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I'm doing research for an article that I would really like help with. There are three poll questions to the right. I would appreciate if you would answer them. The first four questions are on the right. Please answer them first.
For the first two question, please answer the yes or no that fits your age group.
For those who answer the following questions by leaving a comment, I will send an a copy of my ebook, Nict for Ure Selfe (Not for Ourselves. You are welcome to write additional comments.
Growing up, what was your favorite TV show? Why?
Who was your favorite character (s) from it?
What is your favorite TV show now? Why?
Who was your favorite character (s) from it?
What is your age?
Do you think there is enough programming for your age group?
If you could change one thing in TV, what would it be?
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Francis Reid/Alice Horton Dies
I pulled a few videos together to remember Francis Reid and pay tribute to a grand lady, who became like a grandmother to many of us.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The End of Soap Operas
There has been a great deal of talk both in and out of the industry about how the soap opera genre has run its course and should be phased out. These same people point the across the board falling rating without taking account or in some cases totally disregarding the changes in viewing habits, the societal changes and technological advancements. The genre fan base is not diminishing; in fact, it is expanding to included demographics that were previously embarrassed to admit their guilty pleasure. However, in recent years the genre has fallen victim to stagnation and network greed.
According to Nielsen, the number of viewers has been steadily decreasing. However, their outdated accounting methods do not take into account online viewing or delayed viewing. Instead they continue to rely on the diaries and equipment, which by passes all recording devices thereby ignoring a vast proportion of television viewers. With the busy schedules and easy access to recording equipment has given viewers the option to watch their favorite shows based on their own schedules; no longer tied to the networks’ timetable, viewers are able to watch their shows when they want and as many times as they wish.
It has been known for decades that the Nielsen diaries under reported daytime viewers, while propping up more “socially acceptable” programming. Many viewers simply didn’t want to acknowledge watching soap operas. For decades, it wasn’t cool to watch soaps. Yet as the storylines and characters became more complex and socially relevant, the stigma attached to watching them vanished. Characters and plots became topics of conversations not only across the back fences of homes as housewives gossiped, but also around the water coolers and in schools across the country.
Originally targeting stay at home wives and mothers, soaps focused on the family and romance. However, as the genre matured, suspense, drama and humor became an intrical part of their popularity. As the plots and conflicts became more intricate, soaps gained in popularity by broadening their appeal beyond house bound women. Although women continue to be the primary demographic, they are not the women of yesteryears. Instead of being housebound, many women have joined the work force; yet through the use of current and developing technologies, they have been able to keep up with their favorite soaps. One major difference that has developed over the decades is the age difference in the typical viewer. When soaps first appeared on television, the primary viewers were mid-teens to early thirties; however, as with the whole country, the median age of the soap viewer has risen to 37.6. Yet, network executives fail to take into account the both of these important changes in their viewership. Instead, they continue to court the younger viewers even though they don’t have the interest, loyalty or consumer spending power to attract the traditional soap advertiser.
In addition, unlike other programming, soaps have the unique advantage of being passed down from one generation to the next.
One only has to look at the popularity and the diversity at soap events to learn that the fan base hasn’t shrunk. Events sell out quickly. Mechanizing the soaps is a multi-million dollar industry. Magazines, websites, internet radio shows and blogs follow not only the soaps, but also the individual stars. Millions of dollars exchange hands
Soap operas are not diminishing in fans or popularity; they are suffering from stagnation and network greed. How many times can a beloved character be killed and brought back to life without the Whose the daddy? Love triangles
To read the storylines I wrote for Days of Our Lives go to my site at www.theresachaze.com. There you will also find excerpts of my novels, the proposal for Operation Home Base, and my feature films.
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According to Nielsen, the number of viewers has been steadily decreasing. However, their outdated accounting methods do not take into account online viewing or delayed viewing. Instead they continue to rely on the diaries and equipment, which by passes all recording devices thereby ignoring a vast proportion of television viewers. With the busy schedules and easy access to recording equipment has given viewers the option to watch their favorite shows based on their own schedules; no longer tied to the networks’ timetable, viewers are able to watch their shows when they want and as many times as they wish.
It has been known for decades that the Nielsen diaries under reported daytime viewers, while propping up more “socially acceptable” programming. Many viewers simply didn’t want to acknowledge watching soap operas. For decades, it wasn’t cool to watch soaps. Yet as the storylines and characters became more complex and socially relevant, the stigma attached to watching them vanished. Characters and plots became topics of conversations not only across the back fences of homes as housewives gossiped, but also around the water coolers and in schools across the country.
Originally targeting stay at home wives and mothers, soaps focused on the family and romance. However, as the genre matured, suspense, drama and humor became an intrical part of their popularity. As the plots and conflicts became more intricate, soaps gained in popularity by broadening their appeal beyond house bound women. Although women continue to be the primary demographic, they are not the women of yesteryears. Instead of being housebound, many women have joined the work force; yet through the use of current and developing technologies, they have been able to keep up with their favorite soaps. One major difference that has developed over the decades is the age difference in the typical viewer. When soaps first appeared on television, the primary viewers were mid-teens to early thirties; however, as with the whole country, the median age of the soap viewer has risen to 37.6. Yet, network executives fail to take into account the both of these important changes in their viewership. Instead, they continue to court the younger viewers even though they don’t have the interest, loyalty or consumer spending power to attract the traditional soap advertiser.
In addition, unlike other programming, soaps have the unique advantage of being passed down from one generation to the next.
One only has to look at the popularity and the diversity at soap events to learn that the fan base hasn’t shrunk. Events sell out quickly. Mechanizing the soaps is a multi-million dollar industry. Magazines, websites, internet radio shows and blogs follow not only the soaps, but also the individual stars. Millions of dollars exchange hands
Soap operas are not diminishing in fans or popularity; they are suffering from stagnation and network greed. How many times can a beloved character be killed and brought back to life without the Whose the daddy? Love triangles
To read the storylines I wrote for Days of Our Lives go to my site at www.theresachaze.com. There you will also find excerpts of my novels, the proposal for Operation Home Base, and my feature films.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Until You Walk the Path: Herb Gross and the Invictas
Until You Walk the Path, You Don’t know Where it Goes is proud to announce the appearance of Herb Gross and the Invictas 5 pm eastern on June 7th. In the late 1960’s, Herb Gross & The Invictas had a controversial hit, The Hump. Today they are known as America’s Oldest and Most Successful Garage Band. After the band broke up, the members followed business careers. Herb Gross started an ad agency, the drummer went into printing, the bass player became a scientist and the lead guitarist started a ceramics business. In 2004, the universe intervened into Gross life, when a local band asked him up on stage, reigniting his passion for music. It took nine months of organization and practice to get the band ready to play again. Since reuniting, they have played with the Beach Boys, appeared on National TV, and been featured in newspapers across the country and rocked thousands of boomers.
Gross wrote a book entitled Rock Till Ya Drop, and created a web site with over 50 ideas and ways for boomers to have fun. He is also in the process of developing a reality TV series, which looks for the hottest parties in the country.
Herb Gross will be talking about their amazing career and their new projects as well as taking questions on Sunday June 7th at 5 pm eastern at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze. Those who wish to speak to the band may call in at (347) 324-3745. Free phone calls through Skype as well as an interactive chat room will be available on the show’s page.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Writer and Voice Over Resume
Published Books:
Awakening the Dragon-Book One of the Dragon Clan Trilogy
Dragon Domain-Book Two of the Dragon Clan Trilogy
Nict For Ure Selfe (Not For Ourselves)
Out of the Shadows and Into the Light
From Blank Page to Book Shelves
Screenplays:
Eye of Ra
To read an excerpt click here
Never Can Say Good-bye
To read an excerpt click here
TV Scripts
Days of Our Lives
Examples of plot, character, story and dialogue
The Ghost Story formatted
The unformatted beginning of the Ghost Story
The Gift: the beginning of a murder mystery
The Wedding: The wedding of Tony and Anne
Operation Home Base (This is a work in progress)
Excerpt of the made for TV two hour movie
Treatment for a NCIS episode: Between the Lines
Non-fiction
Record Eagle January 2007 to December 2008
Qwando--Clearwater FL March 2007 to November 2007
Digit Video Producer
Writes, Edits, produces and distributes videos for publishers, PR firms, and authors. Voice over and audio mixing.
Pump Up Your Book Promotions
Big River Press
West Wind Communications
Julie Schoerke
Cate Cavanagh
Radio Host: Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze
Experience:
WGTU/WGTQ TV 29 & 8 May 1986-Feb. 1991
Master Control Switcher Director/Editor/Camera Operator/Producer/Writer
Director of the live morning show/ local promotional material
WXMI-TV 17 Grand Rapids, MI April, 1985-May, 1986
Master Control Switcher, camera operator, editor, crew
Education
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts--English
Bachelor of Arts--Video and Audio production
Minored in Theatre
Awakening the Dragon-Book One of the Dragon Clan Trilogy
Dragon Domain-Book Two of the Dragon Clan Trilogy
Nict For Ure Selfe (Not For Ourselves)
Out of the Shadows and Into the Light
From Blank Page to Book Shelves
Screenplays:
Eye of Ra
To read an excerpt click here
Never Can Say Good-bye
To read an excerpt click here
TV Scripts
Days of Our Lives
Examples of plot, character, story and dialogue
The Ghost Story formatted
The unformatted beginning of the Ghost Story
The Gift: the beginning of a murder mystery
The Wedding: The wedding of Tony and Anne
Operation Home Base (This is a work in progress)
Excerpt of the made for TV two hour movie
Treatment for a NCIS episode: Between the Lines
Non-fiction
Record Eagle January 2007 to December 2008
Qwando--Clearwater FL March 2007 to November 2007
Digit Video Producer
Writes, Edits, produces and distributes videos for publishers, PR firms, and authors. Voice over and audio mixing.
Pump Up Your Book Promotions
Big River Press
West Wind Communications
Julie Schoerke
Cate Cavanagh
Radio Host: Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze
Experience:
WGTU/WGTQ TV 29 & 8 May 1986-Feb. 1991
Master Control Switcher Director/Editor/Camera Operator/Producer/Writer
Director of the live morning show/ local promotional material
WXMI-TV 17 Grand Rapids, MI April, 1985-May, 1986
Master Control Switcher, camera operator, editor, crew
Education
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts--English
Bachelor of Arts--Video and Audio production
Minored in Theatre
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Operation Home Base: A Military Drama
OPERATION HOME BASE
Operation Home Base is a nationwide non profit organization with local chapters that gives support to military families, veterans, wounded warriors, and active duty military personnel by working with existing programs and organizations. Acting as an information hub, OHB works in partnership with the bases’ Dependent Centers to give aid and comfort to military personal and their families while acting as intermediary not only with other military agencies but with the civilian services. Staffed with active duty and retired military personnel along with civilians, OHB was created by the combined branches of the services to take care of their own. Their single goal is to fill the voids left by governmental agencies who are unable provide the necessary services and support for all branches of the military.
To read the full series treatment click here
To read the first draft of the first hour click here
Operation Home Base is a nationwide non profit organization with local chapters that gives support to military families, veterans, wounded warriors, and active duty military personnel by working with existing programs and organizations. Acting as an information hub, OHB works in partnership with the bases’ Dependent Centers to give aid and comfort to military personal and their families while acting as intermediary not only with other military agencies but with the civilian services. Staffed with active duty and retired military personnel along with civilians, OHB was created by the combined branches of the services to take care of their own. Their single goal is to fill the voids left by governmental agencies who are unable provide the necessary services and support for all branches of the military.
To read the full series treatment click here
To read the first draft of the first hour click here
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Operation Home Base: Inteview with the Creator
It's short notice, but I'll be on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Celestial-McGarrett/2009/05/29/Metaphysical-Meat tonight 10 pm eastern talking about Operation Home Base and my other work. It is a new interactive radio talk show. I will be chatting with Celestial McGarrett and taking questions.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Operation Home Base
Operation Home Base is a nationwide non profit organization with local chapters that gives support to military families, veterans, wounded warriors, and active duty military personnel by working with existing programs and organizations. Acting as an information hub, OHB works in partnership with the bases’ Dependent Centers to give aid and comfort to military personal and their families while acting as intermediary not only with other military agencies but with the civilian services. Staffed with active duty and retired military personnel along with civilians, OHB was created by the combined branches of the services to take care of their own. Their single goal is to fill the voids left by governmental agencies who are unable provide the necessary services and support for all branches of the military.
To read part of the first draft http://www.theresachaze.com/files/OHB_episode_One2.pdf
To read part of the first draft http://www.theresachaze.com/files/OHB_episode_One2.pdf
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Operation Home Base: The Next NCIS
OPERATION HOME BASE
Written by
Theresa Chaze
(Operation Home Base is copyrights; no part may be used, stored or reproduced without expressed written permission by the author)
To Read an excerpt of the first draft of the two hour made for TV movie click here
Operation Home Base is a nationwide non profit organization with local chapters that gives support to military families, veterans, wounded warriors, and active duty military personnel by working with existing programs and organizations. Acting as an information hub, OHB works in partnership with the bases’ Dependent Centers to give aid and comfort to military personal and their families while acting as an intermediary not only with other military agencies but with the civilian services. Staffed with active duty and retired military personnel along with the civilians, OHB was created by the combined branches of the services to take care of their own. Their single goal is to fill the voids left by governmental agencies who are unable provide the necessary services and support for all branches of the military.
The Red Cross Liaison assists family members in communicating with military personal through official channels. Using established avenues, the Liaison speeds up the verification process, thereby helping the messages arrive in a timely fashion. In addition, they help arrange transportation across country for the family members whose loved ones have been injured as well as for military personnel during times of family crisis.
Legal Aid --Staffed with both in-service and civilian volunteers, Legal Aid represents military personnel and families both with military and civilian legal issues. Although the representatives works directly with JAG/Provost Marshall/CID/NCIS/local law enforcement, they represent military personnel and their families in all legal issues.
Mental Health Services-Staffed with counseling professionals, they give emotional and spiritual support during times of crisis for active duty, vets, wounded warriors, and family members. Providing help with emotional and spiritual issues that arise from war, they find the necessary care for:
-domestic abuse
-PTSD
-head trauma
-rape crisis
-depression
-personality disorders
-family counseling
-suicide intervention
Unlike the existing services, these Mental Health professionals are both civilian and military, who have the authority to call in to question existing treatment protocol calls from the sandbox to the bases to homes. Civilians work on a situational basis and are granted rank, which is equivalent to their education and experience by the head of OHB.
Domestic Assistance acts an intermediary with local organizations for families in crisis. Every military base has a Dependent Center that helps military families find assistance from civilian organizations. OHB helps find additional resources to help improve the families’ standard of living, while helping vets and wound warriors successful reenter civilian life.
Casualty/mortuary Team-Made up of multi-denominational spiritual councilors as well as senior staff, this team helps the families of vets cope with the injury or death of their loved one. The mortuary team members notify the family members of the death of their loved one as well as helping them make the appropriate burial arrangements. In the case of injury, the casualty team keeps them informed of the status of their loved one and arranges the appropriate transportation.
