Rare episode of the fondly remembered NBC soap opera "Somerset" from November 7, 1972, featuring Lois Kibbee, Christopher Pennock, Jordan Charney and others.
I remember my mom talking about this soap. She always hated the fact she missed the last episode because my aunt picked her up later than expected to go shopping😂 I wish she was still here so she could get closure on one of her favorite soaps. I'm watching this for you mommie. Miss and love you always.
@Nanuela15
7 ай бұрын
I love this!
@danielbryan9754
7 ай бұрын
Bless you. Fulfilling your mother’s wishes in such a kind and thoughtful way shows what a wonderful daughter you are. There is nothing like the soaps and our devotion to them-especially the great ones of the 70’s.
@kevincostley8093
7 жыл бұрын
It's so good to see a Somerset video. I hope viewers that have them would submit more. Lois Kibbee was a great actess!
@jusssayin480
Жыл бұрын
I only remember Lois from The Edge of Night and I agree. She was a great actress.
@scootover7
Жыл бұрын
@@jusssayin480love her on Edge especially the interaction between her and Raven played by Sharon Rose Gabet
@danielbryan9754
7 ай бұрын
She was indeed. I only saw her in the Edge of Night as well. What a class act she was. She and Jeanne Cooper from the Y & R. So rare and few to find actresses of their caliber.
@m.e.d.7997
3 жыл бұрын
What a different world it was in daytime back then.
@anthonymeans7439
3 жыл бұрын
It was!!
@sharoncalay150
7 ай бұрын
It's so sad to see what Daytime is today my mother loved Edge of Night Dark Shadows this show was great
@notgivinup
Ай бұрын
Oh my goodness Chris Pennock from Dark Shadows…. Jeb Hawkes! These old shows and commercials bring back the fondest memories of my mom and from when I was little, I was 12 in 1972. It was such a different world back then… a much better time and place. The organ 🎹 music on this show, classic!
@brookehanley3659
6 жыл бұрын
This would have been an awesome soap for retro TV if it was saved like The Doctors.
@a.b.sproductionsllc
5 жыл бұрын
I think episodes of “Somerset” are still in existence. I don’t think NBC was into erasing a lot of their soaps like CBS and ABC. There are a number of episodes from 1976 still around.
@skipeastport5529
4 жыл бұрын
Somerset was wiped. It was owned by P&G. They started archiving their soaps in 1979.
@johnbenzer5306
3 жыл бұрын
@OneDayAfterAnother incorrect
@jamespatton8847
2 жыл бұрын
Curious as to what episodes of Somerset are saved, would be nice to see some vintage somerset shows
@ericb2296
2 жыл бұрын
@OneDayAfterAnother …and “Dark Shadows”, ABC’s gothic late afternooner that ran from 1966-1971; all 1225 episodes were saved, and it’s one of the few daytime dramas that enjoyed syndication success after its network run finished. The complete series is also available on Amazon.
@angelagoodwin5758
2 жыл бұрын
I get a kick out of watching classic soaps like this. I used to watch them every afternoon with my mother in the 60s and 70s. Many well-known actors got their big breaks working in soap operas, and they have said it's the most rigorous training an actor can get. I believe TED DANSON got his start on SOMERSET.
@Jh49er
6 жыл бұрын
It's great to see this full episode. I love it my grandmother and I watched this show every day when I got home from school. This was a great storyline
@SellawEvets
6 жыл бұрын
And Dark Shadows' Lara Parker in that Prell commercial!
@Historian212
3 жыл бұрын
Christopher Pennock was also a Dark Shadows veteran, from the last part of its run. I thought he was awful, LOL. Lara Parker was the real star of DS, imho. Came across DS as a teen, flipping channels, and saw Angelique doing a spell during the 1700s. Immediately hooked!
@walterrepass3957
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Christopher Pennock was in the series.
@maureennochannel
Жыл бұрын
Omg and with the commercials. This is absolutely fantastic.
@vistatiger7493
Жыл бұрын
Chef Boy ar dee spaghetti dinner in a box. I had forgotten all about that! LOL.
