Members DRW50 Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 A Robert Lansing site says they divorced and he has a daughter. I wonder what they would have done with Kate if Sally Stark had stayed on the show. Who was she strongest with on the show? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 I was reading a TV Radio Mirror from October 1974 and they mention Oliver Crawford will be playing one of Betsy's brothers, and would appear in late summer. I didn't see any Oliver Crawford on IMDB who would be in the right age range in this role. I don't know anything about this role. Who were her brothers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 That is news to me also.In 75,Betsy's parents were on briefly.Her brother Tom came on in 76. Was it a typo and Oliver Crawford the character name? Maybe there was a change in writers and that character was dropped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfave06 Posted November 3, 2011 Members Share Posted November 3, 2011 Does anyone know any stories from the late 60s with Vanessa? I can't seem to find any stories from that time period with her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted November 13, 2011 Members Share Posted November 13, 2011 Variety reports that in June 69 ,Robert J Shaw departs as headwriter to be replaced by Robert and Eileen Pollack.It noted that the Pollacks had been away from soaps for 10 years,having last worked on Brighter day. By February 1970,the Pollacks were out and Richard and Esther Shapiro were announced as new headwriters. This contradicts the list of headwriters published in Soap World and other soap books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 13, 2011 Members Share Posted November 13, 2011 That's very interesting. I wonder what stories the Pollacks were involved in. Was this around the time of Matt Corby and Vanessa divorcing Bruce? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted November 15, 2011 Members Share Posted November 15, 2011 March 66 Robert Soderberg named as headwriter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 I thought that was the Shapiros' main story. Are you referring to the story they talked about in that online interview that was (and might still be) on YouTube? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 I didn't realize they'd spoken about it. I meant the story where Vanessa's first husband is back from the dead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 21, 2011 Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 A wonderful treat from saynotoursoap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03mhsqalBQ Lots of nice stuff in here. Good to know more about Meg's husband and Ben's father - I didn't know he was mentally ill. Was he ever on the show? I love how natural the scene with Ellie and Van is, even with heavy recap, and a story I don't understand (Speed the narcotics agent and some bad man named Bernie, and Van's true love Alex Crown - anyone know more about this?). This is also an example of how you can do a soap on a budget. Everything with Van and Ellie works so well and you don't sit there and think "cheap cheap cheap." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfave06 Posted November 21, 2011 Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 I agree about them doing the soap on budget and it looking great. I think I prefer the 15-30 minute soap. If OLTL and AMC ever make it online, they should reduce the time and then when they air on TV, they can be an hour as an experiment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 21, 2011 Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) 10/78 Rona Barrett Daytimers Edited November 21, 2011 by CarlD2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 IMO, there can never be enough Meg Harper & Evans Baker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 I'm not sure if there's more than one episode available of them! I guess there may be one more. Either way, I agree with you, I really enjoyed their scenes. Meg has a Joan Crawford vibe in that episode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Posted November 22, 2011 Members Share Posted November 22, 2011 There's at least one more of them with Beanie where Meg claims to have a splitting headache and he asks Evans what it means when a headache splits. Evans explains that a headache is simply just a headache until it becomes an excuse and then it's a splitting headache. Jean McBride's Meg was just so. damned. snarky. The more I see o her in the role, the more I realize how perfect Tudi Wiggins was as a recast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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