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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?

Lazy writing. And you know, part of me thinks that this is just a preview for when Ross finds out ....

Billy and Greta are soooooo adorable in their scenes.

Thank god. MacLeod started off strong, but as time progressed his tenure became a chore to deal with. Perhaps he'll have better luck at Coronation Street.

So as someone who is still a fairly new viewer, does Brenda have a history of being a kleptomaniac?

I think we can all agree there's been a ton of missed opportunities with the transition between the Pollocks and Cenedella. I'm %99.99 sure they had more planned for Stacey/Andy/Penny/Rico, but minus Penny, I could've done without the rest.

Looks like Emmerdale will be revisiting this storyline of DI Bails and Charity. I'm cautiously intrigued.

Penny's schemes and Althea calling her out Never gets old.