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Soap Opera Digest|November 18, 2019
Ron Carlivati, Sr., father of DAYS Head Writer Ron Carlivati, chronicles his appearance on the NBC soap
Stephanie Sloane
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When DAYS’s head writer, Ron Carlivati, brought his parents, Ron and Mary Jo, to NBC’s Burbank studios last March, he never could have expected that his father would wind up as an extra on the show. “First of all, my dad is a super-fan at 84 years old,” he reports. “It’s funny because I’ve been in soaps for over 20 years and my dad would watch to see my name on the credits but rarely get into the show. Somehow, I don’t know what clicked in for him, he’s obsessed with DAYS OF OUR LIVES. He does not miss it.”

On a recent trip to Los Angeles, the East Coast-based Carlivatis made a trip to the set. “Maya [Frangie], our publicist, gave them this great tour all over the set,” says the scribe. “We took pictures on the set and went in the hair and makeup room and he got to see some of his favorite girls. Let me just correct one thing in the mind of the audience on Twitter, because I one time said that my father loves Gabi. My father loves them all. They seem to think I have some favoritism for Gabi because I once said that my father loves Gabi. My father also loves Abigail. And, in fact, he couldn’t decide which Abigail he liked better, so he loves all of them.”

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