Members Soapsuds Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 What month did Maureen die? I don't recall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robbwolff Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 January 1993. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) January 11, 1993 Edited May 4, 2020 by victoria foxton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thanks! GL ranked 4th for the week. Maureen death is on YouTube. 1993 was such an awful year for GL minus the Maureen story.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 It's really on JFP and the writers for giving her such a fantastic, heartbreaking exit. I've only ever seen Mauren's last 5 or so episodes and she's someone I want to see more of, a journey I want to follow to see how she comes out on the other side. But instead she's just dead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrisml Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 I never found Maureen boring. As a kid, I was drawn to her character, and I remember liking her friendships with Vanessa and Roger. I was devastated when she was killed off. I was young and I didn't know why they would do such a stupid thing. I stopped watching GL for years until the Annie years, but I never felt the same about the show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 It's the only thing JFP has ever publicly apologized for, to my knowledge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 Maureen wasn't boring. It was JFP version of GL that was boring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) Yes The Children's hour idea with Holly & Olivia was claire Labine's idea As for the Tim Werner recasts Did Bacon quit? He came to GL and finishing filming Friday The 13th After Chris Marcantel left GL, he did AW for 9 months and then LOVING from 1983-85 & 1993-95. I think he was underrated and should have done more soaps. Did GL fire him? Was Nigel Reed that disliked at GL? I dont think his Wally McFadden was that liked at AMC either Edited May 4, 2020 by John 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Efulton Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 I read a Doug Marland interview years ago where he said GL let Kevin Bacon out of his contract so he could do Animal House. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thanks for the rundown. Giancarlo Esposito played Clay, right? The lack of black cast on GL in the '80s, compared to what ATWT and AW were attempting, is striking (even though they were far from perfect). The most viewers got was IQ, or whatever his name was, who was mostly there to support Lujack and Beth. I don't think I've heard much about Matt. JFP, I believe, once tried to take credit for why people were upset over Maureen's death, saying that they had built her up in the last six months and trying to treat it as an, "oops, lol" type situation. I had been a fan of Maureen from the time I started watching, pre-JFP. Ellen Parker always brought a lot to the part, even in lean times, and successfully replaced a well-liked actress. She made Maureen mean something to viewers. Not Phelps. The failure of many of JFP's new characters makes that very clear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 While there were still good elements in place. All the awful moves done in 93-94. Would hurt GL in the long run. Which it totally did. I've been watching GL from that time. And it's the Buzzard show. His on 4-5 days a week. Hogging tons of airtime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted May 4, 2020 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 Her name didn't stay on the credits for that long so there seems to be some confusion about the whole period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mitch Posted May 4, 2020 Members Share Posted May 4, 2020 She gave an interview, in typical Jilly fashion, where the mistake was not to kill off Maureen, but to make people love her too much! What an idiot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanessaReardon Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I never missed Maureen. She really WAS boring, thus the focus group that lead to her killing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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