Ava (to Kong): It would never work out between us. After all, you’re just a machine!
13 summers after Delia (Randall Edwards) was romanced by a gorilla named Prince Albert on Ryan’s Hope, Loving‘s Ava Rescott (Lisa Peluso) was kidnapped by an amusement park King Kong. This is seeming proof that the writers of ABC’s lowest rated soaps had a definite fascination with RKO Pictures’ most famous hirsute creation.
This particular homage to Fay Wray occurred while Ava was immersed in a rollicking adventure, involving a multi-million dollar stamp (of all things), with art professor Jeremy Hunter (Jean LeClerc). Thus, throughout July of 1993, the oft-romanced Ava found herself being chased across the country, in trains, taxi cabs and other motorized vehicles, by seasoned criminal Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), a character famous for his many notorious stints on General Hospital.
The dynamic duo of Ava and Jeremy eventually wound up In Universal Studios Orlando where, fearing for their lives, they donned various disguises as they romped, Hitchcock-like, throughout the grounds. At one point, as Faison and his favored goon closed in on them, Ava was plucked from her escape by a very amorous, very mechanical Kong. Reasoning that their relationship would never work, the talkative femme fatale was soon dropped back into Jeremy’s arms by the very reluctant robotic beast.
Resuming the chase, the duo continued to hide in a carhop, were they were impressively treated to musical numbers by colorful dressed workers, among the massive vacationing crowds and even in the Psycho house, where they were momentarily threatened by a Mrs. Bates approximation.
Gamely, the ultra-handsome LeClerc and Peluso, whose character was the program’s Erica Kane equivalent, proved that even the least watched, although beloved, daytime dramas in that era had lots of money behind them.
As seeming proof of this, the producers even hired acclaimed cult actress Shirley Stoler to play Faison’s female counterpart in the arc. Among Stoler’s many credits, she was probably best known for playing the vicious murderess in 1970’s acclaimed, documentary-like The Honeymoon Killers.
Ava (to Jeremy): I’m telling you, King Kong is in love with me!!
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Of course, time has thankfully brought out kinder reactions to the project. Allen’ score has been favorably reexamined and several of the songs were included in 
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