Guiding Light - main open 1983

Guiding Light - main open 1983

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[benozone]

who bangs his head on the window?

[retroglyph]

I believe that it is Mike Bauer.

[starkid77]

who's the shirtless guy?

[retroglyph]

That was Mark Evans (played by Mark Pinter).

[CarlD2]

Who is that with Vanessa? Tony? I LOL at Tony doing the karate. Just hilarious to put that in the opening.

[schuyler10]

Tony Reardon: Yah!

[sneeyize45]

@marctheark Actually this theme was used from sometime in the fall of 1981 (there is disputing evidence as of this writing whether GL adopted this theme before or after Thanksgiving, 1981; but I do know for sure it was used by Christmas Eve 1981 -- because I had that episode on tape, and later it ended up being posted here on youtube) to August 1983.

[GodCreatesGays2]

@Aquaria, Robin was right: producer Gail Kobe and writer Pamela Long gutted the show of many of its most important, beloved characters when they originally took over. Yes, Long later brought back some vets, but that was several years later, after her break from TGL. The 1980s' dismantling of the show's cast (eliminating Mike, Hope, Hillary, Sara McIntyre, Kelly, Morgan, Amanda, Justin, etc., etc., etc.) did serious damage to the show's continuity and integrity.

[Aquaria]

@robinnnnnnnnnnnn Are you serious?

Two people left in the fall of 1983: Hope & Alan-Michael. Alan-Michael came back under Long's tenure.

Bert, Mike and Hillary were on the show through the summer of 1984. Not the winter. Bert died.

Long brought back Blake and Holly, who enabled her to bring back Roger, which put Ed right in the thick of things. She added Michelle. She put Rick front and center. She made Maureen the tentpole of the show--and wasn't so stupid as to kill the town matriarch.

[MrGeno502]

I love this theme! I always called it the "Yah" version! GL was SO good back in the early 80's. It's a shame GL ended so bad. The last 5 years or so were awful.

[416mcp]

@marctheark I agree so much. Most people loved Reva but I think she was part of beginning of the end. It became to Reva show. It totally took focus off the Bauers. They could have brought in new Bauer characters too. It was just ed (sorta), Rick (and he never did much) and Michelle but they had her marrying Danny. That storyline was whacked too. I do miss GG wish they could have done something to save it. The weird camera shots weren't it. Looked like little kids were filming it

[marctheark]

@robinnnnnnnnnnnn Feb 1982 to August, 1983.

[marctheark]

@robinnnnnnnnnnnn

I know,I know. I watched since 1978. The down turn started with the change in them songs and then the introduction of Reva. It would have been so much better if they kept the Bauer family in tact even with different actors.

[robinnnnnnnnnnnn]

@marctheark m Pam Long hammer was thw writer and she obliterated the Bauers under producer Gail Kobe, fall 1983-winter 1984,

[robinnnnnnnnnnnn]

I loved this theme. which was used from Feb 1982-May 1983.

[Aquaria]

The disco theme was last used near the end of August of 1983, I think the last week or two. It's been a while, so I'm not precisely sure. I just know it was right before Labor Day.