@smpage09 Price is Right moved to 3:00 Eastern/ 2:00 Central on March 26, 1973, when CBS cancelled Where the Heart Is and Love is a Many Splendored Thing. The $10,000 Pyramid debuted that day in TPIR's old time slot. Price is Right moved back to the morning on November 3, 1975, where it has remained.
@Sheri451 Edge was still telecast live in 1974, with no taping at all UNLESS it was a special circumstance. This episode aired live, but it included a flashback to a murder that occurred two months earlier. The scenes of the murder -Taffy Simms shot while struggling over a gun- were pre-taped and dropped into the live telecast.
@saynotoursoap That took some very good acting ability. Especially if you had to cry. Too bad they don't broadcat live anymore. I watched One Life To Live fifteen or more years ago when they went live for a week. Cassie Depaiva who plays Blair was really good in the scenes she was in.
I think I remember hearing this other announcer, and being even more scared than I usually was. I was just a toddler, and the opening was scary enough anyway, but when I heard this different announcer, gosh!
@BigSingh there was a clip floating around on YouTube of a show from September 1975 (the famous episode where Geraldine was bludgeoned and left for dead) that included Dixie. She was having dinner with Adam, and he was trying to get her to spend the night with him. She looked soo young!
EON, along with ATWT, was one of the last soaps to go completely to tape..there was a time, although most shows were live (but not every day), when no voice over indicated live or tape..in the case of this Edge episode, there may have been a flashback, or a location shoot, children under a certain age, etc...and not every single episode of any live show was live every day..a lot of episodes were pre-recorded (holidays and 'complicated' shoots may be some of the reasons)...
I thought that was probably Cincinnati, as P&G were the sponsors. The story didn't take place in Cincy, I'm guessing. What was the fictional town in which this soap was supposedly based?
@jekorb I believe the fictional city was called Monticello. In later years, the Cincy skyline was replaced with LA to suggest that over the years Monticello had grown from a medium city to a large city.
It was a CBS staff announcer who filled in for Hal Simms. He sounded good. My guess he didn't want to say his name because he was just a fill in. I also that one of the actors filled in as the announcer one time.
I have to admit, the announcer DID do a pretty bad job on this one. Nobody could come close to Hal Simms or even his predecessor, Harry Kramer, and it amazes me that he didn't even say his name, but oh, well.
I am a Fan of the CBS Color Closing Credits between 1967-1975 and I enjoy the Orchestra Paul Taubman Warmly Theme just as much as the original version which was used before 1973.
DJRakow I was a fan of this version also. I was also a fan of the opening theme with the piano and the announcer: "Theeee Eeeddgggee" etc. That particular opening theme used make me jump and scared me as a child. Too bad that these types of soaps no longer exist. What's worse is that these soaps are not, nor will they ever be, available on DVD. Procter & Gamble should open up its vaults of video and market them. I bet P&G productions would make more money off its videos than any other product.
I know what you mean, I was just as small a kid when I saw this opening, and man, did it ever scare me to death! I think it's a shame that P&G would never release it on DVD. I think that would be quite a moneymaking title!
No. This episode contained a flashback from October 1974 of Martha Marceau shooting Taffy Sims. The flashback had been recorded originally and was added to the live telecast.
a wonderful post. this is "brand new" for me since I was at school (which didn't end until 2:45 p.m.) most of Dec. 1974; then I was a sophomore in high school...by the time I got home, EDGE had already played...however, I was daydreaming about EDGE often and counting down the days to Christmas vacation when I could see at least two weeks of EDGE... I can't recall, but I don't think CBS showed any college bowl games to interrupt the daytime soaps in those days... :)
According to Mark Faulkner, webmaster for the EON Homepage, during its CBS years Edge was always preempted on New Year's Day for the Cotton Bowl, but usually aired on Christmas. I know that starting in 1972, CBS soaps were preempted every Labor Day for Jerry Lewis' telethon. Some sources list CBS's sked change in 1972 as 9/4, but it really changed on 9/11/72 due to 9/4 being a Labor Day preemption.
