tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post7759122824775847247..comments2023-09-27T08:03:12.568-04:00Comments on Damn the Man! Save the Empire!: One Straw Too Many - The Second-to-Last Days BlogTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409103030213785080noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-4665127925706871702008-11-21T12:46:00.000-05:002008-11-21T12:46:00.000-05:00Tom, I've been watching DAYS for about 22 years an...Tom, I've been watching DAYS for about 22 years and I couldn't agree with you more. It's like TPTB's are WILLING this show to end and these actor's are losing their jobs for no other reason then that. Plain and simple: Corday is working to run it to the ground, not save it.<BR/><BR/>They can find other ways of 'budget cutting' then to fire DEE HALL of all people. This just proves my point that Corday and the rest of them REALLY do not care about the show or the fans. <BR/><BR/>If DAYS only has another 18 months (as everyone truly believes), the veteran actors should be the ones to CLOSE this thing in accordance to what the fans want. It makes no sense to me why you would end a 43 year old show with a cast of characters we haven't had a chance to warm up to. Talk about kicking the fans where it hurts. It's like we are of no importance. <BR/><BR/>And to fire Drake and Dee, who in my opinion have ALWAYS been the TOP supporters to the show and their fans (both in good times and bad)....well, I have no words to describe the confusion and anger I feel.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Tom. I've read all your blogs here and at myspace and you say everything so eloquently. I'm sorry DAYS has pretty much lost one of their most passionate fans in you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-46248822880835797732008-11-20T00:06:00.000-05:002008-11-20T00:06:00.000-05:00The one way to use Days is as a potential cautiona...The one way to use Days is as a potential cautionary tale. Of course, Guiding Light was the cautionary tale of cautionary tales, but no one paid attention to that nightmare. AW was less damaged at the end than GL is and that's saying a lot.<BR/><BR/>If Days ends up thriving wonderful, but in the process a lot of people will have been hurt. It won't be the show it was, and those who've been burned may not be the same again when it comes to the program. <BR/><BR/>Not caring anymore is what is killing the industry and all they have to blame is themselves. They can only push so far, before people run in the other direction.blhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446533843513890208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-49294068903006262012008-11-19T12:12:00.000-05:002008-11-19T12:12:00.000-05:00hey tom,Ive been a J&M fan since i could remem...hey tom,<BR/>Ive been a J&M fan since i could remember i grew up watching them i learned the true meaning of love and romance threw their eyes! they are not just another cheesy soap couples they are legends from the first day they set their eyes on each other and entered fans heart in 86! i never in my wildest dream thought DEIDRE FUCKING HALL would be fired she is the diva! an icon! the face of NBC daytime! for drake as much as it hurts i wasn't surprised this time. i don't get how the hell did he fire them! the show was always based on the fabulous 4 (pet,Kris,Dee,drake) everyone who watches days watches for them not for teens and not for sami(Allison) who is now the so called "diva" of the show, she does have a fanbase but this is nothing compared to Deidre's she could never keep the ratings up(not that they are good ,anw) <BR/><BR/>i am sure dnd would have accepted to take a half pay or anything! anyway what's done now is done.<BR/><BR/> we the fans have stuck by their side since 86! we went from the wonderful affair sl to a nujohn sl ?!@?! when we were getting to see them only twice a week we never complained when we got to see john with Ava we never complained when our love story which we were promised for this year was ruined we never complained and heck when our love scenes were cut many times we never complained! but this is the last straw i hope another soap pick up dnd together, may days sink and deserve what it gets then again may corday deserve what he gets he just trashed his family's business which his parents their asses on! <BR/><BR/>love ur blog! and i do hope u continue writing about days i enjoy reading everything u say and wish u could talk more about ur experience! <BR/><BR/>thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-36006058347296173232008-11-18T22:50:00.000-05:002008-11-18T22:50:00.000-05:00Tom, I'm anxious to here your thoughts on the ...Tom, I'm anxious to here your thoughts on the recent batch of Y&R episodes. It appears that's possibly the one soap that's doing a lot right at the moment. <BR/><BR/>With so many troubles in the industry, it's nice to see one soap that entertaining right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-18426469966832809812008-11-18T22:47:00.000-05:002008-11-18T22:47:00.000-05:00To markh (and to everyone else who might have misr...To markh (and to everyone else who might have misread my earlier comments): I said what I said in jest. (Please note the ";-)" at the end.