Veterans Affairs Liaison-Combination political appointee and retired vet with at least ten years of active service, the Liaison helps military personal not only receive the benefits due, but to also fights for additional economic, medical and educational assistance. The position could be best described as the Military’s ambassador to the U.S government.
Financial Aid Officer-The Financial Aid Officer is accountant who finds sources of income from government grants, private donations and fund raising. In addition, this department helps arranges loans/grants through private the government or private institutions for emergency needs.
By combining their talents and resources, Operation Home Base does its best to catch those who would have fallen through the cracks. Sometimes humorous, frequently heart breaking, their stories are those of the U.S military and those who love them. Although intra-service rivalry continues, the branches of the military have come together to protect and provide for their members with the help of their government or in some cases in spite of it.
My first choice for the following roles:
Lorelei Stewart--Gloria Loring
Retired Lt. Colonel Elaine Reynolds--Deidre Hall
Deacon James William--Tom Selleck
Michael Woodsman--Drake Hogestyn
Martin Flying Crow--Graham Greene
Randi Cullen--Alyssa Milano
Master Sergeant Stella Garcia (Casualty/mortuary) Half Potawatomi half Mexican, Stella Garcia is woman in her late 30’s who planned to be a career soldier; however, the IED, which took her left leg, ended her active field duty. The sole survivor of the three vehicle convoy, she suffered from PTSD and depression. Emotionally she couldn’t find the reason for her surviving when rest of her buddies was killed. Using alcohol and sex to numb the pain, she walked through life unable to feel anything while awake. Zombie-like, she settled into her new desk job, yet her dreams were haunted by the spirits of her unit and the others. They asked her why she ran away from her duty--why she allowed their deaths to be in vain. Instead of seeking aid, she hides deeper within the bottle. Her relationships were shallow and temporary; no one was going to get close enough to hurt her again. However, after the death of her maternal grandmother, Stella knew where she needed to go. Going AWOL, she left for the Rez. A Tribal Elder, contacted her Unit Commander and arranged leave. Through ancient ceremonies she not only found the strength to heal and forgive herself, but also finds her new destiny. She became the Wind Talker who spoke for the dead and insured their wishes were fully carried out. Returning to base, she volunteered for Mortuary duty through which she became part of Operation Home Base.
Lorelei Stewart-(Mental Health Director) Lorelei Stewart is a woman in her early-fifties, who started her life as an army brat who married a career officer--Dr. Robert Stewart with whom she had three children-2 boys and a girl. She has Master Degrees in Behavioral Science, Psychology, and Sociology. A published author, she spent her early career working as profiler for the FBI. However, when she met and married career officer Col. Robert Stewart, she moved into private practice until his death during Operation Desert Storm. It was after his death she learned how little support military personal and their families actually received. Determined to use her experiences to help others, she became one of the founders of Operation Home Base. The love of her life Robert Steward left more than emotional and financial void in Lorelei and her children’s life. There were many questions the Army refused to answer. Growing up an Army brat, she was well aware that some questions were never meant to be answered. It was not so easy for her children, especially her daughter, Roberta. Although she has difficulty with helping her children accepting and healing their father‘s death, Lorelei has become part Mother Superior, part Mom and part USO entertainer to those she councils. Whether it be with a wise-crack, singing a song, or with a ruler across the knuckles, she has a unique ability to defuse tense situations that could have easily become violent. Growing up an Army brat, she not only understands the mentality of those who choose to serve, but also the subtext of the messages behind the words. Although it is not part of her normal duties, she arranges for special entertainment features for the troops in the San Diego area as well as else where. On occasion, she has participated as part of the program by singing and acting in comedy skits she helped write.
Lt. Colonel Elaine Reynolds (Financial Aid Officer)-A retired regular army officer in her late 50’s, she is chief financial aid officer for OHB. Half accountant, half weasel, she has able to not only make stingy people take a crowbar to their wallet, but also make sure every buffalo shits twice before the nickel is spent. Whether in the private or government arena, if there is money to be had, she knows how to find it and acquire it. Blonde and beautiful blonde, those who under-estimated her intelligence quickly regret their mistake. Classy by nature when the situation arises, she is not above low blows both physically and verbally. A career officer, mother of two and a wife, Reynolds found a way to balance her career and family needs. Her husband, Larry Reynolds is a police detective. Her daughter Rachael is a junior in college; who does volunteer work for the OHB in the Red Cross office. Her son Mitchell is an active duty marine; his wife Debra and his children live with Reynolds while he is in the sandbox.
Deacon James Williams (Head of OHB and San Diego CA supervisor). Ex special ops, James Williams was nick named Deek soon after he was deployed in Vietnam the summer of 1966. Assigned Recon Intelligence, he worked closely with the Montagnard and the Vietnamese Army. Five years later, he reemerged from his assignment and was immediately air lifted out without any official records of his activities. His military records were sealed except to those with the highest clearance, he occasionally disappears for days without notice or reason. As part of the financial aid agreement with the government, Williams was named as Head of OHB, answering only to the heads of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Pentagon. Charming one minute, deadly the next, Williams is able to accomplish the seemingly impossible. A permanent bachelor, he has many love interests, yet no attachments. He sees the big pictures when it comes to his career and the military, but refuses to get caught up in the messiness of intra-personal relationships. The “companions” who warm his bed at night are never there at dawn. Although there is a great deal of speculation about him, no one really has the courage to ask.
Michael Woodsman (Veterans Affairs Liaison) A political appointee who knows the ins and outs of how and when to kiss ass and when to kick it, Woodsman worked his way up through the political system. His hard edge and cynicism makes him a dangerous opponent, but also a very effective Liaison for the OHB. He is a team player with an us or them mentality. For the us he is a supportive and loyal advocate; the them quickly learn that crossing him was not a pleasant experience for his charm was on a thin façade. A car accident in his late teen, permanently damaged his spine, the physical limitation is a source of great anger as well as being a profound motivator. Although he never served himself, he has great respect for those who do step up to the plate. When Lorelei approached him to help with OHB, he finally found a cause he could believe in. Using his political capital both above board and blackmailing behind the scenes, Woodsman was a major force in opening doors for its creation. In his mind, it is his way of serving those who do serve.
Debra Anne Lee (Red Cross) In her early twenties, this southern bell grew up with seven older brothers most of whom join the military. A martial arts expert in her own right, she is proud of her family heritage that can be traced back to the civil war. Her mother used to say that Debra Anne walked where fools and angels fear to tread and was kicked out for being a smart ass. More moxie and intelligence than common sense, she is willing to take on situations and people that most people run away from. Using the immortality of youth as a shield as well as her passion and natural curiosity, she would con, charm, or connive her way to achieving her goals.
Martin Flying Crow(Domestic Assistance) A full blooded Oneida, Flying Crow enlisted in the Navy to escape the abject poverty of the Rez only to find the destiny his ancestors placed before him Trained by his shaman grandmother, Flying Crow walked the Red Road from childhood. At age 13, he set out on vision quest to learn his life’s path. The Eagle Spirit showed him that he was too destined to be a healer and guide to others. This life was to be one of service to others. He was to teach them the way of spiritual balance. However, in order to lead others, he needed to walk the path himself. Enlisting as a combat medic in the Navy was the first step of many. In Vietnam, he served two tours as a medic with his unit. Although he was not officially allowed to carry weapons, he did not hesitate to defend those in his unit by whatever means necessary. It was during this time that he crossed paths with Deek. Although they met with opposing agendas, they developed a mutual respect for one another both on and off the battlefield. After his tour, he returned to the Rez. Working as Paramedic, he quickly learned how little emotional, spiritual and medical support there was for the military personal, vets and wounded warriors along with their families. Working on a local level out of his garage, he gathered information, contacts and resources, which he used to improve the lives of those affected by war. He gained national attention when he was able to talk a wound warrior out of committing suicide. It was this exposure that brought him to the attention of Lorelei Stuart and Michael Woodsman. Using his template, the three of them created Operation Home Base.
Randi Cullen (Legal Aid) Randi Cullen grew up as Marine brat until her mother divorced her father early in childhood. Eventually her mother remarried and moved across country, taking Randi and her brothers away from the military way of life. After the divorce, her birth father severed contact. He quickly became the elephant in the room that neither she nor her mother was willing to discuss for fear of where it would lead. During her teen years, she tried to contact him; however, she had little success. But she was able to learn that two years before his twenty year retirement, he suddenly resigned his commission and disappeared. Although both of her older brothers enlisted straight out of high school, Cullen both loved and hated the military. She loved the discipline and the service, yet she blamed it for the loss of her father. Following her step father, she joined the San Diego County Prosecutor’s Office and quickly rose in the ranks. She was not only known for her fairness and tenacity, but her out spoken views.
These are the core characters to the series. Supporting characters for the OHB would be added or removed as the series develops. This show will not be anything close to Army Wives. Taken from the headlines as well as from the writer’s imagination, the stories will accurately portray the challenges of military personnel, vets, and wounded warriors along with those their families must face.
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Written by
Theresa Chaze
(Operation Home Base is copyrights; no part may be used, stored or reproduced without expressed written permission by the author)
To Read an excerpt of the first draft of the two hour made for TV movie click here
Operation Home Base is a nationwide non profit organization with local chapters that gives support to military families, veterans, wounded warriors, and active duty military personnel by working with existing programs and organizations. Acting as an information hub, OHB works in partnership with the bases’ Dependent Centers to give aid and comfort to military personal and their families while acting as an intermediary not only with other military agencies but with the civilian services. Staffed with active duty and retired military personnel along with the civilians, OHB was created by the combined branches of the services to take care of their own. Their single goal is to fill the voids left by governmental agencies who are unable provide the necessary services and support for all branches of the military.
The Red Cross Liaison assists family members in communicating with military personal through official channels. Using established avenues, the Liaison speeds up the verification process, thereby helping the messages arrive in a timely fashion. In addition, they help arrange transportation across country for the family members whose loved ones have been injured as well as for military personnel during times of family crisis.
Legal Aid --Staffed with both in-service and civilian volunteers, Legal Aid represents military personnel and families both with military and civilian legal issues. Although the representatives works directly with JAG/Provost Marshall/CID/NCIS/local law enforcement, they represent military personnel and their families in all legal issues.
Mental Health Services-Staffed with counseling professionals, they give emotional and spiritual support during times of crisis for active duty, vets, wounded warriors, and family members. Providing help with emotional and spiritual issues that arise from war, they find the necessary care for:
-domestic abuse
-PTSD
-head trauma
-rape crisis
-depression
-personality disorders
-family counseling
-suicide intervention
Unlike the existing services, these Mental Health professionals are both civilian and military, who have the authority to call in to question existing treatment protocol calls from the sandbox to the bases to homes. Civilians work on a situational basis and are granted rank, which is equivalent to their education and experience by the head of OHB.
Domestic Assistance acts an intermediary with local organizations for families in crisis. Every military base has a Dependent Center that helps military families find assistance from civilian organizations. OHB helps find additional resources to help improve the families’ standard of living, while helping vets and wound warriors successful reenter civilian life.
Casualty/mortuary Team-Made up of multi-denominational spiritual councilors as well as senior staff, this team helps the families of vets cope with the injury or death of their loved one. The mortuary team members notify the family members of the death of their loved one as well as helping them make the appropriate burial arrangements. In the case of injury, the casualty team keeps them informed of the status of their loved one and arranges the appropriate transportation.
Veterans Affairs Liaison-Combination political appointee and retired vet with at least ten years of active service, the Liaison helps military personal not only receive the benefits due, but to also fights for additional economic, medical and educational assistance. The position could be best described as the Military’s ambassador to the U.S government.
Financial Aid Officer-The Financial Aid Officer is accountant who finds sources of income from government grants, private donations and fund raising. In addition, this department helps arranges loans/grants through private the government or private institutions for emergency needs.
By combining their talents and resources, Operation Home Base does its best to catch those who would have fallen through the cracks. Sometimes humorous, frequently heart breaking, their stories are those of the U.S military and those who love them. Although intra-service rivalry continues, the branches of the military have come together to protect and provide for their members with the help of their government or in some cases in spite of it.
My first choice for the following roles:
Lorelei Stewart--Gloria Loring
Retired Lt. Colonel Elaine Reynolds--Deidre Hall
Deacon James William--Tom Selleck
Michael Woodsman--Drake Hogestyn
Martin Flying Crow--Graham Greene
Randi Cullen--Alyssa Milano
Master Sergeant Stella Garcia (Casualty/mortuary) Half Potawatomi half Mexican, Stella Garcia is woman in her late 30’s who planned to be a career soldier; however, the IED, which took her left leg, ended her active field duty. The sole survivor of the three vehicle convoy, she suffered from PTSD and depression. Emotionally she couldn’t find the reason for her surviving when rest of her buddies was killed. Using alcohol and sex to numb the pain, she walked through life unable to feel anything while awake. Zombie-like, she settled into her new desk job, yet her dreams were haunted by the spirits of her unit and the others. They asked her why she ran away from her duty--why she allowed their deaths to be in vain. Instead of seeking aid, she hides deeper within the bottle. Her relationships were shallow and temporary; no one was going to get close enough to hurt her again. However, after the death of her maternal grandmother, Stella knew where she needed to go. Going AWOL, she left for the Rez. A Tribal Elder, contacted her Unit Commander and arranged leave. Through ancient ceremonies she not only found the strength to heal and forgive herself, but also finds her new destiny. She became the Wind Talker who spoke for the dead and insured their wishes were fully carried out. Returning to base, she volunteered for Mortuary duty through which she became part of Operation Home Base.
Lorelei Stewart-(Mental Health Director) Lorelei Stewart is a woman in her early-fifties, who started her life as an army brat who married a career officer--Dr. Robert Stewart with whom she had three children-2 boys and a girl. She has Master Degrees in Behavioral Science, Psychology, and Sociology. A published author, she spent her early career working as profiler for the FBI. However, when she met and married career officer Col. Robert Stewart, she moved into private practice until his death during Operation Desert Storm. It was after his death she learned how little support military personal and their families actually received. Determined to use her experiences to help others, she became one of the founders of Operation Home Base. The love of her life Robert Steward left more than emotional and financial void in Lorelei and her children’s life. There were many questions the Army refused to answer. Growing up an Army brat, she was well aware that some questions were never meant to be answered. It was not so easy for her children, especially her daughter, Roberta. Although she has difficulty with helping her children accepting and healing their father‘s death, Lorelei has become part Mother Superior, part Mom and part USO entertainer to those she councils. Whether it be with a wise-crack, singing a song, or with a ruler across the knuckles, she has a unique ability to defuse tense situations that could have easily become violent. Growing up an Army brat, she not only understands the mentality of those who choose to serve, but also the subtext of the messages behind the words. Although it is not part of her normal duties, she arranges for special entertainment features for the troops in the San Diego area as well as else where. On occasion, she has participated as part of the program by singing and acting in comedy skits she helped write.
Lt. Colonel Elaine Reynolds (Financial Aid Officer)-A retired regular army officer in her late 50’s, she is chief financial aid officer for OHB. Half accountant, half weasel, she has able to not only make stingy people take a crowbar to their wallet, but also make sure every buffalo shits twice before the nickel is spent. Whether in the private or government arena, if there is money to be had, she knows how to find it and acquire it. Blonde and beautiful blonde, those who under-estimated her intelligence quickly regret their mistake. Classy by nature when the situation arises, she is not above low blows both physically and verbally. A career officer, mother of two and a wife, Reynolds found a way to balance her career and family needs. Her husband, Larry Reynolds is a police detective. Her daughter Rachael is a junior in college; who does volunteer work for the OHB in the Red Cross office. Her son Mitchell is an active duty marine; his wife Debra and his children live with Reynolds while he is in the sandbox.
