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That 1989 Xmas episode displayed all that was starting to go wrong with Marland's version of ATWT: bloated cast, too many (bad) recasts, a bunch of newbies who couldn't act (Caleb, Duke). I never got the Casey/Lila story. He was so hot but there was no chemistry there. I liked this Frannie though. The sets, costumes, directing were amazing if not a bit hyper. Everyone was so hyped up. Kim's house was one of my favorite sets of that era.

Sheffer had a great writing team the first two years to keep him in line then P&G forced the firings of Culliton, Demorest and Corley and the rest is Passanante history...

How was Kelly introduced? Was he related to anyone on the canvas?

The Dobsons wrote for GL from early 75 through December 1979. Marland took over in Jan 1980 and wrote the show until near end of 82, I think. Pat Smith and L. Virginia Brown each wrote the show for a few weeks/months, but I can't find any youtube episodes from their short periods. I know the Cullitons/Tomlin were interim head writers from early March 1983 until May when Long started. I found episodes with credits during that time.

Lezlie Dalton and Denise Pence 2015 with Nelson Aspen

Loved Lucille and her set. Did GL ever repurpose her house set after the story ended? Stephen Yates, what a doll. The Dobsons were such a good fit for GL. It was their high water mark as head writers, in my opinion. They started to do their Santa Barbara thing on ATWT and had two rocky stints on that show. Bridget indicated that they moved them over to ATWT because GL was getting higher ratings in late 70s an CBS/P&G wanted ATWT to be the ratings lead.

I thought the final opening sequence was one of the best themes in daytime. It was true to the theme that came before it for years.

Phelps' ripped off Knots Landing for her GL opening but it was the best one of the modern GL era. Everyone who changed GL graphics after that made them worse. All the vocals from all the shows were so bad but I loved SFT and Edge and sang along.. When tomorrow comes, what will it bring.... Seems as though a harmony is hard to find... always on my mind.. Edge of Night, half dark half light!

Ah, that's right. I did like Jill's version of AW until DePriest took over. Goutman's credits on ATWT were awful too.

I don't understand why these EPs stripped these shows of their identities. One of the worst was Edge of Night graphics the last 19 months. How did Erwin Nicholson agree to approve that mess. Edge always had the best opening and closings. Another was Wheeler's last graphic on GL. I did like Rauch's OLTL opening sequence. Really fit Agnes Nixon's vision. Only Goutman's final AW graphic was better than all the previous.

Gottleib's opening credits/theme ranks as one of the worst along second only to all the Valentini GH credits.

Everything about the concept and execution of this show as so wrong.

That disco opening was just horrible. And rewatching late 79 to early 82 I'm surprised at how poorly the actors memorized their lines. Elvira, Don, Bert, some of them were terrible on a daily basis. And the directing was stilted. Gail Kobe improved the show a great deal from that standpoint. I know Doug Marland's stories started airing in Jan 1980 and his name was in the credits still in August 1982. When did his last episode air? I can't find any episodes from September 1982 to Feb 1983 with credits. I know The Cullitons and Tomlin were listed as head writers by early March 83. I think Falken Smith lasted about 8 weeks right after Marland quit and she was HW of Days until April 1982.

Who were the actors playing Jackie, Carrie and Joe?

By late 1985 Pam Long had definitely run out of steam and she was pregnant and divorcing Jay Hammer. But typical P&G installs EP safe choice Joe Willmore and fires Jeff Ryder for Mary Ryan (a Labine writer) and Ellen Barrett, RH and SFT producer then dumps them after three months for Sheri Anderson from Days and her ancient soap producer then husband Joe Manetta before Pam comes back from maternity leave in September 86. They should have left Ryder and added Nancy Curlee. I will say that Sheri and Joe weren't as bad as later temporary HW, McTavish or Anderson.

Bless his heart, Alan is a good guy but he is a terrible moderator and he should have no more than 3 guests. This is a good writer panel.

What about Terrell Anthony (Rusty on GL) And my dream three way.... Brian Bloom Grayson McCouch

Pam Long's low point was her second stint on GL especially during the Johnny throat cancer story. And when he was cured by the candle in the window.

Interesting that Randy mentioned his conversation with EP, Joe Hardy. Joe Hardy took over as EP during the 1988 writer's strike and was writing the show. Randy hated a script and confronted Joe who had written that episode. LOL. Great trivia.

There are four parts to this Bridget Dobson interview. I read all parts a while back. She talks about the GL/ATWT transition and other writer issues. Here's the link to one part. http://pierin26santabarbara.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-exclusive-interview-with-bridget.html

I thought someone on another chat suggested that Paul Roberts was an alias for Tom King and KC Collier was an alias for Millee Taggart. The timing makes sense as Tom King left Another World after 8 years or so in 1980. He and Millee were a couple at that time. She may have written soaps during the 1981 writer's strike and was brought aboard officially as a union writer in 1981.

True dat, but maybe Pam wanted Reva to be older or the preferred actress may have been one of the younger ones from Texas.

In a recent zoom interview, Kim Zimmer mentioned that Pam wanted another actress (a friend of Pam's) to be cast as Reva. I wonder if it was Carla. I assume Pam and Carla became friends while on Texas....

I noticed in the Texas final episode credits the name of one of the script writers, Charles Edwards. I'm guessing it's Pam Long's then husband, Charles Jay Hammer who had played Max Dekker. Also wonder if Pam Long and Jay Hammer wrote Texas during the 1981 writer's strike or maybe he wrote it as a non guild member during that time?

Loving was nominated for Writers Guild Award in 1994 for air shows from calendar year 1993 Loving — Millee Taggart, Robert O. Guza, Jr., Laurie McCarthy, Addie Walsh, Craig G. Carlson, John Kuntz, Eugenie Hunt, Dana Herko, Lewis Arlt, Tony Lang, Lynda Myles, Juliette Mann, Andrew Gottlieb, Nancy Maxwell