Another World

Brother, can you imagine that some people would have watched this thing every day from its inception in 1964 all the way until 1999 – 35 years later? Obviously not too many people, granted, or they would have kept the thing going, but I know people who haven’t made it through 35 years, let alone a TV show. This is the story of a bunch of families in the Midwest town of Bay City, following their lives, loves, problems and deceptions. The Matthew mob, the Cory clan, the Frame family, the Winthrop wenches, the Love children, the Hudson huddle, the Harrison hicks, the Burrell brood, they were all there, sometimes changing actors several times before a character disappeared. Take for example the character Jodi Lynn O’Keefe played, Marguerite Cory #4. Number four?! How can you change actresses four times with one character? How can people follow what’s going on? It’s beyond me, but then the whole appeal of a soapie is beyond me. I guess I spend too much time out in the sun. Other famous names to have spent time on Another World include Anne Heche (literally), Kyra Sedgwick, Wendy Malick, and Joanna Going, all of whom have shown us some skin in the past. (polite applause)