One Life to Live Tribute Thread

[amybrickwallace]

Whatever happened to Karen Witter, anyway? Wasn't OLTL her only soap?

[BKuzak]

Who do you think was the worst Kevin and Joey? I liked all the Joey's but i'd have to say Don Jeffcoat. I liked him when he started but then his character got real dark. I think the whole show was dark during that time anyway.

As for Kevin, I'd have to say Tim Gibbs. It was also during that dark time. but i think it's mostly because he just wasn't right as Kevin. It's obvious he was brought in because Jill loved Another World and hired several AW actors for OLTL around this time. I just didn't think he fit. I really like Kevin Stapleton and i really liked Dan Gauthier so Tim was kind of in the middle of my two favorites.

[John]

Worst Kevin's were Matt Vipond (1990), Ken Kenitzer (1995) & Dark Kevin (Tim Gibbs)

Worst Joey -Bruce Michael Hall. He's the only one I didnt feel was actually Joey to me in personality

Edited August 29, 2014 by John

[John]

Witter quit in 1994

They hired Krista without an audition (Cali Timmins also auditioned)

In 2003 Tina was gonna be brought back. I remember Cali Timmins was also in that mix but Gary Tomlin wanted Sarah Buxton. Thank god Frons said NO

Would have loved Cali as Tina

[Khan]

By far, the worst Kevin was Ken Kenitzer, followed by Jack Armstrong.

Worst Joey? I'll side with John and say Bruce Michael Hall. His Joey might as well have been a new character.

[MissLlanviewPA]

Here's a question: How would you rank the Cassies?

There were:

Cusi Cram (the original, high school aged Cassie)

Ava Haddad (the one who married Rob Coronal and came back briefly during the Mendorra storyline in 1990)

Holly Gagnier (the one who took Jon Russell from Dorian)

Laura Bonariggo/Koffman (I you guys know what she did )

[vote4llama]

I had no idea. That actually would've been kind of amazing.

[Khan]

Ranking the Cassies:

1) Haddad

2) Cram

3) Koffman

4) Gagnier

[Vee]

Sarah Buxton would have been godawful as Tina, and I liked Sunset Beach. She was way too young and just not very versatile.

[John]

What I saw of Haddad on YT i liked her Cassie.

Grainger who i knew from Girls just wanan have fun seemed to much of a sex pot

Never saw Cram as Cassie

Laura was a great Cassie

[John]

Yeah BMH just didnt have any of Joey's qualities that made Joey, Joey

People thought Tom Degnan was too young but i felt he was a good Joey

[vote4llama]

You're right about her age/ range, but the show was just so random in 2003. I would've accepted SB as Tina in that context and probably appreciated her more than anything else going on at the time.

Edited August 29, 2014 by vote4llama

[Vee]

Gary had been fired by Brian Frons by 2003. The only name I ever heard in contention for Tina that year was Cali Timmons, and it was in the service of another phantom Malone plotline where Tina was supposedly to have become a bigot when her son turned up gay (and involved with Brock Cuchna's Paul Cramer, who came to town looking for him). Not unlike Malone's unfinished story in '96, where Rachel Gannon was to have fallen for Bo's son Drew and they would be conspired against by Becky Lee Abbott, who would have inexplicably turned racist.

All in all I'm glad we did without Tina at the time. I don't think Sarah Buxton's name was ever seriously in the mix that year but it might have been the year before, under Gary with a different HW.

Edited August 29, 2014 by Vee

[John]

maybe that was it about SB

I know Cali was in the mix in 94 & 2003. But Susie Horgan wanted Krista as Tina in 94. They worked 2gether on GL

[Khan]

I think Degnan would have been much better as Joey had the writing been better. I liked him as Adam on ATWT and wouldn't mind seeing him on daytime again.