vetsoapfan
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From AFTERNOON TV, May 1977: From AFTERNOON TV, February 1977: (The headline that must have thrilled William J. Bell, LOL.) Editorial: RAPE ON SOAPS From AFTERNOON TV, December 1973: From AFTERNOON TV, January 1977:
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After losing her son Bill, Aunt Liz should have fought to keep Kevin in Bay City with her, upon Sally's death. I supposed we can imagine the child went to live with his grandmother, Alice, but viewers should not have to guess and fill in the blanks for ourselves. You are right: awful writing.
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From Daytime TV Library Series, # 6: ONE LIFE TO LIVE (1976)
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My pleasure. Not particularly good, to be honest. He had had a long career writing for Broadway and primetime TV before he got into soaps, so I understand why TPTB gave him a shot at daytime. Perhaps the pace was too fast for him, but his work on both SFT and GH failed to impress me..
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From Daytime TV Library Series, # 8: DAYS OF OUR LIVES (1977)
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From Daytime TV Library Series, # 7: SEARCH FOR TOMORROW (1977)
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From Daytime TV Library Series, # 1: LOVE OF LIFE (1975)
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UGH. This was aired under the reign of clueless producer Mary Ellis Bunim, who arrogantly thought she could "modernize" the show and bring in a new youthful audience. She was in charge for three looooong years and mismanaged the show the way Chris Goutman would years later. In 1984, I think the writer was Tom King, another mediocre presence in daytime TV for many years, who was never successful at any series which he wrote. Fortunately, six months after this awful episode was produced, Ellis would be fired and replaced with the wonderful Robert Calhoun. Don Hasting later proclaimed to the press that Calhoun returned ATWT to its true self.
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From Daytime TV Library Series: ALL MY CHILDREN (1976)
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From Daytime TV, March 1974: (The Young and the Restless' original cast was extraordinary: hot, charismatic, sexy and talented. Just sayin'.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMC had a remarkable 18-year-long string of quality storytelling, from 1970 to early 1989, with Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam and Lorraine Broderick as the headwriters. Then we inexplicably got stuck with Margaret DePriest, who has never written a soap opera well, but who kept getting shuffled from soap to soap for decades. UGH. The later hiring of Megan McTavish did not help matters, although to be fair, until we saw Charles Pratt stink up Pine Valley, AMC viewers did not know how bad things could get, LOL. Agreed. He was a totally different actor than Christopher Reeve, who had played Ben so well before him, but Harben truly made the role his own.
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From TV By Day, March 1977 Attempted Same-Sex Rape in Prison, on LOVE OF LIFE:
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In the first photo, the only one whom you could not identify was Stephanie Braxton, who was a recast Tara Martin. In the second photo, you ones you did not know are Dan Hamilton who played Hal Shea/Short (top right), and Paulette Breen (the blonde actress beside Kay Campbell) who played Claudette Flax. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Daytime TV's Library Series: ANOTHER WORLD (1976) Our Miss Penberthy was not a happy camper that day.
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Genie Francis and Kin Shriner from GENERAL HOSPITAL (Look how adorable Scotty was! What twit would abandon HIM for Luke???) The DAYS OF OUR LIVES cast: Erika Slezak and Lee Patterson from ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Maeve McGuire and Donald May from THE EDGE OF NIGHT: Eileen Fulton and Don Hastings from AS THE WORLD TURNS: Lydia Bruce and James Pritchett from THE DOCTORS: Emily McLaughlin and John Beradino from GENERAL HOSPITAL: The ALL MY CHILDREN cast:
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From Daily TV Serials, June 1975: Thank you so much for posting this great article for everyone to enjoy. I hope other SONers will also feel welcome to post vintage material from years gone by. (I would only ask that posters stick to sharing classic articles and stories from the 1950s through the 1970s or 1980s. I do not consider an opinion piece by Carolyn Hinsey from the latest Soap Opera Digest to be "classic," LOL.) Her words are so true. Ironically, writer Henry Slesar made similar comments in an interview from a few years earlier, so I know he also understood the important of viewer identification with the characters. We found out after Keane had been fired that P&G was intent of "youthifying" the show, which is why actresses like Keane were deemed expendable.
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From Daily TV Serials, June 1974:
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From Afternoon TV, 1973:
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From Daytime TV's Greatest Stories, 1980: :
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I was bored to tears by GH in the mid-1970s and then frustrated by it in the 1980s after Pat Falken Smith left, thanks to the awful writing, but when it was good, the show was great. TEON was unequaled in offering up delicious, complex, and often terrifying tales of suspense. Henry Slesar was a genius. I knew once he was replaced that the show was doomed. But like GH, when TEON was good, it was wonderful!
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The first batch of vintage magazines I found consisted mainly of the mega History of the Soaps-type publications, which featured extensive storyline synopses and facts about the shows. I, too, enjoy reading critical analyses and interviews from periods when the soaps were undergoing massive structural changes, so if and when I find such material, I will make sure to share it. What are your favorite serials? So far, I've been attempting to post material on many different ones, but if 30 SON members suddenly beg me for more stuff on, say, Y&R, I'll at least try to oblige.
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Soap fans are blessed to have youtube, that's for sure. Before that site was launched, soap fans had to find each other and trade videotapes by mail. It was a slow, difficult, and often disappointing way to see vintage episodes. Now we all can spend hours kicking back and watching classic soaps with just the click of a mouse!
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That's a great find. I can't recall ever searching for this show on youtube, but I'm glad some footage has survived. I'll bet FRFP would be more interesting to watch than any of the four soaps still being produced today!
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P&G did not even keep the first episodes of ATWT, SFT, TGL or TEON. It's incredible how short-sighted TBTB have always been.
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Soap opera history buffs who wish to read the complete histories of their favorite series may want to check out "Vetsoapfan's Treasure Trove," here in SON's Cancelled Soaps section. So far, I have shared extensive articles on: All My Children Another World As the World Turns Days of Our Lives The Edge of Night General Hospital The Guiding Light How to Survive a Marriage Love of Life One Live to Live Ryan's Hope Search for Tomorrow The Young and the Restless
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Soap opera history buffs who wish to read the complete histories of their favorite series may want to check out "Vetsoapfan's Treasure Trove," here in SON's Cancelled Soaps section. So far, I have shared extensive articles on: All My Children Another World As the World Turns Days of Our Lives The Edge of Night General Hospital The Guiding Light How to Survive a Marriage Love of Life One Live to Live Ryan's Hope Search for Tomorrow The Young and the Restless
