1 hour ago, GL Oldtimer said:

I hate to be a pest, but could someone direct me to this Archive (the Internet Archive) some of you are referring to for episodes of Guiding Light? 

Thank you.

Annette

In addition to the Archive, you should know about the Vault provided by the amazing @ChickenNuggetz92. Just about everything from Blake Marler should be there, and often in better quality from a divine angel. Blake Marler's videos were used to fill in some gaps. Thank you also to the angel currently keeping up with uploading Spauldingfield's episodes. Anyone can download things from YouTube and upload there per instructions provided in the link, so please, anyone, when you see something new on Youtube, please help to save it. I work to keep it organized, so I do recommend keeping that dpi number that Spauldingfield uses because I notice people comment on the dates and then they may get changed but that number verified which video it is from the collection. In a couple of cases I found that we have two different episodes with the same dates in the vault so I will keep both, but it does get messy and there's no daily recaps for the 70s through early 90s so if anyone has corrections to dates, you can always ping me. One person was comparing them to the German episodes on YouTube and giving me the German #, and I was able to date the episodes from that. Thank you to all angels who assist and upload. 😇

 

Annette, anyone else & Vault Hero: @BoldRestless

This is a very quick (and dirty) edit of things I have that relate just to here. 

Vault Hero, if you want any of this for the vault, just say.

Annette & other, some is up in my usual video hosting site, rest files I upload for you. If you see something you want to see copy it into a SON email to me. 

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Daytime Emmys 1982, 1985-2000, 2002-2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2021-2024
ATWT 11-22-1963 the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Cronkite breaks in on the soap.
ATWT & GL from 1952 through 1979, 77 episodes. (ATWT 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1972, 1978, 1979. GL 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979.)
TEXAS 1st 10 days
GL the last 3 days 9-16-2009 to 9-18-2009
Recast Reveal Stunts including AMC 2 Babes; OLTL Asa’s Wives; Santa Barbara 2 Masons; DAYS 2 Jacks; DAYS Gwen into Theresa; DAYS RKK revealed as Bo at Masked Ball; GH Hot Angry Sex Drew & Nina; DAYS Roman Saves Bo & Mrs. H. drives the getaway car; ATWT 2 Scotts in love scene with Neal. GH Drillow sex in the Q nursery; OLTL 2 Noras; GL 2 Beths. 
Beverlee McKinsey The City Lights Interview (rare, Canadian, best, most candid)
The Another World Fan Bench compilation videos. Created in 2000 to raise $5,000 for the bench in Central Park, almost a dozen files: The Lovely Ada Vol 1, 2 & 3; Cory Christmas Vol. 1, 2 & 3 (The Snowflake Ball is included.); Mac & Rachel Vol. 2 & 3; Carl & Rachel Vol. 1, 2 & 3.
ATWT & GL 1989:
ATWT 7-28-89, 7-29-89, 8-1-89 … 8-17-89 (15 consecutive days)
GL 7-28-89, 7-29-89, 8-1-89 … 8-17-89 (15 consecutive days)
ATWT & GL SoapClassics: Weddings: Quint/Nola, Josh/Reva, Billy/Vanessa, Buzz/Lillian, Annie, Tom/Margo, Steve/Betsy, Lily/Holden, Carly/Jack & Bob/Kim.
GL: Great Weddings: Quint & Nola & Gush, Gus & Harley.
GL: Slut of Springfield in the Fountain; 70th Anniversary; Episode 15,000; Dreamgirls; 50th Anniversary; Christmas 1983.
ATWT: 40th Anniversary; 30th Anniversary; Ava runs in with Pitchfork screaming NO!!! SHE’S YOUR CHILD!
ATWT: Sinners & Scandals: Luke Comes Out; Something About Carly & Lily’s World Crumbles.
And from P&G’s Soap Classics DVDs: also Roger Thorpe
GL: 3-5-90 Alex & a Family Dinner Party - Alexandra gives a dinner party with Roger, Alan-Michael, Blake, Beth, & Phillip as guests. Things become contentious. Beth tries to diffuse the tension by asking someone to please pass the butter. Finally, Alex gets up & leaves the room, saying over her shoulder as she goes, “And would someone please pass Beth the damned butter?!!” [Special Thanks to Maria Trivisonno for finding this in Blake Marler's files!] Also in the front room, Harley is trying to shake down Alex with a piece of lingerie she says she found in her husband Alan-Michael’s robe pocket. It is clearly not anything Harley would have worn. Alex is just about to write a check when A-M barrels into the room. That’s the end of that deal. Phillip: "You should have been here when Alan was! ... I'm in the middle of a dinner party with my slightly cannibalistic family." 

