Guiding Light Discussion Thread

[EllenP]

Did Bruce Barry leave on his own or was he a budget cut victim? I seem to recall a long time director and/or producer getting the ax during first massive budget cut that CBS/PGP imposed on Wheeler’s reign.

[Contessa Donatella]

Well, August 2004 might be early for that. Seems like they began to impose budget cuts in 2005.

[Dan]

 

That was Robert Kochman, who was the show's senior producer since 1992. He was fired, I believe, just a couple weeks into the Wheeler regime in 2004. I believe he tried to send the cast a farewell letter and PGP/Wheeler confiscated them or something. 

Edited September 23, 2019 by Dan

[Cat]

 

You are right, it was Beth. I was just on such a Cassie rant that I was typing her name everywhere!

 

God, I remember that. Everybody knew it was for his toy boy too, so really P&G should take its share of the blame for green-lighting a clearly ridiculous waste of money.

 

I also remember how blindingly, brightly lit the show was under Conboy.

[Contessa Donatella]

Oh, yes, we are into Conboy now. And, said boy toy, Marty West, sold videos of himself as a wrestler out of his car! Plus, he had such a baby face & was so pudgy. Remember when he was putting the moves on someone & his standard issue gray sweatpants dropped almost to his knees? I shudder just to think of ConWest & Marty Boy, both!

How tacky!

[Mitch]

No wasn't it Cassie. Eddie had her locked up in the castle and she, dumb as she is, tried to climb out. They had Beth doing her Evita phase and being a bitch and having Crasshole arrested...or was it???  It was so stupid I didnt pay attention, especially since there were no repercussions, Cassie ends up screwing Eddie and everyone things Beth is a saint.

 

[Cat]

 

This YT vid may have the answer!

 

Prepare to relive the brightly-lit vortex of suck.

 

@3.56. I still cannot tell who it is:

 

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Edited September 24, 2019 by Cat

[DRW50]

That was Beth, I think. I think this was around the time Philip went to save her...

Edited September 24, 2019 by DRW50

[Cat]

It looked like Beth, but since the previous scene had Cassie in a prison tower, I started second-guessing myself like 'Wait, was that Cassie?'

 

I am really procrastinating today if SC is is what I'm musing about!

[DRW50]

 

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I'd forgotten they even wore camo and the show played military music. Tour of Duty weeps! 

[Mitch]

Brightly lit vortex of suck!!! BWHAHAAHAH..

 

That looks like a parody of a soap opera, not a real one and not my GL..why in God's name was Holly involved in any of this crap???

 

Poor DAM, in addition to just being sex on a stick he was a good actor who could have played the hell out of dark character, without the trappings of the worst Island Kingdom in fiction.

 

[Contessa Donatella]

 

[DAMfan]

Yes DAM sex on stick

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[Contessa Donatella]

But, he also played a bizarre character on AW. They used him for weird stuff.

David Andrew Macdonald on AW https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=Awr9NVfFhIpdAR8AjMU0nIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBncGdyMzQ0BHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEdnRpZAM-;_ylc=X1MDMTM1MTE5NTcwMARfcgMyBGFjdG4DY2xrBGNzcmNwdmlkAzk0YmJQakV3TGpLYW40dmtYTDladFFNZE1qQXdNUUFBQUFEZ2FfRlEEZnIDeWhzLWFkay1hZGtfc2JudARmcjIDc2EtZ3AEZ3ByaWQDajZhQjNCSjdTRjJUR1dpbjdQbzFWQQRuX3JzbHQDMjAEbl9zdWdnAzEEb3JpZ2luA3ZpZGVvLnNlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMEcXN0cmwDNDUEcXVlcnkDRGF2aWQlMjBBbmRyZXclMjBNYWNkb25hbGQlMjBMdW1pbmElMjBvbiUyMEFXBHRfc3RtcAMxNTY5MzU5MDkw?p=David+Andrew+Macdonald+Lumina+on+AW&ei=UTF-8&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av%2Cm%3Asa&fr=yhs-adk-adk_sbnt&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbnt&hspart=adk#id=10&vid=754df24b3266c565d5b68e7f398a641c&action=view

[Contessa Donatella]

I have always thought that Maureen Garrett was the best screamer in all of daytime!