ORNFC Chat with Robert
Thursday, July 29, 2004
RNewman joins
Jcnbarb4RN: Hi Robert!
Neasiemay: Hootie hoo Robert
Kel88: Hi Robert!
Rosie4KimRobert: Hi Robert
Jobsies: Hi Robert
jonNsastsmommy: hi Robert
RNewman: Hey gang…
Martybabe319: hi Robert
GLFan22: hi Robert
Tsoward: Hi Robert
Jcnbarb4RN: Erin says hello
SpencerJaye: How was vacation…missed you in Denver!
Jcnbarb4RN: To Robert!
RNewman: How’s everyone?
Rosie4KimRobert: Robert, my friend Priscilla said to Hi. She is in Grad School tonight. She said to “Break a leg”
Martybabe319: I am good
GLFan22: great
Neasiemay: doing well thanks!
SpencerJaye: tired…
Jobsies: great!
JonNsastsmommy: pretty good here and U?
GLFan22: How is your summer?
Jcnbarb4RN: Doing well!
RNewman: OK…long day at the studio today..
Neasiemay: are you ready for rehearsals to begin next week?
Rosie4KimRobert: I am going to miss seeing you.
RNewman: Does this background look strange to anyone else
RNewman: Or is it me?
Jobsies: lol
Neasiemay: lol yeah
Tsoward: lol
Jobsies: nope everyone…
JonNsastsmommy: not just you
Jcnbarb4RN: LoL..
SpencerJaye: I already miss seeing Josh
Neasiemay: Your type will be dark but on our side it’s light
RNewman: OK>>. How do I change that?
Jobsies: you can’t
RNewman: Ah..ok.
Neasiemay: can’t change the background unless you only want type
Jobsies: but if you hit text mode it takes all the colors out
SpencerJaye: good it’s not just me either
Neasiemay: can change your font color
Jcnbarb4RN: Neasie and I were discussing that you might ask about the font…
RNewman: Yes, Neasie…I begin rehearsals a week from today.
Neasiemay: sure wish I could make the play! Still haven’t heard you sing
GLFan22: Good Luck on Broadway!!!
Jcnbarb4RN: Me too, Neasie!
Kel88: wish I could go too
Jobsies: you will be missed!!
SpencerJaye: add me to the list!
Jcnbarb4RN: Me either in person..only on tape from the gathering.
Jobsies: me too
RNewman: I’ve been working pretty hard vocally for the last 3 weeks..
RNewman: Building vocal stamina for 8 perfs a week
SpencerJaye: yikes!
Neasiemay: I bet you sound great!
JonNsastsmommy: I’m sure that you will be GREAT
GLFan22: You sing wonderfully
RNewman: Thanks…we’ll see
Jobsies: So..will we see more of “Josh” singing then?
SpencerJaye: how was vacation? Kim said you were in LA
Rosie4KimRobert: ITA I loved hearing you sing on the tape at the Gathering
RNewman: Tomorrow is my last day in the studio, then off to Denver for a PR thing...then packing and leaving by Wed.
RNewman: Vacation was good.
SpencerJaye: what??? DENVER!!!
RNewman: We were in Laguna Beach, CA for a family reunion thing
Neasiemay: I think he meant Dallas, Jody
Tsoward: I hope so!
SpencerJaye: that’s my hood…anything I can see you at?
YvonneTXjoined
Rosie4KimRobert: You lucky girl Jody!
GLFan22: How nice
RNewman: Sorry…yes Dallas
Jcnbarb4RN: I thought it was Dallas too..
Neasiemay: hootie hoo Yvonne!
SpencerJaye: thanks Robert, I just about had a heart attack
YvonneTX: Sorry I’m late….
Neasiemay: you’re right on time
Jcnbarb4RN: Rhonda said she would come to see you, but she has a reunion that weekend…
Jcnbarb4RN: She’s 5 hours from Frisco
RNewman: How’s the show these days…haven’t seen it in ages
Jobsies: wonderful!
