One Life to Live Retro July 1978 Pt. 4
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- THE classic scene with Judith. Viki forces Karen to admit she's a prostitute and then Viki finds out what dirty Marco Dane has been up to in Llanview. Good stuff!
KAREN: Why don't you punish me? I've been waiting so long to be punished.
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This scene is amazing...today's soaps pale in comparison
That's why this scene will ALWAYS be my favorite Karen scene. People love to bring up her testimony in court to keep Viki out of jail...but this scene, IMO trumps that. EXCELLENT acting between Judith Light and Erika Slezak.
This scene is kinda the appetizer to the court scene I love it 😻 I was born when they ran this story line 78’. Erika is exactly the same Vicky is the same I ❤️it 😊
Two masterful actresses at work - this is theater!
Judith Light should have stayed on OLTL. This show showcased her real talents unlike the frothy sitcoms she resorted to doing after leaving. Of course, the sitcoms probably paid much more than OLTL.
Judith has been in alot of films as Well
One Life to Live, All My Children and General Hospital were great then and in the 1980s but now the storylines are old. GH is crap now because it's so focused on the Mob. They should at least keep OLTL on the air and cancel GH.
I'll probably stand alone on this comment...I remember that this was the era just before the arrival of the "Buchanon" cowboys....Seems that OLTL before their arrival had some very DEEP and POWERFUL storylines Lots of social issues addressed (Did the Buchanons arrive on OLTL because of a new head writer at that time? Didn't they come to Llanview riding on the coat tails of the movie "Urban Cowboy" which was big at the time?) I seem to have enjoyed OLTL the most during this pre-Buchanon era.
Karen was a desperate housewife 25 years b4 the TV show came out
Bingo!
OLTL did such an outstanding job with Karen's housewife/hooker storyline, which had so many twists and turns, along with powerful moments such as the Viki/Karen confrontation and Karen's courtroom testimony.
I was on the edge of my seat as a teenager when I first saw this.
4021971 me too!
love a nurse 55 me 3!
I think that this is just as powerful as the courtroom scene that's iconic.
It absolutely is!
"Aww what's the matter, Viki? Feel a little nauseous? Feel a little sick to your stomach you wanna throw up. Well, let me tell you something. It doesn't help. I've tried it." ROTFL -- that Karen. And the look on Viki's face is PRICELESS!
Hard to believe how great soaps used to be....OLTL in particular. These days I'm watching Y&R and it can't hold a candle to OLTL.
Judith Light is a wonderful actress!
Ratings shot up and another world's goose was cooked
If I'm not mistaken, this is when Karen and Viki grew closer. Viki kept Karen's secret. But when Viki ended up on trial for the "murder" of Marco Dane, Karen put her whole life on the line by testifying in order to convince the court that Viki was innocent, thus telling the world she was a prostitute and Marco was her pimp.
I was not able to understand this as a child, but as an adult I am blown away!! No wonder these two ladies won daytime emmys!!
100 bucks for 30 minutes 😂😥😭 Viki's expression was priceless
Tori could take a lesson !! XD
Karen is such an interesting character like she's not bad but as she said in her last scenes " im just not in sync w/ the rest of you ( Larry Jenny viki ) & I don't deserve any of you & I'm tired of hating myself for being unworthy. Deciding to leave w/ Steve was the first time I felt free of that " Judith was the original great Emmy winning actress front & center even above Erika & viki in some ways as Erika would not win her first Emmy for years but she is brilliant here w/ Karen & viki was such a bada$$ facing off w/ a pimp for a friend.
One Life to Live was always the best at building plots that took months, and sometimes years, to resolve. Today's shows move too fast.
One of the best scenes in soap opera history. Judith Light won two Emmys for her role as Karen on One Life to Live!!!!!. Good television drama at it's finest.
ABC n the late 70s had some WONDERFUL things happening...daytime and prime time dramas were the bidness then...AWESOME story lines...FANTASTIC writing and acting!
