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AMC: The Prospect Park Era (old production thread)

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EricMontreal22 Contributor

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Oh dear :( So we have the equivalent of The New Leave it to Beaver to look forward to?

In all seriousness--I agree with your point. It's obvious that, despite what I think the majority of us thought, PP are devoted to actually going at this with a level of professionalism and ambition that I can't think of any previous web show attempting before. A part of me is still a bit worried I'll end up regretting my ethusiasm, but it seems that they are taking this as seriously, and at a level, that I only could have dreamed they would, and I think it's also bringing an interest and maybe even a kind of awe-filled respect (even if I'm sure many in the industry are still predicting it will flop) to the soap genre that hasn't existed in a very long time (if ever) for trying something new.

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First of all, I really can't stand how people claim Soaps ran there course, which is why Reality shows are taking over. Look at Drama and Comedy. They existed since the Greeks. They changed throughout time of course but you always had them. Soaps are new. I also hate how Non-Soap viewers tend to think Soaps are still used as marketing gimmicks, which was there original purpose. What is so Cheezy about Soaps? Sorry Eric, you got me on a roll..lol

Second of all I wonder if PP is successful and AMC/OLTL went back to the character-driven style and went back to the roots that made the shows great in the first place the networks will stop interfering with GH/Y&R/B&B/DOOL and hire people that CAN write for the shows and start investing in the quality. I can totally see ABC hiring Clair/Wendy for GH and someone kicking Corday to the curve. On a side note who CAN write for Y&R because from my understanding Bill Bell was the only one that could.

The good thing about this is that the online fans will be counted. If this went to TV PP will more than likely add both numbers together.

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I started looking up What's Happening Now! (although I have seen the show) and this is totally off topic but did you know that Henry Mancini (the Pink Panther theme song) wrote the theme music for What's Happening! ?ohmy.png Boy they weren't kidding around with theme music back then!

I also got totally sidetracked reading about the show's creator/writer Eric Monte and I wonder what he is doing-- he had some hard times but with his talent and experience I wonder why he isn't at the very least teaching at some writing program somewhere.

Okay, I'm sorry for eating up the thread with such an OT.

In terms of PP's venture, hopefully some good reputable companies will want to sign on to do advertising (JCPenney might want to look into online ads since they've lost millions recently). I know Hulu Plus is subscriber based but I think at the very least, PP is going to want to do a mix and not completely rely on subscriptions.

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