Well, avoiding the maelstrom that this thread has turned into, here's my take on it:

B&B, at least to me, has always gone from one extreme of the excellence scale to the other with zero middle ground, since its first episode. Other soaps usually have one great-to-fairly-decent story up against a real loser. But B&B seems to either be ALL great stories or ALL lousy ones at any given time. Sometimes it's WHo Shot Stephanie? or Jake's abuse story or Felicia's cancer... and sometimes it's sharks eating babies or the third time Felicia's died of cancer in six months or Ridge and Bridget falling in love. Brad Bell has been the same head writer for two decades, and I think he probably goes through cycles like any other writer. SOmetimes he's burnt out, sometimes he finds he's in way too deep in a story... and other times he gets a surge of inspiration, and suddenly, B&B is gangbusters for a few months.

Nothing wrong with this... even Marland, Phillips and Nixon had their off-months. It's what would happen to anyone writing the same show for years upon years upon years.

I DO think (and this is just my speculation) that having someone there of Kay Alden's caliber DOES take the heat off of BB when he's in a downswing, and she can pick up the slack for him until he finds his muse again. Which is why you have a more consistent show.

Edited December 12, 200718 yr by brimike

Lol...This almost as good as an episode of Laguna Beach!

Whatever to all of that. All you did was tell me something I already knew. What a waste of typing on your part. Your hands must be tired, because if you read what I said, you'd know that I retracted my statement about Kay doing nothing and I dont think she does nothing. I think she is getting too much credit and Brad is getting none. You act like the show is dramatically better because of some associate and in no way due to the HW. That's what the fangurls of Kay sound like.

WOW. Well forums are PUBLIC places for disucssion--otherwise you should keep everything to PMs and I, and I'm sure many other readers loved reading that post.

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Jay are you sure you are not a sailor rather than a doctor? I just want to tell you that cursing f*cking offends me young man! Lie...I have the mouth of a sailor

But in all respect, I do not see this thread as an attack on Kay. I honestly feel that your opinion is she should not get the praise that is always attributed to her since you simply see it differently than others do. To me, the thread is wondering what Kay really has done for B&B with your opinion being that she has done nothing. As an AHW, which it looks like Kay is, you do not really have as much power (I do agree. It is pretty much up to the head writer and EP to decide which story makes it on the air). You are not one who starts threads to purposely piss others off and therefore look for attention in other peoples' dissent.

Nah I've liked Jay up till now I just don't get why he gets so mad at people who disagree in this particular thread...

Honestly....I never made this thread to piss people off, but I must admit, It feels kinda good!!!! Years ago, I was sorta the villian on SON. Welcome back "Mean" Jay!!! That was everyones problem with me. I got too into it, and I will always be that way. If your not down with that, I've got two words for you............

(not the two words many of you are thinking... )

LOL Jay you crack me up! I just hope you never tell those two words to your patients you bad boy you

Honestly....I never made this thread to piss people off, but I must admit, It feels kinda good!!!! Years ago, I was sorta the villian on SON. Welcome back "Mean" Jay!!! That was everyones problem with me. I got too into it, and I will always be that way. If your not down with that, I've got two words for you............

(not the two words many of you are thinking... )

I'll tell you the two words I'm thinking. Ignore feature. I don't have time for rude people or people who stir [!@#$%^&*] for the hell of it.

I did mention B&B probably wasn't his forte.

His work on GL and GH was far superior IMO, but that's another topic.

Until you write a 3-pages analysis of his scriptwriting abilities, I won't accept it. He's just overrated. Here's me not agreeing with everyone else again.

... I was sorta the villian on SON.

I'm becoming that now!

I still love ya Jay

Honestly....I never made this thread to piss people off, but I must admit, It feels kinda good!!!! Years ago, I was sorta the villian on SON. Welcome back "Mean" Jay!!! That was everyones problem with me. I got too into it, and I will always be that way. If your not down with that, I've got two words for you............

(not the two words many of you are thinking... )

Right. I didn't think this thread was going to get that serious. But I am camp Kay Alden. I myself see a difference. If anything there is an ensebmle cast effect going on right now. Brad was unable to do that. And we Haven't seen Rick or Pheobe.(Thank God)

Lol...This almost as good as an episode of Laguna Beach!

Jay are you sure you are not a sailor rather than a doctor? I just want to tell you that cursing f*cking offends me young man! Lie...I have the mouth of a sailor

Ryannie dancing into a psychedellic vagina on their wedding day notwithstanding of course.

I'll tell you the two words I'm thinking. Ignore feature. I don't have time for rude people or people who stir [!@#$%^&*] for the hell of it.

Shoot then.

So the point of this thread is to bash Kay Alden and heap praise on Ron Carlivati?

Perhaps we can compromise and say both of them are good at what they do!

In my opinion, B&B has improved in leaps and bounds since Kay came on board, it's a much more balanced soap now!