Members DRW50 Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Thank you for filling in what happened to Barry. I liked everything about his relationship with Delia until suddenly she was in the car with Faith and was yet again made the heavy in an attempt to create sympathy for an unlikeable heroine. At the time of those episodes I felt like any story with Faith was automatically dragged down by her presence. Sadly they never seemed to have any idea what to do with Barry from that time on. The writers strike probably didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Anyone that followed Marland was bound to never live up to expectations - it was almost a guaranteed fail. In retrospect, Backus and Packer were better than any HW regime we've got since Marland died. Backus did tell FF this: Too bad he'll never get another chance at being HW, I'd rather give him another chance than any of the recycled hacks in daytime right now, I'd even take him at Y&R, since even that show is pissing me off at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted May 18, 2009 Administrator Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wow! Great job, man! You got the "dream interview" - meaning someone who's willing to give you long, detailed answers/stories. I really enjoyed reading that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jfung79 Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Thanks for the interesting interview! What happened to the stuff about Richard Culliton you said he had told you about? Charlotte Savitz vetoing Malone's ideas was probably not a bad thing. There were all these rumors Malone just wanted to turn AW into that New Orleans soap that had been abandoned by Fox. (I think introducing Lila was the beginning of that, but I'm not sure. I did like Lila though.) Supposedly he wanted to turn Paulina into a prostitute. I don't think it was going to attract viewers -- AW was going to be cancelled no matter what happened because NBC hated it and was firing everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted May 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 I apologize. I thought he had but by reading again, I realized I was wrong. I will ask him, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jfung79 Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 Don't worry about it, no need to ask him again. Shows he wasn't important enough to Backus for Backus to bring him up. Oh, and I didn't realize, but looks like Culliton was the headwriter when Backus was fired from AW, hmmm, lol, don't know if Culliton had any say in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 18, 2009 Members Share Posted May 18, 2009 That was a fantastic interview, FF! Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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