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BuzzWorthy Radio: Lynn Herring!

Lynn Herring, who has returned to the world of daytime on CBS's As The World Turns, will be making an appearance on BuzzWorthy Radio!

Herring, who many fans remember most for playing the role of Lucy Coe on General Hospital and Port Charles, plays the role of Audrey Coleman on ATWT. Hear about how she returned to daytime as well what has happened during her time away from the small screen.

Duration:: 30m
Broadcast on:: 07 Aug 2009
Audio Format:: other

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And it's so great to have her on the program today. Let's take this from Erica 559 here on the line. Where are you calling from? Hi, I'm calling from New York City. But I'm on my phone, but that's my ranch home number. So I get to do both. You've got that ranch area code with New York City. Oh, great. Well, Lynn, thank you so much for coming. Oh, I'm excited. I am excited myself. I can't believe this. I'm like, you know, oh my god, this is like the fan creeping up out of me right now. But I'm like, but I need this. I can't believe we're talking to Lynn Herring. Oh, stop, that's so nice. It's, you know what, it's been the best. That's a fun part. Of course, you know of our crazy jobs and getting to talk to lots of people because you forget that you've been connected to people for almost 20 years. It's so nice. Yes, isn't it? Is it next? Yes. I have my co-host is joining us right now in the line. And I know he's excited. He's another one of your fans too. Let's bring him in here. Hello, Matthew. Good morning, everybody. How are you? I'm Matthew. How are you? I'm doing awesome. It's like, like Mel said, it is so great to talk to you and thank you. Oh, thank you. Now, I have to, no, you're still here. Are you there? Where'd you go? Well, you guys dropped me. I know, I heard it. I heard it. I'm like, oh crap. But yes, as I've mentioned, everybody knows you for playing the role of Lucy, on the general hospital, getting over to the poor child and having the, and having the wonderful options of doing both shows from time to time. And, you know, I grew up with you playing in that role. I mean, Lucy has done some crazy stuff. I mean, she was married to Alan. She was, what, married to Edward? Do I think? I think I was married five or six times. We were trying to string all my last names together the other day. We were laughing and trying to, you know, of course, kin. Tritor's one of my best friends, Scotty. And we laughed so hard because you forget. That's what's so nice about a lot of it being on YouTube now. Some of the scenes, you forget all the richness of what your character went through over the years. You do. And the, but the one thing I will never forget is the nurse's ball. That was, that was like my all time favorite thing for Lucy to ever do. Because it always never failed. Lucy will be in her underwear. I don't know. And you know, what was so brilliant about that too, is we got to educate people about AIDS awareness. But you can feel like you got hit over the head. It was a story incorporated. And that's when I think day times at its finest, when we're really a character driven show with people that you can love and hate. But also, you kind of are current and in touch with what society is going through. Yes, that is very true. I mean, you know, it was fun to last, but yet I, I didn't know. A lot about AIDS awareness. Yeah. I mean, I, but you know. Well, close to, I have to say, every little girl, not every, but most little girls love to dress up. And for me to get to dress up like that was a heaven. I mean, those dresses and all the crazy stunts, and then all the characters that I like to work with, all dressed up and laughing and hanging out for a week at a time was awesome. That's great. So how, I have to know, once Port Charles came into and your character and John Winston's character of Kevin Collins went over to do that show, what was that like for you? It was hard. You know, people have asked because it was exciting, but I felt like we were leaving part of the family behind. Because you're part of a canvas of great actors that you've worked with. I had been there 11 years, almost 12 before we spun off. So it was very scary and I didn't, I wasn't confident in the half hour format and also asking people to change their viewing habits. You know, you get a very traditional fan base that loves their hour of general hospital. It's hard in the mornings to switch over. So it was a little dubious thinking that we could pull people in the morning like that. And the stories were great and we had a lot of fun and we introduced a lot of new actors to the show and the crossovers were fun. But it's hard to split a show up like that. It was kind of tricky. And in the end, we laughed so much. Lindstrom and I were laughing the other day because True Blood is so popular now. And if Port Charles had done the vampire thing now, we'd be a big hit. It's definitely true. And unfortunately, we sort of saw Port Charles just end abruptly. Do you think, I mean, was there an ending planned or if you can tell us, you know, was it was just something planned for an ending? Um, planned to how it was ended? Yeah, like because how it was ended was just, it was, you know, the last episode was of Alison and wedding and it was gone. But that was because you were, that was because you got notice of the cancellation while you guys were on your hiatus, right? Yeah, we