@perpieta
12 күн бұрын
Thanks for the memories--for a couple of years there my friends and I would race home from school to watch One Life to Live at three-thirty and then switch over to NBC at 4pm for Somerset. I started watching Somerset around the time when Jordan Charney was Sam Lucas, Anne Wedgeworth was Lahoma Lucas, Ernest Thompson was Tony, and Joel Crothers was Julian Canell. Then Bibi Besch and Audrey Landers came on the show as mother and daughter Eve and Heather Lawrence--Audrey had the greatest cheekbones! And Ernest Thompson was hot.
@BigSingh
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah!!!!! Finally at least one episode!
@AngryRantsAndStuff
6 жыл бұрын
Watched this last night. Big fan of AW in the early 80s and watched religiously from '94 to the end. Somerset was a bit before my time. I was born in '76. Big fan of Texas as well, especially Gretchen. *Homer Simpson growl* I am aware of Somerset, by name anyway due to me collecting Soap Opera Digest from the late 90s to about 2008. It's a travesty that a lot of 70s soaps have been erased. It's a loss of great tv history. Even the Tonight Show suffered the same fate. Totally unfair. Watching this out of context, the clown was a surprise.
@almartino4635
7 ай бұрын
That organ music🥰
@csfan65
7 жыл бұрын
I remember my Mom watching this soap opera. I was only 6 around that time, so seeing this really takes me back.
@Jh49er
3 жыл бұрын
This episode was great it was the starting point for a great continuing story. I remember watching it with my grandmother
@jabjab4434
Жыл бұрын
Jordan Charney as Sam Lucus. Married to Lahoma ( Ann Wedgeworth) and half brother to Rachel Davis from Another World. What a treat. Thank You
@TheloniousJackson
9 ай бұрын
Sam Lucas was Rachel’s uncle not half brother. Sam was Ada’s brother. Pammy Davis was Rachel’s half sister
@brianoneil6659
6 жыл бұрын
Ernest Thompson here as Tony Cooper. By the end of the 70s he was the highly successful playwright who wrote "On Golden Pond."
@rongreen2976
7 жыл бұрын
That's Lara Parker (Angelique from Dark Shadows) in the Prell commercial at 3:04!
@melodiefrances3898
2 жыл бұрын
I just caught that lol!!!
@strafrag1
5 жыл бұрын
I loved Joel Crothers in this show.
@ivelissediaz9583
3 жыл бұрын
Joel also from Dark Shadows.
@reneem6839
6 жыл бұрын
This is an absolute treasure, thanks for posting it. I watched Somerset then - I was only 14. This was on election day in 1972. I loved the David Brinkley election day coverage promo. and I remember every single one of those commercials! I also remember Mike Douglas came on right after. It aired in the late afternoon in my area at around 4:00 or 4:30 p.m. I think Dark Shadows was on right before Somerset. Not sure, though, as that was so long ago now!
@6828Lu
4 жыл бұрын
Dark Shadows was cancelled in April 1971 - when did Somerset begin?
@ivelissediaz9583
3 жыл бұрын
Dark Shadows aired on ABC - Channel 7 in New York at 4pm then at 4:30 it was the channel 7 4:30 movie which ran until 6pm then the news began.
@ivelissediaz9583
3 жыл бұрын
@@6828Lu I think Somerset was on NBC Channel 4. Dark Shadows was on channel 7 ABC.
@6828Lu
3 жыл бұрын
@@ivelissediaz9583 irrelevant, since not everyone lives in New York.
@ivelissediaz9583
3 жыл бұрын
@@6828Lu just commenting on the viewing schedule in the new york area. Especially as new york is where Dark Shadows was filmed and where all those daytime dramas were filmed. That's all. Have a nice day!
@michaelfrancis2563
3 жыл бұрын
Henry Slesar was a prolific writer for Procter and Gamble soap operas. His main gig was the Edge of Night. However, he would simultaneously write others. His storyline for Somerset during his writing tenure was riveting with the Coopers. Search For Tomorrow was given a big boost by his writing.
