I find myself constantly thinking about GL, and just wanting to cry all the time.
I feel like I lost a bunch of long-time friends all at once.
I know it's pathedic Im even saying this but COME ON!
I'll Miss you "Guiding Light". Thanks for a wonderful 10 years.
The week started out very off just knowing there will be no GL episodes to look forward to. I haven't been tearful (well, almost when I see ATWT dragging out this Holden held captive by hillbillies story)
shareIs this corny? It's been like a best friend has moved away. One that had become family but you know you'll never hear from again.
you are not alone....i've been feeling sad all this week , thinking about all my friends in Springfield and missing them like crazy....in a way i wish i could have jumped into that pick-up truck with Josh and Reva to see where they were going....this withdrawal process i'm now going thru may take awhile...it's definetly a bummer to be separated from good friends you look forward to seeing on a regular basis
shareI felt like Bert was the only mother I ever had.
shareI think of it like im a major character that just made a dramtic exit from springfield. but they will be back. just wait u know they will have a reunion at 80 and 100 years! just wait for 2037 ill be 48!
Its quiet... I feel a carly coming on... (knock knock) JASON!!! UHHH
No, i def feel the same way.. like right now i am in my room and im relaxing after a long day at work and right about now i would usually catch up on some episodes (i used to tape it cuz i never am home when its on)! I feel so completely lost right now. I am so sad, and I really feel like I lost something so special to me. Nothing will ever fill this void. Its a terrible feeling to know that its never coming back and im never gonna get to see our cast again! :(
2/26/07, 5/11/07,(PR)8/18/07, 4/22/08
..def the best days of my life!!
For me this is a little different. I only started watching GL April 2006, so I do not have the huge loss many here have.
Now if ATWT is ever taken off, I would definitely be in that same pain as the longtime GL viewers. I watched ATWT very steady 1983-1998 and 2006-now.
I have always found it strange that many in 2006 were already complaining that GL was on a big downhill slide, then came the outdoor shots, the video camera shooting etc., then cancellation.
Here is an odd thing for me also, I was born October 11th, a Libra. I found out the other day Ellen Wheeler was born October 9th a Libra. I almost always get opinions and lots of them before I make a big decision. And I am not self-absorbed. So it's just strange that it seems no one could tell her this production model would be a lousy idea. And then when it was a failure, I am sure she never tried to hear what longtime GL fans wanted. Oh well go figure.
"You feed me minced fish! Have you ever caught a minced fish?"
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Yes, I'm missing Guiding Light...I wasn't always faithful to it...and when I found out it was canceled I went into a sort of denial and simply couldn't watch it. I picked it back up to say good bye to it...and yeah it bothers me that it's gone. It doesn't seem right. The only thing that comforts me is visiting GL discussion/message boards. Maybe I'm still in denial...but I keep hoping those f@ck twits at CBS will see they made a mistake and bring it back.
What kind of fresh hell is this?
I am also missing Guiding Light and the powers to be made a terrible mistake. No more daytime TV for me.
shareI enjoy seeing some of the old episodes on You Tube.
shareyeah ive been sad, depressed and missing GL since it ended
~Carole~
I miss it every day I used to look forward to getting home from work I watched Guiding Light the minute I walked in the door. I have tried AMC and Y&R. They seem old and outdated and stale compared to the light. They just don't have the heart. Imagine what G.L. could have done with a budget like Y&R. They were still the best soap on even with camcorders filming in the park because of the chemistry between the actors and the sense of family and community that was always there. That is what I miss the most. It's not too late bring it back.
shareYea, I agree! I really miss my story. No more soaps for me. I do enjoy watching episodes I can find on the computer. Did anyone know that they have over a 100 episodes on hulu.com I've just started watching them to look over old memories and see some things I've missed. I am looking forward to going to the luncheon next weekend to meet the cast who almost felt like family to me. Hoping they will put the show on dvd. Reallly I miss the show from the early 1980's. That was a time with some really great storylines.
shareI watched one episode of ATWT this week. I miss GL and may be done with soaps altogether.
shareDo you realize how long it'd take for them to get all the episodes on DVD?!
They will never put all the episodes on DVD, especially since many of the early episodes just don't exist.
shareTheywouldnt put all the episodes out, but maybe the last decade.
I'll Miss you "Guiding Light". Thanks for a wonderful 10 years.
I'd like to see the episodes from the 70's and 80's. They were the best.
shareI'd want the Reva cloning, the Annie years, the Maura/Michelle/Marina storyline with the old woman who wanted them all dead, I'd like to see Reva go off the cliff, the Nick and Mindy years, the Bridget/Hart/Cassie storyline, basically anything from the 90's!
shareI still remember during the summer of 1970 when a story line about a short female Dr named _______? got involed with a fast-talken total rat who was plotting to kill her.. Somehow it ended in a scene in a burning barn I'd been to a Dr's appointment and arrived home, just in time to hear the announcer say"...and this has been the Guiding Light." I could have chewed nails ! I never did find out what happened that day. If any knows, I'm [email protected]
shareI started watching durig the summer of 1952, I was in Elementary School.
How do you think I feel?
Some years were terrific with excitment and some years story lines were kinda blah. But through it all, I love the characters and the stories Some of the finest actors and actresses got their start on this program. A sign of the times
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I watched from age 15 in 1986 till the end. These days I find myself having a dream every few months or so involving Guiding Light. When I wake up in the morning I feel grateful for having spent such close moments with the characters during the dream, but I also feel sad that it was just a dream and those characters don't exist anymore on my tv.
shareI know the feeling. As a lifelong soapaholic ( the bar selections have dwindled down to SIX, and by next summer, maybe only THREE ). GL was in my top ten and it just gripes me that both P & G and CBS were so cancel-happy to end it. The networks have made some serious mistakes over the decades , but losing the old warhorses ATWT and GL have to be the worst. Why not Y & R or B & B instead ? I can barely watch either of those two. B&B without Sally, Sheila, and certain others, is bloated with tanned, botox mannequins hustling about. Never could stand Victor Newman and certain other Genoa City residents, that keeps me away from Y & R. Springfield and Oakdale, Bay City, Somerset, Monticello, Houston, Henderson, all the Procter & Gamble locales are still very real to me, they will always live in my heart.
shareYes, I miss it terribly. I grew up watching it (as well as all the CBS soaps) with my mom. Brings back a lot of great memories.
I watched it for so long, I felt like the characters were friends.