When I was little I thought All My Children was about someones children. I sure was dissapointed to see it was a boring soap opera. My Mom loved it though, she called this and all the others she watched "My stories."
@entertainme3000 to Erica) . Though Erica isn't a very substantive character and I have grown tired of trite machinations, historically, she is one of the best fictional characters of all time! I often wondered what Erica would be if she had always only been written and shaped by Agnes, rather than the myriad writers over the years...
Lastly, how can you LOVE Greenlee and not at least acknowledge and appreciate that Greenlee and Erica are the same person? Think about it...
@entertainme3000 from and in various men and always her father. Erica then only put on the front of arrogance and confidence as a defense mechanism and to get what she wanted from life. Erica now really is self possessed and doesn't need validation from anyone- but her kids. Erica is probably the most NATURALLY evolved character (to my knowledge) in all tv history because it took about 30 years to get her there. (only rivaled by Rachel Frame Cory of Another World (who was Agnes Nixon's precursor
@entertainme3000 wholly believe that. I couldn't because I really didn't know pre-Bianca Erica. But once I started reading and seeing her scenes with past husbands and Mona and the way she was always trying to prove herself and her worth, I saw the change. The Erica we have now is self-assured and confident, due to realizing the world doesn't revolve around her, having accomplished the things she wanted to in her life, and attaining-from her daughters-the unconditional love she always sought
@entertainme3000 I'm sorry to disagree, but I must. I started watching AMC faithfully in about 93. I thought I knew Erica. But once I started watching a LOT of old episodes and "marathons" (months of just erica scenes on youtube) from the 70s and 80s, you can definitely tell Erica is not the same. She's still over the top, but she is much more mellow and far less avarice and aspirational as a character than she was. I used to hear people say and write that Bianca' birth changed Erica...I didn't
Actually it was always shot and broadcast in color, but the kinescope that was used to film the video directly from the TV screen was in black and white.
@ph22xx Who will be the hero to the residents of port charles,llanview and pinevalley and all the fans that love them and miss them so much. ABC went on a killing spree but like David Hayword on AMC another network can bring the dead back to life. Who will it be? Join in the fight to save our shows facebook.com/groups/200709853303867/
Wow the openings have really come a long way eh? This was done 15 years before I was even born LOL. I like watching it though to see what the show was like before I got into it.
i don't watch AMC, all i know about it is what i see on commercials. but i remember my mom and dad both watching it back when i was a kid and i heard that susan lucci has been on their since before i was born.
- SoapNetic, a branch of SoapNet that is available to customers of certain Internet providers in the U.S., and which has original content. I doubt there is anything vintage on there.
- Trading tapes with other fans
- YouTube videos
ABC has yet to make episodes available for purchase, as is done with Days of our Lives on iTunes. SoapNet used to have some classic episodes but it's been a long time since they've aired such episodes...!
soap net used to play classic eps of the abc soaps. now it's just nitetime reruns of the daytime crap. i only watch AMC now because they brought bavk jesse, angie, and tomorrow greg nelson. the golden years. wish dorothy lyman would come back as opal.
That would be because it was filmed using a kinescope... basically someone would film the TV screen. This would not offer color recording. However, you are right, AMC was always taped in color. However, no episodes before 1976 have been kept in archives by ABC. Therefore only some kinescope episodes remain (usually taped by actors in order to prepare Emmy reels)
There are such things as color kinescopes, but this is obviously not one of them. Most likely, ABC reused the original tapes, being as soap operas were considered "disposable prgramming", video tape was very expensive, and ABC being the "third network" with less revenue than CBS and NBC, had to save money where they could.
Back in 1976, I recall having seen a memo from AMC producer Bud Kloss to one of the ABC technical supervisors telling him to no longer erase and reuse the videotapes. I think the date of the memo was some point in 1975.
Could not agree with you more. When I started watching AMC back in 1990, most of these families had at least one member who was on regularly. Now when you look at the show you have all these new characters who have little or no ties to the core families. It's good to see Joe Martin in the hospital, but he seems more like a prop. So many things could be done with him and the "new" Ruth.
aww...i miss amc
gookinboots 3 months ago
I can't believe that the era of soap operas is dimming fast. I would hope they played this theme one last time on ABC.
adelgado75 5 months ago
When I was little I thought All My Children was about someones children. I sure was dissapointed to see it was a boring soap opera. My Mom loved it though, she called this and all the others she watched "My stories."
Sheri451 6 months ago
@TheDangergirl35 so true
east215 1 year ago
@entertainme3000 to Erica) . Though Erica isn't a very substantive character and I have grown tired of trite machinations, historically, she is one of the best fictional characters of all time! I often wondered what Erica would be if she had always only been written and shaped by Agnes, rather than the myriad writers over the years...
Lastly, how can you LOVE Greenlee and not at least acknowledge and appreciate that Greenlee and Erica are the same person? Think about it...
