Santa Barbara Discussion Thread

[whitelighter72]

I'm trying to write a Santa Barbara/Falcon Crest crossover and was hoping to get some ideas. I envision it taking place in the spring of 1985. So far I have:

- It's revealed that CC is the cousin of Richard Channing, who owns the newspaper the San Francisco Globe.

- I might tie it in with the Amanda Lockridge treasure storyline since around this time a crime group was searching for Nazi treasure buried under Falcon Crest 

and/or

- Tie it in with Amy's baby storyline since her ex, Jeff, lived in San Francisco and Brick went up to investigate him. Plus, the actor who played Dr. Renfro on SB made an appearance earlier that season on Falcon Crest as a character tied in with the Nazi treasure storyline. Perhaps it could turn out to be the same character.

- At some point Angela Channing and Augusta would square off.

Any thoughts?

Edited July 13, 2024 by whitelighter72

[dragonflies]

 

[Contessa Donatella]

I wonder why they didn't go on & say that Santa Barbara is owned by Disney?!!! 

SANTA BARBARA was owned by the Dobsons who sold it to New World which was bought by 20th Century Fox which was bought by Disney.

Of the soaps that Disney owns, here's how they stack up on # of episodes, which is a huge consideration: NS 27; City 352; PC 1,537; SB 2,137;

LOV 3,169; RH 3,515 & then the rest are all over 10,000 each.

 

Edited June 22, 2024 by Contessa Donatella
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[Soapsuds]

40th Anniversary

[Liberty City]

I'd love to watch in pure quality... not VHS rips.

Probably because he is one of the two main creators? Or maybe they bought their interest back without us knowing?

YUP! Both were amazing, and it's a shame both exited.

[Khan]

Fantastic!  SaBa wasn't a perfect show, but when it was "on," it was "ON!".

[whitelighter72]

A couple things confuse me about Amy's baby storyline: 

How was Jack Lee involved? Had he already been the Capwells' attorney before any of that happened? If so, was it just a coincidence that Amy (who was already remotely connected with the Capwells) was made pregnant by mistake?

[Liberty City]

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!

Also... Jill Farren Phelps did a lot wrong, but this was SO right... likely thanks to John Conboy!

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[Khan]

If I didn't know any better, I'd swear it was Sam Hall and/or Peggy O'Shea who wrote that scene.  OLTL's the only other soap I know of that would have something like that on their show.

[Liberty City]

Was this during the Maralyn Thoma era? Just a brilliant scene... before Phyllis Summers we had Flame Beaufort!

[j swift]

I don't know if you've ever read the French fansite, but it is an excellent resource for these types of questions.  For example, I'd totally forgotten that he was Kirk's father.

http://santabarbara-online.com/jack2.htm

Even if the translation sometime requires further translation to make sense

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Edited June 23, 2024 by j swift

[Wendy]

I personally didn't see the scene, but I read that is also sort of how Lucy Coe was introduced on GH, after first being shown as a mousy sort before the big reveal scene...

[Liberty City]

I hate that their website isn't accessible anymore, due to SSQ failure.

[Ryan Mason]

That's what I was thinking of. I didn't watch GH until years later through YouTube because it was SB's competitor, but it was rather similar: 

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[Keri]

Imo the Flame scene was much better than the Lucy Coe scene. But Lynn Herring played the mousy part much more believably than Roberta. I'm just watching the Lucy Coe story now.

Amy's baby storyline. I have simply never made it through that.

Edited June 24, 2024 by Keri