I grew up watching this show and was devastated when it ended. I belonged to an online group called the Lightheads and we were invited by Robert Newman to tour the studio. It was around their 60th Anniversary and 11 of us went with books in hand. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. I met so many of the actors and they all signed our books and a copy of a script. We all had lunch with Kim Zimmer. They took us onto so many sets and into wardrobe and makeup and even the recording booth. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Why was The Guiding Light taken off the air? The storyline that I had remembered the most was when Holly was a serial killer. The Guiding Light and All My Children were my favorite soaps.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc mostly ratings had dropped after they made some changes to how it was filmed. But it was really the start of the decline of soap operas in general. My other fave was As the World Turns and that was also eventually cancelled.
@@ShawolandAtiny My mom loved the CBS soaps. She was totally devastated when As the World Turns and The Guiding Light were cancelled. To her, it felt like a death in the family. Looking at these old clips of the show has brought back fond memories. Thank you so much for answering my question.
Jim Rebhorn was in my opinion, a really good actor. Any actor that can make you hate their character the way I hated Bradley Raines should’ve gotten an Emmy Award. He was fantastic! RIP Jim Rebhorn
@@carlycool4 James Rebhorn was like a Good Luck Charm because everyone whom he worked with gets an Oscar. Al Pacino, Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore. Another Abusive Father was Archie Mitchell on Eastenders. Looking back I would have loved for Lillian and Felicia Boudreau talk about what Beth did with Rick and what she did with Ed. Those two got off too easy and only 17 years later did Lillian go to Maureen's Grave and Apologize.
I truly get goose bumps just watching AND listening to the opening credits and scenes shown! I am a GL fan from 1978 till💗💗forever! I will be 61 in early November and I feel old watching this but honored!💗💗THANKS MOM IN HEAVEN FOR BEING A DAY 1 FAN OF GL AND BEING MY GUIDING LIGHT TOWARDS THE SHOW AND IN MY LIFE ESPECIALLY FOR 13 YEARS OF💗💗TRYING TO CONCEIVE ME EVEN THOUGH THE DOCTORS SAID ■NOT GOING TO HAPPEN■ I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU MOMMIE TILL WE MEET AGAIN■💗💗
Hi Vicki it's so heartwarming to see someone very similar. I will be 60 at the end of this year. (2024)Just lost my Mom in 2021, I miss her so much! She taught me so much!We used to watch this over at "Granny's " house. (Her Grandma, my great Grandma) Our Moms still have a beautiful spirit out there somewhere and yes we will meet again. This show brings so many great memories. ❤❤
CBS... NBC.... ABC.... please start a classic soap streaming service so we can see all the classic episodes of all the soaps... back in the day I could only watch two of them. Days and GH.....Impossible for me to follow any others even though I wanted to...I enjoy the old school 80s soaps so much more.. It's nice ot see a random old episode but that's not enough.
hi🤗yes all dead I'm sorry to say plus I forgot 2 more men to add both men who played Justin Phillips biological father who was married to Jackie they conceived Phillip right before their divorce even though years later the remarry have Samantha Phillips younger half sister before Jackie dies in a place crash and Phillip doesn't even know he's her son Phillip was approximately 16 years old at that time 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
Watching this revelation reminds me of just how long Phillip's true parentage remained one of Springfield's best kept secrets. Was watching when Jarrod Ross originated the role of Phillip in '77. The truth was like a powder keg that seemed to poise to blow at any time-and yet it stayed concealed for over 5 years-a long time by story arc standards.
Before it became the Reva show and it was actually good. This episode was the culmination of 6 years of the story, which began in 1977 when the Spauldings were first introduced. Alan was married to Elizabeth, and their child was stillborn, but, due to her fragile state, Alan arranged to adopt a child in its place, which was Phillip. This was years before they came to Springfield. Jackie had been married to Justin once before, and was pregnant, but, found out he was cheating on her, so, she left him and then found out she was pregnant. She gave the baby up for adoption. Years later, they reconciled and remarried. My grandmother watched this show religiously every day, and when this finally came out, it was like an event after waiting 6 years. I remember this like it was yesterday. This was the only true Alan.....multidimensional and not a cardboard Yosemite Sam villain they made him into later on. Later on this same year Reva arrived, and that was it for the old families that we all loved on the show......it became the Reva show and went on a steady downhill skid. Until Roger returned, that is!
