboy magazine. You can find the pictures online.
greattools 2 years ago 2
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tony20add 2 years ago
I put this on another vid but cant find it now lol so my question is the guy at 14 secs is that Kevin he is Cute
sebsgirl78 3 years ago
Yes it's Kevin
lizlawton 2 years ago
that was joey thrower--he was a terrible actor ut that's not why they fired him--as soap opera diagest put it "He got too big for his britches"
delidude1999 2 years ago
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Here is a complete list of the characters in this opening sequence:
Asa Buchanan, Viki Buchanan, Clint Buchanan, Bo Buchanan, Cord Roberts, Tina Roberts, Max Holden, Megan Harrison, Cassie Callison, Kevin Buchanan, LeeAnn Buchanan, Jason Webb, Wanda Wolek, Larry Wolek, Dorian Lord, Herb Callison, Shelia Price, Troy Nichols, Rafe Garretson, and Renee Buchanan
dustinaaron 3 years ago 2
This is still my favorite OLTL opening. Many thanks for posting it. :)
docsigma 3 years ago 6
I hope they bring Dorian's oldest daughter Cassie back to lanview. I often wondered if part of the reason she left was because she needed space from Dorian.
debro2009debro 3 years ago
i hope they bring back ava haddad
delidude1999 2 years ago
Any child of Dorian's needs space from her, lol. Anyway, Cassie, along with Kelly and Adrinna will be returning sometime in the early part of this year.
ClassicLoverA 2 years ago
Wow, I started watching OLTL in 2004, and my thought is WHO ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE?!?!?! I think I recognized two of them. LOL
SkrikerSamtian 3 years ago
If I am correct, not all the contract players were even in this opening because I think ABC knew they were going to be changing the opening credits very soon.
As far as I know it's:
Asa, Viki #3, Clint, Bo, Cord, Tina #5, Max, Megan, Cassie #3, Kevin #5, LeeAnn, Jason, Wanda, Larry, Dorian #5, ?, ?, ?, ?, Renee.
Cord is Asa's illegitamate son, Tina was his on and off wife, Cassie is Dorian's daughter, LeeAnn is Kevin's first wife and had a son, Duke together.
jld005 3 years ago
One of the last male characters in this opening (before Renee) was Rafe. I thought he and Delila had married and left town by then?
earlymid90schild 3 years ago
I should also mention that the guy who appears two people before Renee is Herb Callison, and that the black woman near the end is probably Sheila Price.
earlymid90schild 3 years ago
Oh yeah! I know the name Sheila Price, but I don't think she was too prominent in 1995 or 1996. However, I didn't really start watching it until 1997 and I was 12 then.
jld005 3 years ago
No.....Cord is Clint's son with Maria Roberts. If you saw the "flashback episodes from this summer, Maria was a maid at the Buchannon Ranch in TX and she & Clint had an affair.
diva211 3 years ago
Well they had two versions of the opening that showed different characters. I think Viki was the only one who appeared in both versions of the opening
Kevindl1985 3 years ago
Here is a complete list of the characters in this opening sequence:
Asa Buchanan, Viki Buchanan, Clint Buchanan, Bo Buchanan, Cord Roberts, Tina Roberts, Max Holden, Megan Harrison, Cassie Callison, Kevin Buchanan, LeeAnn Buchanan, Jason Webb, Wanda Wolek, Larry Wolek, Dorian Lord, Herb Callison, Shelia Price, Troy Nichols, Rafe Garretson, and Renee Buchanan
dustinaaron 3 years ago 3
It is very refreshing to see Andrea Evans back as Tina. It has been a long time since we've heard the country Mendora mentioned. All I can say is that history is rich!!! I like the history more than some of the shallow stories of today. It is also great to see the original Marty back. Let's keep it this way for a while!
Kev75in 3 years ago
Jessica Tuck will always be one of my favorites!
Kev75in 3 years ago 3
I agree. The episode where she died is quite possibly my favorite OLTL episode ever! She had a way about her that was indescribable. And I loved her smile and her sass. She worked so well off Joe Lando. They were the perfect couple.
jinky0u812 3 years ago 3
Yes, her smile. That is it! She had such a presence about her. A lot of characters don't have that today.
Kev75in 3 years ago
this is OLTL started going down
zellacurry 4 years ago
correction this is when OLTL started going down
zellacurry 4 years ago
21 seconds in.. is that Dorian?
