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Mr. Television · 06-06-2008, 05:14 PM

I haven't watched GL in a decade or so...ever since Michael Zaslow was fired for being sick. I'm sorry to here that it's having so many problems though. Are any of the Bauers still on? It was always a great show and I have a lot of great memories watching with my Mom. I hope the show goes on for another 50 years.

Jude The Obscure · 06-06-2008, 05:57 PM

There is really only one main Bauer left--Rick.

JT · 06-09-2008, 09:09 PM

Yep, Rick's the only real Bauer left and he's been reduced to scenery pretty much.

How do you like that? The show's core family, the driving force of the storylines for a good 45-50 years...reduced to absolutely nothing. How in the hell can they run around praising themselves for being the longest-running program in the entire world, yet it's nearly impossible to celebrate its history without that history seeming irrelevent to what the show is today.

Just damn. Damn, damn, damn, CBS. I still get pissed off when I think about how absolutely ruined the show is.

Jude The Obscure · 06-10-2008, 03:54 PM

GL's jump the shark moment ultimately began with the death of Maureen Bauer in the '90s......many other things since have helped the downward spiral--the mob family Santos, San Cristobal, The Reva Clone, The Time Travel Painting, etc.

dawsongirl · 07-15-2008, 10:14 PM

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This is so sad... I fear the future of the daytime drama is in serious jeopardy because of erroding viewership and the networks are making serious budget cuts, and asking cherished and critically acclaimed actors, many whom have been with their respective shows for many decades, to take drastic pay cuts. I really see a future where the daytime serial as we know it might be a dinosaur of the past...

Erroding viewership due to bad writing! Maybe, maybe not, but today I was watching DOOL for the first time in years, and damn...everyone just kept talking about the same thing repeatedly for the whole hour. The said in 7 scenes what should have taken 1 or 2. I wanted to scream. If they're all like that, holy crap.

Anyhow, I think AMC is laughing all the way, putting a GL supercouple back together. I liked Harley and Gus, so I'm sure they'll be good as whoever on AMC.

dawsongirl · 07-15-2008, 10:19 PM

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I agree that losing Kim Zimmer would probably be the final nail in the coffin for Guiding Light. I pray this doesn't happen, as it is the longest running television program anywhere in the world and should be treated with the respect and dignity it deserves. Soaps are the only medium where an actor can portray a character of many years, or many decades in some cases! These shows are comforting to their viewers because of continuity, the fact we can tune in any time we have the opportunity and reconnect with characters we feel like we actually know and have become a part of our daily lives. During troubled times, I like to tune into my favorite soap and just forget about my own problems and concentrate on what is going on in the lives of the show's denizens. This is why keeping a show's core characters and actors is so very important in keeping viewers tuned in. Once you've lost all the characters who made you connect with the show in the first place, you lose interest and start not watching the program anymore... I'm truly praying GL can turn things around and save itself from cancellation...

That's the reason I could watch old eps of DOOL on YouTube from the early 80s, and still feel interested like when I was watching it in the mid-90s. There were many characters who were there in those early days that were there in the 90s, and are still there today. Same families, same actors, etc.

dawsongirl · 07-15-2008, 10:20 PM

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I haven't watched GL in a decade or so...ever since Michael Zaslow was fired for being sick. I'm sorry to here that it's having so many problems though. Are any of the Bauers still on? It was always a great show and I have a lot of great memories watching with my Mom. I hope the show goes on for another 50 years.

I have fond memories of watching it in the 90s too. Last time I saw it though, it didn't even look like GL. This was after they started shooting it with home video cameras or whatever they did.

Don Howard · 10-13-2008, 11:26 PM

Don Stewart getting canned upset me, but that was made up for with the addition of Larkin Malloy. But as Clint Eastwood Fan noted, the release of Michael Zaslow was a deplorable act. The final straw was when Jerry Ver Dorn left. The only reason that show still breathes life on CBS is because it's been on for 71 years. GL oughtta get yanked and now so Days Of Our Lives can move there if NBC cancels it next year to make way for a 5th hour of the Today show.

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JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,219	Yep, Rick's the only real Bauer left and he's been reduced to scenery pretty much. How do you like that? The show's core family, the driving force of the storylines for a good 45-50 years...reduced to absolutely nothing. How in the hell can they run around praising themselves for being the longest-running program in the entire world, yet it's nearly impossible to celebrate its history without that history seeming irrelevent to what the show is today. Just damn. Damn, damn, damn, CBS. I still get pissed off when I think about how absolutely ruined the show is.
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Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,519	There is really only one main Bauer left--Rick.

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Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,519	GL's jump the shark moment ultimately began with the death of Maureen Bauer in the '90s......many other things since have helped the downward spiral--the mob family Santos, San Cristobal, The Reva Clone, The Time Travel Painting, etc.

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Don Howard Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 13, 2008 Location: Dover, Ohio Posts: 55	Don Stewart getting canned upset me, but that was made up for with the addition of Larkin Malloy. But as Clint Eastwood Fan noted, the release of Michael Zaslow was a deplorable act. The final straw was when Jerry Ver Dorn left. The only reason that show still breathes life on CBS is because it's been on for 71 years. GL oughtta get yanked and now so Days Of Our Lives can move there if NBC cancels it next year to make way for a 5th hour of the Today show.