ATWT Goodbye Chris Hughes, Day 1 (1986) Pt.4

July 18, 1986.
Word of a Hughes patriarch's death gets around, as Tad Channing's plans concern Craig and Iva. Meanwhile Dusty's escape to the rodeo circuit causes problems, Nella is in trouble and Holden uses Emily. In this clip:

-Sierra's true feelings emerge
-Holden and Emily swim

Douglas Marland Interview, New York Times - July 6, 1986 [Excerpt]:

Recently, Mr. Marland allowed a visitor to sit in on a weekly meeting with ''As the World Turns'' executives in the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street, as well as a story conference with the show's two outline writers. Before scripts are written, the week's story outlines (called ''breakdowns'') are critiqued each Wednesday by executive producer Robert Calhoun, two production officials from the network and one from Procter & Gamble, which owns ''As the World Turns'' and three other soaps.

Mr. Calhoun passed around photographs of a picturesque Connecticut pond selected for location shooting of various innocent and illicit romantic scenes, including an affair that will begin on tomorrow's episode. In typical soap-opera fashion, the lovers will be caught in the act by another character.

The group reached a consensus quickly on casting a major new teen-age character named Emily Stewart, who, in tomorrow's episode, has already moved to town and begun flirting with one of the show's young heartthrobs. A 22-year-old actress from California, Colleen McDermott, was chosen from six screen-tested finalists. ''She's young and green, but she's going to grow into someone special,'' said Mr. Calhoun. ''I want to get her into acting school right away.''

A recent session began with plans for handling the death at age 79 of actor Don MacLaughlin, who had portrayed the Hughes family patriarch since the first episode of ''As the World Turns'' on April 2, 1956. ''Although there will be a six-week delay [in the audience's learning of the death], we felt we must play it out, not simply stick something into existing episodes,'' Mr. Marland said. The writers discussed how each character might react to the news that ''Chris Hughes'' had died in his sleep, and Mrs. Franz suggested weaving in flashbacks from earlier installments.

Thanks to EONSFTFAN and btm85bubs

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[CarlD2]

Was this the first time the Snyder Pond had been seen? It's interesting that they had actual location footage here, whereas later on it was always a set.

Did Iva tell Holden about Lily or did he overhear her?

[Oakdalian]

@CarlD2 The remote sequence from this week introduced the farm. I'm not sure how Holden discovered Lily's identity.

[CarlD2]

@Oakdalian It's very pretty.

Since Holden heard Iva in a flashback but they didn't tell him I guess that was when she told Seth and Emma. Is this before Emma told Iva that she was adopted? If Holden had overheard that his attitude towards Lily at this time probably would have been very different...

[Oakdalian]

@CarlD2 This is before Iva's adoption was revealed.

[mickerin64]

Is that Jason Brooks playing Craig Montgomery?

[Oakdalian]

@mickerin64 Nope, Scott Bryce.

[bldali]

Wow, the variation on the ATWT theme that was played at the end of the clip was absolutely beautiful! It doesn't seem like they used it very often.

[CarlD2]

The picture is so clear and pretty.

[comixreadr]

Jon Hensley in daisy duke's=YUMMMM!!!!!!!!!

[deegavin]

That would be Scott Bryce! Oh, how I miss him.