Wait, wait, HOOOOOOOLD UP!

If I'm going to sit here and watch this juicy keyboard fight unfold, the least you could do is not use sports analogies. They're lost on me.

Carry on.

It's juicy? I'm bored. And Toups attacking Sylph is so last year.

the least you could do is not use sports analogies. They're lost on me.

Hmm....another anaolgy......Sylph will read reviews but won't actually watch the movie. Then he'll regurgitate whatever's in the review and doesn't actually discuss what happens or explain his likes/dislikes in the film (he'll only repeat what the reviewer said).

And Toups attacking Sylph is so last year.

I bit my tongue when you included Cohen and Hall on your list - not because they're good or bad or anything but because I thought, "Really? Since when in the past 3 years has he ever mentioning liking these two? Does he even watch AMC? He never talks about the show." I let it go. But then you gave your reason of not including Addie Walsh and I just had to call BS on that. It seems to me like you're piggy backing on other people's likes/dislikes - you're acting like a poser, a pretender. I just wish you'd open up more and be real. This is a discussion board, not a statements board.

Wow, I don't think Sylph is going to live to see the Butterball turkey on Thursday.

I bit my tongue when you included Cohen and Hall on your list - not because they're good or bad or anything but because I thought, "Really? Since when in the past 3 years has he ever mentioning liking these two? Does he even watch AMC? He never talks about the show." I let it go. But then you gave your reason of not including Addie Walsh and I just had to call BS on that. It seems to me like you're piggy backing on other people's likes/dislikes - you're acting like a poser, a pretender. I just wish you'd open up more and be real. This is a discussion board, not a statements board.

Exactly!

Wow, I don't think Sylph is going to live to see the Butterball turkey on Thursday.

"Really? Since when in the past 3 years has he ever mentioning liking these two? Does he even watch AMC? He never talks about the show."

Oh, I did.

I just wish you'd open up more and be real.

That's nice of you to say. It really is. It gives me hope that this is just a misunderstanding.

Edited November 25, 200916 yr by Sylph

I read somewhere that Hope Harmel Smith(unless something changes) is joining the production team of AMC: LA.

You were right on the money: According to this week's Suds Report, citing SOW, Lisa de Cazotte is not making the move and Harmel Smith is taking over her spot.

Which is kind of strange...doesn't Lisa live primarily in LA?

And Lisa would know the new studio inside and out since she produced Night Shift there.

I am sorta shocked that Lisa isn't making the move with AMC. Like you said she has worked at Night Shift and she would know the studio and area very well.

That has nothing to do with it. Lisa de Cazotte nee Hesser also knows ABC studio 23 inside out since she was a producer at AMC in the mid 1990's as well (Lisa Hesser)... look how well that turned out for the current production values. Knowing a soundstage has nothing to do with knowing how to execute a vision.

I enjoyed Hope Harmel Smith's scriptwriting last year when Angie and Jesse returned. I hope she's a good producer.

That has nothing to do with it. Lisa de Cazotte nee Hesser also knows ABC studio 23 inside out since she was a producer at AMC in the mid 1990's as well (Lisa Hesser)... look how well that turned out for the current production values. Knowing a soundstage has nothing to do with knowing how to execute a vision.

Do you think she'll go to OLTL?

I definitely think Beldner should be replaced as script editor. After Mimi Leahey left, so much garbage has been getting through.

Don't forget what rain1 said:

Mimi Leahey edited (largely unmessed-with) during her tenure at AMC. Jeff Beldner has been editing since Mimi moved on, but Megan McTavish "edited over him", as did James Harmon Brown. This means that Jeff's edits were either "improved upon" (sic) or overridden, so whatever made it to air may or may not have been Jeff's (and/or the SW's) handiwork. Keep in mind that our beloved actors tend to "ballpark" a lot of their lines-- verbatim readings are as rare as hen's teeth-- which is understandable when one considers how many pages of dialogue they're required to memorize, as well as the break-neck production speed. Rule of thumb for "serious" writers: if you want to hear your words as written, write plays.

I enjoyed Hope Harmel Smith's scriptwriting last year when Angie and Jesse returned. I hope she's a good producer.

I was really surprised at how good HSH's scripts were as well. There was one episode she did when Erica and Carmen were trapped in a discount store (I think) and the stuff she wrote for Erica was better than anything the trained scriptwriters were churning out.

But then again she also wrote "He has a gun! Look out!" when Robert Gardner held Angie at gunpoint at her wedding, too.

But then again she also wrote "He has a gun! Look out!" when Robert Gardner held Angie at gunpoint at her wedding, too.

The Angie / Jesse wedding was some of the best stuff that year and preposterous as well. I remember when Uncle Rob had Angie at gunpoint and, for no reason, decided to enter the ballroom with her, shoot his gun a bunch of times and then exit. I was like, "Why the f uc k are you going in the ballroom, just get out already!"

I was really surprised at how good HSH's scripts were as well. There was one episode she did when Erica and Carmen were trapped in a discount store (I think) and the stuff she wrote for Erica was better than anything the trained scriptwriters were churning out.

That was actually Agnes Nixon ghostwriting. Seriously though, I liked those scenes as well, because without forcing the issue, it summarized Erica's history, how she came from nothing and became successful.

Edited November 28, 200916 yr by Jonathan

Haha..way to go Toups!

Any news on Carolyn Culliton??

Unless I missed something, Toups seems to be deliberately ignoring your question. Maybe he knows and can't say where she's going!

I enjoyed Hope Harmel Smith's scriptwriting last year when Angie and Jesse returned. I hope she's a good producer.

She is. She handled B&B's day to day production from shortly after it's premiere to the mid 90s when she jumped ship to ABC for GH and PC...