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Rezny@gmail.com · 03-26-2011, 12:25 AM

"Another World"(from 1964 to 2000),and "The Doctors?"(1963-1982)?

catlover79 · 03-26-2011, 12:53 AM

Actually, AW went off the air in 1999, but I watched it the last couple of years it was on. I was a Jake & Vicky fan, and a Cass & Lila fan.

TD was before my time (I was only a toddler when it went off the air), but I have read articles about it, and seen various clips of it on YouTube. From what little I've seen, I liked it.

TV Knowledge Fan · 03-26-2011, 04:37 AM

...I also recall when NBC used to have a "daytime schedule". From the mid-'60s through the early '80s, "THE DOCTORS" and "ANOTHER WORLD" used to appear back-to-back, 2:30 through 3:30pm(et); 2:30 through 4pm after the fall of '75...Colgate-Palmolive was the primary sponsor of "THE DOCTORS", as Procter & Gamble was for "ANOTHER WORLD"....

MickeyMac · 03-26-2011, 12:54 PM

Never saw The Doctors, but I totally remember Another World. My mother watched that one for years back in the day.

gidgetgrape · 03-26-2011, 02:35 PM

I watched the last couple years of Another World, but never heard of The Doctors until years later. I loved the fashions on Another World.

MariposaLKB · 03-26-2011, 04:34 PM

My mother watched both. She says she always used to have her chores done every day in time to watch Merv Griffin and these soaps LOL! Think the were preceded by Days of Our Lives, as she watched that too.

catlover79 · 03-26-2011, 06:46 PM

Those were the days, indeed!!

danderson400 · 09-17-2015, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TV Knowledge Fan

...I also recall when NBC used to have a "daytime schedule". From the mid-'60s through the early '80s, "THE DOCTORS" and "ANOTHER WORLD" used to appear back-to-back, 2:30 through 3:30pm(et); 2:30 through 4pm after the fall of '75...Colgate-Palmolive was the primary sponsor of "THE DOCTORS", as Procter & Gamble was for "ANOTHER WORLD"....

my Mom ALWAYS watched "ANOTHER WORLD" in her plant she worked at and the plant had RCA Color TV(a NBC product none less!) her boss would also watch "AW" back then too

bmasters9 · 09-18-2015, 01:25 PM

I remember hearing an audio clip of an NBC staff announcer (don't know the name) say "Now stay tuned to You Don't Say, next in color on NBC."

danderson400 · 09-18-2015, 02:38 PM

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I remember hearing an audio clip of an NBC staff announcer (don't know the name) say "Now stay tuned to You Don't Say, next in color on NBC."

would that be Bill Wolff? he was the announcer for Another World untill he retired in 87

bmasters9 · 09-18-2015, 03:08 PM

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would that be Bill Wolff? he was the announcer for Another World untill he retired in 87

That's exactly right! I thought it was an NBC announcer, but now that you mention it, Bill Wolff was the announcer then, and he did the opening and closing announcements. I couldn't place the voice until you brought it up.

danderson400 · 09-18-2015, 04:40 PM

i remember hearing him(and that organ AW theme) when the world of soap themes site was free i also heard a ATWT closing with the cast of The Guiding Light and also legendary ATWT announcer Dan Mcullough too it was a rare thing to hear two of daytime's most well known announcers(along with Johnny Olsen and Jay Stewart i also on that site heard Dwight Weist, Ed Chandler and Hal Simms too and even Alan Berns

AB · 09-18-2015, 05:19 PM

I stayed with my grandmother during the summers and she watched the ones on CBS, As The World Turns, The Guiding Light, Secret Storm, and The Edge of Night. I'd sometimes watch them with her but as I got older & stayed at home, I'd watch the ones on ABC. I always liked General Hospital, Ryan's Hope and Dark Shadows.

bmasters9 · 09-21-2015, 02:57 PM

I remember when AW had that opening with the ring-tunnel (the familiar wreath of interlocking circles coming forward and leaving a tunnel behind, similar to the opening of Sunday Morning then with the CBS eye) and how the two parts of the AW title came in from the top and bottom of the screen and turned into place, and also the silhouette of faces that preceded that. Does anyone else remember that?

KatieAnn · 09-22-2015, 09:25 PM

I watched AW during the Anne Heche years, and stopped watching when she (and Cali Timmons) left, but I started watching again a couple of years before the show was cancelled. Now I've seen clips of those years I skipped on YouTube, and Jake and Paulina were the standout pair - they were amazing together.

03-26-2011, 12:25 AM	#1
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	Remember when NBC aired these soap operas? "Another World"(from 1964 to 2000),and "The Doctors?"(1963-1982)?

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03-26-2011, 04:37 AM	#3
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Of course, I do... ...I also recall when NBC used to have a "daytime schedule". From the mid-'60s through the early '80s, "THE DOCTORS" and "ANOTHER WORLD" used to appear back-to-back, 2:30 through 3:30pm(et); 2:30 through 4pm after the fall of '75...Colgate-Palmolive was the primary sponsor of "THE DOCTORS", as Procter & Gamble was for "ANOTHER WORLD"....

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MariposaLKB She flies alone Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 06, 2001 Location: The great unknown Posts: 3,436	My mother watched both. She says she always used to have her chores done every day in time to watch Merv Griffin and these soaps LOL! Think the were preceded by Days of Our Lives, as she watched that too.
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MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,004	Never saw The Doctors, but I totally remember Another World. My mother watched that one for years back in the day.

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gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,503	I watched the last couple years of Another World, but never heard of The Doctors until years later. I loved the fashions on Another World.

09-18-2015, 01:25 PM	#9
bmasters9 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 2,550	I remember hearing an audio clip of an NBC staff announcer (don't know the name) say "Now stay tuned to You Don't Say, next in color on NBC."
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09-18-2015, 04:40 PM	#12
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 650	i remember hearing him(and that organ AW theme) when the world of soap themes site was free i also heard a ATWT closing with the cast of The Guiding Light and also legendary ATWT announcer Dan Mcullough too it was a rare thing to hear two of daytime's most well known announcers(along with Johnny Olsen and Jay Stewart i also on that site heard Dwight Weist, Ed Chandler and Hal Simms too and even Alan Berns

09-18-2015, 05:19 PM	#13
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,429	I stayed with my grandmother during the summers and she watched the ones on CBS, As The World Turns, The Guiding Light, Secret Storm, and The Edge of Night. I'd sometimes watch them with her but as I got older & stayed at home, I'd watch the ones on ABC. I always liked General Hospital, Ryan's Hope and Dark Shadows.

09-21-2015, 02:57 PM	#14
bmasters9 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 2,550	I remember when AW had that opening with the ring-tunnel (the familiar wreath of interlocking circles coming forward and leaving a tunnel behind, similar to the opening of Sunday Morning then with the CBS eye) and how the two parts of the AW title came in from the top and bottom of the screen and turned into place, and also the silhouette of faces that preceded that. Does anyone else remember that?

09-22-2015, 09:25 PM	#15
KatieAnn Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 15, 2011 Posts: 520	I watched AW during the Anne Heche years, and stopped watching when she (and Cali Timmons) left, but I started watching again a couple of years before the show was cancelled. Now I've seen clips of those years I skipped on YouTube, and Jake and Paulina were the standout pair - they were amazing together.