Topic Posted by: Pittman
Date Posted: Tue Oct 13 15:44:23 2009
Additional Comments: I ran across a really great interview with Pamela K. Long on Blog Talk Radio. The show is called "Brandon's Buzz." The interview was conducted the day after GL went off the air. The interview goes all the way back to Ms. Long's days on the soap "Texas" and her spectacular stint at Guiding Light. It was sooooo interesting. I was so curious as to why one of GL's heyday headwriters was never interviewed on her take, that GL was leaving the air. Ms. Long went on to say how "green" she was back in those days when she initially wrote for "Texas" and her first run at GL. She says that Jeff Ryder was a HUGE help to her when she initially came to GL. I also found it interesting that she claims Kim Zimmer wasn't her initial choice as Reva but, was so glad that she was vetoed completely when it came to casting the role. I also loved how she said the final episode of Guiding Light was such a gut-punch and brought her to tears. The interview went on for 1 hour and 47 minutes. I LOVED it!
Posted by: Phillip Granville Date posted: Tue Oct 13 17:24:10 2009
Message:
I agree, it was a fantastic interview. However, one has to wonder about some of her recollections. Granted, it has been almost 20 years, but she didn't even remember that she wrote Reva's drive off the bridge in Florida. I wouldn't think a writer would forget such a pivotal place in GL's past. How could she forget the whole post partum storyline that she wrote? Also, Pam decimated the Bauer family and she downplayed that.
