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39. As the World Turns and Guiding Light

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What was your favorite soap opera daytime or night.. My favorite was the Guiding light. What was yours.? [View all] debm55 Jun 21 OP

Dark Shadows Fiendish Thingy Jun 21 #1

Loved Dark Shadows. FalloutShelter Jun 21 #2

Thank you very much Fiendish Thingy. debm55 Jun 21 #3

I was going to write that also. Sequoia Jun 21 #50

Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Jun 23 #100

I never watched any of the daytime soaps Glorfindel Jun 21 #4

Thank you very much Glorifindel. I will edit my OP. debm55 Jun 21 #5

Mine is markodochartaigh Jun 21 #6

Thank you very much, markodochartaigh. debm55 Jun 21 #7

Days Of Our Lives. Watched for years. Srkdqltr Jun 21 #8

Same here, TexasTowelie Jun 21 #36

My bro in law's company crud Jun 21 #43

Dark Shadows! murielm99 Jun 21 #9

Thank you very much Murielm99 for your choices. debm55 Jun 21 #22

Teen daughters liked All My Children, so I taped SheltieLover Jun 21 #10

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. debm55 Jun 21 #12

The only one I ever watched was General Hospital The Blue Flower Jun 21 #11

Thank you very much The Blue Flower debm55 Jun 21 #13

All My Children Ritabert Jun 21 #14

Thank you Ritabert for your choice of All My Children. I was a watcher too debm55 Jun 21 #15

I also watched "One Life to Live" Ritabert Jun 21 #34

Thank you Ritabert debm55 Jun 22 #65

+1 Went home from work for lunch and caught most of it each day. n/t rzemanfl Jun 21 #31

I only saw it during the summer when I was a teacher Ritabert Jun 21 #33

Same here Ritabert. But whe had all summer to watch. debm55 Jun 22 #68

Great. Thank you very much rzemanfl debm55 Jun 22 #69

Same here -- but with the original no_hypocrisy Jun 23 #102

Mine was Guiding Light but man that was also 3, 4 decades ago. LizBeth Jun 21 #16

Me too. I remember watching starting as a kid. It has been of the air for a long time. Thank you LizBeth. debm55 Jun 21 #21

I watched Guiding Light in high school in the early 80s. Dulcinea Jun 21 #53

HAHHAHAHHAH, Thank you very much Dulcinea. debm55 Jun 22 #64

General Hospital! FloridaBlues Jun 21 #17

Thank you very much FloridaBlues. I watched it from the beginning and stopped while in college. debm55 Jun 21 #20

The Young and the Restless. . . Stargleamer Jun 21 #18

HAHAHAHAHAHHa. Thank you very much. I would watch the Young and the Restless. Eric has been on there forever. debm55 Jun 21 #19

General Hospital (in the 80's) Mad_Dem_X Jun 21 #23

HAHAHAHAHhAhaH. Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X debm55 Jun 21 #24

Dark shadows was my introduction Ferryboat Jun 21 #25

Thank you very much Ferryboat, debm55 Jun 22 #66

I liked Santa Barbara. The frenemy "Mason" was handsome/adorable. applegrove Jun 21 #26

Thank you very much. applegrove. That is funny debm55 Jun 22 #67

Another World wryter2000 Jun 21 #27

Thank you very much, wryter2000.for sharing with us. debm55 Jun 22 #70

I never got into it, but my grandmother watched. "As the World Turns". Religiously every day ,wouldn't miss it Walleye Jun 21 #28

Same here with my mother and grandmother. Thank you very much Walleye. debm55 Jun 22 #71

All My Children LoisB Jun 21 #29

Me too. I was bummed when they took it off. Thank you very much LoisB debm55 Jun 22 #72

Just the distraction I needed today! maspaha Jun 21 #30

I remember rushing back to my dorm, heading to the basement where the tv was and watching Days with everyone oregonjen Jun 21 #37

That's funny. thank you very much oregonjen. debm55 Jun 22 #77

Thank you maspaha. I so lucked out after college that the VCR came out and we didn't have to miss and episode. debm55 Jun 21 #46

Thank you maspaha. I agree. debm55 Jun 22 #76

I started watching General Hospital when I was 12 years old. MIButterfly Jun 21 #32

