Members BetterForgotten Posted January 8, 2024 Members Share Posted January 8, 2024 From what I’ve seen of their Tom and Margo on ATWT, they appeared to be an early template for what the Dobsons envisioned for Mason and Julia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 8, 2024 Members Share Posted January 8, 2024 Why did the Dobsons leave ATWT the first time (in 1981)? And why did they return less than a year later? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted January 8, 2024 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2024 I am not usually unbending but with Santa Barbara, I am. Lane Davies is my only Mason. Robin Wright is my only Kelly. If they had ever recast Julia, I possibly would have had a fit! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted January 8, 2024 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2024 Where do you see that? I don't see any sign that happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 9, 2024 Members Share Posted January 9, 2024 anuary 7, 1980 – April 1981 Bridget and Jerome Dobson April – August 1981 Paul Roberts August 1981 – January 1982 Tom King and K.C. Collier January 1982 – May 20, 1983 Bridget and Jerome Dobson May 23, 1983 – December 1983 Caroline Franz and John Saffron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted January 9, 2024 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2024 Thanks. I wonder what that was about. Do we know what they did in between? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted January 9, 2024 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2024 I was looking at my list of favorite writers: Lemay, Labine, Curlee, Swajeski, Hurst, Mulcahey, the Dobsons, Marland, Val Jean, CCulliton, Falken Smith, Bell, Nixon & Phillips. 15. I like writers. 15 is probably a lot. So sue me. Since Bridget has died, now I count only 7 among the living. And only one of them is currently employed as a soap writer! Truly it is the end of an era. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mitch64 Posted January 9, 2024 Members Share Posted January 9, 2024 Thanks...I think that PG was not happy with what they were doing...which was recycling (poorly) their GL storylines...John/Dee/Brad vs. Roger/Holly/Ed marital rape storyline...James/Barbara vs. Alan/Hope powerful amoral outsider with core family daughter. Helen Wagner quit at this time...etc... they did not do what they did with GL, preserve the core family while giving the show a shot in the arm with new families and "contemporary" topics. Unfortunately the replacement writers were even worse. I would like to know how MEB got the prickly Bridget (who, God love her..seemed to be a pain in the a** sometimes.) to agree to come back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted January 9, 2024 Members Share Posted January 9, 2024 The late 70’s/early 80’s might as well be described as ATWT’s lost years. Seems like P&G really struggled with how to move the show forward and they were really caught off guard by ATWT’s ratings erosion and the rise of the ABC soaps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted January 9, 2024 Members Share Posted January 9, 2024 (edited) Stumbled upon this article from April of last year. I had no idea Jerry Dobson was still so creatively active. The play was also directed by and starred Lane Davies. The subject matter is close to home for Jerry, lol. Hollywood writer taps into soap-opera experience in Prague drama premiere Edited January 9, 2024 by BetterForgotten 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted January 10, 2024 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2024 https://soaphub.com/days-of-our-lives/news-days/nancy-lee-grahn-a-martinez-and-more-pay-tribute-to-santa-barbara-creator-bridget-dobson/ Lane Davies played Mason Capwell, firstborn son to C.C. Capwell (Jed Allan) and leading man to Nancy Lee Grahn on-screen. “Bridget was possessed of an indomitable spirit, irrepressible creativity, and a truly wicked sense of humor,” Davies shared on Instagram. “Together with her husband of 60-plus years, Jerry, she gave us some of the most memorable moments and characters in the history of Daytime Television. She will be sorely missed by all who were lucky enough to have known her.” The Dobsons cast A Martinez as Cruz Castillo, the show’s leading man who was paired opposite Marcy Walker’s Eden Capwell. “Bridget and her husband Jerry eventually ascended into the realm of legend,” Martinez, who won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1990, wrote on Facebook. “As is always the case with great writers who will not be denied, their obsession to build their own world –– and share it ––delivered emotional medicine for years to millions of people around the world, and the power of that medicine lingers to this day. Thank you, Bridget. May a warm wind carry you always.” “Bridget Dobson and her husband Jerry hired me to play the most curious, absorbing, complex, inspiring, character of my career,” Grahn posted on Instagram referring to the part of Julia Wainwright Capwell. (Grahn won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1989 for playing Julia.) “Realizing the role of Julia Wainwright, having the privilege of feeling my way through this beautifully constructed character’s relationship with herself and others was life-altering for me,” Grahn continued. “It advanced me as an actress and a woman. It introduced 140 some countries to me and me to them and it set the path to a career that has so far lasted 38 yrs. The effect just one person can have on your life is quite extraordinary. Rest in greatness, Bridget and thank you.” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1974mdp Posted January 10, 2024 Members Share Posted January 10, 2024 I just recently started rewatching the first months of the show and hadn't seen any of these episodes since I was a kid. While a lot of the show is rough around the edges these first few months(the silly teen story, Sophia not at all convincingly dressing as a man, the Perkins parents, actors not working out as CC, etc.) the spark that made some characters so unique and interesting with the writing and their portrayers is already there. Mason's sharp-tongued dialogue, Lionel and Augusta's marriage, and Cruz are already standouts in the first couple of months. I'm so looking forward to Julia's introduction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted January 10, 2024 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2024 Oh, my, you're making me want to re-watch ... may have to do something about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted January 10, 2024 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2024 https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/sandy-springs-ga/bridget-dobson-11612335 died Jan. 3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 10, 2024 Members Share Posted January 10, 2024 I still believe they were paying homage to "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" with that look, lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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