SpencerJaye: not too great
Jcnbarb4RN: Good
Neasiemay: it’s missing a few things…like you! Lol
GLFan22: very good
Jcnbarb4RN: I’m enjoying it but missing YOU
Rosie4KimRobert: We miss not seeing you and Kim more
RNewman: What’s not working Spenc?
Jcnbarb4RN: Yea, we are missing you!
GLFan22: I like to see You and Kim more
SpencerJaye: do you really want to know? J
YvonneTX: The show is so much improved….a whole new vitality about it…much more continuity
Jcnbarb4RN: Hi Yvonne!
RNewman: Sure…It can’t be my fault!
YvonneTX: Yo Barb
SpencerJaye: that’s for sure..
SpencerJaye: I just met Kim on Saturday….
RNewman: Where?
SpencerJaye: Denver
RNewman: Oh…she did an appearance???
RNewman: I forgot..
SpencerJaye: Yes and my four year old niece asked her...where’s Josh?
Kel88: I’m going to Baltimore for the appearance Nancy St Alban and Steven Martines are doing Sat…
GLFan22: that’s great
Neasiemay: take pics Kellie
Kel88: will do
Jcnbarb4RN: How Cool, Kel!
Neasiemay: please ask her how much more Michelle is going to dance! LOL
YvonneTX: When are you getting down to San Antonio, Robert?
Kel88: wish Dallas were closer – lol
RNewman: Don’t know, Yvonne. sorry
Kel88: lol Neasie
Neasiemay: none of those appearances were down south!
Martybabe319: lol
Jcnbarb4RN: Me too, Kellie..
Neasiemay: because we’re already watching I guess
Tsoward: lol
jonNsastsmommy: lol
SpencerJaye: Robert, do you now what’s brewing for you when you get back?
Jobsies: so did the show write in a reason we won’t see you?
Neasiemay: yeah was gonna ask if you taped anything in advance
YvonneTX: Are you excited about your stint in NINE? What does your wife think about your being surrounded by all those beautiful women? LOL.
RNewman: Not really, Spenc…as usual, I don’t have a lot of info for you..
Neasiemay: lol Yvonne
RNewman: I’ve not taped anything in advance..I’ll find out when I get back..
Spencer: do you have any ideas you’d like to see?
RNewman: Yes, I’m excited about NINE….Britt is fine with it. She knows I work with a bunch of crazy women all the time anyway..
Jobsies: ROFLOL
GLFan22: lol
Neasiemay: lol
jonNsastsmommy: Lol
YvonneTX: Too funny, LOL
RNewman: I was asked recently about working with 15 women…
Rosie4KimRobert: lol
Jcnbarb4RN: lol
Neasiemay: what a hard job! Lol
SpencerJaye: lol
RNewman: I said, “Hey, I work with Kim Zimmer on a regular basis!!!”
Jcnbarb4RN: Sounds like a man's dream to me!!
jonNsastsmommy: lol
SpencerJaye: hehehehe
GLFan22: lol
RNewman: “She’s equal to at least 15 women”
Neasiemay: lol
Jcnbarb4RN: lol
YvonneTX: ROTF,
Kel88: lol
SpencerJaye: yeah, she was a hoot here in Denver!
Rosie4KimRobert: Is she like working with 15 women?
RNewman: I don’t know Barb…you’d be surprised
Martybaby319: I might be going to see “Nine b.c. my cousins live about five mins away.
Neasiemay: Rosie lol
Jobsies: it’s nice that you get along so well..and it shows.
RNewman: that’s cool, Marty
SpencerJaye: So Robert, why this play and why now?
Neasiemay: I’m still trying to win the lotto! Lol
Kel88: you’d best win and take me with you Neasie
RNewman: I’ve been wanting to do a musical for a while
Neasiemay: I will Kellie
Jcnbarb4RN: And I’m hanging onto Neasie’s coattails if she wins!!
Kel88: lol
JonNsastsmommy: me too Neasie
RNewman: I’ve been preparing for a long time and now feel my voice is strong enough
Jcnbarb4RN: You’ll have to drag us all with you , Neasie!