@roddycurt9139
3 жыл бұрын
I had read somewhere that Lois Kibbee was friends with Henry Slesar and joined SOMERSET at his bequest. She also wrote several episodes of CAPITOL during Slesar's head writing duties
@davehire1433
Жыл бұрын
He also wrote a classic Twilight Zone episode, “The Old Man In The Cave”.
@cfscfs
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this - I started watching Somerset in 1972 and remember this storyline well. Ernest Thompson (playing Tony Cooper) later wrote "On Golden Pond".
@nickimorelli9991
2 жыл бұрын
@cfscfs I did not know Ernest Thompson started his career acting & on this one, no less! Thanks for sharing that info.
@6828Lu
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! I was a strict ABC soap viewer, but love seeing all the different soaps, and familiar actors in other roles. Thanks for this!
@Jh49er
7 жыл бұрын
I remember this storyline very well it was quite thrilling
@Jh49er
6 жыл бұрын
I wish I could see the entire story again
@Johnnyboy792
6 жыл бұрын
This was a rare treat Rob. A time machine that put me right back into 1972 ! Thanks :)
@Jh49er
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this episode it is a great episode I wish I could see this whole storyline again
@markburguron3035
Жыл бұрын
Lois Kibbee she was so great!
@DanMan869
5 жыл бұрын
That's Pamela Toll doing the commercial for Duz at 27:11. She had previously played Liz Wilson on "The Doctors" and then Pammy Davis on..."Somerset"! Pam left soaps much too soon. She's been missed!
@jayology
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Pamela Toll passed away in 2020.
@davidconway6874
4 жыл бұрын
I would've been three when this aired but I remember Jingles the clown. Bastard scared the crap out of me.
@rosseganjr9402
Жыл бұрын
it's amazing seeing these classic episodes!
@maryoconnor8297
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see Chris Pennock on here!!
@kekwayblaze3176
3 жыл бұрын
What an amazing clip! I wish there was existing episodes with crossover appearances from Another World by Rachel and Alice on Somerset. Rachel in particular had siblings on Somerset whom she visited.
@rodolpheettrick2929
3 жыл бұрын
Rachel had a sister named Pamela. Spitting image of Rachel character wise
@ryanhilliard1620
Жыл бұрын
@@rodolpheettrick2929 Which Rachel? Robin or Victoria?
@rodolpheettrick2929
Жыл бұрын
@@ryanhilliard1620 Robin Strasser
@mthivier
7 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten that Lois Kibbee (Geraldine in Edge of Night) was also on Somerset for a while.
@EdwynNSanchez
6 жыл бұрын
Mar Thivierge Not Only Lois Kibbee joined Somerset. Mr. Joel Crothers (Miles Cavanaugh) also did... I think
@a.b.s_productions
5 жыл бұрын
Edwyn Sanchez The guy playing Carter was on “The Edge of Night” playing a sinister mobster name Murlock after this role.
@EdwynNSanchez
5 жыл бұрын
Adam B. Smith Really? I didn’t know that.
@a.b.sproductionsllc
5 жыл бұрын
Edwyn Sanchez Yes, his name is Jay Gregory. There might still be an episode of “EON” with him in it from 1975 and his character was going to shoot Johnny Dallas in his restaurant, but was interrupted. Great episode!
@EdwynNSanchez
5 жыл бұрын
A.B.S Productions, LLC Amazing! I hope it’s available. If it is, what’s the date and where can I find it?
@brianoneil6659
6 жыл бұрын
The late Harriet Hall as Andrea Moore. Gone too soon.
@6828Lu
4 жыл бұрын
She played Brooke English for a short time on AMC, too. I had no idea she'd passed.
@travisjames3517
4 жыл бұрын
6828Lu Yeah, she was Brooke #03. Didn’t last long, though.
@Historian212
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I just discovered she died in 2007, just shy of her 59th birthday. Very sad. She was luminous.
