Guiding Light
May 6, 2009
- When I announced the Guiding Light Project two weeks ago, I had no idea the response I was going to get. Sure, I knew people would be excited about it, but it has caught on like wildfire. Roger Newcomb has mentioned the project several times in his blog We Love Soaps. Patrick Erwin gave me a shout out on his other blog. Robert Reid on Blog Talk Radio interviewed Lynn Liccardo and me about ...
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May 5, 2009
- Today would have been Douglas Marland’s 74th birthday. In any case, it’s a great opportunity to celebrate his talent and his work. The newer generation of soap viewers may not know who he is, but he touched so many of the shows I know and love: Guiding Light, As The World Turns, Another World (where he was a staff writer for Harding Lemay), and General Hospital.Last spring, Marlena Delacroix ...
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May 1, 2009
- Happy May Day to everyone today! And happy birthday to Judy Collins, who turns seventy today! That feels so odd to write, that Judy Collins is seventy. To me she’s always the same age in her mid thirties, singing the alphabet song with Mr. Snuffalugus. I’m reminded of the line in the Simon and Garfunkel’s song “Old Friends” when they sing “How terribly strange to be ...
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April 30, 2009
- I am happy to announce that I’m going to be on The Robert Reid Show on Sunday May 3rd! I’m going to be talking about the Guiding Light Project with Lynn Liccardo, Patrick Erwin, and Harley Jane Kozak. Needless to say, I am so excited about this. I would love it if people would listen and call in if they have any Guiding Light related questions. To get more information, here’s Robert’s ...
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April 29, 2009
- I love this picture of Irna Phillips. It looks like she’s talking about something good, maybe a story, maybe a deal to get another one of her shows on television. Whatever it is, she’s got something going on, you can tell. I also love the fact in this picture she looks so ordinary. That might sound odd, but it’s not when you think that this is the woman who created the soap opera genre, ...
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April 27, 2009
- This Friday, 1 May, will mark a month since CBS announced it was canceling Guiding Light (and, for what it’s worth, Friday also marks the first anniversary of my first post here at Red Room). When Jennifer Gibbons asked me to be a part of RR’s Guiding Light Project, I wasn’t sure where I would begin. I was in diapers when GL premiered (on television:). And while it was my mother’s show ...
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April 22, 2009
- A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the possible end of Guiding Light. I wanted so much to be wrong. I wanted to write a blog that said surprise! It’s not going to be canceled, even though it is last in the ratings! I also thought Walter Mondale was going to win the election in 1984. This proves that there are times I can be wrong. The show is going to end. As Lynn Liccardo has been ...
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April 21, 2009
- to bring you... It's only April, and so far 2009's been a rough year for viewers in the New York metropolitan area who watch Guiding Light on WCBS. Last week, it was live coverage of the installation of a new archbishop that enraged GL fans in general, Otalia fans in particular. Actually, I think it was the press conference preceding the ceremony - doesn't matter. Earlier, Phillip Spaulding's ...
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April 15, 2009
- so much more to write on this that will have to wait until next week. and i don't mean this to sound nitpicky; i know they've been cramming in jessica leccia's scenes before she leaves to have her baby. of course, i may be the only one who noticed...but it's a real tribute to the power of great storytelling and the acting chops of both crystal chapell and jl on today's episode of guiding light ...
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April 13, 2009
- April can be a cruel month. CBS announced the cancellation of Guiding Light, ER broadcast its final episode and The New York Times Corporation is threatening to close down my hometown newspaper of record, The Boston Globe – and that was just the first week. Here’s hoping for the promised May flowers because we’ve certainly had plenty of April showers, literally here in Boston, as well as ...
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