Wishful Storytelling: What if OLTL's Kim Was the Daughter of Karen Wolek and Steve Piermont?

 as usual, Jamey is brilliant

That would be a great storyline pitch it to ABC !!!

WOW!  Absolutely LOVE it!  I'm not too fond of Kim right now, but if THAT were her background/storyline, that would be AMAZING!  And of course Dorian would have to be involved in the reveal.  Love it.

*claps*

Good idea, I like it. Anything that brings back Judith Light is okay with me!

Wow, ironic...considering that's practically an extension on my original idea that I posted about Karen Wolek and Steve Piermont being the parents of Gigi and Stacy. Just call me Jan Brady I guess.
Best,
Erik

And PS please know I didn't mean that bitchy...well as bitchy as Jan Brady could have been. Jamey watch out for footballs.
Erik

When you mentioned Karen as being the hooker with the heart of gold, I automatically thought of Katrina Karr. If ABC couldn't get Judith Light, it would be interesting to see Kim as being "Mary Vernon-Karr", the daughter of Brad Vernon and Katrina Karr. But then you would sort of have to have Jenny Wolek back. But bottom line, anyway to revive the Wolek family would be fine with me. They were a great Llanview family.

I had never even heard about this Steve character until today, furthermore, I wasn't watching then, but wasn't Karen a heroine at the end? I couldn't imagine her kicking Gigi out for getting pregnant, so again, sorry, this came off the top of my head, after reading Karen's backstory on Wikipedia and Soap Central. Geesh, now I know why soaps don't accept story ideas, everyone and their mama will assume you stole something from them!

Good lord people!  It is not uncommon for people who've watched the show for a minute to have similar ideas.  Y'all were not EXACTLY the same, just same GENERAL idea.  If I cared about Kim and thought of how we might backstory her in, I might've thought of this, too.  Cuz I been watching as long.  Chillax!

Wait I'm confused when did a fight start LOL. Llanview wasn't being mean she/he even said so after they posted.

There's no fight, I just didn't want anyone infering that I got this from someone else.  LOL

LOVE IT...Yes, now that they are getting rid of Stacy (which I still think is a bad idea), they need to figure out how to get Kim to stay around.

Jamey, as long as you continue to write about OLTL, I am reading! Luv it! You are amazingly funny and to tell you the truth, it could work! I loved Karen... oh gosh, remember the trial long time viewers??? Oh those were the days. I could see the reunion between her and Viki already! Thanks for bringing Steve and Karen up, have thought about them this year--- small world!

 I like it! It would be great if Judith Light returned.  It would be a vote of confidence on ABC's part.  I think the show has been vague about Kim's origin because the show probably did not expect her to breakout.  If there is a solid story, I say go for it!

No there is no intentional feud between me and Jamey. It can be summed up as "great minds think alike", which is apparently in abundance here. The only issue I have...Jamey's forum is bigger .
My name is Erik and I am a big fan of OLTL, have been since 1980 when I was five. And if I have never said this to you Jamey, thank you for all the effort you put in to encouraging people to watch ONE LIFE TO LIVE. It is an "everybody show". They have so many different walks of life, cultures, people in front burner storylines...it really is a gift to daytime and those who have been watching it. I love how Ron C. has written it. He has lots of talent to oversee Llanview and make things palatable. And just when you think something is not going to work, they come through at the end. I know right now a lot of people are taken aback by the character of Nick Chavez, with his using his being victim of a hate attack to get into Kyle's affections. All the stories you can't conceive happening have justifiable ramifications and are quite the pay off, so it will be interesting to see. If they brought Karen Wolek and Steve Piermont back as anyone's parents it would be awesome, incredibly awesome.

It's all good Erik, we're all fans wanting to see a good soap survive, great minds definitely DO think alike!
 

Thank you guys for making up!  I KNEW y'all were thinkin alike!  Don't be a hatin'!

Outstanding! Can you imagine Kim's relationship with her mother? I bet she would be Kim's Kryptonite. She's always able to come up with devious scheme at the drop of a hat and carry them out without any guilt, but Karen would throw her off of her game so much.  

 i would love that! i wonder if judith light would ever do a short stint though.

I think she would, she never shuns her soap opera past, she always embraces it and has often talked a great deal about it.