Neasiemay: come one come all! Lol if I win that is
Kel88: you have to buy the ticket first, Neasie
Rosie4KimRobert: That is great, Robert!
Neasiemay: might you share that strong voice during gathering weekend?
SpencerJaye: cool, my next goal in life is to write a musical…a Christmas one
Neasiemay: lol
YvonneTX: How have you been preparing your voice for this role? There’s one song in there that’s a real killer.
GLFan22: Live musicals are the best
Jcnbarb4RN: How wonderful Robert!
RNewman: This is not really a musical that I had in mind, but now that I’m doing it, I’m really drawn to it.
Kel88: that’s good
Neasiemay: must be the NINE women! Lol
Rosie4KimRobert: Robert, are you going to be at the Gathering in October?
Jobsies: Ricky used to sing on Another World…so maybe the two of you will have to sing together on GL!
Neasiemay: JK :)
RNewman: There’s a lot of songs that are killer, but I’ve been singing every day for 3 weeks, (normally I sing 3-4 days a week)
SpencerJaye: wow, that’s hard on the vocal cords…
RNewman: No..not interested in singing on GL
GLFan22: that’s a lot
Rosie4KimRobert: I wish I could hear you
YvonneTX: Will you go the Julia route and possibly speak some of the songs? Especially with that one which has a high range?
RNewman: I sing, Josh does not
Jobsies: he did for Reva..which I still have on TIVO
RNewman: Which do you mean? “I can’t make this movie”? toward the end?
YvonneTX: I believe that’s the one
Rosie4KimRobert: Yeah, at Josh’s third wedding to Reva
GLFan22: I remember that
Jcnbarb4RN: That was great..
RNewman: No..that’s in my range…the finish is high, but I only have to hit those G’s once a night
Neasiemay: now I want to hear you sing really bad! Lol
RNewman: Raul Julia actually learned to sing for this play for the first time
Jcnbarb4RN: Same here Neasie!
Neasiemay: I miss Raul…he was a great actor
SpencerJaye: don’t they make a soundtrack to every musical?
RNewman: Yeah…there’s 3 for NINE
YvonneTX: Really, I didn’t know that. A good friend of mine went to see it several times and was blown away by it when Julia had the lead.
RNewman: Julia, Bandaras and a concert version from London 1992 with Jon Pryce
MongooseRY joined
Barb: Hi Mongoose!
Neasiemay: Hootie hoo Mongoose
RNewman: They all do a great job, but all different. Mine will be different too.
YvonneTX: I’m so excited for you…….I wish I could go see you do it because I know you are going to be fantastic!!!!
Neasiemay: ditto here Yvonne
RNewman: Back to your question about “Why this play”..
SpencerJaye: that would be for me…
RNewman: I’m really drawn to the character. Like Josh, I appreciate that he’s struggling to figure out who he is
SpencerJaye: you think Josh is still struggling?
RNewman: He’s mad a lot of mistakes in his life, and now sees that his life is not working
RNewman: Not Josh, Guido
SpencerJaye: sorry…
RNewman: During the play, he’s trying to figure out how it all happened and eventually he has to let go of the little boy part of him and become the man he is meant to be
Jcnbarb4RN: It sounds Awesome!
SpencerJaye: wow, that does sound like a wonderful part to play
Rosie4KimRobert: Sounds Great!
RNewman: Sort of the “When I was a child I spoke and reasoned like a child, then I became a man and had to put childish ways behind me”
Jobsies: sounds like I would be crying..
RNewman: That’s my main approach to the role.
Jcnbarb4RN: Cool
GLFan22: Guido is a wonderful character
Jobsies: that’s wonderful
JonNsastsmommy: Sounds good
SpencerJaye: I am already crying….
YvonneTX: I think you’ve nailed it, Robert
Jcnbarb4RN: lol, Jody!
RNewman: As far as Josh goes, I think he will always struggle,
Rosie4KimRobert: I recognize that approach (smile)
RNewman: because he’s always trying to do the “right thing” when sometimes there is no right thing.
