Offbeat Soap Facts/News bits/Anecdotes you still remember

[vetsoapfan]

 

I hate when my memory gets cloudy! Thanks for the clarification.

[Gray Bunny]

I think it was 2002 when they first said on air that GL's Springfield was in Illinois (during Rick & Mel's wedding?), and later during the Weston era of 2003-2004, they not only confirmed Illinois multiple times but at one point, Ross even mentioned how they live in the state's capital city. To me, that made no sense and was a definite rewrite of the current powers-that-be. It would've made more sense to establish Springfield in Michigan, with 3/4ths of it surrounded by Great Lakes. Speaking of, I think at one point prior to 2002 they mentioned Springfield being on the coast of a Great Lake.  

 

[titan1978]

Does anyone else remember some risque photos of Teddy Sears (and possibly a couple of others from his time on OLTL) that made some noise back in the day?  I think they were maybe even taken by one of their OLTL costars.

 

I googled and didn’t see anything, but I’m almost positive this happened.

[Vee]

It was Nathan Purdee (Hank Gannon), who was a photographer. He did a risque shoot with Sears, Shanelle Workman (Flash/Sarah Roberts), Amber Ryan (Emily MacIver) and others. It was a minor scandal at the time. I don't think it was what led to Purdee's departure, but puritanical soap fans did react.

[John]

That was so Tame I remeber all the outrage and was like for that, really???

[titan1978]

Thank you!

 

  It was Disney owned ABC and back then soaps had become very buttoned up and conservative.

[amybrickwallace]

OK...

 

Pam Long herself mentioned that in her 2009 podcast interview on Brandon's Buzz. She said that the guy who threw up was either someone from P&G or CBS. Pam and KZ got into a shouting match over the direction Reva was going in. It was nothing personal, it was just about the story. Apparently, their arguing made the poor guy so nervous that he tossed his cookies right then and there. No word if anyone lost their appetites after that, as they were at a business lunch.

 

That is hilarious. If you can ever find the article, or at least the exact quote, please post it here. 

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[amybrickwallace]

 

In the greatest irony of all, when MTS finally got her first (and to date, only) Emmy nomination as Lead Actress in 1999, she lost to...

 

You just can't make this stuff up.

[Khan]

 

 

It was then-EP Joe Willmore.

[amybrickwallace]

 

Thanks!!

[vetsoapfan]

 

After the gay kiss scenes featuring "Kish" were broadcast on OLTL, one hyperventilating critic on a message board raged that she did not want to see "hard-core homosexual pornography" on her "clean" show.

 

Hard-core gay pornography?????

 

I was soooooo tempted to send her links to some REAL porn, for comparison, but I refrained.

[amybrickwallace]

In her Playmate days, Kimberly McArthur was quoted that one of her "turn-offs" was soap operas. Eventually, she wound up replacing Robin Wright on Santa Barbara in 1988...and lasted mere weeks before being replaced herself by Carrington Garland.

[Vizion]

 

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[John]

Actually 8 months. June 1988-February 1989

http://www.santabarbara-online.com/kelly2.htm

[amybrickwallace]

 

I stand corrected. I don't know why it seemed like such a short period of time. To this day, I don't know if she was hired for the long haul (and because she looked a lot like Robin at that point) and it didn't work out or if she was just a placeholder until they found a permanent Kelly.