Guiding Light Discussion Thread

[Contessa Donatella]

Another World did what at the time I considered to be a copycat of AMC. During the summer some of the younger people left Bay City & went to New York.

Much later, Rachel left Bay City & moved to New York. A beautician there became important to story back home as well as in the city. Carl followed Rachel to NY. It was there & then that they did the Poet's Walk & basically their romance began there during the Christmas season. The beautician was Loretta. 

[SoapDope]

This is the description of the episode of GL archived at The University Of Indiana.

Charlotte Waring and Kit Vested fight for the affection of Joe Werner.

A episode of GL...Is all the description states.

[TEdgeofNight]

Thank you. I’ve never understood why Beverlee McKinsey took the job on GH for insurance purposes and never worked again. 

[Contessa Donatella]

Jane Elliot returned to GH to reup her benefits. The only thing is that she stayed. But, that was not the original plan. 

[Mona Kane Croft]

That's strange, because isn't Jane Elliot older than 65 now?  

[Contessa Donatella]

I didn't know but I looked it up. Born in 1947, so gosh yes. Maybe the union benefits are like Medicare Plus. I honestly have no idea. It's not anything I've ever been curious about. 

[Mona Kane Croft]

Thanks. You may be right about union benefits being like Medicare Plus. So that would be an incentive to return even after 65 years of age.  But at some point, actors do get to retire without returning to work.  And surely they don't lose benefits at that point.  I'm sure it's a complicated situation, just like health insurance for anyone in the US.   

[P.J.]

I know we did. But having watched more of '84 now, I'm not sure Long knew what to do with anyone other than Reva. The Spaulding business angle practically disappears once Alan leaves, and while Alex spins some business plots, they're thin and boil down to her obsession with Lujack. 

On one level, it was consistent for Vanessa to throw herself into a new project (or romance). But at some point, Vanessa should've gotten as mad as hell at Alexandra (for blackmailing Henry into selling some/all of his Spaulding stock) and plotted revenge.

Long is so under-interested in Vanessa, I'm surprised she wrote her back in as quickly as she did in '89, and then threw her back into the Spaulding realm. 

ATWT used Montega off and on throughout Marland's tenure, although not nearly to the extent of GL's San Cristobel. I'm blanking on any other soap really doing more than an extended summer story, but even those got tedious at some point.

[DRW50]

I don't think anything of Kit or Charlotte is available to us, so I hope this appears someday. 

[Contessa Donatella]

These are Guiding Light episodes from 1953. Each of them says "created by Irna Phillips" as part of its title. Vintage, rare.

https://rumble.com/v5d2cbh-the-guiding-light-1-25-1953.html

https://rumble.com/v5d2cmd-the-guiding-light-1-27-1953.html

https://rumble.com/v5d2cua-the-guiding-light-1-24-1953.html

https://rumble.com/v5d2d2l-the-guiding-light-3-25-1953.html

[DRW50]

I'm never sure how many radio episodes of Guiding Light are around. I see that the Library of Congress has a number of 1942-1946 episodes we can't listen to, and a number of early-mid '50s episodes are on Youtube, as is July 15, 1940.

This collection of radio soaps has an episode from June 10, 1940. I can't remember if this one had already been around or not.

Radio Soap Operas - From Transcription Discs & Second Generation Reels : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Edited August 31, 2024 by DRW50

[kalbir]

All good points. Thanks @P.J.

[P.J.]

just out of curiosity, what did Bill Bauer do for a living? And is Bert some kind of nurse? In the late 70's she's always at the hospital.

[Paul Raven]

In the 60's I believe Bill worked in advertising.

By the 70's Bert was working as a hospital volunteer - patient advocate etc

[SoapDope]

I noticed one episode is dated August 1973. I read somewhere that is the same month Kit poisoned Charlotte. Maybe this is the episode where Kit kills her.