Members Darn Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 That was a nasty bit of business from marketing people that were desperate to appeal to the internet crowd without anyone understanding that it was incredibly disrespectful to the actress who had to continue to play that role for weeks while those commercials were playing. Frons era ABC daytime was just ugly. I liked her too, there was an energy to her performance that RB lost sometime after leaving AMC. She stopped caring about the material (who can blame her?) and it showed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Titus Andronicus Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 Strike stuff: In 1988, Days writers outlined months of story on the eve of the strike. The writers during the strike blew through the material much, much faster than the outline, leaving a big mess to try to clean up. And I don't know if this was nixed before the strike or during it, but the storyline that year for Roman with the trances was originally supposed to be Shane, but NBC execs said no. Shane then got saddled with another domestic storyline and despite being a spy was less active in international affairs than the Salem PD. During the Paris storyline with John and Marlena, Drake Hogestyn either injured himself off the set or had a nagging injury (can't recall which) that was written in to give him a reason to limp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scrapple Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 Didn't Mitchell Ryan get fired from Dark Shadows because of a drinking problem? I believe Joe Breen got canned from ATWT because of illness. Didn't ATWT do a story on Martha Byrne's slight weight gain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 Speaking of maternity leaves... Lauralee Bell took a year plus maternity leave.. which either led to the creation of Isaballa (Eva Longoria).. or prolonged the duration of the Isabella character... I can't recall which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members P.J. Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 Oh..summer 2001 when Damian (or some villuanous half brother) "blew up" /kidnapped Holden and Luke leading to the bullcrappiest, convoluted kidnap story ever. All because Jon Hensley had to have knee surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 IIRC Mitch Ryan just failed to show up one day on DS due to his drinking. I may be off on the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 Yeah, I think he was let go when he contracted the AIDS virus. The show replaced him with Christopher Cass, then had Scott out of town for awhile, then brought him back with Doug Wert before writing him out again (this time for good). Unfortunately, Breen's dismissal, along with Douglas Marland's death, derailed whatever plans they had had for Scott. They obviously had no idea what to do with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteelCity Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 What about that crapfest that General Hospital became during the beginning of 2008?!! Then there's that story about hospital fire the next year that became a huge mess and so confusing! I know in 2008, it was WGA strike, but I don't know what the hell happened during February 2009! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 Wasn’t 2009 when they got hit with significant budget cuts? I also think all the character deaths and short sighted writing caught up with them then, because they had decimated the younger set and all the stories seemed to be in limbo for a long time around then. And then you had Brenda’s return, in a story she didn’t like and the audience didn’t respond to like they did her previous return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 I imagine Hunter Tylo's version of Taylor McBride would've been as exciting as Brooke Langton as Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteelCity Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 February 2009 had the Toxic Balls and the hotel burned down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 "Toxic balls": two words that will live in soap opera infamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 I’ve blocked them out so much I can’t remember them. Claudia was on the show then, so I know I was still watching, but I’m drawing a blank on which hotel burned down and what toxic balls means. An outbreak of VD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CassieFan Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 Were there any problems with Josh Duhon (ex-Logan) on General Hospital? Because as I remember (when I was still watching the show), the EP propped him as the next leading man and suddenly, it's like they had a change of heart and changed the character's storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted August 8, 2018 Members Share Posted August 8, 2018 From what I heard it had something to do with Julie Berman. Not sure of all the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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