2 hours ago, Manny said:

As I mentioned in the ATWT history thread, I found some old files on my old computer today. For GL, I found a document which had like tidbits from the radio shows. I don't know the source unfortunately, but I thought it might be interesting to share here, in case you guys wanna read it. Sorry, if this has already been shared. 

 

1930s

The Guiding Light premieres on radio, based in Chicago (1/25/37)

Ned Holden and Mary Ruthledge are engaged (1937)

Abe Kransky dies from influenza (1937)

Fredrika shoots and kills Paul Holden (1938)

Rose Kransky has child out of wedlock (1939)

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1940-1944

Ned and Mary get married (6/41)

Johnny Kransky dies in an automobile accident (1941)

Ellis Smith and Torchy Reynolds Holden marry (1942)

Norma Greenman dies of a heart attack (1943)

1945-1949

Dr. Richard Gaylord becomes minister in Five Points (1945)

GL moves production to Hollywood (1946)

Reverend Ruthledge (Arthur Peterson) dies (1946)

Tim Lawrence dies in a plane crash (7/46)

Dr. Jonathan MacNeill marries Claire Lawrence (10/46)

Theo Goetz originates role of Frederick (Papa) Bauer (1947)

Ray and Charlotte marry (1947)

Dr. Charles Matthews opens the Church of the Good Samaritan in Selby Flats, CA, the story's new location (1947)

Roger Collins marries Susan McClain (1948)

Meta Bauer (Jone Allison) poses as Jan Carter (7/48)

GL production moves to New York from Hollywood; GL story moves from Five Points, USA to Selby Flats, CA (1949)

Bert Miller (Ann Shepherd) and Bill Bauer (Lyle Sudrow) are married (12/9/49)

Mama Bauer dies (12/49)

 

Please don't apologize. Feel free to share and reshare anything you'd like from the early days of GL! Thank you for sharing.

Edited June 18, 20205 yr by BillBauer

14 hours ago, antmunoz said:

Rob is the reason Beth went off the rails, honey. 
 

She left her husband and he said he’d leave his wife. He didn’t. 
 

But then he did for Mandy. 

 

Sign me up for the Beth/Rob reunion, also featuring Vincent and Kimberly. 

Beth didn't leave her hubby for Rob. There's an online SOD interview dated September 2004 that reported that her husband asked for a divorce. It's still up for the world to see. Rob started GL in the spring/summer of 2005 after Phillip "died" and Harley went to jail. So Beth was in the middle of her divorce when she met Rob. If the rest of the rumors are true then I guess Rob was her married and very short lived rebound guy. Unfortunately dating and breaking up with coworkers (especially a tv love interest) makes things awkward and opens the door to bathroom wall gossip×1000.  

NSA looked great in the reunion. She couldnt act worth a damn, but she always looked the part to me. Never could understsnd what people saw in her version of Manny. She worked way better with cosgrove’s  bill if she had to stay on the show

Just now, GuidingLighter said:

 She worked way better with cosgrove’s  bill if she had to stay on the show

 

I never had any interest in them either. I never did know why she was hired in the first place.

6 hours ago, GLATWT88 said:

Wow! I had no idea all this was going on behind the scenes. Was there a gap between being with Beth and then being with Mandy? Was it known that they were seeing each other?

Neither Beth nor Rob talked openly about it. But when Rob talks about falling  in love with Mandy he claims to have connected with her from the day he met her. Mandy was engaged to another man back in 2005/06 and Rob had a wife and a (rumored) mistress...lol. I think Mandy and Rob went public in 2008.

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

 

I never had any interest in them either. I never did know why she was hired in the first place.

She looked like Cosgrove’s contemporary, but it was odd seeing her with Bomer’s Ben. They put Ben in with characters a little too young for him

4 minutes ago, GuidingLighter said:

She looked like Cosgrove’s contemporary, but it was odd seeing her with Bomer’s Ben. They put Ben in with characters a little too young for him

 

Having Ben mostly with teenagers was a dumb idea.

 

To me she was like Martha Madison - a grandmother in a younger woman's body. No wonder Madison was supposedly almost a replacement for her later on.

Edited June 18, 20205 yr by DRW50

29 minutes ago, GLATWT88 said:

Omg! This is some pippin hot tea that I've been served. I am really surprised or not but wow 

 The saga continues. Hot Douche and Sweet Lil Thing are not being subtle about their relationship. They are seen giggling at each other's inside jokes and seen being very demonstrative in and around the company location.  Clueless Head of Company is delighted that this relationship is unfolding and puts the two on a project together so they spend even MORE time with each other. This puts Bitter in a frenzy and since she is known to have affaris with men she is on projects with, she is awarded a coworker herself, a hot muscle guy who is actually nice and charming but there is a catch, he is gay and not interested in the least, so Bitter, for the first time in many years is left without a man, while Sweet Lil Thing is pushed into a central role Bitter occupied.

