From: riddle@brahms.udel.edu (Tammy Riddle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL: Spoilers Of Upcoming Stuff
Date: 27 Jul 92 13:33:07 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware

In article <1992Jul24.170533.4582@sadtler.com> rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris) writes:
>In article <1992Jul23.144156.22647@chpc.utexas.edu> peea224@chpc.utexas.edu (Joanna L. Castillo) writes:
>>
>>Hey, there, Guavita...you breathing yet?  :-)  Good.  Okay...I've been
>>one of the people saying that the show's been getting better since 
>>Sherri took over as head writer.  And, in some basic ways, it has.
>>
>>However, in the past...oh, I don't know...week or two?...the show has
>>become very stale for me.  It's just plain boring.  It's not nearly as
>>
>>>Pissed off Shrubbery
>>
>>Bored Lemonly Citrus.
>
>Well, the lame ducks have to be written out.  When half the cast are lame
>ducks, well, the story gets a little lame.  I too think the show has gotten
>better (even if poor Issy is leaving) but maybe because I have recently
>joined this rather fun group.  Let's wait and see if some new casting can
>liven things up.  They pulled it off pretty well in Santa Barbara with the
>new cop family.  Tony Demaro (I can't remember anyone's name!) helps too
>on SB.  Half that cast are lame ducks (or rumored to be).  Of course that
>whole show is a lame duck.  What a paragraph. Five "lame"s in there!  Now
>six.
>
>Well, Carrie's new musical hunk and Kim's longhaired hunk don't do anything
>for me.  Mr. Lombard - possibilities.  What we need is a Bad Girl.  A new
>Linda Anderson.  The all powerful, evil matriarch.  Or even an Eve.  She
>could liven things up when she got a notion.  It sure was a kick when she
>and Mr. SaveTheWhales Frankie were a pair.  I didn't like Angelica but even
>she would help.  Vivian is great but not downright BAD.  But some real
>potential to liven things up.  Sure hope she gets some power and starts
>weilding it.  But not on Victor.  Let's see him happy for a couple of
>months.
>
>Guavita Shrubbery, we got Jack.  We got Lombard.  We got Vivian.  Lawrence.
>Julie is back.  Victor is beginning to look interesting again.  You've got
>Issy leaving.  Capt'n Earl Grey.  Marcus is due for a storyline.  Marlena
>is beginning to hit her groove again.  (She's got to smile more, tho.  She
>must be trying to imitate that SaveTheWhale look in Jenn's absence.)  I
>think things are looking good.  Hang in there.  Breathe deep.  All of life
>is like a wheel.  What's on bottom is soon on top...
>
>-Rick.
>


I did some investigation (yes, I was bored) into why DOOL has been boring
the past couple of weeks, and I think I've figured out another reason why.
I noticed that at the same time DOOL starting getting boring again was the
same time that Palumbo's name started appearing in the credits as co-head
writer!!!!  All the characters seem to be interacting a lot with each
other, but the stories seem to be dragging along again.  A lot happens, but
I can't remember....just like Joanna said....what has happened even right
after I watch it.  SOW did report last week, I think, that Palumbo was
moved off of DOOL to work on Manhattan Lives, so we can only hope for the
best!  Sheri Anderson (is it son or sen?) has made a big difference in the
show, but Palumbo has casted a dark shadow over the liveliness that the
show had when Sheri first came back.


--Peach