One Life to Live Tribute Thread

[John]

Was Craig Carlson just getting tired as HW or was Paul Rauch as EP not paying attention?

[John]

Michael Tipps improved as Al Holden during his 6 month run in 2001 but Nathaniel Marston was better suited  and I cannot imagine Michael Tipps Al with Marcie. 

[Vee]

Marston was always horribly miscast as Al IMO. Tipps was very green but NM was a total 180. They brought him in to be the heavy and turn Al into a psycho stalker/heel for Cristian and Jen. It was the pairing with Marcie that saved NM and made him work as Al despite his having been wrong for the role, and then they stupidly killed the character which should never have happened.

Edited January 5 by Vee

[John]

Oh I didnt know that

Could you have seen Michael Tipps' Al with Marcie?

[Vee]

No.

[Khan]

I couldn't see anyone with Kathy Brier, nor did I want to.  The only reason why she even lasted as long as she did on OLTL was because TPTB were afraid that firing her would come off as discriminating against plus-sized women.

[John]

Re-Watching Rex's intro

God too bad they dropped Rex wanting Seth romantically

I thought Kathy was very good in the role. 

[Vee]

I was livid when she was put on contract in late '02 while needlessly appearing at that time only as Jen's scheming helper and shrill Mini-Me, but she did become very popular with Al in the otherwise insane Malone II era of 2003 when they softened the character tremendously while having her gaga over the mysterious 'Voice of the Night' (Al). It was not a pairing Brian Frons was expecting to become popular, so he was forced to rehire Nathaniel Marston and then the Michael/Marcie mess began, when they should've just undone Al's death.

I get that a little of Kathy Brier can go a long way. And I do think Marcie stayed a bit too long in later years, but her high points (the early Marcie/Al story, the hostage standoff with Viki in Paris, Texas in Carlivati's early days) were strong for me and she was popular with the audience.

[chrisml]

I liked Kathy Brier and Marcie and I don't think she was ever given enough credit for what she did on the show despite the Emmy nomination. It was always some form of "the fat girl" storyline. She deserved better. Brian Frons often made the most sexist comments about her and the women on the show at the time. Just ridiculous. 

[John]

I also thought Kathy and Chris Stack had good cemistry. Se also had good Chem with Josh Casaubon (Hugh Hughes)

[Vee]

She did. That doesn't mean Michael and Marcie needed to happen. Keeping it Al would've kept it simple.

[John]

Agree. Killing Al made no sense. 

[John]

Did something happen with Sam Ball as Drew. Seems strange he was brought in May 1998 but killed off 4 months later

[reallyhateskateonlost]

Joe Lando(Jake) home burned to the ground and Jane Seymour took him and his family into her home!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-lando-says-dr-quinn-124845366.html

Edited January 13 by reallyhateskateonlost

[janea4old]

very moving IG video

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEs0206PJeQ/

Edited January 16 by janea4old