Our Private World (Episode 22, aired July 16, 1965)

Rare episode of short-lived primetime soap opera "Our Private World," a spinoff of "As The World Turns" which starred Eileen Fulton in her role of Lisa Hughes. This is episode 22, which aired on July 16, 1965. Featured in this episode are Nicolas Coster, Julienne Marie, Robert Drivas, David O'Brien, Sandy Smith and Millette Alexander

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thank you! I never thought I'd get to see an episode of this show. What an incredible find.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

First I've ever seen this soap, love it!! Of course, who couldn't love Eileen Fulton as Lisa Hughes, it's a shame she's not in this particular episode!

[@swolfe9668]

Eileen Fulton was not on private world as Lisa

[@JDHorn]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Private_World

[@actionsub]

@@swolfe9668 Go back and watch the closing credits. Eileen was listed in the cast as Lisa even though she didn't appear.

[@notthefather3919]

@@swolfe9668 Uhh yes she was. She was the character who the show was centered on as she left As the World Turns.

[@halfdome5705]

My recall is that this was the only show of this 38-episode summer series in which Lisa did not appear. This allows for the revealing scene which appears at 14:40.

[@stanbrown32]

Thanks for posting--I didn't know any episodes of Our Private World survived. I wish there was more!

[@andrewpemberton-fowler5296]

Thank you for sharing this piece of television history!

[@inkyguy]

I just came here to see Robert Drivas. Great actor and and an extraordinarily beautiful man. He was one of the many lost to AIDS, especially in the arts community.

[@terrymcgrath1878]

You are correct, inkyguy. Robert Drivas was a fantastic actor, as abundantly evident from his many TV guest star appearances (The Fugitive, The Defenders, Run For Your Life, so many more). Always top-rate, intense, . . . and perfect for the particular role. His portrayal of Morgan Midas on The Wild, Wild West in "The Night of the Burning Diamond" called for a conniving, devious, charming, evil and yet likable character. And Drivas pulled it off - expertly. With an undeniable flair, indicative of his innate acting talent. And talented, he was. No question. So sad he died so young.

[@itsalongstory1024]

Thanks for posting this. I've always wanted to see Guiding Light's Julie Bauer in action.

[@jehobden]

Original programming on my birthdate! Rare for summertime.

[@DNBursky]

Amazing, David O'Brien a few years before he debuted on the Doctors and Nicolas Coster!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Would love to see him on The Secret Storm.

[@jangidgetgillihan3775]

Wow! And they said soap operas were a housewife thing, but how many of us on here commenting are women besides me? Glad you guys like the shows too! This too cool!

[@soap1919jt]

I remember as a kid watching this with my parents.

[@der22672]

I've been curious about this show for a long time. So thrilled that I came across it. Bummer, if it's true that this the only episode out there, that Eileen Fulton didn't even appear in this episode. Hopefully there other episodes out there somewhere. I did recognize the wonderful Millette Alexander who would later go on to a more successful run on Guiding Light as Dr. Sarah McIntyre, who also played the mother to a then unknown Kevin Bacon.

[@robwargo]

der22672 Glad you enjoyed! Wish there were more extant episodes as well

[@kennethwashington4713]

This series was a primetime spin-off of As the World Turns.

[@facebook51ify]

The opening was the orchestra theme to as the world turns that uses in the 1975.

[@debbiejacobs6515]

Are there any more of these

[@DanMan869]

Thank you, Rob! :D

[@JJJBRICE]

The CBS answer to ABC success Peyton Place night time soaper . CBS had the magic as far as daytime soapers at that time . I wonder if they had filmed this in movie studio instead of taping in Grand Central Station like ATWT and its other daytime soaps it would been successful . That 20th Century Fox studio Hollywood glamour sure helped Peyton Place .

[@rogertemple7193]

"Nicholas Foster was a veteran of many soap operas as well as guest roles on tv shows & in several films too, years after this he would join ATWT as Eduardo Grimaldi a few years prior they would bring the character he played here but with another actor however."-🤔📺🌐..

[@gcfifthgear]

And an especially rare commercial showcasing the 1965 Rambler Marlin

[@Mary-o8r]

I’ve never heard of this show!

[@charlesmeadows6285]

The voice is no doubt that of Dan McCullogh who also announced ATWT Mon-Fri.

[@allenjones3130]

I recognize Sandra Smith; she starred in a short-lived medical drama for CBS called "The Interns", but she's probably best known for her guest appearance in the original "Star Trek" 's final episode.

[@goodmaro]

I don't know about the soap opera, but that AMC Marlin ad was worth scrolling to.

[@JJJBRICE]

I guess CBS tried this spin off of ATWT at night because it was in its long run as the number one daytime program in all daytime , including game , variety, network reruns of nighttime shows . or other soaps . I believe it was the top soap to the mid 1970s .

