"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1942: We Love And Learn debuted on CBS Radio. The show was previously titled As The Twig Is Bent when it aired for a year on some Mutual-Don Lee stations.
1966: On Peyton Place, Betty (Barbara Parkins) and Steven prepared for their wedding.
Thanks to Jennifer for sending in the clip above.
1967: On Dark Shadows, when Willie (James Hall) made unwanted advances at Carolyn (Nancy Barrett), she pulled a gun on him.
1976: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) wondered if...
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1942: We Love And Learn debuted on CBS Radio. The show was previously titled As The Twig Is Bent when it aired for a year on some Mutual-Don Lee stations.
1966: On Peyton Place, Betty (Barbara Parkins) and Steven prepared for their wedding.
Thanks to Jennifer for sending in the clip above.
1967: On Dark Shadows, when Willie (James Hall) made unwanted advances at Carolyn (Nancy Barrett), she pulled a gun on him.
1976: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) wondered if...
- 4/9/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1942: We Love And Learn debuted on CBS Radio. The show was previously titled As The Twig Is Bent when it aired for a year on some Mutual-Don Lee stations.
1966: On Peyton Place, Betty (Barbara Parkins) and Steven prepared for their wedding.
Thanks to Jennifer for sending in the clip above.
1967: On Dark Shadows, when Willie (James Hall) made unwanted advances...
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1942: We Love And Learn debuted on CBS Radio. The show was previously titled As The Twig Is Bent when it aired for a year on some Mutual-Don Lee stations.
1966: On Peyton Place, Betty (Barbara Parkins) and Steven prepared for their wedding.
Thanks to Jennifer for sending in the clip above.
1967: On Dark Shadows, when Willie (James Hall) made unwanted advances...
- 4/12/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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