tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post5252689556524929711..comments2024-03-28T09:13:04.373-04:00Comments on KIKO'S HOUSE: 72,000 Episodes & Sudsy To The EndShaun Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-67986804728968098512009-09-19T17:18:50.301-04:002009-09-19T17:18:50.301-04:00When I was dating my most recent ex-wife, we used ...When I was dating my most recent ex-wife, we used to tape the Guiding Light, along with some other soaps, and watch them in the evenings because she liked them.<br /><br />I was impressed by the cleverness of the writers. They commonly had five or six stories going, with the expectation that the viewer would get sucked into at least one of them. I still remember fulminations about the Spauldings.<br /><br />Another trick is that, as summer draws near, they ramp up the stories about the teenagers, then they town them back down as the start of school approaches, so as to catch new viewers during school vacation.<br /><br />I remember, when I was young, back in the Eisenhower years, listening to soaps on CBS radio when I was home sick from school. They followed Arthur Godrey and Garry Moore.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.soapcentral.com/yr/news/2008/0324-braeden.php" rel="nofollow">Victor</a> is still my hero.Frankhttp://www.pineviewfarm.net/weblognoreply@blogger.com