10 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

Ugh - that newer BauerBBQ account I mentioned a few weeks back just got removed from YouTube, so all those episodes are gone once again .

I don't understand why Guiding Light keeps getting targeted on YouTube? As The World Turns accounts haven't been affected. Neither has Another World or Edge of Night

Why does YouTube keep targeting Guiding Light, and not the other P&G soaps that have libraries of episodes on YouTube

Any speculation?

1 hour ago, P.J. said:

Nope, me neither. It just seemed completely out of left field.

Well, not totally. We can assume the Lewises had an evangelical background. They didn't talk about it much, but it did surface once or twice (i.e. when Billy named Peter, which was a Biblical reference--I SO wish I could find that scene).

It was FAR less of a surprise to me when Josh became a pastor than when he once mentioned in passing that he protested the Vietnam War. THAT came out of left field--like, literally. 😂

1 hour ago, DeeVee said:

Well, not totally. We can assume the Lewises had an evangelical background. They didn't talk about it much, but it did surface once or twice (i.e. when Billy named Peter, which was a Biblical reference--I SO wish I could find that scene).

It was FAR less of a surprise to me when Josh became a pastor than when he once mentioned in passing that he protested the Vietnam War. THAT came out of left field--like, literally. 😂

An Evangelical that doesn't talk much about their faith? Isn't that an oxymoron? 😂

53 minutes ago, DeeVee said:

1 hour ago, TheyStartedOnSoaps said:

I don't understand why Guiding Light keeps getting targeted on YouTube? As The World Turns accounts haven't been affected. Neither has Another World or Edge of Night

Why does YouTube keep targeting Guiding Light, and not the other P&G soaps that have libraries of episodes on YouTube

Any speculation?

Well, not totally. We can assume the Lewises had an evangelical background. They didn't talk about it much, but it did surface once or twice (i.e. when Billy named Peter, which was a Biblical reference--I SO wish I could find that scene).

It was FAR less of a surprise to me when Josh became a pastor than when he once mentioned in passing that he protested the Vietnam War. THAT came out of left field--like, literally. 😂

Well, Josh protesting while at Berkeley I could understand. But it probably messes up the timeline somewhere. Lol. Especially since I believe they said he was 18 in 1977 during the Maryanne Carruthers misfire.

Billy, I could see being one of those old time revival tent preachers.

Maybe it's the fact Josh never seemed to feel strongly about much other than Reva. Lol.

1 hour ago, TheyStartedOnSoaps said:

Any speculation?

Purely speculation....but being targeted reeks of some personality /fan group clash.

53 minutes ago, P.J. said:

Especially since I believe they said he was 18 in 1977 during the Maryanne Carruthers misfire.

Heck yeah, that messes up the timeline, since Alan, Elizabeth, and 10 year old Phillip arrived in Springfield--on screen--in 1978.

32 minutes ago, P.J. said:

Well, Josh protesting while at Berkeley I could understand. But it probably messes up the timeline somewhere. Lol. Especially since I believe they said he was 18 in 1977 during the Maryanne Carruthers misfire.

Billy, I could see being one of those old time revival tent preachers.

Maybe it's the fact Josh never seemed to feel strongly about much other than Reva. Lol.

The only way I could see Josh protesting would be to upset HB or because he wanted to pick up chicks.

Its a shame about GL on YT. For years I was always glad to see that GL was one of the more represented soaps on YT. Thanks to takedowns, GL is easily surpassed by ATWT, OLTL and the 1987-91 SoapNet repeats of AW.

Which of the five soaps currently on, would you say was closest in tone to GL (if any)? Maybe GH, since GL was always chasing trends and Days did to but they were more over-the-top than GH who created the formula. The Bell soaps always seemed like the antithesis to the P&G soaps, BTG is closer to feel to a Bell soap than the other two.

Oddly, a lot of people viewed RN as tha

18 hours ago, DeeVee said:

Even one he created--Nola--was eventually redeemed.

Anyway, we were talking about RN. I always say that actors can surprise you when they get the right material. That definitely happened with him. It's true that this started happening before Long came on. They made Josh less sleazy--he was a good friend to Amanda, he had a complicated relationship with Morgan, he was trying to succeed in business in an honest way. His character was already evolving.

I don't think they did a "redemption" thing for Josh--it was more memory holed and since few cared about sleazy Josh, they got away with it. It would have been a little difficult for him to be holier-than-thou with Reva if people were bringing up his past with Leslie Ann, etc.

Josh being holier than thou with Reva tracks even with his player era circa 1981-1983 since he believed in the 'rules for thee, but not for me' mantra.