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i wonder if Garrett was talking about the 70's or when she returned in 88? i thought calhoun's production values were just fine before phelps came in! not that her's were bad but it wasnt like the show looked a mess when she took over! calhoun did the flashing lighthouse opening didn't he?

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I am pretty sure it was Phelps who put in the spinning lighthouse "Hold on to Love," score. I remember thinking "my show," now had a flashy prime time opening (while ATWT had that boring new opening with the seasons changing with a morose theme.) They should have always kept the spinning light house and the theme and just updated it on occasion.

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I agree they should have kept the opening sequence for 'Hold on to Love'. I despised the shortened version and multiple variations of the theme that came after. However I'm pretty certain it was Calhoun that instituted the opening sequence and theme. Calhoun was EP of GL from 1989 to 1991, and the theme was put in place in Jan. 1991. Calhoun's name can be seen in the credits from a episode in early 1991.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDCT7IySsU&feature=youtu.be

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Wow you are correct, and he was the one who put the writer's together that ushered in GL's golden era. So JFP was just "there," when it all happened, and when Curlee left she totally destroyed the show. Makes sense now why her first few years were great and then it bacame a total Buzzathon suckathon.

Funny to watch there with some very basic sets that still look good and couldnt have been THAT hyper expensive, people actually working (even if all they did was look at files, flirt or talk about personal stuff, Maureen Garret was looking so freaking sexy, and our own Mo Bauer had a rack on her that I don't remember seeing before, (maybe the coffee pot was always in the way!!)

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Exactly. When you include the fact that Calhoun was a director at AW during the Rauch/Lemay era, it kind of makes sense why his later tenures at ATWT(Bringing in Marland) and GL were pretty exceptional; production wise and writing. He's repsonsible for two golden eras, both on ATWT and GL.

I love the scenes with Billy and Vanessa, and small moments where Vanessa prepares for Billy's arrival and spots the alcohol and places it in a cabinet; all very good stuff.

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thats what i say, phelps took over a already stable show and rode on the writers coat tails for two yrs! i really hate to say this but once rieley and brodrick left the writing imo took a nosedive! to me 93 was kinda a snoozefest from about july on and then when curlee left in early 94, it all went to hell!! does anyone know why calhoun was fired in the first place?

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Calhoun seems like an interesting personality...some actors like HSB seemed to work well with him. Tonya Pinkins had a bad experience with him. (I think it was him - she said ATWT's producer at the time she was fired).

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