The good old days. Look how many soaps we had to watch.

@deloreswillis9224

3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

For me, being a ‘child of the 60’s’, “Dark Shadows” was one of the absolute greatest Daytime Dramas of all time.

@tammarmccullum7096

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree also....loved Dark Shadows!!

@chadhart6235

2 жыл бұрын

Preach it !!!

@rhondacadotte371

Жыл бұрын

I remember running home from school just to watch

It's extremely kind of you to take the time to upload this fully. I've seen this in parts but not all together. This was the end of an era, in many ways - the collapse in ratings that was already starting before OJ was in freefall, and many of the soaps were being torn to pieces internally by bad decisions from up high. It was so nice to see reunions of those like George/Jacquie and Mary Stuart/Larry Haines. No one knew this would be the last of those reunions for them.

@ginaca5972

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I just found this. THANK YOU for uploading! I've watched daytime soaps since 1965! Still watch a few!

@maddyhayes617

Жыл бұрын

They did not show George and Jacquie unless it was later in the broadcast.. I was looking forward to seeing those two. A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Jamie Lyn Bauer. She was very down to earth, personable, and very respectful to her fans. Great actress and lady👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@sharomjenkins254

Жыл бұрын

Thank you this my first time seeing this

I was really surprised they didn't include Judith Light's courtroom testimony. That was touted as the second most watched moment in soap opera and to this day it's phenomenal, exceptional work by a performer in any genre.

@tjames9698

2 жыл бұрын

They may not have been able to obtain the rights to it.

@shirleymorris6288

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed.

@missscarlett8117

Жыл бұрын

I love Judith in anything she could read the phone book and I'd watch. But this was on CBS and they were a bit funny about featuring non-CBS soaps. They did the same thing at the first prime time Daytime Emmy broadcast. Proctor and Gamble was being honored and in the clip shown Another World (a Proctor and Gamble NBC soap) wasn't even mentioned -- it was all Guiding Light and As The World Turns, among other CBS soaps. I was appalled, AW was one of the best soaps for years.

@michaelguerrieri3486

Жыл бұрын

@@tjames9698 what about loving.

The Alan and Monica scene was iconic! RIP Stuart Damon

Almost hard to believe that there are only 4 soaps left on the air

@veronicawatson2525

2 жыл бұрын

Right the world sucks today without soaps where do people think television come from today duh soaps

@richardheacock1649

Жыл бұрын

3 now. Y and R, B and B, and GH

@gwenmarie7311

Жыл бұрын

@@richardheacock1649 Days is still on Its just on Peacock

@richardheacock1649

Жыл бұрын

@Gwen Marie I mean on network TV and not a streaming service

@michaelguerrieri3486

Жыл бұрын

Now three.

These were the characters i grew up with. Dedicated CBS soap watcher since the 15 min edge of night episodes... the faces of my youth: Nancy, Chris, Penny (!) - great trip down memory lane

Our dearly departed Mom would have absolutely LOVED-LOVED seeing the entirety of the "Historical Celebration of Soap Operas." Ever since our early Childhood (& well into our own Adulthood whenever we would visit with her in her older age at our childhood home as well), our Mom remained an avid fan & never-ending viewer of several of these favorite Soap Opera of hers. 😊🌹 So, & on behalf of our Beautiful Mother, Ella Mae Gilliam-Dennis........... Thank You Ever-So Much For This! 🥰 Particularly since each & every one of her grown Children most assuredly know within the deepest recesses of our hearts that if our Mom was STILL alive even unto this very day, she would forever treasure seeing ALL of these heart-wrenching & memorable moments which are now being portrayed by MANY of her absolute favorite actors in the world MOST of all. 🙏🥰🌹💕🙏 AND MAY "THE LORD THY ALMIGHTY & MOST HIGH GOD" CONTINUE TO MIGHTILY BLESS YOU ALL...........

I love this so much. I have watch all of these with my Mom.