Thank you! You took me back. My mom watched the show from the 70s to the 80s and you're right - the reveal of this long-held secret was was an event that I still remember even though I was barely 11 years old. And mom agreed with you about Reva. She stopped watching a few years after Reva arrived. The show really went downhill, dumping its rich history for Reva's tired romances.
Yes but the writers made a mistake about Jackie. She died in a plane crash the year before but they did not find her body so there not have been a funeral for her. She and Justin just made up.
@@tom-ks6hzElizabeth found out Phillip wasn’t her biological child. She left Phillip with Justin and Jackie.. Elizabeth was on the verge of a nervous breakdown she went to Switzerland never to be seen again
I miss the old soap operas. In my opinion Phillip was a true Spaulding, narcissist, ego maniac almost evil and we women loved to hate him!! Well played Grant.
Beth should have said "You're House, please it's Mama's House, she's the "real" Man around here, she has to pay the bills, lives on next to nothing, has to do multiple shifts at The Hospital, and why because you can't keep a job!" Isn't it amazing how in one way or another The Bauers, Lewises, Coopers and Spauldings were linked to each other professionally/personally. I would have loved for Trish to have a Girlfriend and bring her back to Springfield. Trish mentions Peter Pan, and Mary Martin played Peter Pan on Broadway and her Son Larry Hagman did Two of Guiding Light's Sister Shows The Edge Of Night & Search For Tomorrow.
We do miss "Guiding Light" as the 1986-2007 PGP Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. was the logo appeared on screen without the "Copyright 1983 All Rights Reserved" as an in credit on screen was plastered, after the original 1983 broadcast of "Guiding Light" rebroadcast on CBS Daytime as ended on time for editing. And we were living in Arizona when this episode of "Guiding Light" first aired in 1983.
What I loved about HB is that he didn't have a problem with Vanessa being with Matt at the time when Billy was in Prison. He was so happy for her saying she's pretty much found her Mojo and once again she's that same "Sassy Gal" he knew all those years ago.
Lillian is really such an absurd mother. At the time, I didn't pick up on that in my teen years. She really is ridiculous. I didn't see the scene but practically everyone in Springfield knew about whose Phillip's true father was including Mindy & Rick. When he left Springfield, he stopped at Beth's house and assumed she knew as well but he wasn't angry at her. He was shocked that Beth had no idea about that news and it made him trust and love her even more. I always felt neither Beth nor Mindy had any chemistry with Rick. I liked Rick but Phillip had chemistry with both girls. Lillian is such a ridiculous ninny--definitely not mother of the year. Yodaluver 28, again thank you so much for posting these episodes that mean a lot to me! :) If you have any more you could share from 1983 with Phillip, Beth, Mindy & Rick, I would so much appreciate it! :)
I sort of agree with you. Phillip and Beth had great chemistry. Mindy I felt had average chemistry with phillip and Rick. Beth had zero chemistry with Rick. KT mindy was best with kurt corday. 2nd best with Rick. KS mindy was good with nick. JE and GA were great together with great chemistry. BC and GA were good together with good chemistry.
Lillian was absolutely ridiculous! She wouldn’t even listen to her own daughter. Then years later, she had an affair with Ed, which tragically resulted in Maureen’s death. I’ve never been a fan of Lillian Raines.👎🏾😒
@@deeks1970 Lillian's biggest mistake with Beth was she never taught her to be independent. She was always scared that Beth would "struggle" the way she did. Even when Phillip was about to Marry Harley Lillian whined about why he and Beth couldn't work out their differences. She also used along with Beth Lizzie's Leukemia to try to get them back together. Then Beth ruins Rick Bauer's Marriage with Mel Boudreau. Looking back I would have loved for Felicia Boudreau to gave Lillian The true "Shade" she needed it.
