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Members All My Shadows Posted June 23, 2020 Members Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) Su was always so good at the Feud! There's an episode with the AMC cast where she earned all 200 points in Fast Money by herself. Those specials were so much fun, used to love when GSN would rerun them in the summer months. I don't think I've ever seen this one with Joan Collins and Katherine MacGregor. Edited June 23, 2020 by All My Shadows 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alwaysAMC Posted June 24, 2020 Members Share Posted June 24, 2020 Oh those 1993 episodes bring back so many memories! Ted and Tad... Brooke in the quicksand! Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members SFK Posted June 28, 2020 Members Share Posted June 28, 2020 Aww, look at Fra looking so spruce. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeClerc Posted July 1, 2020 Members Share Posted July 1, 2020 During the Guiding Light writers reunion, James Harmon Brown expressed some regret at having brought Jesse back from the dead on AMC, which surprised me as the Hubbard stuff was probably the one bright spot of E&B's tenure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted July 1, 2020 Members Share Posted July 1, 2020 It doesn't surprise me that he missed the mark on what he did well as opposed to what he didn't though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 1, 2020 Members Share Posted July 1, 2020 What a weird thing to regret. That story was almost universally praised. Did he give a reason? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeClerc Posted July 2, 2020 Members Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) He didn't feel the story was a realistic or rewarding way to bring Jesse back (I assume referring to the Rob Gardner/Papel/diamond in a stuffed elephant nonsense) and that, while the viewers seemed to like having Angie and Jesse back, given how significant Jesse's death was for the show, "we really shouldn't have gone there" and resurrected him. Edited July 2, 2020 by LeClerc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 2, 2020 Members Share Posted July 2, 2020 I've heard some fans say the same thing. I would agree in some cases, but AMC was so degraded by 2008 I don't really think that mattered anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted July 2, 2020 Members Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) I'm pretty sure most viewers were just happy to have people they didn't hate onscreen. The Wildwind Chronicles youtube channel has been uploading a bunch of stuff from Maria's return and I'm surprised by how much I don't hate it. The story almost works in a bubble. Edited July 2, 2020 by Darn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted July 2, 2020 Members Share Posted July 2, 2020 Agnes wanted Jesse Back and dont make Agnes mad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted July 2, 2020 Members Share Posted July 2, 2020 This is basically how I felt about it at the time and now. From the POV of a soap bringing back two very popular characters from a better era and doing a great job of integrating them back into the then-current canvas, it was fantastic and wonderful and all of those things. I will always be grateful that AMC ended with Jesse and Angie at its core (both on ABC and with PP). The reunion at the train station was probably AMC's last big memorable scene. On the other hand, I don't think a writer will ever feel satisfied with how he's written the resurrection of a character who had died onscreen 20 years earlier. Not only are you going through the heavy-lifting of explaining how this character really wasn't dead even as we had Angie resting on his dead body, but you also have to explain why he stayed away for 20 years when clearly this woman and his son are the loves of his life. And ultimately, as would be the case probably 99% of the time, the story they wrote to explain these things in regards to Jesse was terrible and convoluted. The ends totally justified the means in this case, but I can see why JHB would feel "ugh" towards it. IIRC, it was quite a while into the history of the genre before a character was brought back even though we'd seen them die onscreen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted July 3, 2020 Members Share Posted July 3, 2020 Raise your hand if you know Erica Kane's middle name? Please register in order to view this content https://everythingericakane.proboards.com/thread/18/ericas-full-name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OzFrog Posted July 3, 2020 Members Share Posted July 3, 2020 I thought her middle name was also Erica, judging by the number of times she always proclaimed “I’m Erica, Erica Kane”... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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