October 19, 201213 yr Member Foreign, regional, fake accents,etc. Which soap character's had the worst accents? My list includes any of Luke and Lucky's fake accents Sioban's on GH's Irish accent. The Lucky Charm's accent was so irritating Phillipe on Y&R's French accent that dropped every other word Lily on Y&R's Valley accent Ethan on GH's Austrailan accent that made him sound like he had marbles in his mouth Any of Bo's fake accents. Antonio on Passions Southern drawl The bad accents in that horrid telenovela fansty on Passions
October 19, 201213 yr Member So bad that soon after this they had him out of nowhere declare he'd been faking his accent all along. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWJvI921x9o
October 20, 201213 yr Author Member Lol was PR supposed to be putting on an accent in that clip? Oh wait I see it kind of trickled out at the end of the clip!
October 20, 201213 yr Member Lol was PR supposed to be putting on an accent in that clip? Oh wait I see it kind of trickled out at the end of the clip! He was supposed to be Irish. Oops.
October 20, 201213 yr Author Member Oh yeah I forgot about that crap on Oltl. I didn't sit through the full thing when it was on air. That was soapy goodness courtesy of Cartooni.
October 20, 201213 yr Member It was probably as fake as Obama's Libya story, but I must admit I LOVED Michael Swan's Scottish accent as Duncan McKechnie on ATWT. I so associated the accent with him that I was totally disoriented when he didn't use it on B&B.
October 20, 201213 yr Member I am going to go with JJY's early Austrailian accent. I like how eventually Mac's accent just disappeared.
October 20, 201213 yr Member Thorsten Kaye's voice drove me nuts. I swear, every time he spoke, "Let Me Clear My Throat" would start playing in my head.
October 20, 201213 yr Author Member I do get headaches from the high pitched valley accents and damn if it didn't seem like so many of the females ABC hired in the past 5+ years had squeaky voices. It was to the point where I started muting my tv through various characters on GH, AMC, and when I would try to watch OLTL. The only one I give a small pass to is KW's Barbie voiced self because she had those speech issues.
October 20, 201213 yr Member Sadly, the worst accent ever delivered on daytime was delivered by Matthew Ashford's Jack Deveraux. I don't even know what to call it. It was just weird and for no real reason. In 2001 the directors/writers/producers (basically meaning Tom Langan and/or Steve Wyman) had him talking in a funny way at times. I can't describe it....words really can't do it justice. When Matt returned in 2001 there were some serious backstage issues, ones that never resolved themselves and dogged him right up until his 2012 departure. The way the show handled him was never normal....even taking into account bad stories/character direction that affects everyone at some point. With MA/Jack there was always a fight to minimize his character, or outright attempt make him unlikeable. And this for someone who was once the biggest star on the show and the most popular actor on daytime. Ironically, Langan was the ONLY writer (save Anne Schoettle for 2 weeks in 2006 when Matt and Missy were leaving, and this coincided with her taking the helm for a couple weeks in advance of Hogan Scheffer's arrival) who actually gave MA/Jack good airtime and a frontburner story the entire time he wrote for him.
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