GH: Sarah Brown Interview with Nelson Branco

[detroitpiston]

[jfung79]

So, what this means is, the then-underappreciated Richard Culliton (and Karen Harris) are repsonsible on the writing end for the success of Carly on GH!

Awesome, wide-ranging interview! I like that she thought Maura West would have made a great Carly Roberts too, and I agree. (Carly on GH in the early years was also a lot like Carly on ATWT, which Richard Culliton had just come off of.)

[Rakesh]

Tom is way too good for that shitty GH.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Carly was a collaborative effort, Patrick Mulcahey and Elizabeth Korte have both talked in-dept about their contributions to the development of that character.

[MarkH]

Who is Tom?

[Rakesh]

Emmy winner Tom Pelphrey.

[jfung79]

Oh, I don't mean to say the rest of the writing team did not contribute. All soap writing is collaborative. But the headwriter calls the shots, and it wasn't Guza, that was my point. Sarah Brown says in the interview "new writers", which means to me that she was referring to the new writers at the top too.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

That may be true, but Patrick Mulcahey isn't just a regular staff writer. From the interviews Mulcahey's given, it seems like he was the primary person behind what Carly became and how she was developed.

Carly was introduced in late 1996, and Guza came back in late 1997, so it wasn't a huge gap and Carly was still a relative newbie by the time Guza rejoined the show. Culliton and Harris were only Head Writers for the character for like 7 months, Guza's had years with her.

[jfung79]

I agree he is too good for GH.

I hope he comes back to GL.

[jfung79]

Carly was introudced in Spring 1996 if I recall right. Culliton's credited work aired for nine months (September 1996-June 1997). Then there was the no-headwriter period with Iacobuzio and Whitesell. Guza came back in December 1997. Carly was already well established by the time he came back.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Janet Iacobuzio & Christopher Whitesell's work started in May 1997. I believe Culliton's work aired from October or November 1996 to May 1997.

Carly was established, but still relatively new.

[jfung79]

I'm not sure about whether it was September or October that Culliton's work started airing (it wasn't November, I know that), but I'm sure about the June 1997, because I definitely remember he was credited on both PC and GH for a week or so.

[Sylph]

So in the end who created Carly?

[tina m]

Not loving Claudia at all, but I do love Sarah Brown. She has such a dynamic personality, great actresses. Love her.

[jfung79]

LOL. Bob Guza.