@MrCraigblaze
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload !! I forget that Lois Kibbie did Somerset BEFORE Edge of night ..I know the show had Writer Harry Salter to write for the show to improve Somerset's dismissal ratings !! The commericals are the BEST !!
@jmnny85
8 ай бұрын
Saw the commercial wondered if Biz detergent was still around it is! Havent thought about it in decades and never used it,wow
@Jh49er
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this wonderful episode
@ericsamuelson5656
7 ай бұрын
My cousin David watched this with our grandma after school during his childhood. The painting in the opening looks like a town in Europe.
@Chase4everChase
Жыл бұрын
Rob, I'm so very grateful to you for posting this video and for keeping it active. It's hard to believe 50 years have since passed, and I still miss daily watching this show and hearing the awesome organ music being played in the background. 🙂 (Chase)
@toddwacha5108
7 жыл бұрын
Of the P&G commercials in this Somerset episode for Prell, Crisco, Biz, Zest, and Duz, none of them are owned by P&G anymore. Duz was discontinued in 1978, while the other brands that I mentioned were sold to other companies.
@paulnguyen8910
4 жыл бұрын
Duz actually ended in 1980.
@mrs.rucker2448
28 күн бұрын
And Biz just doesn’t do the great job it used to!
@charlesmeadows6285
6 жыл бұрын
That voice behind the mike is none other than Bill Wolfe.
@peterwolff9864
9 ай бұрын
The great Somerset NBC announcer bio can be viewed at: Bill Wolff Announcer on his Wikipedia page. Thanks!
@One-Day-After-Another
3 ай бұрын
I was 6 months old here! Dang! I'm not gonna lie... I would like to think by the time 1972 came along the soaps had been going long enough to be more modern and lose that ancient sounding organ music....but apparently not. LOL
@booberry349
7 жыл бұрын
Geraldine from Edge of Night on Somerset
@ivelissediaz9583
3 жыл бұрын
And Nadine Alexander also from the Edge of Night as Laura Cooper on Somerset.
@Soapking1965
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Lois Kibbee left EDGE in 1971 and joined SOMERSET as Emily. She returned to EDGE in 1973 and remained until the final episode in December 1984.
@jabjab4434
3 жыл бұрын
Somerset changed over to a crime drama much like Edge around the 2nd year. Joseph Crothers also from Edge had a storyline. I watched when my favs from Another World went to Somerset and then the station dropped the show in the 2nd year. I was devastated.
@Soapking1965
3 жыл бұрын
@@jabjab4434 Joel Crothers played Julian Cannell on SOMERSET and Miles Kavanaugh on EDGE.
@thejupiter2574
2 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh actor Chris Pennock who was on the spooky show / soap Dark Shadows and in the MGM movie Night of Dark Shadows
@edgeof1956
7 жыл бұрын
What a really nice treat to see a full episode of a forgotten soap. Like the inclusion of the original commercials also. How do I get a Biz bag? Sad about Biz not being in the Procter & Gamble roster of products anymore. Really nice to see this again.
@royalgarden18
2 жыл бұрын
This was aired the day before my dad was born
@FlavioGirl
Ай бұрын
classic soaps
@kennethwashington4713
7 жыл бұрын
Both Jay Gregory (More lock), and Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Whitney) both been on The Edge of Night, couple of years apart.
@reichfrog2
3 ай бұрын
I wish I could see all this series, we need to get the scripts if possible and remake it.
@rogertemple7193
4 жыл бұрын
"Jay Gregory:(1939-present); he appeared in several tv guest roles(33), and a few films(9), numerous stage plays(1,000+), has done many off screen narrations/voice overs for documentaries,tv commercials,etc., (Deputy Roy,Dark Shadows,1967,11), (Morlock Sevigny,the Edge of Night,1974-1975,200), (Carter Matson,Somerset,1972-1973,196), (Dr. Collins,the Doctors,1977,33), (Sgt. Preston,Days of our Lives,1982,29)."-🤔🖥☕🇺🇲..
@sto59
3 жыл бұрын
Christopher Pennock 1944-2021 RIP
@daytime70s
3 жыл бұрын
Really? There's been nothing in the press. Sad to hear.
@melodiefrances3898
2 жыл бұрын
I came here because of him 😊
@suegielen3684
Жыл бұрын
He was in Dark Shadows as well.
@deh2775
7 ай бұрын
The amazingly talented Henry Slesar writing both Somerset and The Edge of Night.
@anthonyL1995
4 жыл бұрын
Supposedly this took place in Michigan. Somerset is a mall in Troy.
@annmariesullivan8838
5 жыл бұрын
I was in the first grade when this episode aired
@jeffreycoval4618
4 жыл бұрын
So glad I found this. Would love to watch every single episode. Take me back ! ( but what a out the announcer’s voice?....)
@Historian212
3 жыл бұрын
Somerset was an Another World spinoff. I don't think it lasted very long. My mother was a big AW fan, so she watched Somerset, too.... Watching this vid, I'm reminded that I was quite taken by the actress who played Andrea Moore, Harriet Hall. Checking online, she went on to a few different roles but quit acting due to a chronic back problem. Sadly, she died suddenly in 2007, shortly before her 59th birthday (according to a memorial page set up by her brother). The Wiki page for Somerset holds some fun info. It was scheduled opposite Dark Shadows (which is what I watched instead, most of the time). In the cast list, many familiar names from DS pop up in the cast list for Somerset, including Christopher Pennock, Humbert Allen Astredo, Marie Wallace, and Joel Crothers. Other famous names include Ted Danson, Michael Nouri, Sigourney Weaver, JoBeth Williams, Gary Sandy, and Bibi Besch.
@Soapking1965
Жыл бұрын
SOMERSET aired from March 30, 1970 to New Year's Eve 1976.
@rhymeandreasoning
4 жыл бұрын
I love the commercials
@flashbaneyify
6 жыл бұрын
21:15 That's Mr. Angelino from Three's Company
@marklamphear7531
4 жыл бұрын
Just about to say that
@landreaulover
4 жыл бұрын
He's the only character I recognize -- Sam Lucas -- brother of Ada from Another World (and uncle to Rachel Davis/Matthew/Frame/Cory, etc. Somerset was a spinoff of AW. I didn't watch Somerset much until 1976 when Jobeth Williams and Audrey Landers were on the show. I think most of the original cast has departed by then.
@juliemnm8273
2 жыл бұрын
The actress that played his wife on Somerset played Lana on Three's Company...
@saskwatcher
7 жыл бұрын
Not a spoiler in the 21st century but Jingles the Clown turned out to a loopy aunt.
@roddycurt9139
3 жыл бұрын
I had read somewhere that Henry Slesar was headwriter and intended for The Jingles The Clown storyline to be a psychological mystery where the woman doesn't really see him, but imagines the clown. He was replaced as HW halfway through the story.
@dennismclaurin1487
7 ай бұрын
I remember this soap title as a child
@merricat3025
6 ай бұрын
I never watched it, but I remember the name. I grew up on CBS soaps
@tracyisbest
4 ай бұрын
Would love to see a 1976 episode of this if any exists out there, being the soap changed so much from it's 1970 origin. Kind of became a crime/drama kind of soap. Had Ted Danson, Bibi Besch, JoBeth Williams, Tina Sloan, Audrey Landers and a slew of others who didn't start out here in '70. Anyone know if they exist at all? I see the comments about either NBC not caring to preserve them or P&G feeling the same way. Hope these later ones didn't all get wiped.
@musicom67
2 жыл бұрын
Just like an Old Time Radio soaper with 'picture'. Even with the organ theme...
@mikejohnson515
3 жыл бұрын
The great Bill Wolff voiced all of NBC's P&G soaps!
@peterwolff9864
9 ай бұрын
More about "Bill Wolff Announcer" on his Wikipedia page...thanks!
@mrceleb2006
5 жыл бұрын
Sourced from WRC-TV in Washington, DC...great find!
@marthamilton973
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in 70s. Wasn't there a storyline about Heather Kane being in love with her teacher?
