Ryan's Hope Discussion Thread

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October 1975 Afternoon TV

[danfling]

The above article mentions the first executive producer, George Lefferts. I wonder why he left the show so soon after its premiere (only a few months).

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJb8WjZREq8&feature=plcp

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y29RQSWFaaI

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I have episodes of Ryan's Hope going back to the First show in 1975 till the end in 1989. For my complete list of Vintage Soap Opera episodes email me at [email protected]

[DRW50]

If you are on Facebook you may enjoy this. Earl Hindman's sister has a page, with a lot of photos.

https://www.facebook.com/silverNglass?ref=tn_tnmn

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuqnBpQVdOc&feature=channel&list=UL

[danfling]

Is that actor Michael Beck (The Warriors) playing the worker at Frank's campaign office?

[safe]

Frank's campaign office? In which episode?

Michael Beck was seen at hospital strike headquarters in a November of 1977 episode.

Danfling - check your personal messages.

Edited July 10, 2012 by safe

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It's in the clip I posted, toward the end.

[safe]

Thanks, Carl!

　

I don't think it's Michael Beck. That actor in the clip doesn't look, or sound (his voice), the way Michael Beck did in the 1977 episode.

Edited July 10, 2012 by safe

[danfling]

I realized, after I had posted, that Mr. Beck had played a doctor when the physicians were striking against the Riverside Hospital. I am not sure how to check personal messages.

[safe]

Danfling - Click on your name at the top of the page. Click on the option Personal Messenger.

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Ilene Kristen was interviewed last night (7/10) on The Soap Series blog radio.. Just a little was said about Ryan's Hope in the interview and two things Ilene said surprised me.

http://www.blogtalkr...ne-kristen-oltl

At approx. 41:55

Ilene said she isn't really sure why she was fired from Ryan's Hope in 1983. Over the years she had previously said it was the weight gain caused by her thyroid problem ( a problem which she said she had already had gained weight by her first OLTL stint). Not sure why she is now saying she doesn't know the reason.

At approx. 39:15

This is something I had never heard before and also surprised me - Ilene said after she left Ryan's Hope the first time (late 1978), the show kept calling her agent every 6 months, asking her to come back. I guess Randall Edwards could have been axed at any time if they were always trying to get Ilene to return to the role. I wonder if Randall knew this.

Edited July 11, 2012 by safe

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I'm not too sure about them calling every six months. By 1980 or so they started writing Delia in a way which Ilene would have had a much more difficult time playing (befriending Tiso, King Kong, Crystal Palace).

[safe]

Could be that's what Ilene meant. Although by the second six months they were already beginning the Prince Albert story exactly at that time. Ilene said she doesn't know why she didn't accept the offers to come back because she wasn't working.