Somerset (November 7, 1972)

[@lisathomas9264]

I remember my mom talking about this soap. She always hated the fact she missed the last episode because my aunt picked her up later than expected to go shopping😂 I wish she was still here so she could get closure on one of her favorite soaps. I'm watching this for you mommie. Miss and love you always.

[@Nanuela15]

I love this!

[@danielbryan9754]

Bless you. Fulfilling your mother’s wishes in such a kind and thoughtful way shows what a wonderful daughter you are. There is nothing like the soaps and our devotion to them-especially the great ones of the 70’s.

[@JeffreyHarnden-qw8fs]

@@danielbryan9754 unfortunately soaps the four that are left are all very much unwatchable. Especially the young and the restless. Miss the better ones AW somerset search for tomorrow guiding light as the world turns even Ryan’s hope. Daytime hasn’t been the same at all since the better ones were all cancelled duo to so called bad ratings yeah sure which we all know not every house hold is included in so so so sad

[@kevincostley8093]

It's so good to see a Somerset video. I hope viewers that have them would submit more. Lois Kibbee was a great actess!

[@jusssayin480]

I only remember Lois from The Edge of Night and I agree. She was a great actress.

[@scootover7]

​@@jusssayin480love her on Edge especially the interaction between her and Raven played by Sharon Rose Gabet

[@danielbryan9754]

She was indeed. I only saw her in the Edge of Night as well. What a class act she was. She and Jeanne Cooper from the Y & R. So rare and few to find actresses of their caliber.

[@moormello]

i knew her from "edge of night" didn't know she was on this one!

[@Mister_Listener]

@@jusssayin480i like her a lot too! For the wrong reasons maybe…she and Ann Flood were such NERDS in Edge of Night, they have been fun to watch in 2024. Stilted, stiff, bad scripts, big hair, geeky sense of humor, midlantic charmschool dialect. Makes me smile!

[@maureennochannel]

Omg and with the commercials. This is absolutely fantastic.

[@vistatiger7493]

Chef Boy ar dee spaghetti dinner in a box. I had forgotten all about that! LOL.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@vistatiger7493Kraft had one too that was very good

[@m.e.d.7997]

What a different world it was in daytime back then.

[@anthonymeans7439]

It was!!

[@sharoncalay150]

It's so sad to see what Daytime is today my mother loved Edge of Night Dark Shadows this show was great

[@JeffreyHarnden-qw8fs]

@@sharoncalay150 agree daytime television is pretty much unwatchable the 4 soaps left all have very horrendous writing. There is supposed to be a brand new soap this January of 2025 called the gates. Hope it knocks down Y+R a peg or to. That show has gotten worse and worse. Daytime was certainly way better during the 70s and 80s the 90s was ok too. It wasn’t until the 2000s that daytime started to come down crashing

[@Mister_Listener]

That scene with Carter and Lois Kibbee was a marathon. Weird, long winded script. And the organ music! Lots of fun. 😊

[@Mister_Listener]

I would love to see more episodes. These scenes are so long and drawn out. And the bad acting from 1972. And the organ, and the announcer’s gentle voice. A totally different universe. 🌎

[@m.e.d.7997]

The acting is still a lot better than today's soaps. Way better

[@m.e.d.7997]

Long drawn out scenes meant more and had substance.

[@ritagreenlaw8923]

I love this so much. I was 2 yrs old when this came on TV.

[@SellawEvets]

And Dark Shadows' Lara Parker in that Prell commercial!

[@Historian212]

Christopher Pennock was also a Dark Shadows veteran, from the last part of its run. I thought he was awful, LOL. Lara Parker was the real star of DS, imho. Came across DS as a teen, flipping channels, and saw Angelique doing a spell during the 1700s. Immediately hooked!

[@walterrepass3957]

Yes! Christopher Pennock was in the series.

[@Jh49er]

It's great to see this full episode. I love it my grandmother and I watched this show every day when I got home from school. This was a great storyline

[@brookehanley3659]

This would have been an awesome soap for retro TV if it was saved like The Doctors.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

I think episodes of “Somerset” are still in existence. I don’t think NBC was into erasing a lot of their soaps like CBS and ABC. There are a number of episodes from 1976 still around.

[@skipeastport5529]

Somerset was wiped. It was owned by P&G. They started archiving their soaps in 1979.

