Why does Maurice Benard still have a job?

The same reason Cameron Mathison had a job even though he sucked? LOL

Why does Maurice Benard still have a job?

because of his enormous big boobs....lol

The same reason Cameron Mathison had a job even though he sucked? LOL

Because Brian Frons was determined to kill the soap opera genre?

I've always wanted to know why TPTB at AS THE WORLD TURNS just didn't fire Eileen Fulton already. For many years before the show's cancellation, they obviously had no interest in writing for her, and the decimation of the character was painful to watch. From a complex, intriguing leading lady to the equivalent of a non-entity day player, who would show up occasionally to deliver a pithy few lines and then disappear again, sometimes for weeks or months. What blatant disrespect for the actress, the character, and the show's rich history. Other actors, whom their shows don't want to use, have been dropped over the years, regardless of their popularity, yet Fulton remained a slight, background presence until the very end. Why pay the salary to keep her around at all, but then not use her? The whole situation was weird.

On the one hand, you could say that ATWT held onto Eileen Fulton in order to maintain goodwill with their audience. On the other hand, situations such as Larry Bryggman's (and Elizabeth Hubbard's, and Patricia Bruder's, and so on and so forth) refute the idea that the show's P'sTB always held the viewers' attachment to veteran players in high regard. It's my belief, then, that someone (either at CBS, or at PGP, but someone) liked EF and had clout enough to keep her there, even when, as you say, it was clear how much the show itself didn't want to utilize her.

On the one hand, you could say that ATWT held onto Eileen Fulton in order to maintain goodwill with their audience.  On the other hand, situations such as Larry Bryggman's (and Elizabeth Hubbard's, and Patricia Bruder's, and so on and so forth) refute the idea that the show's P'sTB always held the viewers' attachment to veteran players in high regard.  It's my belief, then, that someone (either at CBS, or at PGP, but someone) liked EF and had clout enough to keep her there, even when, as you say, it was clear how much the show itself didn't want to utilize her.

Knowing how P&G treated Michael Zaslow, and how they dumped other beloved veteran actors like Bruder, I agree that no sense of loyalty to the older audience and their favorite performers played much of a role. I'm sure you're right that someone, somewhere, among the higher-ups went to bat to keep her. But who was there long enough to protect and keep Fulton employed for the last ten years?

Believe it or not? Chris Goutman. I'm not saying he's the one. The truth is, though, he probably was the only constant in ATWT's last decade to have that kind of pull with the sponsor and network.

I thought Fulton and Goutman were not fans of each other.

I thought they hated each other. When she complains about the state of the show it seems she blames both him and the network. I don't how she ended up staying, but I enjoyed her presence however brief it was.

Believe it or not?  Chris Goutman.  I'm not saying he's the one.  The truth is, though, he probably was the only constant in ATWT's last decade to have that kind of pull with the sponsor and network.

There was that video conference, with several actors from the show on a panel talking with Goutman and Jean P., in which Goutman touted Hastings, Hayes, and Fulton as being the heart of the show. (I forget exactly how he put it, but it was a comment along those lines.) But even during that interview, there was tension with Fulton, who openly complained that TPTB had left her character out of the action, although she DID thank them for giving her that 50th anniversary episode. Anyway, I suppose Goutman being her protector is as good a guess as any. Since he WAS the only constant over the last decade, who else could it have been? I guess I'm just not prone to according him any kudos, seeing all the mistakes he made as producer.

I guess I'm just not prone to according him any kudos, seeing all the mistakes he made as producer.

Same. I'm more than happy to entertain any other theories as to how or why EF remained with the show to the end. Seriously. I am.

Same.  I'm more than happy to entertain any other theories as to how or why EF remained with the show to the end.  Seriously.  I am.

This may forever remain one of soaps' unsolved mysteries! I'd love to ask Eileen Fulton about this, to see what she thinks. Now that the show's off the air and she doesn't even have to try to appease P&G or CBS, she'd have nothing to lose by spilling the beans. In my more cynical moments, I wonder if certain executives despised her so much that they kept her around just to demean her, LOL.

Does Y&R's Daniel Romalotti know he isn't Danny's biological son?

Does Y&R's Daniel Romalotti know he isn't Danny's biological son?

Yes

I think that happened with Victor Alfieri as Franco. I don't remember him appearing beforehand, but apparently he was on the show a few months beforehand.

Victor Alfieri played Jose, a guy that worked on the same fishing boat as Kate when Lauren Koslow took over the role in January 1996. He was then cast as Franco in June.

The actor who played T.C., some prison guard who nearly killed Jack (Steve Wilder) in 1997 played like 4 other roles. I remember seeing him in old episodes I had on tape, from a park ranger in Aremid to a thug at the Cheatin' Heart who tried to pick a fight with Bo, to a father of a dying girl that Lexie & Brandon were taking care of.... they recycled that actor all the time!

The actors name is Rob Moran, he also played Mayor Arthur Shepard in 2002-2003 and a business man that Austin knew in LA in 2005.

Also...

S. A. Griffin played a trucker that tried to rape Sami in 1996, the prison warden in 1997, Dry Creek Sheriff that Philip paid to arrest Brady in 2002, and a guard at the mental hospital that picked fights with Steve in 2007.

Joel Swetow played a sultan in the harem Kristen was brought to in 1998, an oldfriend of Stefanos that helped him get rid of Ivan and Celeste in 1998, a fake producer that Kate hired to trick Sami in 2007, and Dr. Granger who was on the DiMera payroll and tortured Steve in 2007.

Eddie Velez played Malko, a mobster in LA that Bo and Billie met in 1993. And in 2001 he played Nicole's father Paul Mendez.

Jeff Griggs played Jude St. Clair in 1995-1996, and a card dealer in the Virtual Eden in 2000.

John Apicella played Sami's lawyer in 1996. FBI Agent Byers in 1998. Fay, Hattie and Kate's boss at the Hudson Street Diner in 2000-2001.

Marcus Patrick played a guy that drugged Chelsea's drink at Club Dune in 2006. Played Jett Carver in 2007.

Those are some I could think of right now but there are many more.

Does Y&R's Daniel Romalotti know he isn't Danny's biological son?

Who's his father?