All Tour of Llanview on One Life to Live Openings (December 17, 1984-December 31, 1991)

[@GenXorcist1976]

This theme will always make me think of the one and only Tina Lord Roberts, and all the summers home from school patiently sitting through the other soaps (which I liked well enough too) until I got to hear this music and see my girl and what she would be doing that day. RIP, beautiful Andrea Evans. You literally helped put this soap back on the map.

[@DK-xw2jk]

When they brought the "Tour of Llanview" opening back in the late 1990s the backgrounds were all shot in the Main Line/Western Subrubs of Philadelphia, which was more geographically accurate to the location of Llanview in the story. The DK Diner in the late 90s version still operates in West Chester, PA

[@davenoyes2934]

I always loved how the song was at the "RainBOw's end" part just as it was landing on Bo, they timed that for sure!😂, I was in grade school during this era and watched it everyday with my dad and brother

[@rebecaperez7913]

OMG so many memories , my mother’s fave soap, if only I can turn back time and sit with my mother ,eating a sandwich sipping on tang Ugh bitter sweet moments❤

[@kenmartin1345]

ABC made a huge mistake canceling The show in January 2012. The replacement show bombed. I think legal issues may have kept the network from bringing it back.

[@HelloooThere]

THAT AND STUPIDITY

[@jthomasaustin]

Tina (Andrea Evans) was so gorgeous, I wish she would have stayed with OLTL entirely, she would have been on the level of Susan Lucci on All My Children.

[@LannieLord]

She had a stalker .....

[@jthomasaustin]

@@LannieLord that's so messed up, SMH. Not surprising considering the world we live in, but at least Ms. Evans is at peace now and in a much better place than here, but I'll never forget her OLTL days.

[@Dr.Thirteen]

she was good on passions as well

[@frankieseward8667]

​@@LannieLordand Rebecca Schaefer was just murdered

[@JMD7379]

The best opening of any daytime soap ever

[@armc11]

The tour is actually Harrisburg, PA I remember when they filmed around town for the soap.

[@brianreardon7700]

For sure! life long resident of Harrisburg pa love my city! Very proud a one life to live used our skyline for the opening.. back then one life had 10-15 million people watching every week!!

[@erikandrus4387]

I visited Harrisburg in 2011, and I will say, visiting was surreal. I saw the diner used for Wanda, the governor's mansion I joked was the Lord mansion... there was that Art Deco house with the circular windows, I believe that was on Front Street? I half expected to run into Dorian or Cord and Tina... I loved it. I don't know what it's like to live there, but I sometimes thought it would be fun to live there for a year.

[@erikandrus4387]

I just looked it up, because I remembered the Art Deco house to be near Duke's on Front Street, they got rid of the building, over the last two years... @Brian Reardon, did it burn down or something, it looked like a cool looking office space.

[@michaelwilliams4410]

I didn't watch "One Life To Live" on a regular basis, but these opening titles are CLASSIC! Plus, I really love both versions of the theme song (instrumental & with Peabo Bryson's vocals)!

[@jeryface]

It’s interesting to see the subtitle changes over time, like the picture order changing or orientation being flipped from left to right. I noticed too that in the early years the background photos had a lot more movement and the cast pictures were less opaque when superimposed over the background. By the 19th opening the only background that had movement was the one with the dog running toward the house. Even the fountain had stopped moving by that time.

[@Americanmikey_]

They probably got lazy and didnt want to keep the moving video.

[@whitbyterry]

It's also kind of funny how bad some of the pictures are. There was one version with terrible pictures of Clint and Bo. That version only lasted maybe 6-8 weeks and then those pictures were replaced. I have to imagine someone in the studio, maybe the actors themselves, caught a glimpse and raised hell about it!

[@jeryface]

@@whitbyterry that’s exactly right some were quite flattering and some were quite bad. I’m sure that was quite the time consuming process to redo to get the placement and timing right. Overall my two favorites over the run were the photos of Robin Strasser’s Dorian and Maria Roberts

[@tresgriffin8242]

Yeah, you could also tell that around 1986-1987, the cast photos were kind of a hodgepodge in terms of their quality with some of the more translucent original photos dating back to 1984 and the more opaque images that were added later. Makes it look more "thrown together" in that stretch. Looks like around mid-1988, they got everyone's images updated so that they were all generally the same quality and it at least restored some cohesiveness, if not necessarily as "artfully" as the 1984-1985 openings.

[@jeryface]

@@tresgriffin8242 yes, the earlier years were definitely better

[@MKD825]

They finally got it right with Dorian at the end.

[@TheloniousJackson]

I never understood why Delilah was in the first group of pics?

