I don't remember this airing on CBS. Anyone recall when it was shown?

 

I think it aired in October 1994.  I remember Bill and Susan Hayes mentioning their 20th (real-life) anniversary, which would have been at that time.  And it aired at night.

Edited September 29, 20214 yr by jam6242

It was a great special - from a time when the networks actually cared about soaps!

16 minutes ago, amybrickwallace said:

It was a great special - from a time when the networks actually cared about soaps!

It really was a great special; well-researched, affectionate, with a lot of beloved actors involved, and with great clips shown. I watched it live when it aired and videotaped it, but (of course), the VHS tape wore out over time. I'm happy that the special is on youtube.

5 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

I'm happy that the special is on youtube.

You’re welcome. 😉 This is from my YouTube soap channel. I missed this the night it aired and a fellow soap fan from Montana IIRC was lovely enough to send me this back in the age of tape trade. She did an awesome Pause/Record job of editing out the commercials (not that I would have minded now vintage commercials).

10 minutes ago, SFK said:

You’re welcome. 😉 This is from my YouTube soap channel. I missed this the night it aired and a fellow soap fan from Montana IIRC was lovely enough to send me this back in the age of tape trade. She did an awesome Pause/Record job of editing out the commercials (not that I would have minded now vintage commercials).

Oh wow! Didn't know... It popped up on my feed. I was surprised they did something big for soaps. I don't recall this airing. I'm usually good at remembering these things.😂

14 minutes ago, SFK said:

She did an awesome Pause/Record job of editing out the commercials (not that I would have minded now vintage commercials).

It's funny how much we appreciate them now, isn't it? 😂

I remember my mom telling me later that she was in complete shock to see Jacqueline Courtney with short dark hair.. and saying that seemed wrong LOL

 

8 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Oh wow! Didn't know... It popped up on my feed. I was surprised they did something big for soaps. I don't recall this airing. I'm usually good at remembering these things.😂

Two primetime network hours devoted to soaps in such a loving way! That… thing with Andy Cohen that aired on ABC a while back can’t touch this special.

16 minutes ago, SFK said:

You’re welcome. 😉 This is from my YouTube soap channel. I missed this the night it aired and a fellow soap fan from Montana IIRC was lovely enough to send me this back in the age of tape trade. She did an awesome Pause/Record job of editing out the commercials (not that I would have minded now vintage commercials).

I used to tape trade a great deal many years ago, and one thing that always made my teeth ache, LOL, was how terribly some people edited out the commercials. They would leave some ads in, or cut out sections of program content by mistake, etc. I started to prefer it when new traders told me that the original commercials had been left in their tapes. Of course, when folks actually did do a good job of slicing out the ads, it was great. 

We really are fortunate to have youtube and other internet sites where we can store and share vintage material without worrying about videotape deterioration. I try to conserve all the "essentials" to flashdrives now. Stuff does disappear without warning from the internet, alas.

1 minute ago, Soaplovers said:

I remember my mom telling me later that she was in complete shock to see Jacqueline Courtney with short dark hair.. and saying that seemed wrong LOL

 

I love Robin’s moment with Vicky Wyndham over their bond as meddlesome Rachel.

9 minutes ago, amybrickwallace said:

It's funny how much we appreciate them now, isn't it? 😂

Vintage commercials can indeed be fun. 

2 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

I remember my mom telling me later that she was in complete shock to see Jacqueline Courtney with short dark hair.. and saying that seemed wrong LOL

 

It was a bit jarring, LOL.

2 minutes ago, SFK said:

Two primetime network hours devoted to soaps in such a loving way! That… thing with Andy Cohen that aired on ABC a while back can’t touch this special.

Right. 🤮

4 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

I used to tape trade a great deal many years ago, and one thing that always made my teeth ache, LOL, was how terribly some people edited out the commercials. They would leave some ads in, or cut out sections of program content by mistake, etc. I started to prefer it when new traders told me that the original commercials had been left in their tapes. Of course, when folks actually did do a good job of slicing out the ads, it was great. 

We really are fortunate to have youtube and other internet sites where we can store and share vintage material without worrying about videotape deterioration. I try to conserve all the "essentials" to flashdrives now. Stuff does disappear without warning from the internet, alas.

Yes indeed, and I hope someone out there is saving all my stuff because if my page ever gets shut down it’s gone for good. The main reason why I started uploading to YouTube was to get rid of all those damn VHS tapes. A move and a much busier schedule has put me on an extended pause, but I still have a trunk of tapes to upload, mostly ‘90s stuff.

9 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

I used to tape trade a great deal many years ago, and one thing that always made my teeth ache, LOL, was how terribly some people edited out the commercials. They would leave some ads in, or cut out sections of program content by mistake, etc. I started to prefer it when new traders told me that the original commercials had been left in their tapes. Of course, when folks actually did do a good job of slicing out the ads, it was great. 

We really are fortunate to have youtube and other internet sites where we can store and share vintage material without worrying about videotape deterioration. I try to conserve all the "essentials" to flashdrives now. Stuff does disappear without warning from the internet, alas.

I had bunches of VHS tapes of 80s YR, ATWT and GL. My folks put them all in boxes and stored them but I have no clue where they are.

5 minutes ago, SFK said:

Yes indeed, and I hope someone out there is saving all my stuff because if my page ever gets shut down it’s gone for good. The main reason why I started uploading to YouTube was to get rid of all those damn VHS tapes. A move and a much busier schedule has put me on an extended pause, but I still have a trunk of tapes to upload, mostly ‘90s stuff.

Youtube being delete-happy is a major problem, and the reason why I started to download and save all my favorite material to flashdrives. Of course, it's not possible to save EVERYTHING that way, but I try to preserve what's most important to me. Unfortunately, some of my flashdrives have mysteriously become corrupted and therefore unplayable over the last few years, which meant that I lost the irreplaceable material on them. It's so discouraging.

6 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I had bunches of VHS tapes of 80s YR, ATWT and GL. My folks put them all in boxes and stored them but I have no clue where they are.

That seems to happen to all of us, LOL!