This was back when Viki was in the middle of EVERYTHING and found herself in all kinds of trouble, and you were just glued to the set to watch her reactions and her acting and how she was gonna get out of the danger! I love me some Victoria Lord, et al! LOL
Thanks for posting. This was my 1st time seeing that scene. This was when OLTL was at its best. Shit was always going down in Llanview and Viki was always in the middle of it!
@@MrCraigblaze yes both were taped in NYC. Well Another World was taped in Brooklyn and later on As the World Turns moved into the Brooklyn studio after AW was cancelled and stayed there till the show was cancelled
@@nightowlchad I had no idea ..I hope Jansen turns around her personal life..I have read about her multiple DWI arrestss in real life. She even played twins on AW as you know ..
Outstanding. I'm so hyper to see these classic clips. Damn Vicki was at her best Sarahhhhh! Why can't we have excitement like this anymore. Real villians and we actually feel like our oltl family is in real peril.
Well said. It's amazing this man is still touted as some type of voice, when he obviously cares nothing about quality, or, if it's true that AMC and GH both go overbudget and OLTL does not, even profit. He has gutted AMC and GH and yet still carries them around like Weekend at Brian's.
WORD to everything said about Frons in the comments here. And thanks for posting this clip! I remember it so well, and remember calling my best friend and we were FREAKING OUT and couldnt wait to see what happened next! We were 12 :) and this year was the real beginning of a lifelong addiction!
They don't care- and despite OLTL being far and away the best soap on the air at this point (yeah, nowhere near as good as the 70's and 80's, and early-mid nineties) it will be the 1st ABC soap to be cancelled. Such a joke. Brian Frons can keep his precious (godawful) AMC and his precious (and god awful, but as bad as AMC) GH! OLTL was the little soap that could, and if he is gonna cancel it, I hope that OLTL will be ABC's solid # 1 soap by that point- It will be the joke of the industry!
There were tons of rumors that Carlivati's original Tina story, which involved Mitch was completely gutted by Frons. He is essentially the executive producer of all the ABC soaps. People bitch about OLTL but sadly it really is above and beyond the best soap right now, despite Fron's absolute ambivalence to it. he wants the "name" soaps to survive, If OLTL gets cancelled in 2010, I bet you anything AMC will barely last until 2012, most likely 2011. Los Angeles can not save bad writing.
OLTL has always been the stepchild of ABC daytime. The show never gets any respect from the network brass. Frons has to go! Look what he has done to soapnet. Its 90210 and Melrose reruns. The classic soaps are gone and the marathons come on too late to enjoy!
Weird to see bo & gabrielle & know they would become a couple & bo would wind up being the love of her life. I kinda loved how gabriele made it to heaven was trying to good but still had her selfish streak & was tempting bo to stay in heaven with her. Knowing how gabrielle died next to a toilet I wish she had just left with max the year before & they had their hea raising the twins in Argentina. Max left to live his life their, the place that had his heart & that had a lot to do with meeting gabrielle & conceiving al there. Gabby def loved michael look how concerned for him she is, compare that to how she started to hate Steve's guts lol.
I think Gabrielle loved Michael. Maybe eve Bo, but I felt that Max was definitely the love of her life. She was way too passionate about him. And I agree that they should of let Max and Gabrielle leave together.
Oh Gabrielle loved her some Bo and he was the love of her life. Yes, her and Max had that fiery passion and the chemistry was off the charts but they were so toxic to each other. I liked Max and Gabby too but from a real life perspective Bo was a woman's dream man. He was so gentle, patient, forgiving, and loving to Gabrielle. Knowing her history he still believed there was still some good in her (which I always knew deep down Gabby wasn’t a bad person, just impulsive and didn’t think thru her actions). He did everything he could for her and helped her turn her life around. He never treated her like crap or man handle her like Max and Michael did many times. Max was a lousy partner, he took Gabby’s virginity and broke her heart, wasn’t even trying to be a dad to Al until he one day decided he wanted to sue her for custody and after he won he passed Al on to the baby sitter. Jerked Gabby around for a bit in late ‘89 and then he decided he really wanted to be with her when she wanted to become a nun. Bo won as the love of her life because he was a very positive influence in her life, she finally had stability and peace and I loved that for her. I know fans wanted her to be a schemer and villain/vixen bc that was what FH was good at. But to me, it was refreshing to see Gabby in a new light. She learned her lessons and grew out of her bad phase. As tragic as her ending was (she should’ve have exited the show by going back to Argentina) I am happy that she finally found true love. Even Max told her she had found true love right before he left Llanview in 2003. Gabrielle was one of Bo’s great loves for sure and he definitely saw her in heaven when he almost died at the end of the series. Max was her first love and Bo was her true love.
