Members DRW50 Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ernie Townsend wrote a little about some of his problems on the show when he was there around 1984 or so. I don't have the exact article at the moment, but a quick summary: I get the feeling the show was a tough slog in the early 80s. Tonya Pinkins had some problems with Robert Calhoun during their year or so on the show together. DAYS seemed to have huge, ugly backstage drama in the late 70s, and then during Crystal Chappell's years on the show. I don't know about otherwise, although some of the producers sound vindictive to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 The same Ernie Townsend from EON? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Thought so - thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Exactly! I remember SK being a source of bts gossip at B&B. Like when he got his castmate pregnant and denied he was the father until DNA results came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Are we sure Maury didn't deliver the results? I also believe that news helped bust up SK's marriage, if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 SAY WHAT??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hey, if they put on a show about the behind the scenes of the Bell soaps, it would get ratings of Super Bowl-like proportions. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Oh yeah! I always forget that he was married and cheating on his wife when it went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 He and Gladys Jiminez were castmates on B&B (he as Deacon, she as Carmen), and their baby girl was born in the summer of 2001. SK was still married to his first wife at the time. He has since remarried (not to Gladys Jiminez) and they have a combined family situation. He has his daughter and his new wife has four kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 It sounds like it was rarely a happy place; likely happier in the early days, but not all that happy (Janice Lynde didn't seem to have a happy departure; JLB said the backstage conditions were terrible and she was one of the people who tried to fight to improve it; Bill Bell and John Conboy parted on extremely bad terms). I keep thinking of that story where MTS supposedly didn't speak to Jeanne Cooper for several years, and Jeanne didn't know why. Then one day MTS started speaking to her again. And these were two of the people on the show who got along well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 Yeah, Jeanne wrote about the MTS situation in her book (that's where I heard about it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 The irony is most of the actors had such respect for Bill they didn't allow their backstage drama to become a huge issue (however once Bill stepped down & Sony began exerting increasing influence everything changed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted March 12, 2014 Members Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'd imagine B&B is a great place to work at now work load wise and good pay compared to the hour shows. I'd always thought Y&R was a good place based upon actor interviews and reading Bell's book but some here seem to allude otherwise. I bet Days had to be tough esp during JER 2.0 and anything in the 2000's. AW their last few years had to be tough. GL when they started filming in my backyard and EW became EP had to be a major morale blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 13, 2014 Members Share Posted March 13, 2014 Oh yeah - in Kim Zimmer's book, she goes through the whole ugly story. Ellen Wheeler didn't lose her temper all that often, but once she did, she would completely explode. Probably not surprising, considering how much pressure was on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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