SpencerJaye: He has to struggle, he’s married to Reva
RNewman: The world we live in..
RNewman: Broken, battered
RNewman: LOL…and yes, Spenc, he’s married to Reva
Jobsies: and trying to live up to the person he thinks he should be
Neasiemay: I still want josh to get the whipped cream he went for months ago
Neasiemay: lol
Jobsies: Josh can be too hard on himself sometimes
RNewman: LOL..
Tsoward: lol
Jcnbarb4RN: LoL..Neasie!
GLFan22: lol
Jcnbarb4RN: Neasie has been waiting for that Whipped Cream!!!
JonNsastsmommy: lol
SpencerJaye: I think they should reverse roles for a week
RNewman: So can Robert…that’s why I relate to Josh so well
Rosie4KimRobert: Neasie, you’re too much! Lol
Neasiemay: I was ready to organize a whipped cream drive
Neasiemay: Robert’s dressing room filled with boxes and boxes of the stuff! Lol
RNewman: I think Janet Jackson did in the Whipped Cream scene
JonNsastsmommy: lol
Jobsies: lol
Neasiemay: yeah thanks Janet! Bah humbug
Jcnbarb4RN: Oh, and Robert they were all kidding me saying they were going to send the whipped cream to me to send to the studio…!
SpencerJaye: Kim asked in Denver if they wanted to see Josh and Reva split…
RNewman: What did you say?
Rosie4KimRobert: Shame on Janet Jackson!
SpencerJaye: of course we all screamed NO!!...
Neasiemay: they need to get together before they can split
Neasiemay: lol
RNewman: True
JonNsastsmommy: I agree…
SpencerJaye: does that surprise you?
Jobsies: The only person I really liked with Josh…besides Reva…was Harley
RNewman: They’re together, but not TOGETHER
Jcnbarb4RN: We love Josh and Reva together!!!!
Neasiemay: exactly
Neasiemay: we want to se the TOGETHER part
RNewman: in the whipped cream sense
Neasiemay: lol
JonNsastsmommy: lol
Neasiemay: now ya got it! Wr
YvonneTX: Loved Harley with Josh…actually cried when she saw Josh off at the airport
Neasiemay: we’re bad
SpencerJaye: at least not on screen anyway!
Rosie4KimRobert: All we get are little hints. Lol
Jobsies: me too Yvonne
RNewman: No..now we have off-screen sex
JonNsastsmommy: lol
JonNsastsmommy: lol
Neasiemay: lol THAT doesn’t count! Lol
GLFan22: lol
RNewman: they cut to a commercial and when they come back, we’re asleep
JcnBarb4RN: Guess Janet Jackson ruined it for us!
SpencerJaye: so what is up with the scenes during the credits?
YvonneTX: Not fair……soap fans are all voyeurs…LOL
Rosie4KimRobert: I hated that. Lol
SpencerJaye: why don’t we see them?
RNewman: Don’t know…haven’t seen them
RNewman: They’re scenes that don’t get shown on the regular show
RNewman: they do that in movie trailers now, too
SpencerJaye: yeah….and it drives me crazy
Neasiemay: lol
Jcnbarb4RN: Do you mean like bloopers at the end of movies?
SpencerJaye: mostly because I think I’ve missed something
Rosie4KimRobert: Robert how does everyone like the EP and HW?
Jcnbarb4RN: Those for Cheaper by the Dozen are funny!
RNewman: No..in the previews…I saw the Will Farrell movie and there were scenes in the previews that were not in the movie
Martybabe319: whose EP and HW
Jcnbarb4RN: Oh, I got it now.
Jobsies: that is cheating
RNewman: I can’t speak for everyone…I’m very happy with both
Neasiemay: executive producer and head writer
Martybabe319: ok thanks Neasiemay
Neasiemay: I hope they have you a story when you get back
RNewman: EW has been wonderfully supportive in this theater endeavor.