[@johnbenzer5306]

@OneDayAfterAnother incorrect

[@jamespatton8847]

Curious as to what episodes of Somerset are saved, would be nice to see some vintage somerset shows

[@kerrex86]

@@ericb2296 actually one episode late in it's run was lost

[@jmnny85]

Saw the commercial wondered if Biz detergent was still around it is! Havent thought about it in decades and never used it,wow

[@jabjab4434]

Jordan Charney as Sam Lucus. Married to Lahoma ( Ann Wedgeworth) and half brother to Rachel Davis from Another World. What a treat. Thank You

[@TheloniousJackson]

Sam Lucas was Rachel’s uncle not half brother. Sam was Ada’s brother. Pammy Davis was Rachel’s half sister

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@TheloniousJacksonThank you

[@angelagoodwin5758]

I get a kick out of watching classic soaps like this. I used to watch them every afternoon with my mother in the 60s and 70s. Many well-known actors got their big breaks working in soap operas, and they have said it's the most rigorous training an actor can get. I believe TED DANSON got his start on SOMERSET.

[@BigSingh]

Yeah!!!!! Finally at least one episode!

[@Mister_Listener]

And with JINGLES THE CLOWN TOO! “He was here in this room! Carter you must have seen him?!”

[@notgivinup]

Oh my goodness Chris Pennock from Dark Shadows…. Jeb Hawkes! These old shows and commercials bring back the fondest memories of my mom and from when I was little, I was 12 in 1972. It was such a different world back then… a much better time and place. The organ 🎹 music on this show, classic!

[@Jh49er]

This episode was great it was the starting point for a great continuing story. I remember watching it with my grandmother

[@ericsamuelson5656]

My cousin David watched this with our grandma after school during his childhood. The painting in the opening looks like a town in Europe.

[@reneem6839]

This is an absolute treasure, thanks for posting it. I watched Somerset then - I was only 14. This was on election day in 1972. I loved the David Brinkley election day coverage promo. and I remember every single one of those commercials! I also remember Mike Douglas came on right after. It aired in the late afternoon in my area at around 4:00 or 4:30 p.m. I think Dark Shadows was on right before Somerset. Not sure, though, as that was so long ago now!

[@6828Lu]

Dark Shadows was cancelled in April 1971 - when did Somerset begin?

[@ivelissediaz9583]

Dark Shadows aired on ABC - Channel 7 in New York at 4pm then at 4:30 it was the channel 7 4:30 movie which ran until 6pm then the news began.

[@ivelissediaz9583]

@@6828Lu I think Somerset was on NBC Channel 4. Dark Shadows was on channel 7 ABC.

[@6828Lu]

@@ivelissediaz9583 irrelevant, since not everyone lives in New York.

[@ivelissediaz9583]

@@6828Lu just commenting on the viewing schedule in the new york area. Especially as new york is where Dark Shadows was filmed and where all those daytime dramas were filmed. That's all. Have a nice day!

[@rongreen2976]

That's Lara Parker (Angelique from Dark Shadows) in the Prell commercial at 3:04!

[@melodiefrances3898]

I just caught that lol!!!

[@markburguron3035]

Lois Kibbee she was so great!

[@Johnnyboy792]

This was a rare treat Rob. A time machine that put me right back into 1972 ! Thanks :)

[@perpieta]

Thanks for the memories--for a couple of years there my friends and I would race home from school to watch One Life to Live at three-thirty and then switch over to NBC at 4pm for Somerset. I started watching Somerset around the time when Jordan Charney was Sam Lucas, Anne Wedgeworth was Lahoma Lucas, Ernest Thompson was Tony, and Joel Crothers was Julian Canell. Then Bibi Besch and Audrey Landers came on the show as mother and daughter Eve and Heather Lawrence--Audrey had the greatest cheekbones! And Ernest Thompson was hot.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I watched the same two soaps. Good memories

[@Jh49er]

I wish I could see the entire story again

[@csfan65]

I remember my Mom watching this soap opera. I was only 6 around that time, so seeing this really takes me back.

