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- Subject: AMC: FAQ: (All My Children Frequently Asked Questions) 3 of 4
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- (last posted 1999/02/24)
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- Here's the third of four sections of the AMC FAQ. You might want to
- save it to a file for reference, since it's only posted once every
- couple of months. The AMC FAQ is also available through anonymous
- ftp from rtfm.mit.edu under /pub/usenet/news.answers/tv/soaps/all-my-c/
- or send email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with any or all of:
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- If you know any of the unknown answers below, or have any additional
- questions & answers to add, please email me (gibbsm@ll.mit.edu).
- Thanks!
-
-
- (part 3 of 4)
-
-
- questions about the characters:
- Q: Who are all of Tad Martin's mothers?
- Q: Who is Eric Kane?
- Q: What was Joe Martin's first wife's name, ........
- Q: What is the parentage of Charlie Brent?
- Q: What is the parentage of Joey Martin?
- Q: Didn't Ruth have an affair with David Thornton?
- Q: How many times has Erica been married, and name her
- husbands?
- Q: Who is Bobby Martin, who were his parents, and where is he
- now?
- Q: How many times has Brooke been raped?
- Q: How old is Kendall?
- Q: Aren't Terrence & Taylor siblings?
- Q: How did Laura Cudahy die?
- Q: Who did Mona Kane kill?
- Q: How many "twins/look-alikes" have come to PV?
- Q: Are there any family trees available?
- Q: What about a history of AMC which was posted the summer of
- 1993?
-
- Q: Who are all of Tad Martin's mothers?
-
- A: Opal Gardner Purdy Courtland (biological), Ruth Martin
- (adoptive), and Nola Orsini (who mistook him for her lost son).
-
-
- Q: Who is Eric Kane?
-
- A: Erica's father, and Mona's first husband. He used to be a movie
- director, then was a clown (Barney) after presumably dying in a car
- accident, and then a board member of Enchantment. After selling his
- stock to Adam Chandler, he left town and broke Erica's heart
- all over again.
-
- Eric remarried Goldie Kane and they had a daughter, Silver. Erica
- never met them, and when Connie Wilkes showed up and pretended
- she was Silver. She also had no idea that Noelle (Jeremy's
- mystery girl) was really her sister, either. That is when she
- was kidnapped by Goldie and Dr. Lazar in some inheritance scheme.
-
-
- Q: What was Joe Martin's first wife's name, and how many children did
- they have?
-
- A: Joe's first wife was Helen. They had 3 children: Jeff, Tara, and
- Bobby.
-
- Source: AMC Family Tree published in January/February 1993 Episodes
- Magazine.
-
-
- Q: What is the parentage of Charlie Brent?
-
- A: Short answer:
- Charlie's parents are Tara Martin and Philip Brent. He thought his
- father was Chuck Tyler, but later found out that Phil was his
- biological father. His real name is Philip Charles Brent.
-
- Long answer:
- Charlie (born Philip Charles Tyler) is the biological son of Tara
- Martin and Philip Brent. Tara and Phil were childhood sweethearts,
- who made love on the night before Philip went off to fight in Vietnam.
- Phil was declared missing in action, and Tara found out she was
- pregnant. In desperation, she turned to Philip's best friend, Chuck
- Tyler, who was also in love with Tara, and the two were married.
-
- When Philip Charles was born, everyone assumed that he was Chuck's
- son (although Chuck knew better). Eventually, Philip returned,
- having been a prisoner of war. It was finally revealed that "Little
- Phil" was his son. Little Phil, who had grown up thinking Chuck
- was his father, refused to be known by that name any more, and took
- the name of Charlie Tyler. Eventually, he was reconciled with Phil,
- and took the last name of Brent, but kept the name Charlie.
-
-
- Q: What is the parentage of Joey Martin?
-
- A: Joey is the product of Ruth and Joseph Martin. However,
- Ruth *was* raped by Ray Gardener, confusing some RATSers
- into thinking that Joey is Ray's son, but he is not.
-
-
- Q: Didn't Ruth have an affair with David Thornton?
-
- A: Ruth & David never did have sex, though they did kiss. They went
- to a cabin to consummate their affair, but Ruth reconsidered at
- the last minute.
-
-
- Q: How many times has Erica been married, and name her husbands?
-
- A: Jeff Martin, Phil Brent, Tom Cudahy, Adam Chandler, Travis
- Montgomery, Travis Montgomery, Adam Chandler, Dimitri Marick,
- Dimitri Marick
- All in all 9 "legal" marriages.
-
- There were also two marriages to Mike Roy before Travis, but neither
- were legal.
-
- Erica also had relationships with Jason Maxwell (killed by Mona
- in self-defense), Nick Davis (Philip's father), Mark Dalton (who
- is her half-brother, tho they didn't know it until Mona told
- them... _before_ they had a chance to go too far), Brandon
- Kingsley (whose daughter, Pamela, had an affair with Mark Dalton),
- Kent Bogard (killed accidentally by Erica), Jeremy Hunter (sent
- by Mike to look after her), Matt Connolly (I hear that he had the
- hots for her, but not vice-versa), Steve Andrews/"Dave",
- Jackson Montgomery, and Charlie Brent (Philip's son).
