Talk:Guiding Light

How many Reardons are on the show? I mean, they brought Nola back for a while, but I'm pretty sure the "Reardon legacy" was effectively killed when Ellen Parker was fired in 1993. Mike H 01:05, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)

I think the spoiler warning should be done away with; GL isn't in reruns so there's no reason for it.

No "The" in 1977

I've seen this printed in TV Guide and Soap Digest, but that doesn't seem to make sense to me. The show dropped the "The" from the title card in late 1975, and kept referring to it on-air as "The Guiding Light" until the autumn leaves opening sequence was discontinued in 1982. Mike H 17:11, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)

Examples:

• 1979 opening sequence, from The World of Soap Themes. The title card says "Guiding Light" but it is referred to as "The Guiding Light".

• November 1975 closing sequence, also from The World of Soap Themes. You'll see that the title card says "Guiding Light", well before 1977.

Permission to split

Since the show has run for nearly 70 years, and is the longest running show in broadcast history, I wanted to split each decade up (the radio years in one entry, then 50's, then 60's, and so on) so I could write a more detailed history for the GL trends in each of those decades. If I write that under the current entry it would go past the alloted 32K. Would any of you have any objection to my eventually splitting the current information up and adding more information? --JamesB3 01:19, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'd only object right now on the grounds that it isn't there at this time. Write it up, have the page be bloated, and then split it up. So at least we know there's something to cut it all up for. Mike H 03:11, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)

Mixing fact and fiction...

"a storyline which was criticized by Charita Bauer herself," Shjome mishtake shurely... Rich Farmbrough 09:58, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No, I have it cited in a book, actually. It's a quote from her. I can scan the page and upload it, if you like. Mike H 22:10, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, OK. I thought "Charita Bauer" was a character. Reading more carefully I see my mistake. Thanks. Rich Farmbrough 00:00, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It's easily confusing. Bauer was both the surname of the actress and her family on the show. ;-) Mike H 06:08, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

Speculation on actors

Actors who have participated in taping but not aired aren't current cast members. They will be when they get aired. What if someone important in the plot dies? How can one be sure the previously taped episodes won't be revised or re-recorded? The same priniciple applies for actors that are leaving. Perhaps something could happen that would postpone the leaving of the character for another month. S/he would still exist, but not be shown. Encyclopedias contain facts, not speculation. --jag123 08:33, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

POV Alert

I saw words like "obnoxious" and "sleazy" in the newest write-up. I think I'm putting this on peer review to combat the evident POV problem. Mike H 15:51, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

I don't know if I put the "obnoxious" but I did put "sleazy" to describe the storylines of 1996. Several of them were panned by the soap press (specifically the one about Gilly lusting after her own father) and drove the ratings to such low points that GL was nearly canceled. I don't think it's a POV violation to consider this "sleazy" - it's a broad opinion of many GL viewers and soap magazine writers at that time. If you look at the entire article I think it is generally restrained and balanced, and not any sort of horrible POV violation. I hope you reconsider this because it seems like a lot over one or two words. If you don't like the words then just take them out. --JamesB3 00:41, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I did not watch GL in 1996 so if I did take them out, I wouldn't know what to replace them with. It just doesn't sound like something that's good for NPOV. Mike H 02:21, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)