didn't have a chance. You know, and that's a very bittersweet thing. And I've told people before, I had called the powers that be when they canceled us and asked to come back as Lucy for a couple of shows for John and I and Ken and all of us just to have a wrap up. And they said that there wasn't really indications of crossovers anymore. And I thought, you know, I don't buy that because people are very loyal to their characters that had been on for a while. So they had moved in the direction of more the mob and the mafia and those were very exciting stories. But some of the zanniness and the comedy and some of the heartfelt things went out of it when you didn't let a few, you know, a few of us come back and just say goodbye. I still, it's so funny. I tell people on the streets of New York, I'm still being blamed for Lucy not being on General Hospital. Say, why don't you go back? What's wrong with you? They don't, you know, they don't know a lot of the politics or the silliness that goes on behind the scenes of canceling shows. So I do, I'm on the subway and I'll go, why aren't you back on General Hospital? Sorry, I can't, I don't have that power, sorry. That's right, that is right. I, you know, I was one of those that definitely wished Kevin and Lucy be back in General Hospital. And it was like a breath of fresh air when we saw, when we saw the two characters, even though it was a sad moment when we lost Annalie when it was that episodes for her, her character on General Hospital, it was a breath of fresh air to see you guys. Okay, it was, it was fun to see, you know, I drove in from the ranch and it was like a family reunion and it was really nice. I miss a lot of those people. I, absolutely. We actually got, we actually got a couple of email fan questions, actually, because they couldn't hear this recording. Otherwise, they would have called in. One of the questions comes from Mason. He wanted to know, did you feel like the vampire storylines went overboard during poor child's last couple of years? By the time the show ended, it felt completely unrecognizable. That's true. You know, it's a tricky, that's the biggest debate. It's plot driven stories and character driven stories. And when you get a quad and the story is about vampires, sometimes you lose the characters. And that, I think, if we could have done it, like I said, today and integrated more the characters and had the vampire storyline more as the background and what they're going through emotionally, we probably wouldn't have alienated the audience. You kind of live and learn and we didn't get the chance to self-correct. I think if we'd come back, at least, we could have said, okay, this is what's going on. We're trying to get some of the younger viewers, maybe, or different viewers, but keep the core of what characters do. That's a such a hard balance. I think all the soaps are walking right now. You want to keep the action going, but you forget sometimes people just tune in to see how the characters relate to each other. And this one comes from Tom, one of my favorite people to talk with. Oh, Nate. Yes. His question is, he actually had a few of them, but we asked, I know we asked one of them already, so let's go to this one. It's so interesting to see you working with John Lindstrom and soon Stuart Damon, yet you are in separate storylines. Have you gotten to do scenes with them, and it's difficult to play these scenes without breaking into subtle actions and gestures that made Lucian Allen so special? Sure, it's very tricky. You know, John is doing a great job as Craig. I think that character, he fits really well and he's having fun, but they did give us two scenes, two days, where we run into each other. And the first day was really hard and it was cute because he saw me running lines with Trent, Henry, the character I worked with on. And he goes, wait a minute, I'm jealous. Sometimes I have these unexplained jealousy feelings toward Trent because I don't want to be working with you. And we started laughing because you do your so in a rhythm with somebody over the years. So when I think the first scene they see us, it's a little wink at the audience. The writers got, you know, let us look at each other and have a beat of, hmm, this is interesting. And then we have one other day, but it's just kind of a flirtatious fun day. But he's involved in a great storyline with Roseanne, Roseanne, and it's Katie McLean. So their show has to be true to their stories, but at least we got to give a little wink to the audience. Oh, that's good. You don't want to see that. Yeah, he definitely didn't. And Stewart's coming in, you won't see Stewart's character Ralph comes in, I think it's September. So you'll see, and that's fun, and Stewart is doing a great job. And that was really fun when all three of us were on the set together. You know, you just never know where life takes you. And this is a good indication of it. And you're also actually, you're reunited with another Port Charles member, Julie Penson. Yeah, Julie. We didn't have any scenes. We got Emory Wilson is also. Yeah, and Marie was so great. And they were nice because Marie actually commutes still from Los Angeles to New York. So she gave me tips of how to, you know, the JetBlue run and the quick run from, she gave me a car service you can call from Brooklyn to get you to JFK. So she was invaluable. She was very helpful. But we, the three of us, girl, we had a lot of fun on Port Charles. And it's