I think the Dobson's would have had a field day at SFT especially in 1980 with the whole Stephanie/Jo/Wendy/Suzi orbit, plus I could have seen them have a field day with Liza, Sunny, Stu, etc.
I remember reading somewhere that the Dobson's said it took them being head-writers of GL for eighteen months before they felt confident about what they were doing on the show.. and reading monthly write-ups of the show.. you could see them trying to figure out how to update and modernize GL during those early months.
The difference was that P & G probably gave them time to find their footing and put their stamp on GL in the mid 70s vs ATWT where it seemed as though P & G wanted instant results. Plus, GL in 1975 had a mix of younger characters with Holly/Peggy being in their mid to late 20s and Roger being in his early 30s along with other characters that were being focused on at first like Tim and Pam.
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