Deacon James Williams (Head of OHB and San Diego CA supervisor). Ex special ops, James Williams was nick named Deek soon after he was deployed in Vietnam the summer of 1966. Assigned Recon Intelligence, he worked closely with the Montagnard and the Vietnamese Army. Five years later, he reemerged from his assignment and was immediately air lifted out without any official records of his activities. His military records were sealed except to those with the highest clearance, he occasionally disappears for days without notice or reason. As part of the financial aid agreement with the government, Williams was named as Head of OHB, answering only to the heads of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Pentagon. Charming one minute, deadly the next, Williams is able to accomplish the seemingly impossible. A permanent bachelor, he has many love interests, yet no attachments. He sees the big pictures when it comes to his career and the military, but refuses to get caught up in the messiness of intra-personal relationships. The “companions” who warm his bed at night are never there at dawn. Although there is a great deal of speculation about him, no one really has the courage to ask.
Michael Woodsman (Veterans Affairs Liaison) A political appointee who knows the ins and outs of how and when to kiss ass and when to kick it, Woodsman worked his way up through the political system. His hard edge and cynicism makes him a dangerous opponent, but also a very effective Liaison for the OHB. He is a team player with an us or them mentality. For the us he is a supportive and loyal advocate; the them quickly learn that crossing him was not a pleasant experience for his charm was on a thin façade. A car accident in his late teen, permanently damaged his spine, the physical limitation is a source of great anger as well as being a profound motivator. Although he never served himself, he has great respect for those who do step up to the plate. When Lorelei approached him to help with OHB, he finally found a cause he could believe in. Using his political capital both above board and blackmailing behind the scenes, Woodsman was a major force in opening doors for its creation. In his mind, it is his way of serving those who do serve.
Debra Anne Lee (Red Cross) In her early twenties, this southern bell grew up with seven older brothers most of whom join the military. A martial arts expert in her own right, she is proud of her family heritage that can be traced back to the civil war. Her mother used to say that Debra Anne walked where fools and angels fear to tread and was kicked out for being a smart ass. More moxie and intelligence than common sense, she is willing to take on situations and people that most people run away from. Using the immortality of youth as a shield as well as her passion and natural curiosity, she would con, charm, or connive her way to achieving her goals.
Martin Flying Crow(Domestic Assistance) A full blooded Oneida, Flying Crow enlisted in the Navy to escape the abject poverty of the Rez only to find the destiny his ancestors placed before him Trained by his shaman grandmother, Flying Crow walked the Red Road from childhood. At age 13, he set out on vision quest to learn his life’s path. The Eagle Spirit showed him that he was too destined to be a healer and guide to others. This life was to be one of service to others. He was to teach them the way of spiritual balance. However, in order to lead others, he needed to walk the path himself. Enlisting as a combat medic in the Navy was the first step of many. In Vietnam, he served two tours as a medic with his unit. Although he was not officially allowed to carry weapons, he did not hesitate to defend those in his unit by whatever means necessary. It was during this time that he crossed paths with Deek. Although they met with opposing agendas, they developed a mutual respect for one another both on and off the battlefield. After his tour, he returned to the Rez. Working as Paramedic, he quickly learned how little emotional, spiritual and medical support there was for the military personal, vets and wounded warriors along with their families. Working on a local level out of his garage, he gathered information, contacts and resources, which he used to improve the lives of those affected by war. He gained national attention when he was able to talk a wound warrior out of committing suicide. It was this exposure that brought him to the attention of Lorelei Stuart and Michael Woodsman. Using his template, the three of them created Operation Home Base.
Randi Cullen (Legal Aid) Randi Cullen grew up as Marine brat until her mother divorced her father early in childhood. Eventually her mother remarried and moved across country, taking Randi and her brothers away from the military way of life. After the divorce, her birth father severed contact. He quickly became the elephant in the room that neither she nor her mother was willing to discuss for fear of where it would lead. During her teen years, she tried to contact him; however, she had little success. But she was able to learn that two years before his twenty year retirement, he suddenly resigned his commission and disappeared. Although both of her older brothers enlisted straight out of high school, Cullen both loved and hated the military. She loved the discipline and the service, yet she blamed it for the loss of her father. Following her step father, she joined the San Diego County Prosecutor’s Office and quickly rose in the ranks. She was not only known for her fairness and tenacity, but her out spoken views.
These are the core characters to the series. Supporting characters for the OHB would be added or removed as the series develops. This show will not be anything close to Army Wives. Taken from the headlines as well as from the writer’s imagination, the stories will accurately portray the challenges of military personnel, vets, and wounded warriors along with those their families must face.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Days of Our Lives: Message to Ken Corday from Fans at the NBC Boards
Hartleyfan
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
What an a**,this coming from the guy who axed the biggest supercouple EVER (John and Marlena) and axed vet after vet. Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.''Done without any homage to the creator of the show'',well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black.This is all coming from a man who has turned his parents dream into a laughing stock and hired a woman who couldn't write a greating card if her life depended on it.Do me/us a favor Corday and SHUT UP.
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noledays
Sounds a little like the pot calling the kettle black to me...
Mr. Corday, meet Mr. Kettle.
Oh yeah...and you can kiss my a$$ while you're at it!
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wiggleworm
What's that they say about glass houses and stones? Yeah, that's right.
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LaBellaDawna
Kenny crapped corn and I just don't care.
He and people like him are killing soaps and yet he states the obvious while doing the same. I can't believe the nerve of this big goof ball.
Earth to Kenny try watching your own show with out pushing the mute button for a minute please then feel freely to talk about Guiding Light.
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noledays
QUOTE (LaBellaDawna @ Apr 14 2009, 11:31 PM) *
Kenny crapped corn and I just don't care.
He and people like him are killing soaps and yet he states the obvious while doing the same. I can't believe the nerve of this big goof ball.
Earth to Kenny try watching your own show with out pushing the mute button for a minute please then feel freely to talk about Guiding Light.
Oh, honey...with a line like that, you should really join us in the Anti-room! I think you'd fit right in!
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MNK89
QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 10:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. [b]What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."[/b]
What an a**,this coming from the guy who axed the biggest supercouple EVER (John and Marlena) and axed vet after vet. Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.''Done without any homage to the creator of the show'',well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black.This is all coming from a man who has turned his parents dream into a laughing stock and hired a woman who couldn't write a greating card if her life depended on it.Do me/us a favor Corday and SHUT UP.
Is he serious with this?! What the hell does this man know about what a soap opera is anyway?! I can't believe he actually has the cajones to say this. Mr. Corday should very much be ashamed of himself.
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samanthawellsdim...
Oh wow! Did he really say that! Uhh...I wouldn't be talking like that Corday, DAYS isn't exactly Y & R! And is NOTHING like DAYS is supposed to be and what the creators (your parents) of DAYS had in mind for DAYS, what they created for DAYS. And DAYS is nothing like it used to be and what it was known for and legendarily known for throughout the soap world. That's been gone and destroyed a very long time ago.
I totally agree with what you said Hartleyfan. That was a bit much and totally un-neccessary to say. And a bunch of those actors, crew, and production have lost their jobs, their show...and you know DAYS isn't exactly top-of-the-notch-safe-from-cancellation! And the way the show is running and written nowadays and the fact that DAYS has tarnished and trashed its "Glory & Golden Days" due to writers doing recycled storylines, getting rid of SOME of their biggest vets [some of the vets are still there and being featured like: Ali Sweeney, Kristian A., Peter R., Joe M., Josh T., John A. Peggy M...and so forth, etc.!], writers who don't know DAYS, don't know the history of the show or what it is about, don't know the characters or their histories, and just only focused on angering fans, instead of pleasing them, and just focused on one character and actor only and all the time now, and OVERLY-DRAWN out stories that run waaayy too long with build that leads to nothing, nowhere, and to no proper pay-offs...NBC has been just itching to cancel DAYS! I'm sure NBC is sick of DAYS and their bull and trouble they've been causing and is just sick of dealing with it altogether...and are just inches away from cancelling it, if they're not careful!
I wouldn't be so quick to speak like that and so cocky like that! DAYS isn't exactly #1, isn't Y & R, isn't what it used to be, isn't blowing it out of the water, isn't the best soap show written or produced, and definitely isn't the best written or produced show or safest from cancellation show on television period. Might not need to be so cocky and rude when speaking like that about cancelled shows and such, in a genera that is generally DYING altogether and is getting much worst than getting better and is losing fans by the masses! Wouldn't be so quick to just speak like that so harshly and rudely DAYS. Whether is true or not...still a bit harsh and rude, for a genera that DAYS is in as well, and is also on that cancellation list and has been many times! And has even lost money/budgets and important characters and actors because DAYS is struggling! DAYS...you can't be so quick to talk like that, you're not exactly Y & R or Grey's Anatomy or Academy Award material or shows or something in writing, production, talent, storytelling, or ratings! Might not want to speak so quickly, so harshly, and so cruel and mean about...yet another show that was just canceled in your exact genera!
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Hartleyfan
QUOTE (noledays @ Apr 14 2009, 10:18 PM) *
Sounds a little like the pot calling the kettle black to me...
Mr. Corday, meet Mr. Kettle.
Oh yeah...and you can kiss my a$$ while you're at it!
Nothing he does or says surprises me anyone,someone needs to tatoo HYPOCRITE on his frickin forehead.
I have always wondered if he watches the show,guess I got my answer,he doesn't.
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samanthawellsdim...
QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 10:42 PM) *
Nothing he does or says surprises me anyone,someone needs to tatoo HYPOCRITE on his frickin forehead.
I have always wondered if he watches the show,guess I got my answer,he doesn't.
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babyfaith
QUOTE (LaBellaDawna @ Apr 14 2009, 10:31 PM) *
Kenny crapped corn and I just don't care.
QUOTE (noledays @ Apr 14 2009, 10:33 PM) *
Oh, honey...with a line like that, you should really join us in the Anti-room! I think you'd fit right in! rolling.gif
I was thinking the same thing.
I can't believe he had the nerve to say something like that.
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Soozn79
QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
Where does he get off? Just goes to show how utterly oblivious he is.
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LancyPassions
I knew that when I came into this thread, I would not like his reply. LOL! He's a azzmonkey.
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Theresa_Chaze
QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
What an a**,this coming from the guy who axed the biggest supercouple EVER (John and Marlena) and axed vet after vet. Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.''Done without any homage to the creator of the show'',well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black.This is all coming from a man who has turned his parents dream into a laughing stock and hired a woman who couldn't write a greating card if her life depended on it.Do me/us a favor Corday and SHUT UP.
He's just pissed because he was upstaged. PS I finished the Wedding Story. If anyone is still interested.
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He's right - GL did not look like a soap opera anymore.
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krista2432
Proud supporter of Mabby,Phelle,Chick,Sole,Larkko, and Zendall
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He's right - GL did not look like a soap opera anymore.
GL is getting better.. yah not 100% yet but GL is a soap its been a soap for many many many many years.. I don't like Ken he all talk no action and this proves my point.. saying that GL isn't a soap? well apparently he never watched DOOL over again.. because if GL isn't a soap.. than AMC,OLTL,GH,BB,YR,ATWT,and DOOL aren't soaps if GL isn't a soap! I like GL heck alot better than I do right now with DOOL!
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Hartleyfan
Gotta LOVE Jamey from Daytime Confidential,here is his thoughts on what Corday said.
Perhaps the most well-informed, prolific, skilled— golfer in daytime, Days of Our Lives executive producer Ken Corday speaks out to Soap Opera Digest about CBS basically signaling the end of broadcast television by cancelling Guiding Light.
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What GUIDING LIGHT became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
Oh Kenny, this is so not your lesson to teach! No "homage to the creator"? Okay, say what you will about Ellen Wheeler, and God knows I have, but under her jurisdiction Guiding Light crafted a beautiful, PBS-worthy tribute to Irna Phillips. What have you done to honor your Mama and Daddy's legacy Kenny?
Were you paying tribute to the serial your parents Ted and Betty Corday, along with Irna Phillips created when you unceremoniously fired five of the biggest stars in the show's history (Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Stephen Nichols, Mary Beth Evans and Thaao Penghlis) and replaced them with talking dolls, and no I don't mean Timmy, I mean Molly Burnett. Is it in honor of your birthright that you continue to allow a shameless hack, who wouldn't know a long story if it bit her on the bottom to write, I mean wreck legacy characters and pen shameful storylines that see an autistic child being thrown down stairs and off piers under the guise of "social relevance"? Is allowing a storyline that has one half of your only remaining supercouple being wasted as a cartoon psychic your idea of getting back to the basics of good soap opera? Kenny, why don't you stick to talking about what you know best, how to improve one's golf game.
http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/04/con...ht-cancellation
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carolann
QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:42 PM) *
Nothing he does or says surprises me anyone,someone needs to tatoo HYPOCRITE on his frickin forehead.
I have always wondered if he watches the show,guess I got my answer,he doesn't.
Clearly not his own.
QUOTE (Soozn79 @ Apr 15 2009, 12:40 AM) *
Where does he get off? Just goes to show how utterly oblivious he is.
Sometimes you need to know when to keep you mouth shut. Ken clearly hasn't learn this on yet.
In all fairness I can not comment on GL . I didn't watch it.
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Theresa_Chaze
It just proves where his head is...it seems someone has a banner that describes it very well. It's too bad Betty put her faith in him. Obviously he didn't deserve it. I'm still wondering who left the show at the end of 06-beginning of 07. Whoever it was was keeping Kenny from destroying the show earlier.
For those who have been supporting the path he has been taking Days--how do you like him now? Still think the show won't be canceled?
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Aeb_2308
QUOTE (Theresa_Chaze @ Apr 15 2009, 03:23 PM) *
For those who have been supporting the path he has been taking Days--how do you like him now? Still think the show won't be canceled?
I don't suport every path that Ken Corday but I know that the times are not very good. I think that the show is better now than in 03-07 when the economy was stronger. Remember the Gemini twins? The Eden story? The Vendetta Story?(Santeen?) Billie Swap baby Alive? Yes Days has been worse and I sat through it.
I do think Ken Corday did run off his moulth but we are all guilty of that since I have never seen GL I think I will just take it at face value.
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Theresa_Chaze
QUOTE (Aeb_2308 @ Apr 15 2009, 04:44 PM) *
I don't support every path that Ken Corday but I know that the times are not very good. I think that the show is better now than in 03-07 when the economy was stronger. Remember the Gemini twins? The Eden story? The Vendetta Story?(Santeen?) Billie Swap baby Alive? Yes Days has been worse and I sat through it.
I do think Ken Corday did run off his mouth but we are all guilty of that since I have never seen GL I think I will just take it at face value.
Ellen Wheeler was trying new camera techniques. That is what made it different than the other soaps.