[@AngryRantsAndStuff]

Watched this last night. Big fan of AW in the early 80s and watched religiously from '94 to the end. Somerset was a bit before my time. I was born in '76. Big fan of Texas as well, especially Gretchen. *Homer Simpson growl* I am aware of Somerset, by name anyway due to me collecting Soap Opera Digest from the late 90s to about 2008. It's a travesty that a lot of 70s soaps have been erased. It's a loss of great tv history. Even the Tonight Show suffered the same fate. Totally unfair. Watching this out of context, the clown was a surprise.

[@Jh49er]

Thank you for posting this episode it is a great episode I wish I could see this whole storyline again

[@almartino4635]

That organ music🥰

[@Jh49er]

Thanks for this wonderful episode

[@6828Lu]

Wonderful! I was a strict ABC soap viewer, but love seeing all the different soaps, and familiar actors in other roles. Thanks for this!

[@rosseganjr9402]

it's amazing seeing these classic episodes!

[@DanMan869]

That's Pamela Toll doing the commercial for Duz at 27:11. She had previously played Liz Wilson on "The Doctors" and then Pammy Davis on..."Somerset"! Pam left soaps much too soon. She's been missed!

[@jayology]

Sadly, Pamela Toll passed away in 2020.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@jayology She was really pretty on ‘The Doctors’

[@Jh49er]

I remember this storyline very well it was quite thrilling

[@brianoneil6659]

Ernest Thompson here as Tony Cooper. By the end of the 70s he was the highly successful playwright who wrote "On Golden Pond."

[@cfscfs]

Thanks for posting this - I started watching Somerset in 1972 and remember this storyline well. Ernest Thompson (playing Tony Cooper) later wrote "On Golden Pond".

[@nickimorelli9991]

@cfscfs I did not know Ernest Thompson started his career acting & on this one, no less! Thanks for sharing that info.

[@strafrag1]

I loved Joel Crothers in this show.

[@ivelissediaz9583]

Joel also from Dark Shadows.

[@michaelfrancis2563]

Henry Slesar was a prolific writer for Procter and Gamble soap operas. His main gig was the Edge of Night. However, he would simultaneously write others. His storyline for Somerset during his writing tenure was riveting with the Coopers. Search For Tomorrow was given a big boost by his writing.

[@roddycurt9139]

I had read somewhere that Lois Kibbee was friends with Henry Slesar and joined SOMERSET at his bequest. She also wrote several episodes of CAPITOL during Slesar's head writing duties

[@davehire1433]

He also wrote a classic Twilight Zone episode, “The Old Man In The Cave”.

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the upload !! I forget that Lois Kibbie did Somerset BEFORE Edge of night ..I know the show had Writer Harry Salter to write for the show to improve Somerset's dismissal ratings !! The commericals are the BEST !!

[@mthivier]

I'd forgotten that Lois Kibbee (Geraldine in Edge of Night) was also on Somerset for a while.

[@EdwynNSanchez]

Mar Thivierge Not Only Lois Kibbee joined Somerset. Mr. Joel Crothers (Miles Cavanaugh) also did... I think

[@a.b.s_productions]

Edwyn Sanchez The guy playing Carter was on “The Edge of Night” playing a sinister mobster name Murlock after this role.

[@EdwynNSanchez]

Adam B. Smith Really? I didn’t know that.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Edwyn Sanchez Yes, his name is Jay Gregory. There might still be an episode of “EON” with him in it from 1975 and his character was going to shoot Johnny Dallas in his restaurant, but was interrupted. Great episode!

[@EdwynNSanchez]

A.B.S Productions, LLC Amazing! I hope it’s available. If it is, what’s the date and where can I find it?

[@dennismclaurin1487]

I remember this soap title as a child

[@merricat3025]

I never watched it, but I remember the name. I grew up on CBS soaps

[@kekwayblaze3176]

What an amazing clip! I wish there was existing episodes with crossover appearances from Another World by Rachel and Alice on Somerset. Rachel in particular had siblings on Somerset whom she visited.

[@rodolpheettrick2929]

Rachel had a sister named Pamela. Spitting image of Rachel character wise

[@ryanhilliard1620]

@@rodolpheettrick2929 Which Rachel? Robin or Victoria?

[@rodolpheettrick2929]

@@ryanhilliard1620 Robin Strasser

[@Chase4everChase]

Rob, I'm so very grateful to you for posting this video and for keeping it active. It's hard to believe 50 years have since passed, and I still miss daily watching this show and hearing the awesome organ music being played in the background. 🙂 (Chase)

[@sto59]

Christopher Pennock 1944-2021 RIP

[@daytime70s]

Really? There's been nothing in the press. Sad to hear.

