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ABC Daytime clearly benefitted from the efforts of a savvy network marketing team. To this day, I can still so clearly hear the "Loooove in the Af-Ter-Noon..." lead in to the ABC Daytime commercials. And as a kid I was ridiculously enthralled by those Daytime Dilemma challenges.
The ABC actors were always willing to spend their weekends with Joyce Becker meeting fans at mall appearances and softball games in the local markets. Any idea how much the actors got paid for those ? Those appearances were total fuel for soap fever.
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First saw her playing Mary Beth Evans' mother on mid-80s syndicated soap Rituals. RIP.
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Helen was showing her age...but she still looks beautiful and to hear the lilt of her voice again was a treat. Such a good move bringing Malcolm on alongside her.
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For sure, 80s era AMC had great comedic characters: Langley and Phoebe, Opal, Edna, Verla Grubbs, Tad the Cad and Erica Kane of course...
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Anna Holbrook was just on The Locher Room and described her time on OLTL as "tricky." She said the set "wasn't very healthy" vaguely referencing certain actors running the show and separate factions among the cast. Any insights ?
She went on to praise Erica Slezak as very professional and a class-act. Anna's storyline was backburner-ed when Clint Ritchie had his accident.
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Check out Soap Opera Digest's Billy Warlock podcast...
Interesting tidbits about his year on Capitol. He was close to Catherine Hickland and especially Todd Curtis and enjoyed working alongside old-timers Richard Egan, Constance Towers and Rory Calhoun.
Even more great tales from his decades in Daytime (DOOL, GH, etc.)...
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12 hours ago, safe said:
Another Ryan’s Hope reunion live in The Locher Room on Wednesday, May 17th at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST. This reunion salutes the 1980 – 81 years featuring Rose Alaio (private eye Rose Pearse), Richard Backus (the two-timing Barry Ryan), Gordon Thomson (Egyptologist Aristotle Benedict-White) and Karen Morris Gowdy (Dr. Faith Coleridge).
Gordon Thomson deserves his own episode. Ryan's Hope was his start but his roles on Dynasty and Santa Barbara were his most famous. Certainly enough to fill an entire hour alone.
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16 hours ago, DRW50 said:
@safe @slick jones @Paul Raven @victoria foxton
Partial episode. This has full cast credits. I do not know if this episode is already available the way many 1987 episodes are as I haven't watched a ton of them. If it is, my apologies.
Jimmy Wlcek and Catherine Larson were romantically involved off-camera as well.
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Great reunion on Locher Room ! Was a little skeptical since none of the actual Ryans were included...but the actors all shared warm memories of their time on RH and the show's impact on their lives. Great remembrances of Joe Hardy, Paul Avila Mayer and Nancy Addison. Seems like the cast was especially close even in later years when RH was a shadow of its original self.
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27 minutes ago, antmunoz said:
RIP Lisa Loring, ex-Cricket Montgomery. The actress died at 64 after a massive stroke.
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RIP Robert Gentry. His scenes w/ Kate Collins were always especially dynamic.
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Why is anyone other than Robin Mattson playing Heather Webber ?!
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If Santa Barbara was plagued by so many BTS issues, please explain how for 3 consecutive it was awarded the Daytime Emmy for Best Show ?
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Wondering how Santa Barbara kept attracting so many daytime A-listers season after season...SB took stunt casting to a level never seen before or since.
Did the show have unlimited resources to offer huge contracts to stars like Justin Deas, Robin Mattson, Kim Zimmer, Jack Wagner, Eileen Davidson, Terry Lester, Vincent Irizarry, Roscoe Born, etc. ?
Other than Robin, not many stayed around beyond a couple of years. Were they originally signed to short-term contracts or did they fall victim to the 13-wk cycles and the revolving door of show runners ?
Any insights are appreciated...
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Ann's obituary -- thinking of her family
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RIP to Robert Lupone. He made Zach Grayson into one of AMC's most dastardly villains and earned a Daytime Emmy nom along the way.
https://deadline.com/2022/08/bob-lupone-dies-off-broadway-mcc-theatre-founder-was-76-1235101583/
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5 hours ago, Tonksadora said:
If you're still reading Anne Heche articles, ...
If you read only one Anne Heche article today, let it be this one:And, then come see me on IG
Seems to be gone...