interesting because when you start with somebody, there's just the connection that you never lose no matter what show you're on. So that that's been a real comfort level there to see them every day. That's wonderful. Now I have to ask, you've been away from day time for so long. How did you get back into the swing of daytime with this role of Audrey as the world's parents? That was tricky because like I say, I wear cowboy boots every day. She still wears those high heels and, you know, costumes help a lot to go, okay, I'm not, I'm not doing anything but this character. But what was fascinating is the speed now because of budgetary reasons. There's not a lot of rehearsal time. So you are thrown right into the fire. And the first day I really was thinking, wow, are you going to, let's see how fast you're drilling getting back into the swing of things. But it's neat because the crew there and the cast are so supportive that you jump right in and it's like you never left the support. And then the walking on the sound stage to me is magic because no matter how frustrating sometimes the storyline is to get the gift of going on to a sound stage and using your imagination, it's the best. It doesn't get better than all those people trying to tell the audience the story. So for people who haven't seen yet, what can you tell us about Audrey? Like what can you tell us about our character? Audrey is, she's probably 10 times harder than Lucy ever was. You know, this is an older woman who's been around and Lucy, you always could see a lot of her motivation. I think even when she was doing bad things, you kind of pulled for her because she had a reason and she really wasn't completely malicious all the time. Audrey is pretty self-serving. The time limitations on this character don't give you a lot of background. So you're not sure why she's doing a lot of what she's doing. The entertaining part is the dynamic with Trent, with Henry. That part's fun. But it's tricky for Audrey because she's not the back story is not there to give you why. She's so selfish and so desires of money. But she's a lot of fun. Trent has a lot of pace. Trent's a fun actor to work with. And so the two of them, I think the scenes are entertaining and fainty. She's coming off as a black widow. That's what the show's toward making your house a thing. So yeah, she's actually, it's a little confusing at the beginning with the different people that Trent thinks she's killed. So it is, she is a black widow but not like you think it's more just to survive. She loves money and she loves the highlight and she's going to get it at whatever cost. So it's hard because she's not as layered. We don't have, like I said, the time invested in her. So it's hard. She's more an entertaining character, I think, than a heartfelt character. Yes, yes, I agree with that. And then we just, while we just, most of us found out exactly with the character of Audrey coming back to town, Henry's mother, we're going to find out who's Henry's daddy. Yeah, and that, it's so much fun for me to at least be kind of the vehicle for some of the older storylines in the sense that I didn't realize a lot of this is wrapped up in 30 years of the past. Colleen Zinc is so great she was filling me in on all the things that happened in the past. And so I think for the audience, the reveal of his dad is going to be awesome for the as the world turned audience. Nice. I can't wait to see that. And we got, we actually got a caller. Let's take this one. Jamie, you're on the line, how are you? Hi, I'm nice. Oh, I'm talking to Lynn Haring. Okay. Hi. Hi, Hi, Lynn. I have to tell you, I have to watch you use it as a little girl. Oh, that's so cute. General Hostile. I love the character of Lucy. I mean, you were, Novella already said this. You're like one of my favorite actresses in the world, too. And I, I, I just have to comment on that. Thank you. No, but that's so sweet. You know, it's true. We do forget that we got to have impact on people for a long time because we're stuck in a studio. You know, we don't, we don't get out much. So it's so nice to hear that. Oh, well, you're definitely welcome. I mean, I've loved Lucy and all her antics in the nurses balls were had to be my favorite. Oh, ever to watch a general hospital. I was always excited to get near nurses ball time because I want to see what Lucy's going to wear this year. You know, makes her have to be in her undies dressed and I love them. I know it was magic. That was such a magic time. I, I think about that often that was such a gift to be able to do. Yeah, it was, it was great. It was great. You definitely are one of the best and it's sad that general hospital didn't want you to come back for any reason. It's sad. It's like, you know, it's like Lucy's part of the day history of the show. And well, you know, I think what happens, though, is you do different writers come and this is such a great writer. And he really wanted to take the sunny characters and that part of the show. And it's a good thing. I mean, the show has done very well with that. But you're right. I like all the past. It'd be nice that you could tie all the people, you know, all the different characters that people have loved kind of back into the show. Um, I have a question for you. Um, if I can word it correctly, I'm sorry. Um, I know that you, you and, you and Wayne have, have been together for a long time. And I know in this, in this time where there's been so couples who have come