Members DRW50 Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 Margaret DePriest was also in there somewhere between Schnessel and Carlson/Laiman I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 I thought Agnes HWed OLTL up until about '73? Or maybe that was her EP tenure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Llantano Incorporated Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 This has to be the meanest thread in the history of SON. I have tried to sit through 1983-84 OLTL on Youtube, and all I can say is WHAT. A. BORE. Lethargic well describes it. Bringing this character back will probably be a bust like everything else this show does lately. Why bother. Maybe OLTL can get its groove back like in 2008, but I will not hold my breath. Its nice to see what appears to be an adult storyline, but I am sure it will involve 10 random teens at minimum. And holy [!@#$%^&*], I talk about AMC always looking cheap, but my god OLTL was a HORROR in 1983. That lighting, those sets. Even the lighting fixtures are ghastly. Go watch a video of Y&R from 1983 and its like watching totally different decades. How did ABC get the reputation in the 80's of having the best production values of the soaps? RIGHT. Peggy O'Shea's OLTL in 1985-86 was the best soap opera ever in my opinion. Echo should stay back in 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AddictedToSoaps Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 Likewise. Especially the ripped logo, LMFAO. This will be interesting to say the very least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 I didn't know ABC had that reputation. I know AMC's production values were seen as improving in the 80s but GH looks very cheap to me and OLTL is also kind of gaudy or dull. I think in terms of production values Y&R and GL are among the best I've seen of that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 Can we please keep AMC out of this thread? I see no reason for discussion of AMC here. GL? Yes. AMC? You One Life fans are always complaining how your show gets overshadowed by AMC and GH, well here you go. Talk about your show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 +1. LOL Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Llantano Incorporated Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 I have read this many times over the years (much to my shock), generally with interviews with former producers. I wish I had some examples. Hell, Search For Tomorrow videos I have seen look better than ABC shows in the early-mid 80's. I thought Capitol was a class act too. OLTL -NEVER- looked good until Gottlieb took over. I think the show has remained a good looking show since. Back to Kim- I hope she can lose some weight before she starts airing because I actually feel badly for the chick. I know that she is pretty annoying behind the scenes and has to be the center of attention, but as funny as that cracked picture of the OLTL logo was (and it was), it is a little much. She is a human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 Sylph: BAM! Supersize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Llantano Incorporated Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 I hate your show Marceline. But I love YOU! MWAH! MWAH! MWAH! And hell, AMC is like the only soap up year to year in viewership and the fans seem to be really enjoying it. I don't even care anymore that OLTL is the red headed stepchild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 Wow..... I hear complaints that ABC doesn't have any older, overweight women on their shows, and now we have a bunch of people making fun of the older, overweight woman. Is it any surprise the shows are filled with hair models? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 Why is Zimmer off limits? A LOT more has said about other actresses for a LOT less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Llantano Incorporated Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 I think that Kim Zimmer is very much reviled (rightly or wrongly) so her weight makes her an easy target. She is obnoxious so I guess people feel that she is deserving of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 ONE older overweight woman. Big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Llantano Incorporated Posted August 17, 2010 Members Share Posted August 17, 2010 She isn't off limits, but seven pages of weight jokes just seemed a little over the top. But I get it. I find Vanessa Marcil's face alot more horrifying than the sight of Kim. But I guess we all have our ideas of what is funny. And if it was seven pages of laughing at Joan Van Ark's terrible plastic surgery, I would SO be there laughing and posting. So I will not be a hypocrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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