Monica Colby Appreciation

[Zable]

Lol Mattie. Don't you know your Jeffs?

 

[Monzo]

Does anybody know what happened to Tracy Scoggins? She was last seen in the public eye in 2015. Honestly I'm worried she's got a serious illness like MS, ALS or Alzheimer. Maybe I'm totally wrong about it, but nobody seems to know anything about her anymore.

 

[Ray&Donna]

I always liked Monica and felt like Dominique selling the record label so early in season two kind of altered the course of her story in a weird way

 

[Monzo]

People wonder what happened to Tracy Scoggins, but no one seems to know for sure.

Whatever Happened to Tracy Scoggins?

Tracy Scoggins is listed as still current when it comes to her career but at this time it doesn't appear that she's done much of anything on screen since 2014. If she is still acting it might be that she's taking a long break or possibly considering if it's time to walk away, though the...

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[Monzo]

Where did you like Monica better—in The Colbys or Dynasty? I can never quite decide, because I feel she could have had better storylines in both. In The Colbys, she at least had storylines of her own, whereas in Dynasty, she essentially just served as a sounding board for Sable—and a romance between her and Jeff was something I really didn't need to see.

I read that David Paulsen was impressed by Stephanie Beacham on The Colbys and really wanted her on Dynasty; but did he ever say anything similar about Tracy Scoggins?

From a creative standpoint, it would have made the most sense for Miles—who by that point had long since separated from Channing—to come to Denver and, upon realizing that Fallon was in a serious relationship with Zorelli, turn his attention to Sammy Jo. There would have been more chemistry there than between Sammy Jo and Tanner; furthermore, Fallon could have warned Sammy Jo that Miles had a tendency to become overly possessive. The prospect of Sable becoming Sammy Jo’s mother-in-law could also have been quite interesting.

Evidently, Jeff needed a love interest—specifically his former half-sister—but why was Monica chosen instead of Bliss? Wouldn't Jeff and Bliss have been a hotter couple?

 

[Spooky Owl!]

Where did you like Monica better—in The Colbys or Dynasty? I can never quite decide, because I feel she could have had better storylines in both. In The Colbys, she at least had storylines of her own, whereas in Dynasty, she essentially just served as a sounding board for Sable—and a romance between her and Jeff was something I really didn't need to see.

I read that David Paulsen was impressed by Stephanie Beacham on The Colbys and really wanted her on Dynasty; but did he ever say anything similar about Tracy Scoggins?

From a creative standpoint, it would have made the most sense for Miles—who by that point had long since separated from Channing—to come to Denver and, upon realizing that Fallon was in a serious relationship with Zorelli, turn his attention to Sammy Jo. There would have been more chemistry there than between Sammy Jo and Tanner; furthermore, Fallon could have warned Sammy Jo that Miles had a tendency to become overly possessive. The prospect of Sable becoming Sammy Jo’s mother-in-law could also have been quite interesting.

Evidently, Jeff needed a love interest—specifically his former half-sister—but why was Monica chosen instead of Bliss? Wouldn't Jeff and Bliss have been a hotter couple?

Stephanie Beacham and Tracey Scoggins particularly liked each other, so that may have played a role in bringing Monica into DYNASTY. Jeff and Monica had more of a flirtation than a romance (like Fallon and Adam in Season 3). John James claims he nixed the incest plotline, refusing to do it, but ABC in 1989 was unlikely to permit a full-on incest story, and Paulsen planned to make Jeff and Monica not brother-and-sister anyway.

My problem with the Tanner story was the casting. I guess, in retrospect, he was okay -- soulful and raspy-voiced. But I might've wanted somebody else.