Guiding Light discussion thread

[Contessa Donatella]

I think they had plans & stratagems for some stuff & not for other stuff. 

But I am sure that you're making an excellent point about their logistics, which I think technically would be called NIGHTMARISH. When they were in the studio, when they were in Peapack, where in Peapack & whether it was snowing to beat the band, etc. And, then the editing, which had become such a major task. They did some editing immediately after taping & other editing later, in post as you'd expect. How did they keep from editing the previously edited material? And, so on. 

Personally I was just so very glad he was dead. I'm not sure if I know of any character so universally despised. 

[Khan]

Does anyone else remember when GL devoted an ENTIRE. EPISODE. To cast members building homes for Habitats for Humanity?

[soapfan770]

Of course unfortunately. That was during their 70th Anniversary week and the debut of the “hairy hands” opening that was also GL’s worst opening credits IMO. 
 

But I don’t want to belittle that too much as I recall it was for Hurricane Katrina aftermath though.

Edited December 27, 2023 by soapfan770

[Mitch64]

No need to bow down to the hours upon hours I spent in my misspent life watching this show! But yea...join me in the hating on Buzz Cooper table anytime! Poor Lillian, she never did have any taste....remember when she was dating Hawk???? But at least Alex, despite her complete character assasination under Conboy, managed to dodge the Buzz bullet....

[soapfan770]

Hate to burst your bubble but Buzz and Alex were an item there in the fall of 2003 with her making secret visits to him at Company. 

[Contessa Donatella]

I have no interest in Buzz hatin' joinin' but I'd be proud to attach myself to any Conboy hatin'! Double up on it if Weston is thrown in for good measure. 

[Mitch64]

No they were out in the open weren't they?  What I meant was...Alex did not have to spend her soap after life with Buzz like Lillian did. 

[TEdgeofNight]

Ellen Wheeler was so in over her head. The disastrous Peapack experiment cemented the cancellation of GL. Stupid idea all around. Ellen Wheeler was the worst EP ever. She cried all the time because she knew she couldn’t do the job. Terrible memories of GL getting killed by Wheeler, Hurst and Kreizman.

[Contessa Donatella]

Oops you misspelled Conboy and Weston! Fixed it for you. 

[Spoon]

There was practically no redeeming value for the Conboy/Weston era.  Yes, the lighting improved but the show didn't look like itself.  I could go on about the era's faults but we all know them.

Edited December 27, 2023 by Spoon

[MichaelGL]

Weston/Conboy derailed a noble attempt by Rauch/Taggart/Culliton to ground and center the show. Even though they may have gotten the ratings up for what I believe was Feb Sweeps of 2004 with that ridiculous Maryanne Carruthers story, they were just as destructive to the show's core as some of their predecessors; McTavish, B&E, etc. 

[TEdgeofNight]

You can’t even spell Shayne correctly so be gone. No correction needed. Ellen Wheeler killed GL. End of story. 

[Khan]

I agree.  John Conboy never understood that GL was not Y&R or CAPITOL.  It did not need more gloss; it needed better stories.

[kalbir]

Among Gail Kobe, Joe Willmore, JFP, Michael Laibson, Paul Rauch, John Conboy, Ellen Wheeler, which was the lesser of seven evils?

[Contessa Donatella]

1. Gail Kobe
2. Joe Willmore
3. Ellen Wheeler
4. Paul Rauch
5. Michael Laibson
6. JFP
7. John Conboy