Guiding Light Discussion Thread

[Eric83]

Speaking of Blake and Ross, anyone remember that storyline when some woman became obsessed with Ross?

What was her name?

Edited April 4, 2010 by Eric83

[DRW50]

Tory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1mWm_9cC2s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsQyVL5zdg4&feature=related

[Eric83]

I used to love those promos.

This was 2002 right?

[DRW50]

Yes.

I always remember that story for Blake freeing herself from captivity and instead of going to the police, immediately going to the beauty salon.

[Eric83]

Do you (or anyone else) remember that character Eden?

She was running an escort service, and I think some of her clients were victims of Ben Reade (when he was a serial killer ) and she was revealed to be Gus' sister.

Anyways, how did she exit? I really don't remember much about that.

[DRW50]

All I remember was that she couldn't act and Daniel Cosgrove showed his bare bottom in a sex scene with her.

http://www.soapcentral.com/gl/whoswho/eden.php

[Eric83]

Daniel Cosgrove was the source of the bare bottom sex scandal in 2004?

I always thought it was from a sex scene with Marah and Jefferey.

Didn't that lead to Conboy leaving GL?

[SFK]

I thought that was Shayne, Marty West.

[DRW50]

I don't remember it being a scandal when it happened with Cosgrove, as this happened around the same time with Mark Collier at ATWT, didn't it? They were trying to push the envelope, before Janet Jackson's nipple caused the usual nanny staters to step in.

I didn't remember the Marty West stuff.

What I loved about GL and what made me have such high standards for the show (which often meant I would probably not give some stories a fair shake) is that GL had such wonderfully complex characters, few people were saints or sinners. Seeing them played off against each other was riveting, and often the characters I had the most problems with were the people who were constantly billed as being above everyone else and being so perfect.

Back when ATWT and GL were the main soaps I watched, before ATWT went on all their purges, I used to feel like ATWT had my heart and GL had my head. Yet there were so many wonderful characters on GL who meant so much and I still miss them. It tells you how strong some of those characters were that they survived so many huge changes in tone and structure, because I'm not sure if any soap had as many wild changes in tone, theme, and structure as GL did. Just look at poor Trish Lewis suddenly forced to have hair piled up to Jesus and big fur coats once the Lewises descended on Springfield.

[Eric83]

Does anyone why they got Bradley Cole back to play Jefferey?

Was there some sort of fan outrage of them killing Richard, so they decided to bring the actor back in a different role since Richard's heart was given to Rick?

[DRW50]

There was a rumor that Mary Alice Dwyer Dobbin was crazy over Bradley Cole. I think that's why they brought him back. I'm sure some fans were sad to see Richard go but I don't think there was a lot of anger over his exit.

[LeClerc]

I was reading an article a little while ago where David Kreizman basically put killing off Richard in the same category as killing off Maureen. He seems to think they were equally big mistakes

[DAMfan]

The iguana in Cassie's bed in SC bed was fierce and the bat that got in Edmund/Cassie house was fierce and Eddie helped get rid of them both - that was fierce.

[JackPeyton]

Where is that clip at? lol. I do remember this. He did it, then Mike on ATWT did it. They had planned more too but then JJ/Superbowl happened...

[Eric83]

LMAO.

Kreizman is delusional.

So this was a P&G thing?

Trying to break new ground in daytime by showing bare asses? LOL.

Edited April 11, 2010 by Eric83