Wouldn't one expect it to be a suburb of the big city?
Callous posers from both coasts always trying to put down Oakdale.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 19, 2024 1:46 AM |
Farther when Marland is in charge.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 19, 2024 3:31 AM |
Utter Llanview nut here- but I have become a massive fan of Barbara . And I would also watch Lucinda during OLTL commercials.
And when JULIANNE FUCKING MOORE returns for the finale? Come on!!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 19, 2024 3:43 AM |
As the World Turns Oakdale or Edge of Night's Oakdale?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 19, 2024 3:52 AM |
About 500K a year.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 19, 2024 3:56 AM |
ATWT r4
by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 20, 2024 2:23 AM |
I'm watching an episode from 1988 and Holden is on a private jet from Chicago to Oakdale.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 23, 2024 1:42 AM |
Didn't Lisa walk from Oakdale to Chicago back in the 60s when they tried to give her her own show?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 23, 2024 2:17 AM |
R4, I think they were supposed to be the same place, no?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 25, 2024 1:09 AM |
[quote]As the World Turns Oakdale or Edge of Night's Oakdale?
Edge of Night was set in Monticello.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 25, 2024 1:16 AM |
They never really said. I think both Oakdale and Springfield were supposed to be generally in IL, close enough to Chicago that one could drive or fly. (Which would really mean more Indianapolis, but that's neither here nor there).
Monticello was supposedly a suburb of Cincinnati.
Henderson....well, who knows where the fuck THAT was.....
by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 25, 2024 1:22 AM |
In 2006, Barbara bought Casey and Gwen tickets to attend the "Acid Ran" concert in Chicago, so they could check out potential bands for Lisa to book at her club.
When Casey had to convince Gwen to go with him (she and Will were newlyweds and Gwen didn't think she should leave her husband) Casey didn't understand the issue and said, "IT'S ONLY AN HOUR AWAY."
They took a bus to get there and back.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 25, 2024 2:20 AM |
Donna Love could see Chicago from her penthouse.
Salem was also set in the region. When seeking a babysitter for Belle, Marlena said she had to look as far as Chicago to find one.
When Jeanne Cooper died, an article in Salem newspaper said "Genoa City Morns the Loss of Beloved Citizen" or something like that. It seemed a very respectful way to tie the shows together.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 25, 2024 2:41 AM |
Bay City was also Illinois. An Irna Phillips affectation?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 25, 2024 2:43 AM |
Oh that’s by Elgin
by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 25, 2024 2:48 AM |
While Chicago is mentioned in SALEM, USA, it's zip code places it somewhere in Connecticut, yet we've seen the Missouri state flag used in its police station and courtroom.
It's a fluid kind of place.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 25, 2024 3:07 AM |
R14 I assume so. She was from Ohio but despite not really mentioning a particular state she was describing Middle America, and Illinois is pretty dang middle.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 25, 2024 3:55 AM |
[quote] Donna Love could see Chicago from her penthouse.
I see everything from my lovely little perch!
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 25, 2024 3:56 AM |
Bay City and Somerset are both actual cities in Michigan....I thought that's where the soaps were set?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 25, 2024 10:46 AM |
R19 Bay City apparently was considered in IL. I don't know why. I assumed the same as you.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 25, 2024 5:18 PM |
Irna lived in Chicago , as did Bill Bell, so she set all her shows in Illinois. The Bells had a vacation home in Lake Geneva, and they passed through Genoa City, WI, to get there; which is how Y&R came to be set there.
Agnes Nixon lived on the Main Line in Philadelphia, so Corinth, Llanview and Pine Valley were located there.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 25, 2024 5:47 PM |
All true, though Genoa City was really just the borrowing of a name, as the GC shown on YR is radically different than the real one.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 25, 2024 6:33 PM |
When Genoa City became more of an urban setting, the show would often use Pittsburgh for its atmosphere shots and location shoots. Places like Newman Towers, Genoa City Memorial Hospital, the Genoa City Police Department building, and its International Airport, etc. all had real counterparts in Pittsburgh.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 25, 2024 6:56 PM |
R23 Yes, I remember they did some outdoor shots there. ATWT did some too, in its last year or so.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 25, 2024 7:04 PM |
I always thought Genoa City was a stupid name for a soap location. It’s not even a port city like Genoa in Italy.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 25, 2024 7:05 PM |
Found the ATWT one right quick. Filmed over near/at the Mattress Factory.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 25, 2024 7:05 PM |
In the very first episode of Y&R, we see the type of small Wisconsin town Genoa City was originally envisioned to be as Brad Eliot is being driven into town by a truck driver who'd picked him on the road.
And in the next scene, Sally McGuire peers out a window and reinforces this idea when she bemoans what "a drag it is being stuck in a place like Genoa City."
At least she had Snapper's hot cock to entertain her.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 25, 2024 9:28 PM |
Philece Sampler was the definitive Donna Love.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | May 25, 2024 9:35 PM |
Yeah, about as definitive as Susan Batten was as Connor Walsh.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 25, 2024 9:37 PM |
Tonya Pinkins mentions ATWT in an interview.
She mentions Marland but also a "toxic culture"....but I think most of her time on screen at ATWT was before Marland came onboard. Or a big chunk of it, anyway. ATWT was trying anything to stay afloat before he got there.
[quote[ “We were the kids,” Pinkins says. “[Late Head Writer] Doug Marland was a great, great writer, but there was a culture there that was incredibly toxic. It was like the writers were reading all the soap mags and finding out what was going on in people’s real lives and putting that into the show. It was very tense.”
by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 29, 2024 1:15 AM |
(and also, Tonya is a little bit cuckoo)
by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 29, 2024 1:15 AM |
I recall Tonya doing an interview with Soap Opera Digest or Soap Opera Weekly, and saying she didn’t get along with ATWT’s EP at the time, Robert Calhoun.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 29, 2024 1:19 AM |
In the 1970s, Bay City was implied to be in Michigan. Harding Lemay never expressly said it was in Michigan, but he definitely never said, or implied, that Bay City was just outside of Chicago.
In the early 80s, the exact location of Bay City was changed to Illinois, making it a suburb of Chicago.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 29, 2024 2:49 AM |
R33 Madonna was born in Bay City. MI. It’s very small.
So when Beth ran off to the beach on GL, and Lujack followed her, was it a Great Lakes beach?
by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 7, 2024 10:14 PM |
R34, great question! Springfield, at various times, had beaches, lakes, rivers, and sometimes seemed to be close to an ocean (which baffled me).
I was the biggest fan of GL for many, many years. In 1987, when I was a senior in high school, I met a guy who had been offered a writing job on the show. He ultimately turned it down due to a writers’ strike. However, the show had given him a lot of background info including a map of Springfield, etc. He gave me all of the stuff the show had furnished. It was all ruined when my parents’ basement flooded.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 8, 2024 3:51 PM |
You live in your parents' basement?
by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 8, 2024 8:31 PM |
No, R37, lol. While I was at college their basement flooded and I lost a lot things that I wish I hadn’t.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 8, 2024 8:34 PM |
The dumb cunt-tella got a resounding NO from NATAS regarding an Emmy for Beverlee. Everyone tried telling the moron that they don’t award Lifetime Achievement Awards to dead people. She resisted that fact and filed anyway. The dumb cunt!
by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 18, 2024 9:27 PM |
MARY!
by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 18, 2024 10:15 PM |
14 years ago today was the last day of filming for ATWT.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 24, 2024 12:48 AM |
Tuesday, June 25 will mark the 25th anniversary of the final episode of Another World.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 24, 2024 2:01 AM |
And September will be 15 years since the final episode of GL.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 24, 2024 2:08 AM |
Dec. 28, 2024 will mark 40 years since the final episode of Edge of Night aired.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 24, 2024 2:18 AM |
September 3 will mark the day that they dropped THE Search For THE Tomorrow
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 24, 2024 2:43 AM |
July 1 will be Connie Ford's 100th birthday (July 1, 1923).
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 24, 2024 3:12 AM |
What a kick in the cunt!
by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 24, 2024 3:16 AM |
I always assumed Salem was East Coast. Bo and Hope sailed right out of there in 1987.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 24, 2024 3:29 AM |
R47, she’d be 101 if born in ‘23.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 24, 2024 3:30 AM |
Thank you, r49. Right you are. 101.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 24, 2024 3:43 AM |
Did Anne Heche and Connie ever bump pussies?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 24, 2024 10:06 AM |
2023 marked 40 years since I spend the night on my knees and on my back in the Tops parking lot and took 40 loads, one after another!
