13 minutes ago, janea4old said:

He specifies in the video that this is a piece of the mantel -- related to their wedding, "they had carved their names always forever".  Hopefully what he said is enough to go on for those familiar with the storylines.

I just think it's interesting that P&G had that "artifact" as he called it, in some sort of archive or storage or something.

I would guess that was wedding #1, as that looks like a mantel they'd have had at Cross Creek.

I know people loved that wedding, but I thought it a bit too "down home".

58 minutes ago, janea4old said:

I have never seen Guiding Light, I just posted the video on this GL thread because it's interesting. 
He specifies in the video that this is a piece of the mantel -- related to their wedding, "they had carved their names always forever".  Hopefully what he said is enough to go on for those familiar with the storylines.

I just think it's interesting that P&G had that "artifact" as he called it, in some sort of archive or storage or something.

I know. My reply didn't require a reply. It's probably Çross Creek. Very famous also very tied to Josh and Reva. Also this P&G video produces mixed reactions: glad to see it but a really egregious error of fact! 

Edited February 16Feb 16 by Contessa Donatella

58 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

Ha...and Wheeler tried to convince us this was to reflect on the "unfinished" aspect of Gus and Harley's relationship...(and they were trying to sell us on them being a supercouple.)  Someone upthread mentioned the junk in the backyard, that was Harley's house....I kept thinking DCFS was going to come and take those kids...I was watching the show one night and my partner asked what the hell I was watching, I told him, and he said, "Looks like a bunch of white trash hillbillies running around."  I could not argue. 

Are we talking about before or after Phillip tried to destroy Harley's house? You know the afternoon he kidnapped all the kids?

8 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Are we talking about before or after Phillip tried to destroy Harley's house? You know the afternoon he kidnapped all the kids?

That afternoon, the montage, this was the haunting song

 

22 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Are we talking about before or after Phillip tried to destroy Harley's house? You know the afternoon he kidnapped all the kids?

I don't know, whatever the hell the house Gush and for some reason, all the Coopers seemed to live (did they forget that a Boardinghouse was attached to Company...probably)

 

23 hours ago, P.J. said:

I know people loved that wedding, but I thought it a bit too "down home".

All I remember is Reva standing in the doorway of Cross Creek yelling out, "Hey there Barbara Jean...oh Bubba, you all coot, hiya" to apparently people who were driving, walking by? None of the other SF characters besides Lewises attended so I thought it was boring, no intrigues no bombs going off in the wedding cake, just Jeva, which on their own didnt do it for me.

 

On 2/15/2025 at 9:30 PM, vetsoapfan said:

While the mentioning of beloved classic soaps was nice, they clearly did not do actual research. The first error they made was announcing that As the World Turns ran for 72 years. Um, nope, that was The Guiding Light.

Also, they were wrong about the creation of the soap genre. The first one was neither TGL nor ATWT. Clara, Lu and Em, and Irna Phillip's Painted Dreams predated them (debuting in 1930).

https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/soap-opera/clara-lu-and-em

https://www.otrr.org/FILES/Synopsis_txt/P_Series/Painted_Dreams.htm

This is as careless as referring to Mary Stuart as Mary Stewart on screen, when the actress died.

Yikes!

 

 

I think they were starting with televised soaps, IOW they were ignoring all those radio years, which as we know is totally WRONG.

16 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

I don't know, whatever the hell the house Gush and for some reason, all the Coopers seemed to live (did they forget that a Boardinghouse was attached to Company...probably)

Unfortunately this answer is less than helpful. Does anyone actually know when the heck the OP was talking about? I mean it matters. Phillip attacked that house with a piece of heavy moving equipment. A bulldozer IIRC.

This is a perfect example when people are critical of this era, suddenly facts do not matter. Well, that is wrong & everyone knows it. Facts actually DO Matter.

 

Edited February 17Feb 17 by Contessa Donatella

40 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

All I remember is Reva standing in the doorway of Cross Creek yelling out, "Hey there Barbara Jean...oh Bubba, you all coot, hiya" to apparently people who were drivingwalking by? None of the other SF characters besides Lewises attended so I thought it was boring, no intrigues no bombs going off in the wedding cake, just Jeva, which on their own didnt do it for me.

Other than the visually striking moment of Reva in her dress, I hadn't really remembered any of it either. On rewatch (because it's right around both Billy's and Vanessa's returns), it amazed me how downright corny it is. And yeah, with no Springfield residents we know attending (Dylan, KS's Mindy and Hamp are new) the Shaynes and the Lewises have to carry it on their own. Other than laying the groundwork of Dylan's conception, it's just hokem that drags out for an entire week.

 

1 hour ago, P.J. said:

Other than the visually striking moment of Reva in her dress, I hadn't really remembered any of it either. On rewatch (because it's right around both Billy's and Vanessa's returns), it amazed me how downright corny it is. And yeah, with no Springfield residents we know attending (Dylan, KS's Mindy and Hamp are new) the Shaynes and the Lewises have to carry it on their own. Other than laying the groundwork of Dylan's conception, it's just hokem that drags out for an entire week.

A whole week?!! That's crazy. Was this Pam Long? Quite obviously I didn't see it in the original just in clips & I didn't realize the thing about it going on for a week. I'm not sure but I think I'm appalled. 

 

Yep. Josh and Reva arrive at Cross Creek 7/10 and they actually marry 7/17. 

Yes, Pam Long. I understand having to get the most out of a location shoot, but this was the era of week long parties/events. 

Edited February 17Feb 17 by P.J.

2 minutes ago, P.J. said:

Yep. Josh and Reva arrive at Cross Creek 7/10 and they actually marry 7/17. 

July 10-14, 1989 also had other storylines. July 17, 1989 whole episode was the wedding.

Just now, kalbir said:

July 10-14, 1989 also had other storylines. July 17, 1989 whole episode was the wedding.

True, I didn't mean to imply that it was only storyline featured that week.

Thanks to everyone. I understand. Still it seems excessive. Maybe you had to be there.

Oh my gosh - that wedding is my favorite of all time, maybe Steve and Betsy, As the World Turns.  I was so sad when Meg Ryan left.  As former he history - I saw a show tonight covering BTG and I thought they mentioned GL being on the radio and then TV.  And it will always hold the record of longest running from Radio to TV.  

On 2/16/2025 at 10:24 AM, P.J. said:

I know people loved that wedding, but I thought it a bit too "down home".

I come from the same part of the country where the Lewises and Shaynes came from, and I gotta tell ya: Pam Long never had a CLUE about people from Oklahoma, lol.

39 minutes ago, Khan said:

I come from the same part of the country where the Lewises and Shaynes came from, and I gotta tell ya: Pam Long never had a CLUE about people from Oklahoma, lol.

At times they seemed like a riff on the Clampetts.