I hope the soaps will come back I watched them with my mother She lived to b 97

Another World and Guiding Light has My vote

Great Memories! Good to see so many favorites. So much happened on these soaps it's impossible to cover them all😊

i hate because they cancelled many of those soaps. miss those characters some gone now

I actually saw this when it aired - i was a college student living with my parents - looking forward to having a grown up career & life. I loved AMC and Y&R. Now 38 years I have the grown up career & life with its’ losses and wins - i still faithfully watch Y&R (still 💟it) and miss ANC. Thank you for posting this!!!! 💟💟💟

They need to make some more soap operas

Kim Zimmer's fountain scene with Robert Newman as Reva and Josh is my favorite soap moment!😊

Its sooo awesome to see Soap stars together celebrate many decades.Its been awesome.Now we got 4 soaps The Young and The Restless,The Bold and the Beautiful thanks for the Bells couple created Y&R 45 years ago,General Hosptial and Days of our Lives still here to stay.

@ginaca5972

2 жыл бұрын

yes, glad there a few of this type of quality daytime soap opera on the air

@maddyhayes617

Жыл бұрын

There needs to be better writers like those from the olden days. Been a Y&R viewer since the premiere when I was a senior in college. I am an oldtimer👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Wow what a great celebration of the daytime soap opera. I don't remember watching this as a kid but glad did now. It breaks my heart seeing all these great performers and shows who are now out of work due to bad decisions from network heads, behind the scenes productions and of course OJ. Even the final four standing now, you can see the hit they have taken due to budgets being slashed and hiring the hacks who continue to ruin the daytime soap opera. It hurts that my future children will probably never see this genre because by then they'll be gone. Thanks for posting this.

Cruz and Eden....my favorite soap couple of all time.

I remember watching this with my stepmom a huge oltl and amc fan!!

I miss AMC!!!!!!! 💟. I still watch The Young and the Restless and still love it. I am tired of reality shows and wish soap operas come back.

Thank you for posting this I've been in Soap withdrawals from the day AMC and OLTL Went off the air. General Hospital is going down fast with the worst writers in history

Luke and Laura's wedding always makes me laugh and cry. I love them

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

When I was a teenager, I skipped a class in school to watch Luke and Laura's wedding. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@charlesswanson2207

2 жыл бұрын

@@harperstacey9604 me too. LOL.

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesswanson2207 the adventures of Luke and Laura dominated general hospital in the early eighties. That's when soap operas we're great back then. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@charlesswanson2207

2 жыл бұрын

@@harperstacey9604 you're absolutely right. My best friend's sister used to watch General Hospital and when I used to go over the house to hang out with him I would say hello to her while she was watching it, and next thing you know I was hooked on Luke and Laura's Adventures

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesswanson2207 do you remember how Luke and Laura actually got together? Luke raped Laura at the disco place that he owned!!! Somehow, general hospital turned them into a super couple. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

*2019:* THE DIAMOND AGE OF SOAPS: A GALAXY OF MEMORIES

I've forgotten about the Soap Opera Loving,Wow 😲😊

My favorite soap was AMC and my favorite couples were Tad and Dixie. Robin and Patrick and Luke and Laura.

Tad remembering Ruth and Joe 😭😭

Thank you for posting this!!!!!!!! ☮️💟

I love Kimberlin Brown Pelzer aka Sheila carter 😍 ❤

I watched this in real time when it first aired.

@browngrl77

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

I remember after graduated from High Scool and my Mom and I would finish the laundry just after lunch. We would be ironing and folding clothes. That was the time my Mother would call her soap time...

It's hard to believe only 4 daytime soaps are still on the air. I too would have to agree that the downfall for the soaps started way before OJ drama... bad producers and writers, and maybe some meddling network executives. What could've been done differently, IMO, in regards to recently canceled soaps All My Children, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, and One Life to Live, would've been to shorten daily episodes back to half-hour in length, assuming that move could've saved money, and adopting that mentality of "less is more". Other soaps, like Capitol had potential to go on to be a long-running show. I'm sure other canceled soaps, including Another World, The Edge of Night, and Search for Tomorrow are missed. Dark Shadows had a huge cult following.