I had a real record until that damn Dawson came along.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | June 24, 2024 5:00 PM |
Was Stephen Yates the only straight man to play Jamie?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 24, 2024 5:11 PM |
R53 he didn't look so straight in those coochie cutters Jamie wore when he crashed Mac and Rachel's wedding!
by Anonymous | reply 54 | June 24, 2024 5:14 PM |
R54 No he didn’t look so straight, but he sure as hell ate out my snatch when we worked together at GL!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | June 24, 2024 5:23 PM |
MARY!
by Anonymous | reply 56 | June 24, 2024 5:43 PM |
Maeve Kinkead in the Locher Room Thursday.
She's been on a few other tribute shows before - I think for Lisa and Jerry, plus the Maureen Bauer one - but this will be her first session that focuses on her solely.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | June 24, 2024 5:55 PM |
Will Locher say that everything was wonderful at GL? Gee Alan. Everything was perfect at P&G while you were there!
by Anonymous | reply 58 | June 24, 2024 7:35 PM |
No snatches will be eaten, no toilets will be clogged, no parts of a show title will be dropped or added.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | June 24, 2024 7:40 PM |
I’m sure that buttinsky Jill Lorie Hurst will weigh in on Vanessa and her inner radiance.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | June 24, 2024 10:26 PM |
LOL R60! And Alan will need Jill to correct him about facts on “his” shows that he watched and did PR for 11 years. Has Alan mentioned that he did PR for 11 years? But he always fails to mention that both GL and ATWT were cancelled while he did PR for both shows. I guess the PR didn’t reach the viewers. lol Good job, Locher!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | June 24, 2024 11:30 PM |
They couldn’t do a fake tree like here in CA?
by Anonymous | reply 62 | June 25, 2024 1:13 AM |
Why was the Mona Lisa such an embarrassingly cheap set?
It really stood out for its awfulness. It looked like the decor came from Party City. It was odd, considering it was a major set and supposed to be one of the nicer sets in town. Compared to Tops on Another World, it was awful.
ATWT didn’t really have terrible sets, and it stood out.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | June 25, 2024 2:19 PM |
I just remember that the Mona Lisa was always so damn dark.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 25, 2024 3:00 PM |
25 years ago our beloved Another World left the airwaves.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | June 25, 2024 9:10 PM |
DARK!
by Anonymous | reply 66 | June 25, 2024 10:47 PM |
John Driscoll in the Locher Room.
Not the world's greatest actor but damn, he was hot as fuck.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | June 26, 2024 1:57 PM |
John Driscoll is straight, fyi.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | June 26, 2024 6:59 PM |
R69
What a waste
by Anonymous | reply 70 | June 26, 2024 7:01 PM |
He is. But damn, he's beautiful. Or was.
I saw him once while he was being interviewed by a local station.....he might come across a little Dudley DoRight on TV but he was a big, muscled, beautiful guy in person (biceps for days) and a lot more interesting that "Coop" was.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | June 26, 2024 7:11 PM |
Locher will get ‘moist’.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | June 26, 2024 7:29 PM |
PHE-ELIP!
by Anonymous | reply 73 | June 26, 2024 8:16 PM |
John Driscoll is gorgeous. Beautiful. He was good as Coop. Coop and Beth were a hot couple. MILF getting her young stud.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | June 26, 2024 11:30 PM |
Driscoll definitely seemed like he has sizemeat.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | June 27, 2024 12:43 AM |
R75 He probably does but Alan ‘I did PR for GL and ATWT for 11 years and they both got cancelled while I did PR but never mention that fact’ Locher will never sample Driscoll’s cock.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 27, 2024 3:01 AM |
Driscoll is smoking hot. He was on GL with Murray Bartlett and Tom Pelphrey.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | June 27, 2024 3:53 AM |
Maeve's Locher Room was today.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 28, 2024 1:22 AM |
Locher has not improved in 4 years. He’s hard to watch.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | June 28, 2024 1:46 AM |
.....
by Anonymous | reply 80 | June 28, 2024 1:57 AM |
I am just bumping this thread because I know who the OP is.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | June 28, 2024 1:58 AM |
Alan Locher really does seem to be a nice man but good god his interviewing style was never as maddening as it was with Maeve Kinkaid. His relentless inability to ask follow-up questions was particularly noticeable. OK, so William Roerick, it turned out, knew Kinkaid’s parents. But did that mean Kinkaid had actually met and socialized with Roerick before they worked together on GL? We’ll never know. And what were the “astonishing things” Roerick did for them? Jesus. It was still nice to to see Kinkaid again and we even got a glimpse of Meryl’s brother Harry who stepped in to fix a technical glitch. Locher was wise not to bring up Paul Rauch’s name. And we got further proof that Kathleen Widdoes was really quite the perv on set. I liked her saying that Vanessa being hooked on pills was her least favorite storyline. It made Vanessa weak and pathetic and I remember Billy telling her that. And so ironic since Jordan Clarke was an addict himself.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | June 28, 2024 2:39 PM |
R83 But I take exception to that Kathleen Widdoes could flash her tits? That was sexual harassment! Who would want to see those things!! Tell me exactly what Paul Rauch did to Maeve because I find Maeve to be hypocritical. Flash your tits Kathleen and that’s ok but what did Paul do to Maeve? And she went back wirking for Paul!!!
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 28, 2024 8:04 PM |
I'm at a loss to understand how Locher's show has continued. It's not that he isn't perfect at interviewing.....it's that he's so utterly terrible at it.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | June 28, 2024 10:59 PM |
Locher has the connections to get the guests and he has the willingness to spend the time setting up interviews.
He's not getting paid for this. He's doing this for his love of soaps. And for the fame it's bringing him.
No, he's not a great interviewer and misses so many follow up questions. But no one else is doing it.
If someone more skilled at interviewing with the connections he had came along, that person would easily usurp Locher.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | June 28, 2024 11:04 PM |
[quote]He's not getting paid for this.
He's not getting paid for any of the P&G interviews. That's for sure.
But he's done several sessions with actors from the Doctors at the request of the the people running the Watch the Doctors website. He may have gotten paid for those.
Likewise, he's done interviews with current Y&R and B&B stars which the Sony or Bell publicist arranged. It's possible he was paid for those as well.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | June 28, 2024 11:09 PM |
I love Maeve and enjoyed the interview, but I think she’d be a tough interview for anyone.
I would love to hear the story about Rauch demanding that Maeve dye her hair.
I would also have liked to have heard more in general about her offscreen woes with Jordan Clarke. She made an aside about still loving Jordan when he wasn’t looking good (paraphrasing), was she referring to his weight?
by Anonymous | reply 88 | June 28, 2024 11:38 PM |
I would assume she meant even when he was going through his drug issues.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | June 28, 2024 11:52 PM |
Is it any wonder that GL and ATWT got cancelled while Locher was their PR person? Even now he’s a terrible publicist.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | June 29, 2024 3:25 AM |
Oh and Thank God that Locher isn’t getting paid to say ‘that’s amazing’ 40 times per interview. That’s crazy.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | June 29, 2024 3:27 AM |
Of course he mentioned that buttinsky Jill Lorie Hurst at least twice.
Maeve did say that she literally said to production at one point she could no longer work in scenes with Clarke because of his addiction issues. I wonder if Jean Carol said to ger “Thanks a bunch.” I forgot who she said she had a big crush on-I’m sure Harry was thrilled to hear that. I bet she had affairs. Like her sister-in-law Meryl.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | June 29, 2024 4:02 AM |
I like Jill Lorie Hurst. She was one of the few sane people at GL at the end.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | June 29, 2024 4:36 AM |
The Vanessa pill addiction sl was a fuck u to Maeve, because Kobe and Long wanted to make Reva look good - who could believe the original version of Vanessa would sink so low as to run over pregnant Reva? Lol. Maeve quit a bit after that, saying she was tired of arguing over Vanessa's motivation. I think Kobe/Long were soon gone, and Vanessa got the sl with Ross that brought Dinah in the picture.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | June 29, 2024 5:10 PM |
Who on GL were rumored to be doing coke besides the actors playing Roxy and Billy? So many of the actors said GL was a very friendly, fun set.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | June 29, 2024 9:37 PM |
Jill Lorie Hurst’s writing certainly contributed to GL’s demise. She and Wheeler - deadly combo. Show killers.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | June 29, 2024 10:54 PM |
I heard JLH was one of the good writers.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | June 30, 2024 12:11 AM |
R95 I think it would be a shorter list as to who wasn't doing coke on the set in the 80s on most of the soaps.
