I'm glad more of the 1971 audio recordings are surfacing. It's great to hear Larry Gates in his non-HB Lewis role.

 

The underrated Roger Newman as Ken Norris. For those who only knew Ken as Holly's crazy brother from 1998-1999 on TGL, this is a good listen.

1 hour ago, zanereed said:

The underrated Roger Newman as Ken Norris. For those who only knew Ken as Holly's crazy brother from 1998-1999 on TGL, this is a good listen.

 

He was also a soap writer, wasn't he?

46 minutes ago, amybrickwallace said:

 

He was also a soap writer, wasn't he?

Correct. Both he and his wife, Fran Myers (Peggy, TGL) wrote for soaps, including TGL.

12 hours ago, zanereed said:

Correct. Both he and his wife, Fran Myers (Peggy, TGL) wrote for soaps, including TGL.

 

Thanks for clarifying. I wish more of their GL work was available.

Jean Rouverol passed away on March 24, age 100. She was an actress during the golden age of Hollywood and wrote for the soaps; most notably Guiding Light in the 70's.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jean-rouverol-dead-blacklisted-screenwriter-was-100-988772

Edited April 1, 20178 yr by Bright Eyes

1 hour ago, Bright Eyes said:

Jean Rouverol passed away on March 24, age 100. She was an actress during the golden age of Hollywood and wrote for the soaps; most notably Guiding Light in the 70's.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jean-rouverol-dead-blacklisted-screenwriter-was-100-988772

 

RIP, Jean. 

 

I own her book, Writing for the Soaps, which I find very insightful when it comes to the industry. She'll be missed. 

 

Nice! Who do you think were the best writers GL had?

8 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Nice! Who do you think were the best writers GL had?

 

There were some other writers who were very good, but for my money, I would say TGL's best scribes of all time were Irna Phillips and Agnes Nixon.

21 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Nice! Who do you think were the best writers GL had?

 

Bridget and Jerome Dobson will always be at the top of my "TGL Best Writers" list.

On 4/2/2017 at 8:58 AM, Nothin'ButAttitude said:

 

 

Thanks for keeping up with this and posting these links!

David Kriezman. 

 

Never mind.  I couldn't even get through those two words without laughing to myself. 

 

I think the best overall writing team was the Curlee-led staff of the early 90s. The plots were decent and the scripts crackled with wit and intelligent banter, particularly with a Mulchahey script. 

 

In terms of the best actual headwriters,  probably Agnes Nixon or the Dobsons. 

Edited April 3, 20178 yr by Dan

23 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Nice! Who do you think were the best writers GL had?

 

Me? I'd have to say Nancy Curlee as that's who I grew up on and was watching as child when I fell in love with GL. Now thanks to YouTube, I love a lot of the material from Dobson and Marland too. Pam Long isn't bad either when she doesn't focus heavily on Reva and the Lewises. 

 

1 hour ago, zanereed said:

Thanks for keeping up with this and posting these links!

 

You're welcome! Normally @DRW50 posts the links on here before I do, but I happened to see he didn't this time, so I went ahead and did it. 

I was watching a Wheel Of Fortune rerun on GSN from a few of years ago (maybe 13/14) and recognized Suzy Cote from GL as one of the contestants. She was on with her husband and using her married name.