I remember being hooked on this storyline.
I was in 8th grade trying to skip school or leave early just to see it.
I agree with everyone who HATES the clips they play on OLTL rather than real scenes like this. The in-depth conversation is the hallmark of the Soap Opera. Other shows do not have the time to do it. That's why people love soaps -- one eavesdrops on intimate conversations and gets to know the characters intimately.
I watched this shit live! Amazing! Changed daytime
The president that took over ABC should have been ashamed of himself for counseling two iconic soap operas all my children and One Life to Live these shows are still very much missed what a waste.
Judith Light is a f***ing star.
The golden days of soaps of new york acting and new york city studios.
amazing! JL is wonderful!! One of the best actresses ever.
absolutely incredible.
saw this in its original time, and it is still incredible.
AMAZING scene between these two. OMG Judith just KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE BALLPARK!! And the look on Erika's face as Judith describes her secret life. And Judith's hysterical laughter at 4:53 is priceless!!!
I agree! ABC Daytime in the late 70s were AWESOME! I was 5 when this aired ans I was addicted to OLTL and GH thanks to my great grandmother who babysat me. I vividly remember this time period on OLTL...it was SOOOOO good then...same for GH. Karen, Larry, Wanda, Pat, Carla, Ed, Sadie, Dorian...THEY were the reason I watched. their storylines were always interesting and just sucked you right in.
This is the golden era of Soaps. The story-lines and acting was really great....Now soaps have gone down hill
@@brandonm5165 I agree and there's only a few left now. I miss One Life To Live, All My Children, Another World, Guiding Light and As The World Turns.
I just saw the finale of OLTL and I want to thank you for posting this. I have been watching the show for over 20 years and now im watching the old shows now. One Life to Live will live in Internet Heaven forever.
Two wonderful actors
Omg that look vicki gave karen at 2:27! Like girl why is u lying??? Then hit her with all her tea...man this is classic! Love seeing this..i was a baby and didn't get into OLTL until Vicki's split personalities and Eternia (which looking back now was ridiculous) storyline
It is really a wonderful scene!!!! Thank you for the clip!!!! I love OLTL from 1978 to 1981!!!
Loved that storyline. Such compelling writing and acting. Back then scenes could be longer than what we are now used to. Two of the very best actresses ever.
I love Karen's laugh at 4:54. Such a powerful scene!!! Thanks again!
Judith Light was one fine looking woman back in the day.
This was the high water mark of OLTL. It was all downhill after this storyline. It never was quite as good after this storyline ended.
No, not moving into the eighties. One Life was great in the 70's. I disliked The Buchanan's. Many loved them but not me. And when Vicki married Asa. Awful. Liked her with Joe Reilly and Steve Burke,
@@m.e.d.7997 , I started following after this at some point I very young.
I didn't know Viki married ASA????
@@connerhuston2613 She NEVER married ASA. Just Clint.
@@marcelparker6755 , okay thanks the other comment mentioned it so I was like What I never heard that.
@@connerhuston2613 No problem. Actually, I watched a scene from '93 on here where they're both dealing with Kevin over Marty's rape... and they were throwing barbs at each other over their own failures at marriage... so I doubt they would ever go down the aisle in a million years LOL.
What is striking is how long - but how compelling the scenes are. Now the writers can't write something this compelling. They can't write something that builds like this and explodes with great acting. They blame the audience for a short attention span - but they are to blame for not keeping viewers hooked.
100$ this was 1978 lol
Darling, you'll get your chance on that stand and in history.
@marcowuzmypimp I agree. I think soaps in general became more serious in the 70s...esp late 70s-early 80s. We didn't really get that again till the 90s. And yes...daytime SUCKS today in comparison. Also...during this time Young and the Restless brought in the Abbotts...and then the Quartermaines had been firmly established and maybe OLTL just wanted a family to compete with them.
Soaps in general were serious in the 80s.
