1 hour ago, Forever8 said:

What is the "Bite Me" incident? 

Patti was trying to play the fan game that Zimmer and Newman were so adept at.  She started her own website and she got the Suzz fans (as they called themselves and believe it or not there were people into the those two..probably not many but Patti was trying her best to create a Jeva...) going nuts, even sending her kids gifts..it was incredibly inappropriate. Anyway, on a message board people were complaining about Jeva's airtime and the dumb strorylines..(remember, these were the days where Kim and Robert were off for two days in a row they complained about being back burnered..) Patti, trying to cur favor or just thinking she was helping jumped in and started to argue with the posters...(as if Kimmer ever needed ANYONE to fight her battles... and she always knew people bitching were people talking) eventually telling someone to "BITE me,'' which apparently helped to lead to her firing or at least she was out of the good graces of Rauch and Madd and no one stopped Labine from writing her out.

5 minutes ago, Mitch said:

Patti was trying to play the fan game that Zimmer and Newman were so adept at.  She started her own website and she got the Suzz fans (as they called themselves and believe it or not there were people into the those two..probably not many but Patti was trying her best to create a Jeva...) going nuts, even sending her kids gifts..it was incredibly inappropriate. Anyway, on a message board people were complaining about Jeva's airtime and the dumb strorylines..(remember, these were the days where Kim and Robert were off for two days in a row they complained about being back burnered..) Patti, trying to cur favor or just thinking she was helping jumped in and started to argue with the posters...(as if Kimmer ever needed ANYONE to fight her battles... and she always knew people bitching were people talking) eventually telling someone to "BITE me,'' which apparently helped to lead to her firing or at least she was out of the good graces of Rauch and Madd and no one stopped Labine from writing her out.

Thanks! I remember reading about this on the board over the years. But never got the full story until now. 

@Mitch

 

GL May 1986: Hawk Meets Alex (Bev McKinsey): Gil Rogers Memory - YouTube

9 hours ago, DRW50 said:

@Mitch

 

GL May 1986: Hawk Meets Alex (Bev McKinsey): Gil Rogers Memory - YouTube

Ha..love Bev's face as she manipulates Hawk..(I could have sworn she said..."Can you get Mr. Shayne...a STEAK"!)  But why the hell would Alex care about the Sampson girl contest...(on else in the world did!)

Wasn't Beth in the Sampson girl contest?  She had always loved Beth likens daughter so maybe that was the reason?

 

In the 80s, Jeva were front and center...but so were other characters and stories.  By 1998, only Jeva got airtime..and any other character that got airtime always tied back to Reva.  

Michael Zaslow Tribute On Next Week's Locher Room!!! 

 

Please tune in to The Locher Room on Friday, March 19th at 4 p.m. EST for a very special tribute to one of the most beloved and talented actors to ever hit our daytime television screens, Michael Zaslow. Michael's daughter Marika will join us along with his Guiding Light co-stars Maureen Garrett (Holly Thorpe), Fiona Hutchison (Jenna Bradshaw), Liz Keifer (Blake Thorpe), Kimberley Simms (Mindy Lewis) and Sherry Stringfield (Blake Thorpe)

 

 

 

Sherry Stringfield!!!

13 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Sherry Stringfield!!!

I Know!!! 

Sherry became close to the Zaslow family and babysat the girls when at GL so glad she is included in this chat.

Surprised Jerry's not included, but maybe he couldn't make this one. 

17 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

Surprised Jerry's not included, but maybe he couldn't make this one. 

I thought he would too. But then again I can see him showing up unexpectedly. 

OMG!! I am so excited to see Sherry Stringfield on one of these!  I hope that opens the door for others with her participating!

 

Also- a lovely tribute as well.

2 hours ago, Forever8 said:

Michael Zaslow Tribute On Next Week's Locher Room!!! 

 

Please tune in to The Locher Room on Friday, March 19th at 4 p.m. EST for a very special tribute to one of the most beloved and talented actors to ever hit our daytime television screens, Michael Zaslow. Michael's daughter Marika will join us along with his Guiding Light co-stars Maureen Garrett (Holly Thorpe), Fiona Hutchison (Jenna Bradshaw), Liz Keifer (Blake Thorpe), Kimberley Simms (Mindy Lewis) and Sherry Stringfield (Blake Thorpe)

 

 

 

Very cool!! I can't wait! I heard Fiona got shown the door partly for her vocal support of Zaz.

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THE DYING OF THE (GUIDING) LIGHT

Guiding Light is a mess. In fact, it’s bordering on unwatchable. What few actual storylines are taking place are boring little tales populated by a plethora of new characters, many of whom are played by actors who can’t act. I had hope that Claire Labine and company, while not perfect, could restore some of the Light’s lost brightness. It hasn’t happened. Even Labine’s trademark witty dialogue is nearly absent, replaced instead by crude humor and comic situations lifted from Weekend at Bernie’s. Check virtually any GL board, and there is a huge backlash against the current state of Guiding Light. Household ratings recently hit a 3.1, the lowest in GL’s history. (And the demos weren’t hot either; only Port Charles ranked lower in that department.) But who is to blame? Claire Labine, and her writing team? Executive Producer Paul Rauch? CBS Daytime? Proctor and Gamble? Kim Zimmer? The fans? Where does the buck stop in regards to Guiding Light? Who is in charge? 