@@Namaste1030 Maybe Bo was the love of Gabrielle's life, but IMO Didi was the love of Bo's life. I never liked Gabrielle and Bo together, especially when I remembered how she pointed the finger at Bo for Alicia Grande's murder to keep Austin from exposing her switching Brenda and Alicia's babies. I do appreciate that Gabrielle had change, or was trying to anyway, at the time of her passing. I just did not dig her pairing with Bo.
@@BethHarmon-yh8ms I finally got to see Gabrielle’s whole character arc and no doubt Bo was the love of her life (I will die on this hill lol) and she was one of his great loves. He was on the show for way longer than her so he had a lot more partners and she was one of the best for him. Who was his soulmate is debatable. All of Gabrielle’s relationships before Bo were train wrecks. Max and her were too toxic, it was all lust not love. He rejected her at every turn and was with 3 women before he gave Gabrielle the time of day. He was the reason she went off the deep end. Gabrielle couldn’t have Max so with every action, she slipped further into schemer/villain territory. Yeah she testified that she saw Bo in the garage even though it was Austin’s back facing her and she never saw Bo’s face. Listen, Gabrielle was doing what was necessary to save her own skin. I am not excusing her behavior at all. She also blackmailed Tina to keep her baby switch a secret. She was terrible during this time but she did end up paying the price for it. She got beat up pretty badly in prison and even tried to kill herself. The Gabrielle that was first introduced to the show was a privileged and naïve girl. Her father sheltered her from the world, she was very innocent and fell for Max’s charm. She fell in love after their fling and really thought they would be together until she found out Max and Tina were married (of course she didn’t know this was a lie at the time). She went from being a good girl to villain then to reformed bad girl when she was with Bo was coming full circle. Had she lived and they got married I think she would just be content with being a cop’s wife and not revert back to her old ways. Bo changed her life and she was living the life she dreamed of, it was what she always wanted so I doubt she would have sabotaged that.
He wouldn't even care- most executives lack any compassion. Purely business lol. The interview is at soap opera network. Andrea one minute was stating how happy she was and how she saw her family more working bicoastally than she did when working on Passions, and within weeks she is written out. It made no sense. 100% Frons and everyone knows it.
ROTFL and about 1:30 re:Women falling in love with their captors "The people who write that are as sick as anyone who would believe it..." MY GOD these 1989 writers must have been PSYCHIC!!! Cuz 20 yrs later we got that exact scenario with Marty & Todd.
I enjoyed watching the classics such as Another World, Ryan's hope, Dallas, and Dynasty. OTH, The OC, Gilmore Girls, and 90210 are not soaps! Frons has to go!
I believe this was on a Friday, correct? Seems like a cliffhanger to me with Austin preparing to take the Vickster hostage. Soaps just do cliffhangers anymore, well the soaps that are left ...
@imachildofthe80s8089 oh no, i hate those stories as well. i was reffering to a line said during this scene, which was eerily prophetic considering that 20 years after this scene, OLTL tried to shove that gross Todd/Marty "romance" down our throats.
It worked out bc it turned out not to be todd so when og todd came back that was one thing he said to prove to people that he was the real todd saying @" nobody thought it was odd that I'd sleep with marty " still at the time it was sick Marty had the excuse of amnesia.
He is behind the Stacy story. That Farah Faith pretty much confirmed that in her interview with TV Guide Canada. Frons is also solely responsible for the loss of Andrea Evans. I loathe the man. He does not love soaps. Check out his interview regarding GL's cancellation- a show he once worked on! The man is simply a business man. A network executive. Soaps are near dead at this point thanks to idiots like him. Granted- world/ tv has changed. But these shows have been destroyed by their own execs
@imachildofthe80s8089 no way--up thru 89 were the golden years--95 was classic with viki's altars but it sunk with all the todd crap--and marty is a pathetic character
OLTL's 80's music is NEVER forgotten! trust me on that!! LOL! It is much loved around these parts!!
The 80s was the best.
This was back when Viki was in the middle of EVERYTHING and found herself in all kinds of trouble, and you were just glued to the set to watch her reactions and her acting and how she was gonna get out of the danger! I love me some Victoria Lord, et al! LOL
Yeh, Viki always chased drama and loved being the center of attention and the star of everything.
Thanks for posting. This was my 1st time seeing that scene. This was when OLTL was at its best. Shit was always going down in Llanview and Viki was always in the middle of it!
