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33 minutes ago, Mitch said:
I'm wondering when McLaiby's content takes over. I remember the end of the horrible ghost story (Reva fans, you aint seen nothing yet) and it immediately cuts to Reva coming out of her coma, and I know the Laibson signed Kimmer not JFP. I think it was an interesting time on the show.
Was this right after the "fruit basket turnover"? when the positions of the 3 different EPS was flipped?
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Just now, Antoyne said:
Gosh I would love to see some young Hope vs Julie.
Oh, yeah, she was quite the spoiled little girl!
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"On daytime" I came from prime time, and originally I had very little understanding of daytime. When you look at it, it seems to be a little bit slower, so there tends to be criticism in that regard. But the reason it appears slower to someone used to nighttime is because its stories are told in real time. It is slower because the characters are living life in that moment. Daytime drama does not limit its range of emotions, or its scope of storytelling. We are only limited by what we can do in a studio, and I have found that we can do pretty much anything. The story must have a heart, a soul, and a purpose, whether its adventure-driven or issue-oriented. Daytime must reach deep inside the viewer's heart and enable a person to connect with the characters. The audience wants a personal, human connection, and when they get it, they are devoted. --Wendy Riche, Executive Producer, GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO WORLDS WITHOUT END THE ART AND HISTORY OF THE SOAP OPERA (1997) Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Speaking of Wendy Riche, who I have just quoted here, why in the world did they fire her?! It seems to me that she was such a success for them.
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1 minute ago, Errol said:
Wendy Riche, executive producer
Robert Guza, head writer
Thank you, kind sir. I loved Riche, but I was always leery of Guza.
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Elsewhere someone was talking about AMERICAN BEAUTY. It's kind of dark.
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46 minutes ago, OldGHFan said:
Yea, even when Gloria Monty didn't have great writing, her show, for me, was not to be missed. I literally was glued to the show for 10 years. And she had that eye for chemistry that extended beyond Luke & Laura: she also gave us Robert & Holly, Frisco & Felicia and Duke & Anna. And after Laura's rape, there was never another rape on GH under her tenure. I give her credit for that.
Who was in charge when Elizabeth's rape happened?
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Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior: Coping with Parkinson's Disease Paperback – July 23, 2013
This author was a journalist & then he became a technical specialist & then he was diagnosed with Parkinsons. Great book.
For #7 I'd have to list a whole stack of soap opera books! I've had them for years & the list grows. In 1998 I said that my hundreds of soap books were my dowry.
In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress
by Patty Duke and William J Jankowski
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38 minutes ago, Donna B said:
My next book, also has no movie to go with it. Just a fun little book, Harriet the Spy. She ate tomato sandwiches. So do I.
My next book, also no movie but they could make a great one! This is by Todd Fisher, writing about his mother, Debbie Reynolds and his sister, Carrie Fisher. At times he mentions his wife, Catherine Hickland. The book's name is My Girls.
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5 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:
Yes, you are correct. The members of the Horton family were all related to other members of the Horton family.
LOL, yes, you put me in my place there.
Although my own family always felt like we were Hortons!
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14 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:
Or a great, complex, mesmerizing, adult and long-arc storyline that kept the audience enthralled, emotionally torn and WATCHING for a decade.
We-ell, that is one way to put it. Besides all of that, it also included its being a familial storyline because Mickey & Bill & Laura & Tom & Alice & Mike himself were all related to each other.
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My next book, also has no movie to go with it. Just a fun little book, Harriet the Spy. She ate tomato sandwiches. So do I.
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8 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:
Way back when, soaps used to have a moral compass, and would never let heinous actions like rape or murder go unpunished for long. Master writers like William J. Bell, Pat Falken Smith, etc., knew how to nuance their characters and storytelling, so that characters who committed terrible actions at least suffered for years afterwards. Many shows nowadays, particularly GH, not only ignore egregious transgressions, but they treat degenerate criminals (Sonny, Jason, Franco, etc.) as romantic heroes. It's revolting.
Bill Bell and Pat Falken Smith both wrote things that I have notated as ??controversial??. The amount of time that DOOL let go by - from Mike's birth till he was a teen - without having the reveal was atrocious!
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Well, I can't get Google Groups to load it for me but there's a post from McAmy about Luke going too far.
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3 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:
Luke definitely raped Laura, there was no question about that. Later, when it was clear that Tony Geary's popularity with the audience was soaring, ABC and GH tried to back-track and call it a "seduction," but it was not. It was rape. Period. Genie Francis admitted that "it made my blood run cold" the way the network twisted the situation to avoid taking responsibility for glamorizing a rapist. Leslie Charleson lambasted the twist on the Phil Donahue show, saying she was aghast that GH would be so irresponsible as to let Luke off the hook for his crime AND even get rewarded for it by ending up with the girl. (I was surprised she did not get fired or at least reprimanded for her strong, vocal criticism, but I guess that if ABC had tried to do that, all hell would have broken loose and the network would have faced even MORE criticism.)
