As The World Turns Discussion Group -- The Mystery House

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Topic: The Mystery House

Topic Posted by: dolphina
Date Posted: Fri Aug 29 18:34:03 2008
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What's the deal with Lily and Holden's house? Most of us know that Lily had Mike build a house for her when she was a single mom. Later when she re-married Holden, they lived in that house together. But now it's a different house altogether, and today Emma referred to it as still being Holden's house too. No one ever said anything about Holden and Lily moving to a different house. I am totally confused by this, and I'd like to know why they couldn't have continued to use the old house set. I mean, they already HAD it.

Posted by: fee
Date posted: Sat Aug 30 22:56:47 2008
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My understanding is that it's the same house, and that it was being ''remodeled'' while PPP was living at the farm. I thought I heard her say she was moving back there since they had ''finished the house.'' But that explained that different look for the house. (Which by the way is MUCH more cramped than it was before!)

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That's what really gets me, fee--the smallness of it. They used to have a big, beautiful, roomy house. Now it's as if they live in one of the hallways. It always feels to me as if people are entering through a back door. I keep feeling that I want to see the rest of the house but that narrow little book-filled corridor seems to be it. --Oakdale Oldtimer--

Posted by: silver
Date posted: Sat Aug 30 11:58:17 2008
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Maybe Nicole Beck demanded a house set with space for eating, freeing Lily and family from eating on that footstool in the living room.

It does seem that Casa Snyder burned as part of Les's revenge during the Julia Larabee madness. I think the damage was repaired. Before or after, the house was bombed I think, but again the damage was repaired. The house did not survive change of Lilies.

Posted by: twb6y
Date posted: Fri Aug 29 22:36:58 2008
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I didn't think it was the same house. I could be wrong but wasn't there a fire at one time and the house burned down? I think (and again, I could be wrong) but wasn't it tied to something with Julia Larrabee's brother or ex-husband.

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I vaguely remember something about a fire, and I beliee they had the damage repaired. The house didn't burn to the ground. Anyone else remember?? eom/D

Wasn't there a bomb thrown at the house back when those men were after Damian, just before Luke and Holden were believed dead in the boat explosion? I believe whatever damage it did was fixed and as far as I recall, Lily and Holden never moved to another house. You know, it always feels as if nothing happens on the show, but apparently enough happens that even we faithful viewers can't remember all of it! --Oakdale Oldtimer--

Bomb and fire damage to the house was minimal and easily repaired. We saw the front entrance to the house many, many times. A front door with glass side panels. The house was white clapboard. Apparently the house now took on a new look of total brick. Lily never had a brick house, SO...... let us pretend the fire so traumatized her, that when the house was repaired...it went from wood to solid brick. ' SHE ' also had the front entrance of the house raised from being a walk-in, to now climbing a set of stairs. The producers of the show think, we, the loyal viewers are JUST as stupid as they are. And are easily fooled. We're not. LOL We remember beauty when we see it. We remember scenes, people, dresses/no dresses shirts/no shirts, dialogue, houses, rooms, draperies, fireplaces, bouquets of fresh flowers, etc. They remember NOTHING. They care not.

Maybe this is the room that Simon built with an entrance from the back. Whatever, this is the room where everything is dumped, hence the clutter and the lack of upscale decor. The old Lily would clean this up, plop a hassock in the middle, and serve tea and cookies. LOL eom/silver

Posted by: NOLA
Date posted: Fri Aug 29 18:49:22 2008
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I so agree! If they already had old sets, why get rid of them? I know this is probably way off-base, but my only guess is that they couldn't pay to store them or they sold them off (budget cuts)?! I can only guess that it's financial reasons or something. I can't imagine why they would get rid of sets they'd already been using for so long!

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I think you are right, NOla. They moved to a studio (in Brooklyn I think) which was probably smaller so they got rid of or reused some sets that they weren't using at the time./mm

Actually mm the Brooklyn Studio is bigger than the one they used in New York. A fact Goutman mentioned when they moved back in 1999.

Posted by: barnabas collins
Date posted: Fri Aug 29 18:49:03 2008
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Hey I figured it out! It's Fluffy's new playhouse where Snickers lives and she can go to have a Calgon moment when her stressful job gets to her. You know having to put in 30 minutes a day at the studio can wear a perky barbie out!!