All My Children-Mr Pine Valley 1989-Part 1

[seleehwekim]

David Rampal (Melanie's boyfriend) was so hot! Any more clips of him?

[gymnastix]

@seleehwekim Yeah--he could make even the most strident hetero guy go gay! He had quite the bod-with-a-six-pack, and such a purr-ty face to go with it!!

[lovesmovies477]

ok i see pam, but where's SHENEYNEY?

[turquoiseeyes13579]

Wasn't this the nightclub Billy Clyde Tuggle took over a little bit after this? And had Emily Anne working at?

[YuliasAcups]

oh, my!!!!!! I was too young for this...but its Tad and Dixie!!! And Tichina?

[vbcallahan]

Before Sonny & the mob on GH................All My Children had such great people back then & great storylines.

[01CharGersSd]

omg, luuuv the clip, gr8 "back in the day" AMC..of course Tad wins..lol

early Tad&Dix<333333

*sighs*

[toony826]

cecily reminds me a little of greenlee

[latviansexualassault]

I love this clip. :D

MEK and MB together! That's glorious!

[batfan903]

I really wish I could have watched Phoebe when she was on AMC!!

[dkphoenix05]

I miss Langley and Nico...they were awesome

[greenleesmythe]

Oh kitty, I miss them as well. And Phoebe was working those shoulder pads, wasn't she? I loved her in "Citizen Kane..."

[HRSMB]

Love Maurice! Love Nico!

[emerald20061]

OMG is that black woman Pam from off the tv show martin?? lmao

[cathyt927]

Tachina Arnold got her start on AMC a long, LONG time ago!

[emerald20061]

Tahnk you for reminding what her name was. i was so shocked when I saw her on here. her and so many other celebrities like rosie o donnell. Geez amc is the best soap I know lol

[johnjohnjr01]

She was on Ryan's Hope before she came to AMC

[gymnastix]

@cathyt927 Isn't that the same actress who played the mom on Fox's "Eveybody Hates Chris?" She is now on Fran Drescher's new sitcom, "Happily Divorced," on TV Land.

But what is her character's name here, on "All My Children?"

[donna515]

@gymnastix

Tichina Arnold's character name was Charla Valentine. She was the Granddaughter of Mrs Valentine, longtime employee of Phoebe Wallingford.

[SharonJ91]

Phoebe is such a hoot.  God Bless her.

teehee!

[gymnastix]

@SharonJ91 Ruth Warrick is missed. She brought much humor (and a lot of chaos in earlier years) to "All My Children."

Part of the reason for "AMC's" (and soaps generally) decline is the lack of those great, older characters (and the actors/actresses who played them) in storylines..

"Langley Wallingford," "Mona Kane Tyler," "Palmer Cortlandt," "Daisy"/"Monique", "Myrtle Fahrgate," and "Opal Gardner" were all great characters too!

[gymnastix]

@SharonJ91 Although Jill Larsen made a good "Opal," the original actress (Dorothy Lyman) who played "Opal Gardner" was even better. Lyman went on to co-star (as "Naomi") on the sitcom "Mama's Family" with Vicki Lawrence; also directed (and guest-starred in one) several episodes of Fran Drescher's "The Nanny."

I shall never forget when Lyman's "Opal" ran for mayor of "Pine Valley," her slogan being "Go All The Way With Opal!!"

[gymnastix]

@SharonJ91  And it was positively hysterical when, after "Langley" two-timed "Opal" (telling her "Phoebe" was dying and soon they could be together), "Opal" gave "Langley" a massage at the "Glam-o-rama," then burned all his clothes in the incinerator, making "Langley" walk the streets of "Pine Valley" wearing only a towel.

[gymnastix]

@SharonJ91 Those were good ol' times on "All My Kids!" And you're absolutely correct--"Phoebe" was a real "hoot!" The soap has never been quite the same without her.

I used to love "Phebes" with "Benny," her chauffeur, how he'd call her "Duchess," and also the scenes with "Mrs. Valentine," the housekeeper. I think "Benny" wound up married to "Donna."

[gymnastix]

@SharonJ91 It would be nice if ABC would release all the episodes of "All My Children" on DVD, in decade-long sets (the 1970s, the '80s, '90s, etc.). I'd be most interested in the epsiodes from 1970-90, could catch up on the ones I missed in the '70s, and watch the great eps. from the '80s all over again.

With some skillful editing, ABC could even produce condensed DVD sets. of highlights from each period, making sure to include scenes of all the long & shorter-term contract players,

[td2gether4ever]

LMAO, Phoebe to the rescue. Now on with the man candy.lol