Bow to the master folks!
What a way to connect a well recived new character to the original family of the show.
We need more ppl like DC Jamey in the writing rooms of these soaps.
And to continue the thread of great minds think alike i do too think Lesli Kay would make a perfect Billie Reed recast on Days (can't codign with you on Julie not being a good Billie. She did the best with what little she was given) Had a WC thread about it last summer over at GD b/c i was tired of Felicia wanting her parents back together and not taking care of her baby lol.

Although Jamey gets points for creativity, I don't even trust Ron C. (or definitely not Frons) to tinker with the legendary character of Karen Wolek.  I'd be afraid it would turn into a gimmicky stunt.  Karen's sister Jenny needs to be found alive though after those reports of her being lost in an avalanche while skiing when Michael Zaslow returned (what a shame that JFP didn't let Brynn return with him even though she accompanied MZ to the set when he had ALS)
Someone above mentioned little Mary Karr (aka Mary Vernon) .... that was such a huge long-running (3-year!) storyline.... and it's been 30 years since the baby switch.  Would be cool to have a reunion for Jenny, Brad, Katrina and Mary.
I think since the next big OLTL anniversary isn't until 2013 (45 years)....  they need to do something sooner for the fans... here's my idea for a way to have all these legacy characters from the past come to Llanview.... in 1985, a big storyline was The Banner's 50th anniversary and they had this big gala (which new character of Mitch Laurence sabotaged by inserting something into all the programs!) .... so it would be a perfect story to celebrate The Banner's 75th year next year in 2010!  That would be the perfect reason for so many old characters to return to Llanview..... Herb Callison (with his soulmate Dorian once more!), Cassie Callison, Katrina, Brad, Mimi King, Edwina, Mitch, Tina (god, I've been hoping one day we'd get to see Andrea Evans' Tina cross paths with Mitch again one day.... but it's looking hopeless since they are writing Mitch out again!), etc.  
By the way, I have Judith Light's last episode on tape (Jan. 7, 1983).... it ended with a  great montage of Larry and Karen (to the tune of "With You I'm Born Again").... I'd love to convert it to digital (when I learn how!) and then upload to youtube for you all to see.

A neat thought.  I've always wanted to see Karen appear to give Larry a thrill and usher on Larry's grandson (by Danny), who could of course throw a scare into Kish.  If OLTL is cancelled I hope they snag Light.

In reference to my post above, this is the song that was played in Judith Light's final scene on OLTL as she thought about Larry Wolek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fcGq7AoA6I

Great idea! With Ugly Betty shooting in NY & Judith Light married in RL to the actor that played Steve it wouldn't be hard to pull it off. Would be a good reason to bring back Dr. Larry too. It all started with Karen being lonely, ( larry was always at the hospital) she would go out to meet men who would show her attention & make her feel loved. She started going out on dates with these men. They would buy her gifts. Then she realized that they wanted something from her for the gifts. She started sleeping with the men. Then Marco who had been a lover of hers from her past found out what she was doing & convinced her to "work" for him. That's when she met Katrina who had become pregnant with Brad's baby. I think Brad raped Katrina. Kim could very well be Mary too. Either way it's a great idea & would bring back a lot of older viewers who loved OLTL back then. I'm always reading how people who aren't watching anymore are watching all the stuff on YT from Karen's trial up till the 90's with all of Todd's story & everything else in between. 

I watched my first OLTL episode ever...I really enjoyed the show very much.  Hopefully it will keep my interest and I will continue watching....Yesterday's show was very good in my opinion.

I'm loving Jamey. What a great idea! Now, maybe if Ron C. is listening he'll make it real!

Sorry to be late on this one.

OMG, Jamey - get out of my friggin' HEAD! I was just thinking last week that it would be GREAT if they could find a way to woo Judith Light back to the show. I would LOVE to see Karen Wolek back in LLanview! And what a great way to do it!

As one of the posters said, great minds really DO think alike!

What do I need to do to get first name recognition here, go ape on a gaffer...it was the compelling, younger looking, thirtysomething named Erik aka Llanview76 who said "Great Minds Think Alike" via this forum. And glsam you have a cute picture, must be the shades. Do any of you cool kids facebook on here. You all seem like my kind of people.

Erik

The prospect of Judith Light doing an extended cameo sounds feasible. After all, Ugly Betty now films in NYC.