Thank you very much, MIButterfly. for sharing with us. debm55 Jun 22 #78

Never watched any of them except Dark Shadows for a short time, and The Young And The Restless highplainsdem Jun 21 #35

Thank you very much for your honest opinion, highplainsdem. debm55 Jun 22 #79

Soap LogDog75 Jun 21 #38

Thank you very much LogDog75 debm55 Jun 22 #96

As the World Turns and Guiding Light ms liberty Jun 21 #39

Thank you very much, ms.liberty. for sharing with us. debm55 Jun 21 #45

Original Dark Shadows. area51 Jun 21 #40

Thank you very much for sharing with us., area51 debm55 Jun 21 #44

Good grief, I started in with General Hospital in the mid 50s. Biophilic Jun 21 #41

Thank you very much Biophilic for sharing with us. Your right about that, But my favorite stopped production-The Guiding debm55 Jun 21 #42

Yeah I remember when the soaps started to disappear. Biophilic Jun 21 #49

Yes, Dr. Hardy, Lucille and Jessica. debm55 Jun 22 #75

Ah, the good times... Biophilic Jun 22 #93

a parody of soaps , fresno AllaN01Bear Jun 21 #47

Yes! Satire and comedy. Man I LOVED... some_of_us_are_sane Jun 21 #48

Hahahahahahhah. I have never seen that. Thank you for sharing it with us. debm55 Jun 21 #51

Thank you Bear. I love parodies debm55 Jun 22 #97

Guiding Light YorkRd Jun 21 #52

Guilding Light---I started watching it when I was young as that is what my grandmother and mother watched. I liked the debm55 Jun 22 #73

Secret Storm Katinfl Jun 21 #54

I remember the Secret Storm at my grandmothers. when I was very young. Thank you Katinfl debm55 Jun 22 #63

Dark Shadows displacedvermoter Jun 21 #55

Thank you displacedvermoter. I have never seen Dark Shadows as Guiding Light was on at the same time, different station. debm55 Jun 22 #62

Forgot Rebl2 Jun 22 #87

DS 4 Ever! Mike Nelson Jun 21 #56

HAHAHA Thank you very much Mike Nelson. debm55 Jun 22 #61

That was great! Never seen it before FoxNewsSucks Jun 22 #98

It didn't last long. Morbius Jun 21 #57

Thank you very much Morbius. debm55 Jun 22 #60

I didn't have one, boonecreek Jun 21 #58

Thank you very much boonecreek. debm55 Jun 22 #59

All Rebl2 Jun 22 #74

Same here. When my son was a baby and toddler, I didn;t have time to sit and watch. I still know how it ended. Thank you debm55 Jun 22 #84

All My Children maptap22 Jun 22 #80

Like sands through the hourglass if..fish..had..wings Jun 22 #81

Thank you very much if..fish..had..wings. Hahahahhaha debm55 Jun 22 #85

The Doctors and Edge of Night macwriter Jun 22 #82

Thank you very much. macwriter. Did you appear on a local Pittsburgh show once a week to tell what happened and was debm55 Jun 22 #92

Linda Hersch macwriter Jun 22 #94

Thank you, macwriter. Now the name clicks. That you for bringing bac that memory. debm55 Jun 22 #95

As The World Turns MuseRider Jun 22 #83

Thank you MuseRider. Yes, I remember the 15 min, Soaps, the Guilding Light was one of those, Shared the half hour with debm55 Jun 22 #88

Days of our Lives radical noodle Jun 22 #86

Thank you radical noodle. Same thing happened with the Guilding Light. Reva kept come back from death. I got tired of it debm55 Jun 22 #90

I watched Guiding Light toward the end of its run. YodaMom2 Jun 22 #89

I watched Guilding Light starting at 5. I stopped watching when the Reva/Josh started. Reva was dead then she wasn't debm55 Jun 22 #91

Dark Shadows and All My Children FoxNewsSucks Jun 22 #99

Wow that was a find. Thank you FoxNewsSucks. debm55 Jun 23 #104

Amigas y Rivales purple_haze Jun 23 #101

Thank you very much, purple_haze. Friends(F) and Enemies? debm55 Jun 23 #103