Lillian wasn't the best character, but the actress just sucked. I cannot believe she had a paycheck until the end of the show. There were very few things she did well.
Bradley did it to get back at Phillip because of what happened with Alan. He couldn't keep the fact that he got let go a Secret forever. Lillian is also living proof that Women have to stay on top of The Business in Marriages. My Mother did and so did My Aunts.
You know what' so amazing is that in his own way James Rebhorn was a Good Luck Charm to everyone whom he worked with who would go on to win Oscars. Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Matt Damon, and Al Pacino. Marisa Tomei and Julianne Moore are also distant cousins. I used to get so angry at Lillian for interfering in Phillip's Life whenever he had somebody new in his life but I realize she looks at Philip as Beth's Protector. Sadly enough Lillian ever taught Beth it was wrong to be co-dependent.
@@laminage I agree my mother was the same way Lillian is she was passive and he my father was just like Bradley We were both afraid of him and his fiery temper.
Phillip would be sick if he "knew" he was all but stolen, then if that weren't enough to beat the band HIs Nanny Lucia Renaldi has an affair with Alan and produces a Son named Nicholas aka Gus. Phillip never tried to get along with either one of His Brothers. He's so threatened at losing his title as the Spaulding Prince, he never let either Brother forget he was the Heir Apparent.
When Bethany Joie Lenz played Michelle Bauer Santos #4, and Danny let her "go" she was such a pain in the butt, Remember she would always come over to folks homes without calling first. Remember she and Drew talked about Danny, that would have gotten on my last nerve.
@@jefferyjones1357 Not so much in the later years, however she was too overbearing for Beth who really wasn’t innocent. She did use to stand up to Alan.
Isn't it sad about Suzanne Somers. She's indirectly tied to Soaps. She worked with John Ritter on Three's Company, he played The Preacher on The Waltons and Richard Thomas was one of 13 Actors to play Tom Hughes on As The World Turns. So many amazing folks died who were part of this scene.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Wow. I heard that the set for B and B was once the set for Three Three's Company and Richard Kline who played Larry played a doctor who confirmed Eric Forrester was Bridget Father not Ridge.
Another shocking paternity confession was on Eastenders where in the early 2000's Zoe Slater wants to go to Spain to work with her Uncle Harry at his bar. Her Sister Kathleen aka "Kat" said no, Zoe screamed you can't tell me what to do you ain't my muvver (dialect) and Kat screamed "Yes I Am!" She had her at 13 who was raped by Uncle Harry.
There was also that huge story with the parents of Kyle and Billy Lewis. Kyle was not a Lewis and Miss Sally was the mother of both Billy and Kyle not Miss Martha.
Wasn't it surreal how in 2009 Phillip & Billy enjoyed "Pie" at Company after Frank & Natalia's bomb of a Wedding. So much History with those Two Families.
On The UK Soap Opera Coronation Street there was a Woman named Bernadette aka "Bernie" who was stunned that her former Life Partner Kel abused her son Paul but when she saw the Pictures of Kel and Paul not to mention other little boys she was mortified.
Here's another fun fact. Grant Aleksander and Frank Dicopoulos both guest starred on Who's The Boss where they each played different parts. Frank played a Lifeguard when the Family went to California, and Grant played a guy who was part of a Men's Calendar to raise Money for Charity. Then Judith Light was in The Assasination of Gianni Versace. One of the producers was Matt Bomer (Ex Ben Reade #2).
Here's another sad co-incidence. Jackie leaves Justin pregnant with Phillip and he doesn't know for a long time, Jenna leaves Buzz pregnant with Coop and he doesn't know for a long time.
I just realized that more Corporate Drama took place at Spaulding than at Lewis Oil. Bradley don't wait for work. You won't get any UI, in Canada if you lose your Job and they right M for Dismissed they decide to give you "benefits".
