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Ira Avery and a solo Rick Edelstein(sp?) were the lowest of low points so far for the reruns IMO.

Watching this weeks worth of episodes with Ann and Paul scheming(which I love), with Stacey high on drugs and wanting have sex with Rico, this definitely isn't the same show it was under the Pollocks! I do find Margaret DePriest's tenure entertaining, but it is lacking a few things as well. Watching these episodes, its similar to the way I felt about B&E being at GL in the late 90s.

Mathew would've been a great character to mix it up with Spaulding men like Philllip and Alan-Michael. Mallet and Susan's returns all failed because they were not the characters they were before they left, at least not at their core. Heck, Susan was de-Sorased and Mallet was banging his Goddaughter. Marina. I'm glad Hurst took over when she did, because she tried to make the show somewhat familiar in those final months.

Reva was dressed pretty well IMO. It was the younger set she was a total MISS on, most notably Marah.

Interesting perspective. Some points I can agree with, some not so much. It's rare to find others such as myself who viewed Lloyd Gold's tenure as good. I loved how he began to focus on Holly/Billy/Buzz, had Claire pulling her usual manipulations around Springfield and interacting with Alan, and the earthquake was a guilty pleasure of mines. I think his tenure injected new energy into the show, and it showed with the ratings. It was until the time travel story that Gold lost me and telling from the ratings around that time, he lost a few other viewers too. Even though I think Gold was on the writing team, it was Ellen Weston who wrote the reveal that Gus was the product of Alan and a nun. I would have made Gus the love child between Rita and Alan IMO. Millee Taggart brought back Annie during the Reva stalker storyline in which she was in a mental institution. I will never forgive McTavish for killing off my favorite character Nadine, and in such a disgusting way. Her tenure was a hit or miss for me. Someone else noticed that there was a subtle shift in the feel of the show from when Pam Long and Nancy Curlee co-wrote to when Curlee wrote with Demorest and co. I agree there does seem to be a change. 1989 IMO was the show's best year.

Lemay briefly wrote for The Doctors for a few months from 1981-1982. He was one of its last few Head Writers.

Calhoun had almost the same impact on GL. One can say he was the last great EP of the Proctor and Gamble soaps.

I've always been curious about Douglas Anderson's tenure at Guiding Light. I wonder if he would have succeeded on a different show at the time, that wasn't ahem, dying a slow and painful death, with a better EP at the helm. I remember stumbling across a article about him via Google about him taking over GL and they made it sound the start of a new golden era almost.

So when did Henry Sleasar leave Capitol?

Does anyone remember the confrontation between Nadine and Vanessa after the truth came out about Nadine taking Bridget's baby? It was one of my earliest memories of GL, and I wish I could find it online. Such gripping scenes between MK and JC. Seeing how Nadine and Vanessa butted heads, I can't help but to think that Nadine was a substitute for Nola. I can't, however, say that I'm that mad about it, Jean Carol was phenomenal as was Nadine.

Early 70s GL or Pre-Dobson era GL is such a blank slate for me. This promo and the one clip of Papa Bauer's funeral I've found online, leaves me wanting to find out more about this era

Lynn Deerfield's Holly can be spotted in the promo.

Emmerdale's next big bombshell of a storyline

What a wonderful and in depth observation of Bert and Bill's marriage. +1

The show is a mess.

Thanks to everyone for the input about Shaw. I guess it now makes sense as to why people rarely mention him lol

People often credit Pat Faulken Smith, Margaret DePriest, Marland, and etc for GH's renaissance during the late 70s and early 80s, but what about Robert J. Shaw? On another post I saw that he may have written for Bright Promise during one of their more stronger periods, and his name is rarely mentioned after having written for shows such as Dallas, Peyton Place, and Our Private World.

I watched the episode of the aftermath of Aiden's suicide and it was quite moving. One of the best episodes I've watched of CS in a long time.

I must admit I didn't watch very much of AW, I'm mostly familiar with it from the 90s, but did Vicky and Rachel ever butt heads over Jamie? Watching the show in the 90s I don't remember seeing them interact very much.

1.) Rita Lakin - Her Doctors stint was the last time the show was consistently enjoyable IMO. 2.) Lorraine Broderick - I can honestly say there's not a stint of hers on a soap that I didn't like, I even liked her writing on ATWT. 3.) Wisner Washam - His early AMC was pretty good. 4.) Nancy Curlee - Her tenure on GL was the show's last golden era. 5.) Peggy O'Shea - Was pretty good no matter where she ended up at IMO. 6.) Henry Sleasar - Has he ever been the head scribe of a soap and it not be great? 7.) Douglas Marland - I liked his GL more than his ATWT, but both shows were well written under him. 8.) Richard and Carolyn Culliton - I think these two are underrated. Richard's presence on GL in the early 80s, and even his early 80s AW helped rejuvenate these shows.

MacLeod can't leave soon enough for me.

^Thanks!

Odd question: I have a feeling that Hamp and Gilly's wedding or at least part of it was already posted on YouTube, am I wrong?