Many, many years later, the show (slightly) redeemed itself by having Luke tearfully, and finally, admit to Lucky that yes, he had indeed raped the boy's mother. Laura even (again, finally) raged at Luke for what he had done. But to me, it was too little, to late (although I was glad GH cleared the air once and for all), because the heinous crime had been ignored, denied and excused for far too long.
Good for Leslie Charleson! I knew that when we had Lucky deal with it that they seemed to try to make it better. Do you think that's why they did Elizabeth's rape? To use it as a means of fixing the past?
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8 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:
Did Gloria Monty or Pat Falken Smith ever say in an interview or something why they chose to make it a rape? Why they didn't just have Luke and Laura have consensual sex at the disco that night?
I think that they said. There used to be someone on RATS, who went by MacAmy who was a huge Luke & Laura scholar. She posted about it & she indicated that they seemingly were themselves convinced of it! IOW, that they convinced themselves that it was a seduction & not a rape.
I think that whoever wrote on DOOL where Bill Horton came into the doctor's lounge, drunk one night, when he & Mickey both were in love with Laura, and raped Laura, that they never said why they let it be a rape. They just let Bill be helpless, Mickey be sterile, only Tom & Laura know that Mickey was sterile & hold out till Mike was a teen before they did the reveal that Bill was actually his father.
I'd like to know what any of these writers said.
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My third is another book without a movie to go with it. And, that is Agnes Nixon's recent memoir.
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24 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:
Yes, IMHO, that one, single, heinously-stupid story and its (sadly) influential impact on daytime dramas, ended up crippling the soaps.
You put the sci-fi element of the Freezing of Port Charles ahead of Luke's rape on the disco floor? I still can't hear that song without having feelings of being ill.
Of course Monty wasn't the only one to do a "Is it rape or was it seduction?" storyline. We have to add in Bill Bell, Pat Falken Smith, etc. and maybe more.
I was watching what they did to Susan Hunter on DOOL as a teenager, with my mother, and what they did to Laura Horton, same way, etc. And we were sure of what we had seen and they had not been seductions! They were rapes plain & simple!
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I saw last week where someone on Facebook was doing a Seven Challenge. Name, and show your favorite books & favorite movies, that stick with you, year after year.
- My first is always TKAM. That's To Kill a Mockingbird. Written probably by Harper Lee, Alabaman who lived mostly in seclusion. Some people think that her dear friend Truman Capote wrote it & also represented Boo Radley in the story. Gregory Peck played Atticus in the movie.
My second is the movie The Princess Bride. Everyone should see it! The book that goes with it is As You Wish: nconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes (Author, Narrator), Joe Layden (Author), Rob Reiner (foreword) (Author),
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I'll try to do more later & stop now, here with 2.
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.
The Princess Bride has been a family favorite for close to three decades. Ranked by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 Greatest Love Stories and by the Writers Guild of America as one of the top 100 screenplays of all time, The Princess Bride will continue to resonate with audiences for years to come.
Cary Elwes was inspired to share his memories and give fans an unprecedented look into the creation of the film while participating in the twenty-fifth anniversary cast reunion. In As You Wish he has created an enchanting experience; in addition to interviews with his fellow cast mates, there are plenty of set secrets and backstage stories.
With a foreword by Rob Reiner, As You Wish is a must-have for all fans of this beloved film.
The full list of narrators includes: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Rob Reiner, Chris Sarandon, Andy Scheinman, Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright, and Billy Crystal.
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On 10/7/2019 at 8:28 AM, Soapsuds said:
Rare 70's and 80's music I found on Siriusxm radio.
I mean to go looking for Thompson Twins; Peter, Paul & Mary's Mary singing Follow Me; early WHAM; Steve Miller Band's The Joker; George's Chameleon Club; Joan Baez's last album Diamonds & Rust; ...
Doctor, Doctor
Mary Travers sings Follow Me
Mary Travers died Sept., 16, 2009, RIP
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1 hour ago, juppiter said:
NYC was different back then. People simply didn’t go to Brooklyn. It just wasn’t done in polite society.
Crack me up! I lived in Prospect Heights for 7 years in the 2000s. Lots of actors & writers lived in Park Slope, etc.
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Quoted: Ricky Paull Goldin and Yasmine Bleeth on an Irish chat show.
Speaking of RPG, I feel so sorry for him. His partner has cancer. He's devoting himself full time to her.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nL_Sb91Gw
52 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:Btw, I love how all these actors complain about the commute to the AW studio (from Manhattan to Brooklyn and vice versa), like its so far and takes so long. Depending on where you are, what time you leave, it could take a half an hour maybe even less. As someone who does commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan to Queens everyday, I can honestly say its really not that bad, especially in the early morning. It can be bad, but it's not all bad all the time.
