Article on OLTL's Live Week from 2002

[soapfan770]

Although I don't watch OLTL I still found this funny as it seems to be one of those many pointless stunts that turned out to be coffin nails. MAB will probably do the same down the line, ala SFT's own live episode.

[DRW50]

I don't think the live week was a coffin nail. It was basically just a stunt. The real problem on OLTL at this time were the stories -- Niki's 2002 return was one of the worst stories in OLTL history. The only real bright spot in terms of major stories was Blair finding out about the dead baby lie.

I'd forgotten that they had people show up for cameos. I kind of wish they'd do that now. If they had Brynn Thayer walk through a scene with the 30 year old Fords I might pay more attention.

[Khan]

Thing is, Gary Tomlin tried this [!@#$%^&*] before @ SEARCH FOR TOMORROW. (Remember the conveniently destroyed tape that caused the show to go live again for one day?) And the ratings experienced only a little bump then, too. People don't care if a show's being transmitted live or not -- and they're certainly not gonna watch just to see if anyone will screw up (on purpose)!

You want me to give a damn about Ford and James, OLTL? Well, revealing Jenny Wolek as their mom would be a start. (The rest, of course, is up to the actors. Oops, nevermind.)

[MichaelGL]

I didn't find this stunt to be all that bad, let alone a coffin nail. It actually was a bright point for me as a viewer, showing just how capable the actors of OLTL were as well as the writers at the time who used the week as a climax for some of their stories.

[dragonflies]

Coffin nail? Hardly. It was something FUN and DIFFERENT

[Scotty]

Exactly...I think the live week is right up there with the Babes Behind Bars and (especially) the Trading Places episodes. It was something different. And it was rather enjoyable.

[DeeeDee]

Trading Places was awesome.

Babes Behind Bars not so much.

[Scotty]

Agreed.

And Trading Places won OLTL its first and only Daytime Emmy for Best Show in 2002.

[Scotty]

Rae: "I was in the oddest place."

Viki: "Port Charles?"

[DeeeDee]

LMAO Roger as Erika is classic. He nailed it.

[Scotty]

Oh no, not a tall.

[DeeeDee]

WIN.

[Scotty]

Rae: "Why don't you act like your real selves? You know, people that are sane and logical and normal and decent."

Bo as RJ (laughing): "Where do you think you are Rae, Pine Valley?"

[Khan]

Me as Me, circa '02: "Have you visited Pine Valley lately, Bo, er R.J.?"

[Scotty]

Rae: "I'm back in Llanview. There's no place like Llanview."

Viki: "That's right...there's no place like Llanview."