Karen is so painfully awkward at the beginning.
honestly, the more i watch both scenes, the more i prefer this one to the courtroom scene. they're both fantastic of course, but there's more subtle nuances to this one from both actors that you can really pick up on. from the time karen decides to tell viki the truth to when she actually does, you can literally see the change in her eyes as she slowly dissociates from the moment. just like with the "number" line, it's only when she removes any sense of personhood from her clients and then herself that she can say what's really going on. it gives me chills. and that moment when karen says, "i've been waiting so long to be punished" just breaks my heart wide open.
@marcowuzmypimp And the show was never as good. The Lords rocked.
The show became better.
BTW, why does no one mention that Karen and Jenny are Larry's biological first cousins??!
Not biological, they were cousins through marriage not blood.
Who's their parents? The only Wolek's I'm aware of are Vinnie, Anna, and Larry.
That is as far as the explanation went, the history of the Wolecks was never fleshed out beyond the original three. Jenny was brought in as a distant cousin then Karen later on. That they didn't share blood was brought up when Larry and Vicki were discussing the family history.
I've seen the courtroom scene too many times; but this does trump that... She got loud in the other scene; but Judith has more passion and more emotion in this scene.. It's more dramatic... I think anyway...
Very powerful scene with two great actresses! I’ve always had a crush on Judith Light, and always enjoyed Erika Slazak’s performances as well.
Karen certainly didn't feel guilt or shame when she told Viki she was a prostitute!
@mrob75 I liked these episodes alot. They're more serious than the stuff in the 80's and way better than all the crap they do now. One of the posters who watched the show back then said that the EP Joe Stuart who took over in the late 70's brought in the Buchanan family & phased out the Lords and Woleks. It was to add more rich people & ride the coattails of Dallas & Urban Cowboy.
Actually the Lords were gone before the Buchanans arrived. And the Wolek left sometime in the 90s.
@chicagofrank2010 This is also how i'm dealing with the loss of OLTL - going back on YT and watching all the classic clips i can each day in as close to a chronological order as i can find! Thanks to everyone who's posted classic clips and please keep em coming!
And also to compete with The Quartermaines on GH and the Abbotts on Young and the Restless.
Thanks for posting the whole thing. I love this scene.
Excellent scene - even Erika Slezak is pretty good (as opposed to the hysterical, over-the-top performances she has specialized in over the last 20 years).
That music playing when Karen tells Viki is a hooker is eerie, it’s almost like a “The Twilight Zone” score. Amazing acting. If I was a born then I would have been glued to OLTL. Hell, all the ABC soaps back then!
A.B.S Productions, LLC I watched One life to live as a teen , my Dad was upset that I watched these all summer , but when school started back I couldn’t wait to get home after school because OLTL came on at 3 o’clock. As time went on my Dad retired from the Army and he started watching All My Children and OLTL and he caught me up on what was happening every day! I’m 62 and my Dad has been gone for 35 years, these soaps bring back so many memories! Thank You for posting this! Judith Light and Erika Slezak were incredible actresses and this was a great scene and script with Karen and Marco. I remember all of these scenes like it was yesterday!
love a nurse 55 I was born in the late 80’s, my first memory of OLTL was in nursery school and I remember the always hearing the cheery theme used from 1984-1991. But then the 1992 theme I remember all too well and loved hearing it. At that time I didn’t understand soaps so much. I just remember the teachers used to sneak and watch Loving, AMC and OLTL.
I was raised in a CBS household my mom and grandmother was into Y&R, B&B, ATWT and GL. She only watched ABC soaps which would be AMC only if Y&R or B&B wasn’t so interested which was a rare. At that time she only watched in the summer because she was a teacher at that time. She gave up on soaps when they got too stupid but also when she went back to working in the hospital as an R.D. Prime example the early 2000’s is went they went down hill.
