HOLIDAY MIRACLE: Prospect Park Back On Track To Revive AMC and OLTL

[Scotty]

I love the Paebo theme. It is my favorite OLTL opening.

[EricMontreal22]

Yeah, and McTavish must do awesome pitches--because that seems to often be what gets her the work. I know there are many reports about her initial "rape Bianca and get her pregnant" (for lack of a better phrase) pitch that got her rehired, and I understand the politics of why many were offended by it, but it also made much better soap than the planned rape of Kendall--as uncomfortable as I am to admit that--and gave Bianca story at a time when networks were *still* too afraid to do much with gay characters beyond a coming out story.

Corley has mentioned about when they won the writing Emmy for AMC largely based around the 90s gay storyline. The network execs refused to really aknowledge the win at the after party and were extremely uncomfortable being seen as winning for a gay storyline--and it was a fight to keep Kevin on the canvas (of course when McTavish returned he quickly disappeared).

[Adam]

It still irks me to know end how things ended with Brooke in 2006, and the years leading up to it. Grateful her story was eventually resolved, although it took the show near cancellation to do it, but it was an atrocity to let an actress with that talent sit idle for so many years and then to let her go in such an unceremonious way. I've been watching early 1994 episodes on youtube where Brooke and Tad were duking it out for Jamie's custody, and then her ectopic pregnancy... she is just absolutely amazing.

[EricMontreal22]

Just for the record--while I was thrilled to have a sense of the show back, I agree with nearly all of this. And AMC had been in rough shape ever since Nixon left from her brief Bianca storyline return--Passanante was a mess, having 4 months with no HW when she left to ATWT during rumours she was being fired was a mess, Culliton seemed plagues, either his own fault or interference, by dropped stories and characters, and then Rayfield/Cascio whose work, even the times I enjoyed it (and I did sometimes) felt so completely none Pine Valley.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

My iPod's name is Thaddeus.

There's something else I shouldn't admit to.

[SFK]

Every time Eric mentions Hal Corley, I picture Steven Carrington.

[Pine Charles]

I'm surprised Brooke was never suicidal, though. She was always getting dumped...or when she would land a man, he either be a kiddie pornographer or the guy that drunk drove and killed her daughter!

Lord.

I guess I shouldn't feel bad about my own love life now. Thanks, Brooke. LOL

[EnglishTea]

Oddly enough, I also actually think that McTavish and Broderick together would be great. McTavish is outlandish, but Broderick could bring the heart that is often missing from McTavish stories. They could balance each other other... I also always thought that McTavish and Broderick were the real life counterparts to Erica and Brooke, respectively.

[AdelaideCate007]

Its on its way to becoming the SON embarrassing confessions thread.

[EricMontreal22]

Brooke's non-exit almost made me give up the show. Even through some of her least liked stories (I admit I kinda liked the one with Eli the priest/her child's murderer that nobody else likes) she was always one of my fave, if not the fave, characters, plus Julia Barr always delivered. It was just such an insult to the character, though I understand Barr herself didn't really want an exit, since she was so offended about being offered recurring status (dunno if that's true). I was so glad when she returned to usher Adam out, and then for the finale.

I think I really fell for her as a character, when I was a teen watching the ectopic pregnancy storyline. It could have been just another tragic soap heroine storyline, but she really elevated it (and--credit t Mctavish it was pretty strongly written as well).

[Ryan Chamberlain]

We need a thread like that.

[EnglishTea]

That just made me giggle ridiculously, and I don't even have a glass of red wine in my hand.

Also very funny!!!

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Brooke had a horrible love life.

[AllMyDaysatGH]

LOL. Me too. He was the first person that came to mind when I thought of the possibility of swearing on the show. I want to hear him say "F*ck you, Martin!" or "F*ck you, Junior!" just once!

I'm glad to hear Debbi has signed on, yay one more person from the hospital crew! Now we just need RPG, Jordi & Cornelius to come aboard too!

[EricMontreal22]

As long as it's not Kassie's version (as much as I love her as an actress--although if it ended with a visual of her falling off a piano, I might be in).