[Dan]

I thought we could use a thread as a tribute over the next several months (so if a mod could do me the favor and pin this thread). Linking videos, posting transcripts, memories. I don't think we should cloud this thread with talk of how bad it got and the misadventures that brought it to that point and focus on the pleasant memories and stories. I think GL in general deserves that much.

[quartermainefan]

[Ruxton Hills]

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I miss early 90's GL, I'd give up everything on television today to watch GL from that era over again...

[kalbir]

Clip Set #1: February 1980
Thought I'd start the tribute here in 1980. A new headwriter, Douglas Marland, was brought in and was charged with wrapping up a big story: Roger Thorpe was about to leave. And he was damned determined to run off with his and Holly's daughter Christina. He even went so far as dressing up as a clown to steal her away from the Cedars Charity Bazaar. However, he failed and in the attempt got the attention of Ed's wife Rita Bauer. Rita panicked and ran into the Hall of Mirrors with Roger right behind her. This sequence, directed by Harry Eggart and set to the Barbara Streisand/Donna Summer duet "Enough is Enough," won GL its first Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

Interesting you picked clips from February 1980, as that was the same month Y&R expanded to 1 hour and Eric Braeden joined the cast as Victor Newman. I remember a friend's grandma telling me about Victor's first year and a bit (before he met Nikki) and she said that Victor coming on the show was like "Y&R getting their own Roger". Did anyone else think that Victor circa 1980-1981 was alot like Roger?

This always reminds me of visiting my Grandma's house. I never watched Guiding Light, but whenever I visited, she always turned on her "Stories", it was Search For Tomorrow, then Another World, then Guiding Light. I always watched my Y&R while she would tell me I shouldn't, cause it was too "filthy", her stories were "clean"..... LOL!!

LOL. Its interesting to me how Y&R was considered so scandalous and shocking in the 1970s, because when I became a fan of it in the 1980s, it was seen as a mom and grandma show (this was a time when everyone I knew was into Days and all their supercouple/action/adventure plots).

I miss early 90's GL

So do I. CBS Daytime on the whole was awesome in the early 1990s.

This post has been edited by kalbir: 02 April 2009 - 09:38 PM

[EricMontreal22]

The Daily Beast had this tribute showing a number of the stars who got their start on GL.

http://www.thedailyb...ey-were-stars/#

[Dan]

Clip Set #2: 1996


After William Roerick passed away in a car accident, GL had beloved Henry Chamberlin die peacefully in his sleep. His daughter Vanessa bottled up her grief and made the arrangments for the funeral. However, after the service, Vanessa returned home to find that a letter from Henry had arrived in the day's mail. As she reads it, the once stoic Vanessa begins to crack. When she reads "You are my pride and my joy," the dam bursts and she wails "Daddy!" This is a wonderful, gut-renching performance by Maeve Kinkead.

[southsidegirl]

I miss early 90's GL, I'd give up everything on television today to watch GL from that era over again...

Me too!! I've loved GL through so many decades, but the early 90's was my very favorite.

[MichaelGL]

Has MK ever won an Emmy? That performance from that one particular scene from 1996 was deserving of one IMHO.

[Rakesh]

March 04, 1953
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IZKOHYPC

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Has MK ever won an Emmy? That performance from that one particular scene from 1996 was deserving of one IMHO.

She won an Emmy in 1992 for Best Supporting Actress.

[Sylph]

Did you interview you-know-who, A?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Did you interview you-know-who, A?

Ummmm, no.

I'm waiting for you to beat me to the punch, but that will never happen, so.

[Sylph]

FrenchFan is about to interview her. I so wanna read that.

Ummmm, no.

I'm waiting for you to beat me to the punch, but that will never happen, so.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

FrenchFan is about to interview her. I so wanna read that.

Cool, I never knew he was a fan of her work.

[JAS0N47]

Hi all. Years ago when I was doing some "Days of Our Lives" research on creator Irna Phillips, I got a copy of one of her 1937 GL scripts. I don't know if any of these are available online but I'd be happy to scan it (if I can find it in storage somewhere).

[MarkH]

Hi all. Years ago when I was doing some "Days of Our Lives" research on creator Irna Phillips, I got a copy of one of her 1937 GL scripts. I don't know if any of these are available online but I'd be happy to scan it (if I can find it in storage somewhere).

Oh, yes, yes, yes, please! For any fan of the genre, seeing her original "pen" (well, you know what I mean..what she dictated and her assistant recorded and typed) would be just like touching the source....

[Dan]

Clip Series #3: 1966


After the birth of Hope, Bert Bauer dove in to her role of grandmother, neglecting everyone else, including her own husband, Bill. The marraige became further strained with the tension between bert and her son Mike. By the time that Bill Bauer received a job at the Springfield branch of his PR firm (FYI, this was during the time the show shifted to Springfield), the marraige was in dire straights. So it was no wonder that lecherous Bill would have an affair and fall in love with his new secretary Maggie Scott. Bert saw Bill and Maggie hold hands, but slipped away without being scene. Everything could have righted itself naturally had Ben Scott (Maggie's ex) not gotten into an accident, where new doctor Ed heard about his father's affair and berated him. After a co-worker convinced him to have a few drinks, not realizing he was an alchoholic, Bill fell off the wagon. On a trip to her friend Jane's, Bert was surprised to find Maggie and lets her have it for having an affair with her husband.

[Rakesh]

Hi all. Years ago when I was doing some "Days of Our Lives" research on creator Irna Phillips, I got a copy of one of her 1937 GL scripts. I don't know if any of these are available online but I'd be happy to scan it (if I can find it in storage somewhere).

I would LOVE to see that! Thanks Jason.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Though I was never alive in the 70's to see this opening, I really love the lighthouse opening with the yellow/orange background - the music especially!

This post has been edited by Y&RWorldTurner: 07 April 2009 - 05:43 PM

[All My Shadows]

Though I was never alive in the 70's to see this opening, I really love the lighthouse opening with the yellow/orange background - the music especially!

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Wow, great find!

Somewhere out there, episodes of GL and ATWT from 1972-1974 exist, and I won't rest until I see them! That's like THE age of greatness for ATWT, IMO. WashesWhiter had a brief snippet of an ATWT episode from '74 with Kim and Jennifer talking about John at Jennifer's apartment. So short, but so fab.