Grant, Krista, Mikey et al have never come out and said they did it, but they were front burner and pretty much all of the younger actors/characters were doing it. Not sure if Zimmer was among them - she had kids by then, so I wouldn't think so, but who knows.
And it wasn't just GL. Apparently AMC was 10x worse and there were just mountains of blow there at all times.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | June 30, 2024 1:22 AM |
R97 if she'd been given the HW reins more than a few months before the end of the show it might have lasted a bit longer. Unfortunately Kreizman and the other guys like Lucky Gold really stuck to all the bullshit dark stuff (like Grady and Jeffrey O Neill the rapist) until the network lost interest.
Even the great lez story and Phillip's return could not save it.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | June 30, 2024 1:23 AM |
David Kreizman was HW of GL for the final five years. If you want to blame a writer for the demise of GL, Kreizman is the one you should be pointing a finger at.
Jill Lorie Hurst was merely on the writing team. However, in the final year, they promoted her to the HW team, which at that point consisted of four people.
Jill is the one who pitched the Otalia story and oversaw it's execution. Jill is also the one who convinced Grant to return as Phillip. She also oversaw most of the storylines in those final 4-5 months, making sure they had heart and invoked the show's long history.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | June 30, 2024 2:40 AM |
Anybody have the book “Soap Opera Babylon” from the 80s? There was a story in it about the cast of some soap being on a yacht trip and the coke was being passed around like candy. One actress got so coked up that she fell off the yacht and they had to rescue her.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | June 30, 2024 3:19 AM |
It was All My Children, r101; and the actress was Kim Delaney.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | June 30, 2024 3:58 AM |
Which is ironic because poor Jenny also met her demise at sea.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | June 30, 2024 4:26 AM |
Like I said, AMC was like Cocaine Central. Walt Willey got so addicted he could barely function. He was one of many there. Lucci was probably one of the few that didn't.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | June 30, 2024 4:46 AM |
Larry Lau has strongly hinted that he had to leave AMC as Greg in 1985 to get clean (ie. off drugs).
Part of the reason he joined AW as Jamie in 1986 rather than go back to AMC as Greg was to stay away from temptation.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | June 30, 2024 6:38 AM |
GH was Coke Central in the early 1980s.
Both Genie Francis and Tony Geary have made statements about having drug problems during those days.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | June 30, 2024 6:39 AM |
This 9 minute video, uploaded to YouTube about two weeks ago, lists some of the openly gay actors who have been on soaps.
It's an interesting video. I knew most of the people mentioned but several were surprises as I didn't know they had officially come out. It's definitely worth watching.
There are some factual errors in the info given and video lists several people who only had one or two day roles for some odd reason.
Video also has some glaring oversights. I guess they left those people out for Part 2 of the video.
See what you think.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | June 30, 2024 6:57 AM |
What an annoying voice in that old news video.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | June 30, 2024 8:00 AM |
It never made any sense to make Ho-livia a lezzy on GL. Dumb move by Hurst to even suggest that after sleeping her way through the men of Springfield that she would now eat snatch. So many people hated that storyline. Ratings dropped even lower than they had been and the final nail was in GL’s coffin.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | June 30, 2024 8:56 AM |
Otalia was one of the few compelling storylines on GL in its final 18 months, r109. Not unusual for a woman to come out later in life — see Meredith Baxter Birney.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | June 30, 2024 9:19 AM |
Go away Cuntness-Donnatella. Be gone bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | June 30, 2024 9:59 AM |
Ignore our resident troll at r109.
And the Otalia storyline predated Hurst - it was first suggested when Claire Labine was HW as a story involving Olivia and Holly, then retooled after Ellen Wheeler, Hurst and Crystal Chappell discussed the idea.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | June 30, 2024 1:54 PM |
The CUNT-ness DUMB Donna-Crossing-the-bridge-SOON is just stupid. Please cross over and spare yourself embarrassment Cuntessa. . Ho-livia and Natalia killed my Guiding Light. The lezzy story never made sense! They were never lezzies. In fantasy, yes but not on my Guiding Light.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | June 30, 2024 5:42 PM |
R107 I wonder why they had a pic of GL’s Murray Bartlett yet didn’t mention him or the obvious one GL’s Matt Bomer?
by Anonymous | reply 114 | June 30, 2024 10:28 PM |
Otalia actually stabilized ratings and was attracting new fans to GL, but the cancellation announcement killed any hope of ratings rising, which I believe they would have. Otalia was very popular, and was that type of story that, because it didn’t make sense in one way, that made it work and made it more compelling. I think had CBS given GL one more year it would still be on TV today.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | June 30, 2024 10:32 PM |
r114 Matt Bomer, Murray Bartlett, Greg Rikaart, Peter Porte, Christian Le Blanc, Tuc Watkins, Ian Buchanan, Kevin Spiras,
All actors who worked in soaps and have publicly come out, but were left out of the video. Guess they'll be in Volume 2.
And then there are the dead actors, including Dack Rambo, Dennis Parker, Peter White, William Roderick, Paul Stevens . . .
So many actors that video didn't include.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | June 30, 2024 10:53 PM |
I was particularly surprised about Murray not being included because they did include his pic in the video AND he is famous like Matt Bomer, another omission.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | June 30, 2024 11:00 PM |
That video was clickbait nonsense done in 30 minutes with no research.
Any of us could do it better.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | June 30, 2024 11:49 PM |
Only Cunt-essa Donna tell all would defend Ho-livia becoming a lezzy. It made no sense. Ratings dropped and GL was cancelled.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 1, 2024 2:53 AM |
Here's the follow up video which covers many of the actors who were left out of the first one.
As before, lots of factual errors here.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 1, 2024 8:05 AM |
Renaud sucked my dick.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 1, 2024 6:55 PM |
anywho....
by Anonymous | reply 123 | July 1, 2024 9:49 PM |
What Steven Frame (the younger) grew up to look like.....
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 1, 2024 10:25 PM |
He was on GL in 85? As William? I don’t remember seeing any YouTube vids of him on GL.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | July 2, 2024 11:57 PM |
I vaguely remember him as Warren's assistant.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | July 3, 2024 12:17 AM |
This thread reminded me that the Snyder farm was not in Oakdale but Luther’s Corners. Dunno why I suddenly remembered.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | July 3, 2024 12:25 AM |
Anybody old enough to remember Santos Ortega as Grandpa Hughes?
by Anonymous | reply 128 | July 3, 2024 12:26 AM |
William (Renauld White) was the maitre’d at the Springfield nightclub, whatsitsname.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | July 3, 2024 3:53 AM |
Blue Orchid?
But he seems to have had a contract which is reserved for storyline worthy cast.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | July 3, 2024 3:56 AM |
R130 Yes! That was it, Blue Orchid, which was owned by Warren.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | July 3, 2024 3:58 AM |
R130, I don’t think William was ever a contract role. It was a day player role and usually an under-5 (under five lines of dialogue).
by Anonymous | reply 132 | July 3, 2024 11:48 PM |
That article has a fair number of errors in it.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | July 4, 2024 12:15 AM |
William Renauld certainly hooked up with Warren Burton.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | July 4, 2024 3:05 AM |
.....
by Anonymous | reply 135 | July 4, 2024 1:41 PM |
I’d see Renauld White all the time at SAG film screenings. Handsome man. Always on his own, seemed very quiet.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | July 4, 2024 4:00 PM |
I went to the Bauer barbeque. It was OK.
But it wasn't as fun as the Bauer Barebackeque in that little back alley club off 5th Street.......
by Anonymous | reply 137 | July 5, 2024 4:08 AM |
R137, did Lacey Bauer show up. I heard through the grapevine she’s an unrepentent drunk.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | July 5, 2024 4:14 AM |
Lacey was there, trash talking Simone Biles and the career Lacey might have had.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | July 5, 2024 9:34 PM |
Haha, R139. I remember she had these great big eyes. She was cute.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | July 5, 2024 9:36 PM |
Doe-eyed
by Anonymous | reply 141 | July 5, 2024 9:44 PM |
Lacey Bauer never sucked MY cock!
by Anonymous | reply 142 | July 5, 2024 11:27 PM |
Well, she sure as shit sucked MINE.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | July 5, 2024 11:30 PM |
If someone unhinges their jaw, they can suck mine.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | July 6, 2024 12:23 AM |
My favorite soap scene ever was when Warren tied up India with Xmas lights.