The thing I will miss about the BM channel was the subtitles. I managed to archive everything 1-2 years ago and yes, we still have the vault for which I'm sooo grateful... the issue for me... is that I forgot to download the subtitles from youtube (the automatic captions) and I would use them when watching... a lot, especially when the quality was lacking and the youtube AI somehow managed to create subtitles. And, of course... the fact that you can just click on the youtube app on the tv and watch. It's way easier that having to connect a drive to the TV, open up the folders and search. 

These channel-takedowns horrify me. I hope to God something like this doesn't happen to the AW videos currently being uploaded. Again, I'm downloading everything the second it hits youtube... but still.

In Chris Crocker's words from 2007 - LEAVE... THE SOAP EPISODES... ALONE!
 

I had forgotten until someone on Twitter pointed it out that the episodes were taken down during the show's anniversary week...

I hope Irna haunts them.

Frankly people need to do this for the now quite extensive GH and OLTL archives before it's too late.

1 hour ago, Maxim said:

In Chris Crocker's words from 2007 - LEAVE... THE SOAP EPISODES... ALONE!
 

Who is this?

And, co-sign your whole take on it!

Just now, Contessa Donatella said:

Who is this?

And, co-sign your whole take on it!

A youtuber that went viral in 2007 when he made a video called "Leave Britney Alone" - he was melodramatically enraged and asking people to stop tormenting Brit and Leave her alone. So yeah, LEAVE our classic soap videos ALONE. I can't imagine how disappointing it is to lose a channel full of thousands of videos that someone was collecting and putting in playlists for years. That's why I have been telling people for years now - anything on youtube is temporary there, download it, before it disappears. That's the sad reality. So much amazing content I've lost because I was too lazy in not downloading it. 

 

41 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I hope Irna haunts them.

AMEN! 💓

11 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

In addition to the Archive, you should know about the Vault provided by the amazing @ChickenNuggetz92. Just about everything from Blake Marler should be there, and often in better quality from a divine angel. Blake Marler's videos were used to fill in some gaps. Thank you also to the angel currently keeping up with uploading Spauldingfield's episodes. Anyone can download things from YouTube and upload there per instructions provided in the link, so please, anyone, when you see something new on Youtube, please help to save it. I work to keep it organized, so I do recommend keeping that dpi number that Spauldingfield uses because I notice people comment on the dates and then they may get changed but that number verified which video it is from the collection. In a couple of cases I found that we have two different episodes with the same dates in the vault so I will keep both, but it does get messy and there's no daily recaps for the 70s through early 90s so if anyone has corrections to dates, you can always ping me. One person was comparing them to the German episodes on YouTube and giving me the German #, and I was able to date the episodes from that. Thank you to all angels who assist and upload. 😇

 

The Vault is what I have been using on my GL watch and now with the Blake Marler YT channel down, this is my only option. I was so sad to read the news about Blake Marler's channel while on vacation. I'm thankful for those that are maintaining the Vault and allowing others to use it.  

I hope everyone is having a great July 4th holiday!

Because it is the 4th of July...favorite Bauer BBQ?

For me, it's 1990. Ironically, people are avoiding the BBQ. Rick, Mindy, Beth and Phillip reminisce at Laurel Falls, Josh/Reva are down in the Keys, and the Lewis-Chamberlains are at HB's suffering from unrequited love. Ed and Mo spend the day arguing because Ed criticized Mo's potato salad. 

It's my favorite because Vanessa snarkily wishes Billy a happy independence day when he wants to keep his options open with Nadine, Ross is strolling around in a tank top, and by the end of episode, Holly accepts Ross' proposal, Billy has dumped Nadine and Vanessa tells him she wants to be married, and everyone's gathered in the backyard to sing. (I think it's "This Land is Your Land".)

3 hours ago, Maxim said:

A youtuber that went viral in 2007 when he made a video called "Leave Britney Alone" - he was melodramatically enraged and asking people to stop tormenting Brit and Leave her alone. So yeah, LEAVE our classic soap videos ALONE.

This should be our motto, anthem, rallying cry.

3 hours ago, Maxim said:

I can't imagine how disappointing it is to lose a channel full of thousands of videos that someone was collecting and putting in playlists for years. That's why I have been telling people for years now - anything on youtube is temporary there, download it, before it disappears. That's the sad reality. So much amazing content I've lost because I was too lazy in not downloading it. 

