Tony Geary, Jane Elliot, Kin Shriner TV Guide Interview

[jfung79]

I love everything about the interview, including random mentions of actors from other shows they are friends with! I'm a little scandalized by some of the wild things they did back in the day though.

Glad the actors are liking the new regime. You know Tony Geary would not hesitate to speak up if he didn't. The show has lured me back after 16 years. Carlivati and Valentini have new characters too, but they understand you need the tentpole icons who are in the collective fan memory as part of the cast.

There haven't been just "five-minute" returns. Laura, Scotty, Frisco, Lucy, Bobbie, NIkolas, AJ, Anna, a lot have been sticking around.

[jfung79]

I think Karen's stripper story was before Labine. Not sure about the other one you mention.

Labine actually had a lot of fun stuff in her episodes even if the overall stories were depressing aside from Ned and Lois. Remember Foster the dog, and his romance with Annabelle? Sigmund the duck? Lucy was also used for humor. And so were the Quartermaines' interactions at times.

I also thought the introduction of the Ward family and the toxic waste incinerator, Charles Street Foundation, activist stuff was inspiring, rather than depressing.

[Gino24]

When asked about this in an interview, Sheri Anderson said that writers don't make money for each new character that they create on a show.

[KMan101]

YES! I agree with both Vee and Eric about FRon.

Labine's era was great for compelling, human drama. However, it was pretty depressing overall. I think though while the "big dramatic depressing" storylines are always remembered, she did have humor and there was fun and light things going on. The bigger dramatic stories just trump the others, though it WAS one depressing story after another, as good as they were.

I still hated Guza's writing overall and seeing some of the 90s episodes plus his 2000s run just reconfirms that. He at least could write a story, whether I thought it was good or not. Watching Mike pathetically chasing Sonny, Sonny and Jax berating the police and Dara in that one episode ... the mess that was Jason. The vet destructions ... sigh. As much as I enjoyed Carly, her arrival, and Jason's brain damage, really, ultimately seemed to be where the show started to completely changed. I miss when I liked Brenda/Sonny and Luke/Laura. Sonny used to be a lot more tolerable. Seeing the different eras mixed together you really see the change and it kind of just smacks you in the face with how different everyone became.

However ...

What a great interview between them though. They all come across as such good friends which is always nice to hear about behind the scenes.

And yeah, a Gloria Monty tell all sounds like it would be quite fun to read.

[Cheap21]

she was unnecessarily cruel to her employees. There's no need for that if its unprovoked and unwarranted. The stories I've heard about her make JFP seem like a saint in comparison

[dragonflies]

From what I've read of Monty I agree with Cheap.

She once tapped Finola on the shoulder and told that she hoped she enjoyed that scene, cause it was her last

[MissLlanviewPA]

She actually told her she was doing her last scene right before she taped it, which isn't necessarily QUITE as bad, but it was still pretty awkward for her and everyone else involved as well.

[Cat]

Deidre Hall does Jane Elliot's roots!

[Mr. Vixen]

I thought I was the only one who saw that!

[MissLlanviewPA]

I saw that, too! There were actually rumors at one point that they were, shall we say, more than friends. May amount to absolutely nothing, though.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Elliot and Hall have been talking about the hair thing for years now, this is not the first time I've heard it.

[Cheap21]

JE's hair is the worst it's been in years IMO

[DRW50]

Geary only speaks up after the regime is gone, as far as I remember.

[ChitHappens]

+1

[EricMontreal22]

It may just be because she's now dead, but even those hurt by Monty seem to still have SOME respect for what she's done--which says... well something.