And then plugged them in.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | July 6, 2024 3:28 AM |
Poor Lacey Bauer died in real life.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | July 6, 2024 3:38 AM |
I know Mary Lou Retton was a huge GL fan. Didn’t she appear on the show in a cameo?
by Anonymous | reply 147 | July 6, 2024 4:09 AM |
R145 yes!
R147 Google says yes, in 1985.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | July 6, 2024 4:21 AM |
R148 can you link? My google must not work.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | July 6, 2024 7:55 AM |
It was sweet when Chris Bernau would joke with his pendulousness that he was gonna take at least 30 loads over the weekend at The Ramrod. Except Bernau wasn’t joking.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | July 6, 2024 9:43 AM |
r127 = Janey Cobb
by Anonymous | reply 151 | July 6, 2024 9:55 AM |
Oh please. Janey Cobb was a big ole lez who wanted Meg’s gash.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | July 6, 2024 10:57 AM |
IMDB says Mary Lou Retton appeared as herself on GL on the March 8, 1985 episode.
As I recall, she was in Company and interacted with Beth or Mindy or maybe both of them.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | July 6, 2024 10:11 PM |
1985 not being GL's best days.
Probably when the fucking Sampson Girl contest was happening.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | July 6, 2024 10:12 PM |
And Infinity.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | July 7, 2024 12:41 AM |
First half of 1985 was good on GL. It slid fast from late summer on.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | July 7, 2024 5:16 PM |
R138 and company, your deep cuts are making me so happy!
by Anonymous | reply 157 | July 8, 2024 6:28 PM |
R145, I too LOVED that scene! (I loved India probably more than any other soap character.)
I remember coming home from school and my mom telling me that I had to watch GL (I’d been taping it) right away to see what Warren did to India. My mom had gotten me into the show when I was young — I associate so much of the show with her.
Mary!
by Anonymous | reply 158 | July 8, 2024 6:32 PM |
R158, imagine if we'd had internet then.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | July 8, 2024 9:09 PM |
r158 I feel the same way about ATWT and my own mother.
Every day, she would watch the show. Before I started kindergarten, when I was home all day, I would watch with her. I remember her explaining some of the situations to me, and certain characters were like real people we knew (Lucinda, John, Hoden, Lily, Emma, Margo, etc). Emma in particular was like an old family friend. For a couple of years, ATWT was my mom's and my "thing."
I recently found a bunch of old episodes from the mid-to-late 80s on YouTube and watching them took me right back to those early days with my mom (who is rapidly declining with Alzheimer's). It's a way for me to reconnect with her now, even though she's basically gone. I doubt she appreciated then, nearly 40 years ago, how meaningful those moments would be for me all these years later.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | July 8, 2024 9:18 PM |
R158 I loved India so much. It made me sad that no one seemed to "get" India after she left. I always wanted her to come back and stay on the show.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | July 8, 2024 9:42 PM |
India came across as a big bull dyke who was in love with Beth.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | July 9, 2024 7:56 AM |
I think it was more likely she had the hots for Vanessa.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | July 9, 2024 3:54 PM |
Please do not feed or encourage the troll.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | July 9, 2024 4:05 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 165 | July 9, 2024 5:17 PM |
Kathleen was famous for always showing her tits to the newcomers. She was a perv. She even flashed poor gay Van Hansis. He didn’t want to see granny titties.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | July 9, 2024 9:13 PM |
MARY r166!
by Anonymous | reply 167 | July 9, 2024 9:31 PM |
Didn't Kathleen play a bit of a dirty bohemian girl in "The Group"?
by Anonymous | reply 168 | July 9, 2024 9:53 PM |
I wish Jon Hensley had flashed all the newcomers. But there was the risk of poking them in the eye.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | July 10, 2024 12:42 AM |
Only Grant’s pendulous dong was capable of doing that, R169.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | July 11, 2024 6:33 PM |
Entire cities could take shade under THAT dong.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | July 11, 2024 7:47 PM |
Finally got around to watching Maeve Kinkaid's interview in the Locher Room. It was a very good interview. Great to hear Maeve's story. Alan actually did some research beforehand and it helped the interview tremendously.
Maeve made a comment about her Another World time that I found provocative. She said the AW was expanded from 60 to 90 minutes because of Beverlee McKinsey.
While I'm not disputing that Iris was terribly popular, I'm not sure NBC would expand the show purely because of Iris.
What do others think? Discuss.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | July 12, 2024 5:17 AM |
Well given that the 90 minute format sucked and failed and ratings dropped and the complete failure of Texas, I’d say Beverlee wasn’t the star they thought she was.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | July 12, 2024 6:09 AM |
De-fusing Iris sunk Texas. Maeve mentioned Beverlee's health was affected. I wonder if her kidney problems started then.
I wish they'd asked Maeve about Bernau, the early Alan/Vanessa dynamic was so good. Vanessa loved letting Hope and Amanda think their husbands could be hers for the taking.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | July 12, 2024 10:14 AM |
[quote]While I'm not disputing that Iris was terribly popular, I'm not sure NBC would expand the show purely because of Iris.
Especially because the 90-minute format meant Iris appeared in fewer episodes each week and resulted in fewer Iris-Rachel scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | July 12, 2024 11:31 AM |
An Iris/Vivian comedy would have been better. Those 2 together were gold.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | July 12, 2024 3:48 PM |
We did kind of get that on SCTV, with Violet McKay and Mojo on "The Days of the Week."
by Anonymous | reply 177 | July 12, 2024 4:03 PM |
I agree that the Maeve Kincaid episode of The Lochsr Room was one of the best. I wish he’d followed up a bit more on the topic of her asking not to work with Jordan Clarke for a period of time and her comment about Clarke’s appearance.
I also really, really wished Alan would have followed up (in the interview with Morgan England) when Morgan mentioned how he is still close with Bridget Hayden. I would love to know more about her current life (I know she was teaching in a public school some years ago).
by Anonymous | reply 178 | July 12, 2024 4:09 PM |
[quote]An Iris/Vivian comedy would have been better. Those 2 together were gold.
Vivien with an E, don't you mean, r176?
by Anonymous | reply 179 | July 12, 2024 5:24 PM |
This is an old (2015) Buzzfeed story about Jordan Clarke becoming a handyman. It touches on his problems with substances.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | July 12, 2024 5:31 PM |
I have a problem with Maeve. She’s a hypocrite. Allegedly, she had a problem with Paul Rauch at AW. What about Kathleen Widdoes flashing her tits at everyone? That isn’t sexual harassment? And Maeve just laughed it off. Hypocrite. And Kathleen continued to show her tits at ATWT. That is sexual harassment.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | July 12, 2024 7:53 PM |
I’m sure I’ve posted this before, but I would love to hear Maeve’s take on the story of Paul Rauch refusing to let her continue at GL I’d she stopped dyeing her hair.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | July 12, 2024 11:17 PM |
I would have loved to have heard Maeve's take on the story of Paul Rauch sexually harassing her while she was playing Angie on AW from 1977-80. And then how she dealt with Rauch becoming her boss once again when he became GL EP in 1996
by Anonymous | reply 183 | July 13, 2024 12:07 AM |
Maeve should compare notes with Louise Sorel. Didn’t she leave Santa Barbara amd One Life to Live because of Rauch?
by Anonymous | reply 184 | July 13, 2024 1:40 AM |
R184 I think the difference was that Sorel was dating Rauch for a time, I don't think Maeve was....?
by Anonymous | reply 185 | July 13, 2024 1:43 AM |
R178 Follow up is not a thing he does well. Not being mean, but he rarely knows the depth of details that most of his viewers know, so he's just often not prepared to ask good follow up questions.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | July 13, 2024 1:44 AM |
In 1975, no one thought you could do a 60-minute soap five days a week. Many thought AW would fall flat on its face, but AW proved you could do it and the 60 minute format became the standard.
