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Sep 1, 2008 · I don't watch today's soaps regularly but I found Sheldon's Edge very similar to today's soaps. I remember not being aware that Henry Slesar had been fired. When Sheldon's work started airing in May 1983, within minutes I noticed a very drastic shift in Edge. The writing was different and scenes were short, not unlike Carlivati's General Hospital.
- Interesting. This makes me wanna see this entire arc from start to finish and crazy as it sounds.
- Me, too!!!
- I think Lee Sheldon was finding his feet writing daytime,rather like Michael Malone in his early OLTL days. It was all probably too late but if Edg...
- I never knew that part about Lee Sheldon's plans for the show. The Nicole double would have been a great story, and I'm sorry that those plans neve...
- I'm pretty sure I read that Lisa Sloan was going to return in 1985. Plus, Ernie Townsend as Cliff Nelson. Additionally, I recall reading that Mark...
- I need to see this story badly.
- I remember a goofy scene where Schuyler and Raven were hiding inside a car in the parking deck of the ISIS building, and in a very "Hart to Hart"-l...
- OK. No need to sell it anymore to me. I am going to need P&G to open up the vault and let me see these clips!
- Oh, God... that Nicole Cavanaugh death episode was so sad. I remember watching it and thinking "Did they REALLY kill off Nicole?" I had mixed thoug...
- Bringing on Lisa Sloan as Nicole's double sounds very interesting. Considering that Joel Crothers passed away the year after Edge's cancellation, y...
Oct 30, 2012 · Speaking of Edge writers,Slesar's co writer Grace Garment created an Edge like mystery when she vanished in December of 76 and was missing for 6 weeks.Apparently appeals for her to contact her family were broadcast during an Edge episode in the hopes she might be watching..Her body was eventually found in a hotel room.She had suicided.
Sep 1, 2008 · I began watching The Edge of Night before Henry Slesar took over as head writer, and kept with the show until the bitter end. While Slesar might have had a rare, weak story or two, his success rate was stellar. He was a scribe who excelled at mystery and crime plots, romance, family drama, and even comedic vignettes.
Nov 25, 2011 · THE COMPLETE LIST: 25 Biggest Blunders In Daytime Soap Opera History (September 2011) ... In 1983, after a 15 year run, head writer Henry Slesar was fired. This was the straw the really broke the ...
Apr 16, 2002 · Writer. By John Hobbs. Henry Slesar, prolific, award-winning scribe best known for his work on the sudser “The Edge of Night,” died April 2 of natural causes. He was 74. A native New Yorker ...
Apr 2, 2002 · Henry Slesar (June 12, 1927 – April 2, 2002) was an American author and playwright. He is famous for his use of irony and twist endings. After reading Slesar's M Is for the Many in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation and they began many successful collaboration.
Henry Slesar was born on 12 June 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Edge of Night (1956), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). He died on 2 April 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
