Huh, I'd been seeing more of the show lately during my lunch. No, it hasn't improved at all. The cast is bloated, but I would have dumped 10 of the newer cheaper people before dumping 2 leads. Not surprisingly they didn't check with me first. I hope they give her a decent sendoff. 30+ years on the same job. Whoa.
She growls?! You made her so she growls?!
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
Laura - Nov 21, 2008 12:33:31 pm PST #1477 of 4535
Our wings are not tired.
Vortex - Nov 21, 2008 12:47:57 pm PST #1478 of 4535
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I would have dumped 10 of the newer cheaper people before dumping 2 leads
True, but after 30 years, 10 new people probably didn't equal half of their salary.
sj - Nov 21, 2008 1:20:10 pm PST #1479 of 4535
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Forget about bailing out the car industry; bail out the soap operas! I joke, but I would hate to see the whole industry disappear.
Why the fuck would you fire Dierdre Hall?
Because she was the best paid actress on the soap.
DCJensen - Nov 21, 2008 1:49:00 pm PST #1480 of 4535
All is well that ends in pizza.
Great! Now she can do a reunion of Electra Woman and Dyna Girl!
Trudy Booth - Nov 21, 2008 9:20:05 pm PST #1481 of 4535
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My Sister and I dressed as Electra Woman and Dyna Girl for halloween in 1977. Nobody knew who the hell we were.
DCJensen - Nov 22, 2008 12:49:54 am PST #1482 of 4535
All is well that ends in pizza.
Apparently Markie Post made a 15-minute pilot to bring back the characters in 2001. It had Electra-Woman as drunken, living in a trailer park. Gee, wonder why it wasn't picked up?
En route to looking for more info on the 2001 pilot, I ran into this:
Three years after the demise of The Greatest American Hero, NBC ordered a pilot for a new version, with a female lead. Mary Ellen Stuart played "Holly Hathaway", and the original cast returned to pass the torch (and the alien costume). The series never got beyond the pilot stage, but as you can see from this clip, in a touching tribute to the first version of the show, Mary Ellen decided to keep William Katt's hairdo.
!!!
JenP - Nov 22, 2008 4:32:59 am PST #1483 of 4535
Aw, I loved Greatest American Hero back in the day. I had a teensy crush on William Katt. To this day, that cheesy theme song makes me smile.
Ginger - Nov 22, 2008 4:34:52 am PST #1484 of 4535
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Believe it or not, I'm walking on air...
Laura - Nov 22, 2008 4:45:09 am PST #1485 of 4535
Our wings are not tired.
I never saw Greatest American Hero. Will have to fix that someday. Deidre grew up just north of here and is in the area pretty often. Hard to believe she is 7 years older than me. I wish her and Drake well; they have entertained me often through the years.
JenP - Nov 22, 2008 4:55:31 am PST #1486 of 4535
I never thought I could feel so free-eee-eeeee...
Yeah, that's pretty sad and not all that promising for the future of soaps, letting those two go. I was more of an ABC girl back in the day, but I did start watching Days and Another World occasionally in college and then I'd tape them all for a couple years after college. That got old fast, though. Ah, well.