@erikandrus4387

2 жыл бұрын

I like your thinking about shortening the cancelled serials to 30 minutes. What some fans wouldn't give to have an hour set aside on CBS for Irna Phillips or on ABC for Agnes Nixon created serials. I think you're right about Capitol. I think it would have hit it's popularity in a few more years with shows like "The West Wing" or "House of Cards" that compelled viewers. I even think "Edge of Night" and "Dark Shadows" could have stayed with their milieus of mystery and horror respectively. So many of the soaps, though beloved, are almost carbon copies of one another - The rich and the poor, in Smalltown, America. Series that focused on the supernatural, politics, religion, law & order, and medical... these to me stuck out more because of their genre within the genre. I wonder if there would be more soaps due to that kind of originality. Because "Guiding Light", "As the World Turns", "All My Children"... They were doing great when they were about the Bauers, the Hugheses, the Martins... but then like you say "bad writers"... that tried to turn them into the next "General Hospital" creative boom, they all seemed to outdo one another for the sake of good storytelling.

@erickirk6966

3 ай бұрын

Since writing this... Days Of Our Lives moved to NBC's streaming service Peacock 2 years ago after ending its 57-year run on NBC. This move could potentially open the door to soaps moving from major TV networks to streaming services, like Peacock, Paramount+, Netflix, etc. CBS has announced plans to launch a new series called The Gates. The creation of The Gates, expected to be a predominantly minority focused show similar to Generations, comes some 35 years since the creation of that series, plus some 37 years since CBS debuted The Bold & The Beautiful, as well as 14 years since the cancellation of As The World Turns which The Gates is expected to fill the former ATWT slot with news of The Talk ending at the end of 2024, and 25 years since the most recent new series Passions. Additional thoughts that I've also had besides the thought of shows being shortened back to half-hour broadcasts. If Procter & Gamble had sold ownership or an ownership stake of ATWT to CBS and if that series would still be on, or lasted a few additional seasons, or made the leap to Paramount+ (former CBS All Access). With streaming services picking up shows that people want to watch, I could see canceled soaps living on via Peacock, and Paramount+, and Netflix in reruns for future generations to see. I could easily see ATWT, Capitol, and Santa Barbara possibly being candidates for revival (or reboot) on the streaming services.

@erickirk6966

3 ай бұрын

Furthermore, looking at the 50 Years Of Soaps special, it's also quite sobering to see faces and names who have sadly passed away, but they left a great legacy and memories. Bill Hayes (Doug from Days Of Our Lives) Frances Reid (Alice from DOOL) Helen Wagner (Nancy from As The World Turns) Michael Zaslow (Roger from Guiding Light, and David from One Life To Live) Jonathan Frid (Barnabas from Dark Shadows) Jacqueline Courtney (Alice from Another World) Kristoff St. John (Neil from The Young & The Restless) Jaclyn Zeman (Bobbie from General Hospital) Larry Haines (Stu from Search For Tomorrow) Mary Stuart (Jo from SFT) James Mitchell (Palmer from All My Children) Charles Keating (Carl from AW) Plus a few more names including... Jeanne Cooper (Katherine & Marge from Y&R) Darlene Conley (Sally from The Bold & The Beautiful) Ruth Warrick (Edith from ATWT, and Phoebe from AMC) Lisa Brown (Iva from ATWT, and Nola from GL) Phil Carey (Asa from OLTL) Joseph Mascolo (Stefano on DOOL, and Massimo from B&B) Anna Lee (Lila from GH) Y&R and B&B creators William J. Bell & Lee Philip Bell AMC & OLTL creator Agnes Nixon Among other notable names from the soaps.

It’s sad that “soap operas” have gone from television. It seems as if the only one I remember Days of our Lives is on Peacock and I resent having to pay to watch it, so I have stopped watching it.

Another world had such an intimate vibe back in the day...see the alice/ steve clip....why it was so poular!!

50 YEARS WOW, Those were the days when the TV went on at noon...to get ready for all the weekday soaps, CBS ABC NBC they were all Great!! finally in the 80's we were able to tape them. We are down to only 3 right now, but I still watch GH one if my favorites!! Sad a lot of the Veteran Soap Stars have passed. Its, another Great TV era Gone on its way.😥😥 The show today are too violent!!