I miss the Soaps. They had their own unique spirit of entertainment. 😊
I forgot bout this. Poor Sarah who was kidnapped plenty of times. She was a genuine heroine. I loved Jensen Buchanan
Wasn't she latter on Another World too..?? XD
@@MrCraigblaze Jensen Buchanan moved on to Another World after her stint on OLTL
@@nightowlchad Yes I thought she looked familiar ..Yes this was 89 and I started watching AW in 92 ..Both soaps were filled in NYC .. xd
@@MrCraigblaze yes both were taped in NYC. Well Another World was taped in Brooklyn and later on As the World Turns moved into the Brooklyn studio after AW was cancelled and stayed there till the show was cancelled
@@nightowlchad I had no idea ..I hope Jansen turns around her personal life..I have read about her multiple DWI arrestss in real life. She even played twins on AW as you know ..
Outstanding. I'm so hyper to see these classic clips. Damn Vicki was at her best Sarahhhhh! Why can't we have excitement like this anymore. Real villians and we actually feel like our oltl family is in real peril.
Well said. It's amazing this man is still touted as some type of voice, when he obviously cares nothing about quality, or, if it's true that AMC and GH both go overbudget and OLTL does not, even profit. He has gutted AMC and GH and yet still carries them around like Weekend at Brian's.
WORD to everything said about Frons in the comments here.
And thanks for posting this clip! I remember it so well, and remember calling my best friend and we were FREAKING OUT and couldnt wait to see what happened next! We were 12 :) and this year was the real beginning of a lifelong addiction!
You rock! Thanks so much for posting!
The wild flute at 6:26 lets you know there is gonna be (more) trouble!! OLTL 80s background music was THE BEST!!!
Agreed. I adore Susan and loved her performance in those scenes. But the plot itself was just plain sick.
AMEN DEREKA! AMEN!
They don't care- and despite OLTL being far and away the best soap on the air at this point (yeah, nowhere near as good as the 70's and 80's, and early-mid nineties) it will be the 1st ABC soap to be cancelled. Such a joke. Brian Frons can keep his precious (godawful) AMC and his precious (and god awful, but as bad as AMC) GH! OLTL was the little soap that could, and if he is gonna cancel it, I hope that OLTL will be ABC's solid # 1 soap by that point- It will be the joke of the industry!
LMAO! I still can't get over that Marty & Todd fiasco!
The conclusion was good! SH is great and she is one of my favorite OLTL actresses but I don't like how marty is being written right now.
There were tons of rumors that Carlivati's original Tina story, which involved Mitch was completely gutted by Frons. He is essentially the executive producer of all the ABC soaps. People bitch about OLTL but sadly it really is above and beyond the best soap right now, despite Fron's absolute ambivalence to it. he wants the "name" soaps to survive, If OLTL gets cancelled in 2010, I bet you anything AMC will barely last until 2012, most likely 2011. Los Angeles can not save bad writing.
OLTL has always been the stepchild of ABC daytime. The show never gets any respect from the network brass. Frons has to go! Look what he has done to soapnet. Its 90210 and Melrose reruns. The classic soaps are gone and the marathons come on too late to enjoy!
Weird to see bo & gabrielle & know they would become a couple & bo would wind up being the love of her life. I kinda loved how gabriele made it to heaven was trying to good but still had her selfish streak & was tempting bo to stay in heaven with her. Knowing how gabrielle died next to a toilet I wish she had just left with max the year before & they had their hea raising the twins in Argentina. Max left to live his life their, the place that had his heart & that had a lot to do with meeting gabrielle & conceiving al there. Gabby def loved michael look how concerned for him she is, compare that to how she started to hate Steve's guts lol.
I think Gabrielle loved Michael. Maybe eve Bo, but I felt that Max was definitely the love of her life. She was way too passionate about him. And I agree that they should of let Max and Gabrielle leave together.
I don't even really think that Bo saw Gabrielle in Heaven. I think he was hallucinating.
Oh Gabrielle loved her some Bo and he was the love of her life.
Yes, her and Max had that fiery passion and the chemistry was off the charts but they were so toxic to each other. I liked Max and Gabby too but from a real life perspective Bo was a woman's dream man. He was so gentle, patient, forgiving, and loving to Gabrielle. Knowing her history he still believed there was still some good in her (which I always knew deep down Gabby wasn’t a bad person, just impulsive and didn’t think thru her actions). He did everything he could for her and helped her turn her life around. He never treated her like crap or man handle her like Max and Michael did many times. Max was a lousy partner, he took Gabby’s virginity and broke her heart, wasn’t even trying to be a dad to Al until he one day decided he wanted to sue her for custody and after he won he passed Al on to the baby sitter. Jerked Gabby around for a bit in late ‘89 and then he decided he really wanted to be with her when she wanted to become a nun.
