DAYS May be Improving, but Ken Corday is Still a Blithering Idiot
By Jamey Giddens on July 04, 2009
Memo to Days of Our Lives' publicity team. Put a muzzle on your figure head. Althought DAYS has been getting better these last few months— thanks, we hear, to the vision of co-excutive producer Gary Tomlin, along with co-head writer Chris Whitesell's ability to make up for Dena Hackley's shortcomings—every single time Corday opens his yap to insult his own show's fans it only confirms what a complete and utter tool Corday really is. Here's what the Soap Opera Slayer had to say to disgruntled fans of the two most popular couples in DAYS history— John and Marlena and Patch and Kayla— in this week's Soap Opera Digest:
Memo to Days of Our Lives' publicity team. Put a muzzle on your figure head. Althought DAYS has been getting better these last few months— thanks, we hear, to the vision of co-excutive producer Gary Tomlin, along with co-head writer Chris Whitesell's ability to make up for Dena Hackley's shortcomings—every single time Corday opens his yap to insult his own show's fans it only confirms what a complete and utter tool Corday really is. Here's what the Soap Opera Slayer had to say to disgruntled fans of the two most popular couples in DAYS history— John and Marlena and Patch and Kayla— in this week's Soap Opera Digest:
"For the ardent John and Marlena and Patch and Kayla fans, great, you can still see them at their luncheons,. That was then, this is now."
Wow, just wow. Forgive me if my memory is a bit rusty, but I don't remember Coca-Cola telling beverage lovers who didn't dig New Coke to get over it. Un-be-lievable. Yeah, this bozo wants to keep his show on the air! I guess DAYS recent ratings successes have gone to Corday's head.
Whatever DAYS' clothing-deprived emporer may feel about his soap's former actors (Didn't he previously go on and on about how much he adored Drake, Dee and the rest, and how it pained him to have to fire them?), you would think he would show more respect for their fans, you know, the people who have helped keep his golf club membership dues paid up on and off for the past two and a half decades since those couples were formed in mid-to-late 80's .
While I readily admit Bo and Hope (Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso) have always been my favorite soap couple—with Santa Barbara's Cruz and Eden a close second— and am selfishly grateful Bope survived the Great DAYS Veteran Massacre of 08-09, and that I'm more than a little bit excited about the return of one of DAYS' most beloved, tragic soap heroines, Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell)—the only woman to ever give Hope a run for her Fancy Face in my opinion—supporting DAYS would be so much easier if Ken Corday would just STFU! Why not let Tomlin give the interviews? We all know he's the one doing all the work.
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5 July 2008
5 hours 31 min
Corday Is a First-Rate Ass-Hat and he does this to pure perfection. DAYS Dump your weakest link.
28 November 2008
7 hours 57 sec
I am happy Days is doing better in the ratings, but Corday doesn't have to be so rude about past characters, especially characters who are so identifiable with the soap that has provided him with such a fat paycheck for all these years.
He could have just focused on the present and the future. He didn't need to slam the past. I agree with Jamey that Ken should quit doing the interviews. It only does harm to the show.
Days is an exciting place again. I love seeing Maggie and Victor more now and the actors play Will, Mia, and Nathan show great promise. Alison Sweeney is doing superb work these days and the pairing of Phillip and Stephanie is hot.
So,memo to NBC, shut Ken Corday up!
10 February 2009
7 hours 25 min
Ken Corday, NBC's answer to Brain Frons!
11 April 2009
5 hours 11 min
Jamey,
Well said!
Happy 4th of July!
8 June 2008
1 day 8 hours
Ugh, this man shouldn't be allowed to open his mouth - EVER. If he wants to insult his fans, bravo he's doing a marvelous job. I agree completely, Tomlin should do the interviews from this point on. It makes sense that he'd do a MUCH better job than Corday ever could.
18 February 2009
59 min 21 sec
Walter Cronkite, Shmalter Shmonkite. We've got Katie Couric now!
15 April 2009
14 weeks 2 days
As always Jamey, I just love you. I could not have said it better myself. Corday does not care about the actors or the fans. These actors deserved to be treated better, especially Mary Beth who I was always a big fan of. I am honestly astounded the man has a job after the way he behaves. I am more than a little concerned though that lovely Crystal Chappell will soon be working at DAYS with this man in charge. He says one negative thing about my girl and the fight will be on.
7 April 2009
36 weeks 6 days
Let's hope the show writers are smarter than their boss. If all Crystal Chappell gets to play is a "tragic heroine" challenger to Bope, it's going to be a huge waste of a great actress. Chappell has grown so much in the last 18years let's hope Carly has grown as much as well! Maybe Bo's not man enough anymore for the Princess!
4 May 2008
3 weeks 3 days
Ken Corday is a total piece of shit asshole, excuse my French. He's lost me and a ton of other people as viewers forever.
I just wish everyone else would stop watching this drivel. Mia, Melanie, Rafe, and Arianna are NOT Days of Our Lives and never will be!!
28 November 2008
11 hours 39 min
I stopped watching DAYS years ago (after Nu-Salem). I used to love Bo/Hope, Pete/Melissa, Patch/Kayla, and Kim/Shane. The show has a total disrespect for their fans, especially the longterm viewers. DAYS used to have a certain feeling that no other soap has ever captured. I get the feeling Mr. Corday will take every opportunity to jab at the fans, and put them in their place. Good riddance.