I loves days of our lives almost 17 years

Absolutely was good but never showed Victoria/Nikki split personalities. Tina and Cord, Frisco and Felicia’s weddings .Bold and Beautiful Brooke .

All of these soaps were good ,Luke &Laura ,Bo &Hope ,Mac&Rachel ,Vicki Bucanon & much others from all of these iconic soap operas !& of course Erica Cane!

@39:58 is Dark Shadows with actors Lara Parker and Jonathan Frid being reunited on stage

ty for sharing

Sunset beach....altho short life was best soap ever!!!!

@alexisdiva9

Күн бұрын

but it didn't debut until 1997 - this special was in 1994 - but I also loved Sunset Beach.

I’m seeing this for the first time in February 2024. I forgot how many soaps used to be on the air. It’s sad that there are only a few now. I grew up seeing Days because my mom watched it. I remember also watching Another World. But when I started my adult life, I was all about Luke and Laura. I don’t remember how that came about because no one in my family watched GH. But I started watching it before the phenomenon of L & L. And then I couldn’t get enough of them. In fact I bought my first VCR so I wouldn’t miss an episode (while at work). It’s a good thing I didn’t have any kids yet. That VCR cost me a little over $400. And it was Top loading too. I got my moneys worth though. When they got married, I kept that VHS tape for years just so I could watch it again whenever I wanted to. But unlike DVDs, the tape wore out and got stuck in the VCR where it pulled the tape itself out of the case/box. I had 2 kids by then. I had pretty much stopped watching soaps by then because when Genie Francis left GH, I wasn’t interested in watching Luke without his Angel. I’ve watched it from time to time over the years. Until it broke my heart to see them get divorced. I don’t think any fan can be so invested in the L & L love story and not be affected by their divorce. However, I stopped watching it completely when Luke and Tracy became a couple. There’s no way the Luke I came “to know” could have ever fallen in love with Tracy. I love Jane Elliot, she’s one of the best actresses in daytime. Just not married to Luke. Yes I know…it’s not real. But I didn’t buy one of the first VCRs because they made a great couple 😂.

I remember vividly Cruz’s eulogy to Eden… they were so magical ❤️

If Frances Reid & Helen Wagner were British they would have been "Decorated" by The Queen. They would have been known as Dame Reid & Dame Wagner.

I hope they bring back soap operas. Much of daytime TV is so boring these days (except the remaining soap operas).

Denise Alexander will always be my favorite actress.

This is so odd but barely a mention of Susan Lucci and the iconic Erica Kane. This was poorly done Like her or hate her Erica Kane and Susan Lucci were the soaps biggest star. Really a big error not to include La Lucci.

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people in the soap industry were jealous of Susan Lucci. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@hrh-xj4fh

Жыл бұрын

It was on cbs so thats a big reason why im betting..if it were on abc lucci would have been front and center

@albertbostic

7 ай бұрын

I love how ur judging him like u can do better,he didn't put it in because he just didn't,do ur own video or go cry somewhere

@anniejderose1234

7 ай бұрын

@@hrh-xj4fhfacts

Helen gallagher....beverley mckenzie...susan flannery...the best actors in all of daytime!! And beyond!!

Wow! This is so 180% from what Tony Warren (RIP) had to do to bring Coronation Street to TV on December 9th 1960. It is the Longest Running Soap in UK History. It was inspired by The Novel "Saturday Night & Sunday Morning" If you can check out the Very First Episode. It looks like something out of Playhouse90. Their Soaps are more Blue Collar than US. I think that's why Mal Young (The Young & The Restless) had such a hard time. He's a Legend with Eastenders (1985-Present) but tanked as did Daran Little who besides writing for Coronation Street wrote For All My Children and now works on Eastenders.

Cruz and Eden's wedding was the best ❤❤❤

I think another world should be included also.

What happened to "Edge of Night"?

@maryannrenzulli2426

Жыл бұрын

Gone, they cancelled it in the 80's, I really liked it to.