So, four years later, the idea of doing a 90-minute of a single soap wasn't completely outrageous. It was a bold experiment that ultimately proved that 90 minutes five days a week was too much.
Of course, AW was not at the top of its game in 1979 like it had been in 1975. Harding Lemay was suffering from burnout and wasn't coming up with his best stories.
I wonder if it has been General Hospital that expanded to 90 minute a day in 1979 if would have succeeded. GH was the show at the top of its game at that point, so if any soap would have worked as 90 minutes a day, it would have been GH.
As far as Iris goes, 1979 was not an especially good year for her. Not a lot of great Iris stories there.
Mac and Rachel were divorcing in 1979 and Mac married Janice, who Iris adored. So, not a lot of opportunities for Rachel-Iris scenes.
They also had nefarious Kurt Laverty flirting with Iris. But Kurt was married to a frail wife June Laverty (played by Geraldine Court) so it created an awkward situation.
Iris was also opposed to her son Dennis getting involved with newly arrived in town Cecile (played by Susan Keith). So, Iris hired Phillip Lyons to romance Cecile and break up Cecile and Dennis.
By the end of 1979, Beverlee McKinsey was out with a broken collar bone, so Carole Shelley subbed as Iris for about three months.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | July 13, 2024 1:48 AM |
Hey, Vivien. Where did you get the idea that June Laverty was “frail”? She wasn’t frail at all, at least that’s not how Geraldine Court played her. She was an upscale, sophisticated New York bitch, sort of an Iris but not as cunning (or cunting).
by Anonymous | reply 188 | July 13, 2024 2:18 AM |
Geraldine Court loved the cunt! She could eat a snatch all day long.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | July 13, 2024 2:38 AM |
Another interesting thing Maeve said was that Larry Gates and Bill Roerick had a "complicated relationship" - I'm guessing they may have competed for roles.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | July 13, 2024 4:15 AM |
r190
Weren't they both gay? Maybe they were a thing at one point and it ended poorly
by Anonymous | reply 191 | July 13, 2024 10:57 AM |
Did the Pampered Palette deliver?
by Anonymous | reply 192 | July 13, 2024 11:08 AM |
R191 Roerick was but not Gates.
Also fascinating that Roerick was a family friend - she knew him years before they worked together.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | July 13, 2024 2:24 PM |
Roerick and Gates both had previous roles on GL in the 70's, s I wonder if they crossed paths then. So did Jordan Clarke,
by Anonymous | reply 194 | July 13, 2024 3:45 PM |
Did Roerick accompnany Bernau to the Ramrod on Saturday nights?
by Anonymous | reply 195 | July 13, 2024 4:01 PM |
It still amazes me that kindly old HB Lewis was the racist that Sidney Poitier slapped in that movie.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | July 13, 2024 4:04 PM |
Its well known that Donna Swajeski used much of Harding Lemay's Bible when she took over as HW after Lemay quit in fall 1988.
But what about Tom King who took over as HW in 1979 when Lemay quit/was fired?
Lemay's last script aired on May 11, 1979, according to the AW Homepage. And King took over immediately after that. So, how long did King work off of Lemay's Bible before his own stories kicked in.
For example, Cecile (Susan Keith) arrived on screen June 6, 1979. She likely was part of Lemay's Bible.
But Mitch Blake didn't arrive in town until Oct 5, 1979. Was Mitch part of Lemay's Bible, or was he completely a Tom King creation?
Was the "Harry Must Die" storyline of Janice poisoning Mac the brainchild of Lemay or King? It kicked off in fall 1979 with the arrival of Mitch and culminated in March 1980 with the St. Croix remote.
What do people think?
by Anonymous | reply 197 | July 14, 2024 12:26 AM |
I think no one cares about AW anymore. Moving on.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | July 14, 2024 1:19 AM |
R197 Based on what Lemay wrote in his book, I don't think a lot of what aired after he left was his work. He was very against the sort of hyped melodrama that played out - he did not like writing the Sven/Helga story, though it was one of the more popular ones that played out. He may have had a role in creating Cecile and especially Janice (since she was a Frame) and may have also had a hand in developing Mitch Blake but I don't think he wrote much, if any, of the Harry Must Die inspired story.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | July 14, 2024 1:24 AM |
Tom King always seemed like a hack, and that storyline was good, so iI would think he was working off some sort of outline from Lemay.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | July 14, 2024 1:25 AM |
A hack like Tom King seemed much more likely to create the Harry Must Die storyline than Harding Lemay.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | July 14, 2024 1:34 AM |
I would say the Lemay storylines played out through the summer of 1979.
By fall 1979, NBC and P&G would have realized the 90 minute format wasn't going to work and likely was trying to find a way to get out of the 90 minutes while also saving face. They realized they could cut the show by to 60 minutes by doing a spin-off soap.
So, I'd say everything that was done from fall 1979 onward was what Tom King created. Or possibly Lemay's ideas reshaped to meet the needs of a show that was getting ready to spin-off characters to Texas.
So, I would say all this is Tom King's creations/plottings:
Russ Matthew returned to town in early Oct 1979 (after being written off a year earlier) to join Dr. Kevin Cook (Lee Patterson) , who would arrive in Bay City two weeks later, in a cardiac practice. Kevin's wife Reena (Carla Borelli) would arrive a month later. Kevin and Reena would of course be sent back to Houston with the debut of Texas in August 1980.
Tracey DeWitt would come back to town in Nov 1979, played this time by Y&R's Janice Lynde, and start a romance with Russ.
Nurse Kit Farrell (Halloway) arrived in November 1979, soon to be followed by her Aunt Miranda, her father, brother and sister.
As mentioned above, Mitch Blake arrived in Bay City in early Oct 1979 to open the campus disco. Mitch started plotting with Janice immediately. First references to Harry Must Die started soon after he arrived.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | July 14, 2024 1:43 AM |
The stunt casting of former Y&R stars Espy and Lynde seems like a Rauch forced move, not a LeMay creation. Lynde inherited an old character that had been played by Caroline McWilliams, so Tracy DeWitt had to be a LeMay creation. Tracy was just a dull socilaite when McWilliams played her, and to appease Lynde she was suddenly a nightclub singer, It didn't matter who/what that character was, she was a real bore.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | July 14, 2024 6:08 AM |
The upcoming Santa Barbara event has a number of interesting names, including Robert Newman, Crystal Chappell, and Patrick Mulcahey (writer).
by Anonymous | reply 204 | July 14, 2024 2:05 PM |
link to Santa Barbara event, please.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | July 14, 2024 7:29 PM |
Holy shit, that lineup is legendary. I wish I could swing the trip. I'd pay to watch a livestream of the event.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | July 14, 2024 8:08 PM |
That Santa Barbara event looks so fun.
I’d love to hear from Patrick Mulcahey.
I met Harley Jane Kozak eons ago at the LA Festival Books. She was great!
by Anonymous | reply 208 | July 14, 2024 8:31 PM |
Patrick Mulcahey is a mess. He had to marry a man with the same name so he could try to be a better version of himself. Patrick is always a victim; oh poor me. Everyone else is in the wrong. He’s exhausting.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | July 14, 2024 10:05 PM |
r206 Welcome to DataLounge. Hope you enjoy yourself here.
Standard procedure here on DL is to link a news article or an event if you're bringing it up for the first time, as you were doing.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | July 15, 2024 12:37 AM |
R210 Dear, I've been here for years and have started most of the P&G soap threads. So you can take your cunty attitude and stuff it in your hooha, along with Ada's dishrag.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | July 15, 2024 4:46 AM |
[quote] Nurse Kit Farrell (Halloway) arrived in November 1979
FIRST AID KIT
by Anonymous | reply 212 | July 15, 2024 4:56 AM |
And Tracy was eventually blown to smithereens. Right after she sang "I Will Survive"
Espy was sex on a stick.
HARRY MUST DIE and its aftermath was all the show had for a while and Douglass Watson was given some of the best material of his career. he received an Emmy. Poor old Mack finding out on the witness stand that Rachel had slept with Mitch and Matthew wasn't his was an instance of brilliance in a very troubled show.
