Guiding Light discussion thread

[Contessa Donatella]

Somehow I don't think he'd agree with her about that. But, probably he just smiled & went on with dinner. They say he was incredibly charming in his off-hours.Oh, the rifle is news to me, too. 

[DRW50]

This also led to the focus group path with JFP claiming she got rid of Maureen because they said she was boring. 

I don't think GL got as heavily into the mode you're describing until the '00s when they started pandering so much to Gus/Harley, Tammy/Jonathan and Danny/Michelle fans and Bradley Cole fans.

[Vee]

The irony is Jennifer Cooke ended up being one of the most well-loved heroines of the Friday the 13th franchise a few years later, where she played a wisecracking spitfire in the more comic Part 6 (Jason Lives, naturally). I assume they just didn't write anything terribly good for her, plus she did not have the peculiar vibe Vigard did.

[Sapounopera]

Add the Kim Zimmer fans to the list and there is no longer a show to run creatively. 

[wonderwoman1951]

or as eileen fulton liked to call them — “fuckus groups.”

[P.J.]

I just watched an older Locher room interview with Rebecca Hollen/Robert Newman/Krista T  where Rebecca says she thinks DM wanted Jane Elliot for the role of Trish.

The mind boggles. Jane would be completely wrong for the role as written. I can't see her fitting into the Lewises at all. 

[Soaplovers]

She was the final girl in Friday the 13th: Jason Lives in the mid 80s.   A few reaction channels have remarked that her performance was very showy and almost hyper.. compared with the acting of some of the other people in the movie.

Problem was that Kelly/Morgan weren't an interesting couple.. no matter who was playing Morgan.  I didn't think the two had chemistry at all.

And Geraldine Court... she was very lackluster on GL.  Although I guess she would have been a decent Ann.. one that was blind to her husband's infidelity with the newscaster.

Also.. Marland seemed super toxic and controlling.  He should have just came up with the overall story/outlines.. and let his writer write the scripts.  

[Mona Kane Croft]

OMG!  I'd love to be at dinner with Marland and Long.  LOL.  I wonder if she respected him enough to learn anything from him.  Hmmm.   

[Mitch64]

That is my favorite Fridays...it knows it is cheesy and goes with it...I never thought about her being Morgan! Kelly/Morgan was a fantasy for young girls, no matter how plain you are, you can snag the handsome older guy..and its all "romance," but no sexual heat...but after the wedding there is no place to go with them. I thought it was a weird pairing...this palid, boring girl (did she even a personality) paired with an obviously gay muscle boy...it looked like a marriage of convenience.

I always wanted Nola on her second round to ask Amanda "Hows...Moorgaaan" to hear her spit that name out one more time. Amanda....."Well, she has gained weight and lives in  a trailer...." as Nola has a satisfied grin on her face.

[Vee]

A few random reaction channels don't count for much. The fact remains she's been one of the few longtime fan favorites for decades in a franchise not exactly known for compelling characters. I'm not going to pretend her work on GL was compelling, but it's a different medium and a different type of role. Nobody was exactly checking for Scott Reeves, Kevin Spirtas or Lar Park Lincoln (among others) in their slasher roles either.

Edited August 17, 2024 by Vee

[Mitch64]

I know..they just seem to be such odd fish together...this woman who writes off the cuff of her sleave and this tightly controlled closet case...(was he out to the industry?)

[Vee]

Yikes!

[Contessa Donatella]

The whole industry? Doubtful. But like most gayfolk in soaps at the time he was known to the people at his own shows. 

[Mona Kane Croft]

Well, if Vigard was only on the show for one-year (as suggested in an earlier post), then I'm not surprised Kelly and Morgan didn't have much chemistry.  If it only took them one-year to get together, despite Nola's meddling, that is really not enough time or enough heartache to become a long-suffering romantic super-couple.  It should have taken them two or three years to get to the alter the first time.  And then something should have split them up again for more heartache, before reuniting.   Does anyone have any idea why Marland married them so damned quickly?   Why didn't he drag it out like Nixon and Lemay did with their romantic stories?   

And another somewhat related question -- why was Nola mellowed so quickly?  While she was a bad-girl, Nola was a selfish spit-fire and should have become the Rachel Davis of Springfield, causing trouble for years and years.  Why waste such a wonderfully drawn antagonist by mellowing her so quickly?  Wow, dumb decision, in my opinion.  

 

Edited August 17, 2024 by Mona Kane Croft

[Sapounopera]

He was out to Allen Potter, wasn't he? Didn't he call him a nasty word during one of their fights?

They probably got married so soon because... Luke and Laura. 
In another universe Kelly would have married Nola and would be raising a baby she bought from her sister, while Morgan would be involved with Tim Werner. Marland told that story on Loving with Jack, Ava, Stacey and Tony.
I agree about Nola. She has years of bad girl drama to play. 

Edited August 17, 2024 by Sapounopera