Guiding Light Discussion Thread

[Vee]

Where is a good place to start with the Carrie Todd story, timewise?

[DRW50]

Tons of GL from those years is not available on Youtube. You may have to pick through. I think this is the first appearance of hers that is on Youtube. (as someone mentioned on the last page, the Soapcentral arrival date of March is wrong - she's getting "welcome to Springfield" in August)

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[Vee]

Thanks. I don't necessarily need the earliest appearance, I'd just like to see more of the overall picture. I've only seen a couple eps of her here and there. I'll poke around.

[DRW50]

You may still enjoy the scenes as they do a lot of heavy work, in the usual very heavy-handed Marland way, of establishing the "fun" person Carrie was initially presented as being. You also get to see some of Jane's chemistry with Jerry.

You have likely seen all of this before, but if you want more of her role in the Diane exit story, there are a number of clips of just that in this set. 

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Edited November 26, 2024 by DRW50

[Mitch64]

LOL..I remember the establishment of "fun" Carrie...very similar to establishing "fun" Ellie Snyder, which made them both seem annoying.  (I remember Ross lost all of his edge as Carrie had them both in matching track suits as they began to "jog" and she would make health shakes for him..blahhh!

 

[P.J.]

June '83 is when she comes apart at the seams.. I wish I could find the episode where she almost stabs Ross.

 

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[Mitch64]

I love that Cedar's set...it works perfect as a gathering place with a lounge to talk (gossip) Wheeler could have done a set like that and made Cedars a community center of things again instead of people talking on the side of a dirt road.

[Khan]

Oklahoma is nothing BUT dirt roads; and yet, we still manage to find places to congregate, lol.

[Vee]

I just remember that the Peapack model made what was left of the Cedars sets look like the sushi joint from The Simpsons. Paper walls. I used to call it Sushi Hospital.

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[Mitch64]

I'm sure you didn't have press conferences in a baseball diamond either!!! And you're picnics didn't take place..right next to that dirt road, and you could say hello to people driving...well the list goes on and on!

 

Lol..It would have been so easy, make a few good sets for gathering places...(for what its worth I thought Company and the Towers looked good) and avoid everyone living in a hotel...(during that weird time that Rick and Beth were married, they showed them living in the hotel...though sometime they would be in the Bauer kitchen...it was just so goofy.) 

[Khan]

LOL!!

Ha!  OKC Mayor David Holt is a good guy - I went to school with him all 12 years, consider him a good friend - but that man will hold a press conference/photo op just about anywhere, lol.

I still think GL could've made the Peapack model work for them story-wise by having Springfield devastated by some tornado or flood that would explain or justify the less glamorous settings.

Edited November 27, 2024 by Khan

[Mitch64]

Really? I was making fun of them having Alan do a press conference that way, I had no idea that Wheeler was so "on target" with realism!

The unfortunate thing is, the show had no budget to have a tornado, flood , or one of the hundreds of fires which inflicted 5th Street.  Plus, Peapack is a beatiful area...it's where Reva did her hyper dramatic dive walk after she dumped Kyle at the altar.  Why not use some of that and not..the junked out backyard of Harley..(not that I doubt a Cooper would have junk in their backyard.) 

[robbwolff]

I'm pretty sure Reva's walk after dumping Kyle was taped in New Vernon, NJ, not Peapack. New Vernon is about 12 miles away from Peapack. I believe that the church Guiding Light used for Reva's scenes was later used by One Life to Live for the conclusion of the homophobia storyline. I just drove through that area on my way back from the Catskills a few weeks ago and it's absolutely stunning.

[DRW50]

About a decade ago the studio that made various South African soaps (all gone now, sadly) like Isidingo and Generations, suffered heavy fire damage. I think some of the episode post-fire are up if anyone wants to see how they dealt with the changes. 

[P.J.]

It's amazing how big those sets were. There were two main places where half the cast (it seemed) gathered---the hospital and Alan's office.