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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Denault" data-source="post: 357399" data-attributes="member: 23030"><p><a href="http://tellytalk.net/goto/post?id=357122" target="_blank">alexpaige said:</a></p><p><em><strong>But you are misunderstanding the situation. Lee Rich hired Jeff Freilich to replace Earl after Earl resigned. Earl didn't leave because Freilich was brought into the show - he left before that. He had been thinking of leaving since season 4. When Earl says "I was not pleased with the direction it was going in. I also was not sympathetic to some of the people that were brought aboard" he is referring to the direction it went in AFTER he left. Remember that Earl was still involved as Creative Consultant for season 6, under which arrangement he was sent scripts of each episode and asked to provide his input. Also he had good friends who were still working on the show (Ernie Wallengren, William Schmidt) who kept him abreast of what was happening under the new regime of Jeff Freilich. Earl did not care for Freilich and especially his attitude to the writing staff. William Schmidt did an interview with the German Falcon Crest Fan Club where he talks about this too. In the original interview, Earl talked a lot about Freilich, but he asked me to remove those sections before publication.</strong></em></p><p>Jeff himself told TJP very satisfied</p><p><strong>"He almost fired David Selby (at the end of the seventh season) as well. There was a situation in a limousine scene when Jeff thought David was not prepared well. According to Jeff, David had read the script the very last minute and complained about his dialog of him just the moment when they were ready to shoot.</strong></p><p><strong>HE WONDERED WHETHER TO FIRE DAVID THAT MINUTE, BUT HE DECIDED JUST TO KICK DAVID OUT OF THE SCENE ON THE SPOT Startled Jane and Susan had to do it on their own when Jeff spontaneously changed it; with stunned faces, they played their altered dialogue on the spot"</strong></p><p>Although David's film career was not very good, he starred in Rich and Famous in 1980 with Jaquelinne Bisset and Candice Bergen directed by the legendary Cukor</p><p>He was very rude and David had such a strong argument that he thought he was going to kick him off the plate but Cukor didn't.</p><p>Jeff, a rookie director, expels the male protagonist of the series as a bad student</p><p>The opinion groups of lorimar from the seventh season</p><p>For them: <strong>The key factors for the serial's attraction named by the participants were Angela and Richard</strong>.<strong> He was listed as "the only other indispensable( with Angela ) character" in the evaluation.</strong></p><p><strong>The findings summed up that "all viewers had high praise for David Selby as an actor."</strong></p><p><strong>David received Soap Digest's Best Male Lead Award for his work in season seven.</strong></p><p>And Jeff very smug presuming that he had almost fired him</p><p>In the end Jeff didn't do season eight. they fired him and David continued until the end</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard Denault, post: 357399, member: 23030"] [URL='http://tellytalk.net/goto/post?id=357122']alexpaige said:[/URL] [I][B]But you are misunderstanding the situation. Lee Rich hired Jeff Freilich to replace Earl after Earl resigned. Earl didn't leave because Freilich was brought into the show - he left before that. He had been thinking of leaving since season 4. When Earl says "I was not pleased with the direction it was going in. I also was not sympathetic to some of the people that were brought aboard" he is referring to the direction it went in AFTER he left. Remember that Earl was still involved as Creative Consultant for season 6, under which arrangement he was sent scripts of each episode and asked to provide his input. Also he had good friends who were still working on the show (Ernie Wallengren, William Schmidt) who kept him abreast of what was happening under the new regime of Jeff Freilich. Earl did not care for Freilich and especially his attitude to the writing staff. William Schmidt did an interview with the German Falcon Crest Fan Club where he talks about this too. In the original interview, Earl talked a lot about Freilich, but he asked me to remove those sections before publication.[/B][/I] Jeff himself told TJP very satisfied [B]"He almost fired David Selby (at the end of the seventh season) as well. There was a situation in a limousine scene when Jeff thought David was not prepared well. According to Jeff, David had read the script the very last minute and complained about his dialog of him just the moment when they were ready to shoot. HE WONDERED WHETHER TO FIRE DAVID THAT MINUTE, BUT HE DECIDED JUST TO KICK DAVID OUT OF THE SCENE ON THE SPOT Startled Jane and Susan had to do it on their own when Jeff spontaneously changed it; with stunned faces, they played their altered dialogue on the spot"[/B] Although David's film career was not very good, he starred in Rich and Famous in 1980 with Jaquelinne Bisset and Candice Bergen directed by the legendary Cukor He was very rude and David had such a strong argument that he thought he was going to kick him off the plate but Cukor didn't. Jeff, a rookie director, expels the male protagonist of the series as a bad student The opinion groups of lorimar from the seventh season For them: [B]The key factors for the serial's attraction named by the participants were Angela and Richard[/B].[B] He was listed as "the only other indispensable( with Angela ) character" in the evaluation. The findings summed up that "all viewers had high praise for David Selby as an actor." David received Soap Digest's Best Male Lead Award for his work in season seven.[/B] And Jeff very smug presuming that he had almost fired him In the end Jeff didn't do season eight. they fired him and David continued until the end [/QUOTE]
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