3 hours ago, EricMontreal22 said:

I know that memoirs can be filled with scandalous info, but [...] I have no idea how she thought this would make it to print.

To me, it actually reads more like a book proposal - a sample amount of pages for her agent to shop around to interested publishers.  That's why so much of the work feels unfinished.  (We still don't know exactly what Robin Mattson did to piss her off; or exactly what she said or did that caused her to get fired from AMC for the third time (she imagines it's something that occurred at one of her last meetings with the network, but was it?); or even exactly how you, too, can get yourself fired from a job you no longer want, lol).

Either the publishers that McTavish and/or her agent had submitted her proposal to passed, because they didn't think a behind-the-scenes look at daytime soap operas would appeal to anyone outside of fans; or, they passed, because they generally had the same reactions to the material that we did.

Edited March 18Mar 18 by Khan

34 minutes ago, Vee said:

At least you guys didn't get Frank Valentini forcing the worst (but supposedly 'hottest') contestant from I Wanna Be A Soap Star onto your show, like we did at OLTL a few years later. Mikey Jerome was unspeakably awful and Frank and Higley tried to fob him off on poor Melissa Archer.

Oh wow, I totally forgot about all that...

29 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Either the publishers that McTavish and/or her agent had submitted her proposal to passed, because they didn't think a behind-the-scenes look at daytime soap operas would appeal to anyone outside of fans; or, they passed, because they generally had the same reactions to the material that we did.

I think you're right that it reads as a proposal.  And yes, soap bios probably aren't a big deal--unless you're Susan Lucci or Agnes Nixon (whose book I wish was a bit more dishy like this...  A bit...)

2 hours ago, Jonathan said:

OMG, don’t tempt me! I refuse to click that YouTube link—I still vividly remember that scene as incredibly HOT HOT HOT!

DO IT...    LOL - I have the same vivid memory as you when I was a child watching that haha.  It was clearly impactful.

A few thoughts:

I too wonder what happened to Teresa Blake (Gloria).  I just googled and sadly it looks like AMC was the last thing she ever did and her wiki page has nothing beyond her divorce from 1998.  I hope she's thriving out there somewhere.  Gloria became (didn't start out as) one of my favorite characters from the 90s.

I totally forgot that Carlos came in because of that reality star contest.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the winner of that contest was the guy that played the recast Del Henry, who just sadly passed away like last year or earlier this year.  Maybe they had multiple contests?

I'm just starting that McTavish book you all linked and WOW.  I'm just starting, but I can't believe she called Colin Egglesfield unattractive and untalented.  Was he the best actor?  No, but he was really great on the eyes.  Is she blind?? Haha.

 

18 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I'm just starting that McTavish book you all linked and WOW.  I'm just starting, but I can't believe she called Colin Egglesfield unattractive and untalented.  Was he the best actor?  No, but he was really great on the eyes.  Is she blind?? Haha.

 

Colin was the second actor to play Josh. Scott Kinworthy originated the role. I thought he was a decent actor. Remember when Josh and Dani Frye hooked up?

33 minutes ago, EricMontreal22 said:

And yes, soap bios probably aren't a big deal--unless you're Susan Lucci or Agnes Nixon (whose book I wish was a bit more dishy like this...  A bit...)

Here, here, lol!

 

20 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

DO IT...    LOL - I have the same vivid memory as you when I was a child watching that haha.  It was clearly impactful.

 

You are a drug pusher. I will not! I need to abstain. It's Lent. 😊

21 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I'm just starting that McTavish book you all linked and WOW.  I'm just starting, but I can't believe she called Colin Egglesfield unattractive and untalented.  Was he the best actor?  No, but he was really great on the eyes.  Is she blind?? Haha.

Never cared for Gloria. You are correct about the now-deceased Del Henry guy who did win a contest & yes also there def were more than one. Egglesfield totally odd looking dude. So many fans remarked  just that about him. in this case if she was blind, a lot of AMC fans were, too. Hey, it happens.

