According to TV Guide, the tribute to the great Ruth Warrick was set for May 13, 2005 but I only got a lame will reading from this episode. I stopped watching All My Children years ago because it was really the Susan Lucci show. Nowadays, the show is going to the dogs literally. It focuses too much on the young people of Pine Valley. I remember the early eighties when Ruth Warrick and other cast members like Kay Campbell, Louis Edmonds, Julia Barr, David Canary, and Eileen Herlie all had some storyline going now. Those who survive are destined to be placed in the background like Michael Knight. The show is only a shell of what it used to be. I sent several letters and applications for Eileen Herlie to get a British National Honor like Dame but I would have settled for the typical M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire). I sent several envelopes to cast members with an application inside. I never heard from one cast member or anybody interested in honoring Eileen Herlie from her native country. It angers me because I know from the past that somebody in their eighties like her and Ruth Warrick don't have much time left. I even sent the same applications to soap publications. Still no response from anybody. Does anybody care about somebody like Eileen Herlie? Before Anna Lee, I made several attempts to get another honor from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth but it failed because I didn't do it sooner than later. Eileen should have an M.B.E. like Anna Lee who was awarded in 1982. Eileen has been on just as long as some of the recipients from Coronation Street. Still, I wanted to see Ruth's tribute but for some reason, I didn't. Maybe I wasn't supposed too, maybe this is why I am writing this piece. I will never say the writing was ever excellent. It never held the same appeal as Douglas Marland or William J. Bell's story lines. The acting has always been either wonderful comedic and truly over the top. Still I hope All My Children fans will remember what it was like for those characters like Phoebe Wallingford, Myrtle Fargate, and others that you don't have to be young to have appeal. You have to depth and that comes from years of experience.
Review of All My Children
