TimWil

AMCOLTLLover, you must be pleased that Babette Van Veen is back next week! No Anton but still good news.

16 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

I’ll admit that it’s not new for GTST that a lot of cast members are leaving in a Seizoen/Season.  But so many in just a few months it’s a bit concerning for me.

I‘m just worried about a cancellation coz Spangas got cancelled and will air its last episode after 15 years this month. I know they air on two different networks but it’s still a bit frightening.

I’ve been to the Netherlands in 2015 for the 25th Anniversary GTST Live! Event which was also the last LIVE Event for Gtst.. I‘m a real big fan.

Babette (Linda) was really mad about her firing in an interview and I don’t blame her. I get that she left a tons of times between 1990 to 2015 but I still don’t get that decision to cut her. Why not Laura? I mean I don’t want to lose either one of them. I just hope she will be invited back  she is one of my favorites.

i watch them on Videoland with a VPN and a premium account. It costs something like 8€. But it’s worth it.

Sorry for writing so much  

Oh no, THANK YOU for responding! 

Wow, I thought that Babette VanVeen had decided to leave and they just wrote off Linda and Anton together. I had no idea she was actually let go. Yikes. That’s not cool.

I wondered if maybe you knew what happened with the young actor who played Valentijn, Vincent Visser? Very good looking kid, not a bad actor at all but I suspect something went wrong and he ended up being fired and Val was sent to prison. I remember they tried to pair Val up with Merel for about two episodes but there was no chemistry at all between them. I used to subscribe to Visser’s YT videos but all it seems to be is his riding expensive cars and hanging out in very expensive looking apartments and going on very expensive vacations with his “buddies.” Very dull. 

Speaking of Merel Sophie Bouquet is absolutely stunning looking and has improved tremendously as an actress since joining the show. I’ve only ever been able to watch during my year end visits to The Netherlands so can’t easily track her character. Has it never been suggested that she’s actually the biological daughter of Julian and Jessica? It makes far more sense to me. She physically looks a lot more like Katja Schuurman than Tamara Brinkman! Hah.

OK, now that’s ME writing too much! Maybe we could carry on our conversations in the Message Center? Would that be possible? Again, thanks for your response!

On 4/4/2022 at 4:15 PM, AMCOLTLLover said:

What the hell is going on with Gtst since November?

At first they write off Original Character Linda and long time character Anton all of the sudden.

now the rapey Doc is out/dead… Richard is out. (Who finally got Ludo something to do and even was a great villain)… Billy left for good now. JoJo and Illyas out.

and now some Spangas cast member got picked up.

im irritated what’s going on there. I swear if they cancel Gtst then I am going livid  

I wish they would’ve written off other characters instead… 

I know the actress who played JoJo quit to “do other things”-in fact she’s the lead in a film called Costa coming out next week. I was a little surprised that both Richard and Roman have been written out. Babette Van Veen (Linda) left the show for a number of years but then returned so I think she’ll be back someday. I wish I could see clips from recent GTST episodes on YouTube but the channel obviously got some sort of warning by RTL. 

I think she was born in 1947 and that is her in that ad. It looks so much like her, starting with that glare she’s got! I’m pretty sure Tudor did a fair amount of modeling back in the day.

Is there any possibility that this is Christine Tudor? It sure looks like her. But this was shot in 1968 so not sure she would have been old enough for this.

One of the leading ladies on the Dutch soap Goede Tijden, Schlecte Tijden, announced on Instagram tonight that the show’s last episode of the season airs May 28th, about five weeks before their cliffhanger season finale would have aired. Because they had to abruptly halt filming a few weeks ago they hadn’t gotten  to the point of filming the cliffhanger yet. I wonder if this sort of situation has also affected any of the German soaps? I know Sturm der Liebe is shot many months in advance.

On 2/14/2020 at 6:10 PM, amybrickwallace said:

 

I believe that was their first outdoor shoot. Several fans online have said that the location is Central Park, which makes sense because it is very close to 30 Rock.

Well, Bryant Park is even closer! I wonder if that’s where they shot that scene.

Here’s a clip of the Verduyn family, the first one with all of them together in one scene.

