The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

JTIS

...That I am royally pissed about the cancellation of All My Children and One Life to Live. I spent almost a year interning at One Life and absolutely loved everyone there--incredibly nice people who treated their interns with respect.
Soaps get a bad rap (often deservedly--there are some hilarious spoofs out there), but quality really is impressive given the amount of material they have to pump out, evil twins and all. I feel terrible for my former co-workers who absolutely slaved for these shows, and for the larger television industry in New York--it was a great gig for a lot of actors.
And though I realize soaps are kind of a ridiculous thing to get sappy about, I really feel for the viewers, many of whom have been watching for decades. In no other genre can you follow a character throughout his life like that.
This sucks.

I have no idea how to embed, but let's remember happier/campier times with a brilliantly over the top clip of Elizabeth Taylor in her cameo as Helena Cassadine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-o6UMiwJFM

Sounds like a fun internship!

I went to college with the actress who plays "Amanda" on All My Children. We had some mutual friends, so I'd often see her at parties and such.

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

I feel your pain. I'm still in mourning over Guiding Light getting cancelled. Watching it with my Gran is one of the earliest television memories I have. At least I still have The Young and the Restless (for now).

I used to watch the soaps in their 80s glory with my mom and grandmother as a kid. My mom's favorite was Y&R. Every now and then I will catch a few minutes of it, and I only recognize some of the characters.