AMEN! 💓

1. Been there, it's awful. 

2. TESTIFY!

3. Lazy? Nyah. Probably just temp distracted by life stuff.

4. I read someone say that the shows are not going to do sharing of these clips & some fans are doing it, unofficially now & they ought to make it a part of their plan to make some fans official in care, preservation & sharing. I was moved by their words.

 

33 minutes ago, P.J. said:

Because it is the 4th of July...favorite Bauer BBQ?

For me, it's 1990. Ironically, people are avoiding the BBQ. Rick, Mindy, Beth and Phillip reminisce at Laurel Falls, Josh/Reva are down in the Keys, and the Lewis-Chamberlains are at HB's suffering from unrequited love. Ed and Mo spend the day arguing because Ed criticized Mo's potato salad. 

It's my favorite because Vanessa snarkily wishes Billy a happy independence day when he wants to keep his options open with Nadine, Ross is strolling around in a tank top, and by the end of episode, Holly accepts Ross' proposal, Billy has dumped Nadine and Vanessa tells him she wants to be married, and everyone's gathered in the backyard to sing. (I think it's "This Land is Your Land".)

So, here in GL Land, Mo is Maureen Bauer but in GH Land Mo is Maurice Benard. Like just now sometime I am distractedly reading & I suddenly stop, thinking what occasion did Peter Simon have to dislike Maurice Benard's potato salad. THEN I PAY ATTN & instantly there is no mystery!!! LOL. 

And, a different Bauer BBQ year.

 

1 hour ago, P.J. said:

Because it is the 4th of July...favorite Bauer BBQ?

For me, it's 1990. Ironically, people are avoiding the BBQ. Rick, Mindy, Beth and Phillip reminisce at Laurel Falls, Josh/Reva are down in the Keys, and the Lewis-Chamberlains are at HB's suffering from unrequited love. Ed and Mo spend the day arguing because Ed criticized Mo's potato salad. 

It's my favorite because Vanessa snarkily wishes Billy a happy independence day when he wants to keep his options open with Nadine, Ross is strolling around in a tank top, and by the end of episode, Holly accepts Ross' proposal, Billy has dumped Nadine and Vanessa tells him she wants to be married, and everyone's gathered in the backyard to sing. (I think it's "This Land is Your Land".)

The 1984 Bauer BBQ was pretty good since I think it was one of the first ones (if not the first) because it had Bert, Hilary, and Mike still on the canvas... and it just looked like a fun time.  So if 1984 was the first Bauer BBQ then I guess that's another thing Pam Long created that became a hallmark of the show.

The 1988 Bauer BBQ was funny because Mo was busy planning Fletcher/Maeve's wedding and she didn't tell Ed that he had to pick up the meat since she assumed he could read minds (sometimes she was such a pill)... Johnny and Reva had a heart to heart after Roxie's breakdown, while there was fun banter with Alan Michael/Rick not realizing that they needed to dress up for the wedding as Chelsea looks on laughing.

16 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

in addition to the Archive, you should know about the Vault provided by the amazing @ChickenNuggetz92. Just about everything from Blake Marler should be there, and often in better quality from a divine angel. Blake Marler's videos were used to fill in some gaps. Thank you also to the angel currently keeping up with uploading Spauldingfield's episodes. Anyone can download things from YouTube and upload there per instructions provided in the link, so please, anyone, when you see something new on Youtube, please help to save it. I work to keep it organized, so I do recommend keeping that dpi number that Spauldingfield uses because I notice people comment on the dates and then they may get changed but that number verified which video it is from the collection. In a couple of cases I found that we have two different episodes with the same dates in the vault so I will keep both, but it does get messy and there's no daily recaps for the 70s through early 90s so if anyone has corrections to dates, you can always ping me. One person was comparing them to the German episodes on YouTube and giving me the German #, and I was able to date the episodes from that. Thank you to all angels who assist and upload. 😇

15 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Annette, anyone else & Vault Hero: @BoldRestless

This is a very quick (and dirty) edit of things I have that relate just to here. 

Vault Hero, if you want any of this for the vault, just say.

Annette & other, some is up in my usual video hosting site, rest files I upload for you. If you see something you want to see copy it into a SON email to me. 

Thank you both so much for this info--it's SO appreciated!

Frank Dicopoulos talks GL during their anniversary week.

‘Guiding Light’s Frank Dicopoulos Reflects on the Soap’s Most Important Storylines, From Lillian's Cancer Battle to Harley's Pregnancy (Exclusive)

Sigh...I know it's been more than 30 years, but you'd think he'd remember that Harley gave her baby up.