Thanks for the upload 👍 !! Was Grant Alexander on this BEFORE he was on Capital..?? Grovey music in the background ?? Xd Hard to believe he was ONLY 23 when he was on this ?? XD
Righr here is why I could never stand Lillian. Her messed up relationship with Bradley and her always taking Bradleys side is what messed up Beth and her relationships with men. I never knew how lillian lasted so long
Hall & Oates are in that same boat. John Oates wanted to sell his share of the Catalogue to a Corporation but Daryl Hall didn't want him to. What I don't understand is why Daryl just doesn't buy John out and he'd have full control. As much as he tried, John didn't have the same pizazz that Daryl Hall had. He was like the Andrew Ridgeley of The Act. Andrew was smart in the sense that he had a much happier personal life than George did.
I just realized something. When Trish came back for HB's funeral, she didnt "talk" to Alan. She could have said "You look so different with your Beard."
Michael's Thriller project ruled that year, 1983. It was also the year of Motown 25 when he performed the moonwalk. The year of my high school graduation. Loved The Guiding Light at that time. An unforgettable year all around.
@@raymondwoodard6779 Yes. Do you realize that in 1981 he did Triumph with his Brothers (Sans Jermaine) and little idea did the Brothers realize that Michael's Career was going to go into orbit. Also alot of Motown Music/Acts appeared on Guiding Light like Ashford & Simpson who wrote alot of Hits for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (RIP). Also alot of Guiding Light Alumni did Motown Movies and in the UK the Soap Opera Eastenders did a Musical Salute to Motown singing Songs.
@@laminage I remember when Ashford and Simpson appeared on The Guiding Light in 1982. They performed Street Corner. A great song. I didn't realize The Jacksons Triumph was 1981. I do remember the song This place hotel. But for some reason I thought the songs Lovely One and Can you feel it were on earlier albums. I guess I need to catch up on The Jacksons discography. Who were the Guiding Light members who did Motown movies?
@@raymondwoodard6779 Billy Dee Williams (Ex Jim Frazier #1) who was the First Black Actor on Soaps on Guiding Light, who left and was replaced by James Earl Jones. They did Lady Sings The Blues, Mahogany, Claudine and The Bingo Long Travelling All Stars & Motorcycle Kings. It made History by being the first and only time an "Original" Actor and his Replacement worked together. Also Four Guiding Light Alumni did Dreamgirls that debuted in 1981, and alot of Motown Music was played on Guiding Light. A Jazzy Version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Shout by The Isley Brothers before they went to Motown
Bradley is jealous of Phillip and Beth. That’s why he told Phillip that Alan was not his father and he is nothing. Bradley hurt Phillip because he wants Beth for himself.
Ha! You get married, have Lizzie (Named after her Grandmother Elizabeth), and is spoiled, manipulative, lies and gets her payback when she loses her daughter for Five Years.
I watched this wonderful series starting in 1966 and it was ruined when the Lewis clan took over. Never could stand Nola and Quint, they were mismatched and Nola, she should have never been given a recurring role. Nor Vanessa, and Henry Chamberlain.
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I grew up watching this show and was devastated when it ended. I belonged to an online group called the Lightheads and we were invited by Robert Newman to tour the studio. It was around their 60th Anniversary and 11 of us went with books in hand. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. I met so many of the actors and they all signed our books and a copy of a script. We all had lunch with Kim Zimmer. They took us onto so many sets and into wardrobe and makeup and even the recording booth. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Why was The Guiding Light taken off the air? The storyline that I had remembered the most was when Holly was a serial killer. The Guiding Light and All My Children were my favorite soaps.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc mostly ratings had dropped after they made some changes to how it was filmed. But it was really the start of the decline of soap operas in general. My other fave was As the World Turns and that was also eventually cancelled.
@@ShawolandAtiny My mom loved the CBS soaps. She was totally devastated when As the World Turns and The Guiding Light were cancelled. To her, it felt like a death in the family. Looking at these old clips of the show has brought back fond memories. Thank you so much for answering my question.