[@OldCBnGuns]

Sort of reminds me of in the heat of the night with the pictures of the characters and where they work or live

[@TrinityTwo]

Thanks for this. It’s amazing how the cast changed and evolved over the years. I’m sorry that they didn’t keep the intro well into the 1990s

[@ryanshope3316]

Yep.

[@LannieLord]

That 1990s theme some was like a tampon commercial. @@ryanshope3316

[@deepnation10009]

I miss OLTL so much. This was an excellent walk down memory lane.

[@LannieLord]

March - May 1987 The SHOW WAS SMOKING !!! Best cast ever.

[@whitbyterry]

Fantastic compilation! There are a couple here that I don't remember seeing. I used to eagerly anticipate the changes every few months. It was definitely very sad when 1992 hit and the champagne sheets took over!

[@ryanshope3316]

Yes, I know.

[@cidweinberg]

@@ryanshope3316my memory of OLTL goes back all the way back to 1982, 6th grade. I remember thinking in 1992 seeing generic title change to champagne, what the fuc@ is this? This isn’t Loving… no shade.

[@paramounttelevisionstation9191]

Awesome! All from 1984 until 1991 Openings!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ryanshope3316]

Thank you!

[@paramounttelevisionstation9191]

You're welcome!

[@derekthewriteone1970s]

The show should have NEVER abandoned this theme. That butter commercial theme starting in 1992 was God awful!

[@seanm6215]

Some people called it the porn opening. Lol sexy sheets

[@deannaroberson1451]

Agreed 💯 I like this theme as well.

[@Vancityplayboy]

Hell Yes!!!

[@themirrorsofmymind]

*That is precisely what I thought when I heard the music start up while not looking at my TV screen. That the show had just cut to a commercial! The billowing sheets might not have been so bad, but that guy turning his a$$ toward the screen and that chick's tear-stained face were so idiotic and cringy!*

[@irish89055]

How many freaking versions did they need in the 80s?

[@themirrorsofmymind]

This was and still is my favorite OLTL intro and theme song! (Well, before the singing was added... 😏)

[@albertgray1814]

Fun fact: The city that stood in for Llanview, Pennsylvania? That city was the city of Harrisburg, the capital city of Pennsylvania itself that played our Llanview so magically and so memorably.

[@parthetis74]

I knew that because my grandfather had to Harrisburg for work so often. I thoufht it was pretty fun to see these landmarks in the opening.

[@DK-xw2jk]

Llanview though in the story was a Main Line suburb of Philadelphia, with Pine Valley (of All My Children) being the neighboring town.

[@MISTER_SBAD]

Thank you for taking the time and putting this together. You did an amazing job. I must say that I love both theme songs equally instrumental and with Peabo's vocals. This is the OLTL themes of my childhood in the 80s

[@marcusyoung5364]

I started watching OLTL in junior high and this theme song brings back memories. My Mom got me my own VCR to record it. I always loved how the characters looked like “normal” people instead of glamour shots. Such fun to watch the progression in this compilation. Love it!

[@seanm6215]

Thank you. Never knew there were so many.

[@diamondk1]

Thank you for uploading this I love this! I couldn't help but notice like right in the middle any diversity in the cast, especially any African Americans just suddenly dried up and they were all gone.

[@frankieseward8667]

Paul Rauch, while an excellent Executive Producer, was pretty old school. While OLTL had a great time between 84-89, it came at the cost of the shows original roots. Unfortunately trying to recify it in the 90s caused a lot of bad choices like breaking up Clint and Viki and marginalizing the Buchanans.

[@creamfilled08]

@@frankieseward8667 What exactly does "old school" mean?

[@frankieseward8667]

@@creamfilled08 during his tenure Rauch fired almost every black character from OLTL as well as shift away from the shows orginal roots of diversity and social awareness of topical issues in favor of more melodrama and forgettable white characters.

[@kidkashmir]

@@frankieseward8667those pesky ‘white characters’. Bigot.

[@MKD825]

I can't thank you enough for this! Much love, and how exciting for the audience this must have been! I was too young to remember, and in elementary school, but I adored this opening whenever I caught it live or when my mom taped it.

[@ryanshope3316]

No Problem at all.

[@LannieLord]

My viewing years were 1987 thru 1990 or so . Those were some DAMN good years . The show collapsed when Clint and Vicki were no longer together and that HORRIBLE new theme song with the flutes and the tinkles and some champagne bottles and curtains flowing as a faceless couple embrace. Just HORRIBLE. Just give me some Mitch Lawrence Brand Iced Tea and I'm HAPPY . 🤪

[@tedtimothy9074]

I used to watch OLTL on my lunch hour. This was during the Asa, Bo and Clint Buchanan era. I knew there wasn't a "d" in the name Llanview. For a while, Sammy Davis Jr. appeared on the show. He said many of his friends in Las Vegas watched because the show came on just as they were getting up.