If it was just one comment, I'd also give him a pass. But it seems like ever statement he makes, he proves just how condescending he is and how little he does know about the fans, the genre and about being a producer.
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Aeb_2308
QUOTE (Theresa_Chaze @ Apr 15 2009, 04:52 PM) *
Ellen Wheeler was trying new camera techniques. That is what made it different than the other soaps.
If it was just one comment, I'd also give him a pass. But it seems like ever statement he makes, he proves just how condescending he is and how little he does know about the fans, the genre and about being a producer.
I do not know what the technques since I don't watch the show. The shows ratings have been at the bottom since the early 90 of shows still on the air so it was a last atempt to keep the show aflot.
As for his comments well he said somthing stupid but he has improved the show in the last year. Are you seriously telling me Days is worse now than during the stories that I mentioned in the above post?
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 15 2009, 11:46 AM) *
Gotta LOVE Jamey from Daytime Confidential,here is his thoughts on what Corday said.
Perhaps the most well-informed, prolific, skilled— golfer in daytime, Days of Our Lives executive producer Ken Corday speaks out to Soap Opera Digest about CBS basically signaling the end of broadcast television by cancelling Guiding Light.
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What GUIDING LIGHT became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
Oh Kenny, this is so not your lesson to teach! No "homage to the creator"? Okay, say what you will about Ellen Wheeler, and God knows I have, but under her jurisdiction Guiding Light crafted a beautiful, PBS-worthy tribute to Irna Phillips. What have you done to honor your Mama and Daddy's legacy Kenny?
Were you paying tribute to the serial your parents Ted and Betty Corday, along with Irna Phillips created when you unceremoniously fired five of the biggest stars in the show's history (Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Stephen Nichols, Mary Beth Evans and Thaao Penghlis) and replaced them with talking dolls, and no I don't mean Timmy, I mean Molly Burnett. Is it in honor of your birthright that you continue to allow a shameless hack, who wouldn't know a long story if it bit her on the bottom to write, I mean wreck legacy characters and pen shameful storylines that see an autistic child being thrown down stairs and off piers under the guise of "social relevance"? Is allowing a storyline that has one half of your only remaining supercouple being wasted as a cartoon psychic your idea of getting back to the basics of good soap opera? Kenny, why don't you stick to talking about what you know best, how to improve one's golf game.
http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/04/con...ht-cancellation
JG always knows exactly what to say to cheer me up!
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QUOTE (Aeb_2308 @ Apr 15 2009, 07:55 PM) *
I do not know what the technques since I don't watch the show. The shows ratings have been at the bottom since the early 90 of shows still on the air so it was a last atempt to keep the show aflot.
As for his comments well he said somthing stupid but he has improved the show in the last year. Are you seriously telling me Days is worse now than during the stories that I mentioned in the above post?
Improved the show ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!! He has destroyed three of the most popular fan bases by firing the firing the actors--you know ones with actual talent. The third-Bo and Hope is on the way out from what I've read on the boards. Bo as a psychic? There is no basis for it and from what I've seen the writers did less than zero research and are writing from sheer bigotry. It's looking like Hope will be having an affair with Roman--which is totally contrary to her character and Roman's. The who killed Trent murder mystery was a joke--a bad one at that. No one cared that he was killed and Nick being the killer was just pulled out of the air. His big drug problem, which was supposed to make him crazy, developed over a week. Then you have the triangles, the baby switching, instant love from sex in elevators....the storylines are inconsistent, shallow and fortune cookies are better thought out and developed. The new characters don't have personalities--the are caricatures. The actors don't have enough talent to be cast in high school productions. Showing and looking good doesn't make you an actor; it makes you a mannequin, which is all the newbies are. The experienced actors they have brought in haven't been given anything to work with when it comes to character or script.
Higley has been fired from every gig she has gotten because she writes the same crap wherever she goes. She refuses to learn the show or character history. Days no longer is a show of suspense, drama, romance and humor, but one of soft porn for tweens and teens where love is sex in an elevator. That's all she can write. I put a few Youtube videos on my blog of the good old Days. If you aren't afraid of having your delusions shattered, watch them. That was good TV.
Everyone in the industry knows it. Kenny knows it and that's why he hired her--to tank the show.
Are the other soaps doing better--I don't know. I do know that the writers keep being circulated from show to show which has made them all stagnant.
But hey, I've got my resume material. There has to be someone who is looking for fresh material. I've fulfilled my promise plus. The ghost story is finished. The Wedding is finished. I've moved on to new projects. How much I'll be visiting the boards in the future, I don't know. Cause frankly, I've run out of things to say. It's time to flush the toilet of the crap Higley has been spreading. Eventually the septic tank will break it on down and Days will disappear into history, taking with it Higley, Corday and Tomlin. Good ridden to the last three.
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QUOTE (Theresa_Chaze @ Apr 15 2009, 09:14 PM) *
Improved the show ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!! He has destroyed three of the most popular fan bases by firing the firing the actors--you know ones with actual talent. The third-Bo and Hope is on the way out from what I've read on the boards. Bo as a psychic? There is no basis for it and from what I've seen the writers did less than zero research and are writing from sheer bigotry. It's looking like Hope will be having an affair with Roman--which is totally contrary to her character and Roman's. The who killed Trent murder mystery was a joke--a bad one at that. No one cared that he was killed and Nick being the killer was just pulled out of the air. His big drug problem, which was supposed to make him crazy, developed over a week. Then you have the triangles, the baby switching, instant love from sex in elevators....the storylines are inconsistent, shallow and fortune cookies are better thought out and developed. The new characters don't have personalities--the are caricatures. The actors don't have enough talent to be cast in high school productions. Showing and looking good doesn't make you an actor; it makes you a mannequin, which is all the newbies are. The experienced actors they have brought in haven't been given anything to work with when it comes to character or script.
Higley has been fired from every gig she has gotten because she writes the same crap wherever she goes. She refuses to learn the show or character history. Days no longer is a show of suspense, drama, romance and humor, but one of soft porn for tweens and teens where love is sex in an elevator. That's all she can write. I put a few Youtube videos on my blog of the good old Days. If you aren't afraid of having your delusions shattered, watch them. That was good TV.
Everyone in the industry knows it. Kenny knows it and that's why he hired her--to tank the show.
Are the other soaps doing better--I don't know. I do know that the writers keep being circulated from show to show which has made them all stagnant.
But hey, I've got my resume material. There has to be someone who is looking for fresh material. I've fulfilled my promise plus. The ghost story is finished. The Wedding is finished. I've moved on to new projects. How much I'll be visiting the boards in the future, I don't know. Cause frankly, I've run out of things to say. It's time to flush the toilet of the crap Higley has been spreading. Eventually the septic tank will break it on down and Days will disappear into history, taking with it Higley, Corday and Tomlin. Good ridden to the last three.
Amen, sister! Especially the bolded parts!
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
What an ass. At least Guiding Light kept and used many of their beloved vets and even brought back former popular characters to try and make an effort. Too bad it was too late. Corday is one to talk, look at how many popular and talented actors he has fired and how many useless, talentless newbies he's brought on. Shut up Ken! Jerk.
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Theresa_Chaze
Would anyone mind if I posted this thread on my blog. It's getting a little traffic, so it might help. Help do what I'm not sure. But I believe in miracles... or it could just be gas.
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http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
What an a**,this coming from the guy who axed the biggest supercouple EVER (John and Marlena) and axed vet after vet. Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.''Done without any homage to the creator of the show'',well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black.This is all coming from a man who has turned his parents dream into a laughing stock and hired a woman who couldn't write a greating card if her life depended on it.Do me/us a favor Corday and SHUT UP.
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Sounds a little like the pot calling the kettle black to me...
Mr. Corday, meet Mr. Kettle.
Oh yeah...and you can kiss my a$$ while you're at it!
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What's that they say about glass houses and stones? Yeah, that's right.
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Kenny crapped corn and I just don't care.
He and people like him are killing soaps and yet he states the obvious while doing the same. I can't believe the nerve of this big goof ball.
Earth to Kenny try watching your own show with out pushing the mute button for a minute please then feel freely to talk about Guiding Light.
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QUOTE (LaBellaDawna @ Apr 14 2009, 11:31 PM) *
Kenny crapped corn and I just don't care.
He and people like him are killing soaps and yet he states the obvious while doing the same. I can't believe the nerve of this big goof ball.
Earth to Kenny try watching your own show with out pushing the mute button for a minute please then feel freely to talk about Guiding Light.
Oh, honey...with a line like that, you should really join us in the Anti-room! I think you'd fit right in!
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 10:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. [b]What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."[/b]
What an a**,this coming from the guy who axed the biggest supercouple EVER (John and Marlena) and axed vet after vet. Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.''Done without any homage to the creator of the show'',well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black.This is all coming from a man who has turned his parents dream into a laughing stock and hired a woman who couldn't write a greating card if her life depended on it.Do me/us a favor Corday and SHUT UP.
Is he serious with this?! What the hell does this man know about what a soap opera is anyway?! I can't believe he actually has the cajones to say this. Mr. Corday should very much be ashamed of himself.
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Oh wow! Did he really say that! Uhh...I wouldn't be talking like that Corday, DAYS isn't exactly Y & R! And is NOTHING like DAYS is supposed to be and what the creators (your parents) of DAYS had in mind for DAYS, what they created for DAYS. And DAYS is nothing like it used to be and what it was known for and legendarily known for throughout the soap world. That's been gone and destroyed a very long time ago.
I totally agree with what you said Hartleyfan. That was a bit much and totally un-neccessary to say. And a bunch of those actors, crew, and production have lost their jobs, their show...and you know DAYS isn't exactly top-of-the-notch-safe-from-cancellation! And the way the show is running and written nowadays and the fact that DAYS has tarnished and trashed its "Glory & Golden Days" due to writers doing recycled storylines, getting rid of SOME of their biggest vets [some of the vets are still there and being featured like: Ali Sweeney, Kristian A., Peter R., Joe M., Josh T., John A. Peggy M...and so forth, etc.!], writers who don't know DAYS, don't know the history of the show or what it is about, don't know the characters or their histories, and just only focused on angering fans, instead of pleasing them, and just focused on one character and actor only and all the time now, and OVERLY-DRAWN out stories that run waaayy too long with build that leads to nothing, nowhere, and to no proper pay-offs...NBC has been just itching to cancel DAYS! I'm sure NBC is sick of DAYS and their bull and trouble they've been causing and is just sick of dealing with it altogether...and are just inches away from cancelling it, if they're not careful!
I wouldn't be so quick to speak like that and so cocky like that! DAYS isn't exactly #1, isn't Y & R, isn't what it used to be, isn't blowing it out of the water, isn't the best soap show written or produced, and definitely isn't the best written or produced show or safest from cancellation show on television period. Might not need to be so cocky and rude when speaking like that about cancelled shows and such, in a genera that is generally DYING altogether and is getting much worst than getting better and is losing fans by the masses! Wouldn't be so quick to just speak like that so harshly and rudely DAYS. Whether is true or not...still a bit harsh and rude, for a genera that DAYS is in as well, and is also on that cancellation list and has been many times! And has even lost money/budgets and important characters and actors because DAYS is struggling! DAYS...you can't be so quick to talk like that, you're not exactly Y & R or Grey's Anatomy or Academy Award material or shows or something in writing, production, talent, storytelling, or ratings! Might not want to speak so quickly, so harshly, and so cruel and mean about...yet another show that was just canceled in your exact genera!
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QUOTE (noledays @ Apr 14 2009, 10:18 PM) *
Sounds a little like the pot calling the kettle black to me...
Mr. Corday, meet Mr. Kettle.
Oh yeah...and you can kiss my a$$ while you're at it!
Nothing he does or says surprises me anyone,someone needs to tatoo HYPOCRITE on his frickin forehead.
I have always wondered if he watches the show,guess I got my answer,he doesn't.
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 10:42 PM) *
Nothing he does or says surprises me anyone,someone needs to tatoo HYPOCRITE on his frickin forehead.
I have always wondered if he watches the show,guess I got my answer,he doesn't.
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QUOTE (LaBellaDawna @ Apr 14 2009, 10:31 PM) *
Kenny crapped corn and I just don't care.
QUOTE (noledays @ Apr 14 2009, 10:33 PM) *
Oh, honey...with a line like that, you should really join us in the Anti-room! I think you'd fit right in! rolling.gif
I was thinking the same thing.
I can't believe he had the nerve to say something like that.
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
Where does he get off? Just goes to show how utterly oblivious he is.
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I knew that when I came into this thread, I would not like his reply. LOL! He's a azzmonkey.
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
What an a**,this coming from the guy who axed the biggest supercouple EVER (John and Marlena) and axed vet after vet. Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.''Done without any homage to the creator of the show'',well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black.This is all coming from a man who has turned his parents dream into a laughing stock and hired a woman who couldn't write a greating card if her life depended on it.Do me/us a favor Corday and SHUT UP.
He's just pissed because he was upstaged. PS I finished the Wedding Story. If anyone is still interested.
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Proud supporter of Mabby,Phelle,Chick,Sole,Larkko, and Zendall
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He's right - GL did not look like a soap opera anymore.
GL is getting better.. yah not 100% yet but GL is a soap its been a soap for many many many many years.. I don't like Ken he all talk no action and this proves my point.. saying that GL isn't a soap? well apparently he never watched DOOL over again.. because if GL isn't a soap.. than AMC,OLTL,GH,BB,YR,ATWT,and DOOL aren't soaps if GL isn't a soap! I like GL heck alot better than I do right now with DOOL!
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Gotta LOVE Jamey from Daytime Confidential,here is his thoughts on what Corday said.
Perhaps the most well-informed, prolific, skilled— golfer in daytime, Days of Our Lives executive producer Ken Corday speaks out to Soap Opera Digest about CBS basically signaling the end of broadcast television by cancelling Guiding Light.
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What GUIDING LIGHT became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
Oh Kenny, this is so not your lesson to teach! No "homage to the creator"? Okay, say what you will about Ellen Wheeler, and God knows I have, but under her jurisdiction Guiding Light crafted a beautiful, PBS-worthy tribute to Irna Phillips. What have you done to honor your Mama and Daddy's legacy Kenny?
Were you paying tribute to the serial your parents Ted and Betty Corday, along with Irna Phillips created when you unceremoniously fired five of the biggest stars in the show's history (Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Stephen Nichols, Mary Beth Evans and Thaao Penghlis) and replaced them with talking dolls, and no I don't mean Timmy, I mean Molly Burnett. Is it in honor of your birthright that you continue to allow a shameless hack, who wouldn't know a long story if it bit her on the bottom to write, I mean wreck legacy characters and pen shameful storylines that see an autistic child being thrown down stairs and off piers under the guise of "social relevance"? Is allowing a storyline that has one half of your only remaining supercouple being wasted as a cartoon psychic your idea of getting back to the basics of good soap opera? Kenny, why don't you stick to talking about what you know best, how to improve one's golf game.
http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/04/con...ht-cancellation
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:42 PM) *
Nothing he does or says surprises me anyone,someone needs to tatoo HYPOCRITE on his frickin forehead.
I have always wondered if he watches the show,guess I got my answer,he doesn't.
Clearly not his own.
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Where does he get off? Just goes to show how utterly oblivious he is.
