BetterForgotten

I know Rauch played a part, but Labine had clearly lost touch with sensible storytelling by the time of her GL stint.

I'm guessing it took some time for Alan to schedule this since he probably only worked at AW for less than 2 years before it was cancelled (he said in the AWT/GL chats that he started working with those shows in 1997 [probably AW too]).

I did remember missing Eve when she was killed off, strangely. Almost the entire show was in the shitter by that point though.

Linda's always been down to participate in these types of chart. I'm not surprised she was probably the first one to sign on for something like this.

I found JE largely terrible and insufferable as Paulina (Cali Timmins forever!), and I never found Adrienne to be much of a character on DAYS. I was shocked (in a good way) when I got around to seeing her as Beth. Though, strangely, I did enjoy her as Bonnie, lol.

I always found it interesting that Kimberlin Brown originally auditioned for Cassandra. She would have never worked for that type of character or story, IMO.

Too bad, as I’ve never cared for JE in any soap role after Beth. Though, I did like Beth Chamberlin and thought she did her best with some pretty terrible and offensive material.

Too bad Nina Arvesen never had another truly significant role (I know she was in SB after this, but that role didn’t seem to amount to much). She was so perfect for Cassandra - perfect match between an actress and character. Very alluring.

It will be interesting to see an H. Wes Kenney produced episode remastered for HD. Oh wait, that’s still Conboy, right?

Makes me miss the CBS Daytime soap block so much, especially when they were all good in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Y&R, B&B, ATWT, and GL all flowed so well together as a soap block. All offering something different, but also a real synergy as a block of soaps when they were watchable.

Woo-hop, thanks @BoldRestless!😀

I am surprised nothing from the Casandra Rawlins arc has been re-aired yet. Arguably, that story is most identified with the show becoming firmly implanted at #1 in the ratings.

Beverlee herself said Rauch tried to bring her back (she was obviously one of his faves at AW/Texas), but she was over the gruel of doing daytime by then and had settled on the west coast enjoying retirement (she did that dayplayer part on GH in ‘94 to keep her health insurance).

Bev was no-nonsense, yet she seemed very nurturing of her scene partners, particularly those young and starting out.

Zimmer and Watros definitely had some type of love/hate relationship going on. Zimmer did admit she was a bit jealous at one point, and she wasn't happy that Reva sometimes came off as an idiot in the story with Annie. Not sure about LW, but LW should be grateful she got to play Zimmer's sister for so long. Her work has definitely been very inspired by Ms. Zimmer.

Lemay was fond of JFP and she even hired him to consult at OLTL when she had become de facto head writer there before Megan McTavish was hired... Not sure she listened to any of his ideas though, but he did like her...

Add Rachel Miner into that group too.

I'm kinda surprised some loser fan didn't ask Maeve what's it like to be Meryl Streep's sister-in-law. 😄

Oh, make no mistake, Linda Dano by all accounts brought a lot of morale to that set and was very much doing her best to keep spirits up there during some crazy times.

BJL would be nice to hear from, but can't say I care about the others or that era of the show...

Aw, they talked briefly about Robert Calhoun and imitations about it. I didn't know Kathleen Widdoes played Maeve's mother on AW.

Bev always said she didn't want to play Iris again or commute to Brooklyn where AW was taped, but I wonder if there were other issues she didn't speak to as to why she wouldn't return to AW (granted she was still in the P&G family at the time at GL). I've always wondered how she and VW got on in real life.

Really weird, contrast that to Douglas Watson and Beverlee McKinsey - everyone always talked about how nurturing and polite they were. In McKinsey's case, she also had that reputation on GL with the younger cast. But whatever, not everyone is going to be a nice person to work with in any environment. It's just that in the entertainment business, that reputation will follow you and haunt you forever.

VW has openly said that she had kids to send to college and it was steady work, so that's why she stayed so long.

Of the NYC-produced soaps, it was said ANOTHER WORLD had the biggest soundstage (and actually second biggest soundstage in daytime after DAYS). I guess that makes sense, AW’s sets and directing (in the 70’s at least) has always stood out from the other P&G soaps or other soaps shot in NYC. Of course ATWT later moved to that studio when AW was cancelled, but by that point the soaps no longer had the same kind of budget they used to have.