Thanks so much! :-)
ensemblist 1 year ago
@entertainme3000 from and in various men and always her father. Erica then only put on the front of arrogance and confidence as a defense mechanism and to get what she wanted from life. Erica now really is self possessed and doesn't need validation from anyone- but her kids. Erica is probably the most NATURALLY evolved character (to my knowledge) in all tv history because it took about 30 years to get her there. (only rivaled by Rachel Frame Cory of Another World (who was Agnes Nixon's precursor
ensemblist 1 year ago
@entertainme3000 wholly believe that. I couldn't because I really didn't know pre-Bianca Erica. But once I started reading and seeing her scenes with past husbands and Mona and the way she was always trying to prove herself and her worth, I saw the change. The Erica we have now is self-assured and confident, due to realizing the world doesn't revolve around her, having accomplished the things she wanted to in her life, and attaining-from her daughters-the unconditional love she always sought
ensemblist 1 year ago
@entertainme3000 I'm sorry to disagree, but I must. I started watching AMC faithfully in about 93. I thought I knew Erica. But once I started watching a LOT of old episodes and "marathons" (months of just erica scenes on youtube) from the 70s and 80s, you can definitely tell Erica is not the same. She's still over the top, but she is much more mellow and far less avarice and aspirational as a character than she was. I used to hear people say and write that Bianca' birth changed Erica...I didn't
ensemblist 1 year ago
Those were the days of AMC! Miss them.
Bansheeeyes78 1 year ago
wooooaa! this is so old
SilentTearsxx 2 years ago
1970 I wasn't even born then. I remember the 80's intro.
If you were to die today what do you think would be on the other side?
Carlyofyork 2 years ago
"The '80s intro", which was essentially the '70s intro! :)
VaultMasterDBT 2 years ago 3
was the frist episode of AMC in 1970 black n white?
ph22xx 3 years ago 3
Actually it was always shot and broadcast in color, but the kinescope that was used to film the video directly from the TV screen was in black and white.
amcfanatic 2 years ago
thanks!
ph22xx 2 years ago
@ph22xx Who will be the hero to the residents of port charles,llanview and pinevalley and all the fans that love them and miss them so much. ABC went on a killing spree but like David Hayword on AMC another network can bring the dead back to life. Who will it be? Join in the fight to save our shows facebook.com/groups/200709853303867/
Squirrelseven7 1 month ago
this theme song is very sad, reminds me of the time my neighbor next door past away from lung cancer.
loveisok 3 years ago
alright.......thanks for sharing?
skinnyginny1897 3 years ago
Wow the openings have really come a long way eh? This was done 15 years before I was even born LOL. I like watching it though to see what the show was like before I got into it.
sugaplum02 3 years ago
This show, I think, premiered in January of 1970 on ABC!
Chicago10281 4 years ago
At 1:00 PM (EST), Monday afternoon, January 5, 1970, on ABC, to be exact. The first new network daytime drama to debut in the 1970s. 8-B
AarHan3 3 years ago
i don't watch AMC, all i know about it is what i see on commercials. but i remember my mom and dad both watching it back when i was a kid and i heard that susan lucci has been on their since before i was born.
slydawg221 4 years ago
I wish! The only things you can find are:
- SoapNetic, a branch of SoapNet that is available to customers of certain Internet providers in the U.S., and which has original content. I doubt there is anything vintage on there.
- Trading tapes with other fans
- YouTube videos
ABC has yet to make episodes available for purchase, as is done with Days of our Lives on iTunes. SoapNet used to have some classic episodes but it's been a long time since they've aired such episodes...!
amcfanatic 4 years ago
soap net used to play classic eps of the abc soaps. now it's just nitetime reruns of the daytime crap. i only watch AMC now because they brought bavk jesse, angie, and tomorrow greg nelson. the golden years. wish dorothy lyman would come back as opal.
east215 3 years ago
That would be because it was filmed using a kinescope... basically someone would film the TV screen. This would not offer color recording. However, you are right, AMC was always taped in color. However, no episodes before 1976 have been kept in archives by ABC. Therefore only some kinescope episodes remain (usually taped by actors in order to prepare Emmy reels)
amcfanatic 4 years ago
There are such things as color kinescopes, but this is obviously not one of them. Most likely, ABC reused the original tapes, being as soap operas were considered "disposable prgramming", video tape was very expensive, and ABC being the "third network" with less revenue than CBS and NBC, had to save money where they could.
someguy23475 4 years ago
According to old newsgroup posts, it was 1979 when ABC started archiving their soaps.
johnnyaalaska 4 years ago
Back in 1976, I recall having seen a memo from AMC producer Bud Kloss to one of the ABC technical supervisors telling him to no longer erase and reuse the videotapes. I think the date of the memo was some point in 1975.
Soapluvva 2 years ago
WOAh thats old I only saw the one with the horses running in the back ground and a purple flower dropping into a vase. thats as far as I go back lol
emerald20061 4 years ago
Wow - this brings back some memories!
jamalama 4 years ago
Could not agree with you more. When I started watching AMC back in 1990, most of these families had at least one member who was on regularly. Now when you look at the show you have all these new characters who have little or no ties to the core families. It's good to see Joe Martin in the hospital, but he seems more like a prop. So many things could be done with him and the "new" Ruth.
amcfanatic 4 years ago