topic Re: Story of Soaps in TV and Movies

Story of Soaps

Shelbelle — Sat, 16 May 2020 21:12:55 GMT

Airs Tues night the 19th on abc at 9 ET for 2 hours. Looks very interesting for those of us who have watched the various soap operas over all the years. And even before then when they were on the radio.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 16 May 2020 20:09:39 GMT

@Shelbelle Thanks for the heads up. I have my DVR set to copy it.

I agree with you, I think it looks interesting too. I expect we soap fans will see some familiar faces from years past.

We will have to catch back up after it's shown to give our likes and dislikes. See you there...whoops...I mean 'here'.

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Dinaki — Sat, 16 May 2020 20:31:12 GMT

Back in time when I was small, my mommy used to buy these soaps:

Palmolive,

Camay

Lifeboy and

Yardley (which was my fav. and I am still using the Yardley soaps)

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Pook — Sat, 16 May 2020 20:52:02 GMT

I remember watching "Search For Tomorrow " and Edge of Night" when they were only 15 minutes each with my mother who was always busy but made sure she sat and watched those.

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Pook — Sat, 16 May 2020 20:56:50 GMT

@Dinaki Not being from here you probably don't know about all the soap operas dating back to radio before tv where dish detergents, laundry detergents and probably some body soaps sponsored them thus being called soap operas.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 16 May 2020 21:00:46 GMT

When I came home for lunch I had to watch the "soaps" w/my Mom.

I remember Don Knotts. He was Rose's brother.

I also remember Joe Campanella on Guiding Light. He was an artist. His name was Joe Torino.

Anyone remember Tommy Lee Jones. He was on Guiding Light. He was a good guy and overnight (literally) turned into a killer.

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StylishLady — Sat, 16 May 2020 21:02:49 GMT

I remember the old radio shows. They were usually 15 minutes long. "Helen Trent", "Ma Perkins" were on around noon. Soops like Oxydol were sponsors.

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Shelbelle — Sat, 16 May 2020 21:14:21 GMT

I can remember watching As The World Turns when I was only 4 years old, my Grandma turned me onto it.

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Dinaki — Sat, 16 May 2020 21:25:07 GMT

OUPSIE

I am terribly sorry for highjacking this thread with my post. I cannot undesratnd the meaning of the OP.

Do you forgive me? I thought that I was reading what is your favourite soap, my bad, sorry again!

Re: Story of Soaps

Shelbelle — Sat, 16 May 2020 21:30:31 GMT

@Dinaki wrote:
OUPSIE

I am terribly sorry for highjacking this thread with my post. I cannot undesratnd the meaning of the OP.

Do you forgive me? I thought that I was reading what is your favourite soap, my bad, sorry again!

You are forgiven it was bound to happen, always a good topic for discussion.

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sophiamarie — Sun, 17 May 2020 00:56:55 GMT

@StylishLady wrote:
I remember the old radio shows. They were usually 15 minutes long. "Helen Trent", "Ma Perkins" were on around noon. Soops like Oxydol were sponsors.

I also remember Stella Dallas...... Ah - the good old days

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Judaline — Sun, 17 May 2020 01:08:12 GMT

@sophiamarie wrote:
@StylishLady wrote:
I remember the old radio shows. They were usually 15 minutes long. "Helen Trent", "Ma Perkins" were on around noon. Soops like Oxydol were sponsors.
I also remember Stella Dallas...... Ah - the good old days

Portia Faces Life

Young Dr. Malone

Lorenzo Jones and His Wife Belle

I remember the names, but not the shows, lol.

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Kindaglitzy — Sun, 17 May 2020 01:51:26 GMT

Watched Guiding Light and As a the World Turns when they were on for 15 minutes. Some of the really old shows can be watched on YouTube. Those were the days when Guiding Light was centered around the Bauer Family and As The World Turns centered around the Hughes Family. Let’s not forget that Meg Ryan got her start on As The World Turns.

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sunshine 919 — Sun, 17 May 2020 04:01:05 GMT

@Pook wrote:
I remember watching "Search For Tomorrow " and Edge of Night" when they were only 15 minutes each with my mother who was always busy but made sure she sat and watched those.

OMG I remember those. I think there was Love Of Life too.

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sunshine 919 — Sun, 17 May 2020 04:08:35 GMT

@Kindaglitzy wrote:
Watched Guiding Light and As a the World Turns when they were on for 15 minutes. Some of the really old shows can be watched on YouTube. Those were the days when Guiding Light was centered around the Bauer Family and As The World Turns centered around the Hughes Family. Let’s not forget that Meg Ryan got her start on As The World Turns.

Remember Kim on as the world turns. She had the coolest short hair cut.

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Laura14 — Sun, 17 May 2020 14:06:10 GMT

Still watching GH. I hope they include Ryan's Hope and Loving and some of the other ones that had a good run but didn't get the longevity that the older ones did.

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Kindaglitzy — Sun, 17 May 2020 14:41:52 GMT

@Laurie14 since the show is on ABC, imagine they will talk more about soaps broadcast on their network. Could be wrong but just what I anticipate. Hope they have a good host/narrator for the show!

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stevieb — Sun, 17 May 2020 14:53:43 GMT

This looked to have promise until I saw the group to be featured. A real retrospective of soaps would require a multi-installment format and would be more inclusive than it sounds like this will be. I'll probably record it and see what it looks like. Though I had a brief stint with All My Children, for the most part, the ABC soaps weren't near the top of my list.

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Kindaglitzy — Sun, 17 May 2020 16:56:30 GMT

@stevieb Good Idea to record. I don’t watch GH so would not be of interest to me. Can record and fast forward.

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SoX — Mon, 18 May 2020 12:29:03 GMT

@Judaline wrote:
@sophiamarie wrote:
@StylishLady wrote:
I remember the old radio shows. They were usually 15 minutes long. "Helen Trent", "Ma Perkins" were on around noon. Soops like Oxydol were sponsors.
I also remember Stella Dallas...... Ah - the good old days
Portia Faces Life
Young Dr. Malone
Lorenzo Jones and His Wife Belle

I remember the names, but not the shows, lol.

@Judaline @Shelbelle

I have many of the old shows on cassettes ... from a box album of The Golden Days of Radio ... it's a vintage heirloom. Now is the time to pull these out and re-visit the past.

P.S. ... yes, I still have a cassette player, LOL.