It's so common for me to build up images of people I admire in my head and think they'd say and be something completely different in interviews, when they're not. I can read this little interview over and over again and agree with everything she said. I can't speak enough about Nancy's brilliance as a writer from the work I saw her accomplish on GL in the early 90's.

Frankly, we were lucky to have someone like her who loved GL and respected what is was. There's not enough Nancy Curlee's in daytime anymore, which is a sad, sad thing.

We should all be thankful that we got watch so many excellent writers work when they were still allowed to write these shows without network interference. Quinn Redeker (Rex Sterling Y&R) who was one of the screenwriters for The Deer Hunter, always said that daytime was a "writers medium". Wish that was still the case.

Very good interview with an excellent woman. As others have stated, she truly cared about Guiding Light and the medium as a whole. I love her sheer honesty, especially regarding the state of the industry today. I never saw any of her Guiding Light, but it sounds as if she was the last great head writer this show had.

Great job French Fan!

Sadly, I think she'd have about 6 hours (if that much) of tolerance for the Bloom/Goutman bullsh!t. And then we'd be saying farewell to Ms. Curlee all over again. Which is unfortunate. These are the people who need to be wooed back, not pushed away.

Yes, it is kind of disturbing the kind of talent daytime has pushed away and continues to push away. I don't get it, even primetime doesn't seem this restricted.

Nancy wasn't kidding when she said this:

NCD: Friends who are still involved assure me that I would lose my mind in the current scene.

Thanks for the interview French Fan.

How did you manage to arrange it?

Thanks for the interview French Fan.

How did you manage to arrange it?

Very easily. I just sent her a message on facebook yesterday. She answered very very quickly. She was very nice.

Very easily. I just sent her a message on facebook yesterday. She answered very very quickly. She was very nice.

LOL! Good for you! Alvin is freaking out right now. :-( Hugs to you, buddy!

OMG facebook. Eeeeeekk!

OMG facebook. Eeeeeekk!

It is truly the key to the new world. :lol:

LOL! Good for you! Alvin is freaking out right now. :-( Hugs to you, buddy!

LOL! I have an inferiority complex approaching people I admire.

You deserve credit for giving me the idea

You deserve credit for giving me the idea

Aw, thanks, I'll have to message her one day and thank her for giving many great childhood memories of watching GL.

Really loved this interview, so much of what she said makes so much sense.

You really should. I'm sure she'd love hearing from you.

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NCD: The ratings actually came up from a good deal lower from 5.2. I think we were at something like a 4.6 when the show began to gather momentum. Mainly due to a burgeoning sense that we all had, writers, actors, producers alike, that we had our hands on something rare. There was a palpable sense of enthusiasm in the studio...people started stopped in their tracks to watch fellow actors taping scenes that were funny and real and moving. The dialogue was crisp, and the scenes well constructed. And those veteran actors knew it. It was thrilling and we all felt a part of it.

Back reading this interview for the 100th time.

But this part really makes me smile, I'm glad they recognized they were apart of something special while it was happening.