As The World Turns - Penny & Jeff

[@chevydude658]

This is actually pretty darn good! Dude can really sing. I'm digging his voice. Plus Penny is one fine looking woman. Very pretty. Their acting is really good. The fact it was live really blows my mind.

[@castlist3384]

Rosemary Prinz and Mark Rydell brought such intelligence, class, and sensitivity to their respective roles of Penny and Jeff. A beautifully written scene. The musicality of their romance was the precursor to music being associated with other supercouples like LOL's Tess and Bill, DOOL's Julie and Doug, and Y&R's Leslie and Lance.

[@mrob75]

“Penny” was so underused after this era...Would have loved to have seen her as a main character through the years.

[@NelsonAspen]

She's an icon! Saw her today happily humming at the bus stop on my corner. She looks amazing!

[@OceanKingNY]

Remember, all the soaps were done Live at this time, so Mark Rydell (Jeff) is playing and singing on live TV -- no retakes. And as he finishes playing, the show's organist picks up the melody and continues playing it in the background. It's all very romantic and moving. Compared to the improved production values that would come to the soaps later, this seems very simple and quaint. And yet, it has an emotional impact that today's soaps can't come close to capturing.

[@Robert4770]

Rosemary Prinz was one of the all time greats of daytime.

[@Ladybug1923]

One of my fondest memories of my grandmother was sitting close to her and watching As the World Turns. I must have been 7 at the time. Penny was favorite. Thank's for the memory.

[@doublenickelgal]

Watching this clip brings back so many memories. My mom talked about Jeff and Penny years after their storylines ended. Can't believe the show has been cancelled and that Helen Wagner died in the same month.

[@MrOrganist1]

Ok this has got to be the best soap opera clip i have ever seen in my Life

[@sjc1737]

Simply beautiful.

[@larkpraise]

Awesome!! Just Beautiful!! Too bad they don't write for soaps like this anymore!! Jeff and Penny were definitely the epitome of the term "super couple". Thank you so much for posting this!! Once again, just beautiful!!

[@lisaglass8877]

Jeff Ross call jeff

[@lynnebraun4845]

All I remember is when I was a little girl and we were on vacation in Ocean City,N.J. and my older cousin came out of her house on Asbury Ave. (they lived there) and told my mom "Jeff died"!!

[@Robert4770]

Scenes like this is why ATWT was number one and was the most loved of all soaps. The beloved tragic Penny and scheming bitch Lisa were riveting television. Sadly we will never see the likes of this again.

[@CarlD2]

I wonder if this was set not long before the end for Jeff. This type of scene is what you get when someone is about to be killed off and you want the audience to remember the best. It's beautifully done, especially the look on Penny's face.

[@RachelDavisMatthews]

How was Jeff killed and who was the murderer?

[@marcelparker6755]

@@RachelDavisMatthews Jeff died in a car crash

[@ChipL955]

@@marcelparker6755 So did Penny's second husband, Neil Wade. If I recall correctly, both crashes happened as a result of bad weather and slippery roads. Penny's father, Chris, had to tell her that Neil had died. They showed him going upstairs at the Hughes house to tell her, but they didn't show him actually conveying the news. Instead, they showed the Hughes living room, where probably Nancy, Bob and Grandpa Hughes were waiting. Suddenly, Penny comes running down the stairs, screaming, "I hate storms! I hate storms!" and ran out the front door. I'll never forget it.

[@lynnebraun4845]

I remember as a kid ,we were vacationing in Ocean City,N.J.,when Jeff died. My Mom watched that show from beginning to end!!Lol

[@2010conniemartin]

i use to watch all the great old soaps they were gd for there time . i still like a couple of them

[@maudlin18]

I catch an episode of ATWT whenver I have time, and only started watching it about 2 years ago. I've always wondered about episodes from decades ago...thank you for this! It was beautiful, really. I'm absolutely in love with it XD What a great couple they made :)

[@waterlilyqueen]

Thank you so much for this! I'm only twenty four but have always been intruiged by P;enny and Jeff. I thought I'd never get to see a scene of theirs!

[@trewestbrook7404]

Right from the start, World Turns was the story of people & the people they loved. Penny and Jeff were victims of influences. “What happens to them happens to so many of us who are subject to the many influences. But as long as there is a springtime and a harvest, as long as the earth turns, nothing is futile.”- Irna Phillips.

[@mrbearminkey7676]

love the organ music

[@ErickGainesSanders]

Now THIS is acting, friends.

[@LoveFlatfootin1]

+Erick Gaines Sanders So true and we don't see it much anymore. They're actors, but in this scene they've become a couple who are really in love. It's magic.

[@stanbrown32]

In 1989, I saw Rosemary Prinz in Steel Magnolias off Broadway--she played M'lin, the part Sally Field played in the movie that came out not long afterward.

[@notthefather]

@OceanKingNY Watchin this old clips, with such great acting back then, I tend to forget they were live. It's amazing indeed. I wish they had recorded all soaps though. :(

[@Robert4770]

@staytunedfor How P&G could be so pathetic and not have Penny at her mothers funeral is beyond me. Rosemary Prinz was on the first ATWT episode, and should have been on the last.

[@Oakdalian]

WOW. Thanks for this. Was Jeff a musician? I didn't know they did dissolves during the live broadcasts like this. What a poignant scene, a far cry from the "romance" written today.

[@der22672]

Too bad one of the most talked about episodes of World Turns, Jeff’s car accident and death is not on KZbin. I would love to see how that all played out. I didn’t start watching World Turns until 1977. 😊😊

[@adelgado75]

@OceanKingNY Given the success of Mad Men I would like to see a retro-style soap opera.

[@williambyrdiii206]

Penny And Jeff Soap Operas First Super Couple

[@VickySwindoll]

I loved Penny ❤

[@Robert4770]

OMG my mom still talks about that episode

[@Soapking1965]

1963? I read that Jeff was killed off in the Summer of 1962.

[@martinandersonanderson7844]

When soaps centered on reality and not fantasy.

[@Robert4770]

@SpiledMilk OMG I love Rosemary so much :)

[@daytime70s]

This song was written by Charles Paul---great composer!

[@patc2000]

Hi that's my first ever super couple I watched I remember the day Jeff died-- Do you have anymore? More please

[@MrOrganist1]

Please someone i wanna buy this episode so bad

[@zitalee2]

this show was taped live? as in people at home can see everything as it's happening live?

[@RachelDavisMatthews]

Think she had a quarrel with writer/producer Irna Phillips and then was fired, correct?

[@marcusjones2094]

This must be 1960

[@mrob75]

I so wish that Penny had been given some much needed happiness in her life with a good husband like Jeff or even Neil before killing them off. I guess she finally did find happiness years later with a race car driver. By that time, Penny had been pretty much written off.

[@marcelparker6755]

To be fair, Mark Rydell (Jeff) had a rewarding career as an award winning director after he left the show. Bill Bell even said it himself in an interview.

[@ShadowsofthePastTheater]

I'm sad they didn't end up together.

[@MrOrganist1]

Can i get this on VHS or DVD???

[@MrOrganist1]

Is it possible to get this on VHS or DVD?

[@jpcfit]

My mom cried for three days when Jeff died. Is that episode out there??

[@MrOrganist1]

Is it Possible to buy this episode on Vhs or Dvd?

[@waterlilyqueen]

@adelgado75 That's a great idea!

[@MrOrganist1]

WHY WONT ANYONE ANSWER ME???

[@RachelDavisMatthews]

no way........what state?

[@apprentice0ne]

its all politics

[@MrOrganist1]

Is it possible to get this on VHS or DVD?