Members SoapDope Posted January 30, 2021 Members Share Posted January 30, 2021 Did you watch all the shows back then ? If so, how did you manage when shows were on opposite each other ? All the shows seemed to be on fire back then with a few exceptions. I remember you talking about Y&R blew you away with how it looked compared to the other soaps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted January 30, 2021 Members Share Posted January 30, 2021 Never before, and never since, have I watched as many soaps on a daily basis as I did in the 1970s. Probably 15, I think. (Yes, it was insane. I was a geek with no life!) The vast majority of them really were on fire back then, penned by master writers at the top of their game. When shows were broadcast on competing networks at the same time, I'd alternate between what ones to watch and what ones to audio-tape and listen to later, in the evening. The few soaps that were not as good in various years of the decade (Love of Life, General Hospital, The Secret Storm) were still okay enough for me to keep up with, just not every day. And it's true: when Y&R debuted, the sets, lighting, wardrobe, EVERYTHING made it look so lush, expensive and opulent, like a classy Ross Hunter Hollywood motion picture. I was indeed blown away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members detroitpiston Posted January 30, 2021 Members Share Posted January 30, 2021 Loved seeing the OG Dorian's. 70s OLTL is fascinating 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissPalmer Posted February 4, 2021 Members Share Posted February 4, 2021 Does anyone have these 3 pics with good quality? Thanks Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Planet Soap Posted February 4, 2021 Members Share Posted February 4, 2021 I'm late but what a rare find those 70s episodes were! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfling Posted February 7, 2021 Members Share Posted February 7, 2021 This may have been mentioned, but in the episode of Richard and Becky Lee's wedding, her parents were being played by Addision Powell and Sasha von Schurler. Ms. von Schurler had played the friend of Julie (Beverly McKenzie) on Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and would later play Brook's mother Jane on All My Children. The role of Ramona Gonzalez R. N on Ryan's Hope (a character in the very beginning of the show) had been created for her to play. Her husband Paul Avella Mayer was a co-created of Ryan's Hope. Mr. Powell had played Dr. Eric Lang on Dark Shadows. Their daughter is a television director. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted February 11, 2021 Members Share Posted February 11, 2021 I'm reading @will81 's Tumblr The Soaps of Yesterday and it is filled with facts I did not know heretofore. Please register in order to view this content The timing on this is interesting because a few weeks later they announced the casting of Michael Zaslow as David Rinaldi, Cassie's father. So, either they didn't think Cusi was up for the challenge of that plot, or they needed to age the character to pair her with Rob, or (tragically) she was the wrong size for the part... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchBug82 Posted February 11, 2021 Members Share Posted February 11, 2021 It surprises me that they would openly acknowledge they are firing an actress - a 16yo girl! - because she gained weight! And gotta love (that's sarcasm) that spin that her weight gain causes cameramen problems somehow? Because fat people are harder to film? Stupid and offensive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Franko Posted February 11, 2021 Members Share Posted February 11, 2021 I've just bookmarked the site and intend to do a DEEP dive over the weekend. Bless you, @will81! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 11, 2021 Members Share Posted February 11, 2021 I was doing summer stock in upstate NY and we were having an open forum with the fellows. I was pleasantly surprised when one of the theatre professionals used his friend/colleague Cusi Cram as a perfect example of a young artist who didn’t feel compelled to stay in the box of “actor” and completely flourished in other areas of the industry. Of course I was the dork to shout out “One Life to Live!” (followed by, “Yassss!” from a young actress) when Cusi’s friend referred to it as “the soap”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted February 13, 2021 Members Share Posted February 13, 2021 She really came into her own as a writer. I am not familiar with any of her writings, but I will have to look them up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted February 15, 2021 Members Share Posted February 15, 2021 A little BTS talk from Janice Lynde Janice Lynde Loved working with Michael. Good Kisser On OLTL: Janice Lynde It was such a fun, happy show when Jean Arley was producing!!! I Made lifelong friends there...It was great to get paid, to go to an artistic party everyday. Hair/make up was our dogie day care. And most of us were doing Broadway at night...Perfect blend of artistic work! Then came insane Rausch, making everyone miserable Janice Lynde Joanne Whitelaw Eberly EGO MANIACAL! He loved trying to pit everyone against each other...And ended up with fines from our Unions, costing ABC more & more money. I fortunately had choices, & always stood up to him. Hence, my demise, Again! He was fond of violently blowing me up Joanne Whitelaw Eberly So I guess he was just the sad sad little man that he was portrayed to be in the rag magazines in the 70s. Just didn’t realize how fortunate he was to be able to work in his field. Like we say in the south, bless his heart. Janice Lynde Yep! I grew up in Louisiana & I always thought it was funny when you’d say something terrible about someone & then “Bless his Heart”...It’s such a Southern Tradition Please register in order to view this content On this photo from Y&R I posted yesterday (among other couples) for Valentine's Day Janice Lynde I’ve always loved Leslie/Brad Couple pics. We look truly in Love...So many Others seem to be posing for the camera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted February 18, 2021 Members Share Posted February 18, 2021 I do not remember Gina Torres on OLTL at all. From her AV Club interview: Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted February 18, 2021 Members Share Posted February 18, 2021 David was so much more interesting in that clip than the caricature he later became. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted February 18, 2021 Members Share Posted February 18, 2021 I always love it when actors don’t trash their soap experiences. How awesome that she paid respect to both how hard she worked and also the benefits of the format for talent just starting out and props to folks that made it their living. I know some people legitimately had terrible soaps experiences. It just seemed for a long time it was always maligned, or never spoken about like it was shameful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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