i held it together until Zach . seeing that tall, strong man balled in a corner like a little boy and I lost it. And Thorston's poem that he wrote for Eileen was so beautiful and accurate of that incredible woman. God Bless Eileen.
RIP Agnes Nixon. Please say hello to Kay, James, David, Ruth, Mary, Larry, Hugh, Anne, Lynne, Louis, Matthew, Larkin, Eileen and all the others once made Pine Valley their home and left for the great beyond on our behalf. We will forever miss you all.
"will we memorize when great and greatness fell." Wow those were beautiful words. The whole speech that Zach says was amazing. Thank you for posting. I remember certain moments when AMC was great!!
Thank you so much for posting this. I don't watch AMC anymore, since about 2000, I read on the internet that Ms Herlie had passed. May she rest in peace.
yes, indeed. i hope they take a lesson from this and start to realize what we want most from a show like this ... CHARACTERS and COMMUNITY, not one ridiculous storyline after another.
Eileen Herlie was a stage and screen actress of great range and scope. She had a classical background playing Gertrude in Hamlet several times, Rebecca, and The matchmaker, before she moved into musical theatre. She was nominated for Best Performance in 1962 in Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason. The song you hear sung here, was from her 1962 hit 'All American' with Ray Bolger.
No wonder the show was canceled ; it lost its way from the core so long ago. The Great and the Least, Rich and the Poor, The Weak and the Strong, In Sickness and in Health, In Joy and Sorrow, In Tragedy and Triumph, You are ALL MY CHILDREN
As much as I like Zach, I don’t fully understand why there was such an emphasis on his mourning in this episode. Myrtle’s dynamic with Erica, Opal, and Bianca ran far deeper. It also would have been nice if some more of Myrtle’s many boarders could have come to pay tribute. Myrtle always doted on Boyd. And Maggie adored Myrtle. It’s weird that the actors couldn’t come back for one episode.
@@jaymejohnson2375 I don’t. I’ve seen his interactions with her. Erica was friends with Myrtle for decades - so was Opal. Zach considered Myrtle to be a mother figure/friend. She first helped him see how terrible Michael was and how to let that go, she counseled him on being good enough for Kendall during the arranged marriage and Kendall’s pregnancy with Spike, helped him not blame himself for his father committing the Satin Slayer murders, the Thanksgiving shenanigans etc. I stand by what I said though. Myrtle, Opal, and Bianca were portrayed as family for decades. And even before Bianca’s sexual assault (where she spoke with Myrtle regularly instead of once every three months for sage advice like Zach) Bianca was close with Myrtle. She took her to doctor’s appointments and went for walks with her and visited her at her shop even before Bianca lived with her. The writers/directors did a much better job incorporating Opal, Erica, and Bianca’s friendships with Myrtle as organic in the day to day so of course they feel stronger. I get that the actress was getting older and that was likely why she they couldn’t do that in the same way for Zach, but my knowing why doesn’t change that their friendship wasn’t depicted with the same care. I wish that Opal, Bianca, and Erica had been the focus, that the Hubbards had been incorporated more, that Boyd, Reggie, and Maggie could’ve said goodbye even by just sending flowers, and that Zach hadn’t been such a focus.
That poem was beautiful! Good job Thorsten, or as I call him Toasty! Rest In Peace Eileen. You are forever in my heart! This song is what I would dedicate to Eileen (this part anyway) I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN, GIVE UP MY LIFE, MY HEART, MY HOME. AND I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN, JUST TO HAVE YOU ONCE AGAIN. IS THERE SOMEONE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOVING THEM SO, BUT TAKING THEM ALL FOR GRANTED, YOU MAY LOSE THEM AWAY, SOMEONE TAKES THEM AWAY, AND THEY DON'T HEAR THE WORDS YOU LONG TO SAY.
What a towering achievement by Thorsten Kaye-the performance and that beautiful poem! 😭😭I come back here at least once a year to hear it😭😘🙏
Every town should have a Mrytle. I miss this show and the people. Job well done Eileen Herlie, RIP.
That was such a touching episode for one of the best characters on the show.
i held it together until Zach . seeing that tall, strong man balled in a corner like a little boy and I lost it. And Thorston's poem that he wrote for Eileen was so beautiful and accurate of that incredible woman. God Bless Eileen.
