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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

Going from Henry Slesar to James Lipton as head writer. Big mistake. Henry's version of Capitol was somewhat boring but he was finding his footing. Lipton was all gimmick. Conboy didn't know how to nurture and support a strong head writer. He went through the Corringtons, Peggy O'Shea and Henry in a few short years.

While the whole story of Nancy's departure have never been revealed, it was said at the time it may have partially had to do with a pregnancy. P&G did bring Stephen back to GL for several months. He then went on write for ATWT and AW in addition to OLTL and AMC. Nancy later revealed that she worked for a year or more in 1995-96 as a story consultant for ABC soaps but left when she got pregnant again. She and I exchanged correspondence after GL was cancelled and she said she was offered a writing position at GH but declined because she wanted to raise the kids.

This was probably Marland's best year. His 90s not so good. Amazing to think back and realize that both Marland and Calhoun were gay although not officially out. The beefcake was amazing during those years.

I remember as a kid watching public service announcements at the end of Edge episodes when Henry's script writer, Grace Garment, went missing. This is a sad recounting of her ending. Full of Edge darkness and mystery. And some quotes from Henry Slesar. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/27/archives/mrs-leonard-garment-a-suicide-identified-in-boston.html

Conboy's appointment of his friend of Dorothy, Ellen Weston, was a nail for sure. CBS forcing Wendy Fischman's stories, primarily Clone Reva, was a nail. Megan McTavish getting near Springfield was a nail. The final nail was ELLEN WHEELER!

Interesting clip of Kim Hunter discussing Nola. I didn't realize Henry had only planned the character to be around for three months but he extended it another five months with the Elliot/murder storyline.

Ellen Stewart/Pat Bruder in 2015. What a doll!

Maybe Millee Taggart who ended up after that period being named HW with Tom King (her partner at the time). Had Millee ever been listed in any writer credits before the 81 strike? I always looked at new writer hires on the soaps after the strikes ended as they were likely the scab writers. i.e. in 1988 P&G hired nearly the entire crew of strike writers: Swajeski, Iacubuzio, Leahy, Nerissa Radel, Michael Zazlow and his wife Susan Hufford. Also wondered if they after drafted Don Hastings to write during the strike since he had been a soap writer in 50s and 60s.

Interesting no head writer listed. Was this when the Dobsons walked out then I think they came back a year later for six months?

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/04/archives/search-for-tomorrow-sob-holds-25th-anniversary-party.html Great article about the show's 25 anniversary.

Agree. much closer to Flannery than Bauer. Never got the Bauer casting ...even tho I love the actress. Erika needs a new role similar to Nikki not Vickie.

She's not listed in this position at the government website. There's another person in the role. Fired perhaps?

Ron probably tried to get Erica to play Vivian. Glad she has more class and dignity and didn't take these BS roles. Poor Robin trashed herself to play Vivian for 30 episodes and wasn't invited back. Loved how Erica called out her fav head writers (Malone and O'Shea and Carlivati) and indirectly shaded Higley. But she defended Frons. I never realized that Gillian Spencer was fired as the first Vickie. I wonder why since she ended up playing Daisy and was a story consultant to AMC for a while. Erica also mentioned that she was originally up for a new role. I think the role was Mary Kennicott on AMC.

I didn't know Hastings wrote GL and ATWT under a pen name. Does anyone know the name he wrote under? He said he wrote GL when Robert & Edith Soderberg were head writers (sometime between 69-73).

Boy, Doug Marland deliberately didn't call out thanks to Potter and the camera caught Michael Tylo's eyes popping out because of the omission. I tend to think Marland probably had good reasons to think poorly of Potter. Probably more than just firing Jane Elliot. Patrick Mulcahey was cute!

Article about wacky Hogan Sheffer. Very interesting and sad man. https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/columnists/mike-argento/2019/10/15/york-mark-hogan-sheffer-screenwriter-soap-opera-world-dies/3917041002/

I wish Alan Locher would get assemble interviews with some of the writers. Here's an old article about Nancy Curlee and Steve Demorest. http://www.newsoforange.com/news/article_471ac8fa-681a-11e3-abf7-0019bb2963f4.html