Thom Racina's guest appearances

Thom Racina

Daytime Confidential

Brandon's Buzz

Michael Bruno

Michael Logan

Sean Kanan

Kim Zimmer

Arianne Zucker

Bill Bell

Michael Fairman

Brett Claywell

Eric Braeden

Ilene Kristen

Tyler Perry

Mia Farrow

Lisa Rinna

Kelly Ripa

Mayim Bialik

OwlTail

SUSAN BEDSOW HORGAN

A brand-spankin'-new DVD box set of classic episodes of the legendary soap As the World Turns has just been released, and since my new pal SUSAN BEDSOW HORGAN --- who was the head writer for World Turns for a time in the mid-'80s, and whose May 2011 appearance on Brandon's Buzz has been far and away my most popular installment of this year --- has some work included in this set (and since I'd been dying to have another chat with her anyway), I was thrilled to invite her --- and, as luck would have it, her great friend THOM RACINA, whose early-'80s work on General Hospital and Days of Our Lives is the stuff of soap legend, and who just happened to be visiting Susan the day I interviewed her --- back to Brandon's Buzz for another chat about a life spent spinning suds!

SUSAN BEDSOW HORGAN & THOM RACINA on Brandon's Buzz!

On todays show we have an Exclusive Interview with Thom Racina, the author and Emmy Nominated former daytime writer responsible for  General Hospital's Ice Princess storyline,  Luke &amp;  Laura's wedding, as well as what it was like to work for Gloria Monty and write the scenes for Elizabeth Taylor's Helena Cassadine. After leaving General Hospital Racina moved to Days of Our Lives where he was responsible for creating the characters of Steve Johnson (aka Patch) and John Black and wrote the wedding of Bo and Hope. We also talk about his experiences as Writer at Another World, what it our Writers Strike today is like in comparison to what he went through while writing for the soaps, his personal knowledge of how Brad Pitt got his start, his advice for would be soap writers or aspiring authors, what he is doing now, and would he ever come back to daytime if asked.We know you'll love todays show so put in your earbuds, turn on your ipod and enjoy.

DC #191: Thom Racina Interview