Members Soaplovers Posted May 27, 2018 Members Share Posted May 27, 2018 Sherry Mathis seems to be a bright side of the show in the 80s.. where it went through so many writers and changed tones like people changed clothes. The sad thing is that even if the show had a consistent tone and writing team.. it still would have been doomed because of P & G being stubborn in 1982, NBC picking it up and putting it in a time slot known for preemptions and ranking third (in the areas that did air it). Part of me thinks it probably would have been better to have ended it in 1982 since we would have been spared the obnoxious McCleary clan... but I'm sure there were some golden nuggets and scenes that would have been missed if that had happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted May 27, 2018 Members Share Posted May 27, 2018 Thanks. It seems that John Aniston didn’t truly come into his own until he went to DAYS and became Victor Kiriakis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted June 1, 2018 Members Share Posted June 1, 2018 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted June 5, 2018 Members Share Posted June 5, 2018 Robert Mandan (Sam #1) has passed away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted June 5, 2018 Members Share Posted June 5, 2018 I'd love to see his work from SFT. From everything I've read, the Jo/Sam love story was one of the greatest the show ever had. When Robert Mandan left the show to move to LA, I've read that neither of the Sam recasts had even a fraction of the chemistry with Mary Stuart that he'd had. Thus, the creation of Dr. Tony Vincente, who Jo would ultimately marry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted June 5, 2018 Members Share Posted June 5, 2018 Some recasts are just...painful, when the original actors had had such great chemistry with their co-stars.Stuart and Mandan really clicked. IMHO, he was her best leading man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted June 5, 2018 Members Share Posted June 5, 2018 I've heard that George Gaynes and Robert Loggia were the recasts. Which one immediately followed Mr. Mandan? Did you think one or the other were better in the role? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hendersonite Posted June 5, 2018 Members Share Posted June 5, 2018 George Gaynes was the first recast. Roy Shuman was playing Sam when the character was killed off. Robert Loggia played Tony Vincente while Tony George was recovering from lung surgery in 1973. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted June 5, 2018 Members Share Posted June 5, 2018 George Gaynes, the first recast, was a comedown from Robert Mandan. He lacked the charm Mandan had had, and after a while it was clear that Sam Reynolds was no longer a viable long-term romantic partner for our Jo. BTW, I found Gaynes to be rather wooden on GH too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted June 6, 2018 Members Share Posted June 6, 2018 OK, I stand corrected. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 6, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) When Robert left.Sam left on a trip and then was reported missing. They decided to recast and when that wasn't working out,Sam went crazy and was killed off. I'm sure fans of the couple weren't pleased with the resolution to that story. Later, Anthony George leaving forced the writers to kill him off. Had he not left, I wonder what story Jo and Tony would have had throughout the 70's? Edited June 6, 2018 by Paul Raven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 Yes, that's a good point. Would they still have brought on John Aniston and had a Tony/Jo/Martin triangle? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 26, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) Ken Kercheval took over from Burr DeBenning as Nick Hunter in Aug 66. Louise Shaffer replaced Pamela Murphy as Emily in Sept 67. Edited June 26, 2018 by Paul Raven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted June 29, 2018 Members Share Posted June 29, 2018 I watched Search for Tomorrow in 1967 and 1968. I am very glad that it continued on NBC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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