[@melodiefrances3898]

I came here because of him 😊

[@suegielen3684]

He was in Dark Shadows as well.

[@deh2775]

The amazingly talented Henry Slesar writing both Somerset and The Edge of Night.

[@rhymeandreasoning]

I love the commercials

[@maryoconnor8297]

Nice to see Chris Pennock on here!!

[@davidconway6874]

I would've been three when this aired but I remember Jingles the clown. Bastard scared the crap out of me.

[@CoopyKat]

4:46 Lois Kibbee (also from "Edge of Night") made a mistake and said "stomething" instead of "something" - I'm sure video tape editing still wasn't easy to do in 1972.

[@edgeof1956]

What a really nice treat to see a full episode of a forgotten soap. Like the inclusion of the original commercials also. How do I get a Biz bag? Sad about Biz not being in the Procter & Gamble roster of products anymore. Really nice to see this again.

[@thejupiter2574]

Ahhhh actor Chris Pennock who was on the spooky show / soap Dark Shadows and in the MGM movie Night of Dark Shadows

[@booberry349]

Geraldine from Edge of Night on Somerset

[@ivelissediaz9583]

And Nadine Alexander also from the Edge of Night as Laura Cooper on Somerset.

[@Soapking1965]

Yes. Lois Kibbee left EDGE in 1971 and joined SOMERSET as Emily. She returned to EDGE in 1973 and remained until the final episode in December 1984.

[@jabjab4434]

Somerset changed over to a crime drama much like Edge around the 2nd year. Joseph Crothers also from Edge had a storyline. I watched when my favs from Another World went to Somerset and then the station dropped the show in the 2nd year. I was devastated.

[@Soapking1965]

@@jabjab4434 Joel Crothers played Julian Cannell on SOMERSET and Miles Kavanaugh on EDGE.

[@jeffreycoval4618]

So glad I found this. Would love to watch every single episode. Take me back ! ( but what a out the announcer’s voice?....)

[@GeraldineTayloe-cc1yh]

I remmber this soap I was 12

[@brianoneil6659]

The late Harriet Hall as Andrea Moore. Gone too soon.

[@6828Lu]

She played Brooke English for a short time on AMC, too. I had no idea she'd passed.

[@travisjames3517]

6828Lu Yeah, she was Brooke #03. Didn’t last long, though.

[@Historian212]

Yes, I just discovered she died in 2007, just shy of her 59th birthday. Very sad. She was luminous.

[@tracyisbest]

Would love to see a 1976 episode of this if any exists out there, being the soap changed so much from it's 1970 origin. Kind of became a crime/drama kind of soap. Had Ted Danson, Bibi Besch, JoBeth Williams, Tina Sloan, Audrey Landers and a slew of others who didn't start out here in '70. Anyone know if they exist at all? I see the comments about either NBC not caring to preserve them or P&G feeling the same way. Hope these later ones didn't all get wiped.

[@flashbaneyify]

21:15 That's Mr. Angelino from Three's Company

[@marklamphear7531]

Just about to say that

[@landreaulover]

He's the only character I recognize -- Sam Lucas -- brother of Ada from Another World (and uncle to Rachel Davis/Matthew/Frame/Cory, etc. Somerset was a spinoff of AW. I didn't watch Somerset much until 1976 when Jobeth Williams and Audrey Landers were on the show. I think most of the original cast has departed by then.

[@juliemnm8273]

The actress that played his wife on Somerset played Lana on Three's Company...

[@toddwacha5108]

Of the P&G commercials in this Somerset episode for Prell, Crisco, Biz, Zest, and Duz, none of them are owned by P&G anymore. Duz was discontinued in 1978, while the other brands that I mentioned were sold to other companies.

[@paulnguyen8910]

Duz actually ended in 1980.

[@mrs.rucker2448]

And Biz just doesn’t do the great job it used to!

[@FlavioGirl]

classic soaps

[@charlesmeadows6285]

That voice behind the mike is none other than Bill Wolfe.

[@peterwolff9864]

The great Somerset NBC announcer bio can be viewed at: Bill Wolff Announcer on his Wikipedia page. Thanks!

