2008: The Directors and Writers Thread

[brimike]

True. I don't know anything for a fact. I just think that TPTB have such a hate-on for anyone who talks out of school. I don't see him working anywhere in daytime as long as that blog is up.

[Khan]

Yeah, the HW, lol. So if TC had encountered problems while writing his breakdowns, the fact that he couldn't call LML says something.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

How dare you! You know LML was too busy ridding Africa of diamonds, abolishing fireplaces, and making sure bottled water was no longer in circulation!

[Khan]

Exactly, lol.

Hogan Sheffer: Hi Tom [Casiello], it's Hoag. Listen, Sony has decided not to pick up [enter associate writer name here]'s option, and we really need someone...and Babs seems okay with it, too. Interested?

TC: Nah, I'm much happier starving being a "fan."

Yeah, Mark, lol. I can't see that happening either.

[brimike]

:lol: Well said, Alvin!

[Khan]

Frankly, Y&RWorldTurner, that's no excuse. Clinton received who-knows-how-many blow-jobs from Lewinsky...but he still found time to balance the budget. It's all about time management.

[Sylph]

I mean, how dumb is to ask LML, who a writer should know has had no previous relationship with the show, a question about Y&R? So you just made Tom Casiello seem like a fool.

[brimike]

I think he does that all on his own.

[Sylph]

[MarkH]

Be nice. We love our Tommy.

Do you think TPTB, who disregard our "very very very small" internet communities, even KNOW about TC's blog? And, would they REALLY care? He's been very careful to be respectful, and not to tell too many personal tales.

But, if the blog is harming him, then I'd rather he shut it down and post on here under some kind of pseudonym. Although I don't imagine any past or current writers would actually do that....

[Khan]

Technically speaking, however, part of the HW's job is to address all concerns coming from the associate writers. After all, who else edits their scripts and breakdowns (provided, they don't have an official script editor already on staff)? And even if the HW, like LML, has no prior relationship with the show, 1) they should know enough (either through research, or their own viewing) of the show and its' history to handle most, if not all, questions about factual stuff; and 2) they should be experienced enough to handle not just the basics of soap writing, but dramatic writing in general. IOW, TC isn't a "fool", because he asks LML for help. If anything, LML is foolish, because she can't or won't.

[brimike]

I would say no, except SOD wrote all about the blog after the Days firings. Posted the URL and everything.

And yes, they would care. They didn't want Nelson Branco at a party because he talked about all that Nuke garbage controversey. You think they'd want someone in their employ who talks about it?

[JONNYSBRO]

I think Hogan will be a much better fit for Y&R then he was at DAYS. Hogan was quite good at ATWT the first half of his tenure especially when he had Carolyn Culliton under him teaching him. Hogan credits Carolyn for teaching him to write a soap. After Carolyn exited and Jean P replaced things went south and by Hogan's last year things had really gone down. At DAYS it was just a bad fit for him, he was micromanaged, and I think Hogan was not as passionate about the characters as he was on ATWT. On Y&R he has an opportunity to do that. Did anyone know Hogan was very courted by ABC to take over AMC before they got Pratt. Bloom loves Hogan and wanted him for Y&R and courted him and she won. I hope Hogan deleves into the wonderful characters of Y&R. Can anyone imagine though if Ron Carlivati was taking over Y&R? I love him too much at OLTL but I cannot help but think what Carlivati would do for Genoa City.

[brimike]

No. I can't.

I think part of what makes Ron so successful is his long-term love of OLTL. It's the show he grew up on, the show he was a fan of long before he became a soap writer. I'm very VERY wary of him taking on another show.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Ron Carlivati is only meant for OLTL, the same way Natalie Minardi Slater is only meant for Y&R. It's the only soap they've ever worked for, and unlike most of their colleagues, they haven't been passed from soap to soap. They know their respective shows in and out, I don't think they'd have major writing chemistry elsewhere (I could be wrong, but that's how I feel).