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Parting is such sweet sorrow…
Posted By Kissa
On Friday I will be glued to the television set at 3:00 like I have been most days watching Guiding Light. Unfortunately this pleasure of mine will end on Friday, September 18, 2009. I’ve tried not to think about it. I’ve put off the inevitable hoping someone else would pick up my favorite soap opera but it hasn’t happened.
I’ve watched this show since I was a little girl. My mother watched it and so did I. One of my mother’s most embarrassing moments was a visit to the doctor’s office when I was about five. Guiding Light came on the tv in the nurses area and I jumped up and pointed yelling, “Look mom, it’s the woman who got scraped.” Said woman had been raped the day before and Of course I’d watched it. Those nurses laughed until tears fell from their eyes.
I taped the last week’s episodes and my mother is going to come visit so that we can watch them together. I loved seeing so many of the old characters come back, I just wish it were for a different reason.
The best moment I recall is watching Reva and Josh get married- the first time. How romantic and right that seemed. And the worst moment, by far, was when Tammy died leaving Jonathan behind. My mouth gaped, I cried and I still can’t believe they got rid of her. I considered ending my watching habits around that time but then remembered that Reva and Josh were still there. “4-Ever Bud”, if that doesn’t give you chills I don’t know what will. I so want that mantel!
When Alan died yesterday my heart sank. There is no show without a bad guy and he fit the part. How happy I was to see him turn good but then he died. No rhyme or reason with those wacky writers.
Just to show you how addicted I am- My son is named after two of the characters on Guiding Light. He teases me about it all the time. I adamantly deny it to be true to his face but the truth is Joshua Alan just seemed to be perfect back in the late 80′s. I have no doubt that if I’d been blessed with a little girl she would have been dubbed Reva. Maybe it’s a good thing that didn’t happen. Hard to deny two character names.
Ode to my fun, laughter, sorrow and intrigue. I’ll miss you Guiding Light, and I’m not afraid to blog it!
Sep 17th, 2009
I’ve never watched GL, my region runs it against General Hospital which I watched for a good portion of my life until life interfered. I will miss it, though, becuase it’s the longest running tv show ever…from radio to tv, gotta admire that! And admire all they’ve done to keep it on the air.
Yes, Isabel, you are right they did start on the radio so long ago. I have the last episode taped and I’m going to watch it later with plenty of tissue!
I so cried today too watching this! I think I missed a part cuz I can’t remember what happened with Jeffery chasing after Edmund. Last thing I remember is he missed shooting him and then nothing ending on that story.
And I know that Bilyl re-married his wife (Can’t remember her name at this moment but she was married to Matt too), but didn’t know why she was gone at the end of the show. I must of missed parts this week when I went out of the room or something. There was so much this week. I loved seeing so many happy endings for them. They deserved them. I wanted Johnathan to find his happy ending too. I used to watch this show with my grandma when I was young and mostly been watching it on and off for all these years. It was great to see some come back to visit like Fletcher and Hope and oh so many of them! That I loved. I so wished that they didn’t have Alan die tho. That was hard. I so agree too, I loved Bud and Reva coming back together at the end and so sad about Tammy and so many other endings. I could talk so much about this! I wished I recorded it! I hope they do re-show it some place like maybe on Soap Channel.
Hey Caffey- Yes, I hate that Alan died too. They didn’t resolve Jeffrey at all. I full expected him to come back and see Reva and Josh together and just decided to fade away but that didn’t happen. Vanessa married Billy but I don’t know where she was on the last day. Thanks for stopping by.
Oh and ps- who is going to look for the online show, Venice, about Olivia and Natalia? They won’t have the same names but they will still be lesbians.