A few of my favorite long crawls..

Fall 1989 "My Guiding Light" ver. 4

1982 Jack Urbont theme "Guiding Lightning"- credits recreation

1986 "My Guiding Light" ver. 2

1987 "My Guiding Light" ver. 3 w/ the glorious long version of the PGP animation

1983 "My Guiding Light" ver. 1

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Spoon

the 1976 logo, aka "that thing with the dead leaves." lol. Wasn't it Gail Kobe, who was quoted saying that?

@CrazySexyQ Bradley Cole was let go, and the rabid RASSIE fans made a stink and the next EP/writers created Jeffrey for him and shoved him down our throats. McTaggart/Culliton phased out the mob and scaled back the island stuff- really fixing the show, but they brought in ConJob and all that improvement was tanked.

29 minutes ago, Spoon said:

the 1976 logo, aka "that thing with the dead leaves." lol. Wasn't it Gail Kobe, who was quoted saying that?

Bridget Dobson.

4 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

WHOA! Thanks for posting. I live 20 minutes from Bastrop! Checking my calendar, but I would totally go just to meet MOL.

❤️

I forgot you were from Texas too. I'd be nice to go just to meet him.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Soapsuds

49 minutes ago, Spoon said:

@CrazySexyQ Bradley Cole was let go, and the rabid RASSIE fans made a stink and the next EP/writers created Jeffrey for him and shoved him down our throats. McTaggart/Culliton phased out the mob and scaled back the island stuff- really fixing the show, but they brought in ConJob and all that improvement was tanked.

Thanks for the backstory. I did like Richard initially, but the show couldn't exist in two places, and the royalty story was far-fetched (It is a soap, though).

Since I'm on a Jammy loop, YouTube recommended some videos of Jonathan's return in 2009. I don't think Tom Pelphrey could even save the scenes I saw, which involved Jonathan helping Jeffrey in the woods after he's presumed dead. I don't think Cole or his two characters were worth the effort of spreading him so thin on the canvas.

5 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

LOL - I just hope no one has a lag and Locher is on point.

Locher is rarely on point. My bet is he loses control early.

2 hours ago, Spoon said:

January 28, 1991. As Joshua Lewis prepared to leave town, he told his brother Billy, that Vanessa Chamberlain was going to be named CEO of Lewis Oil in his absence. Here he is saying farewell to Harley.

Ugh...that scene between Josh and Billy kills me everytime.

5 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

LOL - I just hope no one has a lag and Locher is on point.

This is Michael Fairman's channel.

1 hour ago, CrazySexyQ said:

Thanks for the backstory. I did like Richard initially, but the show couldn't exist in two places, and the royalty story was far-fetched (It is a soap, though).

That's how I'm starting to feel about the Michelle/Danny/Carmen storyline that I'm currently in. While I know it's close, or even in SF, it just feels like it's a different world. The sets and lighting are totally different, and when Rick/Meta/Abby or Drew/Jesse visit the compound, it just feels like they've come from a long trip away. It doesn't give the community vibe I loved about this show when I started watching.

So I have a feeling I'll get tired of the San Cristobal stuff too, if it's like that. From what I think I know about it, the positive is at least they tried to tie it into history/prior storylines, and it wasn't completely made up out of the blue. Trying to find a silver lining haha.

Re: Dead Leaves Opening. I think it's cool, quirky, and of its time. It grows on you. The theme music is beautiful. They made a good decision when they dropped that creepy woman moaning in the end credits. A lot of the comments on youtube have people saying as children they were freaked out by it and often ran from the room. I read somewhere that sequence was stock footage that was found (maybe a camera test) that they turned into opening credits.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

I forgot you were from Texas too. I'd be nice to go just to meet him.

I am! 🤠 If I'm free that weekend, I'll totally go, even if it's just myself (I doubt I can get friends to go haha). I've met actors, musicians and even housewives, but never have I met a soap opera star! Well, I did walk by Martha Madison once at a Texas A&M basketball game years ago, but that doesn't count haha. I'd love to meet MOL - he's one of my favorites just from his personality alone.

38 minutes ago, P.J. said:

Locher is rarely on point. My bet is he loses control early.

All I can do is 🤣.

18 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

This is Michael Fairman's channel.

OH! Good, I haven't seen much of his stuff yet. I just assumed Locher... you know what they say about assuming... haha.

6 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

That's how I'm starting to feel about the Michelle/Danny/Carmen storyline that I'm currently in. While I know it's close, or even in SF, it just feels like it's a different world. The sets and lighting are totally different, and when Rick/Meta/Abby or Drew/Jesse visit the compound, it just feels like they've come from a long trip away. It doesn't give the community vibe I loved about this show when I started watching.

So I have a feeling I'll get tired of the San Cristobal stuff too, if it's like that. From what I think I know about it, the positive is at least they tried to tie it into history/prior storylines, and it wasn't completely made up out of the blue. Trying to find a silver lining haha.

Which version of Manny are you watching? I loved almost everything about them from the start. Until the Michelle recast. But I agree about the compound feeling like it is in its own world. But I suppose it was to make Michelle feel isolated.

I liked San Cristobal at first, but it wears thin.

The only silver lining is the introduction of Jonathan, which came long after the story wrapped. I've been reading your analysis of Kim Zimmer's book (my eternal gratitude for that), and it's incredible that she didn't want TP cast originally in the role that gave Reva and her new life as an actress.