Members SteveFrame Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 Alma Rudder was great but AW's greatest villian/psycho was Sven back in the mid to late 70's. He was played by Roberts Blossom. Man that guy gave me nightmares galore. That had to be one of the best psycho-type storylines ever in the history of daytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 I adore Nancy Curlee. She & her husband rocked, and, of course, to me, it's the last best writing Reilly did. I supported PC through the good & the bad, but I much preferred the good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 I knew people who made audio tapes of the soaps off of TV, via an early cassette tape, set on a timer, and then listened to them at night. GH pushed me away with Luke & Laura, too, and I didn't return until the Labine/Riche show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 Incredible time, though. I hate storylines like the Sin Stalker, but David O'Brien (also previously on THE DOCTORS, and, sadly, RIP far too young) just fascinated me, with how brilliantly he played both the shrink & the Sin Stalker. Ooooooh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 QUOTE (Donna B @ Aug 15 2008, 04:54 AM) I adore Nancy Curlee. She & her husband rocked, and, of course, to me, it's the last best writing Reilly did. You and I will get along just well. I think what Curlee did really well was make GL feel like a real community. I don't think any soap has come close since to the community atmosphere GL felt like in the early 90's. There was something very heart-felt from her writing, and you could tell she was writing from a fan's point of view. GL hasn't felt the same since Curlee left, and I don't think it ever will again. I long for the day Curlee makes a daytime comeback, but I do wonder how she'd cope in today's daytime environment with all the micro-management and behind the scenes chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 I, uh, think that's why she is firmly ensconced in retirement! Surely it must have been tough for her to create under Jill, since that's a bit like character-person versus event-person! Glad to know we'll get along fine. I wish Hulu was showing that time on GL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 QUOTE (Donna B @ Aug 15 2008, 05:09 AM) I, uh, think that's why she is firmly ensconced in retirement! Surely it must have been tough for her to create under Jill, since that's a bit like character-person versus event-person! Yeah, that's what I've heard too, she left mainly because of corporate interference. I've always found it interesting that her husband, Stephen Demorest, continuted writing for the genre though. I guess everyone needs to pay the bills, eh. Oh me too! I think it's a shame they started GL and ATWT from 2007. They should've started GL and ATWT from 1991, like they did AW. And to be honest, I don't see the fuss with Swajeski's AW tenure, both GL and ATWT were far superior shows during that time and headed by better writers, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steve Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 I grew up watching the ABC soaps with my mom, but we both stopped watching OLTL around the time Llanview was infiltrated with mobsters (1983, I think) and started checking out AW, which my mom kept up with more than me. We switched from GH to GL shortly afterward. My friend Miki got me hooked on ATWT in college and filled me in more on the history of GL. She also used to love Y&R so I switched from watching Loving before AMC to the first half of Y&R. I stopped watching Y&R around the time Cricket was raped (I just hated her character so much) and I gave up on ATWT when I went to work full time in 1991 and realized I could only squeeze in two soaps at night (AMC & GL). I stopped watching GL after Maureen Bauer was killed off. I've tuned back in over the years, but Springfield hasn't felt the same to me since. So, AMC is my show. I started watching it in the summer of 1980 and have only taken two breaks from it, during the Satin Slayer fiasco and again when Zach & Greenlee were trapped in that shaft. Its the one show that keeps drawing me back in, though, so I doubt I'll ever be able to give it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 AMC for me too. It got me to realize how much I could love soaps (even though I was just a kid, I had always thought they seemed beneath wasting any time watching). During holiday break late 1991 or so, when I was just 11 my sis and brother became hooke don the Natalie in the well thing--when we had to go back to school they stopped watching but I kept up--first watching as much as I could on lunch breaks, then moving to taping it. From there I became a big Loving fan due to the Carter Jones AMC cross-over, and aroudn the gay storyline in '92 I got into One Life to Live--and grew interested in the history of soaps in general, with some awareness of all of them. Loving actually was prob my second fave--even over OLTL--perhaps partly because I liked being into such an "underdog" soap (I remember SOD would hardly mention it and most people i knew had never even heard of it). I kept up with loving/City till it was done, though I admit to being less loyal to OLTL which had some stretches I found very hard to keep with--despite affection for that show. On the other hand AMC is hard for me to shake even during eras I've almost completely hated. I've missed chunks--the year I was in Europe I missed most of, obviously, then when I started university I had no TV for a year and had to rely on internet summaries (no youtube or other video methods then) and catching the random episode. But I keep coming abck to it and suspect I will till it's gone or I am--even if in many ways the show is unrecognizable from what made me a fan, it also feels a lot (I'm embarassed to say) like family to me--so it's partly a comfort thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rocket Man Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 GL is the ultimate "my soap" since 1999 when AW went off air even though I watch GL since 1989. The other soaps worth mentioning that I was loyal to: AW from 1990-1999 Santa Barbara from 1988-1993 Generations 1989-1991 Days of Our Lives 1989-1993 (the year the original Jack & Jennifer left the show the first time around) Loving from 1991-1995 B&B 1990-1995 My other relatives were huge fans of AMC and Ryan's Hope during the 1970s and 80s, while my sister was wild about GH during 1977-1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 Grew up with and know the history and characters by heart; Guiding Light. I remember vaguely as a kid watching GL's blackout, and A-M switching Eleni's birth control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 GL, all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CassieFan Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 AMC is definitely my number #1. After that SuBe, DAYS and Y&R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phoenix11 Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 Guiding Light. :wub: Always has been, Always will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members S&BFanForLife Posted August 15, 2008 Members Share Posted August 15, 2008 GH Damn them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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