30 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I'm just starting that McTavish book you all linked and WOW.  I'm just starting, but I can't believe she called Colin Egglesfield unattractive and untalented.  Was he the best actor?  No, but he was really great on the eyes.  Is she blind?? Haha.

She was talking about Scott Kinworthy (Josh #1).

Ironically, I always thought Erica should've had a son and not the two daughters. 

1 hour ago, alwaysAMC said:

DO IT...    LOL - I have the same vivid memory as you when I was a child watching that haha.  It was clearly impactful.

A few thoughts:

I too wonder what happened to Teresa Blake (Gloria).  I just googled and sadly it looks like AMC was the last thing she ever did and her wiki page has nothing beyond her divorce from 1998.  I hope she's thriving out there somewhere.  Gloria became (didn't start out as) one of my favorite characters from the 90s.

I totally forgot that Carlos came in because of that reality star contest.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the winner of that contest was the guy that played the recast Del Henry, who just sadly passed away like last year or earlier this year.  Maybe they had multiple contests?

I'm just starting that McTavish book you all linked and WOW.  I'm just starting, but I can't believe she called Colin Egglesfield unattractive and untalented.  Was he the best actor?  No, but he was really great on the eyes.  Is she blind?? Haha.

 

This is the same person that found MB sexy.😂 She definitely blind and not FMB and AN like she so professed.

Edited March 18Mar 18 by Soapsuds

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

This is the same person that found MB sexy.😂 She definitely blind and not FMB and AN like she so professed.

I was never a big fan (I think I liked him most as Desi Arnaz), but many did see Maurice as sexy at the time she wanted him back on AMC.

1 hour ago, alwaysAMC said:

I too wonder what happened to Teresa Blake (Gloria).  I just googled and sadly it looks like AMC was the last thing she ever did and her wiki page has nothing beyond her divorce from 1998.  I hope she's thriving out there somewhere.  Gloria became (didn't start out as) one of my favorite characters from the 90s.

I remember her being married to a guy in a band (Shandenoah?), which was a factor in her leaving. I liked Gloria too. Teresa Blake was such a unique presence. 

57 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Colin was the second actor to play Josh. Scott Kinworthy originated the role. I thought he was a decent actor. Remember when Josh and Dani Frye hooked up?

Oh my gosh, you're right - I totally forgot about him.  I just googled him and remember - but sorry, I think Scott is even more attractive than Colin! LOL   Do we know why he was recast?

56 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

You are a drug pusher. I will not! I need to abstain. It's Lent. 😊

LOL fine - I expect you to watch on April 21  

I'm on Chapter 5 of this book and have so many thoughts - she is unhinged!  I'm going to bed and will read the rest this week, but wow I hope some of these things she's claiming are not true.  

Not AMC, but that GL storyline of Brent/Marian sounds interesting and juicy - so I spent 5 minutes googling it and I'm surprised I don't remember this.  Usually those storylines, when I was a kid, would have gotten me hooked ASAP.  

Also wild that the Lucas Barnes actor was in that plane crash and one of the few survivors.  I remember really enjoying the Terrence storyline from that era.

Edited March 18Mar 18 by alwaysAMC

BTW Richard Lawson is now married to Tina Knowles ,Beyonce's mom.

Maurice was sexy in the '90s. It takes nothing away from criticism of Sonny since to note that.

I must have been either in school, or adulting, when that sexiest man contest was going on.  I don't understand why soaps insisted on these type of contests without actually seeing if the person could act.

And yes, the actor that played Carlos was very photogenic and looked great in photos.  Sometimes a models looks doesn't translate to a tv or movie screen.

@MaximI've enjoyed your 1988 and 1989 write-ups since I like to see what a newbie thinks of past episodes of a show.  Especially during this period where you had Broderick as headwriter, Depriest as headwriter, and then the strike episodes.  Agnes takes back over as head-writer by the Christmas 1989 episodes I believe so I'll look forward to reading what your thoughts on the back-half of the Depriests brief stint.