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| Dena Higley QUITS — SUDS REPORT EXCLUSIVE; Breaking News — TVGC; ATWT actor FIRED | |
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| hberg | Jul 29 2008, 09:11 PM Post #2261 |
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Oh god, I can't imagine the horrible storylines that are going to come out of this.... |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 29 2008, 09:14 PM Post #2262 |
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Wonderful post. I agree with all of it. The Summer of 2006 was the first time in several years that Days began to feel like Days again. From October to December it lost that feel again - just something changed. The first 3 weeks of January were superb with Victor hiding Philip out and the cutody trial. And then everything fell apart. To me the only thing even at the end of Hogan's run that made it any good at all was Ed Scott's tweaks of the show. The show looked better but the stories still stunk. They were terrible. It wasn't until the strike happened that Days felt like old days to me. and that lasted until about May when the bottom fell out and the show got soooooooooooooooo boring and uneven that I just quit watching all of it. I haven't watched one second of Days in over a month now. Hogan was for me a bad headwriter for Days. No matter who's fault it was he never made Days feel like Days to me. Days was like ATWT - it always had interesting strong women characters all the way to when I began watching it. Hogan can't write a woman at all. He couldn't at ATWT and he couldn't at Days. What I took out of all of what Tom said was that Hogan's writing staff is what saved him. In that long detailed blog entry that Tom did several weeks after his big interview he showed how they took what Hogan wrote and made it good. Hogan didn't do any of the history stuff that was partially used - Tom and the staff put all that in. Hogan is only as good as the people working with him. And he didn't have a good co-headwriter at all. It is sad that from 2005 on I can only count a few short times that I have actually enjoyed Days - that is really sad. The week of Zach's death, the summer of 2006, the 3 weeks in Jan 2007, and the strike months of Jan to the first of April. That is really sad. |
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| Dr. Chip | Jul 29 2008, 09:15 PM Post #2263 |
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THIS JUST IN: Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Peter Reckell, and Kristian Alfonso all just walked off the set. They apparently said "screw you" and "sue us" to Ken Corday. It's heartbreaking. They're furious with Ken because he just keeps getting dumber and dumber, and they're sick of it. Ken allegedly told someone close to the actors that he plans to apologize profusely and get them to change their minds. UPDATE: Other media sources are saying the actors are still working and are still on the show. Well, I told you Ken was going to get them back. Is this a game anyone can play? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I'm beginning to believe a certain columnist has egg all over his face. |
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| Tricky | Jul 29 2008, 09:15 PM Post #2264 |
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wow, just wow! looks like the only good thing to come out of all the drama the last day and a half was this thread...if it was all bullshit and dena has been writing this drivel. she needs to go, its been worse that sucky to watch, its been deadly dull filler... :drunk: lol are we there yet??? :sleep: |
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| Paul8148 | Jul 29 2008, 09:16 PM Post #2265 |
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The only thing towards the end of Hogan run that was any good was the Chole/Phillip/Belle/Shawn Quard they were building up. |
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| hberg | Jul 29 2008, 09:16 PM Post #2266 |
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We need more cow bell! |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 29 2008, 09:18 PM Post #2267 |
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Maybe he is going to give her time to screw up to see if the interference that might have went on affected the writing and what happened. Who knows. And at this point all I care about is the scandal. I doubt I will ever return to Days anyway so it doesn't really matter who is writing for me. Days was ruined last year for me. Last year totally killed my affection for the show. And I owe that to Hogan. the scandal has just been to juicy for me as a soap opera historian not to keep up with. |
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| Tricky | Jul 29 2008, 09:19 PM Post #2268 |
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here ya go berg....good to see ya here btw.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbAuMr5eac |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 29 2008, 09:19 PM Post #2269 |
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I'm sorry for those of you blaming Nelson. Nelson can only report what is given to him. He could have been like any of the other reporters and not touched this story. I thank Nelson for having the balls to report stuff. |
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| Dr. Chip | Jul 29 2008, 09:20 PM Post #2270 |
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Steve Frame, do you know much about Al Rabin? I wonder what it was like for him working with these guys. I know he left, then came back for a while. I wonder what he thought of Ken Corday. |
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| powermouse | Jul 29 2008, 09:21 PM Post #2271 |
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I'm undecided on whether this is good or bad. I guess it depends on whose storylines have been airing the past few months. If they were Dena's ideas then Days is in trouble, if they bore no resemblance to Dena's ideas then maybe there is hope now. Dammit, why can't they all just get along, get their heads out of their asses and write some entertaining shit (that's ok to say here right?) that is somewhere along the lines of something that fans actually want to watch? |
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| hberg | Jul 29 2008, 09:21 PM Post #2272 |
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Ah yeah now that's what I'm talkin' about! It's sortof like we need more dirt, meat to this story or cow bell for that matter. I don't know what is up with the Nelson scoop thing. It is impressive that no one would touch this story. Is it at all possible someone used him to push their own agenda maybe? |
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| Kenny | Jul 29 2008, 09:22 PM Post #2273 |
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I don't think so, because Nelson isn't the only person who heard about this. Numerous sources have expressed that they've heard the same. |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 29 2008, 09:22 PM Post #2274 |
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All I ever heard from Al Rabin was that he was loved on the set and highly respected by all. He and H. Wesley Kenney have always had the reputation of being loved by the whole staff. I think there was some jealousy at first when Rabin came in because they loved Kenney so much, but they all got over that. The last I heard was that Rabin stayed close to all the Cordays even after his retirement. |
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| Kenny | Jul 29 2008, 09:23 PM Post #2275 |
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Maybe Corday legally had to offer her the job back due to the circumstances surrounding her exit? |
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| Tricky | Jul 29 2008, 09:23 PM Post #2276 |
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i so agree its the nature of that business right you take these sources at face value but i guess sometimes the source itself is speculating or nelson was spot on with the scoop and its being covered up or it was done on purpose to created stir, or a million other possiblities i am sure. |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 29 2008, 09:23 PM Post #2277 |
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Shelley Curtis was another producer that was loved by the cast and crew. I never thought she would return to daytime she had been out so long, but I saw her in the credits for All My Children the last time I watched it. They have her and Marty Davich part time now too. |
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| Mason | Jul 29 2008, 09:23 PM Post #2278 |
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I appreciate Nelson telling us what he knows when no one else wants to open up about it. |
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| hberg | Jul 29 2008, 09:24 PM Post #2279 |
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It's like a scandal within a scandal. It's all causing me to need a drink! :drunk: |
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| Mason | Jul 29 2008, 09:24 PM Post #2280 |
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Maybe...but knowing Corday, not likely. We all know his track record of asinine decisions. |
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