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On 8/7/2022 at 9:31 PM, danfling said:
I would like to ask about some of the writers of Where the Heart Is.
I know that the show's co-creators, the late Lou Schofield and the still-living Margaret DePriest, were writers on The Edge of Night. Ms. DePriest was an actress who became one of the show's writers. (She also appeared on The Doctors as an actress. I think that she also was a writer on that show.)
My understanding is that Mr. Schofield and Ms. DePriest had an affair. Mr. Schofield had replaced James Lipton as the head writer for The Edge of Night (although some have told me that Mr. Lipton was not actually the head writer of the show. This was after he had been replaced as head writer of Another World.) Henry Slesar was hired as a substitute writer for The Edge of Night and wrote the show while Mr. Scofield was out with an illness. Mr. Scofield returned to The Edge of Night, and Mr. Slesar continued writing the show, eventually become that show's head writer.
CBS decided to expand the amount of soap opera drama on the network. Both The Guiding Light and Search for Tomorrow were expanded to thirty-minute shows, and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, a new program created by Irna Phillips, had been added to the schedule. Then, the network decided to add a new program.
I know that several ideas were submitted. Roy Winsor wanted a spin-off of The Secret Storm called The Widening Circle. Henry Slesar submitted (at one time - I am not sure if this was the point that his prospective show was submitted) about spies. Actor Fred J. Scollay submitted a show, also. CBS elected to air Where the Heart Is with Lou Schofield and Margaret DePriest as head writers.
After a year, CBS replaced them with Pat Falken Smith.
Paul Avilla Mayer began working on the show, and later Claire Labine joined him. I am thinking that Mr. Mayer replaced Pat Falken Smith in 1972 as the show's head writer, and Claire Labine was soon promoted as his co-head writer. Mr. Mayer and Ms. Labine were the head writers up until the time of the show's cancellation in 1973.
Does anyone know who any of the other writers who worked with these head writers were?
I can imagine that perhaps Nancy Ford worked on the show. Did she? Who were some of the other writers?
@danfling thanks for the many insights. Where did you get all this info? Is it published somewhere? Would love to hear more...
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Does anyone know an easy online tutorial for converting VHS to digital files for youtube ?
I have hundreds of old VHS tapes w/ ATWT and other soaps. Likely most of what I have is already up -- late 80s / early 90s. But now that we know the originals have been destroyed, I really need to convert and preserve them.
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8 hours ago, Paul Raven said:
That anecdote came from a book/study about BTS on GL that was once on the net but since disappeared.
Great stuff -- any other details about Doug's tenures around daytime ? Would love to hear more...
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4 hours ago, Paul Raven said:
I think it was jusrt a case of two strong willed individuals clashing. I'm sure they admired each others work but were used to executing their vision their way.
also I think ABC's interference might have rankled Marland.
Despite what is said about P&G, it seems they were quite supportive of their headwriters. ABC perhaps not so much. Look at all the changes Loving went through.That speaks of too many cooks.
Agnes was used to dealing with that.
I remember that during his GH days, Doug talked to Agnes before a meeting with Jackie Smith ABC VP. Marland was on a high as GH was shooting up the ratings and getting great critical response.
Agnes wryly told him to 'fasten his seatbelt' so to speak and sure enough Jackie came on like gang busters about the state of the show and how her maid had said the last few weeks had been boring etc and they were in trouble.
Gloria Monty was also used to dealing with the network and she too cashed with Marland.
So maybe after 2 years of that Doug had enough.
He was happy to return to CBS and P&G.
@Paul Raven appreciate the insights ! Where'd you get all this ? and is there more ?!?
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Can anyone share details on Doug Marland's departure ? On paper Agnes Nixon + Douglas Marland appear to be a dream team...but that wasn't the case. Would love any insights ?
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KNOTS LANDING
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Had never heard that Jacobs and John Pleshette had this connection...so very soapy.
During that time, Jacobs’ marriage to Lynn Oliansky, whom he had married in 1963, was ending amicably. In 1975, she announced she was marrying actor John Pleshette and moving with him to Los Angeles. (Pleshette would portray Richard Avery on Knots Landing.) Lynn intended to become a writer’s agent in Los Angeles. Wanting to stay close to their daughter Albyn, Jacobs was willing to follow them west but insisted that his ex-wife get him work.