and gone, but there are those two who, you know, kind of last. So I know there's the secret. What's the secret behind what, you know, kept you and Wayne together? That it's a lot. I don't know if it's a secret. I think it's um, being very fortunate to just really like each other. Um, and, and end up with common goals. You know, we had always wanted to have a family and we always wanted to have some sort of rural existence, a ranch existence outside of, um, Hollywood and the fast lane. So luckily we had the same goals. So I think that's a lot of just good fortune, but also, you know, it's such a trite thing to say, but the sense of humor where even when you're so mad at each other, you end up laughing, that's all you've got, you know, and, and feeling like partners against the world where you laugh your way through the worst things and genuinely enjoy each other. We've been really lucky that way. So it's hard to put a finger on except the, the humor has got to be it because if you can laugh, what, you know, what else you got? You can be falling apart, but you're laughing at each other and, and be supportive. You know, he was always so great about, we worked crazy hours with Lucy. Roman did too when he did days, but Lucy, we visited a lot of time and he was always so supportive of that. And would you say that Lucy was your carrot roll? Oh, yes. Oh, you know, I, I was telling somebody, I didn't know that some of the scenes were on YouTube. My kids had kind of said, Mom, I, people have said they've seen you on General Hospital. I thought, well, how is that possible? And then Schreiner called me the other day and he said, do you realize that YouTube has half of our stuff posted? So last night, I actually looked at it and went, Oh my gosh, and I forgot. How much love the crew and everybody put out there for these characters and for, I loved watching that again. There's not anything more fun for me than Lucy. It's like a video. It really is. It is my favorite Lucy. One of my favorite Lucy scenes has to be as during the Victor Jerome story for after Victor's model scene art approach. And for Lucy was trying to figure out how to cover it, but that's because it looks like she killed him and she got with Allen and so then there was the red wedding dress. Oh, yeah. Because her wedding dress, because her wedding dress, we know that's kind of, it's a character thing. That's what we were talking about too, is you can do all these crazy plots, but you have to see the characters and how they react. You can't just do the story. So luckily the writers were also over the years to really show how Lucy would react to the things instead of just about the plot. Exactly. I love the character. I know, I think we've been shoddy about that with people too. When you get away from it, I think you lose viewers. I think that's a hard thing. Yeah, I think that's why where we are right now is that there's a lot of plot driven things going on. So you kind of, you do lose sight of the characters. I think you're right about that. You lose sight of the characters and people do turn in to see how they interact with character being. You know what's funny is all this, it's been so nice this summer to talk to people that love daytime. And everybody is so articulate and intelligent about what they like and don't like that I find it. There's a lot. Yeah, people are great. And so I don't know why a lot of times it's hard for the powers that be to hook into the general vibe, because it's very clear what you guys like. I know what I like. I like characters and stories too, not just the plot that's going to play along. So it's interesting for me to come back and hear all this. I think you very much win. Thanks. I'm sure I'll talk to you too. Thanks. I think Matt and Navell, I'll talk to you guys later. Bye, Jimmy. Thanks for going in. I agree with you so much. I think that we're actually, I was saying this last night on the show, it is so nice to hear when fans do call them and they are so passionate about the shows and they are still passionate about the shows. It's like awesome. It really is. You know, and I always try to ask, I don't know, I know the ratings now and a lot of the budgets, everything is suffered so much, but I still think people are out there wanting to be entertained and want to have their heart pulled on or laugh out loud. And I don't know how to make the audience happy. So they do come back every once in a while to make an appointment with us on the daytime shows. That's a tricky. I'm sure everybody else is scratching their head too, but a lot of it's just they got to love the people. You got to love the characters. You're really good. Yeah. They really do. I don't know if there's something else you can find on YouTube, but you definitely see it on the Game Show Network. I kind of saw some of your episodes of the Pyramid Game Show. What was that like? You know, that is so much pressure because you want to win those people some money. And the funniest was Wayne actually did Wheel of Fortune when we were first together. And he didn't win his family any money. And I've never seen him more depressed. He came home saying, it was the Don Lippert family. And he remembers it to this day. This is 25 years ago. And he remembers, I didn't. So I went into Pyramid thinking, by goodness, people. And I have the first one. The first was I was against Jason Alexander. And that man is smart. And he is quick. And he kept beating me. And every time I'd say, I'm