What's OOC?

Listen, Y&R is probably by far the most watchable soap on the air, IMO, and there's a lot that they're doing right. But there's still a lot of major issues to work out that MAB and team just can't handle. If Y&R in its current state (although very passable) should be used to judge all of daytime, something is very wrong with this whole genre. The whole genre is just so bad that it makes Y&R look better and more creative than it actually is.

Listen, Y&R is probably by far the most watchable soap on the air, IMO, and there's a lot that they're doing right. But there's still a lot of major issues to work out that MAB and team just can't handle. If Y&R in its current state (although very passable) should be used to judge all of daytime, something is very wrong with this whole genre. The whole genre is just so bad that it makes Y&R look better and more creative than it actually is.

Yes, word, amen, BAM, you name it!

Edited May 14, 200916 yr by YRBB

Exactly. The new viewers should adapt to what the soap is, the old viewers should be respected. Simple enough.

Well, honey, that's not gonna work. If there's 1 loyal viewer and 99 new ones, that 1 is not gonna win in a million years!!!

Listen, Y&R is probably by far the most watchable soap on the air, IMO, and there's a lot that they're doing right. But there's still a lot of major issues to work out that MAB and team just can't handle. If Y&R in its current state (although very passable) should be used to judge all of daytime, something is very wrong with this whole genre. The whole genre is just so bad that it makes Y&R look better and more creative than it actually is.

ITA!

The rest of daytime is atrocious, IMO.

Well, honey, that's not gonna work. If there's 1 loyal viewer and 99 new ones, that 1 is not gonna win in a million years!!!

But, that's the point. I highly, highly, doubt there are new viewers! A few thousand every year? Not merely enough. We're cutting off the nose to spite the face, and other cliche stuff like that.

ETA: Not to mention, the new viewers probably started watching during LML and are now obsessing over couples and dogs.

Edited May 14, 200916 yr by YRBB

What's OOC?

Out of Character.

Out of Character.

Duh!

Thanks

But, that's the point. I highly, highly, doubt there are new viewers! A few thousand every year? Not merely enough. We're cutting off the nose to spite the face, and other cliche stuff like that.

Yeah. Everyone's leaving.

The reason I like Patrick Mulcahey is because I think he would be able to infuse the show with more purpose and would be better able to write for a full ensemble (MAB/Sheffer/Hamner ignore characters for months). I think he could specifically work wonders on characters like the Fisher-Baldwins, Phyllis, and Chole - you know, popular characters that are without any purpose on this show and aren't strictly tied to a core family. Given that he's trained with Marland and was very close with Curlee, I think he would very much respect the core characteristics of this show, and the man is a genius at creating characters. I think we'd get a good classic soap under him, with perhaps some more edgy touches.

Mulcahey just isn't shining at B&B, the way he did at SB, GL, and GH. I think Y&R would be a lot more of what he would like to do. Please Billy, at least try my idea and maybe have Mulcahey submit a Bible or something. LOL!

I hear Mulcahey wrote Bibles for both GL and GH when he was at both shows, btw...

It's more than "not shining" at B&B. It is EYE-ROLLINGLY BAD. The WORST dialogue. His days are sometimes the STINKIEST.

I cannot imagine this, even though my only experience with him is B&B. I feel, if he had it, he must have lost it. MIND-NUMBINGLY AWFUL.

I can pick Mulcahey/Smith scripts out by a mile...they are just FLORID. Suddenly, there are these soliloquys...

Please, NO.

Just saw the ending to Friday's US episode.

During that flashback

, my jaw dropped and then I just kept smiling. MAB is going there! Woohoo!!!!

I also was enjoying watching Adam have fun in gas lighting Ashley.

I even liked the vows for the wedding.

Pretty solid episode.

Yeah. Everyone's leaving.

Exactly. The new viewers whom the writers cater to (therefore, change the whole fabric of the show to satisfy) leave after a few months due to boredom/something better to do/realizing the show hasn't had an explosion in two weeks, and the older ones realize that there hasn't been a damn real moment on the show in months. BAM! Minus a million viewers.

We do get one episode like that every few months.

I wish it (the conversations) would happen for often than just once in a while. I think the last good conversation (Billy/Mac, Jack/Nick, Sharon/Phyllis) was Amanda Beall's episode on April 7th.

I wish it (the conversations) would happen for often than just once in a while. I think the last good conversation (Billy/Mac, Jack/Nick, Sharon/Phyllis) was Amanda Beall's episode on April 7th.

It's been that long???

It's more than "not shining" at B&B. It is EYE-ROLLINGLY BAD. The WORST dialogue. His days are sometimes the STINKIEST.

I cannot imagine this, even though my only experience with him is B&B. I feel, if he had it, he must have lost it. MIND-NUMBINGLY AWFUL.

I can pick Mulcahey/Smith scripts out by a mile...they are just FLORID. Suddenly, there are these soliloquys...

Please, NO.

I so co-sign this! So!

He is awwwful!