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-28608987568194798532008-11-18T21:40:00.000-05:002008-11-18T21:40:00.000-05:00Bitter, party of one! Seriously, I know you feel l...Bitter, party of one! <BR/><BR/>Seriously, I know you feel like they were unfair to you, but if you were really such a fantastic writer, wouldn't you have another job by now? Move on with your life. Maybe take up a hobby - one that doesn't involve catty bitching about people who allegedly took your job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-19035394667401298832008-11-18T21:15:00.000-05:002008-11-18T21:15:00.000-05:00"Dude. It's just a soap opera. ;-)"Not so funny. ..."Dude. It's just a soap opera. ;-)"<BR/><BR/>Not so funny. For some of us, daytime is so much more than a trifling entertainment. Tom's blog perfectly captures that, for some of us, our soap(s) is/are the throughline that runs through our lives...a line of narrative continuity to hold onto when the REST of our lives zigs and zags.<BR/><BR/>Watching the death of a thing we have cared about....something we have spent 10,000 days or more with...is not and should not be easy.<BR/><BR/>Soaps are not "just" a story. They are a simulated world without end in which--if you have invested--you are rewarded with something like a sense of "home".<BR/><BR/>When we watch these market forces and executive decisions foul and defile our "home", we have a right to get passionately angry.<BR/><BR/>When it has happened one time too many, as it has for Tom, we have a right to get apathetic. To cut our losses....<BR/><BR/>My show (praise be!!) is at a high point now, but I know it is a matter of time, for all the shows, that they'll go down this dark alley. For all of us, I share the pain of losing "home".MarkHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412341175849605973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-259939036927263682008-11-18T19:38:00.000-05:002008-11-18T19:38:00.000-05:00Loved the podcast. You guys cracked me up! LOL. To...Loved the podcast. You guys cracked me up! LOL. Too bad they won't fire Dena, huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-89849024987678893522008-11-18T18:56:00.000-05:002008-11-18T18:56:00.000-05:00You pretty much explained exactly why I haven't wa...You pretty much explained exactly why I haven't watched the show in months. Corday and his crew don't even try to produced a decent show, they just try to come up with some ratings-grabbing gimmick that might have worked 20 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-3365676978936901962008-11-18T16:53:00.000-05:002008-11-18T16:53:00.000-05:00I like you're description that Days now seems just...I like you're description that Days now seems just to be existing from day to day with no drive. I've been trying to put my finger on why I'm so uninterested in watching in recent months, and it's exactly that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-70320181497089508592008-11-18T15:08:00.000-05:002008-11-18T15:08:00.000-05:00I am a recent viewer compared to some of the peopl...I am a recent viewer compared to some of the people who watched this show for 20-30 years. I feel sad for them. But this recent cast cuts are only one of the few problems this show has. In a way I feel that the 18 month extension contract is just delaying the inevitable. It will be a long and brutal death to the end of DAYS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-88695476458381809672008-11-18T14:04:00.000-05:002008-11-18T14:04:00.000-05:00Can I just say that I enjoy reading your blog and ...Can I just say that I enjoy reading your blog and I'm always interested in what you have to say on all things soaps, including DOOL? As for Nelson Branco, I've always found his columns to be too salacious, full of himself and always self-promoting, and he comes across as some horny teen the way he drools over the male stars. <BR/>You're the thinking soap fan's blogger. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-63111158676432739472008-11-18T11:39:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:39:00.000-05:00Well this 25 year viewer will watch her favs Drake...Well this 25 year viewer will watch her favs Drake, Dee, Peter, Kristian, Stephen, and MaryBeth but when they are gone I am too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-34331475138293483132008-11-18T11:37:00.000-05:002008-11-18T11:37:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025988229588511927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-39275364114511352452008-11-18T10:59:00.000-05:002008-11-18T10:59:00.000-05:00Dude. It's just a soap opera. ;-)Dude. It's just a soap opera. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com