@andrewwikins4999
2 жыл бұрын
It’s so crazy to see a soap opera be the epitome of every parody I’ve ever seen….right down to the organ music lol
@ryanhilliard1620
Жыл бұрын
These shows made more money for the networks than prime time shows. They mastered the art of the cliff hanger and kept women coming back for more day after day for decades. There is something to be said for that. It is a unique genre of story telling.
@andrewwikins4999
Жыл бұрын
@@ryanhilliard1620 agreed I like the genre. It’s just that by time I was watching them they were so not like this anymore that when shows would parody them the parody would seem ridiculous. But it’s so weird to see these old shows and they were exactly as they were parodied. Having never seen this version of them because it was before I was born it just seems funny.
@kengeorgejones6855
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Somerset is always a treat. Do you know if any more are floating around (I remember the other with Marie Wallace at a dinner party gone wrong but not sure of any others)?
@a.b.s_productions
6 жыл бұрын
Ken George Jones The Museum of TV & Radio in NYC has a few episodes of “Somerset” from October and November 1976.
@kekwayblaze3176
3 жыл бұрын
@@a.b.s_productions Are those online somewhere?
@a.b.s_productions
3 жыл бұрын
@@kekwayblaze3176 They’re not. I snuck and had some clips I recorded and posted many years ago on KZitem but unfortunately they were taken down.
@kekwayblaze3176
3 жыл бұрын
@@a.b.s_productions You never posted them again?
@a.b.s_productions
3 жыл бұрын
@@kekwayblaze3176 No, I should still have them clips somewhere. I’ll have to search for them. KZitem shut my whole page down. This was like 6 years ago.
@christopherlyons5900
4 ай бұрын
"So what do you do for a living?" I'm the organist on Somerset. The soap opera." "Oh--really?" "Yeah, I play to transition between scenes, and just before commercial breaks. Sometimes in the middle of a commercial break, to remind people the show's coming back soon. The opening music, the end music. Sometimes when something really dramatic happens, like a woman getting gaslighted by a guy dressed as a scary clown to drive her mad. That requires more creativity. Pay's not much, but workload's light. I moonlight at a local church, and there's always the ice skating rink." "It doesn't sound like a very secure job." "Oh nonsense! Soap organists go back to the early days of radio! It's an enduring tradition that will last for generations. What are they going to do, record some canned synth music, and play it over and over? Where's the artistry in that?"
@nickimorelli9991
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. I heard stories for years about the Jingles story line from my older cousins. It scared me to know end. I would love to find the episode when the identity of Jingles was revealed. And how great to see Mrs. Smalls a/k/a Emily. Tfs.
@melodiefrances3898
2 жыл бұрын
Was Jingles a psycho? Creepy clowns creep me out lol
@GeraldineTayloe-cc1yh
Жыл бұрын
I remmber this soap I was 12
@barbaramurch6883
7 ай бұрын
Lois Kibbee Also Played Judge Smails Wife In "Caddyshack" In 1980!
@vistatiger7493
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't Another World do a similar story in the early 80's where Alma Rudder would dress as a giant Raggedy Ann doll and hide in the closet to terrorize Blaine and make fer think she was crazy.
@Chase4everChase
11 ай бұрын
VistaTiger, I realize it's a year after you asked, but I can confirm you are correct about Blaine being terrified by Alma Rudder dressed as the Raggedy Ann creature. (Chase)
@jmnny85
8 ай бұрын
Yes,I was a teenager during that time,that storyline was unforgettable and very weird!
@jeffreyharnden7523
2 жыл бұрын
Why did they take down the episode with actress jo Beth Williams where she freaks out after finding a dead bird in her bag in her office ? Loved that episode
@armenianchik
3 жыл бұрын
Gabriel Collins! And Jeb from Dark shadows!
@hormelinc
7 жыл бұрын
I had heard rumors that organ music was used as late as the 70's, but the Internet has once again provided proof of this horrid production "value" (more like de-value!). I guess "The Doctors" was way ahead of it's time after all with a proper musical theme.