I was 8 when The New Price is Right premiered and was immediately hooked. When it moved to 3 p.m., I would tune in the closing credits of The Edge of Night to hear the "Stay tuned for..." promo ... and then started to watch the show itself, then the rest of the CBS afternoon lineup. Too bad more episodes from this period apparently didn't survive.
And Dixie Carter as Brandy Henderson! Where was I and why wasn't I watching?? Dammit!
TheCatgirl6 1 week ago
I thought the Price is Right was on at 10:30 at this time? It was still a half hour in '74. What time did Price air?
smpage09 3 months ago
@smpage09 Price is Right moved to 3:00 Eastern/ 2:00 Central on March 26, 1973, when CBS cancelled Where the Heart Is and Love is a Many Splendored Thing. The $10,000 Pyramid debuted that day in TPIR's old time slot. Price is Right moved back to the morning on November 3, 1975, where it has remained.
saynotoursoap 3 months ago
That looks like Cincinnati, Ohio.
tyrese3745 7 months ago
Did that last thing the man said mean the program was still being filmed live, except for a small portion taped?
Sheri451 8 months ago
@Sheri451 Edge was still telecast live in 1974, with no taping at all UNLESS it was a special circumstance. This episode aired live, but it included a flashback to a murder that occurred two months earlier. The scenes of the murder -Taffy Simms shot while struggling over a gun- were pre-taped and dropped into the live telecast.
saynotoursoap 8 months ago
@saynotoursoap That took some very good acting ability. Especially if you had to cry. Too bad they don't broadcat live anymore. I watched One Life To Live fifteen or more years ago when they went live for a week. Cassie Depaiva who plays Blair was really good in the scenes she was in.
Sheri451 8 months ago
Daytime, Nightime. Today nothing on television tops the intricate stories The Edge of Night used to tell. Too bad.
4021971 1 year ago
One of my mom's favorite "stories" :D
soulgirl66 1 year ago 2
at the point when the soaps changed from organ based to symphonic based themes/music, the music became exclusively prerecorded.
chas1065b 1 year ago
This is so haunting...a past that showed us a great future.....it lied.
rooseguitar64 1 year ago 2
I think I remember hearing this other announcer, and being even more scared than I usually was. I was just a toddler, and the opening was scary enough anyway, but when I heard this different announcer, gosh!
MrSammyReed 1 year ago
@MrSammyReed Hi Sammy - Man, Edge's opening/closing visuals used to spook me, too. The original black and white visuals are even spookier!
soap1919jt 1 year ago
@MrSammyReed I know EXACTLY what you mean. When I was younger, this opening scared me to death too.
AlbieGray 8 months ago
Wow....thats a "old school" intro/outro......nice how he mentions stay tuned for "the price is right" ..which is still on the air today
vardiss22 1 year ago 2
Dixie Carter 1939-2010 RIP
trh2130 1 year ago 2
I was sad to hear that Dixie Carter at 70 Years Young passed away late yesterday evening and God Bless her Souls as always.
DJRakow 1 year ago
RIP Dixie. I remember seeing her on this show.
vegyrex 1 year ago
Couldn't find a Dixie Carter clip from THE EDGE OF NIGHT, but she did play Brandy Henderson.
BigSingh 1 year ago
@BigSingh there was a clip floating around on YouTube of a show from September 1975 (the famous episode where Geraldine was bludgeoned and left for dead) that included Dixie. She was having dinner with Adam, and he was trying to get her to spend the night with him. She looked soo young!
mthivier 1 year ago
"A portion of this program was prerecorded"? I thought all daytime shows were on tape before that time...not a portion.
wesinalabama 2 years ago
No. Edge and As the World Turns retained live broadcasts until 1975.
saynotoursoap 2 years ago
EON, along with ATWT, was one of the last soaps to go completely to tape..there was a time, although most shows were live (but not every day), when no voice over indicated live or tape..in the case of this Edge episode, there may have been a flashback, or a location shoot, children under a certain age, etc...and not every single episode of any live show was live every day..a lot of episodes were pre-recorded (holidays and 'complicated' shoots may be some of the reasons)...
disabled1955 2 years ago
what city is that in the background?
