Here you go @DRW50

 

32 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

Wow, on that timing. Marland died in the spring and they fired Brown and Sward in the fall? That’s cold, man!

That means Laurence Caso fired them both.

22 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks. I probably will, although it's going to be tough to watch.

Yes.  Even though 1993 was a  decently rated year for the show, I imagine the budget cuts were kicking in, and characters who had been written into a corner or who had not been central players in a while were among the  first to go. Not that it's really the same but this  is also when Lucinda's daughter Bianca left and forgotten about by everyone at the show but Liz Hubbard.

I know Marland and Lisa were very close, so I wonder how much their friendship had helped keep Iva on the show up to that point as she could have gone after the Aaron reveal (I wonder if that's another reason he also had her get pregnant with  John's baby). 

Ann Sward also seemed to have gotten considerable storyline under Marland’s pen, at a time when daytime soaps seemed more preoccupied with youth centered storylines. Sad, but it seems like they were waiting for Marland to pass away before booting and/or marginalizing those characters.

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Here you go @DRW50

 

That means Laurence Caso fired them both.

Surprised that in all these reunions, no one has reached out to Caso to talk about his time at the helm.

Soap Classics DVDs

ATWT

Switched at Birth is not about Lily. It begins with Lily & Holden getting home with their daughter who has been with Reed Hamilton for almost a year.

Lily's World Crumbles is the classic scene, Lily & Rob Landry are in the barn shouting & he's shaking her by the shoulders & Iva runs in with a pitchfork raised screaming, "Let go of her; she's your baby!"

GL

Wedding is self-explanatory.

Sins of Nola Reardon begins with Nola in a room & Kelly comes in & he lights into her about having played him all along & they're gonna have a big fight.

 

Laurence

^^ and Caso is in the NYC tri-state area so he’s pretty close geographically to Locher, who’s in Jersey.

Thanks @Soapsuds

I do think Caso  was one of the last producers who tried to keep some of the last vestiges of the ATWT  identity alive, but  he really wasn't a strong enough producer nor did he  pick strong enough writers at key moments after  Marland passed.

Anyway,  this is off topic now, sorry. 

Wow, Michael Laibson looks so different!

19 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks @Soapsuds

I do think Caso  was one of the last producers who tried to keep some of the last vestiges of the ATWT  identity alive, but  he really wasn't a strong enough producer nor did he  pick strong enough writers at key moments after  Marland passed.

Anyway,  this is off topic now, sorry. 

Richard Backus was not up for the job and he admitted to it. He had no clue what he was doing. Caso was a weak producer. I wonder who Robert Calhoun would've brought in if he had still been producing ATWT.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

Richard Backus was not up for the job and he admitted to it. He had no clue what he was doing. Caso was a weak producer. I wonder who Robert Calhoun would've brought in if he had still been producing ATWT.

 

I was looking at the changes, in EP &HW in one of the Fruit Basket Turnover times, in the NY/P&G soaps. If I understand correctly Moonves recommended two unknowns, from outside, for ATWT HWs & they were Black & Stern & served from Feb. 2, 1996-1996.

Does anyone know how long they were really there? IOW, when in 1996 they were let go & the Interim Gang of Three came on? There was just so much crazy.

ATWT EP Laurence Caso Oct. 1988-1995

ATWT EP John Valente May 1995-Nov. 8, 1996

ATWT HW Richard Culliton 1995-Jan. 31, 1996

ATWT HW Stephen Black & Henry Stern Feb. 2, 1996-1996

ATWT HW Stephen Demorest, Mel Brez, Addie Walsh* 1996-1997

*Interim co-HW

I just realized we've gone off-topic. I'm sorry. If I hadn't written this, I wouldn't send this.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

I wonder who Robert Calhoun would've brought in if he had still been producing ATWT.

I'm tempted to think he would have convinced Susan Bedsow Horgan to return, if only temporarily, in order to keep the show moving steadily while he (and P&G) searched for a permanent replacement.

Another possibility: Harding Lemay, who had served already as a Creative Consultant pre-Marland.  Again, Lemay would helped stabilize the show while, at the same time, streamlining some of the cast and storylines.

Wow This Was A Shock!!!! I actually thought she died much longer ago, Will Always Love Nola and Iva