Sometimes you need to know when to keep you mouth shut. Ken clearly hasn't learn this on yet.
In all fairness I can not comment on GL . I didn't watch it.
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It just proves where his head is...it seems someone has a banner that describes it very well. It's too bad Betty put her faith in him. Obviously he didn't deserve it. I'm still wondering who left the show at the end of 06-beginning of 07. Whoever it was was keeping Kenny from destroying the show earlier.
For those who have been supporting the path he has been taking Days--how do you like him now? Still think the show won't be canceled?
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QUOTE (Theresa_Chaze @ Apr 15 2009, 03:23 PM) *
For those who have been supporting the path he has been taking Days--how do you like him now? Still think the show won't be canceled?
I don't suport every path that Ken Corday but I know that the times are not very good. I think that the show is better now than in 03-07 when the economy was stronger. Remember the Gemini twins? The Eden story? The Vendetta Story?(Santeen?) Billie Swap baby Alive? Yes Days has been worse and I sat through it.
I do think Ken Corday did run off his moulth but we are all guilty of that since I have never seen GL I think I will just take it at face value.
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QUOTE (Aeb_2308 @ Apr 15 2009, 04:44 PM) *
I don't support every path that Ken Corday but I know that the times are not very good. I think that the show is better now than in 03-07 when the economy was stronger. Remember the Gemini twins? The Eden story? The Vendetta Story?(Santeen?) Billie Swap baby Alive? Yes Days has been worse and I sat through it.
I do think Ken Corday did run off his mouth but we are all guilty of that since I have never seen GL I think I will just take it at face value.
Ellen Wheeler was trying new camera techniques. That is what made it different than the other soaps.
If it was just one comment, I'd also give him a pass. But it seems like ever statement he makes, he proves just how condescending he is and how little he does know about the fans, the genre and about being a producer.
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QUOTE (Theresa_Chaze @ Apr 15 2009, 04:52 PM) *
Ellen Wheeler was trying new camera techniques. That is what made it different than the other soaps.
If it was just one comment, I'd also give him a pass. But it seems like ever statement he makes, he proves just how condescending he is and how little he does know about the fans, the genre and about being a producer.
I do not know what the technques since I don't watch the show. The shows ratings have been at the bottom since the early 90 of shows still on the air so it was a last atempt to keep the show aflot.
As for his comments well he said somthing stupid but he has improved the show in the last year. Are you seriously telling me Days is worse now than during the stories that I mentioned in the above post?
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 15 2009, 11:46 AM) *
Gotta LOVE Jamey from Daytime Confidential,here is his thoughts on what Corday said.
Perhaps the most well-informed, prolific, skilled— golfer in daytime, Days of Our Lives executive producer Ken Corday speaks out to Soap Opera Digest about CBS basically signaling the end of broadcast television by cancelling Guiding Light.
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What GUIDING LIGHT became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
Oh Kenny, this is so not your lesson to teach! No "homage to the creator"? Okay, say what you will about Ellen Wheeler, and God knows I have, but under her jurisdiction Guiding Light crafted a beautiful, PBS-worthy tribute to Irna Phillips. What have you done to honor your Mama and Daddy's legacy Kenny?
Were you paying tribute to the serial your parents Ted and Betty Corday, along with Irna Phillips created when you unceremoniously fired five of the biggest stars in the show's history (Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Stephen Nichols, Mary Beth Evans and Thaao Penghlis) and replaced them with talking dolls, and no I don't mean Timmy, I mean Molly Burnett. Is it in honor of your birthright that you continue to allow a shameless hack, who wouldn't know a long story if it bit her on the bottom to write, I mean wreck legacy characters and pen shameful storylines that see an autistic child being thrown down stairs and off piers under the guise of "social relevance"? Is allowing a storyline that has one half of your only remaining supercouple being wasted as a cartoon psychic your idea of getting back to the basics of good soap opera? Kenny, why don't you stick to talking about what you know best, how to improve one's golf game.
http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/04/con...ht-cancellation
JG always knows exactly what to say to cheer me up!
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QUOTE (Aeb_2308 @ Apr 15 2009, 07:55 PM) *
I do not know what the technques since I don't watch the show. The shows ratings have been at the bottom since the early 90 of shows still on the air so it was a last atempt to keep the show aflot.
As for his comments well he said somthing stupid but he has improved the show in the last year. Are you seriously telling me Days is worse now than during the stories that I mentioned in the above post?
Improved the show ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!! He has destroyed three of the most popular fan bases by firing the firing the actors--you know ones with actual talent. The third-Bo and Hope is on the way out from what I've read on the boards. Bo as a psychic? There is no basis for it and from what I've seen the writers did less than zero research and are writing from sheer bigotry. It's looking like Hope will be having an affair with Roman--which is totally contrary to her character and Roman's. The who killed Trent murder mystery was a joke--a bad one at that. No one cared that he was killed and Nick being the killer was just pulled out of the air. His big drug problem, which was supposed to make him crazy, developed over a week. Then you have the triangles, the baby switching, instant love from sex in elevators....the storylines are inconsistent, shallow and fortune cookies are better thought out and developed. The new characters don't have personalities--the are caricatures. The actors don't have enough talent to be cast in high school productions. Showing and looking good doesn't make you an actor; it makes you a mannequin, which is all the newbies are. The experienced actors they have brought in haven't been given anything to work with when it comes to character or script.
Higley has been fired from every gig she has gotten because she writes the same crap wherever she goes. She refuses to learn the show or character history. Days no longer is a show of suspense, drama, romance and humor, but one of soft porn for tweens and teens where love is sex in an elevator. That's all she can write. I put a few Youtube videos on my blog of the good old Days. If you aren't afraid of having your delusions shattered, watch them. That was good TV.
Everyone in the industry knows it. Kenny knows it and that's why he hired her--to tank the show.
Are the other soaps doing better--I don't know. I do know that the writers keep being circulated from show to show which has made them all stagnant.
But hey, I've got my resume material. There has to be someone who is looking for fresh material. I've fulfilled my promise plus. The ghost story is finished. The Wedding is finished. I've moved on to new projects. How much I'll be visiting the boards in the future, I don't know. Cause frankly, I've run out of things to say. It's time to flush the toilet of the crap Higley has been spreading. Eventually the septic tank will break it on down and Days will disappear into history, taking with it Higley, Corday and Tomlin. Good ridden to the last three.
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QUOTE (Theresa_Chaze @ Apr 15 2009, 09:14 PM) *
Improved the show ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!! He has destroyed three of the most popular fan bases by firing the firing the actors--you know ones with actual talent. The third-Bo and Hope is on the way out from what I've read on the boards. Bo as a psychic? There is no basis for it and from what I've seen the writers did less than zero research and are writing from sheer bigotry. It's looking like Hope will be having an affair with Roman--which is totally contrary to her character and Roman's. The who killed Trent murder mystery was a joke--a bad one at that. No one cared that he was killed and Nick being the killer was just pulled out of the air. His big drug problem, which was supposed to make him crazy, developed over a week. Then you have the triangles, the baby switching, instant love from sex in elevators....the storylines are inconsistent, shallow and fortune cookies are better thought out and developed. The new characters don't have personalities--the are caricatures. The actors don't have enough talent to be cast in high school productions. Showing and looking good doesn't make you an actor; it makes you a mannequin, which is all the newbies are. The experienced actors they have brought in haven't been given anything to work with when it comes to character or script.
Higley has been fired from every gig she has gotten because she writes the same crap wherever she goes. She refuses to learn the show or character history. Days no longer is a show of suspense, drama, romance and humor, but one of soft porn for tweens and teens where love is sex in an elevator. That's all she can write. I put a few Youtube videos on my blog of the good old Days. If you aren't afraid of having your delusions shattered, watch them. That was good TV.
Everyone in the industry knows it. Kenny knows it and that's why he hired her--to tank the show.
Are the other soaps doing better--I don't know. I do know that the writers keep being circulated from show to show which has made them all stagnant.
But hey, I've got my resume material. There has to be someone who is looking for fresh material. I've fulfilled my promise plus. The ghost story is finished. The Wedding is finished. I've moved on to new projects. How much I'll be visiting the boards in the future, I don't know. Cause frankly, I've run out of things to say. It's time to flush the toilet of the crap Higley has been spreading. Eventually the septic tank will break it on down and Days will disappear into history, taking with it Higley, Corday and Tomlin. Good ridden to the last three.
Amen, sister! Especially the bolded parts!
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QUOTE (Hartleyfan @ Apr 14 2009, 11:06 PM) *
http://daytimeroyaltyonline.com/topic/8105339/1/
"In desperate times, desperate measures are sometimes the worst things to resort to. What Guiding Light became was not a soap opera. It smacked of ESPN or the evening news and done without any homage to the creator of the show. It wasn't because of one inept person in the last year or two; the show ran its course."
What an ass. At least Guiding Light kept and used many of their beloved vets and even brought back former popular characters to try and make an effort. Too bad it was too late. Corday is one to talk, look at how many popular and talented actors he has fired and how many useless, talentless newbies he's brought on. Shut up Ken! Jerk.
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Would anyone mind if I posted this thread on my blog. It's getting a little traffic, so it might help. Help do what I'm not sure. But I believe in miracles... or it could just be gas.
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Fine with me...whatever helps...
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Eye of Ra: A Mystical, Horror Film Based on Egyptian Mythology
Eye of Ra is an occult horror film that is based on Egyptian mythology. When Isis stole power from Ra, she initiated a guardian who not only had the strength to be the focal point for this great power, but who also had the ability to protect its secrets from those who would abuse them. Jealous of her grandmother and daughters’ spiritual gifts, Sandra takes her youngest daughter, Rikki and disappears. Seeking power, she searches the world for the Eye of Ra; when she finds it, it is Rikki not her that the Guardian chooses. Enraged, Sandra makes a pact with the Dark Ones; if they help her destroy her own daughter, she will use the Eye in their name. Sandra attacks in the middle of the initiation ceremony. The Priestess is killed before it can be completed. Barely escaping with her life, Rikki returns to the small town of her birth. Her physical wounds have healed, but the guilt and self-doubt keep her from seeing the truth of her life. Sandra follows Rikki to finish what she started, bringing the evil of the Dark Ones with her, and a small northern Michigan town learns the black secret that had been buried among them for generations.
To read an excerpt go to http://www.theresachaze.com/files/Eye_of_Ra.pdf
To read an excerpt go to http://www.theresachaze.com/files/Eye_of_Ra.pdf
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Paranormal Romance Film Seeks Producer
Written by Theresa Chaze, Never Can Say Good-bye is a paranormal romance that connects the present with the logging industry of the 1900. To help a friend, Elizabeth agrees to teach a writing course at a small college. She expects to find a sleepy town with a long history, but instead she finds herself dealing with violently jealous wife and the past mistakes she is only beginning to remember. Arriving in town, she finds it uncomfortably familiar. As the controlling President of the college, Judy Olson, shows her around, Elizabeth begins to realize that she has made a mistake and begins looking for excuses to leave. After meeting the famous historian, Michael Scott and his irrational wife, Shane, Elizabeth finds the past becoming more real than the present as the death of a small boy decades earlier reignites an old treachery, which could destroy the entire town. When love leads to vengeance, it is best to say good-bye.
Won the 2006 International Gloria Film Festival
To read an except go to: http://www.theresachaze.com/files/NeverSayexcerpt.pdf
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Repost: Fax Numbers for Corday Production, NBC, Sony Pictures
Fax Campaign to Save Days of Our Lives
As I previously posted there is a campaign to protest the firing of Dee and Drake. Started by Drake_Cake on the sony board, the idea is to fax protests 1/23/09 stating that "I just watched Days for the last time. If we could get everyone to participate then he could physically see how many people are going to be tuning out because of his decision. If you could share this with your J&M and friends I would appreciate it. I would love to hit Corday hard one more time. You can fax for free at http://faxzero.com/ "
One thing else to remember, no matter how angry or disappointed you are--be respectful and accurate. If you come across as out of control or illiterate, you will be discounted or ignored. However, if you concise with you wording, you will be taken seriously or at least more so than if you call Corday every nasty adult word you know--he may deserve it and it might feel good but it won't get you want you want. Tell them why you liked the both the couple and show. If you have watched for a long time, add that in. End by asking for the changes that you want. Remember to also include your full name and contact information--at least a phone number. It'll show the diversity of the complaints and prove that there isn't just a few with over active fax machines.
Corday Productions Fax number
818)840-4968
Production phone number: 818-295-2820
Sony Pictures owns the rights to Days
Michael Lynton
Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Amy Pascal
Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment
12102 West Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232-3195
Phone: (310) 244-4000
Fax: (310) 244-2626
another phone line: 310-244-5722
NBC
NBCUNI.COM FEEDBACK
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
The GE Building at Rockefeller Plaza is NBC's corporate headquarters\
Phone: 212-664-4444. Fax: 212-664-4085
GE information
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06828
(203) 373-2211
I couldn't find a fax number, but I have yet to look very hard. If someone has it please post it.
As I previously posted there is a campaign to protest the firing of Dee and Drake. Started by Drake_Cake on the sony board, the idea is to fax protests 1/23/09 stating that "I just watched Days for the last time. If we could get everyone to participate then he could physically see how many people are going to be tuning out because of his decision. If you could share this with your J&M and friends I would appreciate it. I would love to hit Corday hard one more time. You can fax for free at http://faxzero.com/ "
One thing else to remember, no matter how angry or disappointed you are--be respectful and accurate. If you come across as out of control or illiterate, you will be discounted or ignored. However, if you concise with you wording, you will be taken seriously or at least more so than if you call Corday every nasty adult word you know--he may deserve it and it might feel good but it won't get you want you want. Tell them why you liked the both the couple and show. If you have watched for a long time, add that in. End by asking for the changes that you want. Remember to also include your full name and contact information--at least a phone number. It'll show the diversity of the complaints and prove that there isn't just a few with over active fax machines.
Corday Productions Fax number
818)840-4968
Production phone number: 818-295-2820
Sony Pictures owns the rights to Days
Michael Lynton
Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Amy Pascal
Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment
12102 West Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232-3195
Phone: (310) 244-4000
Fax: (310) 244-2626
another phone line: 310-244-5722
NBC
NBCUNI.COM FEEDBACK
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
The GE Building at Rockefeller Plaza is NBC's corporate headquarters\
Phone: 212-664-4444. Fax: 212-664-4085
GE information
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06828
(203) 373-2211
I couldn't find a fax number, but I have yet to look very hard. If someone has it please post it.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Days of Our Lives 12-6-08
EXT: ALYESSA'S HOUSE: NIGHT
The house is surrounded by well-maintained gardens and a wrap around porch with a swing hanging from the ceiling on the right end. It has been painted light lavender with off white and mauve trimming; it looks very much like a dollhouse. Roman walks Alyessa to her front door. Both are reluctant for the day to end.
ROMAN
This is your mother's house.
ALYSSA
You betcha.
ROMAN
I didn't mean anything by it.
ALYESSA
(Teasing)
I know.
ROMAN
I like it. It's different.
ALYESSA
It's definitely that. Mom collects dollhouse. After Dad died, she turned their house into a life-size one. At first, the neigbhors had a fit.
ROMAN
Obviously, she didn't listen.