Later years were just as troubled but other standouts like the recast Nancy Frangione as Cecile seemed to keep things afloat. That period of Cecile as BIG BITCH OF THE SHOW was wildly entertaining, she even had a huge catfight with Blaine. Fun to watch her in that red maternity dress as she ran around Bay City wreaking havoc.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | July 15, 2024 5:20 AM |
Paul Rauch fired FAT Blaine and replaced her with Judy Dewey. That was a kick in the cunt to fat Laura Malone.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | July 15, 2024 10:55 AM |
Paul Rauch left AW in 1983. Malone was fired in 1984.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | July 15, 2024 2:45 PM |
I arrived in 1983. I was, and still am, fabulous.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | July 17, 2024 4:14 AM |
marlena de la croix in the locher room today
by Anonymous | reply 218 | July 17, 2024 10:34 PM |
That poor Marlena De La Croix. She’s SO fucking ugly. She seems nice but my god what an ugly duckling.
by Anonymous | reply 219 | July 17, 2024 10:41 PM |
Yeah, even her profile photo is horrendous. Yikes. She’s like the even uglier sister of that poor gal in Moonlighting,
by Anonymous | reply 220 | July 18, 2024 3:47 AM |
Connie conducted this oral history with Agnes Nixon, and Agnes clearly thinks Connie’s questions are idio.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | July 18, 2024 4:03 AM |
*Questions are idiotic
by Anonymous | reply 222 | July 18, 2024 4:18 AM |
Aggie was a judgmental bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 223 | July 18, 2024 4:42 AM |
Yikes! I didn't like staring up Connie/Marlena's nose during that interview.
Connie/Marlena should have raised her laptop a foot and sat back a foot while doing that interview. Also should have used a ring light to provide better lighting.
As it was, the angle at which she was photographed was exceptionally bad.
That said, the interview was somewhat interesting, but, of course, Alan bounced all over the place with his questions and failed to ask follow-up questions.
I was screaming at Alan when he failed to ask her more questions about her friendship with Doug Marland and his likes and dislikes. She said Marland adored John Wesley Shipp but I wanted to know so much more.
She talked about a somewhat bizarre friendship with Paul Rauch and Alan didn't even begin to ask enough questions about that.
I wanted to know more about Connie/Marlena's friendship with James Reilly. Her friendship with Susan Lucci. Her admiration of Robin Strasser. And so much more. So many missed opportunities in that interview.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | July 18, 2024 5:47 AM |
Not far enough
by Anonymous | reply 225 | July 18, 2024 8:44 AM |
Aggie was cunty to poor homely Marlena/Connie.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | July 18, 2024 9:32 AM |
Agree, the camera looking up at Connie did her no favors.
She knows her stuff but she came across as very arrogant. "Mimi couldn't lose me." There was just a Weekly Locher Room session and by the language she used in her session, I think Connie thought she was much better than the others.....who were not "real journalist.s" So much so she probably insisted on her own episode.....which was not all that interesting. She kinda acted like her shit didn't stink.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | July 18, 2024 2:39 PM |
Well I think Connie said alot about her intelligence when she defended Passions.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | July 18, 2024 4:07 PM |
R228 said a lot about his intelligence… oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | July 18, 2024 4:58 PM |
MARY!
by Anonymous | reply 230 | July 20, 2024 12:42 AM |
A few months back, someone on here was talking about doing a Marland biography, but worried so many people who might give commentary/insights are dead. Sounds like Connie/Marlena is someone who came provide some good info on Marland.
Likewise, at some point, people on here were wondering if there would ever be a Paul Rauch bio. Again, sounds like Connie/Marlena is someone to talk to.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | July 20, 2024 12:57 AM |
Who would want to talk to that face???? Yikes!!! Marlena/Connie could play that ugly bitch in In Living Color.
by Anonymous | reply 232 | July 20, 2024 2:28 AM |
What about MY biography?
by Anonymous | reply 233 | July 20, 2024 2:30 AM |
There wouldn't be a very large audience for a bio of Marland or of Rauch. Or of Beverlee McKinsey. But there are some people who might be interested.
I mean, that Ryan's Hope book came out last fall and has been doing decently. So, there is still a soap audience out there.
So, I encourage those authors and reporters interested in such a project to pursue it.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | July 20, 2024 6:49 AM |
There was supposedly a McKinsey bio being written, but that was announced several years ago and haven't heard any updates on it since.
by Anonymous | reply 235 | July 20, 2024 5:41 PM |
Anna “Banana” Stuart was planning a memoir but don’t think it’s happening. And she really does have a story to tell.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | July 20, 2024 6:32 PM |
R234, sadly I think you’re right about there being a limited audience. However, I would devour anything written about Marland and/or Rauch, just as I devoured the Ryan’s Hope book.
My mind is blanking, but isn’t Tom Lisanti said to be working on a similar project about another soap? Maybe Texas?
by Anonymous | reply 237 | July 22, 2024 4:09 PM |
R237 I think you're right.
by Anonymous | reply 238 | July 22, 2024 4:20 PM |
Anna Banana Stuart was boobsie buddies with my all time favorite Geraldine Court. They muff dived, for sure.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | July 22, 2024 8:15 PM |
I really wish there would have been books about GL and ATWT, written in that "oral history" style much like the OLTL and RH books.
by Anonymous | reply 240 | July 22, 2024 8:20 PM |
Agree, R240 — I’d be all over those books!
by Anonymous | reply 241 | July 22, 2024 8:52 PM |
"An Oral History of The Guiding Light" by Grant Aleksander
by Anonymous | reply 242 | July 22, 2024 10:55 PM |
A Pendulous View of Springfield
by Anonymous | reply 243 | July 22, 2024 10:56 PM |
I hope the pendulous one never caught anything. His dick touched the water when he sat down to shit.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | July 22, 2024 11:58 PM |
Most of the town could take shade under that python
by Anonymous | reply 245 | July 23, 2024 12:53 AM |
Does anyone have that video of DL fave Geri Court playing with Anna Banana’s titties? Tim something or other says that it exists.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | July 25, 2024 11:06 AM |
ack
by Anonymous | reply 247 | July 25, 2024 1:14 PM |
Interesting.....both GL and ATWT taped here at some point, I think.
by Anonymous | reply 248 | July 28, 2024 4:05 AM |
r248, I walked past there once, and saw Scott De Freitas and the original Rosanna either arguing or running lines in the lobby (they were both standing up).
by Anonymous | reply 249 | July 28, 2024 4:39 AM |
Paramount Global was going to sell off that chunk of CBS real estate in 2023, but earlier this year they changed their collective mind and are looking for a partner to develop and maximize the land to be used for other things.
[quote] The 161K SF site could accommodate a maximum of 1.1M SF of new development, according to the RFQ, but it would require rezoning. Paramount Global is looking for developers with experience navigating the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. Developers are being asked to demonstrate their expertise in multifamily and affordable housing development, as well as condominium, office, retail, studio or life sciences real estate. “Paramount has already begun extensive due diligence related to potential redevelopment of the Broadcast Center,” the RFQ says. “Note Paramount will be exploring alternative locations to house broadcasting facilities currently located on the site; that search is not specifically tied to the site redevelopment described herein.”
by Anonymous | reply 250 | July 28, 2024 5:32 AM |
I see that Kathleen Turner is playing Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music in summer stock. I’d love to see Kimmer in a production somewhere. Her rendition of “Liaisons” would be a treat. Maybe Robert Newman can convince her to do it at his theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | August 3, 2024 5:28 PM |
R248, when I was in high school we took a trip to NYC. I managed to break away from our group to get a look at the building where GL taped. Not sure what I thought I’d see. When I got there there were picketers — a writer’s strike was underway. The picketers were really nice and indulged me in some conversation. One of them gave me his picket sign.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | August 10, 2024 2:54 AM |
As someone posted on the GH thread...
[quote] Alan Locher and Martha Byrne "disagreeing" about Trump on X.
Makes me very sad. She really fell down the Trumphole. Hard.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | August 11, 2024 1:51 AM |
Martha's FB shows a picture of Eddie Gallagher and calls him and his wife "dear friends."
by Anonymous | reply 254 | August 11, 2024 3:08 AM |
Martha has turned koo koo. Cannot stand her. Liz Hubbard would be so disappointed.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | August 11, 2024 4:14 AM |
I like to think Lisa Brown would be, too.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | August 11, 2024 4:26 AM |
So that crazy nut Anne Heche croaked off 2 years ago according to the KooKooDora retard person. Good riddance! The way Anne drove around all crazy and crashed into an innocent person’s home - she got what she deserved. And Anne cremated herself in the process! Bonus points!!
by Anonymous | reply 257 | August 11, 2024 3:48 PM |
Liz and Lisa were definitely more on the liberal side - especially Lisa.