 

Meanwhile a humpy young guy has joined the company and is having quite the success. He cocky on accolades embarks on an affair with a slightly older, very sexy coworker but dumps her for another coworker.  Older sexy goes BESERK and tears up offices.

 

All of this is observed by the jaundiced eye of a vet of the company, who annoyed by her unproffesional coworkers and the sad state of the company retreats into booze. This fuels more annoyance with Clueless as Veteran is even more mouthy then usual. Clueless feels that she may have an out by renegotiating salary , due to the company's decreased performance. She implies that veteran should take a cut or others will be fired. Veteran is an old hand at this game and runs circles around Clueless, holding her to her contract, and causing Clueless into even more crying fits...

20 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Nancy St. Alban: Looking forward to the Bauer BBQ. I hope it's a go!

 

PAS: Yeah I think it is. Can't wait either.

 

Laura: What Bauer BBQ? 

 

Alan: moving along...

 

lolol

 

LOL, that's not what happened.  Not a Laura fan, I see lol 

 

Listening to this one now. How sad that uber flamboyant John Conboy chastised Nancy St. Alban for snacking on goldfish crackers after having a baby, yelling that he's trying to get her back into a size 4. 

 

Laura Wright's facial reaction and words regarding Frank Grillo (ex-Hart) said it all. I always got the feeling he wasn't the nicest person to work with. 

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

 

 

To me she was like Martha Madison - a grandmother in a younger woman's body. No wonder Madison was supposedly almost a replacement for her later on.

Lol...you just made an enemy in Martha. I remember posting something about the show and she bit my head off with a nasty post. She's a real b!tch

3 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

 

LOL, that's not what happened.  Not a Laura fan, I see lol 

 

They mentioned a Bauer BBQ gathering and Laura said what Bauer BBQ...And then dissed the gathering...like she didn't care. 

11 minutes ago, Mitch said:

 The saga continues. Hot Douche and Sweet Lil Thing are not being subtle about their relationship. They are seen giggling at each other's inside jokes and seen being very demonstrative in and around the company location.  Clueless Head of Company is delighted that this relationship is unfolding and puts the two on a project together so they spend even MORE time with each other. This puts Bitter in a frenzy and since she is known to have affaris with men she is on projects with, she is awarded a coworker herself, a hot muscle guy who is actually nice and charming but there is a catch, he is gay and not interested in the least, so Bitter, for the first time in many years is left without a man, while Sweet Lil Thing is pushed into a central role Bitter occupied.

 

Meanwhile a humpy young guy has joined the company and is having quite the success. He cocky on accolades embarks on an affair with a slightly older, very sexy coworker but dumps her for another coworker.  Older sexy goes BESERK and tears up offices.

 

All of this is observed by the jaundiced eye of a vet of the company, who annoyed by her unproffesional coworkers and the sad state of the company retreats into booze. This fuels more annoyance with Clueless as Veteran is even more mouthy then usual. Clueless feels that she may have an out by renegotiating salary , due to the company's decreased performance. She implies that veteran should take a cut or others will be fired. Veteran is an old hand at this game and runs circles around Clueless, holding her to her contract, and causing Clueless into even more crying fits...

Why wasn't this onscreen?..lol

24 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Why wasn't this onscreen?..lol

Agreed..much more interesting then Jefferey Oneil and Reva getting married next to a hot dog machine.  I would pay good money to hear Zimmer say.."This is NOT my first time at the rodeo Wheeler, and I have dealt with far worse then you!"
 

38 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Laura said what Bauer BBQ...And then dissed the gathering...like she didn't care. 

 

LOL no she didn't. Re-watch it. Just because you don't like an actor, that shouldn't cloud your comprehension. 

1 hour ago, BillBauer said:

 

Please don't apologize. Feel free to share and reshape anything you'd like from the early days of GL! Thank you for sharing.

You are welcome

 

I only found some more brief recaps for the following decades..

 

1950-1954

Charita Bauer takes over the role of Bert Bauer (2/50)

Meta Bauer and Ted White marry (2/6/50)

Chuckie dies (9/20/50)

Meta shoots and kills Ted (9/22/50)

Meta is vindicated in the Ted White case (4/51)

Meta marries Joe Roberts (9/7/51)

Trudy Bauer (Helen Wagner) marries Clyde Palmer (1951)

Bert gives birth to Mike Bauer (3/52)

GL begins airing on TV (6/30/52)

Kathy Roberts (Susan Douglas) marries Bob Lang (1952)

Bob Lang is killed in an automobile accident (1952)

Kathy marries Dick Grant (1952)

Ellen Demming takes over role of Meta Bauer (Bill's sister) (1/53)

Kathy gives birth to Robin (5/53)

Joey Roberts marries Lois (1954)

Bert gives birth to William Edward Bauer (Ed) (12/31/54)

1955-1959

Joe Roberts dies of cancer (12/24/55)

Radio version of GL discontinued (8/56)

Dr. Bruce Banning (Les Damon) introduced (1956)

Mike Bauer runs away from home (1956)

Dr. Jim Kelly and Lila Taylor are wed (1956)

Zena Bethune takes over the role of Robin Lang (1957?)

