35 minutes ago, dc11786 said:

I am not sure when Bunim was there. Was the late 1970s until 1981. I feel like Fred Bartholowmule was hired when the show was going to NBC as Bunim and Lemay had fought earlier in 1981 over a rape sequence that ended up playing out under Don Chastain. If that's the chase Bunim oversaw the Corringtons and Mulcahey was a script writer who was brought in by the Corringtons. 

Joanna Lee oversaw most of the initial arrival of the Kendalls (Michael, Steve, Lloyd, Estelle in flashbacks only). Ellen Barrett would be the one to introduce the McClearys (Hogan, Kate, Cagney, Adair, and family friend Justine Calvert) though Hogan may have been introduced in the final episodes of Lee. Barrett would expand the Kendalls to include T.R., Alec and Chase. 

Bunim & Lemay traded insults. She didn't think his scenes were sexy enough. I forget what Pete's rejoinder was. I think something along the lines of her not being able to recognize a good writer. 

A thought- when LOL was cancelled SFT could have hired Ann Marcus, who had written for the show before and surely would have done a better job than Grover/Porterfield.

I wonder if AM would have been interested?

MORE GOLD! January 1986! 

re Jo and her sister Eunice. Probably too far back for anyone to know for sure, but was Eunice a creation of the Hursley's and never mentioned before?

The show had been going 7 or 8 years by the time Eunice showed up.

Had a sister been mentioned in that time or was it a case of Jo suddenly talking about her, and then her turning up?

Giving Jo a sibling was a smart move as it opened up more story for her, but it might have seemed odd at the time for our heroine to have had a sister we never knew about.

Perhaps it was discussed that she and Jo were so different and hardly kept in touch or some such explanation.

Edited February 16Feb 16 by Paul Raven

13 hours ago, Joseph said:

MORE GOLD! January 1986! 

Watching these and I remember watching live when they aired. Tomlin/Whitesell had a firm hand from the beginning and the show looked good.  Writing was solid until they decided to do the flood which was totally unnecessary waste.  Then, P&G was so wowed with Whitesell they moved him over to AW and fired Tomlin (after six months) to give Pam Long an assignment before she was ready to return to GL (after her divorce and birth of second child I believe). Of course, Whitesell quit AW after two years to go to Hollywood. It always pissed me off that they gave him a chance to EP two shows at age 33 or so and overlooked women like Hope Harmel Smith, Susan Dansby, Mary Bonner, Charlotte Weil (OLTL) and Leslie Kwartin. If they had kept Tomlin/Whitesell through to the end of SFT it would have gone out with more dignity. Long's SFT was uninspired.

I wouldn't begin to know who to tag on this beyond @dc11786 @Paul Raven @VelekaCarruthers and @DRW50, but this looks like a big deal. There's two of these so far.

 

Thanks @Vee ! I remember someone here, maybe @vetsoapfan , mentioning that a bunch of 1966 episodes used to be on Youtube (I guess from the same batch of GL episodes). I had never seen them. Glad they have appeared. Really appreciate you tagging me.

@slick jones you might need these as well for your lists. 

I remember reading somewhere on this thread that it was a mystery if Stephanie and Estelle (Her substitute) ever appeared together in a scene, apparently they did! So I'm sharing because maybe this still interests someone

The 1986 episode are fun so far. How long before Robert Reed takes over the role of Lloyd ? Did he stay till the end of the show ? I'm surprised Reed took a soap role but he must have doing a play around this time in NY and accepted. He was so good on the Brady Bunch but in most other roles he comes across pissy. 

9 minutes ago, SoapDope said:

The 1986 episode are fun so far. How long before Robert Reed takes over the role of Lloyd ? Did he stay till the end of the show ? I'm surprised Reed took a soap role but he must have doing a play around this time in NY and accepted. He was so good on the Brady Bunch but in most other roles he comes across pissy. 

Didn't know Reed took a soap role. But I remember he played a corrupt judge that was into Satanism on Hunter a year or so after this.

A shame he died so young.

I thought Joe Lambie was just great on Edge of Night - it's a shame his Search role never worked out.

I'm not sure how you go from him to Robert Reed.

Then again, I'm not sure how you go from Sherry Mathis to Louan Gideon.

So much of those last few years it seems like you have to wade through iffy recasts. I guess that's another reason the writers found it easier to focus on the McClearys. 

Edited February 17Feb 17 by DRW50

Just now, DRW50 said:

I thought Joe Lambie was just great on Edge of Night - it's a shame his Search role never worked out. So much of those last few years it seems like you have to wade through iffy recasts. I guess that's another reason the writers found it easier to focus on the McClearys. 

I agree. All the recasts makes your head spin especially if there are long gaps between episodes. 

@Vee thanks for the tag.

I was hoping these episodes would be posted. I recall one from this era many years ago.

Juliant Funt/David Lesan were headwriters. They introduced Sam/Len/Andrea.

We also see Ken Kercheval take over from Burr De Benning as Nick.

And Susan Seaforth in a Mr Clean commercial!

First time I've ever seen Dr Bob Rogers' home.  I didn't even realize his home was ever on camera on SFT.   I'm assuming after Emily was written off, Dr Bob Rogers sort of became nothing more than "a doctor when they needed one."   If I am incorrect, someone please set me straight.   

@Mona Kane Croft Yes, I think after Emily left Bob just became a talk to for Jo and others. There was always a bit of hospital drama and doctors in the cast eg Gary so Bob would be seen in that capacity. He seemed to be on contract throughout the 70's b/c it was announced in 79 I think that he went recurring. He continued to be seen occasionally. Not sure when he was last seen.

Would have been nice if he was there in the final weeks.