Thanks for posting. This show was on every week day at our house. Nice memories.
Such great acting from all three of them-Phillip, Alan and Justin.
Jim Rebhorn was in my opinion, a really good actor. Any actor that can make you hate their character the way I hated Bradley Raines should’ve gotten an Emmy Award.
He was fantastic!
RIP Jim Rebhorn
Oh yeah I totally forgot that he was on As The World Turns.
Yes, he was a creep!😠
And he continues to make you hate him. Ex. Scent of a Woman.
@@carlycool4 James Rebhorn was like a Good Luck Charm because everyone whom he worked with gets an Oscar. Al Pacino, Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore. Another Abusive Father was Archie Mitchell on Eastenders. Looking back I would have loved for Lillian and Felicia Boudreau talk about what Beth did with Rick and what she did with Ed. Those two got off too easy and only 17 years later did Lillian go to Maureen's Grave and Apologize.
I so missed this show!
I truly get goose bumps just watching AND listening to the opening credits and scenes shown! I am a GL fan from 1978 till💗💗forever! I will be 61 in early November and I feel old watching this but honored!💗💗THANKS MOM IN HEAVEN FOR BEING A DAY 1 FAN OF GL AND BEING MY GUIDING LIGHT TOWARDS THE SHOW AND IN MY LIFE ESPECIALLY FOR 13 YEARS OF💗💗TRYING TO CONCEIVE ME EVEN THOUGH THE DOCTORS SAID ■NOT GOING TO HAPPEN■ I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU MOMMIE TILL WE MEET AGAIN■💗💗
Your dedication to your mom made me cry 😢.
Hi Vicki it's so heartwarming to see someone very similar. I will be 60 at the end of this year. (2024)Just lost my Mom in 2021, I miss her so much! She taught me so much!We used to watch this over at "Granny's " house. (Her Grandma, my great Grandma) Our Moms still have a beautiful spirit out there somewhere and yes we will meet again. This show brings so many great memories. ❤❤
Grant did a magnificent job in this revelation episode.
He really did!
Great acting. Grant Alexander, awesome youth.
CLASSIC EPISODE STILL GOES STRAIGHT TO MY HEART💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
CBS... NBC.... ABC.... please start a classic soap streaming service so we can see all the classic episodes of all the soaps... back in the day I could only watch two of them. Days and GH.....Impossible for me to follow any others even though I wanted to...I enjoy the old school 80s soaps so much more.. It's nice ot see a random old episode but that's not enough.
Bradley was such a slime.
THE greatest GL year
Rest in peace
Alan Spaulding
Henry CHAMBERLAIN
H.B. Lewis
Mama Bauer
And RIP Nola too.
AND Quinton, Bradley, Bea, and Ross too........
🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
@@househeadericmd SHE DIED???
@@vickilanger1228 THEY ALL DIED???
hi🤗yes all dead I'm sorry to say plus I forgot 2 more men to add both men who played Justin Phillips biological father who was married to Jackie they conceived Phillip right before their divorce even though years later the remarry have Samantha Phillips younger half sister before Jackie dies in a place crash and Phillip doesn't even know he's her son Phillip was approximately 16 years old at that time
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Watching this revelation reminds me of just how long Phillip's true parentage remained one of Springfield's best kept secrets. Was watching when Jarrod Ross originated the role of Phillip in '77. The truth was like a powder keg that seemed to poise to blow at any time-and yet it stayed concealed for over 5 years-a long time by story arc standards.
Before it became the Reva show and it was actually good. This episode was the culmination of 6 years of the story, which began in 1977 when the Spauldings were first introduced. Alan was married to Elizabeth, and their child was stillborn, but, due to her fragile state, Alan arranged to adopt a child in its place, which was Phillip. This was years before they came to Springfield. Jackie had been married to Justin once before, and was pregnant, but, found out he was cheating on her, so, she left him and then found out she was pregnant. She gave the baby up for adoption. Years later, they reconciled and remarried. My grandmother watched this show religiously every day, and when this finally came out, it was like an event after waiting 6 years. I remember this like it was yesterday. This was the only true Alan.....multidimensional and not a cardboard Yosemite Sam villain they made him into later on. Later on this same year Reva arrived, and that was it for the old families that we all loved on the show......it became the Reva show and went on a steady downhill skid. Until Roger returned, that is!