[@michaelewing4515]

Both were awesome but the Peabo Bryson version took the cake.

[@NoelComiX]

OG Max back in the last one!

[@foxtelevisionstationsftsab9125]

Excellent!!👍👍👍👍

[@kmadys]

thanks for putting together these fantastic clips of OLTL openings, i'm sure it was a very tedious process - on a side note i wonder if that dog in the 5th picture ever got tired of running up the hill !

[@dpodsful]

This last and final opening is so sad, for many obvious reasons to those that know what I mean. They should have never let Paul Rauch go.

[@deepnation10009]

I agree, but I did like the tone of the show during Linda Gottlieb's reign after Paul Rauch.

[@K-xb2qz]

I don't know why but the opening theme song just takes me back to me doing goofy stuff as a 8 year old kid like playing outside, catching spiders, walking home from school or just playing with my He-man toys. 😅 ❤ ✊

[@parthetis74]

You can tell Dallas was popular in 84...lol. very similsr theme.. I love seeing the faces change over time..and crazy I remembered those lyrics immediately after so long..

[@PhoenixFlamez07]

If that's Llanview I'm scared to see how big Pine Valley is given that it's across from the Llantano River and that's directly across from Llanview

[@joseajohnson5722]

Can You Uploaded File: All Faces Of The Heart on General Hospital Openings (April 1, 1993-August 27, 2004) Video Posted Here are Coming Soon Please!!!

[@ryanshope3316]

Yes, I will.

[@billbridges6907]

RIP Philip Carey (Asa Buchanan) Clint Ritchie (Clint Buchanan) Ellen Holly (Carla Scott) Al Freeman Jr. (Ed Hall) Lillian Hayman (Sadie Gray) Peter Brown (Charles Sanders) Lois Kibbee (Elizabeth Sanders) Gerald Anthony (Marco Dane) Andrea Evans (Tina Lord Roberts) Patricia Elliott (Renee Divine Buchanan) Robyn Griggs (Stephanie Hobart) John Fiedler (Gilbert Lange) Antony Ponzini (Charlie Smith) Bronwen Booth (Andy Harrison) Jared Martin (Donald LaMarr) Lee Patterson (Tom Dennison) Brian Tarantina (Lucky Lippman) and the recurring/temporary players during this time, such as Donal Donnelly (Lord Henry Leighton), Michael Zaslow (David Renaldi), Roscoe Born (Mitch Laurence), Alan Scarfe (Leo Cromwell), Les Tremayne (Victor Lord), Lori March (Eugenia Lord), Michael O'Hare (George Vasquez), Henry Darrow (Dante Medina), Will Hare (Star Ascension Captain), Phyllis Newman (Renee Divine), Pamela Payton-Wright (Charlotte Young), Michael Callan (Jack Simmons), Jennifer Leak (Matron Spitz), Richard Hamilton (Warden Perkins), Eileen Heckart (Ruth Perkins), Jeremy Slate (Chuck Wilson), James Douglas (Dr. Marcus Polk), Avril Gentles (DuAnn Demarest), Dick LaTessa (Leo Carson) and Walter Gotell (Dirk Keller).

[@PhoenixFlamez07]

RIP Andrea Evans aka Tina

[@jinky0u812]

How on earth did you have each opening like that?! That must have taken forever to figure out and assemble. It was fun to see the dates where the vocals were added. I can never decide if I like having the vocals better or not. All of these years later! 😄

[@ryanshope3316]

I did uploaded OLTL Openings because I made it.

[@drlee2]

I think I prefer the non-vocal intro.

[@deltaquadboi]

I remember, not so much with this opening, but with the All My Children red book and with General Hospital, it would annoy me that if someone left the show, it would be weeks before they were taken out of the opening.

[@HelloooThere]

Oh poor you..

[@LannieLord]

Wanda Wolek was way way off the show and they kept her face up for over a year.

[@MKD825]

Rauch's misplaced unearned and unfounded BDE be damned, Erika should have ALWAYS been first up!

[@HelloooThere]

Makes no difference now,so what?

[@MKD825]

@@HelloooThere Of course it makes difference, don't be contrary.

[@HelloooThere]

@@MKD825 ok

[@kevinhannah1785]

Rauch Was A Monster. Especially What He Did To Ellen Holly, Lillian Hayman & Al Freeman Jr.

[@HelloooThere]

@@kevinhannah1785 what he do ?

[@dpodsful]

I just don't see Lee Halpern, and ESPECIALLY Mari-lyn at the end! LOL. It belongs to Tina and Dorian.

[@jasminedubois6711]

I like the Peabo Bryson one.

