The Vintage Years Maggie and Chase

[Gioberti84]

Would Clu Gulager and Samantha Eggar who played Chase and Maggie respectively in The Vintage Years have really worked in the series? Maggie from TVY was like a working class Joan Collins to me. It was strange seeing Chase without a beard and being slightly less sanctimonious. What do you think?

 

[Jock Og]

They might have been okay in the roles, for the series. However Susan and Robert had such chemistry, particularly in the early years that is difficult to picture anybody other than them, as Mr. and Mrs. Gioberti.


Maggie (as played by Samantha Eggar), Vicki and Chase (as played by Clu Gulager) are in bother, with their vineyard. Maggie and Chase have a bit of a domestic, as their daughter Vicki looks on, (a scene from ‘The Vintage Years’, 1981):

Chase: “Happen we could plough it back into the vineyard and have next years crop shot out from under us, like this one live!”

Maggie: “I could be more helpful, if I knew what was happening.”

Chase: “What do you want me to say, Maggie?”

Maggie: “Are we staying here or are we moving? I need a decision!”

Chase: “Maggie just once in your life will you stop being so practical!”

 

[UltimateTvShows]

I think it's strange to see other actors playing the roles of Maggie and Chase when you're used to the performances of Susan Sullivan and Robert Foxworth. It's great what the producers did with the base material they had with "The Vintage Years" and how they then turned it into "Falcon Crest". But compared to FC, The Vintage Years is a bit boring to me.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Perhaps one of the producers remembered the "Maggie" from Rich Man Poor Man.