MaCardarelli 4 years ago
Yes - Elaine Princi
whitbyterry 4 years ago
while not robin strrasser, she was a great replacement
delidude1999 2 years ago
@whitbyterry
WHO THE HELL IS THE LADY AT 0:18, I ALWAYS SEE HER IN THE OPENINGS. IS SHE STILL ON THE SHOW?
devmonbar 11 months ago
@devmonbar That was Wanda Wolek. She ran a restaurant for many years but was just sort of there, most of the time. She left in the early 90s I think.
whitbyterry 10 months ago
@whitbyterry Yes, Terry. She left in the early 90's. According to the story, she left Llanview for Seattle, where she got married and opened a bookstore. Jason and LeAnne had left before that.
AlbieGray 7 months ago
@whitbyterry That's correct, Wanda left in 94. She had been there since the 70's, one of the longer running people. She used to be married to Larry's brother Vinnie who died.
clavinbot 2 months ago
Okay i keep hearing about, and my mother just confirmed it, this Asian Blair. That is totally weird. I wasnt watching OLTL until the late 90's so i just always thought Kassie was the original Blair. But now i gotta see this Asian Blair. Is there any post on here of the original???
KanyeLove 4 years ago
I don't know about her being Asian, but she definitely was not the blond-haired/blue eyed Blair you see on OLTL now. She was definitely dark haired woman with brown eyes. IMO, she was way more attractive.
94fordtaurus 4 years ago
ive seen her, she was asian, but i disagree Kassie is alot more attractive.
KanyeLove 4 years ago
Ah, yes...Mia Korf. Nothing against Kassie Depaiva, but I miss her.
FaytLinegod 4 years ago
I loved Laura Bonarrigo and Karen Witter when they were on the show. See the future cokehead Yasmine Bleeth in the credits
nightowlchad 4 years ago
Laura and Karen were terrible replacements for cassie and tina. their diction and mispronunciation of words and poor acting just shot the characters to hell. i would have rahter they didnt recast
delidude1999 2 years ago
Don't forget Erika Slezak is the third Viki too.
bigal650 2 years ago
yes i know--gillian spencer and joanne dorian were the first two. technically elaine princi is the 4th dorain--dixie carter played the part briefly--filling in for nancy pinerton
delidude1999 2 years ago
Laura was phenomenal as an adult Cassie, that she can break down in a scene to cry and she was a great actress. Karen made Tina BOLDER! Holly Gagnier performance was aloof as Cassie and she was a waste of talent!
nightowlchad 2 years ago
All the shots were taken in Harrisburg, PA. No idea who's dog it is!
I think OLTL was the first show to have opening titles with the cast, after Y&R. That led to Another World going with that format soon after and then, when the 90s hit, most of the shows went that route.
whitbyterry 4 years ago
Actually...Ryan's Hope did it before OLTL, and maybe even Y&R.
WilyKat76 4 years ago
Right - I guess it was Y&R first and then Ryan's Hope and then OLTL.
whitbyterry 4 years ago
Actually many other soaps had characters in the openings before OLTL. Y&R started the trend in 1973, followed by Ryan's Hope in 1975, The Doctors around 1977, The Edge of Night in 1980, Guiding Light around 1982, and then finally One Life To Live in 1984.
justsobored31 4 years ago
Remember All my children didnt have one until 1990-1991ish like so One Life to Live was not last and this the greatest part is like Dorian and Viki are the same as then as they are now
JJoeyk38 3 years ago
JJoey, you might be surprised to know that it is not the same Dorian featured in this opening. It is Elaine Princi, who played Dorian from 1989 to 1993. She replaced Robin Strasser, the previous and current Dorian. And no one will fault you for the error, because the two actresses resembled one another quite a bit.
WhenenRome 3 years ago 2
WOW thanks whenen I didn't see that.
JJoeyk38 3 years ago
Yep. I even felt that Elaine did a wonderful job of filling her shoes. She captured every essence of the character flawlessly. As with Karen Witter coming in to play Tina. I didn't feel that way with Max and Sara's replacements. Though Nicolas was a good actor, I didn't feel he captured the essence of Max Holden.
jinky0u812 3 years ago 2
even in mannerisms
delidude1999 2 years ago
AMC started featuring characters in their opening in January of 1990, the same year of their 20th Anniversary.
General Hospital wouldn't use characters in their opening until April of 1993.
