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  1. This isn't really "soap opera background music," but I couldn't resist...

    This is an excerpt of the late Joe Harnell playing the theme from Santa Barbara on his piano from the album "Joe Harnell Plays Piano Solo." Even though he stumbles on the piano keys a bit when he plays this, this is absolutely [!@#$%^&*] beautiful. I love hearing him play his own composition on the piano.

    http://joeharnell.com/audio/santa_barbara.mp3

    Awwww, that lovely theme song...

  2. I miss the show, too. It would be 11 years old this year, can you believe it?

    I especially wish Sarah Buxton, Priscilla Garita, Clive Robertson and Sam Behrens were back on Daytime. SB and PG, in particular, would make great female leads.

    Shawn Batten, Christina Chambers, Nick Stabile, Sherri Saum, Dominique Jennings, Nick Kiriazis, Gordon Thomson, Leigh-Taylor Young... all good actors, all NOT on daytime...

    Even Kathleen Noone, Kam Heskin and Tracey Melchior should find more permanent jobs, aside from their momentary appearances on PSSN & B&B.

  3. And whoever mentioned Gabi's trial -- you are so right on. Priscilla Garita was robbed a nomination for her work during that storyline. I got chills when she broke down on the stand. Thereafter, Gabi became my favorite character. Wonder what PG is doing now?

    She took a three-year break after her short stint on "Passions" and is currently filming movies.

    I'm still sad that so many talented actors from SUBE didn't show up on other shows... or at least that they aren't currently active on any soap. Garita had a short temp. on PSSN and nothing else, Buxton also had quite a short role on B&B and was scrapped from it in 2005 when Tylo returned, and even Sherri Saum, Clive Robertson, Sam Behrens, Tracy Melchior, Gordon Thomson and others aren't doing anything notable.

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    "Loving," a soap opera created by Agnes Nixon & Douglas Marland in 1983, aired for 12 long years on ABC,
    but never was a success on daytime. The show premiered as a TV movie on primetime, and during it's early years,
    it centered around the blue-collar Donovans and the blue-blood Aldens. The stories revolved around alcoholism,
    post-traumatic stress syndrome, murders, and all storylines known to the world of soap operas.

    In 1995, ABC no longer wanted to keep "Loving" on it's schedule. The ratings kept falling. Yet, ABC didn't want to
    just make it disappear, so they asked the head writers to write a storyline which could allow some of the character
    to return in a spin-off called "The City." Relocated from the fictional town of Corinth, Pennsylvania to the trendy SoHo
    neighborhood of New York, the residents all lived and worked together in a single building. This building became the
    new setting for the series and housed a bar, a medical clinic, an ad agency, several residential lofts and a penthouse.

    Unfortunately, none of these changes were enough to ensure the success of the series. After initial viewer curiosity wore off,
    the show began to post lower ratings than its predecessor Loving. Then, in October 1996, the series star Morgan Fairchild
    departed the show after her one-year contract expired. In a last ditch effort to keep the show alive, the show transplanted the
    popular General Hospital character, Tracy Quartermaine to replace Fairchild as the show's lead villainess. However, ratings
    did not improve and the show was canceled after less than a year and a half.
  5. I believe Andrew Shue was the last-moment replacement when an actor they hired gained a bit of weight. I guess they were looking for someone who looks great, without caring for his acting skills.

    Amanda :wub: Alison :wub: Sydney :wub: Kimberly :wub:

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    Let's enter in a rich world of schemers! Dynasty!
    The center character, Blake Carrington is the owner of a big Oil empire,
    Denver Carrington. His worst enemy is his cruel ex-wife, Alexis Carrington,
    who owns Colby Co Oil Empire. During their Union, they got 4 children, Adam
    who has been kidnapped at birth, Fallon who had an amnesia and then saw UFO,
    Steven, who had facial plastic surgery and then took it over,
    and Amanda who has been forgotten when she left to Europe.
    Later, Blake married Krystle Jennings twice.
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    This long-running drama dealt with the experiences of a group of
    young people in Beverly Hills, CA as they navigated high school,
    college and ultimately the real world. The series focused on their
    travails as they tried to maintain their friendship while dealing with romances,
    family and personal crises, tragedies and countless drug addictions.
  8. Subelogo.jpg

    "When the moon rises early, just as the Santa Ana winds kicks up out of nowhere,
    and the sun is just dropping out of sight, whoever you meet at the far side of the pier,
    is who you're destined to be with."


    Let's discuss the short-running soap opera Sunset Beach who didn't have much success in USA, but was loved in Europe.
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