Members allmc2008 Posted September 21, 2012 Members Share Posted September 21, 2012 I say Douglas Maryland and Lorraine Broderick. Also, has DOOL gotten better when LB took over?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DynamiteKiddo Posted September 21, 2012 Members Share Posted September 21, 2012 There was such a blatant lack of organization when DRT & MMcP were heading the writing team . . . the episodes and arcs were so poorly structured it hurt. But LB is doing a pretty good job as breakdown writer--the episodes usually flow well and the intent of each episode is typically themed and clear. "Days" has improved tenfold, but it still lacks "POP" . . . which is what it desperately, desperately needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JellicleCat Posted September 21, 2012 Members Share Posted September 21, 2012 Bill Bell and Agnes Nixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SOAPSFOREVER Posted September 21, 2012 Members Share Posted September 21, 2012 Bill Bell, Henry Slesar, Claire Labine, Harding Lemay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted September 21, 2012 Members Share Posted September 21, 2012 Irna Phillips, Bill Bell and Agnes Nixon. The standard was set by all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted September 21, 2012 Members Share Posted September 21, 2012 Nice town. As a Marylander, I read his name that way ALL the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted September 21, 2012 Members Share Posted September 21, 2012 Word. Holy trinity of TV soaps by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted September 22, 2012 Members Share Posted September 22, 2012 ReddFoxx stole my answer! While I've not seen any of their writing, since I've only watched Days and Passions, those three writers' career accomplishments speak for themselves. And the Bill Bell scripts of "Days" that I've read are always so beautifully written, he paints such a vivid picture that you can practically see the scenes happening as you read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted September 22, 2012 Members Share Posted September 22, 2012 I vote for Henry Slesar because among other things he wrote two episodes of Batman starring Adam West and Shelly Winters, and it just does not get cooler than that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70QmlpvKAAo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted September 22, 2012 Members Share Posted September 22, 2012 Oddly enough, I don't think I ever have, and I'm a Marylander, too (albeit a transplanted one right now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted September 22, 2012 Members Share Posted September 22, 2012 Out of all the best and well-remembered soap writers, Harding Lemay and Henry Slesar were really the only ones that had a career outside of daytime. Of course Lemay was an accomplished playwright. If you watch some of the old Alfred Hitchcock shows on Antenna TV, you'd see Slesar credited as the writer on numerous episodes, usually the most compelling ones. I'd say that the big 3 (Phillips, Bell, Nixon) are probably the most accomplished within daytime, having had the most successes. I also think there are a bunch of excellent soap writers who never got the credit they deserved...people like Kay Alden, Wisner Washam, Lorraine Broderick, Gordon Russell, Pat Falken-Smith, and Addie Walsh, who always seemed to linger in the shadows of the better-known writers. I've found people like Maggie DePriest and Pam Long to be totally overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members antmunoz Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 I want to add the Dobsons to the list. I enjoyed their work on several shows. And Claire Labine for RYAN'S HOPE alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 When I asked this question I did not type Bell/Nixon/Phillips as my examples since they built the Soap Foundation. I was talking about the guys who took there writing to the next level or the writers who where just so damn good that nobody could ever touch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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