Members YRfan23 Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 such a vague list as suspected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 Eden and Cruz as #1? Interesting. Ej and Sami ahead of Bo and Hope and John and Marlena? Okay. At least J&M and Sonny and Brenda were included. I am okay with the list, but two SB couples included seems odd. Especially when some soaps had none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 So disagree here. Thrilled to see them included! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members P.J. Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 Yeah, you can kind of tell whoever compiled this list watched NBC/ABC shows and occasionally watched Y&R/B&B with their mom. There's not one couple from a P&G soap. I know, these are really subjective, but I wish the compilers of said lists would at least list their biases upfront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 From the P&G soaps I would have listed Josh & Reva (GL), Bob & Kim (ATWT) and Steve and Alice (AW). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 Uhh what about Rachel and Mac? Steve & Alice? Jeff and Penny? Roger and Holly? Whoever wrote this just ignored the first 30 years of soaps and picked couples from the 80s onwards. I don't see how EJ and Sami are on there over hundreds of supercouples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranger1rg Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 No Rachel and Mac from AW? Worthless list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Melroser Posted February 13, 2016 Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 I'm curious what others would have for their top 10. I'll take a stab: 1. Luke and Laura. GH (not necessarily my fave but you cannot deny the attention that they brought to daytime as a whole even getting Elizabeth Taylor to guest.) 2. Steve and Alice. AW (again...sheer popularity of its day) 3. Bo and Hope. Days 4. Josh and Reva, GL. 5. Cruz and Eden, SB 6. Victor and Nikki, Y&R 7. Ridge and Brooke, B&B 8. Clint and Viki, OLTL 9. Holden and Lily, ATWT 10. Jessie and Angie, AMC I will admit I didn't necessarily watch all of these couples all of the time but these are the ones i remember getting excessive coverage and most seemed to be the "endgame" for their shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted February 13, 2016 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2016 This is what Ausiello said as to why Eden & Cruz were #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ~bl~ Posted February 14, 2016 Members Share Posted February 14, 2016 Ausiello loves Santa Barbara and has admitted that for years. For a long time, he would comment about how he wished that program would come back from the dead. When it comes to couples from the first 30 years of daytime or before there are actually videos available beyond episodes in museums, you're basically limiting the responders to people over a certain age as they'd be the only ones who would have been able to see more than a few episodes of classic couples like ATWT's Jeff and Penny. (Honestly I prefer if TVLine had said the greatest super couples in the "modern" aka post-soap opera episodes being scrubbed from existence, that would be more accurate or in the 35 or so years.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted February 15, 2016 Members Share Posted February 15, 2016 When I think soap super couple, I think more of the formula for super couple than I do best soap couples of all time, which puts us squarely in the post Luke and Laura era. So soaps like the P&G ones and Bell shows don't really have as many as a show like DAYS, which really cranked them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members P.J. Posted February 15, 2016 Members Share Posted February 15, 2016 I read through some of his comments---Eden and Cruz were his mom's favorite couple too. I want to say something cynical, but it's not worth the effort. In fact sharing him and his mom's favorites would have been a unique spin on the tired as "best of" lists. Even if you measure "best super couple" vs. "best couple", even I don't think that's an excuse for not having ONE P&G couple. You tellin' me, couples like Reva/Josh, Rachael/Mac or Holden/Lily weren't as significant as freakin' EJami? Nope. Not believing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted February 15, 2016 Members Share Posted February 15, 2016 I'm really not surprised by the lack of pre-1980s couples. The silly term "supercouple" simply did not exist for Jeff and Penny, Steve and Alice, etc. I don't think they went through the same conventions, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGHFan Posted February 15, 2016 Members Share Posted February 15, 2016 Nope. Not at all. I'm actually not a huge fan of L&L but I like them. But I do think they should be #1. I just honestly don't think Erica was part of any supercouple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted February 15, 2016 Members Share Posted February 15, 2016 The closest pairing to a "Supercouple" Erica was ever in was possibly ackson, for their years of unrequited love. Erica was too selfish to be in a supercouple, the best thing about her character! I always liked Cruz/Eden, but I'm not sure I'd make them #1.I do think Luke and Laura should be in first, only because they were the first, but that's just me. Jeff/Penny, Mac/Rachel, Steve/Alice, Bo/Nora, Matt/Maggie, Josh/Reva, Philip/Rick would be among my Top Ten... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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