coming back. And finally, I started winning some of the Pyramids for the people. And that's as good as it gets. You get to give away money. Yeah. Yeah. They did post that clip on YouTube. We love soap. So we love soap. Like Matt got to see it. And that was in the Dick Clark era, wasn't it? It's pressure. It's more than not knowing your lines. It's a lot of pressure. I bet. Especially during the end, you hear that that they're kicking at the clock during the pyramid. I don't know. You're sweating bats. Seriously. I honestly, I couldn't do it. There is no way. There is no way to do it. One quick question, because I know you've got to get to the next show with the next five minutes. Yeah. But how fun is this, you guys? It is. It is. It is so much. I don't call it work because work is not fun. No, this is a question. But you know, I love that I found out that people are out there still wanting to be entertained. You go away for six years and you forget how we come into people's homes every day. And it's been just a joy to talk to people. It's so flattering. But at the same time, you feel such an interchange and connection to people. You really do. Pretty much it. Pretty much it. That question. I just had to ask. Do you still take a look at the goings on in Port Charles? Is there a hospital? Do you like flip on the TV a lot? You know, I hadn't. I hadn't a lot because our TV's in the bunkhouse. And we're working a lot during the day outside. But Kim calls me, you know, and I talked to Tony Gary and Jane Elliott. They're still good friends. And so every once in a while, I'll tune in. And the hard part is I don't know a lot of the people right now. And I think it's a good thing and a bad thing. You always want to bring in good characters. But I think during the hour, you also need to have some familiar faces. So I'm sure they try to do that. But I miss just like the audience. I miss a lot of the older characters too. So I think that's part of what's happened is if you don't have enough of a mix, a lot of times people don't know when they tune in what they're watching. So it's a hard thing in daytime right now. But I think it's not, it's very fixable. Yeah. Bring this medicine. That's what you guys do. I just love that you guys are still out there having fun with it. Do you enjoy what you must have? Who's doing this show and getting to talk to viewers and people too? We love it. We really do. Oh, I can't complain. Can't complain at all. All right, Miss Lynn Herring, you gotta travel on to Brandon's Buzz. I'm going to travel there myself. I am. Brandon Hemsley is like one of my favorite hosts here on this thing. And you know, his work all the time. That's so nice. So yes, yes, you're going to you're going to follow you over there. But before you go, we love you to do a promo for us. Sure. Say you could say this is Lynn Herring from Aswell Turns in formerly General Hospital. You are listening to Buzzworthy Radio. You can put your bin on it. Sorry, you guys are cutting out again. Hold on one second. I don't know if it's my crazy phone or if it's, wait a minute. Now I'm getting static again. Hold on. I tell me again so I can say it right because you guys cut out. Oh, no. Oh, no. This is Lynn Herring from Aswell Turns formerly General Hospital and you are listening to Buzzworthy Radio. Okay, you're still sorry. I'm so sorry. I don't know if it's my battery or what. You're listening. Can you hear me? Lynn, can you hear me? Are you there? Hello. Hello. Are you there? Wait, sorry. I'm so sorry. I don't know if I'm in. Can you hear us? So funny. So funny. Lynn, if you can hear us, I don't know. Say hello. Uh oh, she cut out. Oh, no, we were just looking at Provo. Oh, that's fine. That's fine. But yeah, everybody. If you miss this show head on over to Brandon's Buzz, he's going to have online Herring right now within the next within the next two minutes. I don't know, maybe. Maybe have heard how we do a promo on that show and then transfer over here. I'm not going to ask you to do that. I'm just kidding. I was kidding. I was kidding. No, but I wanted to. I want to thank all of our listeners and all of our scholars and definitely Lynn Herring for talking to us. She was like you said, no, she was awesome. I think she's a really cool birthday present. So again, you got to wish Happy Birthday to you and, you know, yeah. Thank you very much. And we are going to be back on Monday with a viewer of her style. She is a former adding like cat member from, oh my gosh, I'm going to put myself on the spot in 1979 to 1984. She played the role of Hope, our spalding. She's going to be joining us at Monday afternoon at one. Matt, you went quiet. Oh, he hung up. That's why. All right. I did not know that. But yes, we're going to be on Monday with a very resale, formerly Hope, our spalding, the guiding light. She's going to be joining us to basically help us wrap things up about guiding light. And on Tuesday, we're going to be doing my Michael Cohen who's going who's on the new show Miami Social on Bravo. And then on the 18th, we're going to have our big guiding like tribute show extravaganza. We're going to have a very resale special co-hosting the event. And we're going to have some former guiding like cat members be a part of the show. Those that are confirmed are Chris of Tessa Road, Denise Pence, and Julie Evans and more to be named. We'll see you guys next week. Take care. Have a good weekend. 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