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2008: The Directors and Writers Thread

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I love Aida Croal's scripts, but I'm curious what you think makes her so excellent to be in a co-head position. Do you know anything about her long story structure that makes her such a great choice?

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Hey, if Lisa is indeed coming to AMC, she'll steal him away if he wants to do the bi-coastal thing, like Francesca James occasionally does or like Shelley Curtis did for a time. LOL!

Glad for Peter though, he's a good director.

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OLTL:

- Frederick Johnson first listed as Associate Head Writer on December 22

So now there are 5 Associate Head Writers listed, right (Altman, Iacobuzio, Van Etten, Cascio and Johnson)?

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Hey, if Lisa is indeed coming to AMC, she'll steal him away if he wants to do the bi-coastal thing, like Francesca James occasionally does or like Shelley Curtis did for a time. LOL!

Glad for Peter though, he's a good director.

I think Peter will stay on the west coast. I'd place my bet on Jim Sayegh or Karen Wilkens, who were both based on the east coast before joining Passions, reuniting with Lisa at AMC (yeah, if she is indeed going to AMC).

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So now there are 5 Associate Head Writers listed, right (Altman, Iacobuzio, Van Etten, Cascio and Johnson)?

Yup - which probably means Ron isn't writing breakdowns anymore (Good - he can focus on laying out long story), OR the other breakdown writers don't have to pull double duty and write two breakdowns a week (also good - then they won't be overworked and deliver episodes of lesser quality)

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I just saw a name - Thomas D. Walker - I didn't recognize on the writing staff credits for the Y&R Christmas '89 episode.

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David Cherrill (aka David Colson) was on the dialogue staff list today (12/26 US) on "Days."

Biography:

David Cherrill (born Christopher David Colson) started his career in the 1970s as an actor, most notably as Tom Hughes on "As the World Turns." He has been a writer since 1981, working on "As The World Turns" (1981, 1998-1999), "Search For Tomorrow" (1982-1983), "Another World" (1984-1989) and "One Life to Live" (1995-1997, 2001-2004). Cherrill has six Daytime Emmy nominations (1985, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 2002), winning in 1994. He uses his wife's first name, Cherrill, as his last name. They have two daughters, Katherine and Emily. Cherrill was born on December 23, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Thanks for the bio, Jason.

I would be more excited for David if he (and the rest of the team) had more opportunities to write good scenes. Sadly, they won't have the chance to many good scenes. Ever since Higley began, there still hasn't been one scene where I wanted to type out the dialogue because the scene was just amazing. :(

I just saw a name - Thomas D. Walker - I didn't recognize on the writing staff credits for the Y&R Christmas '89 episode.

I forgot to tape the end credits on CBS (the canadian credits didn't air the old credits :(). Can someone make screen caps of the end credits, so I can type it out? :)

i was looking at the 85 and 86 credits of ATWT and noticed to names new to the directing team. Richard Pepperman and Richard Dunlap. Is Richard Pepperman the father of current director Jennifer Pepperman? And what ever happened to the two Richards?

Don't know if Jennifer is Richard's daugther, but I think it's safe to assume they're related.

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Don't know if Jennifer is Richard's daugther, but I think it's safe to assume they're related.

Yep, it's his daughter.

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I forgot to tape the end credits on CBS (the canadian credits didn't air the old credits :( ). Can someone make screen caps of the end credits, so I can type it out? :)

Here are the credits...

Created by

William J. Bell

&

Lee Phillip Bell

Producer

Tom Lagan

Director

Heather H. Hill

Written by

William J. Bell

Kay Alden

John F. Smith

Jerry Birn

Thomas D. Walker

Associate Producer

Nancy Bradley Wiard

Executive Producer

Ed Scott

Senior Executive Producer

William J. Bell

Copyright 1989 :D

Yep, it's his daughter.

Cool...thanks for the confirmation.

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If Croal was promoted to Co-Head Writer I think she would make the show perfect. Simply perfect.

Hilarious.  :D I could have signed a legal document you would suggest this.

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Here are the credits...

Created by

William J. Bell

&

Lee Phillip Bell

Producer

Tom Lagan

Director

Heather H. Hill

Written by

William J. Bell

Kay Alden

John F. Smith

Jerry Birn

Thomas D. Walker

Associate Producer

Nancy Bradley Wiard

Executive Producer

Ed Scott

Senior Executive Producer

William J. Bell

Copyright 1989 :D

Thanks, man. :)

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Since this is the last day this thread is relevant for the year, I guess it doesn't make sense to post this, but whatever...

Mike Stitch directed the 1/2/09 episode of Y&R, his first actual/non-location shoot episode for the show.

CBS made a mistake and posted the 1/2/09 episode on their YouTube account. LOL!

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