Alleghenymike 2 years ago
Cincinatti
thillwl 2 years ago
I thought that was probably Cincinnati, as P&G were the sponsors. The story didn't take place in Cincy, I'm guessing. What was the fictional town in which this soap was supposedly based?
jekorb 1 year ago
@jekorb I believe the fictional city was called Monticello. In later years, the Cincy skyline was replaced with LA to suggest that over the years Monticello had grown from a medium city to a large city.
thillwl 1 year ago
This guy was no Hal Simms! Hal Simms did it best!
Chicago10281 2 years ago
Agreed!
191965 2 years ago
The network should've given this substitute announcer his own soap so he wouldn't have to follow anybody
yearinyale 2 years ago
Beautiful music
calalilygirl 2 years ago
"The EDGE of night, and not "THEEEE EEEDDDDDDGE of night"? c'mon r u serious?
skingerskanger 2 years ago
It was a CBS staff announcer who filled in for Hal Simms. He sounded good. My guess he didn't want to say his name because he was just a fill in. I also that one of the actors filled in as the announcer one time.
Tommy6583 2 years ago
Wow, thanks. That clears up a lot of things here.
AlbieGray
AlbieGray 2 years ago
I have to admit, the announcer DID do a pretty bad job on this one. Nobody could come close to Hal Simms or even his predecessor, Harry Kramer, and it amazes me that he didn't even say his name, but oh, well.
AlbieGray 2 years ago
I am a Fan of the CBS Color Closing Credits between 1967-1975 and I enjoy the Orchestra Paul Taubman Warmly Theme just as much as the original version which was used before 1973.
DJRakow 2 years ago
DJRakow I was a fan of this version also. I was also a fan of the opening theme with the piano and the announcer: "Theeee Eeeddgggee" etc. That particular opening theme used make me jump and scared me as a child. Too bad that these types of soaps no longer exist. What's worse is that these soaps are not, nor will they ever be, available on DVD. Procter & Gamble should open up its vaults of video and market them. I bet P&G productions would make more money off its videos than any other product.
softwater88 2 years ago
I know what you mean, I was just as small a kid when I saw this opening, and man, did it ever scare me to death! I think it's a shame that P&G would never release it on DVD. I think that would be quite a moneymaking title!
AlbieGray 2 years ago
"A portion of this program was recorded." Does that mean part of this episode was shot on location?
nightlighter46 2 years ago
No. This episode contained a flashback from October 1974 of Martha Marceau shooting Taffy Sims. The flashback had been recorded originally and was added to the live telecast.
saynotoursoap 2 years ago
Does this mean you have the whole episode? I'd wish you'd post it if you do. Would love to see some Edge from this time period.
whatever30345 2 years ago
a wonderful post. this is "brand new" for me since I was at school (which didn't end until 2:45 p.m.) most of Dec. 1974; then I was a sophomore in high school...by the time I got home, EDGE had already played...however, I was daydreaming about EDGE often and counting down the days to Christmas vacation when I could see at least two weeks of EDGE... I can't recall, but I don't think CBS showed any college bowl games to interrupt the daytime soaps in those days... :)
Zahc1958 2 years ago
The only Bowl Game CBS showed on New year's is the Cotton Bowl and the other Sun Bowl that CBS showed were on Saturday.
DJRakow 2 years ago
According to Mark Faulkner, webmaster for the EON Homepage, during its CBS years Edge was always preempted on New Year's Day for the Cotton Bowl, but usually aired on Christmas. I know that starting in 1972, CBS soaps were preempted every Labor Day for Jerry Lewis' telethon. Some sources list CBS's sked change in 1972 as 9/4, but it really changed on 9/11/72 due to 9/4 being a Labor Day preemption.
saynotoursoap 2 years ago
Stay tuned for "The Price Is Right," which follows on most of these CBS stations.
8-B
AarHan3 2 years ago 2
I was 8 when The New Price is Right premiered and was immediately hooked. When it moved to 3 p.m., I would tune in the closing credits of The Edge of Night to hear the "Stay tuned for..." promo ... and then started to watch the show itself, then the rest of the CBS afternoon lineup. Too bad more episodes from this period apparently didn't survive.
staytunedfor 2 years ago