Everything posted by robbwolff
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Netflix: One Day at a Time
Thanks for sharing! Can't wait for the new season. I absolutely loved the first season.
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Edge of Night (EON) (No spoilers please)
From the way Sharon talks about Erwin Nicholson, he didn’t seem to be the type to punish her by omitting her from the credits. She talks glowingly of him being supportive. The new credits that debuted in 1980 featured the three main couples at that time: Mike and Nancy, Miles and Nicole, and April and Draper, and was later enhanced to feature more characters.
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Another World Discussion Thread
1984 was an interesting time for Another World. I remember Soap Opera Digest announcing that Linda Elstad (who is credited here on the writing team) had been named head writer. In the article, she previewed one of her planned stories: where Donna Love would buck tradition by trying to gain entrance to an all men's social club. Not sure what happened but Elstad never became head writer.
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The Doctors Discussion Thread
I agree though I think Court worked better as a villainess. I have vague recollections of the latter Ann Larimer and recall her brief stint as June on Another World. I found her riveting in those performances. I only caught her last year as Jennifer on Guiding Light when the character wasn't front burner.
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The Doctors Discussion Thread
I watched pretty loyally till the fall 1973 episodes. I don't care for the Pollocks' writing at all. Their first few years of writing the show weren't bad. I quickly got tired of all the stories with the staff of Hope Memorial having health crises. And so much emphasis on a boring, lackluster character like Ann Larimer. I know the character goes through a transformation, but the character thus far has been a big snooze.
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ALL: Soap Stars - Where are they now?
Richard Steinmetz in is in the cast of Netflix's Dark, a riveting sci-fi/supernatural series. Steinmetz, who appeared on Loving and Passions, dubs the voice of the German actor playing Bernrd Doppler, the founder of a nuclear plant.
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Edge of Night (EON) (No spoilers please)
Margo was April’s biological mother. Miles and April were not related by birth. Miles’ parents had a daughter named April who died. Afterward, Margo gave her own daughter April to the Cavanaughs to raise. Margo originally owned the penthouse. I don’t recall Raven living in the same building as April though I could be wrong. Raven’s dingy apartment seemed to be in a less opulent building. Geraldine resided in another building, the Monticello Arms, I believe. It wasn’t an apartment but rather a hotel suite.
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All My Children Tribute Thread
Mooney was one of many soap personnel who lived in East Brunswick (my hometown). Richard Van Vleet also lived there. Ditto Felicia Minei Behr. Jean Mazza, who played Annie on As the World Turns, also lived in EB. I think one of the directors from The Edge of Night lived there. In 1978, Edge taped April Scott's car accident in EB.
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As The World Turns Discussion Thread
The date is correct. That stuff happened in 1985. Marland didn't take over as head writer until 1985, a few months after he left Loving.
- Guiding Light Discussion Thread
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Guiding Light Discussion Thread
I already shared this on the Another World board and wanted to share it here, too. Yesterday, I came across a magazine titled FourTwoNine that featured an excerpt from Armistead Maupin's new memoir. In it, he discusses his relationship with actor Curt Dawson who had played Peter Chapman on Guiding Light. It's a beautiful piece that includes a photo of Dawson. Maupin shares that Sir Ian McKellen was also once in love with Dawson in the early 60s. Maupin talks about visiting Dawson on the set of Guiding Light while high on cocaine.
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Another World Discussion Thread
Came across a magazine titled FourTwoNine that featured an excerpt from Armistead Maupin's new memoir. In it, he discusses his relationship with actor Curt Dawson who had played Zachary Colton on Another World in the early 1980s. It's a beautiful piece that includes a photo of Dawson. Maupin shares that Sir Ian McKellen was also once in love with Dawson in the early 60s.
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All My Children Tribute Thread
Come on, already. We know you're a Marcy Walker and it's obvious she's the actress in the promo. So why are you asking members of this board again and again whether it's Marcy in a video?
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Search For Tomorrow Discussion Thread
The blonde-haired man is Chase Kendall, Estelle's son. Here he's played by Robert Brian Wilson who earlier played Channing Capwell Jr. on Santa Barbara. Before Wilson, Kevin Conroy played Chase. Sherry Mathis was gone by this time. Louan Gideon was playing Liza.
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Search For Tomorrow Discussion Thread
I believe the man with the blonde hair at the pay phone is Viggo Mortensen, who played Bragg in the San Marcos storyline.
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Search For Tomorrow Discussion Thread
I see her on Facebook, so I'll share the video with her. Thank you! As I watched the video, I kept thinking about how warm Sherry was. She came across the complete opposite of how Marcia McCabe described when Louan Gideon died. At that time, McCabe described Sherry as "remote and not social at all."
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Love of Life Discussion Thread
Sad news. Elizabeth Kemp, who played the role of Betsy, has passed away. https://www.horrorsociety.com/2017/09/03/knows-youre-alone-actress-elizabeth-kemp-passed-away/
- Guiding Light Discussion Thread
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Search For Tomorrow Discussion Thread
I think you're mis-remembering a bit. Most of the characters were living at Liberty House after the flood and there was lots of interaction amongst the characters. Hogan and Patti definitely interacted with other characters. They were both part of the big storyline involving the McCleary patriarch Matt, which took Search for Tomorrow to Ireland a few months before the show left the air. And Hogan did interact a lot with Jo. The new opening credits initially ended with a shot of Hogan and Jo.
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Search For Tomorrow Discussion Thread
Hogan and Sunny had a beautiful romance in 1983-1984. Then Hogan left Henderson. He returned in the spring of 1985 and the writers paired him with Liza. David Forsyth had amazing chemistry with both Sherry Mathis and Marcia McCabe. But Mathis left and Louan Gideon assumed the role. Sunny became needy and clingy. Didn't she fake paralysis? The storyline bombed. We were clearly meant to root for Hogan and Liza but the coupling failed.
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Search For Tomorrow Discussion Thread
I don't think it was the lighting with Warren's office. As I recall, the walls were black, perhaps to symbolize that Warren was a villain. I always found that set unsettling because it was so dark and forbidding.
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Twin Peaks
What a riveting episode! The opening scenes. Wow. Beautiful, soulful. Incredibly fulfilling after all these years. The scenes with DoppelCooper were mesmerizing and chilling. The phone call and the scene at the police station. The special credit at the end. The images of the woods, the house. Oh, my heart. I wept.
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Another World Discussion Thread
Didn't Robert Soderberg co-write AW with Dorothy Ann Purser?