I know Martha's husband was a cop and therefore conservative but she really went down the rabbit hole full on, 1000 percent.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | August 11, 2024 11:10 PM |
She went down the rabbit hole, because it was conservative talking heads who gave her a forum to complain about the criminal charges her husband was facing by the big bad federal government. These people who would listen to her talk about her husband used his situation to lay into a justice system that would bring charges and put someone like an ex-cop on trial -- just like what's being done to Trump -- all the while ignoring the fact that it was Trump's Department of Justice and HIS appointments in that office who began all this against her husband back in 2020 when he was still president.
by Anonymous | reply 259 | August 11, 2024 11:34 PM |
Maybe it’s just this simple-Martha is Jersey trash. And a fair amount of Jersey trash are Deplorables.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | August 12, 2024 12:04 AM |
My opinion of Martha has fallen off a steep cliff now that I've seen her regurgitating all this conservative MAGA crap.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | August 13, 2024 5:28 PM |
Fucking social media, I have learned way too much about people I used to admire… Keyword used to
by Anonymous | reply 262 | August 13, 2024 5:37 PM |
The cunt doesn’t want her ex-tv son Van Hansis to have his gay rights. F her!
by Anonymous | reply 263 | August 13, 2024 5:56 PM |
I noticed that Van follows Noelle, but not Martha .. LOL.
Noelle very classy, and blue.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | August 13, 2024 8:43 PM |
Isn’t Noelle close to Julianne Moore, and that’s how ATWT was able to get her back for the day in 2010?
by Anonymous | reply 265 | August 13, 2024 8:52 PM |
I thought Julianne called and offered when ATWT was canceled
by Anonymous | reply 266 | August 13, 2024 9:08 PM |
Best 15 Soaps Ranked by TV Insider.
Guess what show is listed as #1
by Anonymous | reply 267 | August 13, 2024 10:08 PM |
It’s THE Guiding Light.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | August 14, 2024 1:10 AM |
At least the idiot got THE Edge of Night right
by Anonymous | reply 269 | August 14, 2024 1:21 AM |
OMG Passions & Santa Barbara - but no classic Another World? I did love Passions first few seasons, but uh no for the top ten.
by Anonymous | reply 270 | August 14, 2024 12:41 PM |
Take another look at the list, r270
#12 Passions
#11 Another World
#10 Santa Barbara
by Anonymous | reply 271 | August 14, 2024 5:21 PM |
I would have sucked the socks offa Tony Reardon.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | August 15, 2024 3:31 AM |
Van Hansis liked the post.
by Anonymous | reply 273 | August 15, 2024 3:55 AM |
[quote] Best 15 Soaps Ranked by TV Insider.
I'm sure the other editors-writers at TV Insider were like:
"Soaps? .. We still cover Soaps? .. Sure Maloney. .. Rank them however you want. .. Wait-a-sec. I thought you were on "Dancing with the Stars" coverage. .. Is that a soap? .. What about Real Housewives?"
by Anonymous | reply 274 | August 15, 2024 6:12 AM |
Happy birthday to Maureen Garrett! Forever leztastic as Holly on Guiding Light.
by Anonymous | reply 276 | August 18, 2024 9:21 PM |
Maureen Garrett’s Holly never gets enough love; what a mesmerizing character and performance
by Anonymous | reply 277 | August 18, 2024 9:47 PM |
Mo Garrett could eat snatch like no one’s business! Happy birthday.
by Anonymous | reply 278 | August 19, 2024 1:16 AM |
R277 And she did so little - no hamming for the camera like La Zimmer.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | August 19, 2024 4:03 AM |
Just rewatched this today and had to laugh at Henry's queeny little eyeroll around 2:57.
Gurl, we see you!
by Anonymous | reply 280 | August 23, 2024 1:03 AM |
Weird interview I need to recommend- I know this more P&G, but its adjacent
The Locher Room dude interviewed Signy Coleman-
I have to say it was VERY interesting. I liked her very much.
She seems like an extremely sensitive chick, and it takes 5-10 minutes or so to feel her vibe- she can TALK.. But it was an extremely compelling conversation-
Kim Zimmer was allegedly a complete bitch to her. Allegedly.
She says her ex husband- allegedly- beat her. As kind as she was trying to be , it sounds like he was allegedly a real bastard-- He was on GL-
The most interesting part was about her time on Y&R.. The part about Eric Braeden was extremely telling- She stopped herself and then said something about actresses/women who sell their soul- I know exactly what she almost revealed- I am curious on all of your vibes on what she was about to get at....
Its quite an interview- and you can tell Alan was VERY uncomfortable as he is such a frightened vanilla bore. I am utterly shocked that the dude actually released the interview at all (respect), and I am more shocked that it has not gained any traction- Its pretty damned hardcore.
Linking it for you
by Anonymous | reply 281 | August 24, 2024 2:15 PM |
Wait, one of Signy's ex-husbands was Vince Irizarry (Lujack)......he was the wife beater? Dang.
I doubt Alan will keep that interview up for long if Signy said Kim was a bitch to her.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | August 24, 2024 2:43 PM |
R282- GO WATCH IT-
And yes, she said the husband's name- repeatedly- including a story from a train station where he called her -allegedly- a CUNT in public... I don't even want to type the guy's name, its so bananas. (My god he is handsome, to this day) I am floored by the entire interview and that its still up.
I was just a Y&R/OLTL watcher (and have really grown to love GL) and just figured you guys may really enjoy this one.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | August 24, 2024 2:50 PM |
The Signy Coleman interview is disturbing, fascinating and very revealing. Thanks for flagging it as something to watch.
She clearly needed to get all that off her chest. She would no doubt have kept talking for two hours easily if Locher hadn't cut her off. And likely would have gone into many more details.
Disturbing, but not super surprising what she said about Vince. The way he used to go through cast mates as girlfriends, I always knew he must have some serious problems. But he's since found God, so maybe he's got some of those demons under control.
Interesting that she declined to name the people who were so nasty to her on Santa Barbara, but had no problem saying Kim Zimmer disliked her from the get go and still hates her.
The Y&R discussion was weird. I wasn't watching Y&R at the time, but am definitely curious about which actresses sold their souls.
If she got Eric Braeden off cue cards, even for a little while, bravo to her!
by Anonymous | reply 284 | August 25, 2024 10:21 AM |
She said very nice things about Melody Thomas Scott which I found interesting because I would think MTS felt threatened by Coleman and her having Braeden as her leading man. But then again Coleman seemed to be angling to get to play Hope again on Y&R. She even claimed to have a storyline in mind for Hope’s return.
She mentioned Zimmer dismissing her as a “California girl.” Yes, I do believe there really was a NY vs LA bias when it came to soap axtors. That seemed patently clear when I’d serve on judging panels for the Daytime Emmys.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | August 25, 2024 12:57 PM |
There was a rumor that a certain actor on a show Signy was on used to fuck starlets in his dressing room. Like MANY--- My gut tells me that Signy may have been going in that direction.. You can see her stop herself... I think that is what she was alluding to- You can go watch the moment. Just my alledged vibe. She seems a little neurotic and a very deep thinker. I liked her very much. Such real shit she talked about. So yeah, very surprised that this interview gained ZERO traction and that is was up at all!
by Anonymous | reply 286 | August 25, 2024 4:48 PM |
[quote] I would think MTS felt threatened by Coleman and her having Braeden as her leading man.
I don't think MTS would have felt threatened over that. She'd already been around long enough to know the way supercouples work on soaps - with there being just as much drama, if not more, when the principals are with different partners. .. By the time Coleman showed up, Nikki had been in and out of Victor's life even longer when he was with the two Ashleys (Eileen Davdson, then Brenda Epperson). That relationship went on longer than the story with Hope. .. And let's not forget, some time later, Mel is the one who wanted TPTB to go full steam ahead with Nikki and "Bobby Marsino" played by John Enos. The behind-the-scene story back then was that it was actually Braeden who got Enos fired, because Bobby and Nikki were becoming far too popular among fans for his liking. Not only did viewers love the the Bobby-Nikki chemistry, but Mel loved working with Enos. One can't always say that about her when it comes to Braeden. He can be difficult, especially when it comes to not knowing his lines and going off script.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | August 25, 2024 8:48 PM |
Vinnie slept with so many women. Lucky!
by Anonymous | reply 288 | August 25, 2024 9:14 PM |
I laughed when nervous Locher tried to sidestep the direction Coleman was taking and said something like, "uhhhh .. We're running out of time ...."