[@annmariesullivan8838]

I was in the first grade when this episode aired

[@musicom67]

Just like an Old Time Radio soaper with 'picture'. Even with the organ theme...

[@mrceleb2006]

Sourced from WRC-TV in Washington, DC...great find!

[@rogertemple7193]

"Jay Gregory:(1939-present); he appeared in several tv guest roles(33), and a few films(9), numerous stage plays(1,000+), has done many off screen narrations/voice overs for documentaries,tv commercials,etc., (Deputy Roy,Dark Shadows,1967,11), (Morlock Sevigny,the Edge of Night,1974-1975,200), (Carter Matson,Somerset,1972-1973,196), (Dr. Collins,the Doctors,1977,33), (Sgt. Preston,Days of our Lives,1982,29)."-🤔🖥☕🇺🇲..

[@kennethwashington4713]

Both Jay Gregory (More lock), and Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Whitney) both been on The Edge of Night, couple of years apart.

[@utzchannel018]

This was aired the day before my dad was born

[@anthonyL1995]

Supposedly this took place in Michigan. Somerset is a mall in Troy.

[@nickimorelli9991]

Wow. I heard stories for years about the Jingles story line from my older cousins. It scared me to know end. I would love to find the episode when the identity of Jingles was revealed. And how great to see Mrs. Smalls a/k/a Emily. Tfs.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Was Jingles a psycho? Creepy clowns creep me out lol

[@jaredjlinden]

Isn’t that the lady from Caddyshack? “Will you loofah my stretch marks?”

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thanks. Somerset is always a treat. Do you know if any more are floating around (I remember the other with Marie Wallace at a dinner party gone wrong but not sure of any others)?

[@a.b.s_productions]

Ken George Jones The Museum of TV & Radio in NYC has a few episodes of “Somerset” from October and November 1976.

[@kekwayblaze3176]

@@a.b.s_productions Are those online somewhere?

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@kekwayblaze3176 They’re not. I snuck and had some clips I recorded and posted many years ago on KZbin but unfortunately they were taken down.

[@kekwayblaze3176]

@@a.b.s_productions You never posted them again?

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@kekwayblaze3176 No, I should still have them clips somewhere. I’ll have to search for them. KZbin shut my whole page down. This was like 6 years ago.

[@marthamilton973]

I remember watching this in 70s. Wasn't there a storyline about Heather Kane being in love with her teacher?

[@mikejohnson515]

The great Bill Wolff voiced all of NBC's P&G soaps!

[@peterwolff9864]

More about "Bill Wolff Announcer" on his Wikipedia page...thanks!

[@Historian212]

Somerset was an Another World spinoff. I don't think it lasted very long. My mother was a big AW fan, so she watched Somerset, too.... Watching this vid, I'm reminded that I was quite taken by the actress who played Andrea Moore, Harriet Hall. Checking online, she went on to a few different roles but quit acting due to a chronic back problem. Sadly, she died suddenly in 2007, shortly before her 59th birthday (according to a memorial page set up by her brother). The Wiki page for Somerset holds some fun info. It was scheduled opposite Dark Shadows (which is what I watched instead, most of the time). In the cast list, many familiar names from DS pop up in the cast list for Somerset, including Christopher Pennock, Humbert Allen Astredo, Marie Wallace, and Joel Crothers. Other famous names include Ted Danson, Michael Nouri, Sigourney Weaver, JoBeth Williams, Gary Sandy, and Bibi Besch.

[@Soapking1965]

SOMERSET aired from March 30, 1970 to New Year's Eve 1976.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@Soapking1965 TY!

[@jeffreyharnden7523]

Why did they take down the episode with actress jo Beth Williams where she freaks out after finding a dead bird in her bag in her office ? Loved that episode

[@JeffreyHarnden-qw8fs]

I liked that episode my brother was laughing when I showed him that episode on KZbin. Who would scream like that on a job quite embarrassing

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@JeffreyHarnden-qw8fsMost people seeing a dead bird in their purse would do the same

[@reichfrog2]

I wish I could see all this series, we need to get the scripts if possible and remake it.

[@m.e.d.7997]

It was a really good soap. Surprised when it was canceled

[@One-Day-After-Another]

I was 6 months old here! Dang! I'm not gonna lie... I would like to think by the time 1972 came along the soaps had been going long enough to be more modern and lose that ancient sounding organ music....but apparently not. LOL

[@baconbap]

I used to watch Somerset. I don't remember any of those people.

