Members rcsnj Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Khan, I don't recall Tomlin being at Guiding Light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 I agree about Brash & Cwickly on DAYS. That was the last time I truly enjoyed the show as a whole. Replacing them with Higley was the biggest mistake Corday ever did and the show never recovered from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Pat Falken Smith returned to Days after several years away and in that time the show had been through several headwriter changes after years of stability under Bill bell and Smith herself. She saw that the show had been damaged and that the Hortons were being marginalized and suffered with some poor storylines,and she set about returning them to prominence. She also realized that there needed to be new families to freshen the show and intermingle with the Hortons to provide them with new story possibilities. Thus the Bradys and DiMeras came to be. Stefano was going to be intrigued with Julie and to uncover his secrets she was going to fake a separation with Doug.they would hav secret meetings and close calls. Melissa Anderson was going to be involved with a younger Brady brother named Marcus and Mike Horton was slated to hook up with Vanessa DiMera,another of Stefano's children. So there would be a mixture of old and new as well as traditional stories mixed with 80's style mystery and adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Cool! I would have loved Julie as the Queen of The Night. We need more Hortons now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 I didn't either, until I rewatched the denouement of the Mona Enright saga; and lo and behold, Tomlin, along with the Cullitons, was listed as HW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Frankly, I think Pat Falken Smith sometimes gets a bad rap. Her work at GUIDING LIGHT wasn't up to par, but the stuff she wrote for DAYS, for GH, and even for RYAN'S HOPE (although, plenty of RH fans will disagree) was often very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Probably not popular opinion, but Rayfield/Cascio on AMC. Rayfield by himself was disastrous, but when they moved Cascio into the co-HW spot, the show improved dramatically. For the first time in ages, the show had a contemporary feel. No, they were hardly perfect and still finding their way, but I think if they were given more time, they would've really clicked. Unfortunately they were dumped for McTavish, and the show degenerated into a cliche-riddled, plot-driven mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 These were the 2 (Taggert at GL; Brash/Cwikly at DAYS) that came to my mind instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Brash and Cwickly hands down at Days. Also Guza and Bennet from SuBe. Lorraine Boderick also from Days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 This is a good one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Lorianne Broderick at Days Richard Cullinton at AMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Great topic. Culliton was not given a fair break at AMC, although he was very frustrating on there--either due to his own faults or outside sources (I suspect both)--the number of dropped storylines were legendary for that era. Still, I guess Frons wanted a complete about face and to replace most of his teams, but Rayfield was not the way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juppiter Posted March 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Oh I totally forgot about Lorraine Broderick at DAYS. Without a doubt she would have been much better than Tom Langan. He totally killed my interest in DAYS and it never FULLY recovered to where it was in the 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Well I think McTavish's first year certainly was a vast improvement--I do agree the show picked up when Cascio joined Rayfield, but I didn't see the sweeping improvement you, or others (your opinion certainly is not alone) did. But they weren't given much time as a pair, I agree (Frons seemed to have them as seat holders while persuing Broderick, who turned him down and McTavish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted March 6, 2012 Members Share Posted March 6, 2012 I loved Sally Sussman Morina's time at DAYS. I can't recall if she was fired or quit, but I thought her run was interesting, a good mix of Reilly and Bell style fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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