2 hours ago, Mitch64 said:

I remember that time when the internet was just coming into its own and at the old GL dicussion list someone found Laiby's home number and posted it...which was a step too far. ("Sure, stranger who somehow got my phone number I would love to talk to you about what a sh@t job I am doing!") But actually Laiby was so in over his head, he actually was asking fans for suggestions.

I don't get it, he worked under Marland and ATWT during its golden period, why was he so lost? HE brought back Brown as her iconic character but had the character written like she was Iva Snyder (Nola mopping around the boarding house because her husband cheater on her....she would go snatch that b*tch bald and kicked Quint in his nuts...) Maybe it was more McTavish but that was an era that really could have turned GL around.

I remember Soap Opera Weekly doing a 2 Part interview with Laibson and McTavish and they were arrogant. Laibson said “tough [!@#$%^&*]” about a couple that wasn’t resonating. We would just have to accept the couple. Tough [!@#$%^&*] Laibson was replaced by tough Rauch a few months later. 

7 hours ago, P.J. said:

I did think of one---Sofia Landon Geier, which obviously wouldn't have worked at the time. 

She definitely had that hard edge. I could have seen her as a temp recast later on.

9 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Who you calling flighty?!! I'm only half way serious but if you ever talked to Anna you would know how dead-on serious she was about character, scene analysis, etc. 

I'm talking about her performances, not her as a person. That's how she played Vanessa and generally how she played Donna - flighty, neurotic. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just not Vanessa in the long term.

Edited May 27, 20241 yr by DRW50

By the way, Donna, the correct sentence is, "Who ARE you calling flighty?!!"

7 minutes ago, Khan said:

By the way, Donna, the correct sentence is, "Who ARE you calling flighty?!!"

I will make a note of it! 

18 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

She definitely had that hard edge. I could have seen her as a temp recast later on.

I'm talking about her performances, not her as a person. That's how she played Vanessa and generally how she played Donna - flighty, neurotic. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just not Vanessa in the long term.

Yeah, I get what you two are getting at. Sigh, flounce, oh, one signature move, pulling earrings off to talk on the phone. Also rising inflection, sharp intake of breath before saying a word, like ... gasp Victoria! 

2 hours ago, Khan said:

By the way, Donna, the correct sentence is, "Who ARE you calling flighty?!!"

i think ‘who you calling flighty’ is what they called a colloquialism.

21 minutes ago, wonderwoman1951 said:

i think ‘who you calling flighty’ is what they called a colloquialism.

I was going for idiom!!! So close. 

eeee...I forgot about the Joe Lando flyby in 93. I hope CBS footed that bill.

1 hour ago, Contessa Donatella said:

I was going for idiom!!! 

No, you weren't.

Edited May 28, 20241 yr by Khan

9 minutes ago, P.J. said:

eeee...I forgot about the Joe Lando flyby in 93. I hope CBS footed that bill.

I know Dr. Quinn was hot at the time and I appreciate the attempt to help GL, but that sure wasn't the way to do it.

22 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I know Dr. Quinn was hot at the time and I appreciate the attempt to help GL, but that sure wasn't the way to do it.

am I dreaming, or does he return summer '94?

1 hour ago, Khan said:

No, you weren't.

Okay, I thought we were fooling around, but it seems you aren't. You think I made a grammar error, is that it? No, I didn't.  I said exactly what I meant to say. I'm glad I realized you are serious, not playing & are totally  wrong. 

Donna kills every thread. Sigh. 

2 hours ago, TEdgeofNight said:

Donna kills every thread. Sigh. 

Bang!

May I say how much I love this version of the theme? 

Can we please keep this thread on topic so administrators don't shut it down?

I'm surprised Laibson did not work well on GL because I liked his time on AW for the most part. 

Edited May 28, 20241 yr by chrisml