A.B.S Productions, LLC I haven’t really watched any of the soaps on these days, but I may start watching them again, I’m off for the summer from school nursing and I want to get away from the reality we live in today. Even If I can get away for a few short hours! Keep posting these clips of the show If you can, I really loved watching these tonight, Thank You!❤️
love a nurse 55 Since the pandemic, CBS has been showing a lot of classic episodes of Y&R from the 80’s , 90’s and early 2000’s and B&B from the 90’s but I know that’s all gonna change soon. I swear, watching the episodes of Y&R from the 90’s, I was glued to the TV, just like how mama and grandmother were!! Lol
Dam they're both so good ! 😅😮😊❤
OLTL is a shadow of this greatness nowadays. I suspect ABC will cancel it soon... Note how the network moved AMC out to Los Angeles (where it's other soap GH is based) but OLTL is still taped in New York. This once great soap has it's days numbered.
Now GH is still on but OLTL and AMC are gone.🤔
Thanks again for your postings! Amazing scene!! Couldn't help but notice how much they tried to make Judith look like her predecessor, Kathryn Breech (at least the hair; they did the same with Brynn Thayer after she took over from Kathy Glass, making her wear that bowl cut). However, Judith looked nothing like Kathryn, but proved ideal for this role! I remember "AW" first outfitted Susan Harney in clothes similar to what Jacquie Courtney's Alice wore in 1975.
@zellcarey I also think that they lost their chance when they brought back Tina!! When Andrea Evans returned she was a severely "toned down" Tina that most of us remember. It's like they didn't know what to do with her and quickly lost her. I too am soooo tired of the "teen scene" that's taken over OLTL....Please!
Excellent acting
@zellcarey I'll bet the writer will probably kill off Kim Zimmer's character as well since she's not a teenager...Ha!
mrob75 -- You're not alone! I loved the pre-Buchanan era! The original Richard & Becky... quirky Ina Hopkins... wonderful Sadie Gray... the Tony/Pat/Paul triangle ...sinister Marco... sleazy Brad... crazy Cathy... and, of course, Carla & Ed! However, I hated Doris Belack leaving. Anna's role diminished by the time Behar took over, although I remember Kathleen Maguire being prominently featured (despite being badly miscast). I even liked Lee Lawson & Michael Ingram's Wanda and Vinnie!
Never liked the Buchananas
@@brookehanley3659 , the Buchanans saved the show from being cancelled.
I wished I had watchef back then. I startrd watching in dec of 1981
I think Judith and Breech look very similiar.
Judith Light was one fine woman back in the day. :)
She does look especially pretty here.
Why don't you DO something? Why don't you HIT me? Why don't you BEAT me? I deserve to be BEATEN, ya know. Why don't you PUNISH me? I've been waiting so long to be PUNISHED.
This is the 70s?! Was masochism even a word back then? This is breathtaking and heartbreaking.
@AdArmand That would be asking too much.
This show was never aired here. So I can only see YT videos. Everyone is always raving on the courtroom scene, but this is actually my favourite Karen Wolek scene. It truly shows what a remarkable actress Judith Light is, she goes through all these emotions and all are so plausible. She never ceases tot amaze me!
I always thought that Karen was a victim of molestation. There is really no way that a story line like that could ever get on the air. Viki and her molestation reveal happened in '94.
So Karen & Viki were friends? Wasn't Dorian (Claire Malis) a friend of Karen's after Judith Light took over the role, circa 1977?
Is there a clip of Marco being killed off?
was Judith Light going through some personal issues when she was on this show
@ajwrangler1977 all abc soaps stink nowdays and I don't watch! Soaps will die by 2015!
@mrob75 after Dallas(1978) before Urban Cowboy(1980) It did get a tad ridiculous after the B boys. This right here pushed the show to #1.
Judith Light was one fine looking woman back in the day.
Judith Light was one fine woman back in the day. :)
@marcowuzmypimp And the show was never as good.
So awesome how did you find this clip
WOW!!! Amazing.
This and GH were 1,0000 times better than AMC