[@charlesmeadows6285]

As a matter of fact,David O’Brien was Steve Aldrich in THE DOCTORS,not long after.

[@inkyguy]

I wonder how many Rambler Marlins there are left in the world. It was a very distinctive vehicle.

[@gcfifthgear]

The Marlin was introduced in February 1965 and dropped at the end of the 1967 model year. They were built on the Rambler Classic platform in 1965 and 1966, but were sold as American Motors Marlin in 1966 and 1967. The Marlin was moved up to the Ambassador platform in 1967. They sold some 10,300 cars in 1965, some 5,000 in '66 and barely 2500 in 1967. In fact, the Marlin--and attempts to make the Classic/Rebel larger to compete against the Big Three nearly drove AMC out of business in 1967

[@firstaid4film]

Wow William Bell wrote this too.

[@RachelDavisMatthews]

One of the Producers is Allen Potter who may have thought of David O for his role of Steve Aldrich a couple years later on The Doctors.

[@der22672]

Wow. I never thought I would get to see this. Thank you. I was only a year old in 1965. Such a rare find. But sadly Eileen Fulton wasn't even in this episode. I was a huge fan of As The World Turns. Not to many actors that I recognized except for Nicholas Coster and the lovely Milette Alexander who had a successful run on Guiding Light. I looked up Robert Drivas. Not familiar with his work, but yes sad that he died so young. Very handsome back in the day I might add. Was he gay? As a gay man myself, I'm asking out of curiosity.

[@ReneeDeborah]

I remember this being a big break for Eileen Fulton, the Susan Lucci of her day.

[@fromthesidelines]

It wasn';t that much of a "break" for her. "OUR PRIVATE WORLD" lasted less than six months in prime-time......and "Lisa" didn't return to "AS THE WORLD TURNS" until early 1966.

[@GianniHernandez007]

Dear Lisa, sorry I missed you, As I had been saying, when last I could see you, was World Peace. The simple answer. The only answer that I can think of in all the time I have spent trying to come up with an answer is World Peace. And it is World Peace later today, and if it pleases you, world peace tomorrow, even. Even before I arrived on the Island, I had been referring to the experience of feeling the World, as it started, apparently, to carve space in its mountains for little me as “the Game.” Though that name, title, something new had seemed rather uncanny, to tell you the truth, until just now, composing this next draft. I am wild about anagrams, which is surprising because historically, I have always been notoriously inept at riddles, puzzles, and the “Before and After” category on Jeopardy. I am hoping there will indeed be time to discuss my newfound affinity for them, reawakened during my first lengthy captivity. For now, yes, now I will just begin planting bulbs of that subplot by explaining how, if the word “game” were to be scrambled in the way that I am wont to scramble words until they grow new words with each touch of a busy fork, game would be one “I” short of the word “gimmick.” Looking back, I can only portend that I would feel very differently about this past hour spent moving this manuscript from a paper notebook, where all my drafts get going, if I had known that in a flat world such as ours, the only way to start having to endure a round one, with no corners to see around, is by reasoning that life in the world of hopes, the world of dreams, etc., etc., is either comprised of magic or gimmicks." Shea has been really supportive. Has only locked himself in the bathroom once since he did the previous time, which was when I hand wrote this draft. That it happens today is that day seems somehow fitting: It happened once. Why would I begin to presume it wouldn’t happen twice. Nevertheless, I fully intend to be present when he relinquishes the locked door and, in the meantime…mean time. I am just hearing that now first time. Anyway, and maybe we’ll talk about it if either one of us stays in Chicago longer than a season, but can you believe it? Me and a Shea Michael. I just don’t know that there are enough words in enough combinations to describe how thankful I am to you, to have this story to write.

[@allenjones3130]

Great theme by Wladimir Selinsky.

[@lauradaly8020]

Where did you manage to discover the soap opera episodes that you have? They are extremely rare and very well-written.

[@fromthesidelines]

As seen on Fridays at 9pm(et), and Wednesdays at 9:30pm(et). This was a Friday episode.

[@CoopyKat]

It's unclear to me whether this was taped or aired live like "As the World Turns" was in 1965.

[@notthefather3919]

It was taped as prime time shows were in the 60s.

[@anthonyaustin3370]

@@notthefather3919 Not many primetime shows were taped in the 60s. Most all of them were filmed. This is actually a rare exception.

[@gianni1388]

Yessss!

[@hodjpodj3958]

Millette Alexander went on to make an impression as The Edge of Night's Laura and Julie Hillyer. Actress Sandra Smith might have made a suitable, more experienced replacement (instead of Jayne Bentzen) for EON's Maeve McGuire as Nicole Drake.

[@triciaannhellums6683]

Never seen this. I was 10.

[@MariaNunez-im7vn]

Any more episodes? Would love to see some more.

[@mysky]

Strange that Eileen Fulton doesn't have top or special billing.

