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I like this one because of all the ways one could watch tv on the go before iphones - it was all of the convenience of carrying around a brick with cord I had a Sony Watchman TV. As I recall it was expensive, around $80 at the time, and I bought it to sneak a peek at Bo&Hope's wedding while in school. Analog reception, with a dial that had to be tuned to the exact position, so it was impossible to move and watch a show, and a screen so small it makes an iphone look like imax.

Let's put it this way: I don't believe Doug Marland ever intended for Quint to be tied to Chamberlains like that. Can you (or anyone else) expound on this?

And she was presumed dead twice more in her lifetime? That's life in a soap town...

It is funny that you would ask that because I was reading a recap from 1979 and this came up: Jill entered L'Allegro and suddenly felt less alone ... Derek was there too. One thing is certain, she would not reveal that she was shocked to hear that Suzanne and he were planning to remarry. Derek, who did not want to let him know that he too was shocked by the news, explained that he was planning to resell the Chancellor residence and leave for the south of France with Suzanne. He would probably leave tomorrow. He would never see each other again after tonight. Which also made me wonder if there was a time when Kay didn't live in the mansion (or residence as it is called here)?

It may be because it is Valentine's Days but I am starting to come around to the "Heat of the Day" Two reasons, the editing of the scenes and the music is spot on which is not the same for the NBC promos. Also, primetime only needs one promo a week, but daytime needs so much more which must have been difficult creatively. BUT - "in the heat of the day/it's hot" is still an awful lyric

I'm reading the 1982 summaries and I have a question: How surprising was Quint's revelation as Sean (Henry's son and Vanessa's brother)? From the summaries, it seems telegraphed from the beginning. However, Vanessa was surprised so I was wondering if the audience felt the same way?

I have a question: When Laura became Stavros Cassadine's widow, (after she returned the first time when Luke was elected mayor) why didn't she get part of the Cassadine fortune in his will? In the promo for Laura's return, they show Stavros putting this huge necklace around her neck. Didn't she get to keep any of the jewelry? She seemed to have all of her clothes, why didn't she pack her diamonds? I was thinking the same thing about why Jennifer Horton didn't get any of the Alamain fortune when she divorced Lawrence. Soap divorce law can be so unjust. I know it's a soap, (yadda, yadda, yadda), but I am wondering if there was any mention of this detail in the story?

It's odd that 30 years later promos were directed at a totally different audience. However, the 1974 promos are appropriate for their time. Heck, there was a show called How to Survive a Marriage, soaps were all about "contemporary drama" and navel-gazing seemed sophisticated.

I find those spots to be equally cheeky and charming (even if they made no sense with the characters and their respective plotlines). Lenore Kasdorf and Kristen Meadows were so great on their prior shows that it might have induced me to tune in.

I had no idea you were THE SoapFoxKirby, thank you for all of your postings So much fun, you even found the final one in the series, thank you If SoapPromoKing replies to this thread we'll have a YT classic soap trifecta.

NBC did have good print ads, even if the commercials weren't great ABC's print ads were always corny

You are correct sir However "still the one and we're really alive/still the one as the '80s arrive" is a terrible lyric Almost as bad as "in the heat of the day/there's a different kind of fire" - how many kinds of fire are there? Isn't that like saying there's a different kind of water? I was trying to find my other favorite ABC promo where they would show a scene from tomorrow's episode and you would have to guess the next line. Does anyone recall those ads?

On its own "What (in the Name of Love)" is a booty shackin' bop, but played back to back, that high note on "are we doing" becomes torturous Imagine how many times Hillary B. Smith and her contemporaries had to do those quick look to the camera moments for promos through the years? I bet they all have stiff necks and poor startle responses.

I think we've developed some interesting data: 1) We clearly prefer actual pop songs versus songs written for commercials 2) Recurring male narration, both for the familiarity of repetition and the idiosyncratic tone of CBS-Clarence saying "The Guiding Light" and ABC-Ernie Anderson's sticcado delivery 3) Hair tossing, lots and lots of hair tossing

Another least favorite was this whole campaign from NBC of Daytime Updates - too wacky

I only found this (the original by 10cc, not the remix) but, of course, I am more familiar with this as their theme

The "Love in the Afternoon" promo discussion in the DAYS thread got me thinking about my favorite and least favorite soap ads through the years. FAVORITES Note: I love those cheeky Santa Barbara promos about actors who left their prior shows but I couldn't find an example of one on YT 1. Peggy's White Wedding (Eastenders) I watched the beginnings of Eastenders when it played on my local PBS station but dropped off until years later when I saw this promo 2. Classic ABC promos (voiced by someone I thought was Ernie Anderson) still send chills down my spine 3. Of course, the "love in the afternoon" theme song was great, but I adore this alternate score of "Hooray for Love" Least Favorites What the heck is the "Heat of the Day"? And why would it be desirable? Take your pick, is it the song? the dancing? the hair? Or the sequenced dresses with white pantyhose? Reply with your best and worst, but please no mentions of "Real Greenlee's."