@6828Lu
4 жыл бұрын
What's so horrid about organ music? It serves its purpose. Plus it's more economical.
@Historian212
3 жыл бұрын
The organ music was a leftover from an earlier era, before TV. Soaps started on radio in the 1930s, not sure if they already used the organ on the earliest ones. Since many of the housewives of the 70s were still from the Depression/WW2 era, that organ music would've been familiar to them, and probably comforting. A reminder of their younger days.
@ShadowsofthePastTheater
3 жыл бұрын
Dark Shadows didn't use organ music. The main theme was played on a theremin
@vistatiger7493
3 жыл бұрын
I always liked that Another World didn't use music heavily back in the 70's over the scenes. I always heard their writer Harding Lemay didn't like it. Another World was like watching a play back then. Brilliant story line's and dialogue that was like real life conversation.
@christopherlyons5900
4 ай бұрын
Never watched thsi one. Getting a real Dark Shadows vibe from it. Which makes sense, given it had just concluded the year before this. No supernatural angle I can see, but gothic as hell. Soaps used to be cast almost entirely from the theater, particualrly in New York. The level of performance was a lot higher than it is now.
@christopherlyons5900
4 ай бұрын
Not knowing who any of these people are, I was a bit confused by the fact this young woman of seemingly good character, a character in an early 70's soap opera, was getting ready for bed and acting not the least bit perturbed by this very large man watching her do it. It seemed rather--suggestive. Their rapport was oddly flirtatious, yet there was no indication he was going to make a move on her, or was even thinking about it. They are very comfortable with each other. Googled. He was playing her brother. Who used to do this clown character for her when they were kids. So we're supposed to think maybe it's him gaslighting her. Except look how big the actor is. It can't possibly be him in the clown suit. Like half his size. And yes, I know who it turned out to be. Googled that too. That being said, kind of disappointed, because they had good chemistry, and she's got none with the dweeby WASP who wants to marry her, ran in to comfort her when she screamed, and tell her she was just having a bad dream. Girl, you can do better. Hey, it's a soap. Maybe he's not really your brother by blood. They pulled that gag on As The World Turns once. I'm going to assume that's what happened here. Even though it didn't. ;)
@GenXorcist1976
3 ай бұрын
This show was on the same channel as Days of Our Lives, wasn’t it? I vaguely remember…
@allanfisch
7 жыл бұрын
Lois Kibbee before she went to EON.
@jimdavis3435
7 жыл бұрын
Lois appeared on Edge in 1970 as Geraldine Whitney then Somerset...after her stint on Somerset she returned to Edge playing Gerladine to the very last episode!
@charlesmeadows6285
6 жыл бұрын
This again is picked up from WRC-TV that other Channel 4 in Fairfax,VA the Washington,DC affluent suburb.
@anthonymeans9702
7 жыл бұрын
What Another World character(s) were spun off to create Somerset?
@Soapking1965
7 жыл бұрын
Sam, Lahoma and Missy
@kekwayblaze3176
3 жыл бұрын
@@Soapking1965 Weren't some of those characters related to Rachel? I believe Alice Frame also appeared on Somerset as well.
@Soapking1965
3 жыл бұрын
@@kekwayblaze3176 Gerald Davis was Rachel's father, who deserted her and Ada years earlier. Sam was Rachel's uncle (Ada was his sister).
@rogertemple7193
4 жыл бұрын
Len Gochman:(b.Jersey City,N.J.1//27/1931-d.Manhattan,N.Y.2/7/2020); survived by 2 children,& several grandchildren, Soap Operas:(5);the following below: the Edge of Night(D.A. Forbes,1967,31), Another World(Peter Delaney,1970,21), Somerset(Peter Delaney,1970-1973,278), Ryan's Hope(Det. Elles,1978,32), Also: Films: (11), TV Guest Roles: (33), Plays: (1,000+), TV Commercials: (on screen-numerous;voice overs-numerous)."-🤔🖥☕🇺🇲..
