7 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

I hope he brings back the Carly that SJB played, cause Dubs' version just ain't it. 

It's worth pointing out that use of the actor's name is useful as ID but we must remember that they don't choose what & how they play a character. That is the responsiblity of the writers. And also SJB was Carly for 5 years, although they were memorable, and LW has now been Carly for 18 years. The underlying problems with Carly-Sonny-Jason have been going on for a long damn time. 

And also the two characters I see fans asking for the return of, the most, are Lucky & Lulu. 

53 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Who knew Genie could be a beyotch. 😂 The way she treated Jacob Young.

He couldn't act on GH. He was embarrassingly bad in the role. Twinkdom or former twinkdom does not entitle you to a job.

Frankly I'm still not convinced he can act. He got a lot of attention on AMC but a lot of that was just yelling to me.

17 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Trying to get back on topic, I asked about JJ's exit as Lucky because I wondered how Mulcahey felt about the character.  (Since that exit was written as Lucky being presumed dead in a fire).   Glad to learn that JJ wanted to leave and it wasn't something Mulcahey initiated.

Well, first, Mulcahey would never have permanently killed off Lucky. He wrote a lot for the Spencers. Second, he was a staff writer at the time, not HW. And third Lucky's death was always shown to be a fakeout; Jonathan pre-taped material showing him imprisoned before he exited.

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7 minutes ago, Vee said:

Well, first, Mulcahey would never have permanently killed off Lucky. He wrote a lot for the Spencers. Second, he was a staff writer at the time, not HW. And third Lucky's death was always shown to be a fakeout; Jonathan pre-taped material showing him imprisoned before he exited.

 

Oh! Thanks on all three points.  I wasn't able to watch regularly during that time period so I missed a lot.

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9 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

It's worth pointing out that use of the actor's name is useful as ID but we must remember that they don't choose what & how they play a character. That is the responsiblity of the writers. And also SJB was Carly for 5 years, although they were memorable, and LW has now been Carly for 18 years. The underlying problems with Carly-Sonny-Jason have been going on for a long damn time. 

And also the two characters I see fans asking for the return of, the most, are Lucky & Lulu. 

but she CHOOSES to play the smirky stuff up, I doubt that's in the script lol! 

It doesn’t matter how long an actor played a role. What matters is their impact. Sarah Brown made a significant impact on GH and its viewers whereas LW simply hasn’t and never will. She’s just a recast with a job for life. 

6 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Oh! Thanks on all three points.  I wasn't able to watch regularly during that time period so I missed a lot.

Mulcahey was a key and prominent part of the writing team at GH in the late '90s often name-checked by actors and other writers and journalists (like Karen Harris, or Michele ValJean who created the Liz rape saga from her own experience, another close friend of PM's who is still at B&B), but he was never HW. Before that, his storied resume goes on and on in this thread - Santa Barbara, GL under Marland and Curlee, etc, one of their key writers too. He apparently had a tough co-HW stint at GL with others(?) in the early-mid '90s but my understanding is that by then there were many, many cooks in the kitchen and JFP micromanaged everything. @DRW50 would know more. Or @Khan perhaps.

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2 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

but she CHOOSES to play the smirky stuff up, I doubt that's in the script lol! 

Well, YMMV but personally I love good smirk & you can count on some people to deliver it. Three of my favorite smirkers happen to be Maura West, Tamara Braun & Laura Wright. When you got it, sometimes you gotta flaunt it. 

35 minutes ago, Vee said:

Before that, his storied resume goes on and on in this thread - Santa Barbara, GL under Marland and Curlee, etc. He apparently had a tough co-HW stint at GL with others(?) in the early-mid '90s but my understanding is that by then there were many, many cooks in the kitchen and JFP micromanaged everything. @DRW50 would know more. Or @Khan perhaps.

Yes I have been reading about that. But I never watched any of the shows Santa Barbara or Guiding Light, not at all. So all the comments about what went on with those shows don't really register in my mind.  However I am familiar with JFP micromanaging on AMC and Y&R so I get the general idea.

Edit, not AMC. 

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2 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

It doesn’t matter how long an actor played a role. What matters is their impact. Sarah Brown made a significant impact on GH and its viewers whereas LW simply hasn’t and never will. She’s just a recast with a job for life. 

It matters how long a character was written a certain way. It matters quite a bit. Who knows how many viewers know a character this way compared to the OG way. So, if you're in a position to "write" some wrongs, this is a big part of your challenge & that takes us right back to where we are now, what we hope for Carly under PM. 

1 hour ago, BetterForgotten said:

It’s a rare trait - even without looking at the credits, I can almost always identify a GL or GH episode that was written by Mulcahey when I watch something form the Curlee GL era or late 90’s GH. And that’s saying something as both shows had other great scriptwriters during these eras. 

Agreed...hopefully it is like Marland and Long's runs...I new instantely when Long was back and when Marland took over ATWT I knew that something had suddenly changed.  It will be interesting to see someone with an individual "good" style back. 

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1 minute ago, janea4old said:

Yes I have been reading about that. But I never watched any of the shows Santa Barbara or Guiding Light, not at all. So all the comments about what went on with those shows don't really register in my mind.  However I am familiar with JFP micromanaging on AMC and Y&R so I get the general idea.

Uh, JFP wasn't at AMC. 

Just now, Donna L. Bridges said:

Uh, JFP wasn't at AMC. 

Maybe I'm confusing her with McTavish. Someone fans hated.

Just now, janea4old said:

Maybe I'm confusing her with McTavish. Someone fans hated.

Yes, probably! McT was responsible for the UnAbortion among many other awful things at AMC. 

8 minutes ago, Vee said:

He apparently had a tough co-HW stint at GL with others(?) in the early-mid '90s but my understanding is that by then there were many,

GL was going through a ROUGH time at that time..coming off being nearly perfect soap (IMO) Curlee left and JFP was rumored to say "NOW we can do it MY way!" So, I think she of course had a LOT of time spent in the writers room. I also heard he didn't want to or like being head writer so this is surprising. 

 

 

Just now, Mitch64 said:

GL was going through a ROUGH time at that time..coming off being nearly perfect soap (IMO) Curlee left and JFP was rumored to say "NOW we can do it MY way!" 

She tried this again at OLTL in 1999, where she went without a HW for most of the year after Pam Long split in either late '98 or early that year (I still wonder what if anything Long wanted to do at that show - I only remember her commenting on Roger Howarth being difficult to write for in '98). ABC ultimately made her take McTavish, and they became a gruesome twosome.