Love!!!!!

1:02:20 loved the blooper reel of Drake Hogestyn (John from Days Of Our Lives) taking a tumble. And like the leather jacket that Hogestyn's character John is wearing too.

Victoria Wyndham is a grace.

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

Victoria Wyndham was the heart and soul of another. Her character, Rachel has been through the wringer. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@calvinlocklear4852

Жыл бұрын

Another World deserved more time

Excellent!

Ryans hope.....

@erikandrus4387

2 жыл бұрын

"Ryan's Hope" should have gotten more time than it did - that show was brilliant.

Where is the Edge of Night?

@a.b.sproductionsllc

4 жыл бұрын

Tracy Rademaker They really should have included “The Edge of Night” here was a soap that was much different than the other soaps. It’s sad that ABC didn’t even mention EON on their 50th anniversary in 2003. It did run almost 10 years on the network!

@johnbenzer5306

3 жыл бұрын

@@a.b.sproductionsllc ABC didn’t promote EON enough to sustain its tenure….and stood by and watched major city affiliates preempt or not even CARRY the show

@johnbenzer5306

3 жыл бұрын

@@a.b.sproductionsllc and there was a short clip with Lois Kibbee

Fantabulous ❤😊😅😮😢❤

Wow Dark Shadows actors I watch that as a kid everyday at 4:30 wow that was a treat I watched that recently and that thing is scary

How did they not remember the doctors. Then came general hospital.

@jay1hi547

Жыл бұрын

They forgot about Ryan's Hope and Edge of Night too.

Next year, after about 25 years, another soap opera will premier on CBS: The Gates. I wonder what the future of the genre looks like.

Eileen fulton looks like madelyn khan in her clip!!😊

This is great thanks for sharing I am curious do you happen to have 1st episodes of AMC or OLTL? Thanks again

I saw alot of these

The guy on the horse 🤣🤣🤣

@amymaclean7586

2 жыл бұрын

@Drive Streaming and where would this be?? You just made my whole night!

@amymaclean7586

2 жыл бұрын

@Drive Streaming THANK YOU

@maddyhayes617

Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with him. He was very personable and down to earth, and very respectful to his fans👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍☕

Missing Ryan's hope Santa Barbara and sunset beach

I love when Dorian slaps Viki! 36:00

Love Lisa's (Eileen Fulton) remark at about 39:00 that she wouldn't go to Joyce's (Barbara Rodell) and Grant's (James Douglas) wedding "even if you were giving away Robert Redford as a door prize".

The weddings can be very long and boring but the fights let's see the fights that's why I came to see

they said 2044. hopefully they might bring some more soaps. that they be around then.

Kelly Rippa looked healthy back then. So vute and natural.

I wish the video was a little better.

If Erika Slezak could have she would have been brilliant on the UK Soap Opera Eastenders as Janine Butcher's American Cousin. Janine played brilliantly by Charli Brooks on and off beginning in the 1980's was so narcistic that if she dealt with "Viki" she would have scared the you know what out of her.

No Tina and Cord?!😳 No Tina going over the waterfall? Nothing at all of Tina? What the heck!?!🤯

I didn't see Ryan's Hope or Generations.

wtf is that dress parade? that was tv for 1994???

RKK was the best Bo! Hot!!!!

@jabjab4434

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. And I enjoyed his earlier work as a long haired young cutie on AW.

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

@@jabjab4434 Robert kelker-kelly didn't get along with several cast members on Days of our lives. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

What happened to The Edge of Night????!!!!

midterms ?

WELL LAURA '''GENIE FRANCIS FROM GENERAL HOSPITAL'S DRESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE ALSO,,

@yvonnecooper5004

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it was stolen when it was supposed to be put in the Smithsonian. So they used the clothes from Wyndhams

@yvonnecooper5004

Жыл бұрын

I think it was an inside job. There should have been a copy of the dress.

1:33:52 NASH!!!!!!!!

All My Children Is A Sorry Show It Aint That Good

33:40

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Strk9 me

Plastic me onle

@SoapFoxKirby I would like to know if you take requests and if I can have your email address.