i remember this entire storyline , i was like 10 years old doing homework a lot as my mom watched GH..never paid attention much until this very scene. and him keeping Anna in the cage lockeed up! its really he only GH storyline i remember from my child hood...i remember my mom being quite upset as this scene unfolded too!
The youngins are now discovering the awesomeness of soaps and watching old episodes from the hay days. There are new super fans on the daily emerging and it's excellent
Hell, the sex and torrid affairs are half the fun! Watching characters you grow to love, fall in love with eachother and weather storm after storm, is another part of it. Then there's the slaps and catfights 😂
Reality TV blows. Soaps are freaking aces! Or they used to be anyways. They've lost that exciting experience they used to give in the past decade but I have all hopes that they can get it back
What I loved most about Regis is his being happy to play the underdog. Letterman and him would play that all the time and Regis was so adorable at being the butt of people's jokes. I loved him for that.
Wow, gee... It's like Regis wrote his own obituary here, he was that good. 32:09 - That is not true. Remember this? ru-vid.com/group/PL7Pkbhb-YPKMrwwEnnfZe5ODA6SuAQPKZ
Wow I can't believe they didn't mention Judith Light's KAREN WOLEK on OLTL... Her trial scene is just one of the most memorable and amazing scenes ever... I didn't like this documentary
The biggest problems with soap is the style. It’s a mass-produced, cheaply-made money machine that yes touches on important social issues, yes is beloved the world around, but it’s a five-episodes-per-week push-‘em-out style of showmaking that demands corner-cutting, over-the-top storylines and acting to match, and a general feeling of cheapness.
Soaps have come a long way. Soaps started on TV back in Spring 1944 when NYC's then WABD-TV (now WNYW-TV) experimented with popular radio soaps Big Sister and Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories giving both of them a brief trial run. These Are My Children was credited as being the first daytime TV soap that debuted in 1949, despite it being short-lived. Other soaps, like Guiding Light, As The World Turns, General Hospital, Days Of Our Lives, One Life To Live, All My Children, and The Young & The Restless would go on to enjoy longevity records. Radio... Painted Dreams was credited as the first ever daytime soap, starting on radio in 1930 and ran till 1943. Guiding Light started on radio in 1937, transitioned to TV in 1952, radio version ending in 1956, and ran till 2009. Prior to TV and radio, there was the vaudeville circuit, periodical publications, and soaps evolving during that time. Over the years... Dark Shadows was a cult classic. Capitol was credited for being years ahead of its time. The Bold & The Beautiful having a huge international following. Telenovelas are a big deal in Latin America. Coronation Street is longest-running UK soap. Soaps have also been famous for launching the careers of big names like Meg Ryan, Julianne Moore, Eva Longoria, Eva La Rue, Nathan Fillion, and Christine Boranaki, to name a few. Movie and prime-time TV stars, including Jeanne Cooper, Ruth Warrick, Joan Bennett, Carolyn Jones, God rest their souls, as well as Carol Burnett, and Alley Mills, reinvented themselves by transitioning to soap acting. Broadway actors and actresses have done soaps as well. Soaps have also carved out the niche of addressing socially relevant issues, aside from character/plot development methods.
Since this TV special aired... NBC's long-running soap Days Of Our Lives moved over to Peacock streaming service, and it'll be interesting to see whether soaps transitioning to streaming service, like Peacock, Paramount+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu could give daytime soaps a new lease on life. Reviving canceled soaps may be very slim, as in there being little to no chance of it happening, unless it can be done successfully, and it be done right. I could also see the streaming services exploring acquiring reruns of canceled soaps, and having surviving episodes digitally remastered for future generations to enjoy. Perhaps Peacock airing reruns of Sunset Beach and Passions, as well as them acquiring reruns of additional former NBC soaps like Santa Barbara (or if Peacock/NBC-Universal could acquire ownership of it), and maybe even The Doctors (soap that ran 1963-1982, and not the recent talk show of the same name) and Generations for soap fans who wish to see episodes again. Perhaps Paramount+ exploring acquiring reruns of former CBS soaps Capitol, The Secret Storm, and Love Of Life. I would anticipate The Young & The Restless and The Bold & The Beautiful making the leap to Paramount+ at some point as well. Maybe Hulu wishing to stream current and former ABC soaps, like General Hospital, One Life To Live, All My Children, Loving/The City, Ryan's Hope, and Dark Shadows. I could also see Peacock and Paramount+ looking into acquiring reruns (or maybe acquiring ownership) of Procter & Gamble soaps, like As The World Turns, Guiding Light, Another World, and the AW spin-offs Somerset and Texas, as well as The Edge Of Night, and Search For Tomorrow. It's a thought. Only time will tell if this becomes reality.
There’s so many little details that make this really memorable soap opera. Details you would never get from current soaps. Anna walking in and interrupting the kidnapping; the realistic depiction of Anna and Robin’s relationship, ie when Anna screams for her to get out of here; Robin rescuing her puppy and in doing so, she saves herself from being kidnapped. Filamena’s terrible death. Well-written and thought out.
GLORIA MONTY HAD WORK ETHIC.. I THINK LAZINESS IS A BIG PROBLEM TODAY IN SHOWS... ESPECIALLY DAYTIME DRAMA... PUT IN THE WORK...MAKE YOUR SHOWS THE BEST... THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX... THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GIVE US REPETITIVE STORY AND WE WOULD ALWAYS EAT IT UP... BUT TODAY'S AUDIENCE IS SO MUCH SMARTER AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE SO MANY INTERESTS... WORK HARDER EXECS.... WRITERS, AND ACTORS.... PERIOD POOH...
SOAP OPERA IS NEVER GOING AWAY.... GLORIA MONTY IS MY GOD!!! I WOULD LOVE TO CREATE A NEW SOAP BIBLE.. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.. SINCE I WAS ABOUT 16.... I HAVE SOME AWESOME STORIES TO TELL... :D ... STAY TUNED....
It seems very interesting to me that the soap opera's daytime brother, the game show, seems to be thriving, while soaps have essentially died. I think it has to do with simple, light, happy television and that people crave that. I think nowadays, reality has gotten too real for people and they seek escape.
Whenever my husband sees the guy who played Franco on days in the 90s, he says, "Looks, it's me" because he always used to answer his (flip) phone with "it's me."
