Members skiman12082004 Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 I guess I'm in the minority but I like B&J. If they are replaced I wouldn't mind Michele Val Jean. I think that would be a really good fit as long has BF doesn't interfere too much and just let her write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dawn9476 Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 As much as I would love Kay Alden on an abc soap, I think she would be stupid to go there if Frons is still in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 I think its either Smith or Sheffer. Sheffer is a fan of AMC and he has vioced that he is a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 But everyone here is forgetting one thing: Agnes is using her clout to bring, she hasn't brought the writer yet. And I don't think she will, unfortunately. She remembered to do it a little too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 SPOT ON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 The only person who could save the show is Wisner Washam. However, that is an impossible feat, amongst other thing because Wisner is 76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steve Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 I disagree. I think Lorraine Broderick could easily save AMC, as could someone like Kay Alden who was trained by one of the master headwriters. Unfortunately, I doubt anyone talented would be interested in salvaging this show until Frons is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 That would rock so much.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 Wisner never sucked. Those two have and Kay Alden's stories for B&B right now suck, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 One would also expect much, much better writing from someone who was trained by Bill Bel since 1974 (!) and who passed through all of the writing positions: from scriptwriter to head writer. It just seems like all those years with Bill served to - nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted March 29, 2008 Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well Wisner retired way too early. He needs to come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 Sylph, have to disagree there. Wisner could be wonderful while Agnes was largely involved (appr. 1977-1984; 1990-1992), but left on his own, he is a mixed bag. The years he wrote the show solo (1984-1986) while Agnes was nurturing and concentrating on Loving were not AMC's best years. Lots of short-term pointless silly plots that went nowhere, isolated characters, disregard for the vets, lack of multigenerational stories, teen overload. Sound familiar? Of course, looking back, this stuff was miles ahead of the dreck we have on screen today. I'm not sure how much of that was his doing, or how much EP Jackie Babbin was responsible for that (she tried to DAYS-ify the show a bit, with more action-adventure plots and quicker scenes, as DAYS was regaining popularity with that style of writing at the time). I have to say the show improved tons in the fall of 1986 when Babbin left and was replaced by former EP Jorn Winther, which is around the same time that Broderick joined Washam as headwriter. So I'd say, Washam is a good writer, even better paired with Broderick, and superior when overseen by Nixon. I think a Washam/Broderick team with Agnes as consultant would ideal. But alas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted March 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 This would rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 That's a soap fan's dream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Port Oak Valley Posted March 30, 2008 Members Share Posted March 30, 2008 I wish Washam would have came back to AMC in the late 90's instead of McTavish. There is no telling where the show would be now if that had happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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