Now I watch Y&R and OLTL. They respect their vets (Kay/Jill, Bo/Nora) and have great new stories (Kyle/Fish, Mary Jane/Kitty Fantastico). I am in soap heaven.
27 January 2009
7 hours 54 min
Can't this guy be gracious? That came off as so arrogant! That is not gonna go over well with the fans of those couples. There is resentment with anybody being hired after these firings to start with. Does this help the show any to say so what get over it? Would it have killed him to be more diplomatic about axing all those vets that built the audience in the past?
4 August 2008
2 days 9 hours
Don't forget not too long ago that Corday referred to the actors on the show as spokes on a wheel, making them sound easily replaceable. I'm sorry, but in all the years of watching this show, I can count the number of times on one hand when fans rallied at the studio because they thought the show killed off one of their favorite characters. These characters and actors matter to the show and the fans. Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Mary Beth Evans, and Stephen Nichols made DAYS what it is today and to ignore, let alone be ungrateful to that is disrespectful of the show's long history and its fans. I've learned to ignore or at least take what Ken Corday has to say with a grain of salt because he's just full of it. And don't forget his rude comments about GL's cancellation too. He's a grade A douche bag! Too bad there isn't a way that Sony could overthrow him from this show and let REAL executives do their work and improve the show!
17 February 2009
11 weeks 3 days
What! No mention of how he's a big fan of Molly Burnett and that "she has a color like no one else on the show." WTF!
3 March 2009
10 hours 17 min
The man is so stupid, I cringe everytime he speaks! I feel so bad for the Marlena/John and Kayla/Patch fans. This moron doesn't know about history obviously. The show was MUCH higher ratings (not just because ratings were higher back then but because the show was on fire in the 80s!)
I agree that he is the Brian Fron's of NBC. And how the f*** can he praise Molly Burnett? More proof of what an idiot he really is.
2 July 2009
21 weeks 11 hours
I'm not a DAYS viewer and even I am insulted by this man. I think what's great about soap viewers is that even if we don't all watch the same show, we take offense to anything negative being said about daytime. Can you imagine if these things were said about Josh & Reva, Holden & Lily, Luke & Laura, Jessie & Angie, or Eden & Cruz? It's just so disrepectful not only to the fans but to these actors who have left such a legacy to their respective shows.
I love how daytime fans will rally even when it may not involve the show they watch. I'm a GL viewer and loved how even non-GL watchers were willing to voice their dismay over its cancellation and willing to sign petitions to save it. Why? Because they know that in this day and age, it could easily be their show up for cancellation. I take such pride in that.
5 July 2008
5 hours 31 min
Lets Fire Corday Now
22 January 2008
5 hours 26 min
Lets Fire Corday Now
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He owns the show, or a good chunk of it. He can't be fired.
14 February 2009
25 weeks 1 day
Let's see, Pratt, Fronz, Guza and now this tool. If the industry wants to know why soaps are struggling, maybe they should look at show runners who have nothing but contempt for actors and fans.
20 February 2008
2 hours 36 min
I love Ken Corday. He's my rock.
10 February 2009
7 hours 25 min
Then you are sunk, hunterforrester!
28 April 2009
7 weeks 5 days
Yea, Ken Corday is a tool. His line 'see them at their luncheon" made me think of Stephen and Mary Beth's recent luncheon. I don't have the $$$ to travel and most fans want to see their favs on screen. I was an avid 'days' viewer, but I could not stomach the Melanie show. I understand budget cuts, but 'days' looked to be a shadow of its former self. I quit watching. Now what happens? Their ratings rise and I'm left ? my decision. lol WTF? I love Alison Sweeney, but to hear her character go thru 'baby grace's death' and not have Marlena there- just wrong. One of the last eps I saw was the Xmas one where most of the Hortons weren't even present or off 'upstairs' taking a nap. Lame! Corday's 'words' do not make me wanna 'tune back in.' He just pisses me off. lol
5 July 2008
5 hours 31 min
Jamey,
Then lets put together a corporate takeover of DAYS. I'll even wear my favorite Alexis Carrington hat.
8 May 2008
4 hours 9 min
Nelson, did Ken Corday bribe you to say that, LOL. He is a fool and he needs to just be at the golf course and shut up.
15 January 2009
32 weeks 11 hours
Well then I will make sure to introduce myself as Dominique!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJuBjYNfTo
2 January 2008
7 hours 59 min
i still watch days but im not as fanatical as i was during johnand docs run
20 February 2008
2 hours 36 min
Don't bash my golf buddy, people Ken is the Michael Jackson of soaps!
17 February 2009
11 weeks 3 days
Don't bash my golf buddy, people Ken is the Michael Jackson of soaps!
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So what your saying is, he touched you inappropriately and now your too ashamed to say anything bad about him. It's okay to admit it, your in a safe place.
4 July 2009
21 weeks 6 days
Corday has always been a major tool! You know, more power to him if this bloodbath has really helped save the show. I just wish he would change the name. This show is not "Days of Our Lives." Just change the name and produce the show that you now want to produce.
25 February 2009
2 days 5 hours
It should have read "She produces a color like no else on the show-pukey f**king green!" Every time I see on screen I want to slam my head against a wall and then puke my guts out. Graphic but true.
29 November 2008
10 weeks 4 days
Ken Corday is a tool, 'nuff said.