[@roxannesantoro7503]

The only actress that ever got top billing from a spin-off soap opera was The late Beverlee Mckinsey. When she left Another World. She was the star of it's spin off "Texas".

[@pamelaingold5601]

That's Dr Sara McIntyre from As The World Turns - Millette Alexander..

[@charlesmeadows6285]

Sorry,Pamela it’s just Millette was a regular in The Guiding Light

[@TimsDale4ever]

Does anyone know what day of the week this aired and what time? Was it on every week night? Kudos to CBS for trying something somewhat different.

[@mysky]

TimsDale4ever The air dates and times are given in the closing credits.

[@jehobden]

This particular episode aired Friday night, July 16, 1965, at 9 PM EDT. According to the closing credits, this show also aired Wednesday nights at 9:30 PM EDT.

[@notthefather3919]

TimsDale4ever it had 65 episodes during one summer season. I think thats about 3 nights a week.

[@tomservo56954]

Technically not quite that different...CBS trying to get its own PEYTON PLACE

[@facebook51ify]

@@jehobden it was 2 weeks before my 5th birthday in 1965.

[@gregmay6976]

This was CBS' effort to duplicate a prime-time soap as ABC did with 'Peyton Place'. It was a short-lived effort and Eileen Fulton was the first daytime star to actually appear on prime time TV.

[@m.e.d.7997]

What a great time this was for actors back then with television booming.

[@willamcgee655]

@Tom Lowery j

[@GianniHernandez007]

wow

[@jamessullivan1714]

Interesting show and would love to see more but I can understand why it failed. It feels like a daytime soap on at nighttime. I think it was CBS answer to Peyton Place but PP had a movie star and really exciting actors and scripts. This just feel like they hired soap actors and put the show on a night accidentally however I really liked it and would loved to have seen it on daytime. It probably would have lasted much longer.

[@reginaldlittle6602]

I remember this soap. I watched it each night, in which it aired. Soaps were very, very interesting back then.

[@jamessullivan1714]

Reginald Little I totally agree they knew how 2 write them so well back in the day

[@reginaldlittle6602]

Thanks, James for your response.

[@EricMontreal22]

Yes--I agree this is well done soap, but it's exactly like a daytime soap. Peyton Place didn't feel like a daytime soap--besides a movie star and exciting scripts, it also shot on film, not video, with plenty of location shots--when I re-watched most of the series a few years back I was impressed with how cinematic the filming was. Although Our Private World DOES have an orchestral score.

[@jamessullivan1714]

EricMontreal22 Totally agree 100% they wanted a hit but they didnt put the $$$ in to make it a hit 2 bad and it moves very slowly whereas Peyton Place was a visually interesting show to watch whereas this one isnt

[@philg4116]

Sandy is a young attractive bird here. Years later she forcibly swapped bodies with Cap'n Kirk and then tried to take over starfleet command.

[@allenjones3130]

Actually she tried to take command of the starship Enterprise. Eventually the body swap broke, and Janice Lester(Sandy's character) underwent a mental breakdown.

[@ericb2296]

Anybody catch the boom mike making a quick retreat at 24:01? On a prime time network broadcast, even one with a thrice weekly schedule, that’s pretty bad. Stop tape and reshoot. All relevant today to absolutely nothing...

[@goodmaro]

Scrolling for more ads, I heard the name "Thomas Hughes" just before the break, and wondered if they deliberately invoked the famous author, or just picked a name that's probably common. Anyway, the ad is hilarious for its subtle-yeah-not-subtle look at 15:17 -- "I think my friend thinks I stink." And who folds and soaps up a towel like that? Doesn't she have any smaller washcloths? Maybe as stinky as she is, she needs that big a washcloth, never mind the soap!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Why did this fail?

[@marcusjones2094]

Margaret Because Fans wanted Lisa back on As the world Turns. And she Returned the next year 1966

[@m.e.d.7997]

ok that makes sense.

[@mrob75]

the real reason this failed was that creator / writer Irna Phillips quickly gave up on the show and left

[@totallytivo]

Eileen Fulton says the show came on twice a week at two different times. The Wednesday episode was 9:30pm and the Friday episode was 9:00pm. Some audience would turn on the television Fridays at 9:30pm and see the closing credits! Missed it again.

[@halfdome5705]

@@marcusjones2094 This show failed due to low ratings. IMDB states:" Show did however have some strong competition. On Wednesday nights, it was placed opposite ABC's powerhouse crime drama "Burke's Law", and "The NBC Wednesday Night Movie". When it moved to Friday nights in July of 1965, the show was placed opposite ABC's successful World War II drama "Twelve O'Clock High"(which was produced by Quinn Martin), and NBC's "The Chrysler Theatre".

[@ryanhilliard1620]

The first primitime soap.

[@robwargo]

Actually the first prime time soap was the TV version of “One Man’s Family” which ran from 1949 to 1952

[@ryanhilliard1620]

@@robwargo OH, good to know. Was that a daily?