Lisa Howard takes over the role of Trudy Bauer (1957)

Kathy marries Mark Holden (Whitfield Connor) (2/57)

Papa Bauer celebrates his 65th birthday (3/14/57)

Dick Grant and Marie Wallace are wed (5/31/57)

Kathy Roberts Holden dies in auto accident (3/58)

Mark Holden marries Ruth Jannings (1958)

Ed Bryce takes over role of Bill Bauer (1959)

Dr. Paul Fletcher and Anne Benedict are wed (1959)

Mark Holden marries Ruth Jannings (1959)

Pat Collins takes over role of Ed Bauer (1959)

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1960-1964

Meta Roberts and Dr. Bruce Banning are wed (2/60)

Mike Bauer secretly marries Robin Lang Holden (marriage later annulled because they are underage)... Karl Jannings is killed in a struggle with Mike (7/60)

Barnard Hughes takes over role of Dr. Bruce Banning (1961)

Dick & Marie Grant adopt Phil Collins (6/61)

Robin marries Alex Bowden (8/61)

Bert has surgery for uterine cancer (1/62)

Sheldon Golomb originates role of Johnny Fletcher (1962)

Anne Fletcher killed in accidental shooting (10/62)

Donald Melvin takes over role of Johnny Fletcher (1963)

Mike marries Julie Conrad (Sandra Smith) in a shotgun wedding (5/63)

Julie gives birth to Hope Bauer (Jennifer Kirschner) (9/63)

Eugene Smith takes over role of Bill Bauer (1964)

Robin secretly marries Paul Fletcher (4/64)

Nurse Jane Fletcher (Chase Crosley) comes to Selby Flats (1964)

1965-1969

Ed Bryce resumes role of Bill Bauer (1965)

Peggy Scott (Fran Myers) is introduced (1965)

Gillian Spencer takes over role of Robin Fletcher (1965)

Daniel Fortas takes over role of Johnny Fletcher (1965)

Mike graduates law school; Ed begins studying surgery (1965)

Bill Bauer & Maggie Scott have an affair (1965)

Jane Fletcher marries George Hayes (7/65)

Don Scardino takes over role of Johnny Fletcher (1965)

Guiding Light's location is moved from Selby Flats, CA to Springfield, USA, "somewhere in the Midwest" (1966)

Meta & Bruce Banning move to New York City(1966)

Julie Bauer dies in an insane asylum; Mike & Hope move to Bay City, MI & become characters on Another World (2/66)

Bill Bauer falls off the wagon, eventually joins AA (1966)

Ruby Dee originates role of Martha Frazier; Billy Dee Williams originates role of Dr. Jim Frazier (1966)

Robert Gentry takes over role of Ed Bauer (1966)

Lynne Adams originates role of Leslie Jackson (1966)

Jane Hayes gives birth to Amy (6/66)

First color broadcast (3/13/67)

Erik Howell takes over role of Johnny Fletcher (1967)

Victoria Wyndham originates role of Charlotte Waring (1967)

Johnny Fletcher marries Peggy Scott (4/67)

Ben Scott dies of a heart attack (5/67)

Ed Bauer marries Leslie Jackson (9/67)

Robin Fletcher dies in a car accident (10/67)

GL switches from live broadcasts to videotape (1968)

Maggie Scott dies after unsuccessful surgery (3/68)

Mike Bauer and Hope Bauer (Paula Schwartz) return to Springfield & Mike falls in love with Leslie Bauer (4/68)

Johnny Fletcher & Tracy Delmar (aka Charlotte Waring) get engaged (5/68)

GL expands from 15 to 30 minutes; Bill Bauer has a successful heart transplant (9/9/68)

Peggy Scott marries Marty Dillman; Johnny Fletcher marries Tracy Delmar a.k.a. Charlotte Waring (10/68)

Marty Dillman is murdered (12/68)

Don Stewart takes over role of Mike Bauer (12/68)

Elissa Leeds takes over role of Hope Bauer (1968)

Mart Hulswit takes over role of Ed Bauer (1969)

Peggy Dillman gives birth to William Bauer Dillman ("Billy") (3/69)

Ed is arrested for drunken driving & is dismissed from hospital staff (4/69)

Johnny Fletcher marries Peggy Dillman; Sara McIntyre (Millette Alexander) & Lee Gantry marry (12/69)

 

Mostly GL Johnny's throat cancer battle.

Edited June 19, 20205 yr by victoria foxton

13 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

Mostly GL Johnny's throat cancer battle.

Pam Long's low point was her second stint on GL especially during the Johnny throat cancer story. And when he was cured by the candle in the window.