I realize the earlier thread was shut down years ago but I became hooked on this show when I was in the Netherlands from mid December to mid January. I couldn’t understand any of the dialogue so it was fun to figure out what the storylines were. Anybody out there who can fill me in on the basics? I’m already a big fan of the Verduyn family-patriarch Julian had been a character on GTST from 1995 to 1999 and has returned with a wife, three kids and a dog!

On 12/5/2018 at 6:32 PM, ~bl~ said:

TimWil, can you share the date of the episode that Geri talked about with Steffy in the hospital? I'm so glad you finally got to see it.

I think it was something like January 25, 1977? I’m not positive but it was definitely around that time.

I loved finally seeing the episodes Geri (Geraldine) Court told me about, the ones where Steffi was in the hospital sick with rheumatic fever. She would have us rolling on the floor describing how the little girl playing Steffi was not the most patient when having to lie in bed for long periods of time, pretending to be unconscious. At one point during a take the kid volunteered the line "Steffi's not feeling too good!" and the alcohol-soaked towel on her forehead slid down to her mouth. Geri said she and David O'Brien (who at that point were watching her through an observation window) thought that was a hoot and a half and cracked up laughing. God bless Retro for finally giving me the opportunity to actually see it!

I'm pretty sure I forgot to mention this but Doug Marland did want Geri for Tracy Quartermaine on GH but Gloria Monty nixed the idea-she wanted Jane Elliot. Doug made up for it with GL, though.

That’s very kind of you, thank you. I miss Geri every day. Watching her performance as Dr. Ann Larimer from the beginning thanks to Retro TV really has been amazing. When I did that play with her in the fall of 1977 (I played her son, she played a nightmare of a mother) I had only seen bits of Dr. Ann Larimer before then and she was clearly a villainess. I’m trying to remember why Doug Marland never created a character for her on ATWT but I think it was really down to the fact that the show was already chock a block with leading ladies. I want to say she was offered the short term role of a visiting socialite friend of Lucinda’s (someone named Adelaide?) but she ended up  turning it down. I doubt it had anything to do with Liz Hubbard. I seem to remember she liked Hubbard well enough but was never close with her like she was with Anna and Lauren (White).

On 9/6/2018 at 8:37 AM, Soaplovers said:

Didn't they audition the actress before casting her as Greta?  I will assume no.

I think she was only meant to be a temporary replacement because Jennifer Houlton was back a few weeks later, wasn’t she? It’s fun watching what I think are the final weeks of my fellow Adams Chronicles castmate David Elliott as Billy. These days he’s a master carpenter, he builds sets out in LA. I’ll definitely be fast-forwarding scenes of his replacement Shawn Campbell. When I’d see Campbell at auditions he gave me the creeps big-time. For one thing he always gave off a drug dealer/porn actor vibe. Blecch.

Ah, Paul Carr as Dr. Summers. I remember Geraldine (Court) loved working with him along with David O’Brien and Glenn Corbett. They shared a lot of laughs together. I’m looking forward to the scene where they were all behind the observation glass at the hospital watching little Stephanie Aldrich. Geri had me in stitches describing them failing miserably at avoiding laughter jags at the child actress whimpering “Steffie feeling bad!” while the sheet meant to cover part of her face kept sliding down.

Now that Anna Stuart’s gone I’ll cherish on YT what seemed to be the only scenes they shared on TD which was the aftermath of Toni giving birth. Anna Banana was Geri’s best friend right up to her death a few years ago.

Back in the early 1980s I went several years in a row to a Christmas dinner hosted by a friend at her beautiful apartment at the Apthorp on NY's Upper West Side. I remember James Greene (Jason #2) would be there with his girlfriend...Christine Baranski. He was an extremely nice man. I think he died in the late 80's and she soon afterward began a relationship with Matthew Cowles (Billy Clyde, AMC) which led to marriage. 

The one character I’ve ever wanted to see in a prison storyline, Pat on EE, was never seen in prison on camera during her stint.