ALYESSA
Not for a minute. She said the moment they start paying her bills, they could have a say. Until then, they could just shut up.
ROMAN
Strong lady.
ALYESSA
That's my Mom.
ROMAN
Who has a beautiful daughter.
ALYESSA
(Embarassed)
I had a good time today.
ROMAN
Me too. Who thought playing hooky could be so much fun.
ALYESSA
(Brushing the popcorn off his shirt)
Popcorn.
ROMAN
Lunch. The museum. Dinner and a movie. That must be some kind of record. How will we top that next time?
ALYESSA
We'll just have to be creative.
ROMAN
I can do that.
ALYESSA
Me too.
They stall for a moment.
ROMAN
I should say good night.
ALYESSA
Good night. Thank you for the wonderful day.
ROMAN
(Backing down the stairs)
I have to get up early.
ALYESSA
Me, too.
(Laughing at herself)
I just said that.
ROMAN
(Stopping on the bottom step)
I don't mind. What are you doing for dinner tomorrow night?
ALYESSA
(Following to the edge of the porch)
Not sick of me yet?
ROMAN
Not even close.
ALYESSA
I teach class tomorrow night at 7. Why don't you stop by. We'll be working on self-defense techniques.
ROMAN
I'll see what I can do. Maybe you can show how to avoid black eyes?
ALESSA
I'll see what can do.
They both wait. Roman turns to walk away.
Good night, Roman.
ROMAN
Good night.
Roman turns to leave but stops. Instead, he runs back up the stairs and they passionately kiss.
Now it's a good night.
ALYESSA
Yes, it is.
Happily, Roman walks back down the stairs; Alyessa watches.
CUT
EXT: ISOLATED CABIN IN THE WOODS: NIGHT
The cabin is survivalist paradise. It is isolated, hard to find and easily defended. Surround by a thick forest, it can’t be seen from the road. However, the yard around it has been cleared of all ground cover. A generator rumbles in the background. Lights shine from several windows. A man can be see walking around on the inside. The moon illuminates most of the yard.
Max and Steve hide in the underbrush just inside the treeline.
MAX
(Whispering)
This isn’t going to easy.
STEVE
(Whispering)
Tell me about it. Types like him are real paranoid. The slightest sound will set him off.
MAX
Now what?
STEVE
We wait.
MAX
For what? Morning?
STEVE
We can’t rush.
MAX
(Standing up branches snap under his feet)
We should a least make sure the kid’s okay.
Steve pulls him back down and points at the house. The man has stopped pacing and is looking outside the window. Max crouches back down.
He couldn’t have heard me.
STEVE
Adrenaline super charged senses. The kid’s safe as long as he thinks he has the upper hand.
MAX
Do you think he saw me?
STEVE
I’m not sure. He might just think it was an animal.
The man backs out of sight.
I don’t like the look of that.
MAX
What--
Steve shushes him. The lights in the cabin go out.
STEVE
Problem.
(Creeping toward the cabin)
You stay here.
MAX
Where you going?
STEVE
To get the kid.
MAX
What about--
STEVE
He knows were here.
MAX
I’m going with you.
STEVE
No. You go back to the car and call for the cavalry.
MAX
I can call from here.
STEVE
He’ll see the light and know for sure.
Suddenly flames are seen inside the cabin. They rapidly spread from one end to the other.
Son of a bitch!
Steve races across the yard to the house. Max dials his phone. Steve kicks in the door and runs inside. Behind him, Max can be seen following.
CUT
INT: CABIN: NIGHT
The fire rapidly spreads. Bernie stands in front of the sofa, pointing a rifle at the door. Crying, Garret cowers on the sofa. Steve stands in the doorway
BERNIE
Get out! You’re not taking him!
STEVE
(Trying to calm him down)
You don’t have to do this.
BERNIE
He’s mine! I created him!
Max runs in.
You? What are you doing here?
GARRET
I want to go home!
MAX
Hey, man. I’m just trying to help.
STEVE
That’s all I’m trying to do.
(To Garret)
Kid, are you okay?
GARRET
I want my mama!
STEVE
I’ll get you back to her.
BERNIE
No! He’s mine!
The room is filling with smoke and flames, which are rapidly affecting all of them, especially Garret.
STEVE
She’s worried about you--both of you.
BERNIE
She’s just wants money. She don’t care about me. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have divorced me.
MAX
A boy needs his father in his life. I get that.
BERNIE
Damn straight! That bitch is trying to keep me from him.
STEVE
(Taking a couple of steps closer)
No, she’s not.
(Pointing at the couch)
He’s your son. He’s also her son. A boy needs both his mama and papa.
BERNIE
Stay back.
The heat cracks the glass of the family pictures hanging on the wall. Several fall to the ground.
STEVE
(Stopping)
It’s getting hot in here man. Can’t we talk about this outside?
BERNIE
(Backing up)
NO ONE’S TAKING HIM FROM ME!
MAX
(Stands behind Steve)
Death will take him!
BERNIE
No! We’ll be together! Always!
Glass breaks. Object fall. The roof creaks above them.
STEVE
I can’t let that happen.
MAX
Racing, I saw how painful burns are. Do you want that for him? A slow painful death.
BERNIE
Once the flames hit the propane tank, it’ll be over fast and easy.
MAX
Propane?
STEVE
Where is it?
BERNIE
Outside the kitchen. Enough to turn the cabin in to kindling
STEVE
(Turning toward Max)
Max.
MAX
Yea, Steve.
STEVE
(Using sign language “Get Boy”)
Understand?
BERNIE
What was that?
MAX
What about you?
STEVE
Don’t worry about me?
BERNIE
What did you say?
STEVE
(Turning to face Bernie and putting one hand behind his back)
I said we’re leaving.
With the hand behind his back, Steve counts one, two. However, before he can get to three the roof above them loudly crack as the flame eats the support beam. Steve rushes toward Bernie. Max skirts around him toward the boy.
CUT
EXT: CABIN: NIGHT
The cabin is engulfed. A shot is fired. Part of the roof collapses. The propone tank explodes, destroying the cabin.
CUT
The house is surrounded by well-maintained gardens and a wrap around porch with a swing hanging from the ceiling on the right end. It has been painted light lavender with off white and mauve trimming; it looks very much like a dollhouse. Roman walks Alyessa to her front door. Both are reluctant for the day to end.
ROMAN
This is your mother's house.
ALYSSA
You betcha.
ROMAN
I didn't mean anything by it.
ALYESSA
(Teasing)
I know.
ROMAN
I like it. It's different.
ALYESSA
It's definitely that. Mom collects dollhouse. After Dad died, she turned their house into a life-size one. At first, the neigbhors had a fit.
ROMAN
Obviously, she didn't listen.
ALYESSA
Not for a minute. She said the moment they start paying her bills, they could have a say. Until then, they could just shut up.
ROMAN
Strong lady.
ALYESSA
That's my Mom.
ROMAN
Who has a beautiful daughter.
ALYESSA
(Embarassed)
I had a good time today.
ROMAN
Me too. Who thought playing hooky could be so much fun.
ALYESSA
(Brushing the popcorn off his shirt)
Popcorn.
ROMAN
Lunch. The museum. Dinner and a movie. That must be some kind of record. How will we top that next time?
ALYESSA
We'll just have to be creative.
ROMAN
I can do that.
ALYESSA
Me too.
They stall for a moment.
ROMAN
I should say good night.
ALYESSA
Good night. Thank you for the wonderful day.
ROMAN
(Backing down the stairs)
I have to get up early.
ALYESSA
Me, too.
(Laughing at herself)
I just said that.
ROMAN
(Stopping on the bottom step)
I don't mind. What are you doing for dinner tomorrow night?
ALYESSA
(Following to the edge of the porch)
Not sick of me yet?
ROMAN
Not even close.
ALYESSA
I teach class tomorrow night at 7. Why don't you stop by. We'll be working on self-defense techniques.
ROMAN
I'll see what I can do. Maybe you can show how to avoid black eyes?
ALESSA
I'll see what can do.
They both wait. Roman turns to walk away.
Good night, Roman.
ROMAN
Good night.
Roman turns to leave but stops. Instead, he runs back up the stairs and they passionately kiss.
Now it's a good night.
ALYESSA
Yes, it is.
Happily, Roman walks back down the stairs; Alyessa watches.
CUT
EXT: ISOLATED CABIN IN THE WOODS: NIGHT
The cabin is survivalist paradise. It is isolated, hard to find and easily defended. Surround by a thick forest, it can’t be seen from the road. However, the yard around it has been cleared of all ground cover. A generator rumbles in the background. Lights shine from several windows. A man can be see walking around on the inside. The moon illuminates most of the yard.
Max and Steve hide in the underbrush just inside the treeline.
MAX
(Whispering)
This isn’t going to easy.
STEVE
(Whispering)
Tell me about it. Types like him are real paranoid. The slightest sound will set him off.
MAX
Now what?
STEVE
We wait.
MAX
For what? Morning?
STEVE
We can’t rush.
MAX
(Standing up branches snap under his feet)
We should a least make sure the kid’s okay.
Steve pulls him back down and points at the house. The man has stopped pacing and is looking outside the window. Max crouches back down.
He couldn’t have heard me.
STEVE
Adrenaline super charged senses. The kid’s safe as long as he thinks he has the upper hand.
MAX
Do you think he saw me?
STEVE
I’m not sure. He might just think it was an animal.
The man backs out of sight.
I don’t like the look of that.
MAX
What--
Steve shushes him. The lights in the cabin go out.
STEVE
Problem.
(Creeping toward the cabin)
You stay here.
MAX
Where you going?
STEVE
To get the kid.
MAX
What about--
STEVE
He knows were here.
MAX
I’m going with you.
STEVE
No. You go back to the car and call for the cavalry.
MAX
I can call from here.
STEVE
He’ll see the light and know for sure.
Suddenly flames are seen inside the cabin. They rapidly spread from one end to the other.
Son of a bitch!
Steve races across the yard to the house. Max dials his phone. Steve kicks in the door and runs inside. Behind him, Max can be seen following.
CUT
INT: CABIN: NIGHT
The fire rapidly spreads. Bernie stands in front of the sofa, pointing a rifle at the door. Crying, Garret cowers on the sofa. Steve stands in the doorway
BERNIE
Get out! You’re not taking him!
STEVE
(Trying to calm him down)
You don’t have to do this.
BERNIE
He’s mine! I created him!
Max runs in.
You? What are you doing here?
GARRET
I want to go home!
MAX
Hey, man. I’m just trying to help.
STEVE
That’s all I’m trying to do.
(To Garret)
Kid, are you okay?
GARRET
I want my mama!
STEVE
I’ll get you back to her.
BERNIE
No! He’s mine!
The room is filling with smoke and flames, which are rapidly affecting all of them, especially Garret.
STEVE
She’s worried about you--both of you.
BERNIE
She’s just wants money. She don’t care about me. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have divorced me.
MAX
A boy needs his father in his life. I get that.
BERNIE
Damn straight! That bitch is trying to keep me from him.
STEVE
(Taking a couple of steps closer)
No, she’s not.
(Pointing at the couch)
He’s your son. He’s also her son. A boy needs both his mama and papa.
BERNIE
Stay back.
The heat cracks the glass of the family pictures hanging on the wall. Several fall to the ground.
STEVE
(Stopping)
It’s getting hot in here man. Can’t we talk about this outside?
BERNIE
(Backing up)
NO ONE’S TAKING HIM FROM ME!
MAX
(Stands behind Steve)
Death will take him!
BERNIE
No! We’ll be together! Always!
Glass breaks. Object fall. The roof creaks above them.
STEVE
I can’t let that happen.
MAX
Racing, I saw how painful burns are. Do you want that for him? A slow painful death.
BERNIE
Once the flames hit the propane tank, it’ll be over fast and easy.
MAX
Propane?
STEVE
Where is it?
BERNIE
Outside the kitchen. Enough to turn the cabin in to kindling
STEVE
(Turning toward Max)
Max.
MAX
Yea, Steve.
STEVE
(Using sign language “Get Boy”)
Understand?
BERNIE
What was that?
MAX
What about you?
STEVE
Don’t worry about me?
BERNIE
What did you say?
STEVE
(Turning to face Bernie and putting one hand behind his back)
I said we’re leaving.
With the hand behind his back, Steve counts one, two. However, before he can get to three the roof above them loudly crack as the flame eats the support beam. Steve rushes toward Bernie. Max skirts around him toward the boy.
CUT
EXT: CABIN: NIGHT
The cabin is engulfed. A shot is fired. Part of the roof collapses. The propone tank explodes, destroying the cabin.
CUT
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Viewers control the Television Industry, Networks Listen or Lose
Viewers control the Television Industry, Networks Listen or Lose
On the surface, the television industry seems complicated; however, in many ways it is just like every other industry. In order to be successful, a business not only has to provide a product or service that customers want to buy, it also needs to provide the highest quality for the value. Broadcast television is no different except that it has two customers bases instead of one. No longer limited to two or three stations, the competition for both viewers and advertisers has not only raised the stakes, but has also shifted the power away from the networks and bestowed on the viewers
Unlike most industries, broadcast television has a dual flow of both product and customers. Both viewers and advertisers can be considered clients. Whereas the viewer seeks entertainment and information, the advertisers search for exposure for their products or services. Television sells entertainment to the viewers and viewers to the advertisers.
Whether over the air or through cable, broadcasting attracts viewers with entertainment, news and sports. Although the viewers don't lay down cash for the programming, they do pay for the entertainment by watching the commercials. By investing their time, attention and loyalty to a program or actor, the viewer becomes not only a client, but also a product the broadcast industry sells the advertisers. TV shows that respect the viewers by providing quality entertainment or accurate facts in the case of news programs will be the one to garter the viewers’ loyalty and increase their viewers. Advertisers will compete for the limited air time during these programs, thereby increasing the revenues of the networks. However, the reverse is also true; unpopular programming will not only lack viewers, but will also have to fight for sponsors by lowering the commercial rates.
Technical advances in cable and satellite dishes have increased the number of available channels, not only increasing the competition for viewers, but also diversifying the programs available. No longer limited to their local stations or the three big networks, the viewers are the ones who control the remote and decide which programs will succeed. Independent stations and new networks have shattered the monopoly of the elitist network and program executives. If the viewers don’t like what they are seeing, they simply change the channel to another one of the hundreds available; they are not bound to watch any program or event
This symbiotic relationship between viewers and advertisers gives them control over what is produced and broadcast. Viewers won't watch programming they don't like; advertisers won't buy time on shows the viewers don't like; therefore, it is the viewers who control the success or failure of a program, not the executive producers, writers, or network management. No matter what the industry insiders want or what agenda they try to push, if the viewers aren’t interested, they will not watch. Those in the industry who provide what the viewers want will be successful; those who chose to ignore the viewers’ wishes will soon find themselves on the outside, looking in at those execs, producers and writers who do fulfill the viewers needs and expectations.
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On the surface, the television industry seems complicated; however, in many ways it is just like every other industry. In order to be successful, a business not only has to provide a product or service that customers want to buy, it also needs to provide the highest quality for the value. Broadcast television is no different except that it has two customers bases instead of one. No longer limited to two or three stations, the competition for both viewers and advertisers has not only raised the stakes, but has also shifted the power away from the networks and bestowed on the viewers
Unlike most industries, broadcast television has a dual flow of both product and customers. Both viewers and advertisers can be considered clients. Whereas the viewer seeks entertainment and information, the advertisers search for exposure for their products or services. Television sells entertainment to the viewers and viewers to the advertisers.