It's a podcast, idiot, not a program on Plain Old Television, where there's a network schedule to adhere to. .. He could have let her talk for another hour ..lol.
Coleman's bad cosmetic work looks a little better than the way she appeared when she first had it done back in the mid-00s. She really wrecked her face back then. One imagines that's the main reason she stayed underground. Viewers were shocked how she looked when Y&R brought Hopeless back to kill her off in 2008. They gave Hope a terminal illness that worked with her bizarre look and wrapped this humongous scarf around her neck because she was so stretched that you could see every tendon on her throat.
by Anonymous | reply 289 | August 25, 2024 9:22 PM |
I did notice that she has that large space between her nose and upper lip, like faye dunaway
by Anonymous | reply 290 | August 25, 2024 9:44 PM |
So, in addition to Kim Zimmer not getting along with Cynthia Watros and Michelle Forbes, we can now add Signy Coleman to that list.
What female costars, besides Laura Wright, did Zimmer get along with?
by Anonymous | reply 291 | August 26, 2024 6:05 AM |
R291, you forgot about Beth Ehlers. Zimmer was not a fan of hers, either.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | August 26, 2024 8:25 AM |
Alan Locher is a joke. Don’t you dare say anything bad about his shows that he did p.r. for. Everything was always happy behind the scenes and everyone always loved each other. Moron.
by Anonymous | reply 293 | August 26, 2024 9:19 AM |
Zimmer is the common denominator who had pals in the soap press, and happily gave them dirt on female co-stars who threatened her.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | August 26, 2024 9:21 AM |
I had no idea Signey was the girl from the Huey Lewis and the News video.
by Anonymous | reply 295 | August 26, 2024 10:05 AM |
R293 Alan comes across like a the typical lower level entertainment related doofus.
Zero personality. Perfectly pleasant and as deep as a plate!
Still cannot believe he aired the Signy video, much less left it up.
Its so odd. And wouldn't Irizarry be calling and demanding to take it down?
Very weird. For those who have not watched, I highly recommend it.
I really want to know Signy's comment about these hoes selling their souls during the Braeden part. The way she stopped herself.. Really good stuff.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | August 26, 2024 12:48 PM |
R287, thanks for the proper context re: MTS. I had forgotten about her and Enos, their chemistry was great. I don’t think I even knew that Hope had been killed off many years later. Coleman did actually say she wanted to play Hope’s evil twin someday.
by Anonymous | reply 297 | August 26, 2024 1:45 PM |
Crystal Chappell could be a shit stirrer too. Just ask Grant Aleksander.
How did Zimmer and Chappell get along?
by Anonymous | reply 298 | August 26, 2024 9:18 PM |
R298 I though I saw articles that they got along well but someone recently said Crystal's book indicated she had troubles with Kim and Robert Newman.
I kinda wouldn't be surprised if Kim and Robert (and others) were not friendly to newcomers from Cynthia on........
Clearly they made up at some point since Kim and Robert both appeared on Venice.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | August 26, 2024 9:50 PM |
Chappell is a complete shit stirrer. There’s a pattern. She was hated at Days, OLTL and GL.
by Anonymous | reply 300 | August 26, 2024 9:51 PM |
MARY!
by Anonymous | reply 301 | August 26, 2024 9:52 PM |
It was so nice not having the severely mentally ill troll here for a while, but clearly it's back now. All good things must come to an end, I suppose.
by Anonymous | reply 302 | August 26, 2024 9:54 PM |
It’s Mary STEWART to you
by Anonymous | reply 303 | August 26, 2024 9:55 PM |
Well, Spicen, our psycho soap troll, seems to have saved up some money to pay for a DL membership.
Nonetheless, it's easy enough to get rid of the psycho soap troll. Just hit the ignore button and his comments disappear from this thread and every other thread.
by Anonymous | reply 304 | August 26, 2024 9:58 PM |
[quote] The Y&R discussion was weird. I wasn't watching Y&R at the time, but am definitely curious about which actresses sold their souls.
I didn't get that Coleman was pointing to any particular actress(es) at Y&R. After that compromise comment, she seemed to segue into speaking about young wannabe actresses in general who come to H-town and are willing to make compromises to get work (unlike herself), giving the example of the producer who tricked her into coming to his house (alone), then after she rebuffed him, told her she'd never make it if she didn't.
by Anonymous | reply 305 | August 26, 2024 10:26 PM |
The timing of when she said that, R305 was telling- It was very clear where she was going (to me)
by Anonymous | reply 306 | August 26, 2024 10:36 PM |
Spill, bitches!
by Anonymous | reply 307 | August 27, 2024 4:17 AM |
It honestly was refreshing to see Signy Coleman give zero fucks and tell the truth. Alan was mortified especially when she talked about how Kim Zimmer treated her. Alan is still a fan boy and only wants to talk about stupid storylines on old shows from his childhood. Signy’s interview honestly could get his show major attention with all the bombshells she dropped. At least we know Signy will be speaking the truth on her show.
by Anonymous | reply 308 | August 27, 2024 11:00 AM |
Alan clearly is a horrible host. The minute you realize that you have a guest like Signy who is no holds barred you do a rapid fire list of ALL of her co stars! Could you imagine?!!!
by Anonymous | reply 309 | August 27, 2024 11:03 AM |
Have said it before and will say it again....
Alan seems to be a nice guy and he did a nice thing especially during COVID to bring soap actors together to reminisce.
But as an interviewer, he is terrible. TERRIBLE. It's not his specialty, he was a PR guy, and he hasn't really gotten any better at it. He doesn't do research, and his responses are often just "I love that." He tends to stick to what he personally knows or likes. It's painful to watch sometimes.
I hate to even bitch about it, he means well, but if he wants to follow his heroine Kathie Lee's footsteps he has a loooooooooong way to go.
(PS: the ONLY exception to that was when he stepped completely out of entertainment and did the Holocaust sessions, which were very personal, since his family was involved, and those were great because they were personal, maybe, and he didn't have to worry about anyone's reactions or remember anything.)
by Anonymous | reply 310 | August 27, 2024 3:29 PM |
Alan is always in PR mode when doing any of his soap interview.
His first priority as a PR person was to make sure the soap comes off looking good. That's so ingrained in him, that 10+ years after these shows have been cancelled, he's still protecting the show, trying to make them look good.
That's why you don't hear about drug use by the actors. Hell, I've seen him cut off actors who mention smoking a cigarette.
That's why you don't hear about bad blood between actors. Or affairs between actors. Or how a show might have screwed the actor during contract negotiations.
Before an interview, Alan, in PR mode, normally talks to the actor reminding him/her not to bring up these controversial and potentially embarrassing subjects. Either he forgot to say it to Signy or she ignored him.
by Anonymous | reply 311 | August 27, 2024 5:15 PM |
I don't need a list of every actor/actress someone fucked but I really wish the actors were more open about backstage conflict. It's what we want to hear about.
If X story didn't get told, I want to know and understand why. I don't need to know who snorted cocaine in their dressing room, really.
by Anonymous | reply 312 | August 27, 2024 5:54 PM |
Just saw most of the Signy interview.
My, she has NO fucks to give ......it was fabulous.
and
Locher has NO idea how to handle it. At. All.
by Anonymous | reply 313 | August 30, 2024 12:56 AM |
Okay Oakdale fans. I was more of an everyday watcher during the Marland years.
I can't remember how it was explained that Rose D'Angelo came onto the scene - obviously I know Iva had twins, but how was that story explained or told? Quite something for a 13 year old to have twins......
by Anonymous | reply 314 | September 5, 2024 4:17 AM |
Iva was a disaster, a magnet for crappy men and drama. I blame her adoptive family of incestuous hillbillies.
by Anonymous | reply 315 | September 5, 2024 4:28 AM |
Kirk Anderson always gave off sizemeat vibes.
by Anonymous | reply 316 | September 5, 2024 4:29 AM |
The BDF is probably all that nose, but still.
by Anonymous | reply 317 | September 5, 2024 4:31 AM |