Members slick jones Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 I believe so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted November 12, 2014 Author Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 Looking through the 78 storylines on the AWHP it seemed that Lemay was running out of steam.Did he talk about that much in his book? I know he didn't like writing for younger characters .Was there pressure from P&G/NBC to age Dennis and Jamie and bring on Joey etc? Those characters Sharon & Dino Amati who were supposed to become involved with Rachel and were quickly dropped.What was that about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members denzo30 Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 Wow, never heard of either Rick or Kate and I don't think it is in the synopsis. Esp if they were very minor characters Hi where did you find this on the AWHP? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 under minor characters, Kate and Rick are both among the characters. There is also the major cast, and dayplayers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimWil Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 Around that time (1978/1979) there was a character played by stage actress Mary Joan Negro. I remember she was to play a new love interest for Mac during one of his numerous bust-ups with Rachel. She didn't stick around, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 She was on in 1981 or 1982 I think. AWHP mentions a story about depression in the workplace. Lemay said in his book that he was burnt out from the AW workload, which is one of the reasons, along with money, he wanted to create L&F. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Avatar610 Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 Looking back, there were several things that went wrong for AW from 1978-80: The 90-minute expansion Killing off John Randolph (while fans hoped for a reunion with Pat!) Harding Lemay leaving Breaking up Mac & Rachel over Blaine/Jamie and Janice (huge mistake!) Being opposite a reborn General Hospital and a steadily rising Guiding Light De-emphasing the Matthews clan Losing Iris to Texas A mass exodus of Frames Does anyone want to add to this list? I really think that this period was the start of the show's long decline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 Not to mention the numerous writers and producers that followed Lemay and Rauch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members denzo30 Posted November 14, 2014 Members Share Posted November 14, 2014 Sounds like a Harding Lemay type storyline. I also heard the character of Pammy Davis, Rachels sister from Somerset was being casted in the 80's but that never happen either. what if? Seems like in 1978 or so, there were many characters written in and either recasted or written out pretty quickly I thought I knew this show like the back of my hand. Never heard of Dino and Sharon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted November 14, 2014 Members Share Posted November 14, 2014 Mary Joan Negro was in several L&O episodes in its early years. She was a dynamo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robbwolff Posted November 14, 2014 Members Share Posted November 14, 2014 Mary Joan Negro's character was Anne Whitelaw. She was introduced by Corinne Jacker in late 1981 and was only around for about six months. Her character took Pat Randolph's job at Bravo after Pat left town. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted November 14, 2014 Members Share Posted November 14, 2014 Mary Joan Negro now teaches acting at USC. Here's more info: http://dramaticarts.usc.edu/mary-joan-negro/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Avatar610 Posted November 15, 2014 Members Share Posted November 15, 2014 Losing the character of Pat was another nail in the show's coffin. The character was a favorite of both Irna Phillips and Harding Lemay, though each wrote for a different actress- Phillips for Susan Trustman, Lemay for Beverly Penberthy. She should have been brought back to the show, along with her children Michael and Marianne, as part of an effort to restore the prominence of the Matthews clan. But then, the writers in the late-to-mid 80s botched up the returns of both Alice and Russ, the latter merely a prop for what became 'The Adventures of Sharlene'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted November 15, 2014 Members Share Posted November 15, 2014 Had Harding Lemay stayed past 1988, I wonder what he would have done. I wonder if he would have been able to work with Jacquie Courtney amicably. I know from reading his book that Beverly Penberthy was one of his favorites. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members teplin Posted November 15, 2014 Members Share Posted November 15, 2014 I've heard rumors that Lemay wanted to bring Bev Penberthy back and make her a spoiler for the John-Sharlene relationship. Pat & John seems like an odd pairing to me, but who knows? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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