Everything posted by Paul Raven
- As The World Turns Discussion Thread
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Soap Hoppers: The Soap Actors And Roles Thread
Requests Mary Ann Mobley
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Y&R December 2022 Discussion Thread
Yes, this was an opportunity to address that in a more nuanced way. Maybe Billy should be challenged about what he said and it could bring up the issue that there is often a different attitude to male rape.
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NETFLIX: "Harry and Meghan"
But as Meghan says 'when the stakes are this high'...
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Stars who didn't conquer TV
Carol got paid $250,000 for that pilot for the 67/68 season. CBS invested $250,000 for the production but declined the show. It was the most invested into a half hour pilot to that time. Desi arnaz produced and directed and it played as Lucy Lite.
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Soap Hoppers: The Soap Actors And Roles Thread
Vic Perrin Olan Soule by the mid 60's were earning $100,000 per annum in voice overs.
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Ratings from the 60's
February 1967 Variety reports that at 3pm CBS To Tell the Truth has sunk to a 36 share up against NBC's Another World 35 and that since December 66, NBC's pm line up Eye Guess, Let's Make A Deal, DOOL, TD and AW have all picked up 4 or 5 share points at the expense of CBS.
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Soap Hoppers: The Soap Actors And Roles Thread
Dorothy Lowell Lone Journey Cecily Andrews Arline Blackburn Linda's First Love Linda Crockett Peter Hansen Matinee Theater 'One of the Family' Jim Masters 4/12/56 Warren Berlinger Matinee Theater 'Thank You Edmondo' 11/5/56 Nancy Malone Matinee Theater 'Fight the Whole World Jan 6/7/56 Maidie Norman Matinee Theater 'From the Desk of Margaret Tydings' Rose 4/4/56
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NETFLIX: "Harry and Meghan"
That was pretty much a foregone conclusion after the response to the Oprah interview. The promise was that they would further revisit their issues and they delivered. I'm sure future Netflix programs(if they happen) that focus on 'creating conversations' and 'raising awareness' won't race to the top of the charts.
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Retcons You Liked/Disliked
Yes, but I think he was mentioned for a while eg You're father is working late on a case etc. Then he just wasn't mentioned until years later that Paul, Mary and Christine talked about him disappearing as a prelude to his return/amnesia.
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Retcons You Liked/Disliked
Y&R Worst b/c not only were they lame they contradicted what we saw onscreen. Carl Williams abandoned his family. Katherine gave birth to another child. Katherine arranged for Jill's baby to be swapped. Diane was not killed Phillip didn't die but escaped to Australia Nikki had a 'cult' baby with Paul.
- As The World Turns Discussion Thread
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NETFLIX: "Harry and Meghan"
Who knows if the marriage will last? They seem completely wrapped up in each other and the belief that there 'love story' is so special . Harry seems to have bought into Megan's Cali pyscho babble - 'institutional gaslighting' was his latest catchphrase. I wonder long term where they are headed. The Netflix series is basically there to boost their incomes and create a brand, but not sure what that is.Yes they have their followers but overall the reaction seems pretty negative. I'm sure Harry's book will be more of the same. So they have cut ties with the Royal's but keep using the titles. Once the series and book rar ra has died down, then what? Just another privileged wealthy couple jetting around attending conferences and giving speeches? The interest seems to lie with them spilling tea about their UK experiences. Once that's done, what next?
- GH: Classic Thread
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Soap Opera Cast Lists and Character Guides- Cancelled and Current
General Hospital Nurse Meg Scott Bentley Baldwin...Patricia Breslin July 65-69 According to Depboy's summaries. So Scotty was named for her maiden name.
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Y&R December 2022 Discussion Thread
So they make repeated references to the extra security at Jabot, and then Stark is able to walk into the office, with a throwaway line about how he can be persuasive-ridiculous. Meanwhile it is endlessly amusing to watch the two Society waitstaff scurry about when there are NO customers. And Sharon chats to fellow cast members while her one employee wipes tables as there are NO customers. I'm about ready to start a GoFund Me to raise the couple of thousand it would cost to hire some extras.
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Soap Hoppers: The Soap Actors And Roles Thread
Lorna Lynn Ma Perkins Marie Antoinette Hoffman 1953 Jeanette Nolan ??? Purex Daytime Special 'Aging Parents' NBC 1964
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Author Judith Krantz has died
The 1981 TV Movie was a pilot for a proposed weekly series. The daytime version did not involve John Conboy. I believe Doris Quinlan (OLTL, TD) was exec producer. Pat Falken Smith was writer and Susan Flannery the only cast member confirmed.
- One Life to Live Tribute Thread
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Soap Hoppers: The Soap Actors And Roles Thread
Wilda Hinkel (Hinkle?) Midstream Ruth Andrews
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Location of the studios
In 1966 The Doctors relocated for six months to 1481 Broadway while NBC Sudio 3A was being renovated.
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Soap Opera Cast Lists and Character Guides- Cancelled and Current
Secret Storm Brooke Lawrence...Julie Wilson...June 17th 66...assistant, George Bennett...16 weeks Joanna Morrison (possibly Landers??).(+) Doug Winthrop, Robert Landers ..Audrey Landers... Nov 71-73... Peter Ames......Lawrence Weber...Nov 65-68 Peggy Bennett...Gigi Anderson... August 66 ...daughter G&M... 9 year old sister of Jada Rowland
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Soap Hoppers: The Soap Actors And Roles Thread
Marco St John New York Times July 16 1971 A 32‐year‐old woman was found slain in her Greenwich Village apartment last night while her husband was per forming in a play in Central Park. The body of the victim, Mrs. Barbara St. John, wife of Marco St. John, an actor, was found at 9:20 P.M. by the police, who had been summoned to the building at 77 Perry Street by neighbors. The body was badly beaten, and doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital found two bullets in her chest. There was no immediate clue to the murder, the police said. The St. Johns’ 7‐year‐old son, Marco Jr., was at the scene when the police arrived, but was in a state of confusion and hysteria that prevented questioning, they said. The door of the fifth‐floor, four‐room apartment was open, according to the police, and neighbors were attempting to comfort the crying child. The police said they had found the partially clothed body on the bed in the dimly lighted bed room. The police said that Mr. St. John, upon returning from his performance as Alcibiades in Shakespeare's “Timon of Athens” in Central Park, re ported that he had left the apartment with his wife and son at 6:45 P.M. for a shopping trip prior to last evening's show. There was no word early to day on the time or immediate cause of death, the police said. The murder took place in a six‐story building on Perry Street between Bleecker and West Fourth Streets.
- As The World Turns Discussion Thread
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NETFLIX: "Harry and Meghan"
If Harry and Megan found it impossible to work within the royal framework -fine. Leave , relocate and start again. But to go on global television to complain(twice at this point) knowing that the Palace would not want or be able to respond doesn't sit right with me. Seriously, move on and demonstrate how you are going to achieve more by your decision. Megan would never have this platform w/o hooking up with Harry and is happy to take center stage and present herself as some activist and humanitarian w/o actually doing much except leading a privileged lifestyle, some podcasts etc.