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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Denault" data-source="post: 356908" data-attributes="member: 23030">Bob McCullough said in 2003&nbsp; &quot;After three years on a show in a very high-profile position where I had a tremendous amount of control and a high salary, the president of the studio began to resent me and my income from my writing on the show greatly… One thing led to another, I discovered that many “friends&quot; were simply eager to take my job, and after the third season, my contract was terminated. It was personally very painful, financially very difficult, and creatively depressing as the show then took a turn to stories about buried Nazi treasure and such... Without characterizing those storylines, suffice it to say that I found the show difficult to watch once I was no longer involved.My personal relationships with cast and crew came to an end, simply because I was a bit of a pariah at the studio for some time thereafter. The nature of studio / show relationships is that while you&#039;re all together, you&#039;re the fastest of friends and collaborators. Once a show is canceled or people are fired / retired, people see m to move on to other relationships. It&#039;s an interesting phenomenon, but not necessarily an enjoyable oneGadner Simmons writer and story editor said&quot;By season 3, Bob McCullough was in the midst of a real battle with the powers that be at Lorimar. So he sent me up to Napa with the cast &amp; crew to make certain what was&quot;Lorimar&#039;s president was Dallas producer Lee Rich, who decided that Earl Hamner would make The Waltons.Bob thought of leaning on Jane for this war. If not, what sense does he have in making war on the president of Lorimar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richard Denault, post: 356908, member: 23030"] [I][B]Bob McCullough said in 2003[/B][/I] "After three years on a show in a very high-profile position where I had a tremendous amount of control and a high salary,[B] the president of the studio[/B] began to resent me and my income from my writing on the show greatly… One thing led to another, I discovered that many “friends" were simply eager to take my job, and after the third season, my contract was terminated. It was personally very painful, financially very difficult, and creatively depressing as the show then took a turn to stories about buried Nazi treasure and such... Without characterizing those storylines, suffice it to say that I found the show difficult to watch once I was no longer involved.My personal relationships with cast and crew came to an end, simply because I was a bit of a pariah at the studio for some time thereafter. The nature of studio / show relationships is that while you're all together, you're the fastest of friends and collaborators. Once a show is canceled or people are fired / retired, people see m to move on to other relationships. It's an interesting phenomenon, but not necessarily an enjoyable one [B][I]Gadner Simmons writer and story editor said[/I][/B] "By season 3, Bob McCullough was in the midst of a real battle with the[B] powers that be at Lorimar[/B]. So he sent me up to Napa with the cast & crew to make certain what was" Lorimar's president was Dallas producer Lee Rich, who decided that Earl Hamner would make The Waltons. Bob thought of leaning on Jane for this war. If not, what sense does he have in making war on the president of Lorimar [/QUOTE]

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