Bob and Lisa Hughes

Robert "Bob" Hughes and Lisa Miller Hughes were a supercouple on the American CBS soap opera As The World Turns in the 1960s. Bob is played by Don Hastings and Lisa is played by Eileen Fulton.

Though they have been divorced for over 40 years, Bob and Lisa are considered to be one of, if not, soap opera's first supercouple.

They met in 1960 while Bob was attending med school, and quickly eloped. Their parents first opposed the union (as they were both under 21), but accepted it when they discovered that Lisa was pregnant, and the couple moved in with Bob's parents. Immature and spoiled, Lisa quickly grew tired of the long hours Bob had to work as an intern, and attempted to use her pregnancy to get out of helping her mother-in-law Nancy with household chores. Eventually, after their son Tom was born, she had an affair with wealthy Bruce Elliott, which led to her and Bob's eventual divorce. However, despite the ensuing custody battles and each of their many subsequent marriages—Lisa married an additional seven times; Bob married five additional times—Lisa later regretted leaving Bob, and attempted, with the help of Nancy (who told Bob's girlfriend at the time that she would always regard Lisa as her daughter-in-law), to win Bob back, but he had moved clearly on. Eventually Lisa accepted that she and Bob would never get back together. For a time, she was also engaged to Bob's brother, Donald Hughes. However, Bob and Lisa have managed to remain close friends throughout the years; Lisa also regards Bob's current wife Kim Sullivan Hughes as one of her best friends.

As the World Turns
Characters
Hughes family
  • Bob Hughes
  • Kim Sullivan Hughes
  • Chris Hughes
  • Tom Hughes
  • Margo Montgomery Hughes
  • Casey Hughes
Snyder family
  • Holden Snyder
  • Jack Snyder
  • Carly Snyder
  • Lily Walsh Snyder
  • Katie Snyder
  • Luke Snyder
  • Faith Snyder
  • Natalie Snyder
  • Ethan Snyder
  • Parker Snyder
  • Sage Snyder
  • Jacob Snyder
Ryan/Coleman family
  • Barbara Ryan Coleman
  • Henry Coleman
  • Paul Ryan
  • Eliza Ryan
Stewart family
  • Susan Burke Stewart
  • Emily Stewart Ryan
  • Alison Stewart
Montgomery family
  • Craig Montgomery
  • Rosanna Cabot
  • Johnny Montgomery
  • Gabriel Caras
Donovan/Ciccone Family
  • Dusty Donovan
  • Janet Ciccone
  • Liberty Ciccone
  • Lorenzo Donovan
  • Teri Ciccone
Other characters
  • John Dixon
  • Lisa Miller Grimaldi
  • Noah Mayer
  • Lucinda Walsh
Notable previous characters
  • Ameera Ali Aziz
  • Cleo Babbit
  • Audrey Coleman
  • Maddie Coleman
  • Eve Coleman
  • Molly Conlan
  • Rose D'Angelo
  • Mick Dante
  • Andy Dixon
  • Matthew John Dixon
  • Iris Dumbrowski
  • Sofie Duran
  • Sierra Estaban
  • Kit Fowler
  • Simon Frasier
  • Gray Gerard
  • Dallas Griffin
  • Jessica Griffin
  • Damian Grimaldi
  • Ben Harris
  • Marley Hudson
  • Vicky Hudson
  • Daniel Hughes
  • Nancy Hughes McCloskey
  • Frannie Hughes
  • Sabrina Hughes
  • Lien Hughes
  • Penny Hughes
  • Sam Hutchins
  • Vienna Hyatt
  • Mike Kasnoff
  • Nick Kasnoff
  • Cheri Love
  • Donna Love
  • Ellen Lowell
  • Bonnie McKechnie
  • Jake McKinnon
  • Samantha Markham
  • Winston Mayer
  • Lucy Montgomery
  • Keith Morrissey
  • Adam Munson
  • Hal Munson
  • Will Munson
  • Gwen Norbeck Munson
  • Jennifer Munson
  • Cole Norbeck
  • Matt O'Connor
  • Reid Oliver
  • Aaron Snyder
  • Brad Snyder
  • Caleb Snyder
  • Emma Snyder
  • Iva Snyder
  • J.J. Snyder
  • Josh Snyder
  • Meg Snyder
  • Seth Snyder
  • James Stenbeck
  • Betsy Stewart Andropolous
  • Dani Andropoulos
  • Jade Taylor
  • Abigail Williams
Main crew
  • Creator: Irna Phillips
  • Executive Producer: Christopher Goutman
  • Head Writer: Jean Passanante
  • Leah Laiman
Related topics
  • InTurn
  • Our Private World
  • Oakdale
  • Daytime Emmy Award
History
  • 1956–1960
  • 1961–1965
  • 1966–1970
  • 1971–1975
  • 1976–1980
  • 1981–1990
  • 1991–1996
  • 1997–1999
  • 2000–2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
Related websites
  • CBS Official website
  • Procter & Gamble
  • P&G ATWT Official Website


Famous quotes containing the word hughes:

    I was so sick last night I
    Didn’t hardly know my mind.
    So sick last night I
    Didn’t know my mind.
    I drunk some bad licker that
    Almost made me blind.
    —Langston Hughes (1902–1967)