Days of Our Lives probably has to be the only remaining soap to not feature characters in their opening credits.
megamanj2004X 3 years ago
that is so untrue amc has been featuring their characters in the credits for a long time way before 1990 i remember the credits from the 70's and it showed the characters
NEXTGENSKYN 3 years ago 2
You must be thinking of the wrong show. AMC's opening, before 1990, was simply a photo album on a desk that opened to say "All My Children". There were no cast pictures until January 1990.
whitbyterry 3 years ago
oh yea i remember now the only person it would show was the guest star
NEXTGENSKYN 3 years ago
Perhaps you're thinking of AMC's first six months in 1970, when Rosemary Prinz was shown in the photo album with the "Special Guest Star" title. After the opening was re-shot without her, no other cast photos were shown in the opening credits until the first CGI sequence was introduced in January 1990.
VaultMasterDBT 1 year ago
It may not have been the first to feature the cast in the opening, but OLTL was indeed the first daytime soap to have VOCALS in its opening theme. :-)
WhenenRome 3 years ago 2
I'm from Harrisburg....I'm going to have to watch it in slow motion....I know a majority of the landmarks and buildings shown, but not all of them. I think the dog may have just been the owner's dog of whatever house they were at. There are a lot of historical residential homes along the Susquehanna River.
diva211 3 years ago
@whitbyterry Not exactly -- LOVE OF LIFE created a new magnificent opening in 1977 that ran to the end of the show's run in 1980 that featured cast pictures. Have to give credit where credit is due. GUIDING LIGHT starting using this type of opening in 1981. I believe EDGE OF NIGHT started in the early 80's as well with cast pictures. There's probably even more that I'm not aware of.
TimsDale4ever 1 year ago
@TimsDale4ever I swore that Y&R and The Doctors started the trend of actors in openings? Correct me if I am wrong.
docgirl2009 9 months ago
@docgirl2009 They could have been the first to use cast pictures -- I wouldn't know for sure. I just know OLTL definitely was NOT the first show to do this.
TimsDale4ever 9 months ago
What are the background shot of and Who's black dog is that... OLTL, looks like besides Y&R, openings had shots of the characters before lot's of the rest.
SHAUNERDANIEL 4 years ago
This is cool, I love the song... Channel 47, almost had me confused, I live in the Central Valley of California/Fresno Area are Channel 47 is CBS...
SHAUNERDANIEL 4 years ago
Channel 47 is a Toronto, Canada station. :)
whitbyterry 4 years ago
Correcting myself: this edit wasn't entirely a deletion of characters. Mark Brettschneider's Jason Webb was new (blonde haired guy with the pony tail; Wanda Wolek's nephew - was initially paired with Dorian in a May-December romance) - and James DePaiva had resumed the role of Max Holden from his replacement, Nicholas Walker. So there were two new photos.
WhenenRome 4 years ago
This is during the time then-executive producer Linda Gottlieb had just taken over the show. There was a huge turnover of characters, and an intent to completely change the opening. So really, they'd just deleted several for this update. As for Tonja Walker's Alex Olanov, she was let go from the show. But Alex was later brought back as part of the Sarah Buchanan recast/back-from-the-dead story. This is where her association with Carlo Hesser began.
WhenenRome 4 years ago
The first Blair (Mia Korf) did not come into the picture until the Champagne opening. I think she started around 1992.
whitbyterry 4 years ago
Nope, Korf did start in '91. That was weird though, because Blair went from being Asian to Southern almost overnight.
Helena200406 4 years ago
Where's Blair? Is she in any of the openings, besides 1995?
Carmaker1 4 years ago
Yeah, I notice that also. I guess around this time the cast was cut smaller, a lot of characters where not on the show during this time, but would eventually return such as Dorian, Alex, etc.
ClassicLoverA 4 years ago
Dorian was there on this opening. Elaine Princi had been playing her for about two years at this point. About a year and a half later, Robin Strasser resumed the role. Princi's Dorian is featured the last of the third set of charachters, following Dr. Larry Wolek. Her resemblance to Strasser during this time was somewhat remarkable; her portrayal of Dorian was pretty damn good, too - many argued even better than Strasser's.
WhenenRome 4 years ago
Any Elaine Princi as Dorian clips?
lavb5474 4 years ago 2
She's not there for the last one. I don't recall if she had left the show around this time or not. But I do remember that the last opening was very small - there were only 5 faces in each section, where there had been 7 or 8 in the last two sections in the past. She is in the opening before this one.
whitbyterry 4 years ago
Oh ok. I guess she left sometime before December 1991. I looks like ABC knew when they made this update, they were replacing it with a new opening.
Carmaker1 4 years ago
It's very slow.
jld005 4 years ago
It only looks slow because there were less characters featured in it, so they no loger matched up to the faster bass beats in the later part of the theme.
WhenenRome 4 years ago
Where's Alex Olanov?
Carmaker1 4 years ago
She'll be returning for the death of Asa this week.
AlbieGray 4 years ago