Neasiemay: I know josh is gonna be PO’d about this Jonathan thing
JonNsastsmommy: that’s good
RNewman: and David really knows and loves the show..
Kel88: great!
SpencerJaye: Robert, is there anything you’d like to see Josh and Reva go through?
Jcnbarb4RN: Sounds great!
Jobsies: Neasie..I was just thinking of asking about that
GLFan22: that’s great
RNewman: Only time will tell, but I think it’s a great combo
Jobsies: the whole Jonathan/sandy thing
YvonneTX: Have you heard anything about a recast for Marah? There’s internet speculation that it will be happening soon.
Neasiemay: yeah, josh has said to sandy many times…”don’t lie to me anymore”
Jcnbarb4RN: or Shayne?
RNewman: No on Marah…nothing I’ve heard, anyway
YvonneTX: Will Jonathan end up being Josh’s son too?
Jobsies: that is what I think!!!
Rosie4KimRobert: How about Shayne being recast?
Jobsies: well??
RNewman: For Josh/Reva.. I don’t know. It’s hard to come up with some new thing for them…
Neasiemay: being TOGETHER might be new! Lol
RNewman: I think Shayne will be off the canvas for a while
Jobsies: I thought maybe he was just josh’s son who met up with Jonathan
SpencerJaye: anything from the past you’d like to see revisited?
Neasiemay: I’d like to see Sandy be Roxie’s son
RNewman: Really, my brain’s just not thinking that way right now..
Jobsies: the whole story with Shayne was awesome!
Jobsies: I’ll miss him
RNewman: I think I’m too focused on NINE to be thinking too much on GL
Jobsies: I thought maybe Sonny and Josh’s son
SpencerJaye: sorry, this is my first time on a chat and I’ve had millions of questions
Jcnbarb4RN: It’s hard for me to see the show without the Lewis kids…
RNewman: Yeah…I miss them both
YvonneTX: You were totally awesome throughout the whole Shayne accident story.
GLFan22: Lindsey and Marty were so good in the roles
RNewman: Thanks, Yvonne
YvonneTX: Totally the truth!!!
Jcnbarb4RN: Totally Awesome Robert!
YvonneTX: You make that story come alive!
RNewman: I thought Josh/Marah were just hitting their stride when Lindsey left
SpencerJaye: yes, one of my favorite storylines
Neasiemay: yeah, they had gotten thru a lot…even thru Jeffypoo
JonNsastsmommy: I agree the Lewis family storylines are my favorite
RNewman: that’s always been a great Dad/Daughter relationship
Tsoward: I agree
Rosie4KimRobert: I wish Marah would bring Mindy back
RNewman: That would be cool.
YvonneTX: Marah’s leaving when she did was bad timing all around
RNewman: Gil Rogers was in shooting today
Neasiemay: I’d love to see Mindy back and more Jordan
Neasiemay: Hawk!
Jcnbarb4RN: Hawk….!
Jobsies: how is Jordan?
Neasiemay: yay
RNewman: Yeah…that was fun
Rosie4KimRobert: Marah has always been a Daddy’s girl
Jobsies: Hawk!!
GLFan22: wow great
SpencerJaye: yea!
YvonneTX: Rogers was in????? Yay!!!
Jobsies: wonderful!!
Jcnbarb4RN: Cool Beans!!!
Neasiemay: is Gil as funny as he seems he’d be?
RNewman: Very much so.
RNewman: we laughed a lot
RNewman: He’s a hoot
Jcnbarb4RN: I bet so..
JonNsastsmommy: I bet
Neasiemay: lol I knew I loved him for some reason
SpencerJaye: I love his relationship with Reva
Neasiemay: lol
Jcnbarb4RN: Yeah, we want to see more of Jordan!!
RNewman: I do too, Barb
Neasiemay: sign me up for Jordan too! Lol
Jcnbarb4RN: We all love Jordan!!
YvonneTX: Love that huggybear!