On 4/18/2018 at 3:43 PM, I Am A Swede said:

 

I realize it's a soap and stories stretch credibility, but I do think that Rachel would have noticed if her baby had died. Unless Chris had a baby waiting in the wings in case something happened it would have taken him a little time to find a suitable infant as replacement.

Chris was a pretty devious fellow, though. And Rachel was a dumbass. Remember how she died?

I doubt my theory is true but ya nevah know. 

Of course re Ashley/Laurel/Arthur. This wouldn’t quite be the same situation, though. I can see Chris Tate having bought a baby (he hadn’t even met Charity yet) after his and Rachel’s died. He passed him off as a Tate and never told anyone, especially Rachel.

As for Debbie and Joe having had sex, yeah, that would be a huge ewwww....but it wouldn’t be unprecedented. There were those two siblings on Brookside...

7 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

I have a feeling that her son is going to turn out to be the man who blackmailed/harassed Tracy, and the story will have her helping his daughter, a Liv knockoff. And it will upset Tracy, since everything has to be about her. 

 

He doesn’t look a few years younger than Debbie, though, does he? At first I thought it could be Gerry but he’s definitely too young. This could be a real long shot but could it actually be...Joe? Has Emmerdale done a baby switch story yet? Joe does appear to be the right age to fit the storyline. But then again Joe and Debbie have had sex so...ewww. But...I don’t know...

On 1/13/2018 at 8:56 PM, amybrickwallace said:

It did...Ann helped out when Toni's baby was born in the summer of 1974. That's the only time I can remember that Toni and Ann have interacted directly.

Amy, a huge belated thank you for letting me know about this! I scanned through June 1974 and was deeply disappointed to see that Dr. Ann was in the operating room for the delivery but had no actual scenes with Toni directly before or after. However after patiently scanning further episodes I finally came upon the July 31st episode when Dr. Ann went into Toni’s hospital room to tell her that Michael Paul’s condition had improved. AT LAST! It's not a particularly lengthy scene but it's so obvious how close Geri and Anna Banana were off camera. THANKS! Now I have the episode on "forever," barring removal. Ah, the beauty of the internet!

Sorry if it has been mentioned here before but Lin Bolen, the NBC Daytime chief, was the inspiration for the character of Diana Christensen played by Faye Dunaway in Network. I can't help but wonder if Bolen "finished up sex" while yammering on about ratings!

I like your ideas, Carl. 

I know this won’t be the first time I’ve posted this but I really hope Emily Head (Rebecca) scoots over to EE to play the baby sister of another Chrissie. Hey, they can call her Rebecca, too, since there’s nobody on the show with that name at present. I’ve always thought Head resembled Tracy-Ann Oberman physically and especially vocally. I can see Rebecca going to work for either Mel at E20 or Kat (at The Albert?) to pave the way for her her big sister showing up and taking over either business.

Laila Morse is as atrocious now as she ever was. I’m amazed she’s back considering she apparently had terrible problems remembering her lines which slowed down production. I doubt age has improved her memory skills.

On 3/8/2018 at 6:56 PM, amybrickwallace said:

I would have had Armand (genuine Italian that he is) play Rico and Chandler Harben play Mike. 

He’s also of Romanian heritage! I had a friend who was a friend of his family’s and twenty years ago I went up to their lovely farm upstate and had my first plate of Romanian pastrami. And about ten years ago Assante flew to Bucharest to be one of the judges for the Miss Romania pageant. I bet he had quite a time there-and got into a lot of trouble, if you catch my drift.

On 2/23/2018 at 8:09 PM, amybrickwallace said:

Today, the debut episode of Nurse Mary Jane "MJ" Match aired. The role was originated by Lauren White, who stayed on the show until 1978. After she left, MJ was played by Carla Dragoni, Kathy Glass and Amy Ingersoll until the role was phased out in early 1982.

 

Lauren White is now a jazz singer. She is married to writer/producer Alex Gansa, who is probably best known for creating Homeland.

Lauren White is now one of the producers of Homeland, too!

Something tells me that Moira will end up being murdered by Phelan. In the past few weeks Liz has been inserted into Eileen/Pat’s orbit and Moira is in Liz’ orbit so...

The heist storyline is leading into a drugs storyline and that one’s even worse.