@baconbap
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch Somerset. I don't remember any of those people.
@paulnguyen8910
4 жыл бұрын
The late Ronald Carey, from "Barney Miller", in the Alpo commercial.
@darnellanders8768
Жыл бұрын
okay so now I remember now that Somerset was a spin off of another world in which case Sam and Lohomea was on both shows. I rememeber they attended the marriage of Lenour and Walter in bay city. I believe it was shortly after that when Sam had married Lohomea after breaking up with Lee Randolf John's daughter. i remember Lohomea's sexy voice . i got hooked from watchin g in a spare moment when Sam had bludgeoned Lohomea with a paper weight . not sure if he killed her or not but it was the firsr time I had witness violence on a soap opera. must of been in the early seventies. i was about 9 years old. I felt so bad for what he did to his wife who was also nagging him quite often. Does anyone remember that storyline?? I also remember some of the gingle's killer clown storyline that was quite frightening to me at that age.
@jaredjlinden
9 ай бұрын
Isn’t that the lady from Caddyshack? “Will you loofah my stretch marks?”
@CoopyKat
Жыл бұрын
4:46 Lois Kibbee (also from "Edge of Night") made a mistake and said "stomething" instead of "something" - I'm sure video tape editing still wasn't easy to do in 1972.
@mandfwjames6787
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading. Do you have episodes on DVD?
@sbookey
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting throught-the-closet shot
@Nanuela15
7 ай бұрын
Geraldine Saxon !!!
@bmasters1981
Жыл бұрын
The last few seconds-- election coverage as we once knew it, and that no one does anymore (it's all more flashy, more argumentative, and all that bad stuff).
@johnnyp5913
Жыл бұрын
3:00 Little did the audience know that Susan and Stanley were brother and sister still living at home.
@marlanaedwards5296
2 жыл бұрын
I wish that older people wouldn't do that. Doubting a young person's love feelings for someone is nothing to pick about.
@Salmagundiii
3 ай бұрын
What was this recorded on? Umatic?
@donaldcasalone4243
Жыл бұрын
Ron Carey in the Alpo commercial
@kevinpyne5808
5 ай бұрын
Jeb Hawkes from Dark Shadows!
@kennethwashington4713
7 жыл бұрын
Who writen this episode, Henry Slesar, or Roy Winsor.
@a.b.s_productions
7 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Washington Henry Slesar was writing for the show. He jumped on board in 1971, possibly in part because Lois Kibbee was on the show and she was also an associate writer on "Edge of Night."
@deh2775
6 жыл бұрын
Actually, Mr. Slesar became head writer at the request of P&G, the production company that owned both "Somerset" and "The Edge of Night," which Mr. Slesar was simultaneously writing. P&G wanted another mystery serial in the vein of "Edge" and who better to transform "Somerset", a traditional soap, into a mystery serial than Mr. Slesar, a celebrated mystery novelist and teleplay writer for "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"? Unfortunately "Somerset" as a serial never really caught on, probably because of intense competition from already establish serials on CBS and ABC. As for these scenes, they're beautifully written and acted... IMHO.
@skipeastport5529
4 жыл бұрын
Kibbee was on Somerset because of Slesar not the other way around. He wrote her part on Somerset after he wrote her Geraldine Whitney character off Edge in 1971. She didn’t become a soap writer until much later.
@baconbap
Жыл бұрын
Lois Kibbee was on Somerset? I don't remember that. I remember Heather and Jerry Kane and all that drama.
@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
Жыл бұрын
Dean on Ghostbusters.
@dgwaters
6 жыл бұрын
I’ve always wondered, what did Delaney Brands do?
@RobertLSmith316
6 жыл бұрын
Food distribution.
@Historian212
3 жыл бұрын
LOL, I was going to say it was a cannery. Weird that I was at all close in that guess.
@daddy2299
3 жыл бұрын
Delaney Brands was a cannery BUT exactly what they 'processed' was never specified. I watched frome the beginning in 1970 until the end in 1976 and I wanted to know what their product was! LOL
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