Members Sindacco Posted March 12, 2018 Members Share Posted March 12, 2018 I was going to mention Billy Warlock on OLTL but then didn't he just play the character for a month or something? Wasn't the character brought back just to be killed off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 12, 2018 Members Share Posted March 12, 2018 It wasn't Ken Corday who was smoking something funny, lol. The Salem Stalker storyline was all James E. Reilly's idea; and depending on who's telling the story, bringing back all the victims was never part of his game plan. IOW, JER meant for all those characters to die and to stay dead. The plan changed only when Corday panicked and INSISTED they be brought back, which is how we ended up with the whole "Melaswen" mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted March 12, 2018 Members Share Posted March 12, 2018 Yep, and NBC pretty much forced Corday to bring JER back in 2003 or they wouldn't renew DAYS. Corday talks about in his book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 12, 2018 Members Share Posted March 12, 2018 You both are right...I stand corrected. I always forget that JER returned to DAYS and was writing Passions at the same time. I haven't read Ken Corday's book but I probably should. I'll see if my library has it. To his credit, JER created memorable stories that often had spectacular payoffs (my favorite was in August and September 1997 when Sami's lies about faking amnesia and most importantly, Will's paternity, were uncovered when she was about to marry Austin). But I was also disturbed by how violent and misogynistic they were - but of the two soaps, Passions was much more violent and misogynistic. I guess NBC didn't care as long as they got the precious teen demographic. 😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted March 12, 2018 Members Share Posted March 12, 2018 But why didn’t JER just quit if he was forced to bring them back. He had the power and the clout and also could have walked with ease. Unless him bringing DAYS up was tied to a Passions renewal. It was clear the story changed as a viewer. And maybe they were all supposed to stay dead. But I can’t believe the show at that time would have allowed Marlena to be killed off too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted March 12, 2018 Members Share Posted March 12, 2018 That's interesting, never knew that. Unfortunately I still have the memory of Bonnie Lockhart serving up very spicy chili to Julie and Richard Voigts' Mickey and the two getting diarrhea as a result forever etched into my brain. I guess JER forget he wasn’t writing for Beth(who crapped her pants during a confrontation with Sheridan around the same time) and her mother(who peed on Beth’s wedding dress) on Passions when he had Voigt’s Mickey Horton crap himself. At least John Ingle brought some humor and balance to the proceedings. I had hoped Kevin Dobson would have worked out, at least he restored some freshness that I felt Mickey and Maggie had lost in the 90s and early '00s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members You're Soaking in it Posted March 13, 2018 Members Share Posted March 13, 2018 Yes. So Ross is also, technically, a character that didn't survive a recast. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteelCity Posted March 13, 2018 Members Share Posted March 13, 2018 And the show has been trying to recover from the mess ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted March 13, 2018 Members Share Posted March 13, 2018 If I remember correctly Corday told Bill Hayes, Doug would have been recast had he not return the role during the Salem Stalker story. Bill didn’t want to come back to be killed or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted March 13, 2018 Members Share Posted March 13, 2018 John Clarke is such a good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 13, 2018 Members Share Posted March 13, 2018 That is just NASTY. Even worse is that this show airs during the hour where many people eat lunch. Gross!!!! I remember reading that Richard Eden turned OLTL down because he wanted to stay on the West Coast. What I didn't know was that he was in the running for the role of Max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted March 14, 2018 Members Share Posted March 14, 2018 There was also a scene of Bonnie, Maggie, Mickey and Max the dog in bed together, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted March 14, 2018 Members Share Posted March 14, 2018 I think John Clarke got out at just the right time!! 😨😨😨😨😨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted March 14, 2018 Members Share Posted March 14, 2018 Oh I don’t know. As awful as that was (and it was truly awful), it had to be better than the near 15 years he had spent not being anything but uncle Mickey the lawyer when his family needed one. He truly deserved better. As someone that started watching the show in the 80’s, you would have no idea just how important he was to the show. Dr. Horton and Alice had so much more to do than he did by that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted March 15, 2018 Members Share Posted March 15, 2018 But he was happy with that. One of the reasons he retired in early 2004 was because of the increased workload. JER started using Mickey more than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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