They used to provide Victoria with a car & a driver. Sometimes Charles rode with her. When they were together, they ran lines during the ride. When she was by herself she was reading scripts &/or writing scripts.
I don't know if people realize it but Vicky & Charles wrote for the show & worked with the younger cast members on their lines. Especially Maggies, of which there were 3. One Maggie was helpless. She just draped herself on the furniture, not really capable of doing any acting. She should have been employed as a model, not an actor. But, they tried to help, no matter what the level was.
2 hours ago, SFK said:Anna Stuart is a hoot in that episode posted upthread, she nails icy snob.
A-yes! I say again that she went from zero to bitch in 60 seconds! Gyah, I loved Donna.
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On 4/29/2019 at 11:28 PM, watson71 said:
Another World premiered on May 4, 1964- 55 years ago this week. What do you consider the 55 most significant events in AW history? I created the list below in order of importance.
1. Rachel kills Janice Frame trying to save Mac.
2. Rachel tells Alice that she is pregnant with Steve's child.
3. The death of Mac Cory.
4. Mac learns that Rachel is carrying Mitch's baby on the witness stand.
5. Pat Matthews has an illegal abortion in 1964.
6. The death of Ada Hobson.
9. Donna Love learns she gave birth to twins Marley and Victoria
10. Felicia's friends stage an intervention for her alcoholism.
11. Grant shoots Ryan on the train trestle.
13. Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris sing the Another World theme at TOPS.
15. Carl and Rachel's courtship in New York City.
18. Hour long experimental episode- the wedding of Alice and Steve - 1974
19. The 25th Anniversary of Victoria Wyndham as Rachel Cory Hutchins
I have this on DVD & it is so oodly scrumptious! Special thanks to Eddie & other fans who came up with the clips to have it made. Wiping had done its due.
Quote22. Cecile is alive in Majorca; Sally and Catlin discover that Emily Benson is the killer
23. Sally and Catlin's wedding- Brittany is alive
24. Paulina Cory shoots Jake McKinnon
26. The death of William Matthews begins the continuing story of Another World.
27. Cecile almost marries Peter Love before he collapses on Carl's yacht
28. The double wedding of Mac and Rachel and Sandy and Blaine
29. Ada gives birth to Nancy in a late in life pregnancy
30. The 30th Anniversary of Another World- the 60s party
31. The Case of the Stolen Heart
32. Murder on the Honeymoon Express- The Vanishing Game
33. Lorna Devon is the daughter of Felicia and Lucas.
34. Vicky "dies" and is reunited with Ryan in heaven.
This is the best of JB. I could do without JB except for the Ryan & Vicky in heaven stuff.
Quote35. Felicia is framed for the murder of Jason Frame
36. Liberace entertains at Felicia and Zane's wedding.
38. Vicky is rescued by Ryan riding horses in the field
39. Iris gives Rachel the audio tapes of Alice and Eliot
40. The final episode of Another World June 25, 1999
Really, two days.
Quote41. Sally Frame Ewing dies in a car crash
42. Cecile kidnaps Cass and takes him to St. Thomas
44. Rachel gives Alice a nervous breakdown
45. The death of Wallingford
46. Amanda is pregnant with Sam's baby.
47. Jamie falls for Marley in the French Riviera
48. John Hudson is thrown from the lighthouse by the Sin Stalker- Dr. Alan Glaser
MDP loved writing serial killers & rapits. David O'Brien could act anything that was writte for him.
On 5/6/2019 at 4:54 PM, amybrickwallace said:Yes, I remember hearing that part and that Lemay found it unintentionally hilarious.
Easy to imagine! Poor Val Du Four.
Great list watson.
Is anyone aware of any vido clips of the KBAY Telethon or the "special" shows like Murder on the Orient Express?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEWmeAD1rQ
July 4th Telethon Part 1
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6 hours ago, titan1978 said:
I think Gloria had an eye for talent, and could spot chemistry, and knew what to do with it. Because even when her show was not well written (outside of Marland’s tenure and both of Falken-Smith’s), it was still compelling and entertaining television.
As far as Luke goes- the Labine era made me love him. He was still dangerous (all that Frank Smith stuff), and wasn’t really a “hero”, but he had so many rich relationships and had chemistry with all of them. Sonny, Lucy, Bobbie, Lucky, Tony, Robin, Stone- not just with Laura. I loved his relationships with those people.
Another thing I've read about Monty is what she did first & that was re-light the show. If the set were all dark when she got there & the ratings were in the toilet, then, you know, morale was abysmal when she came on. I've always wondered if that "smart cookie" exec in the movie TOOTSIE was an intentional homage to Monty.
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