Wow - thanks.

The 1972 episode I believe was the one uncovered a few years ago by a soap collector. I believe there is also a copy of this episode at a library or museum. 

1 minute ago, dc11786 said:

The 1972 episode I believe was the one uncovered a few years ago by a soap collector. I believe there is also a copy of this episode at a library or museum. 

Thanks. Never knew that. I'm glad to get to see it. 

From that same channel. I don't think I ever saw this before. I wonder if this is the first 4th of July celebration on a soap. We'll never know, but it must be an early one.

 

Edited January 22Jan 22 by DRW50

5 hours ago, MissPalmer said:

A wonderful new channel about THE SECRET STORM is in YOUTUBE.....it contains one colour episode from 1972!!!!!!!

Enjoy!!!

It is a jewel!!!!!

 

So exciting! Can't wait!

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks @MissPalmer that is a wonderful surprise! I see they have a number of episodes. I assume many of those were already available (I see the saynotoursoap watermark on at least one of them) but I definitely never saw a 1972 episode. Maybe it was from the WOST days.

@soapfan770 or anyone else who was more active on there - do you remember?

@vetsoapfan @slick jones @jam6242 @Paul Raven @Vee @Khan @Bright Eyes @FrenchFan @dc11786 @Soaplovers @All My Shadows @Franko @Maxim @Contessa Donatella Sorry for anyone I'm forgetting, just typing up quickly.

Ah! Maybe some day I'll wake up and find you have tagged me on Joan Crawford's episodes - in video! Dreams, dreams! Thank you as always. 💗

Thanks for the tag, @DRW50. I watched one earlier and am looking forward to a few more in a bit.  Great find @MissPalmer.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks @MissPalmer that is a wonderful surprise! I see they have a number of episodes. I assume many of those were already available (I see the saynotoursoap watermark on at least one of them) but I definitely never saw a 1972 episode. Maybe it was from the WOST days.

@soapfan770 or anyone else who was more active on there - do you remember?

@vetsoapfan @slick jones @jam6242 @Paul Raven @Vee @Khan @Bright Eyes @FrenchFan @dc11786 @Soaplovers @All My Shadows @Franko @Maxim @Contessa Donatella Sorry for anyone I'm forgetting, just typing up quickly.

Thanks for the tag, as always. I know I've personally never seen any of this show, this early! I have both ATWT & GL this early. As a matter of fact I have more than a dozen GL where the announcer says, "The Guiding Light created by Irna Phillips." 

 

Terrific ! I tried to buy this 1972 episode from a man on Facebook but couldn’t manage. Very happy to Watch it finally !

Thank you @MissPalmer and @DRW50.

Yes, some of these episodes have been around for a while, but the 1972 color one is new to me.

TSS had been great in earlier years, but I had drifted away from it by the 1972, so I don't even think I watched this color episode way back when.

(It's interesting that episodes which would have seemed inferior in the '70s look so much better today, compared to what soap fans have to endure in 2025.)

@MissPalmer thank you for alerting us to this. Great to see new episodes and in colr.

The 72 episode is from March/April.

Robert Loggia departed late April and Judy Lewis at the same time or shortly after. Loggia only played Frank for a few months. At this point his movie/primetime career was shaky as he had a drinking problem and other issues.

How were they written out?

Ellen Barber was playing Joanna. Slick Jones cast list had Audrey Landers in 72 but now we know Ellen was there sooner.

Was Gabrielle Upton headwriter at this point?

Looks like it was trousers for the women and turtlenecks for the men.

Great!! I am glad you are so happy! And sorry but I didn't know how to tag all of you. 

The person who has created this channel is because he/she was fed up with that collector who sold and sells classic episodes and then, he kept the money and didn’t send anything.

It seems there are a lot of fans who were cheated. And no one can play with fans hopes or what is worse with their money.

The creator of this SS channel discovered several older fans who lost money thanks to this collector…so then he/she decided to show to the world all the existing episodes of SS until now. The creator doesn’t know if Youtube will allow that channel in a future, so please, download episodes as fast as you can in case of.

Personally, I am truly happy for this new soap heroe!!!

Edited January 22Jan 22 by MissPalmer

53 minutes ago, MissPalmer said:

The creator of this SS channel discovered several older fans who lost money thanks to this collector…so then he/she decided to show to the world all the existing episodes of SS until now.

The whole fatal flaw of these soap collectors - they sit on their episodes and lets them dust in case they can trade rare episodes with other soap fans... but for what really? I guess it's become a cottage industry that's sustaining itself for no other reason than ultimately scam people of money for material they themselves do not own. 

1 hour ago, MissPalmer said:

Great!! I am glad you are so happy! And sorry but I didn't know how to tag all of you. 

The person who has created this channel is because he/she was fed up with that collector who sold and sells classic episodes and then, he kept the money and didn’t send anything.

It seems there are a lot of fans who were cheated. And no one can play with fans hopes or what is worse with their money.

The creator of this SS channel discovered several older fans who lost money thanks to this collector…so then he/she decided to show to the world all the existing episodes of SS until now. The creator doesn’t know if Youtube will allow that channel in a future, so please, download episodes as fast as you can in case of.

Personally, I am truly happy for this new soap heroe!!!

That's a very lovely thought. I'm glad they are doing this for fans.

3 hours ago, MissPalmer said:

Great!! I am glad you are so happy! And sorry but I didn't know how to tag all of you. 

The person who has created this channel is because he/she was fed up with that collector who sold and sells classic episodes and then, he kept the money and didn’t send anything.

It seems there are a lot of fans who were cheated. And no one can play with fans hopes or what is worse with their money.

The creator of this SS channel discovered several older fans who lost money thanks to this collector…so then he/she decided to show to the world all the existing episodes of SS until now. The creator doesn’t know if Youtube will allow that channel in a future, so please, download episodes as fast as you can in case of.

Personally, I am truly happy for this new soap heroe!!!

This person is IMO doing such a fine thing. Scammers, like the other person you describe are the lowest of the low! And, your advice is sound. Always, if you have the space to do so, download an episode. You never know. You might be saving an episode that otherwise would vanish.