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September 10, 201213 yr

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Wanted to share an article written by Michael Logan when Emily McLaughlin passed away.

wow how telling,

"But unlike...tradition conscious soaps, GH never saw much value in its roots."

I guess Monty did a lot more hurt than good.

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wow how telling,

"But unlike...tradition conscious soaps, GH never saw much value in its roots."

I guess Monty did a lot more hurt than good.

Considering without her changes the show would have been canceled, I don't see how that is possibly true.

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Considering without her changes the show would have been canceled, I don't see how that is possibly true.

IA. While Monty didn't have an on-air tribute to Emily, at least she didn't butcher the characters that came before her beyond recognition.

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Edited September 10, 201213 yr by Scotty Baldwin

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September 11, 201213 yr

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I still can't believe the show tried this Bobbie/Alan story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A-Dlr41La0

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September 15, 201213 yr

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The Tracy/Monica scenes today reminded me of this scene:

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September 16, 201213 yr

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SOD synopsis early 79

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September 20, 201213 yr

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RC could never come close to write anything like this!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzT4nRrAAQA&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9lIUzEeIU

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John Beradino with Mae Clarke as Nurse Marge Brown. Clarke was a movie actress from the 30's most famous for having a grapefruit squashed into her face by James Cagney in 'Public Enemy'.Clarke wanted a contract which cash strapped GH could not offer so Lucille Wall took over in a similar role and created the iconic role of Lucille March.

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Edited September 23, 201213 yr by AdelaideCate007

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I love ALL of these pics!

Cheap, I'm glad I'm not the only Skye/Jax fan around here. LOVED them and they were the main reason I didn't like Brenda's 02 return very much -- She ruined them!

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September 23, 201213 yr

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These were great. Who was the woman with Monica at the end?

I love seeing those old cast photos with the early 70's cast who seemed very popular but were mostly dumped a few years later.

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These were great. Who was the woman with Monica at the end?

That's Anne Helm who played Nurse Mary Briggs.

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She did.

By Taoboi · 6 minutes ago6 min
ALL: Recasts who were quickly accepted by the audience

Same.

Let me add Alexia Havins's Lulu on GH, Mark Valley's Jack on DAYS I believe was quickly accepted, Nathan Fillon's Joey on OLTL if I'm not mistaken as well.

By Taoboi · 7 minutes ago7 min
ALL: Recasts who were quickly accepted by the audience

Good choices. I almost chose Carrington but thought the Kelly in between Robin Wright and Carrington might be seen as a buffer (similar to when Anne Heche joined AW after that short-lived Rhonda Vicky). I give Carrington a lot of credit as she really did manage to make Kelly her own and generate her own chemistry with Kelly's loved ones.

By DRW50 · 33 minutes ago33 min
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Speaking of Peter Bergman, and going way back, I think - surprisingly - Bergman's Y&R predecessor, Terry Lester, was quickly accepted as Mason Capwell on Santa Barbara. Ditto Lester's replacement, Gordon Thomson. I think it helped that Nancy Lee Grahn's Julia generated chemistry with all three Masons. At least, I don't recall much hate in the soap magazines back in the day, even if many would still agree that Lane Davies was still the quintessential Mason Capwell.
Speaking of SB, Jed Allan, Carrington Garland, and Robin Mattson all seemed to be embraced by the audience upon taking over the roles of C.C., Kelly, and Gina, respectively.

By Wendy · 35 minutes ago35 min
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I'd never heard of her almost doing a show with Melanie Griffith. Hard to imagine Melanie on a sitcom.
Betty was also in the very short-lived second season of Bob, Bob Newhart's ill-fated early '90s sitcom.

By DRW50 · 45 minutes ago45 min
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I don't think so, because once Marland left, he was mostly front burner until he left the show the first time, in early 1984.
Nah, I think Marland just painted himself in a corner. He decided to go the redemption/happily married route for Alan and it diminished his usefulness on the canvas. Maybe he had a story planned to shake that up that didn't get a chance to happen. For instance, Rita hitting town with a kid, which would have blown up both Alan/Hope and Ed/Maureen.

By DeeVee · 45 minutes ago45 min
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That's a good choice, especially as he initially tried to emulate Terry but then slowly made the part his own.
I wonder if Jess Walton could go on the list too.

By DRW50 · 46 minutes ago46 min
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I'm not sure what they call those storms in the Mediterranean, but that's where the storm was. Mark and Amanda go there, and Mark is washed overboard and feared dead.
They had a very deadly storm in Spain last year that caused severe flooding inland, which you don't really think would happen.

By P.J. · 48 minutes ago48 min
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Except he turned Jack into a wimp with all his crying all the time.

By Soaplovers · 49 minutes ago49 min
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While I agree it's a bit of a head scratcher, and I'm sure the conclusion would've been different had Marland stayed, it gives Amanda and Vanessa something to sink their teeth into.
I wonder if it also wasn't a way to cut back Chris Bernau's workload. We don't know how his health was at the time.

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