Whether over the air or through cable, broadcasting attracts viewers with entertainment, news and sports. Although the viewers don't lay down cash for the programming, they do pay for the entertainment by watching the commercials. By investing their time, attention and loyalty to a program or actor, the viewer becomes not only a client, but also a product the broadcast industry sells the advertisers. TV shows that respect the viewers by providing quality entertainment or accurate facts in the case of news programs will be the one to garter the viewers’ loyalty and increase their viewers. Advertisers will compete for the limited air time during these programs, thereby increasing the revenues of the networks. However, the reverse is also true; unpopular programming will not only lack viewers, but will also have to fight for sponsors by lowering the commercial rates.
Technical advances in cable and satellite dishes have increased the number of available channels, not only increasing the competition for viewers, but also diversifying the programs available. No longer limited to their local stations or the three big networks, the viewers are the ones who control the remote and decide which programs will succeed. Independent stations and new networks have shattered the monopoly of the elitist network and program executives. If the viewers don’t like what they are seeing, they simply change the channel to another one of the hundreds available; they are not bound to watch any program or event
This symbiotic relationship between viewers and advertisers gives them control over what is produced and broadcast. Viewers won't watch programming they don't like; advertisers won't buy time on shows the viewers don't like; therefore, it is the viewers who control the success or failure of a program, not the executive producers, writers, or network management. No matter what the industry insiders want or what agenda they try to push, if the viewers aren’t interested, they will not watch. Those in the industry who provide what the viewers want will be successful; those who chose to ignore the viewers’ wishes will soon find themselves on the outside, looking in at those execs, producers and writers who do fulfill the viewers needs and expectations.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Days of Our Lives 12-2-08
Days of Our Lives
Alternative Storyline for Days of Our Lives
Here is the next installment of my alternative storylines for Days of Our Lives.
This is what I previously posted on the NBC Days boards http://geocities.com/tirgana/daysofourlives.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/Days10-16.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days10-26-08.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days10-31-08.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days11-2-08.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days11-15-08.pdf
The newest entry is at http://geocities.com/tirgana/Days12-2-08.pdf
The last three entries aren't in the proper format; I'll fix it later.
If you like what you are reading, please leave me a comment here or on the NBC message boards. Or better yet contact the executive producers at
Gary Tomlin or Ken Corday
Corday Productions
3400 W. Olive Avenue
suite 170 Burbank CA
91505-4630
818-295-2821
Days of Our Lives
Alternative Storyline for Days of Our Lives
Here is the next installment of my alternative storylines for Days of Our Lives.
This is what I previously posted on the NBC Days boards http://geocities.com/tirgana/daysofourlives.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/Days10-16.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days10-26-08.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days10-31-08.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days11-2-08.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/tirgana/days11-15-08.pdf
The newest entry is at http://geocities.com/tirgana/Days12-2-08.pdf
The last three entries aren't in the proper format; I'll fix it later.
If you like what you are reading, please leave me a comment here or on the NBC message boards. Or better yet contact the executive producers at
Gary Tomlin or Ken Corday
Corday Productions
3400 W. Olive Avenue
suite 170 Burbank CA
91505-4630
818-295-2821
Days of Our Lives: 12-1-08
EXT: LAKE OUTSIDE DIMERA COTTAGE: NIGHT
John treads water a few yards away from the dock, while Marlena does the same a few feet away.
JOHN
You're not going to make this easy.
MARLENA
Nope.
John swims toward her; Marlena easily stays just out of his reach.
JOHN
You're going to make me catch you?
MARLENA
You always could before. Maybe you're no longer up to the challenge.
JOHN
Challenge?
(Annoyed)
So you're testing me again?
MARLENA
Not really.
JOHN
Then what is it?
Marlena submerges. John looks around. He is suddenly startled as she grabs him beneath the water. Marlena resurfaces on the other side of the dock.
You!
MARLENA
(Laughing and splashing)
Me?
JOHN
Two can play at that game.
John submerges. Marlena circles around to the spot where John was; John surfaces were she was last.
Keep it up and we'll be too tired to have fun.
MARLENA
Too tired? Feeling a little old are we?
JOHN
Not likely!
He dives beneath the surface; again, Marlena swims away. She turns to look for him. He doesn't resurface.
MARLENA
John?
(Swimming back)
John?
(Panicking)
John!
He resurfaces and embraces her from behind. Smiling, she turns around and they passionately kiss.
Winston walks out on the dock and looks around. He is surprised to see them in the water.
WINSTON
(Playing it dead pan)
Sir, the staff and I are retiring for the evening.
JOHN
Good night.
WINSTON
Will you or your guests need anything before morning?
JOHN
Like what?
WINSTON
Drinks? Snacks?
JOHN
We'll just raid the kitchen.
WINSTON
If you tell me what you wish, I will prepare it before I retire.
MARLENA
Good night Winston.
WINSTON
It would not be a problem.
JOHN
Good night Winston.
WINSTON
Bathing suits, perhaps?
MARLENA
Winston, you don't approve of skinny-dipping?
WINSTON
I don't approve or disapprove. It's just unwise in a lake over run with snapping turtles--and swimmer's itch.
JOHN
Why didn't you say something?
WINSTON
I just did. Good night.
Winston walks back toward the cottage.
JOHN
Where were we?
MARLENA
Do you think he was kidding?
JOHN
If he wasn't--I'll scratch your--
MARLENA
What's the matter?
JOHN
Did you just touch my leg?
MARLENA
No. Why?
JOHN
I just felt something.
MARLENA
What something?
JOHN
There it is again. You sure it's not you?
MARLENA
(Showing her hands)
It's not me.
John looks down at the water. He flinches and quickly swims toward the ladder. Laughing, Marlena watches. Startled, she flinches and she follows.
CUT
INT: COTTAGE STUDY: NIGHT
Wearing John's shirt, Marlena walks in. John follows; he is wearing his pants and carrying his shoes. They are both dripping.
JOHN
So he wasn't kidding about the turtles.
Towels and a tube of anti-itch cream has been placed on the table. John picks up the cream.
Do you think this will be enough?
MARLENA
(Handing him a towel)
We’ll know soon enough.
Marlena walks towards the hallway.
JOHN
Where are you going?
MARLENA
Sometimes a shower helps.
(Stopping at the doorway)
Care to join me?
Smiling, John follows and they run up the stairs. Moments later, Winston appears with a mope; disapprovingly he looks up the stares and clicks his tongue before wiping up the water from the floor.
CUT
INT: CHEATING HEART: NIGHT
The bar is crowded with people having a good time. Max and Steve walk in. Max looks around
MAX
(Pointing at the bar)
There they are. Duane is the one in the green. Mike is in burgundy.
Steve starts toward them; Max stops him.
Let me. They aren’t exactly the trusting types.
STEVE
I can be subtle.
MAX
They already lied to the cops to protect him.
STEVE
Got it. I’ll be around.
Steve walks around the bar, stopping to talk with one of the guys playing pool. Max walks behind the bar and talks to the bartender for a few moments. The bartender nods and disappears into the kitchen. Max pretend to tidy behind the bar, slowly making his way to the two at the end.
MAX
Mike. Duane. Ready for another round?
DUANE
Not yet.
MAX
Let me know.
MIKE
Where you been?
Steve walks around the bar, talking to people.
MAX
I’ve been helping my ma out at the Pub. What about you guys? Keeping out of trouble?
DUANE
(Angrily)
Us always. Bernie not so much. Cops were asking about him again.
MAX
What for?
MIKE
His ex has been using the cops to harass him.
MAX
I thought your father was the County Sheriff?
MIKE
That’s why she calls the city boys. She’s conned one of their detective into doing her dirty work. He had him locked up for nothing.
DUANE
It wasn’t for nothing. Any man who won’t support his kids isn’t much of a man.
MIKE
She shouldn’t have divorced him.
DUANE
He’s your cousin and all-but he’s still crazy!
Steve sits on the bar stool close to Mike.
STEVE
Give me a draft.
MAX
Coming up.
(Pouring the beer and gives it to Steve
Crazy how?
MIKE
Shut up!
DUANE
No. I won’t!
(To Max)
The court was garnishing his child support. He tried to get Greg to pay him under the table so he wouldn‘t have t pay it. He wouldn’t. Bernie blew up and slugged him. Greg fired him.
MAX
Understandable.
MIKE
Joyce just wants more child support.
DUANE
He was stupid. If he doesn’t keep up with his support, he goes back to jail.
STEVE
My old lady’s like that too. She doesn’t just want a piece, she wants it all.
MIKE
She was never satisfied.
STEVE
They should be made to get a job too. Not just live off us.
MAX
It’s the father responsibility.
STEVE
(To Max)
You married.
MAX
No.
STEVE
Got kids.
MAX
No.
STEVE
Until you do, you can’t understand.
DUANE
I heard he kidnapped his kid.
MIKE
You can’t kidnap your own kid! .
MAX
Do you think he’d hurt him?
MIKE
(Over reacting)
No! I don’t care what anyone says. Bernie loves his son!
STEVE
Whoa! Chill. I understand where he’s coming from. No matter how much you give, she always wants more. No cash--no visitation! There should be a law against it.
MIKE
That’s right! He got a couple of weeks behind and she had him arrested.
DUANE
He was two months behind.
MIKE
His family had to pay up so he could get out.
MAX
Seems fair to me.
STEVE
What do you know? Nothing. I thought about taking my kid and disappearing. Trouble is I got no place to hide.
MIKE
We got a place.
STEVE
Don’t keep it to yourself. I might find the need to flee.
MIKE
(Draining his glass and standing)
I said too much already.
Mike throws some cash on the bar and leaves.
STEVE
(Following)
Damn!
Duane stands to follow; Max grabs his arm and shakes his head.
MAX
Let me buy you a beer.
Uncertain, Duane looks at the door.
You don’t want to go there.
Duane sits back down and Max refills his glass.
CUT
EXT: ALLEY OUTSIDE CHEATING HEART: NIGHT
Mike is walking towards his car. Steve catches up with him.
STEVE
Hey, dude. Wait!
MIKE
(Defensive)
What for?
STEVE
I want to talk to you.
MIKE
I’ve got nothing to say.
STEVE
(Catching up with him)
I just have a couple of questions.
MIKE
I don’t talk to cops I don‘t know.
STEVE
Unfortunately for you dude,
(Throwing him against the wall)
I’m not a cop.
MIKE
(Shoving Steve)
What’s your deal?
STEVE
I just want to know where you cousin took his kid.
MIKE
None of your business!
STEVE
Wrong answer!
MIKE
(Trying to walk away)
It’s the only one you are going to get.
STEVE
I hate when people walk away when I am talking to ‘em.
Steve spins Mike around and punches him. Mike falls against the trashcans; blood trickles out of his nose.
Let I said, where’s Bernie?
MIKE
(Leaping at him)
You son of a bitch!
Steve catches him propels him across the alley. Mike hits the wall. Quickly, he spins around and throws a punch at Steve. Steve grabs his fist. Twisting Mike’s arm around his back, he smashes Mike’s face into the wall.
STEVE
I also hate repeating myself.
MIKE
Go to hell!
STEVE
(Increasing the pressure on Mike’s arm)
Don’t make me ask again.
MIKE
You’ll pay for this! My father is the sheriff--
STEVE
Goody-goody for him. I’m shaking in my boots. Where’s Bernie?
Mike struggles.
When I get bored twisting, I’m going start breaking.
MIKE
You’ll pay for this!
STEVE
I’ve got buck and half that’s not doing nothing.
MIKE
You son of bitch!
Grabbing Mike’s hair with his free hand, he bounces his head off the wall.
STEVE
Don’t insult my mother. It’s rude. Is Bernie at the cabin?
MIKE
You got nothing!
STEVE
I’ll have your ass if you don’t start talking.
Max, Duane and two other men walk out of the bar.
MAX
Steve, I’ve got directions to the cabin.
DUANE
Bernie took us hunting there last fall.
MIKE
Shut up!
STEVE
(Twisting)
That’s not nice way to talk to a friend.
DUANE
I’m not going to stand by and do nothing. Bernie’s crazy. I remember what threatened to do.
MIKE
He was drunk!
MAX
It’s about an hour out.
STEVE
They’d be gone before we got there.
MAX
Not if he didn’t know.
(Indicating Duane and the two other men)
They’ve agreed to keep your friend company until we get back.
STEVE
You see that.
(Releasing him and shoving him toward Duane)
I’m sure they’ll take real good care of you.
(To Duane)
Don’t let him get to a phone.
DUANE
It won’t be a problem. We’re just going to drive around for a while. Maybe go out to Rich’s farm.
MIKE
You won’t get away with this. It’s kidnapping.
STEVE
I don’t see anything. Maxwell, you see anything.
MAX
Me either.
STEVE
Let’s go.
MAX
I’ll call you when we get back.
Steve and Max leave. The three other men surround Mike.
CUT
INT: CONSERVATORY: NIGHT
Tony and Renee sit together on the couch; Andrea Lee watches them from across the room.
RENEE
I’m confused.
ANDREA LEE
You usually are mother.
RENEE
Andrea please!
TONY
I know it is hard to believe.
RENEE
To say the very least.
TONY
It’s true.
RENEE
Emily would never just curse all of Stefano’s children and grandchildren. She wouldn’t hurt me!
TONY
She thinks you’re dead. We all did.
RENEE
What do you want from me?
TONY
Come back to Salem with me.
ANDREA LEE
Why?
TONY
I promised Lee I’d find you and bring you back.
RENEE
You promised Emily’s ghost?
TONY
Renee, darling you have to believe me.
RENEE
(Standing and walking away)
Tony, I’m trying. It just doesn’t make any sense.
ANDREA LEE
Since when did that ever stop you?
TONY
Have you always been so rude to your mother?
ANDREA LEE
Have you always been a bastard?
RENEE
If I go back, she’ll stop?
TONY
Yes. We think so.
RENEE
We?
TONY
Marlena and Celeste. Did you know you have a half brother and sister? Lexie and Elvis.
ANDREA LEE
Elvis? As in Presley?
RENEE
No I didn’t.
TONY
No, as in EJ Wells.
ANDREA LEE
The racecar driver?
TONY
(Nodding)
Lexie is Celeste and Stefano’s daughter. She is doctor. They both live in Salem
ANDREA LEE
It’d be worth the trip just to meet him.
RENEE
I would love to see Marlena again. I have always wanted to contact her, but father said it wouldn’t be a good idea.
TONY
Why? Marlena always cared a great deal about you.
RENEE
Father said they blamed me for your death.
TONY
(Taking her hands in his)
They would never--
RENEE
I bet my funeral was a very lonily affair. Not many people missed me. Bet there were a few who even danced on my grave.
TONY
My sweet Renee--
ANDREA LEE
Stop calling her that!
TONY
(Gently caressing her cheek)
We all missed you. Especially me.
Tony and Renee look into each other eyes.
When you died, my world ended.