[@andrewwikins4999]

It’s so crazy to see a soap opera be the epitome of every parody I’ve ever seen….right down to the organ music lol

[@ryanhilliard1620]

These shows made more money for the networks than prime time shows. They mastered the art of the cliff hanger and kept women coming back for more day after day for decades. There is something to be said for that. It is a unique genre of story telling.

[@andrewwikins4999]

@@ryanhilliard1620 agreed I like the genre. It’s just that by time I was watching them they were so not like this anymore that when shows would parody them the parody would seem ridiculous. But it’s so weird to see these old shows and they were exactly as they were parodied. Having never seen this version of them because it was before I was born it just seems funny.

[@anthonymeans9702]

What Another World character(s) were spun off to create Somerset?

[@Soapking1965]

Sam, Lahoma and Missy

[@kekwayblaze3176]

@@Soapking1965 Weren't some of those characters related to Rachel? I believe Alice Frame also appeared on Somerset as well.

[@Soapking1965]

@@kekwayblaze3176 Gerald Davis was Rachel's father, who deserted her and Ada years earlier. Sam was Rachel's uncle (Ada was his sister).

[@charlesmeadows6285]

This again is picked up from WRC-TV that other Channel 4 in Fairfax,VA the Washington,DC affluent suburb.

[@barbaramurch6883]

Lois Kibbee Also Played Judge Smails Wife In "Caddyshack" In 1980!

[@kevinpyne5808]

Jeb Hawkes from Dark Shadows!

[@armenianchik]

Gabriel Collins! And Jeb from Dark shadows!

[@GianniHernandez305]

Everyone tell me What big fans you are of this show

[@joenax777]

is that Murray's wife from the Mary Tyler Moore show at 9:50?

[@saskwatcher]

Not a spoiler in the 21st century but Jingles the Clown turned out to a loopy aunt.

[@roddycurt9139]

I had read somewhere that Henry Slesar was headwriter and intended for The Jingles The Clown storyline to be a psychological mystery where the woman doesn't really see him, but imagines the clown. He was replaced as HW halfway through the story.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@saskwatcher Aunt who??

[@GenXorcist1976]

This show was on the same channel as Days of Our Lives, wasn’t it? I vaguely remember…

[@m.e.d.7997]

Yes NBC

[@paulnguyen8910]

The late Ronald Carey, from "Barney Miller", in the Alpo commercial.

[@dgwaters]

I’ve always wondered, what did Delaney Brands do?

[@RobertLSmith316]

Food distribution.

[@Historian212]

LOL, I was going to say it was a cannery. Weird that I was at all close in that guess.

[@daddy2299]

Delaney Brands was a cannery BUT exactly what they 'processed' was never specified. I watched frome the beginning in 1970 until the end in 1976 and I wanted to know what their product was! LOL

[@allanfisch]

Lois Kibbee before she went to EON.

[@jimdavis3435]

Lois appeared on Edge in 1970 as Geraldine Whitney then Somerset...after her stint on Somerset she returned to Edge playing Gerladine to the very last episode!

[@vistatiger7493]

Didn't Another World do a similar story in the early 80's where Alma Rudder would dress as a giant Raggedy Ann doll and hide in the closet to terrorize Blaine and make fer think she was crazy.

[@Chase4everChase]

VistaTiger, I realize it's a year after you asked, but I can confirm you are correct about Blaine being terrified by Alma Rudder dressed as the Raggedy Ann creature. (Chase)

[@jmnny85]

Yes,I was a teenager during that time,that storyline was unforgettable and very weird!

[@johnnyp5913]

3:00 Little did the audience know that Susan and Stanley were brother and sister still living at home.

[@rogertemple7193]

Len Gochman:(b.Jersey City,N.J.1//27/1931-d.Manhattan,N.Y.2/7/2020); survived by 2 children,& several grandchildren, Soap Operas:(5);the following below: the Edge of Night(D.A. Forbes,1967,31), Another World(Peter Delaney,1970,21), Somerset(Peter Delaney,1970-1973,278), Ryan's Hope(Det. Elles,1978,32), Also: Films: (11), TV Guest Roles: (33), Plays: (1,000+), TV Commercials: (on screen-numerous;voice overs-numerous)."-🤔🖥☕🇺🇲..

