Uh, yeah... Yeah, that's it! Maternity leave!

Heh, heh, heh...

Hey, it's never too late to send that fax. Just ask Jill!

RIP Eric Freiwald.

Amanda L. Beall doesn't need to return after her maternity leave, just putting that out into the universe. LOL!

Amanda L. Beall coming back?

BITCH, STAY AWAY.

Oh, no about Eric Freiwald... he used to write such good scripts.....

Not everyone has a black heart like JFP, the Ridley Scott wannabe.

Anyway, I'll always be grateful to Amanda Beall for the awesome April 7, 2009 episode. I will welcome her return. And congrats to her on her new baby!

Are you sure? Jerry Birn just passed on...but I can't find a single link to Freiwald's passing. Do you have an obit to share/link?

The news of Eric's passing comes directly from studio sources. Not use why there's not an obit.

Not everyone has a black heart like JFP, the Ridley Scott wannabe.

Are Eric & Linda still at Y&R? Amanda L. Beall seems to be missing as of late, as well...

Heh heh heh...

I can just so see someone saying: Perhaps she is coming back to AMC! Yay! I fully expect someone to put that thought out in the Universe.

:lol:

I can just so see someone saying: Perhaps she is coming back to AMC! Yay! I fully expect someone to put that thought out in the Universe.

:lol:

Sylph for the WIN!

Is Janice Ferri Esser back fulltime editing and no longer writing scripts on Y&R? I totally attribute most of the awesome Jill, Kay scenes as of late to her input...

The news of Eric's passing comes directly from studio sources. Not use why there's not an obit.

Thanks. All of Bill Bell's seasoned cronies are passing, eh? Didn't Freiwald cut his teeth on Westerns?

Going back to Nelson's interview with Drake Hoestyn, Hogestyn shares some JER stories, I think you'd enjoy, Toups. LOL!

Apparently, John Aniston was no fan of JER and the feeling was mutual. LOL!

http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Features/Articles/100203_drake_hogestyn_NB.htm

TVGuide.ca: It is. That’s why I was so angry when DAYS kept reinventing John Black’s identity.

DH: Listen, I know. It’s called too many cooks in the kitchen. I literally had a diagram in my dressing room mapping out John’s history and family ties. It confused me [laughs]! I mapped it out like how you’d construct sentences. I have a very mathematical mind. Do you remember the dungeon in Maison Blanche?

TVGuide.ca: Of course.

DH: Well, that was my worst time on the show. It was a great storyline — and I loved, loved working with Joe Mascolo. And you know soaps, they never give the boys a lot to play with … but we had a blast. Alas, I ended up [pissed off and sad with the denouement of the story] because they made me shave off my beard before we taped this huge Christ moment, the final scene, the climax of the story, where John is chained to the wall where he’s screaming out for God’s help. And I knew the next arc of the story was the biblical storyline, the priest plot. So here I am, digging and salivating to tape that moment, but then NBC announces that I’m hosting the Emmy Awards so they made me shave my beard off. James was on vacation and [former show runner] Tom Langan went off to New York, so I couldn’t talk to anyone when this rewrite came in when Stefano all of a sudden says, “Oh, John Black, we need to shave and shower you now while you are my prisoner!” Um, I don’t think so! I tried to go through protocol but my concerns were never addressed. Oh, James and I were livid! I’m still livid over that. In fact, James flipped out when he heard but it was too late for him to change it. Remember when Tony said, “What did fahhh-therrrr do to you?” Yikes. Well, he bathed and showered me. It looked like I went to Club Med. It was a fantastic storyline, one of my faves, but it was all lost because of network politics. Ahhh, those were the great days.

TVGuide.ca: Do you think James Reilly wrote John the best?

DH: I think so. Yeah. James wrote epic stories for John and I will always be grateful to him for that. James wrote me the nicest note when John first put on his priest collar. Marlena, who was the devil but morphed into Kristen, was knocking on the door, and there were a few apples by the door, and I looked at the door, looked at the apples, and then I instinctively decided to take a bite into the apple before I answered the door. And James flipped out, “Omigod — that was amazing. Brilliant! The forbidden fruit!” He loved it! And I’m proud to say that was my idea.

TVGuide.ca: James loved John and Marlena …

DH: But you know what? Dee and I were smart to never address him as actors but as characters. I remember when John Aniston yelled at him during the Emmy Awards complaining about how these snot-nosed kids were thwarting him after he outsmarted the CIA, etc.. Aniston was like, “Victor is smarter than that — something needs to change.” James’s response? “It will.” Well, literally the next day, a rewrite came in and Victor ended up in a coma after a heart attack! James was very passionate about the show. This is a testament to James’s power at NBC — the network was furious because John is Jennifer Aniston’s father, but all he said was, “You keep him happy. He’s off my show.” And as we know, James won that battle. But when James went to Passions, Victor miraculously came out of his coma. When it came to James, if he saw you out of character, you were done.

Edited February 4, 201016 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Does any one know when Davd Kreizman will go over to AMC.

Will he first sinshed writing for ATWT first?

Does any one know when Davd Kreizman will go over to AMC.

Will he first sinshed writing for ATWT first?

Apparently he is leaving ATWT early. I heard at some point this month Donna and David will at least be working. Maybe they will get up to speed for a bit before they actually take over from Lorraine.

Going back to Nelson's interview with Drake Hoestyn, Hogestyn shares some JER stories, I think you'd enjoy, Toups. LOL!

Apparently, John Aniston was no fan of JER and the feeling was mutual. LOL!

LOL. I love that story. But it's no different from what other writers have done. Maybe that's what happened with Matt Ashford too.

AMC

- Charles Pratt Jr last listed as Consulting Producer on February 2

- Lisa de Cazotte last listed as Producer on February 2

- Ginger Smith last listed as Producer on February 2

- Hope Harmel Smith first listed as Supervising Producer on February 3

February 3, 2010

Supervising Producer

Hope Harmel Smith

Coordinating Producer

Nadine Aronson

Associate Producers

Enza M. Dolce

Pamela Shulman

Story Coordinator

Tara Walsh

Art Director

Jim Jones

Costume Designer

David R. Zyla

Casting Director

Judy Blye Wilson, c.s.a.

Associate Casting Director

Robert Lambert, c.s.a.

Associate Directors

Anthony Pascarelli

Marika Brancato

Editor

Anthony Pascarelli

Stage Managers

Michelle Azenzer

Production Associates

Allison Reames

Allison J. Samon

Technical Directors

Harold Reiser

Music Supervisors

Jerry Pilato

Terry Walker

Theme Composed By

Billy Barber

Robert Israel