I just noticed two amusing Dane Witherspoon related issues about this post. First, note how much shorter he is than Robin Wright in the upper right corner photo. Then, consider how short their relationship must have been if she brought another date to the premier and Dane was fired four months after the show started, right around the time that this story was published.

It is always interesting to note that Carolyn Crawford is an example of Marland not following his own "rules" about establishing new characters slowly and not centering them on stories immediately. It is also hard not to compare it with Bill Bell's "George Rawlings Murder" which wrapped up with Cassandra finally exiting Y&R in 1991; a few years before Carolyn Crawford. It was also a very long story that lasted more than a year which was not that unusual for CBS fans. However, it had twists and turns that unfolded in real time within the story. I recall the Crawford Murder didn't have a lot of clues, or other classic mystery tropes that would earn such a high stakes ending. I also don't think it helped that the appeal of Darryl, as played by Rex Smith, was not evident by any charm or charisma. So, the fact that Barbara, Margo, Vicki, and Frannie all flung themselves at him defied credulity. Each of those women were in relationships with men who seemed like a better catch. Finally, it's odd that the story affected the history of the show by creating Jennifer's backstory. However, I don't recall any mention of Darryl, or his daughter Carrie, once Jennifer was SORASed. Which, of course, had its own issues...

You can't underestimate the excitement of Ernie Anderson's (the voice of ABC's promos) tone in those vintage ABC promos versus this ponderous montage of men patting the heads of the women they loved. I recently binged the '80s and '90's promos on YT and NBC's were always cheesier and less appealing than CBS or certainly ABC. Remember "it'll excite you" or those odd typefaced promos with the action speed up? Spoiler alert: they don't hold up.

Hmmm, looking back it is odd that CC was single from 1969-1985, then as soon as Sophia returned he started sleeping around? Also, Sophia having four kids and two affairs during an eight-year marriage seems excessive. The six episode arc I think had more to do with JAN's exit to go make his Oscar-worthy-film debut in Hunk. Kirk and Eden, as well as the David Laurant Murder, were the A & B story of the time.

I'm currently watching JAN's Warren's exit story from April 1986. Warren develops a gambling addiction as soon as CC's casino opens. Unfortunately, Dylan Hartley is rigging the casino to make Warren lose. His newspaper goes bankrupt. He decides to steal from the casino by going underwater. He gets shot. Then he realizes that the money from the casino is marked so he can't use it to pay CC. CC demands the cash in person (it is unclear if he knows the casino is rigged). Sophia winds up helping Warren. Warren also has a reprochment with Birck, who heals Warren's wound with tricks he learned in the circus. Then Minx shoots CC with a BB gun, the Lockridge's mortgage the mansion to pay CC and Warren goes off to cure his gambling addiction. The whole arc happens over the course of six episodes. JAN's body is remarkably more buff than when he started so they have him take his shirt off a lot in the story. But, I was left wanting a Sophia/Warren romance. Their chemistry is not mother/son but two desperate people who are not appreciated by their families. I know Warren is younger than her son, but I think a Warren/Sophia tryst would have been hot. BTW, also looking back I am happy they never tried a Mason/Sophia pairing because she practically raised him. How long do you think CC and Sophia were married the first time when she birthed Eden, Kelly, and Ted?

I would hazard to guess that it was during one of the two DC location shoots. Either Trey and Sloan's wedding at the National Mall or the pilot episode, both of which are on youtube.

I like the untold backstory that due to the mob ties in Monticello, and witness protection, everyone gave themselves a new nickname when they came to town. "My ex-girlfriend wore too much make-up, and everyone always said that I sounded like Jim Bakker, so I decided to call myself, Preacher...." "One day I was having my colors analyzed at the mall and I decided to call myself, Winter...." "I began saying things at the same time as everyone else so I called myself, Jynx (buy me a coke), but the buy-me-a-coke was silent..."

I have two more problems with current ad-based streaming services: (1) The idea of on-demand is nice in theory but, sometimes faced with the multiple choices on HBO-GO/Netflix/Hulu/Showtime it feels like a chore to pick something. However, if someone sent me classic soap clips passively every day then I would watch them. (2) The ads repeat themselves. I was watching SNL on the network site and one ad played at every break, in fact, one break it repeated three times. It was like torture to have to listen to the same song over and over without being able to fast forward.