I thought I'd open since it's been a week. It still doesn't seem real.

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Oh I remember that..lol

Its too bad he wasn't give a mini story. He was also serious. Maybe Lucinda finds out his gay and tries to set him up with someone. I'm sure it would've been well written by marland.

I wonder if he had more interest in working behind the scenes, even back then, as he has done a lot of editing work over the years.

 

Oh, God, has this hot mess been running for two years now!?

So Patricia how was it appearing on the last episode?

I was fired by John Valente you moron!

Alan - So Ellen was an original character-that's wild! Do you remember putting on that very first show?

Patricia-No, Ellen was there from the start but I came on a few years later to replace Wendy Drew.

Alan - Ok. I just realized my name is Alan and you played Ellen - that's crazy!

16 hours ago, jam6242 said:

 

Not familiar with her character, but I look forward to seeing what she says with Alan.

17 hours ago, jam6242 said:

 

At least it is great to catch up on classic stars like this.  It also helps a lot when he brings in surprise guests.  Maybe Don Hastings Eileen Fulton or Rosemary Prinz

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Not familiar with her character, but I look forward to seeing what she says with Alan.

Ellen was an important fixture in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.  By the early 80s, she'd settle down as the talk to before she was dumped in the mid 90s.

 

The show could have used Ellen in the last decade. Emily was still on the show, Allison and even Susan. Kim could have used a friend and Ellen and Lisa could have settled into a nice "frenemy" relationship, especially when their kin became close.

And in her last years, it could have added more dimension to see some scenes with Nancy Hughes not being bored to the core as she listened to Katie's endless prattle.

5 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

The show could have used Ellen in the last decade. Emily was still on the show, Allison and even Susan. Kim could have used a friend and Ellen and Lisa could have settled into a nice "frenemy" relationship, especially when their kin became close.

Not to mention when Danielle had appeared for like a month. Instead of her and Craig hooking up 😝 it would've been nice to see Ellen with her and possibly Betsy too. 

Edited March 29, 20223 yr by Forever8

11 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

Not to mention when Danielle had appeared for like a month. Instead of her and Craig hooking up 😝 it would've been nice to see Ellen with her and possibly Betsy too. 

I am eternally grateful that I had taken one of my breaks from watching the show when that vomitous storyline happened. To this day, I have never seen it, which in my brain means it never happened.🙃

1 hour ago, Forever8 said:

Not to mention when Danielle had appeared for like a month. Instead of her and Craig hooking up 😝 it would've been nice to see Ellen with her and possibly Betsy too. 

I cannot BELIEVE they would go there...and this is from someone who thought Steve/Betsy/Craig was kind of boring.  Did they think they were being "cutting edge"???

I have no idea why the show didn't just keep a floating roster of recurring characters like Ellen, Lyla, especially since those two had reasons to not be around every day in Oakdale.  It would not have cost that much and would given the show greater depth.

5 hours ago, Mitch64 said:

I have no idea why the show didn't just keep a floating roster of recurring characters like Ellen, Lyla, especially since those two had reasons to not be around every day in Oakdale.  It would not have cost that much and would given the show greater depth.

I agree and had been saying that they should have short storyline arcs with these characters coming into town on occasion, the way Penny and David once went back and forth.

It wouldn't have cost that much but it would have required organization, and the show became a mess in the last decade or so.