Retro TV is now in 1976 in the rerun cycle of The Doctors. We should be seeing Jada as Carolee Aldrich within the next three or four months, given the fact that RTV shows two episodes a day. Did you see her on TD, and if so, what did you think?

11 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Retro TV is now in 1976 in the rerun cycle of The Doctors. We should be seeing Jada as Carolee Aldrich within the next three or four months, given the fact that RTV shows two episodes a day. Did you see her on TD, and if so, what did you think?

 

It was...weird seeing Amy Ames as Carolee, to be honest. If the original actor/actress is perfect in a part, it's always somewhat jarring to see a replacement, no matter how good the second performer is. I did accept JR on The Doctors as time went by. She's an inherently likeable actress.

Now that I've been watching the Doctors and seeing more of the original MJ's work... I have to wonder if the Dobson's looked at MJ as an inspiration for when they created Katie Parker?  

 

MJ is an attractive twenty something, sweet, good natured, and willing to step aside to let someone get the guy (and from what I read on the last years of the Doctors).. didn't have much luck with the guys (a loser in love)... and was a nurse

 

Katie started as an attractive twenty something, sweet, good natured, and also willing to step aside to let someone get the guy, also had lousy luck with love, and was a nurse.   

 

Plus, both were likable and funny.

48 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Now that I've been watching the Doctors and seeing more of the original MJ's work... I have to wonder if the Dobson's looked at MJ as an inspiration for when they created Katie Parker?  

 

MJ is an attractive twenty something, sweet, good natured, and willing to step aside to let someone get the guy (and from what I read on the last years of the Doctors).. didn't have much luck with the guys (a loser in love)... and was a nurse

 

Katie started as an attractive twenty something, sweet, good natured, and also willing to step aside to let someone get the guy, also had lousy luck with love, and was a nurse.   

 

Plus, both were likable and funny.

 

I LOATHED Katie with every ounce of my being, LOL.

1 hour ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

I LOATHED Katie with every ounce of my being, LOL.

 

 

My mom and all of her girlfriends in the 70s loved Katie and also loved her friendship with Hilary.  They were relatable as twenty something nurses channeling the dating and working world.  

 

With that said, you're the first person I've ever talked to that loathed her character LOL  Do tell what about her did you dislike?

 

1 hour ago, Soaplovers said:

 

 

My mom and all of her girlfriends in the 70s loved Katie and also loved her friendship with Hilary.  They were relatable as twenty something nurses channeling the dating and working world.  

 

With that said, you're the first person I've ever talked to that loathed her character LOL  Do tell what about her did you dislike?

 

 

Oh wait a moment, I was having a senior moment! I totally apologize, it was not Katie Parker I despised. I actually adored her. I responded too quickly, without actually thinking first. A by-product of being ancient, I suppose. Forgive me. In my side-tracked state, I got Katie Parker confused with Lesley Ann Monroe, who came aboard much later. I am sooooo embarrassed. I would erase my initial comment if you had not already replied to it. I am off to walk slowly down the Hall of Shame.

Allen Potter was the producer at GL when Katie Parker was introduced, but long gone from "The Doctors" when MJ was created. That said I do believe that some GL characters were inspired by creations on other shows he produced previously....

 

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 6:28 PM, ~bl~ said:

Allen Potter was the producer at GL when Katie Parker was introduced, but long gone from "The Doctors" when MJ was created. 

 

Yes. Allen Potter left TD in the summer of 1973. MJ arrived in the form of Lauren White in July 1975.

 

On 5/29/2018 at 10:15 AM, vetsoapfan said:

Thanks, Carl. As a viewer, all I can say is I found Rodell's portrayal of Leslie to be both warmer and more likeable to Adams'. 

 

To equate Leslie's sense of morality to "stupidity" does not ingratiate Miss Adams to me, either.

 

Can you recall at all the chemistry comparison between Don Stewart/Rodell and Stewart/Adams? I've always read and heard that Stewart had much better chemistry with Rodell, but with Adams it was...awkward?

1 hour ago, zanereed said:

 

Can you recall at all the chemistry comparison between Don Stewart/Rodell and Stewart/Adams? I've always read and heard that Stewart had much better chemistry with Rodell, but with Adams it was...awkward?

 

 IMHO, Stewart and Rodell clicked much better on screen and had a natural-looking and affectionate chemistry. I wouldn't say the interaction was noticeably awkward between Adams and Stewart, but with DS, I always felt LA was...acting, and that there was more of a slight aloofness there. I think Leslie might have lasted much longer if Rodell had remained on TGL.

1 hour ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

 IMHO, Stewart and Rodell clicked much better on screen and had a natural-looking and affectionate chemistry. I wouldn't say the interaction was noticeably awkward between Adams and Stewart, but with DS, I always felt LA was...acting, and that there was more of a slight aloofness there. I think Leslie might have lasted much longer if Rodell had remained on TGL.

 

So, how were Adams and Stewart when the show first started thinking about pairing them together (I believe that was either 1969 or 1970)? Was it the same as when Adams came back in 1973, or were Stewart and Adams more affectionate to start with? I'm just trying to imagine the show deciding to bring Mike and Leslie together as a couple (which would immediately add conflict in the Bauer and Jackson families), but the actors not having any chemistry.

29 minutes ago, zanereed said:

 

So, how were Adams and Stewart when the show first started thinking about pairing them together (I believe that was either 1969 or 1970)? Was it the same as when Adams came back in 1973, or were Stewart and Adams more affectionate to start with? I'm just trying to imagine the show deciding to bring Mike and Leslie together as a couple (which would immediately add conflict in the Bauer and Jackson families), but the actors not having any chemistry.

 

I think story mechanics more than warm romantic chemistry may have been the writers' reason for pairing Leslie and Mike originally. It precipitated so much drama. LA and DS were fine as a couple, don't get me wrong, but it was only after Rodell took over as Leslie that I, personally, felt a genuine warmth and spark between the characters.

Lynne Adams, 2016: