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Subject: I don't know much about this subject but I don't recall Ellen Wheeler doing much that screamed overspending to me prior to the Peapack move. It's not like she was sending the cast to remote spots in the islands, or building extravagant new sets or even hiring big name expensive stars. I got the impression that EW was told to make cuts or else. Maybe she started by cutting back the sets. Maybe her last ditch effort was to do the Peapack thing. In retrospect, it was daring and maybe nothing could have saved the show. Still, when I go back to my tapes of the last months, I love seeing the Jersey scenery at the opening, and I can't believe I'm saying it, but I even enjoy hearing the theme song. GL was nothing like it was in the 50s when it was a 15 minute show, but it was still enjoyable for me, up until the end. Speaking of show length, maybe it was the people who decided soaps should be an hour long who started the whole downhill spiral, eh?
Response Posted by: Bristol
Date Posted: Mon Mar 8 14:04:31 2010
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