Members VelekaCarruthers Posted March 19 Members Share Posted March 19 Bless her heart but Marj never remembered her lines. She wasn't the Alex that Long/McKinsey created but Marj had a few years of strong writing and Zazlow and others made it work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jasonminer1974 Posted March 19 Members Share Posted March 19 Montreal all the way 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted Thursday at 06:33 AM Members Share Posted Thursday at 06:33 AM The first few years of Capitol dubbed in Italian are available on YT, as I'm sure many of you know. Thank God for technology, if you're so inclined to watch, add the auto English captions to follo along 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted Saturday at 04:59 PM Members Share Posted Saturday at 04:59 PM This jumped out at me in that article: From the 1980s Ratings thread, One Life to Live rebounded in 1985 with Andrea Evans return, so that impacted Capitol. Remember Capitol was head-to-head with the second half of One Life to Live. It's new to me that CBS used Claire Labine proposed soap as leverage for Bill Bell to create a second show. I still believe that CBS wanted a second Bill Bell show to replace Search for Tomorrow in 1982 but with Y&R being in its post-expansion slump during the first half of 1982, Bill Bell had to fix Y&R first before he could even think about a second show. Capitol purpose was to be a placeholder/time filler until Bill Bell was ready for a second show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joseph Posted Saturday at 05:15 PM Members Share Posted Saturday at 05:15 PM hey hey! The Pilot is On YouTube! Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted Saturday at 08:19 PM Members Share Posted Saturday at 08:19 PM IIRC, Michael Brockman also asked Paul Rauch to develop a new soap ("Grosse Pointe"?) with the same purpose: to get Bill Bell to create another show for the network. I definitely agree that CBSD viewed CAPITOL as a placeholder for what eventually became B&B. (Although, what would have happened had CAPITOL become a breakout hit is anybody's guess, lol). But I also think there came a point when CBSD recognized that CAPITOL was finished and that they needed to light a fire under Bill Bell's ass immediately or else risk losing that half-hour to the affiliates. Hence, Brockman's decision to reach out to Labine and Rauch (and maybe others). I give Brockman credit, though, for at least being honest with Labine about her chances of launching "Celebration" on the network. Too often, you read about networks virtually promising the moon to creators, only for the creators to realize the networks never had any intention of getting their shows on the air. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VelekaCarruthers Posted Saturday at 08:42 PM Members Share Posted Saturday at 08:42 PM (edited) Wonderful to see the pilot and first few episodes of this show. @Toups I never knew that James E. Reilly co-wrote the first two (and possibly more) daytime episodes! Another note: Katharine Clarke (another listed writer) is KC Ligon, wife of Tom Ligon (Lucas Prentiss on Y&R) Please register in order to view this content Edited Saturday at 08:44 PM by VelekaCarruthers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted Saturday at 09:14 PM Administrator Share Posted Saturday at 09:14 PM I have March 26, 1982 as the first episode. But wikipedia lists March 29, 1982. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VelekaCarruthers Posted Saturday at 09:17 PM Members Share Posted Saturday at 09:17 PM He wasn't listed in the pilot episode credits that aired on 3/26 but is listed under the Karpfs on 3/29 and 3/30 first two daytime episodes! Just realized when I looked at his IMDB page that he spent several months as a consultant to the Bell soaps before P&G installed him at GL. I wonder if CBS was grooming him for GL all along to replace Pam and had him tutor with the Bells? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted Saturday at 09:28 PM Administrator Share Posted Saturday at 09:28 PM Yeah, I think that's a good speculation. It's been so long since I looked at my Reilly archives, so there's a lot I'm forgetting. LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted Saturday at 09:32 PM Members Share Posted Saturday at 09:32 PM On a television Interviews site "I did CAPITOL as a favor to John Conboy." - James Lipton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gimmetoo Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM Members Share Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM Wonder why did Dawn Parrish was never picked up by another soap ? She has a resemblance to Marj Dusay...and could easily have played Marj's daughter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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