The Guiding Light 70's end credits (Complete)

Back by popular demand the end credits for a 1975 episode of The Guiding Light.

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• The
• Guiding
• Light
• 1975
• end
• credits
• CBS
• soap
• opera

[jollygiant79]

Wow.....that was awesome! I have been waiting to see a rolling cast from this era! Now if only someone can find one with the entire cast, that would be awesome! Thank you sayno for posting this rare jewel!

[gymnastix]

Of course the acting and storylines were the best part. But when even the production elements such as this stir such fond memories, and also evoke the respect of viewers not yet born when these soaps were at their peak, this makes one realize just how much the soaps today have deteriorated; with their bland, action-bent titles & themes, and their predominantly young mannequins cast mostly out of modeling careers instead of for acting abilities.

[fxcamera1]

Hey guys, I found and Audio recording of 3 days worth of the 1971 version of the Mi-Viox GL theme scored on piano/organ. Go to "Soapluvva's Channel" and search for> Audio Recording of Three Days' Worth of "The Guiding Light" Themes Being Played by Charlie Paul

[gymnastix]

@skingerskanger TV sitcoms were 25-27 minutes long in the 1950s through '70s, only 3-5 minutes of commercials, as opposed to 23-25 minutes long today, with 5-7 minutes of commercials.

Also, whereas network sitcoms once filmed 30-35 episodes per October-May or June season, now there are only 20-25 episodes filmed, seasons ending in March or April.

Everything is faster and less of it.

[gymnastix]

@skingerskanger The closest we have to that today is "Charlie Rose" on PBS, or maybe the first 20 minutes of "Live With Regis." But daytime (and late night) talk shows were all 90 minutes in the 1950s through '70s. Instead of Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah, Rachel Ray, and Jerry Springer, it was Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Dinah Shore, Dick Cavett and Jack Paar, later Johnny Carson, and Tom Snyder.

[gymnastix]

@skingerskanger  Yes, and life in this era was also more soothing.

Imagine today a TV talk show taking a leisurely 90 minutes, and a guest appearing not merely just to plug her/his latest project, but to actually have a dialogue with the host, to be entertaining, intelligent and witty without a rehearsed response?

[blozier2006]

@DarthSnoopy96 The song is "La Lumiere", and it's by Charles Paul (Doing Business As "Mi-Voix")

[OceanKingNY]

I see the Headwriter at this time was James Lipton, who now hosts "Inside the Actors Studio." Lipton had also been an actor on GL in the 1950s.