[@baconbap]

Lois Kibbee was on Somerset? I don't remember that. I remember Heather and Jerry Kane and all that drama.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Me too

[@hormelinc]

I had heard rumors that organ music was used as late as the 70's, but the Internet has once again provided proof of this horrid production "value" (more like de-value!). I guess "The Doctors" was way ahead of it's time after all with a proper musical theme.

[@6828Lu]

What's so horrid about organ music? It serves its purpose. Plus it's more economical.

[@Historian212]

The organ music was a leftover from an earlier era, before TV. Soaps started on radio in the 1930s, not sure if they already used the organ on the earliest ones. Since many of the housewives of the 70s were still from the Depression/WW2 era, that organ music would've been familiar to them, and probably comforting. A reminder of their younger days.

[@ShadowsofthePastTheater]

Dark Shadows didn't use organ music. The main theme was played on a theremin

[@vistatiger7493]

I always liked that Another World didn't use music heavily back in the 70's over the scenes. I always heard their writer Harding Lemay didn't like it. Another World was like watching a play back then. Brilliant story line's and dialogue that was like real life conversation.

[@kennethwashington4713]

Who writen this episode, Henry Slesar, or Roy Winsor.

[@a.b.s_productions]

Kenneth Washington Henry Slesar was writing for the show. He jumped on board in 1971, possibly in part because Lois Kibbee was on the show and she was also an associate writer on "Edge of Night."

[@deh2775]

Actually, Mr. Slesar became head writer at the request of P&G, the production company that owned both "Somerset" and "The Edge of Night," which Mr. Slesar was simultaneously writing. P&G wanted another mystery serial in the vein of "Edge" and who better to transform "Somerset", a traditional soap, into a mystery serial than Mr. Slesar, a celebrated mystery novelist and teleplay writer for "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"? Unfortunately "Somerset" as a serial never really caught on, probably because of intense competition from already establish serials on CBS and ABC. As for these scenes, they're beautifully written and acted... IMHO.

[@skipeastport5529]

Kibbee was on Somerset because of Slesar not the other way around. He wrote her part on Somerset after he wrote her Geraldine Whitney character off Edge in 1971. She didn’t become a soap writer until much later.

[@darnellanders8768]

okay so now I remember now that Somerset was a spin off of another world in which case Sam and Lohomea was on both shows. I rememeber they attended the marriage of Lenour and Walter in bay city. I believe it was shortly after that when Sam had married Lohomea after breaking up with Lee Randolf John's daughter. i remember Lohomea's sexy voice . i got hooked from watchin g in a spare moment when Sam had bludgeoned Lohomea with a paper weight . not sure if he killed her or not but it was the firsr time I had witness violence on a soap opera. must of been in the early seventies. i was about 9 years old. I felt so bad for what he did to his wife who was also nagging him quite often. Does anyone remember that storyline?? I also remember some of the gingle's killer clown storyline that was quite frightening to me at that age.

[@sbookey]

Interesting throught-the-closet shot

[@donaldcasalone4243]

Ron Carey in the Alpo commercial

[@christopherlyons5900]

"So what do you do for a living?" I'm the organist on Somerset. The soap opera." "Oh--really?" "Yeah, I play to transition between scenes, and just before commercial breaks. Sometimes in the middle of a commercial break, to remind people the show's coming back soon. The opening music, the end music. Sometimes when something really dramatic happens, like a woman getting gaslighted by a guy dressed as a scary clown to drive her mad. That requires more creativity. Pay's not much, but workload's light. I moonlight at a local church, and there's always the ice skating rink." "It doesn't sound like a very secure job." "Oh nonsense! Soap organists go back to the early days of radio! It's an enduring tradition that will last for generations. What are they going to do, record some canned synth music, and play it over and over? Where's the artistry in that?"

[@Salmagundiii]

What was this recorded on? Umatic?

[@mandfwjames6787]

Thank you for uploading. Do you have episodes on DVD?

[@marlanaedwards5296]

I wish that older people wouldn't do that. Doubting a young person's love feelings for someone is nothing to pick about.

[@m.e.d.7997]

They have lived longer and times educate you and you see things more clearly and realistically.