Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 I believe Slesar also head-wrote both Search for Tomorrow and Somerset for a period of time during his head writing tenure at Edge of Night. P&G must've really loved him. His record was beaten by William J. Bell at Y&R btw, who spent 25 years as Y&R's head writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Anyway on topic, the ones that come to mind are Irna Philips, William J. Bell, Agnes Nixon, Douglas Marland, Claire Labine, Paual Avila Mayer, Harding Lemay, Nancy Curlee, Lorraine Broderick, Henry Slesar, and Wisner Washam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeClerc Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 I think Thom Racina could be included. I mean the man wrote GH when it was an international sensation: The Ice Princess, Elizabeth Taylor and Luke & Laura's wedding. Little tidbit: A friend of mine went to a book signing of Racina's in...2003 I think.....anyways he told her Frons had talked to him about writing for AMC (I guess this was after he fired Richard Culliton). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Didn't Pat Falken Smith write Luke & Laura's wedding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeClerc Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 I thought so too but apprently not. Racina actually did a podcast recently with Daytime Confidential and the wedding was his baby, right down to Elizabeth Taylor's appearance and Scotty catching the bouquet. I don't know if he was officially credited as headwriter after the strike though. He mentioned Gloria Monty was concerned he would get in trouble because his Ice Princess bible was used during the strike so they avoided giving him the official title. This is what wrote on this website ( www.thomracina.com): So it became the next best thing, the basis for the Ice Princess story on General Hospital, which culminated with the wedding of Luke & Laura, the highest rated show in daytime history (I'm proud to say, because I wrote it!). ETA: Many sites clearly state that Pat wrote the wedding so I don't know anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MTSRocks Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 It doesn't matter who wrote "Luke and Laura's wedding," the publicity alone would have drawn in the crowd to see them tie the knot. But, I too would be happy to have been part of daytime's highest rated episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Personally, I believe that soap opera would have died a long, long time ago if not for three people: Ms. Irna Phillips, Mrs. Agnes Eckhart Nixon, and Mr. William J. Bell. Holy trinity of soap opera history, right there. And then you have the intelligence of people like Douglas Marland, Claire Labine, Harding Lemay, Bridget and Jerome Dobson, and others. I'd also include the very, very underrated Ann Marcus, who wrote on GH, LIAMST, and SFT before headwriting "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "Forever Fernwood." Despite them being soap/sitcom hybrids, they were produced just like traditional soaps and Ann's work on them was really, really great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sedrick Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 In no particular order... Irna Phillips Agnes Nixon William Bell Douglas Marland Gordon Russell Harding Lemay Henry Slesar Pat Falken Smith Claire Labine Pam Long Bridget and Jerome Dobson Wisner Washam Peggy O'Shea Ann Marcus Gabrielle Upton Joyce and John William Corrington Jane and Ira Avery Kay Alden Lorraine Broderick... and if I ever got the chance hopefully myself...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marlenafan01 Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 No one has said anything about Sheri Anderson ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sedrick Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Not to take anything away from Miss Anderson or anyone else, but I know at least in my own criteria for the best HW's one important requirement is either for that writer to have achieved long-term sustained creative success on at least one program and/or having made a truly lasting and significant contribution to the genre. I think Anderson could be included in a HW Hall of Fame as it can be argued that she was a leading force in creating and crafting the supercouple formulas of the 1980's, enjoying her most success with DAYS. However, her talents didn't translate well to the subsequent shows she helmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juniorz1 Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Here's My list, in no particular order Bill Bell Sr. Jerome & Bridget Dobson Doug Marland Harding Lemay Agnes Nixon Donna M. Swajeski Anne Howard Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Jerome and Bridget were great at ATWT but horrible on Santa Barbara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juniorz1 Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Figures that you'd chime in with a crap statement like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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