RNewman: I would like to see Phillip rise to full bad-guydom and have Billy and Josh battle with him in business
Rosie4KimRobert: I hope little Bill starts being a good boy
Jcnbarb4RN: That would be great
GLFan22: yea that would be interesting
JonNsastsmommy: that would be a good one
Neasiemay: Josh and Billy would squash him like a bug! Lol
Jobsies: I love the new Bill…he has Billy’s dark side and Josh’s good side…just never what he’s gonna be
SpencerJaye: that would be awesome Robert…
Jcnbarb4RN: I can’t believe little Bill quit Lewis Oil..
Jobsies: Phillip has been pretty bad lately…who knows..
RNewman: We need a really good, awesome villain
RNewman: an adversary for Josh
YvonneTX: It’s beginning to look as though that’s where they’re taking Phillip, Robert. Looks as though they dropped that nutzo storyline and taking him the bad route
SpencerJaye: those ere the day s of the battling Spauldings and Lewises
GLFan22: GL doesn’t have enough villains
RNewman: Alan is just too likeable…
RNewman: I think cause Ron is
Rosie4KimRobert: Maybe Edmund will become one again
GLFan22: Alex can be a villainess
SpencerJaye: yeah, I think they made Alan too soft
Jcnbarb4RN: I am wondering if Edmund will turn back into a villain
YvonneTX: Who will be running Lewis Construction while you’re out? Danny, since he’s now your partner?/
JonNsastsmommy: I hope not, I kind of like the new Edmund
RNewman: I’ve always felt that somehow Josh actually likes Alan..
RNewman: Or feels sorry for him
SpencerJaye: me too…
Jcnbarb4RN: I think they respect each other
Jobsies: I do as well
JonNsastsmommy: respect
GLFan22: I agree
SpencerJaye: but put Reva in the mix and all bets are off
JonNsastsmommy: lol
Rosie4KimRobert: I always liked it when Josh decked him. Lol
Neasiemay: lol Rosie
RNewman: Of course, Alan has pursued all of Josh’s women at one time or another
Jcnbarb4RN: True
Jobsies: do you blame him??
Neasiemay: He’s got Josh envy! Lol
SpencerJaye: left overs…
GLFan22: lol
RNewman: And slept with all of them, I think..
Rosie4KimRobert: Josh calls him a “pig”
Jobsies: oh no…if that is true…Harley and Alan are next??
GLFan22: yea
JonNsastsmommy: not a true soap without that going on
Jcnbarb4RN: Green with Envy!!
Rosie4KimRobert: Yeah, he did
SpencerJaye: opps that was bad…
RNewman: I always put in “pig”…it’s not written..I just think it fits.
Jobsies: lol
SpencerJaye: hehehe
Neasiemay: lol Robert
GLFan22: ha ha
Kel88: lol
Rosie4KimRobert: That’s funny! Lol
Jobsies: I like Ron as Alan though…almost as good a Chris..
Neasiemay: how’s Ron like that? Lol
Jobsies: sometimes better
RNewman: I think I’m gonna call it a night..
RNewman: Thanks for being here.
Jcnbarb4RN: Thanks for coming Robert!
Jobsies: well thank you so much for coming!
Neasiemay: Thanks for chatting Robert
Kel88: thanks for taking the time to chat Robert
RNewman: Have a great night and God Bless to all..
GLFan22: Thank you, Robert
Jobsies: and for all the years on GL!!!
JonNsastsmommy: Good Night Robert
Rosie4KimRobert: Good night, Robert
SpencerJaye: thanks Robert it was fun
Jobsies: Night
Jcnbarb4RN: Good luck with Nine!
Kel88: bye Robert
Neasiemay: have a great run with the play
JonNsastsmommy: thanks for stopping by
RNewman: Bye Bye
SpencerJaye: good luck!
RNewman: and Thanks..
Neasiemay: bye bye
YvonneTX: thanks so much for coming, talking to us and continually keeping us entertained
GLFan22: have a good time doing Nine
Jcnbarb4RN: Thank You!
RNewman left
JonNsastsmommy: Good luck with Nine
GLFan22: bye Robert