The problem with Guiding Light may be that no one is in charge, or at least willing to take charge. Take a look at two recent firings which are causing no end of fodder for the soap press, and message boards. Patti“Bite Me!” D’Arbanville (Selena), and Anthony Addabo(Jim) were recently let go from GL. No huge shocker here. Both have only been on the show a relatively short period of time, and are not really core characters. Yet, the situations surrounding their firing are interesting to say the least.

After languishing on the backburner for much of the year, D’ Arbanville finally seemed to be getting a storyline in the early days of the Labine takeover. However, something must have gone wrong, because D’Arbanville soon feared for her job. In recent press accounts, D’ Arbanville claims she went to Labine and asked her point-blank if she (D’ Arbanville) was going to be let go. Apparently, D’ Arbanville had other job offers on the line, and didn’t want to reject them, if she was going to be fired. Labine apparently reassured D’ Arbanville that she was safe. A week later, D’ Arbanville was given her pink slip not by Labine or Rauch, but by an associate producer.

In interviews following the firing, D’ Arbaville has been very complimentary to Paul Rauch, going so far as to call him a straight-shooter. She’s been very derogatory to Labine, whom she feels flat-out lied to her. Now, it’s entirely possible that Labine knew D’Arbanville was on the chopping block when she was asked. Or maybe she didn’t. Writers who simply run out of story can dictate actors’ departures. Or they can be decided by executive producers, who feel it’s best to let a certain actor go. My understanding was that the ultimate responsibility for that type of thing rested with executive producers. Does Labine really wield that much power? And if Rauch is such astraight shooter, why didn’t he wait until he personally could meet with D’ Arbanville, and fire her himself? Who does the buck stop with at GL? It gets better. Remember Anthony Addabo has also been let go. In a recent interview with Soap Opera Digest, Addabo claims that he was let go by Rauch, in person. But, did Rauch feel it was time for Addabo to move on? According to Addabo, Rauch claimed that it was the writers doing. “The writers control everything forthe first six months”, Rauch allegedly said. Rauch also mentioned that writers get bonuses for each new long-term character that they create.

Since then, Rauch himself has spoken with SOD, and says that he never told Addabo that writers get new bonuses. Rauch says he told Addabo that it was a joint decision to release him. Following the Rauch interview, SOD decided to further investigate the writing bonus story. They got in touch with the Writers Guild. They turned SOD over to a representative that could straighten them out on the matter. The representative? Eleanor Labine, Claire Labine’s daughter, and a current writer for GL. She in turn turned SOD over to Procter and Gamble. At press time, SOD still didn’t have a definitive answer to a relatively simple question: Do writers get bonuses for creating long-term characters on soap operas?

What’s going on here? From the moment Claire Labine took over, there have been conflicting reports on just how much power she wields over Guiding Light. Apparently, Patti D’ Arbanville and Anthony Addabo are under the impression that Labine wields total power. One can understand why D’ Arbanville is upset—she was reassured by Labine one week, and got kicked out the next. While it may not be right to praise Rauch, and bury Labine, it’s understandable. However, why would Addabo, who was let go personally by Rauch, make up a story that fingers the Labines? And if Addabo’s story is true, why has Rauch swiftly denied it? And who is in control? Rauch? Labine? Rauch and Labine? Someone else entirely? And what about the writing bonuses? The waters have become so muddied that simple day-to-day procedures of soapdom, such as firing actors and dealing with the press, have turned into public relations nightmares.

Who is in charge of Guiding Light’s current state? I don’t know. But, we all know whose in charge of the remote. You are. And more and more of you are choosing not to watch GL.

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Excited to see Sherri too!!

 

Re: D’Arbanville drama. I was glad Selena’s lost Santos spawn never popped up(as the show did another Santos member at that time). I thought I had something on the Bite Me mess but this was the closest I had from 10/30/2000 SoapNews:

 

 

On 3/7/2021 at 11:43 PM, Paul Raven said:

Millette/Sara was such a big part of the show in the 70's but the Dobsons didn't seem enamored of her despite her popularity.Joe was killed off (Did Anthony Call choose to leave?) and then she was given another murderous husband.

Marland married her off to Adam and then he was dropped and she gradually faded away,

 

 

 

@Paul Raven, I'm trying to recall this correctly, since both things happened in the same year - I think Lynne Adams decided she wanted to leave the show, so Leslie Bauer was killed off. I think the Dobsons decided to kill off Joe Werner to free up Sara on the canvas (because they were going to pair her with Justin Marler), so Anthony was written out. I might have that backwards?