ANDREA LEE
Obviously, you got over it.
TONY
(To Andrea)
Could you be a bigger bitch?
ANDREA LEE
For you, sure. I’ll put in the extra effort.
TONY
Don’t put yourself out on my account.
ANDREA LEE
Don’t worry. That’s a debt I won’t mine paying.
RENEE
I never did get a chance to say good-bye to my sister.
TONY
(Confused)
Emily was your mother.
RENEE
I know. But we were raised as sisters.
(Thinking it over)
Okay. I’ll do it.
ANDREA LEE
How gullible can one person be?
RENEE
When do you want to leave?
TONY
Immediately.
RENEE
Why so quick?
TONY
Lee has already hurt two people. She nearly killed EJ’s wife. I don’t know who else she’ll hurt if you don’t come back.
RENEE
(Walking closer to Andrea)
I see. Then I’ll pack right away. Do you want something to eat while you wait?
TONY
No. I’ll eat on the plane. How long before you’ll be ready?
RENEE
An hour. I have to make a few arrangements.
ANDREA LEE
I’ll be ready too.
TONY
You’re going?
ANDREA LEE
I wouldn’t miss it.
TONY
(Embracing Renee)
The plane will be ready.
Tony runs back through the house and out the front door.
ANDREA LEE
Have you lost your mind again?
RENEE
I don’t care what anyone says. That’s not Tony. Tony’s dead. He almost had me. Emily wouldn’t hurt anyone. She couldn’t. The moment he said she had, I knew he was lying.
ANDREA LEE
Then why are you going along with it.
RENEE
I want to see just how far Andre will take it. Besides, I haven’t been able to contact father.
ANDREA LEE
Do you think Andre knows where he is?
RENEE
I’m certain of it. Before I make him pay for murdering Tony, I’m going find out what he did to father.
CUT
John treads water a few yards away from the dock, while Marlena does the same a few feet away.
JOHN
You're not going to make this easy.
MARLENA
Nope.
John swims toward her; Marlena easily stays just out of his reach.
JOHN
You're going to make me catch you?
MARLENA
You always could before. Maybe you're no longer up to the challenge.
JOHN
Challenge?
(Annoyed)
So you're testing me again?
MARLENA
Not really.
JOHN
Then what is it?
Marlena submerges. John looks around. He is suddenly startled as she grabs him beneath the water. Marlena resurfaces on the other side of the dock.
You!
MARLENA
(Laughing and splashing)
Me?
JOHN
Two can play at that game.
John submerges. Marlena circles around to the spot where John was; John surfaces were she was last.
Keep it up and we'll be too tired to have fun.
MARLENA
Too tired? Feeling a little old are we?
JOHN
Not likely!
He dives beneath the surface; again, Marlena swims away. She turns to look for him. He doesn't resurface.
MARLENA
John?
(Swimming back)
John?
(Panicking)
John!
He resurfaces and embraces her from behind. Smiling, she turns around and they passionately kiss.
Winston walks out on the dock and looks around. He is surprised to see them in the water.
WINSTON
(Playing it dead pan)
Sir, the staff and I are retiring for the evening.
JOHN
Good night.
WINSTON
Will you or your guests need anything before morning?
JOHN
Like what?
WINSTON
Drinks? Snacks?
JOHN
We'll just raid the kitchen.
WINSTON
If you tell me what you wish, I will prepare it before I retire.
MARLENA
Good night Winston.
WINSTON
It would not be a problem.
JOHN
Good night Winston.
WINSTON
Bathing suits, perhaps?
MARLENA
Winston, you don't approve of skinny-dipping?
WINSTON
I don't approve or disapprove. It's just unwise in a lake over run with snapping turtles--and swimmer's itch.
JOHN
Why didn't you say something?
WINSTON
I just did. Good night.
Winston walks back toward the cottage.
JOHN
Where were we?
MARLENA
Do you think he was kidding?
JOHN
If he wasn't--I'll scratch your--
MARLENA
What's the matter?
JOHN
Did you just touch my leg?
MARLENA
No. Why?
JOHN
I just felt something.
MARLENA
What something?
JOHN
There it is again. You sure it's not you?
MARLENA
(Showing her hands)
It's not me.
John looks down at the water. He flinches and quickly swims toward the ladder. Laughing, Marlena watches. Startled, she flinches and she follows.
CUT
INT: COTTAGE STUDY: NIGHT
Wearing John's shirt, Marlena walks in. John follows; he is wearing his pants and carrying his shoes. They are both dripping.
JOHN
So he wasn't kidding about the turtles.
Towels and a tube of anti-itch cream has been placed on the table. John picks up the cream.
Do you think this will be enough?
MARLENA
(Handing him a towel)
We’ll know soon enough.
Marlena walks towards the hallway.
JOHN
Where are you going?
MARLENA
Sometimes a shower helps.
(Stopping at the doorway)
Care to join me?
Smiling, John follows and they run up the stairs. Moments later, Winston appears with a mope; disapprovingly he looks up the stares and clicks his tongue before wiping up the water from the floor.
CUT
INT: CHEATING HEART: NIGHT
The bar is crowded with people having a good time. Max and Steve walk in. Max looks around
MAX
(Pointing at the bar)
There they are. Duane is the one in the green. Mike is in burgundy.
Steve starts toward them; Max stops him.
Let me. They aren’t exactly the trusting types.
STEVE
I can be subtle.
MAX
They already lied to the cops to protect him.
STEVE
Got it. I’ll be around.
Steve walks around the bar, stopping to talk with one of the guys playing pool. Max walks behind the bar and talks to the bartender for a few moments. The bartender nods and disappears into the kitchen. Max pretend to tidy behind the bar, slowly making his way to the two at the end.
MAX
Mike. Duane. Ready for another round?
DUANE
Not yet.
MAX
Let me know.
MIKE
Where you been?
Steve walks around the bar, talking to people.
MAX
I’ve been helping my ma out at the Pub. What about you guys? Keeping out of trouble?
DUANE
(Angrily)
Us always. Bernie not so much. Cops were asking about him again.
MAX
What for?
MIKE
His ex has been using the cops to harass him.
MAX
I thought your father was the County Sheriff?
MIKE
That’s why she calls the city boys. She’s conned one of their detective into doing her dirty work. He had him locked up for nothing.
DUANE
It wasn’t for nothing. Any man who won’t support his kids isn’t much of a man.
MIKE
She shouldn’t have divorced him.
DUANE
He’s your cousin and all-but he’s still crazy!
Steve sits on the bar stool close to Mike.
STEVE
Give me a draft.
MAX
Coming up.
(Pouring the beer and gives it to Steve
Crazy how?
MIKE
Shut up!
DUANE
No. I won’t!
(To Max)
The court was garnishing his child support. He tried to get Greg to pay him under the table so he wouldn‘t have t pay it. He wouldn’t. Bernie blew up and slugged him. Greg fired him.
MAX
Understandable.
MIKE
Joyce just wants more child support.
DUANE
He was stupid. If he doesn’t keep up with his support, he goes back to jail.
STEVE
My old lady’s like that too. She doesn’t just want a piece, she wants it all.
MIKE
She was never satisfied.
STEVE
They should be made to get a job too. Not just live off us.
MAX
It’s the father responsibility.
STEVE
(To Max)
You married.
MAX
No.
STEVE
Got kids.
MAX
No.
STEVE
Until you do, you can’t understand.
DUANE
I heard he kidnapped his kid.
MIKE
You can’t kidnap your own kid! .
MAX
Do you think he’d hurt him?
MIKE
(Over reacting)
No! I don’t care what anyone says. Bernie loves his son!
STEVE
Whoa! Chill. I understand where he’s coming from. No matter how much you give, she always wants more. No cash--no visitation! There should be a law against it.
MIKE
That’s right! He got a couple of weeks behind and she had him arrested.
DUANE
He was two months behind.
MIKE
His family had to pay up so he could get out.
MAX
Seems fair to me.
STEVE
What do you know? Nothing. I thought about taking my kid and disappearing. Trouble is I got no place to hide.
MIKE
We got a place.
STEVE
Don’t keep it to yourself. I might find the need to flee.
MIKE
(Draining his glass and standing)
I said too much already.
Mike throws some cash on the bar and leaves.
STEVE
(Following)
Damn!
Duane stands to follow; Max grabs his arm and shakes his head.
MAX
Let me buy you a beer.
Uncertain, Duane looks at the door.
You don’t want to go there.
Duane sits back down and Max refills his glass.
CUT
EXT: ALLEY OUTSIDE CHEATING HEART: NIGHT
Mike is walking towards his car. Steve catches up with him.
STEVE
Hey, dude. Wait!
MIKE
(Defensive)
What for?
STEVE
I want to talk to you.
MIKE
I’ve got nothing to say.
STEVE
(Catching up with him)
I just have a couple of questions.
MIKE
I don’t talk to cops I don‘t know.
STEVE
Unfortunately for you dude,
(Throwing him against the wall)
I’m not a cop.
MIKE
(Shoving Steve)
What’s your deal?
STEVE
I just want to know where you cousin took his kid.
MIKE
None of your business!
STEVE
Wrong answer!
MIKE
(Trying to walk away)
It’s the only one you are going to get.
STEVE
I hate when people walk away when I am talking to ‘em.
Steve spins Mike around and punches him. Mike falls against the trashcans; blood trickles out of his nose.
Let I said, where’s Bernie?
MIKE
(Leaping at him)
You son of a bitch!
Steve catches him propels him across the alley. Mike hits the wall. Quickly, he spins around and throws a punch at Steve. Steve grabs his fist. Twisting Mike’s arm around his back, he smashes Mike’s face into the wall.
STEVE
I also hate repeating myself.
MIKE
Go to hell!
STEVE
(Increasing the pressure on Mike’s arm)
Don’t make me ask again.
MIKE
You’ll pay for this! My father is the sheriff--
STEVE
Goody-goody for him. I’m shaking in my boots. Where’s Bernie?
Mike struggles.
When I get bored twisting, I’m going start breaking.
MIKE
You’ll pay for this!
STEVE
I’ve got buck and half that’s not doing nothing.
MIKE
You son of bitch!
Grabbing Mike’s hair with his free hand, he bounces his head off the wall.
STEVE
Don’t insult my mother. It’s rude. Is Bernie at the cabin?
MIKE
You got nothing!
STEVE
I’ll have your ass if you don’t start talking.
Max, Duane and two other men walk out of the bar.
MAX
Steve, I’ve got directions to the cabin.
DUANE
Bernie took us hunting there last fall.
MIKE
Shut up!
STEVE
(Twisting)
That’s not nice way to talk to a friend.
DUANE
I’m not going to stand by and do nothing. Bernie’s crazy. I remember what threatened to do.
MIKE
He was drunk!
MAX
It’s about an hour out.
STEVE
They’d be gone before we got there.
MAX
Not if he didn’t know.
(Indicating Duane and the two other men)
They’ve agreed to keep your friend company until we get back.
STEVE
You see that.
(Releasing him and shoving him toward Duane)
I’m sure they’ll take real good care of you.
(To Duane)
Don’t let him get to a phone.
DUANE
It won’t be a problem. We’re just going to drive around for a while. Maybe go out to Rich’s farm.
MIKE
You won’t get away with this. It’s kidnapping.
STEVE
I don’t see anything. Maxwell, you see anything.
MAX
Me either.
STEVE
Let’s go.
MAX
I’ll call you when we get back.
Steve and Max leave. The three other men surround Mike.
CUT
INT: CONSERVATORY: NIGHT
Tony and Renee sit together on the couch; Andrea Lee watches them from across the room.
RENEE
I’m confused.
ANDREA LEE
You usually are mother.
RENEE
Andrea please!
TONY
I know it is hard to believe.
RENEE
To say the very least.
TONY
It’s true.
RENEE
Emily would never just curse all of Stefano’s children and grandchildren. She wouldn’t hurt me!
TONY
She thinks you’re dead. We all did.
RENEE
What do you want from me?
TONY
Come back to Salem with me.
ANDREA LEE
Why?
TONY
I promised Lee I’d find you and bring you back.
RENEE
You promised Emily’s ghost?
TONY
Renee, darling you have to believe me.
RENEE
(Standing and walking away)
Tony, I’m trying. It just doesn’t make any sense.
ANDREA LEE
Since when did that ever stop you?
TONY
Have you always been so rude to your mother?
ANDREA LEE
Have you always been a bastard?
RENEE
If I go back, she’ll stop?
TONY
Yes. We think so.
RENEE
We?
TONY
Marlena and Celeste. Did you know you have a half brother and sister? Lexie and Elvis.
ANDREA LEE
Elvis? As in Presley?
RENEE
No I didn’t.
TONY
No, as in EJ Wells.
ANDREA LEE
The racecar driver?
TONY
(Nodding)
Lexie is Celeste and Stefano’s daughter. She is doctor. They both live in Salem
ANDREA LEE
It’d be worth the trip just to meet him.
RENEE
I would love to see Marlena again. I have always wanted to contact her, but father said it wouldn’t be a good idea.
TONY
Why? Marlena always cared a great deal about you.
RENEE
Father said they blamed me for your death.
TONY
(Taking her hands in his)
They would never--
RENEE
I bet my funeral was a very lonily affair. Not many people missed me. Bet there were a few who even danced on my grave.
TONY
My sweet Renee--
ANDREA LEE
Stop calling her that!
TONY
(Gently caressing her cheek)
We all missed you. Especially me.
Tony and Renee look into each other eyes.
When you died, my world ended.
ANDREA LEE
Obviously, you got over it.
TONY
(To Andrea)
Could you be a bigger bitch?
ANDREA LEE
For you, sure. I’ll put in the extra effort.
TONY
Don’t put yourself out on my account.
ANDREA LEE
Don’t worry. That’s a debt I won’t mine paying.
RENEE
I never did get a chance to say good-bye to my sister.
TONY
(Confused)
Emily was your mother.
RENEE
I know. But we were raised as sisters.
(Thinking it over)
Okay. I’ll do it.
ANDREA LEE
How gullible can one person be?
RENEE
When do you want to leave?
TONY
Immediately.
RENEE
Why so quick?
TONY
Lee has already hurt two people. She nearly killed EJ’s wife. I don’t know who else she’ll hurt if you don’t come back.
RENEE
(Walking closer to Andrea)
I see. Then I’ll pack right away. Do you want something to eat while you wait?
TONY
No. I’ll eat on the plane. How long before you’ll be ready?
RENEE
An hour. I have to make a few arrangements.
ANDREA LEE
I’ll be ready too.
TONY
You’re going?
ANDREA LEE
I wouldn’t miss it.
TONY
(Embracing Renee)
The plane will be ready.
Tony runs back through the house and out the front door.
ANDREA LEE
Have you lost your mind again?
RENEE
I don’t care what anyone says. That’s not Tony. Tony’s dead. He almost had me. Emily wouldn’t hurt anyone. She couldn’t. The moment he said she had, I knew he was lying.
ANDREA LEE
Then why are you going along with it.
RENEE
I want to see just how far Andre will take it. Besides, I haven’t been able to contact father.
ANDREA LEE
Do you think Andre knows where he is?
RENEE
I’m certain of it. Before I make him pay for murdering Tony, I’m going find out what he did to father.
CUT
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