DAYS: Tomlin/Whitesell OUT! Higley/Griffith IN!

[dragonflies]

I thought that was Marlene McPherson, is that her name?

[Vee]

She was fired, like all the other original HWs as PP scrambled to save pennies. But her work aired to basically the end.

[Soaplovers]

Higley had a problem of poor pacing.. with Lorraine Broderick there as associate head-writer.. the pacing will be better. Griffith can provide the character driven material.. and Higley can provide the plotting.

Higley had a problem of poor pacing.. with Lorraine Broderick there as associate head-writer.. the pacing will be better. Griffith can provide the character driven material.. and Higley can provide the plotting.

[DRW50]

There was endless, endless hype surrounding him during the years that DC, Nellie Oleson, and some on this board were giving MAB daily rim jobs. He was supposed to be a savior of soaps, a key to their future.

Why?

Because he wrote lines like, "Black rabbit, Jack Abbott."

I'm not kidding.

I also remember him having an attitude on Twitter, but it's been years, so I may be off on that one.

[Toups]

Higley and Griffith never wrote for AMC. I think you might be thinking of Marlene McPherson?

[DRW50]

I'd mentioned the two hacks from 2010, so that's what Vee was commenting on.

[Soapsuds]

Yeah he is Ron Carlivati Jr…..Carlivati's son…..LOL...

[DRW50]

Thanks.

To be honest I thought AMC's production and acting was much better than its writing (although the Cassandra/Angie scenes were strong, David had a lot of good material, and the show was certainly watchable)

[Vee]

I was referring to her and her partner, yes. They wrote from 2011 to 2012, I believe. As to McPherson I liked a lot of what I saw of her DAYS, and I thought her AMC (where, to be fair, she was again part of a duo or trio, IIRC) was excellent.

[Toups]

Don't listen to the people here. LOL I get the feeling they don't like him because he's friends with MAB and Sheffer and sticks up for them. But if you've ever had conversations with the guy, like I did, he's a great guy and very nice and down to earth. He's very well liked within the soap community. I've never heard anyone who's worked with him say anything bad about him.

[NothinButAttitude]

Thanks, Toups.

I remember this site's in-depth interview with him and he clearly has a love for the genre. I just figured that people don't like him because of his writing, which I was about to question seeing as he's always been a dialogue or breakdown writer at the most. But I can see why he had loyalty to Maria, Hogan, and Jean because they gave him a career. I'd be looking at him sideways if he didn't, but I would be fine if he expressed he didn't care for some of their choices, which is reasonable.

[Toups]

Marlene wrote with Darrell Ray Thomas, Jr. at DAYS. Elizabeth Snyder was Marlene's Co-HW at AMC.

[Vee]

I am aware.

[Days22]

Tom Casiello sure did zero wonders for the WWE

[YRfan23]

Agreed....I even once said he should head write Y&R....he was a producer there during the 80's and early 90's and has history with the show....(then again, JFP/and SONY Those bitches made it clear they don't want any writers who worked with Bill Bell....)