RIP Agnes Nixon. Please say hello to Kay, James, David, Ruth, Mary, Larry, Hugh, Anne, Lynne, Louis, Matthew, Larkin, Eileen and all the others once made Pine Valley their home and left for the great beyond on our behalf. We will forever miss you all.
"will we memorize when great and greatness fell." Wow those were beautiful words. The whole speech that Zach says was amazing. Thank you for posting. I remember certain moments when AMC was great!!
Thank you so much for posting this. I don't watch AMC anymore, since about 2000, I read on the internet that Ms Herlie had passed. May she rest in peace.
yes, indeed. i hope they take a lesson from this and start to realize what we want most from a show like this ... CHARACTERS and COMMUNITY, not one ridiculous storyline after another.
Eileen Herlie was a stage and screen actress of great range and scope. She had a classical background playing Gertrude in Hamlet several times, Rebecca, and The matchmaker, before she moved into musical theatre. She was nominated for Best Performance in 1962 in Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason. The song you hear sung here, was from her 1962 hit 'All American' with Ray Bolger.
Lovely Zach, lovely for our lovely Lady.
Thank you for posting!!!
No wonder the show was canceled ; it lost its way from the core so long ago. The Great and the Least,
Rich and the Poor,
The Weak and the Strong,
In Sickness and in Health,
In Joy and Sorrow,
In Tragedy and Triumph,
You are ALL MY CHILDREN
Where was Adam?
As much as I like Zach, I don’t fully understand why there was such an emphasis on his mourning in this episode. Myrtle’s dynamic with Erica, Opal, and Bianca ran far deeper. It also would have been nice if some more of Myrtle’s many boarders could have come to pay tribute. Myrtle always doted on Boyd. And Maggie adored Myrtle. It’s weird that the actors couldn’t come back for one episode.
Zach was very close to Mrytle very close as was the actor you may need tl re watch from when he came on the show until the end again
@@jaymejohnson2375 I don’t. I’ve seen his interactions with her. Erica was friends with Myrtle for decades - so was Opal. Zach considered Myrtle to be a mother figure/friend. She first helped him see how terrible Michael was and how to let that go, she counseled him on being good enough for Kendall during the arranged marriage and Kendall’s pregnancy with Spike, helped him not blame himself for his father committing the Satin Slayer murders, the Thanksgiving shenanigans etc. I stand by what I said though. Myrtle, Opal, and Bianca were portrayed as family for decades.
And even before Bianca’s sexual assault (where she spoke with Myrtle regularly instead of once every three months for sage advice like Zach) Bianca was close with Myrtle. She took her to doctor’s appointments and went for walks with her and visited her at her shop even before Bianca lived with her. The writers/directors did a much better job incorporating Opal, Erica, and Bianca’s friendships with Myrtle as organic in the day to day so of course they feel stronger. I get that the actress was getting older and that was likely why she they couldn’t do that in the same way for Zach, but my knowing why doesn’t change that their friendship wasn’t depicted with the same care. I wish that Opal, Bianca, and Erica had been the focus, that the Hubbards had been incorporated more, that Boyd, Reggie, and Maggie could’ve said goodbye even by just sending flowers, and that Zach hadn’t been such a focus.
I know that Agnes Nixon created both AMC and OLTL and from seeing interviews and just watching her you could tell AMC was her favorite.
rip Eileen Herlie
Miss AMC
That poem was beautiful! Good job Thorsten, or as I call him Toasty!
Rest In Peace Eileen. You are forever in my heart!
This song is what I would dedicate to Eileen (this part anyway)
I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN,
GIVE UP MY LIFE, MY HEART, MY HOME.
AND I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN,
JUST TO HAVE YOU ONCE AGAIN.
IS THERE SOMEONE YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE LOVING THEM SO,
BUT TAKING THEM ALL FOR GRANTED,
YOU MAY LOSE THEM AWAY,
SOMEONE TAKES THEM AWAY,
AND THEY DON'T HEAR THE WORDS YOU LONG TO SAY.
They did in the 10,000th episode which I also have up on my page.
Eden riegel sounds like a little girl when she sings. She is powerful but a little child.
Soap opera funerals are so sad
wow myrtle died
A shame AMC became what it did in the end.....it bore no resemblance to what it was....
ding dong the witch mrytle is dead doom to the name mrytle
Mall hopper whatever i never liked her
Andrea Orr it's fine if you didn't like the character, but you do know the actress died in real life, right?
@andreaorr8231 Sit your disrespectful ass down.