Was DS ever actually shown live?

[Roland]

At the end of one of the discs, one of the early cameramen states in an interview that occasionally DS had to be performed live because they weren't able to finish the filming in time for the actual airing.  Is this true and do we know which episodes he might have been referring to here?

Sorry if a thread already exists on this topic.

[MagnusTrask]

I've never heard that in my several years on the board.  It would be interesting if it's true.

[michael c]

i just watched that interview too.it's on dvd collection 12.

i'd love to know what episodes went on live as well...if it's true.

sometimes d.s. seems to foster some kind of "false memory syndrome" in it's participants and viewers.they "remember" things that never actually happened.anyone who's read kathryn leigh scott's books know she comes up with some doozies.

and i've heard that joan bennett "welcome to hollywood" story about a million times.

since episodes were generally taped a week in advance i can't imagine under what circumstances would have forced it to go on "live".just in terms of sequence it seems unlikely as episodes did not air the day they were taped.

[Garth Blackwood]

anyone who's read kathryn leigh scott's books know she comes up with some doozies.

I've never read any of these books. Do you have any examples?

[Midnite]

Garth, many examples can be found on the Forums.  You could try a search of the discussion boards, maybe with KLS, errors, and book as search words.

[Janet the Wicked]

I sometimes wonder if "live" meant to the actors as taping it once. Period. No takes, just taping the final rehersal. I've read that they taped the show as fast as they could before the news had to come on. Lights, camera, action! Change the sets! Roll em!
"This is Walter Cronkite and that's the way it was."

[barnabasjr]

You could try a search of the discussion boards, maybe with KLS, errors, and book as search words.

Good one!

[Gerard]

From what I've read about the history of the filming of the series, I find it very difficult if they had done any scenes live.  Virtually all episodes were done live-on-tape at least a week if not more, before they were aired.  In the beginning, everything was done while filming, from opening credits, to filmed exteriors, to commercials, to even the soundtrack, to the closing credits, all packed in and done.  Later in the series, some things were added on after it was filmed.  Another consideration would be that if something flubbed so severely earlier (or if something had been lost), was that it would've been necessary for the performers to be on the soundset to air that particular scene.  Since they tried to keep the number of bodies - live or dead - down to a minimum, what were the odds that the particular performers happened to be on the set, or to even have the set up?  Only a few were permanent, such as the foyer and drawing room, so they would have to get everything suddenly put together and there was very little space to do that.

Gerard

[MsCriseyde]

You could try a search of the discussion boards, maybe with KLS, errors, and book as search words.

Not recommended if your mouse does not have a scroll wheel. 

[Midnite]

 

I've read that they taped the show as fast as they could before the news had to come on. Lights, camera, action! Change the sets! Roll em!
"This is Walter Cronkite and that's the way it was."

That would be heresy.  Cronkite was on CBS. 

[Midnite]

A friend tells me that the WABC-TV in NYC evening news anchors that DS would have had to make way for would have been Roger Grimsby, Bill Beutel and Geraldo Rivera .

[ProfStokes]

A friend tells me that the WABC-TV in NYC evening news anchors that DS would have had to make way for would have been...Geraldo Rivera .

Whoa!  I had no idea he went back that far. 

Maybe they should have brought Geraldo onto the show; they could have had him open Barnabas's coffin like he did Al Capone's vault. 

ProfStokes

[Gerard]

And then he could've had the whole gang sit down to do a "Our-Supernatural-Members-Are-Tearing-Our-Already-Dysfunctional-Family-Apart" chat and see who starts throwing the first chair.

Gerard

[Midnite]

Oops, I didn't pass the info along correctly.  Geraldo was part of the news team but not as an anchor.  Bad Midnite. 

[joe integlia]

KLS is always saying the show was done "live" she still says it sometimes. the correct term is "live on tape". maybe the cameraman recently viewed the film "tootsie" and got confused. in "tootsie" the technicians were constantly spilling coca-cola on the videotape forcing the fictional soap to be broadcast live. maybe this did occur in reality but highly unlikely. as for "WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD" i think it was lara parker that says it in 1897 or was it 1840? i dont think it was those exact words and she says it so softly that you really have to listen for it but it does sound like she saying hollywood instead of collinwood.