Members Paul Raven Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Some memorable names that define 'soapy' Augusta Lockridge SB Palmer Cortlandt AMC Vivica Strand TD Dorian Cramer Lord OLTL Greelee Smythe AMC Schuyler Whitney EON Let's discuss names,weird and wonderful... Those you like and those you don't. Have you met anybody with the sam name as a soap character? Also,let us know your soap name(take your middle name and the street you grew up on) Mine is Christian Cumberland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 AMC: Billy Clyde Tuggle. Has to be the Best. Soap Name. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quent Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Bold and the Beautiful had the most ridiculous names when it premiered: Ridge, Thorne, Brooke, Storm, etc. I thought I was watching the Nature Channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Cesar Faison- GH Helena Cassadine- GH Stefano Dimera- DAYS Hope Brady- DAYS (her name just suits her and her family so well) Roman Brady- DAYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 GL Roger Thorpe Reva Shayne Alexandra Spaulding Mindy Lewis Hamp Speakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Ooh, I loved the name Schulyer Whitney on EON. And don't forget Raven. Stone Cates/GH Robert Scorpio/GH (great spy name) Clint Buchanan/OLTL (the character initially had a different name but they asked Clint Ritchie if they could use his) Asa Buchanan/OLTL (know any other Asas on soaps?) Harley Davidson Cooper/GL I don't really like OLTL's Nora but Nora Hanen Gannon Buchanan is pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 I've heard that joke somewhere before lol it's so true, though. Some of my favorite utterly-soapy names: Lahoma Vane Lucas (AW) Lauren Fenmore (Y&R) Katherine Chancellor (Y&R) Reva Shayne (GL) Lucinda Walsh (ATWT) Monica Quartermaine (GH) Margo Flax (AMC) Estelle LeTour (AMC) Phoebe Tyler Wallingford (AMC) Myrtle Lum Fargate (AMC) Greenlee Smythe duPres (AMC) Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (DS) Siobhan Ryan (RH) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Never noticed that before lol. I notice how sometimes, if a character becomes big and popular and known across the soap industry, all other soaps seem to "retire" the character's names. For example, I'll give you a list of names, you tell me how many long-running characters with that name you can think of: Erica Lisa Reva Adam Luke Laura Rachel Nancy Joanne Stephanie And something that annoys the crap out of me is when soaps have multiple characters with the same name. AMC's had, to date, three David's: one in the late 70s, one in the late 80s/early 90s, and one in the late 90s/early 00s. I love the tradition of a couple naming their kid the mother's last name and the father's last name...let's see...Ryan Fenelli, Shayne Lewis, Greenlee Smythe are just three that I can think of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members foxhunter Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 I was seven when she was on but the name Silver Kane always stuck with me. Or maybe I just remember her because she was stabbed with scissors while trying to kill Natalie, thrown into a pond by Palmer, and then found later by Dixie Martin. No, it's because Silver is just such a cool name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Graciecat Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 I think JR Chandler is pretty fabulous. Harkening back to Dallas in all of its soapy glory. I tend to adore most of the names they gave characters to make them sound wealthy. Myrtle Fargate, Palmer Cortlandt, Victoria Lord, Edward Quartermaine etc. And I think John McBain is hilarious. I remember when PC got canceled, and the adds for ME going to OLTL started popping up, with soapy voices telling us that "John McBain is coming!". My sister and I cracked up everytime. John Black is along the same lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted November 24, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Bill Bell used his own family names when writing Y&R. Phillip Chancellor (his wife's maiden name is Phillip) Bill Foster Sr and Jr (aka Snapper) Brad Eliot and then Brad Carlton (his son's name) Lauralee(Lorie)Brooks (daughters name) Colleen Carlton (grandaughters name) Maybe Jack Curtis and then Jack Abbott were in honour of his good friend and co-writer Jack Smith. Katherine 'Kay' Chancellor -names after Kay Alden? Henry Slesar used some unusual names in the 70's on Edge of Night Brandy Henderson Star Stoner Ansel Scott Draper Scott Jinx Avery Raven Alexander Taffy Simms Raney Cooper DiDi Bannister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Whenever I see, hear, or even think of names like "Star Stoner" and "Taffy Simms," two things come to mind: stripper poles, and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" playing somewhere in the background. And I don't even want to tell you what I think of when I think of "Didi Bannister." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CassieFan Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Opal (AMC) Emily Quartermaine (GH) Sheridan Crane (PASS) Helena Cassadine (GH) Robin Scorpio (GH) Anna Devane (GH-AMC) Aidan Devane (AMC) Tabitha Lenox (PASS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Limenade Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 LOVING: Egypt Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCer Posted November 24, 2007 Members Share Posted November 24, 2007 Dixie Cooney, AMC Opal Sue Purdy, AMC Drucilla Barber, Y&R Ester Valentine, Y&R Vivian Alamain, Days Ivy Winthrop, Passions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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