As the Stomach Turns was a parody of soap operas, most notably a play on the title of a very popular soap at the time, As the World Turns, and was featured on The Carol Burnett Show.
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The sudden dropping of young characters was humorously spoofed in As the Stomach Turns by Marion's daughter (played by Vicki Lawrence) arriving at the door holding a baby and announcing, "Hi, Mom. I've had a baby," and immediately dropping the baby (a doll) into the umbrella stand next to the door.
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In her 1996 memoir, "As My World Still Turns", actress Eileen Fulton, who has starred on the CBS soap As the World Turns for over four decades, claimed credit for coming up with the concept for "As the Stomach Turns".
As the World Turns | Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns | Totale's Turns | Time Turns Elastic | Rama and Lakshmana seated on Kabandha's arms, about to sever them. Kabandha is depicted with a big mouth on his stomach and no head or neck; though depicted with two eyes, the ''Ramayana'' describes him as one-eyed. (Painting on ceiling of temple in Ayodhyapattinam near Salem, Tamil Nadu | One of My Turns | No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach | ''Gillicus arcuatus'' within the stomach of ''Xiphactinus audax | As The World Turns | Aircraft compass turns |