Bo won as the love of her life because he was a very positive influence in her life, she finally had stability and peace and I loved that for her. I know fans wanted her to be a schemer and villain/vixen bc that was what FH was good at. But to me, it was refreshing to see Gabby in a new light. She learned her lessons and grew out of her bad phase. As tragic as her ending was (she should’ve have exited the show by going back to Argentina) I am happy that she finally found true love. Even Max told her she had found true love right before he left Llanview in 2003.
Gabrielle was one of Bo’s great loves for sure and he definitely saw her in heaven when he almost died at the end of the series.
Max was her first love and Bo was her true love.
@@Namaste1030 Maybe Bo was the love of Gabrielle's life, but IMO Didi was the love of Bo's life. I never liked Gabrielle and Bo together, especially when I remembered how she pointed the finger at Bo for Alicia Grande's murder to keep Austin from exposing her switching Brenda and Alicia's babies.
I do appreciate that Gabrielle had change, or was trying to anyway, at the time of her passing. I just did not dig her pairing with Bo.
@@BethHarmon-yh8ms I finally got to see Gabrielle’s whole character arc and no doubt Bo was the love of her life (I will die on this hill lol) and she was one of his great loves. He was on the show for way longer than her so he had a lot more partners and she was one of the best for him. Who was his soulmate is debatable.
All of Gabrielle’s relationships before Bo were train wrecks. Max and her were too toxic, it was all lust not love. He rejected her at every turn and was with 3 women before he gave Gabrielle the time of day. He was the reason she went off the deep end. Gabrielle couldn’t have Max so with every action, she slipped further into schemer/villain territory. Yeah she testified that she saw Bo in the garage even though it was Austin’s back facing her and she never saw Bo’s face. Listen, Gabrielle was doing what was necessary to save her own skin. I am not excusing her behavior at all. She also blackmailed Tina to keep her baby switch a secret. She was terrible during this time but she did end up paying the price for it. She got beat up pretty badly in prison and even tried to kill herself.
The Gabrielle that was first introduced to the show was a privileged and naïve girl. Her father sheltered her from the world, she was very innocent and fell for Max’s charm. She fell in love after their fling and really thought they would be together until she found out Max and Tina were married (of course she didn’t know this was a lie at the time).
She went from being a good girl to villain then to reformed bad girl when she was with Bo was coming full circle. Had she lived and they got married I think she would just be content with being a cop’s wife and not revert back to her old ways. Bo changed her life and she was living the life she dreamed of, it was what she always wanted so I doubt she would have sabotaged that.
He wouldn't even care- most executives lack any compassion. Purely business lol. The interview is at soap opera network. Andrea one minute was stating how happy she was and how she saw her family more working bicoastally than she did when working on Passions, and within weeks she is written out. It made no sense. 100% Frons and everyone knows it.
ROTFL and about 1:30 re:Women falling in love with their captors
"The people who write that are as sick as anyone who would believe it..."
MY GOD these 1989 writers must have been PSYCHIC!!! Cuz 20 yrs later we got that exact scenario with Marty & Todd.
I enjoyed watching the classics such as Another World, Ryan's hope, Dallas, and Dynasty. OTH, The OC, Gilmore Girls, and 90210 are not soaps! Frons has to go!
I believe this was on a Friday, correct? Seems like a cliffhanger to me with Austin preparing to take the Vickster hostage. Soaps just do cliffhangers anymore, well the soaps that are left ...
@imachildofthe80s8089 oh no, i hate those stories as well. i was reffering to a line said during this scene, which was eerily prophetic considering that 20 years after this scene, OLTL tried to shove that gross Todd/Marty "romance" down our throats.
It worked out bc it turned out not to be todd so when og todd came back that was one thing he said to prove to people that he was the real todd saying @" nobody thought it was odd that I'd sleep with marty " still at the time it was sick Marty had the excuse of amnesia.
He is behind the Stacy story. That Farah Faith pretty much confirmed that in her interview with TV Guide Canada. Frons is also solely responsible for the loss of Andrea Evans. I loathe the man. He does not love soaps. Check out his interview regarding GL's cancellation- a show he once worked on! The man is simply a business man. A network executive. Soaps are near dead at this point thanks to idiots like him. Granted- world/ tv has changed. But these shows have been destroyed by their own execs
AND OLTL SOMEHOW MANAGES TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL WITH NO BUDGET. Wish I could say the same for cheap ass AMC and "HD" GH.
this caused sarah to miscarry austin's baby--conceived diuring when he raped her
Was this after or before or after he was keeping Megan and Viki in that apartment.
That always left a bad taste in my mouth too.
Before.
@imachildofthe80s8089 no way--up thru 89 were the golden years--95 was classic with viki's altars but it sunk with all the todd crap--and marty is a pathetic character