[@jasminedubois6711]

I like at the end, the title pops up in time with the music.

[@mariomiranda1070]

Used from December 1999 to December 2006

[@frankieseward8667]

5:06 is when peabo bryson comes in

[@tbell61]

I watched soaps long enough to remember when the characters were not part of the opening sequence (think AMC's Red Book). But when they started doing this, it seemed like every show showed the featured characters, and I loved it, even though, I'm sure it was at considerable expense that actors were added and removed.

[@samuelosler1994]

Days of Our Lives has never done it, it's always been the hourglass, no castmembers in the opening credits

[@LannieLord]

Wanda Wolek was WAY off the show and they still showed her face for years . @@samuelosler1994

[@HunterWrangler]

I can’t tell if Michael Storm’s photo was updated aside from the translucency. Aside from his, Marilyn Chris’ appears to have been the only one to stay the same during the 7 year run of this opening.

[@MarkSinacori]

They should have changed the singer over the years. Maybe the beat. But they should have kept this…

[@Reed___]

40 years ago…

[@zt1053]

Jensen Buchanan was only on the show for 3 years but she and Jessica Tuck made such an impact the show was nowhere near as good after the deaths of their characters.

[@johnemery285]

Joey Thrower was so good looking. He was only on for about a year.

[@parthetis74]

It was a bummer when Evans' Tina left show for a while in1990..

[@parthetis74]

Oh and 'newMax' in 91...that never worked. He and Krista Allen just werent the same.. Yes, they never shouldve abandoned that theme.

[@LannieLord]

I remember Wanda and her diner were WAY GONE and they continued to use her image . Did she die in real life and they were paying tribute ?

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

ABC should never have cancelled it.😠 It was my favorite show. Loved Frank Converse starring back then.Till Mitch killed his character 😠😥

[@KevinPiland]

5:12 The singing opening starts.

[@derrickbutler8330]

Will you upload all of the 1990-1995 All My Children Openings? and all of the 1992-1995 Loving closing credits?

[@ryanshope3316]

Yes

[@laminage]

I would have loved for Erika Slezak go to Albert Square on Eastenders and play a distant relative of Janine Butcher (Played By Charli Brooks). She would have straightened her out. Also when Disney celebrated it's 90th Birthday in 2019, Eastenders cast sang songs from Beauty & The Beast, Alladin, and Frozen. The Special was to raise money for children in need. Don't you notice that all of The Buchanan Men loved Hispanic Women.

[@maundamartin59]

I guess ABC got better Ratings when PEABO BRYSON SANG THE HOOK.

[@rigeur071]

Am I the only one that preferred the instrumental version, without lyrics?

[@GenXorcist1976]

No, I would have had the vocal for closing only like they did for Edge of Night.

[@MRInvincible569]

Interesting how Asa was always first.

[@HelloooThere]

Heard he had a tremendous ego.

[@irish89055]

Harrisburg....

[@parthetis74]

Oh my, I forgot Dorian was played by someone elsr fir a while in 87! Lol

[@irish89055]

Who's the Dark-eyed woman at the end and how's the dog doing?...

[@diaquitaquita8984]

I THOUGHT IT WAS JAMES INGRAM SINGING

[@BPDMF2024]

It Was Actually Peabo Bryson

[@GenXorcist1976]

Anyone know of any “politics” that had Phil Carey at the beginning instead of Erika? I would have put Larry, Wanda, Viki, and any others who had seniority at the beginning. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@erikandrus4387]

I think it was because he was the patriarch of the show at that point. And he was old Hollywood. I know some people will think that's a crazy guess, but he was met with a lot of fanfare.

[@albertgray1814]

​@@erikandrus4387not so crazy, really. Makes more than a lot of sense.

[@gameshowguy2000]

5:05 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PEABO BRYSON!

[@zt1053]

So Bo was off the show at one time?

[@jay1hi547]

I miss OLTL intros! My favorite soap theme song. I want to know who was responsible for that awful new intro in 1992 because it was such a turn off for me.

[@terranceholmes4974]

They should have keep theme because other theme was trash

[@LannieLord]

It was a tampon commercial !

[@internationalchannel4life270]

Who's the girl at 13:24? She's cute.

[@stephenhall2163]

p̶r̶o̶m̶o̶s̶m̶ 👍

[@citydweller99]

I liked it better before the vocal was added.

[@ryanshope3316]

Yes, i know.

[@realbrown3723]

Peabo's vocals gave extra energy to the instrumental. Llanview was a very energetic place from the mid to late 80s. I like the song period but I love it with the vocals, making Llanview (Harrisburg PA) seem like a grand town to live in.

[@maundamartin59]

In 85, they got TIRED OF PAYING PEABO BRYSON to sing the THEME