-
-
- Q: Who is Bobby Martin, who were his parents, and where is he now?
-
- A: Bobby is the son of Joe Martin and his first wife, Helen. He
- was sent to the attic to get some skis, and hasn't been heard
- from since. He was on in 1970 only and apparently written
- out because the writers had nothing for him storywise.
-
- In an AOL (America On Line) interview in January 1995,
- Felicia Minei Behr, exec producer for AMC, said:
- Bobby was a character talked about in the first few
- weeks of January 1970, the character only appeared for one
- show, I think. During that show Doctor Martin, his father,
- told him to go up in the attic and wax his skies and he
- would be up in a minute. He was never seen again.
- Agnes [Nixon] decided it was one too many Martins to
- deal with and never referred to him except for one
- letter from camp. He has become the missing link of the Joe
- Martin clan and a source of amusement for all of us as
- well as many fans.
-
- At one point in time (years after Bobby disappeared to the attic)
- Opal Gardner Purdy (Cortlandt?) was locked in the Martin's attic. She
- was frightened by a skeleton. Was it something from Joe Martin's med
- school days, or was it the remains of Bobby? Well - it was
- wearing a ski cap that said "Bobby" on it! Yet aother sly reference
- to Bobby was made by Jake (Joey Martin) on 10/31/97. A skeleton
- was out at Myrtle's as a Halloween decoration. Allie Doyle asked
- Jake if that was one of his patients and he said "he's just
- another one of my older brothers."
-
-
- Q: How many times has Brooke been raped?
-
- A: Brooke was raped by Eddie Dorrance (1980). Tom's friend,
- Gil Barrett, tried unsuccessfully to rape Brooke (1983).
- Brooke was stalked by a weirdo named Harold, to the tune of
- "Every Breath You Take" (ca. 1985).
-
-
- Q: How old is Kendall?
-
- A: As of 1993, she is 23. The actress is about 16, though.
-
- When Kendall first appeared on the show, she was depicted as a
- teenage runaway. Once it was revealed that she was Erica's
- daughter, there was a large outcry from the fans, due to major
- continuity errors. If Kendall was, say 16, and Erica was 16,
- or 15, or 14 when she was raped (TPTB keep changing this one too,
- but I think they've finally settled on 14), then Erica would
- only have been 30. Since the show has been on for over 20 years,
- and Erica was a teen when the show started, the math is just
- too much to overlook. So, TPTB "aged" Kendall overnight, and
- suddenly there were many references to the fact that she was 23,
- old enough to drink, etc. They started dressing her older and
- changed her makeup. It is hard to suspend disbelief enough to
- make a 15-year-old girl be 23, but it is easier than believing
- that 44/45-year-old Susan Lucci is 30.
-
- Update: On April 14, 1995, Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays
- Kendall, turned 18. Susan Lucci will be 47 on December 23, 1995.
-
-
- Q: Aren't Terrence & Taylor siblings?
-
- A: No, they aren't. Lucas Barnes is Terrence's natural father,
- but he is only Taylor's _step_father. Thus Terrence & Taylor
- are not related by blood, though technically they are step-
- siblings.
-
-
- Q: How did Laura Cudahy die?
-
- A: Laura was killed by Josh Waleski, an off-duty cop who had been
- partying at McKay's. He ran her down with his car as she dashed
- across Maple Street from Barbara Montgomery's house to Laura's
- friend's house across the street. Josh's blood-alcohol level
- was above the legal limit. Barbara (who was in love with Tom at
- the time) had been babysitting Laura, and Laura had fibbed to
- Barbara that she was allowed to cross the street alone.
-
-
- Q: Who did Mona Kane kill?
-
- A: Jason Maxwell, a boyfriend of Erica's who was trying to
- promote Erica as a model, and who assaulted her. Erica was
- still married to Jeff Martin and Jeff was standing trial for
- the murder. Mona had completely blocked the killing out of
- her mind - she did it in self-defense, and it turned out to
- be an accident.
-
-
- Q: How many "twins/look-alikes" have come to PV?
-
- A: 7 sets (see section 2 of the FAQ for details on the actors/actresses):
- Kitty Shea/Kelly Cole (twins)
- Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler (twins)
- Jenny Gardner/Sheila Thomas (unrelated)
- Cindy Chandler/Karen Parker (sisters)
- Natalie Dillon/Janet Green (sisters)
- Tad Martin/Ted Orsini (unrelated)
- Will Cortlandt/Justin Carrier (unrelated)
-
-
- Q: Are there any family trees available?
-
- A: There's one in a 1993 Episodes magazine of many of the PV families.
- There's also some pretty good ones available at
- http://www.amcpages.com/ftrees/index.html.
- Is anyone up to making one up in ascii to add to this FAQ?
-
-
- Q: What about a history of AMC which was posted the summer of 1993?
-
- A: The history of AMC came from a magazine (Daytime Digest), and thus to
- include it in the FAQ may be an infringement of copyright.
-
- Ordering information is: Everything You Wanted To Know About All My
- Children (Daytime Digest, Vol. 11, No. 3, Sept. 1993)
-
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