Although the slut of springfeld was a classic.
Thanks so much for filling us in. I could not remember the back story!
Reva went through a whole family plus some more!! The writers must have been in love with Reva bcuz she had alll the stories 🤣🤣
Thank you! You took me back. My mom watched the show from the 70s to the 80s and you're right - the reveal of this long-held secret was was an event that I still remember even though I was barely 11 years old. And mom agreed with you about Reva. She stopped watching a few years after Reva arrived. The show really went downhill, dumping its rich history for Reva's tired romances.
@Draper Scott Agree to disagree. My mom watched "The Edge of Night" and loved April and Draper BTW.
I wish someone would put the best 100 GL episodes ever.
This episode might be in the top 5
Classic GL, the good old days!
I have never forgotten Philip's reaction to finding out Jackie being his mother. 😭😭😭
Yes but the writers made a mistake about Jackie. She died in a plane crash the year before but they did not find her body so there not have been a funeral for her. She and Justin just made up.
I thought Elizabeth just left town and didn’t have a breakdown. She was clear in thought in wanting Phillips parents to raise him.
@@tom-ks6hzElizabeth found out Phillip wasn’t her biological child. She left Phillip with Justin and Jackie.. Elizabeth was on the verge of a nervous breakdown she went to Switzerland never to be seen again
I have always stated this is why Phillip Spaulding is the way he is, because of this
Billy loved his Melinda sue
OMGosh, I'm loving this! Thank you SO much for posting!!!!!!!
I love young Josh and Trish...
Bring back so many great actors came from this show
I miss the old soap operas. In my opinion Phillip was a true Spaulding, narcissist, ego maniac almost evil and we women loved to hate him!! Well played Grant.
Thanks!
This is why Phillip Spaulding had trust issues
It's how he acts every time his life gets turned upside-down.
I was just thinking that. This is why Phillip was so flawed. Great character.
@@christyverplank3552 Yes so when he lost Beth to his cousin it sent him over the edge he already lost his unborn baby.
Beth should have said "You're House, please it's Mama's House, she's the "real" Man around here, she has to pay the bills, lives on next to nothing, has to do multiple shifts at The Hospital, and why because you can't keep a job!" Isn't it amazing how in one way or another The Bauers, Lewises, Coopers and Spauldings were linked to each other professionally/personally. I would have loved for Trish to have a Girlfriend and bring her back to Springfield. Trish mentions Peter Pan, and Mary Martin played Peter Pan on Broadway and her Son Larry Hagman did Two of Guiding Light's Sister Shows The Edge Of Night & Search For Tomorrow.
We do miss "Guiding Light" as the 1986-2007 PGP Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. was the logo appeared on screen without the "Copyright 1983 All Rights Reserved" as an in credit on screen was plastered, after the original 1983 broadcast of "Guiding Light" rebroadcast on CBS Daytime as ended on time for editing. And we were living in Arizona when this episode of "Guiding Light" first aired in 1983.
Wow almost 40 years ago
What I loved about HB is that he didn't have a problem with Vanessa being with Matt at the time when Billy was in Prison. He was so happy for her saying she's pretty much found her Mojo and once again she's that same "Sassy Gal" he knew all those years ago.
Lillian is really such an absurd mother. At the time, I didn't pick up on that in my teen years. She really is ridiculous. I didn't see the scene but practically everyone in Springfield knew about whose Phillip's true father was including Mindy & Rick. When he left Springfield, he stopped at Beth's house and assumed she knew as well but he wasn't angry at her. He was shocked that Beth had no idea about that news and it made him trust and love her even more. I always felt neither Beth nor Mindy had any chemistry with Rick. I liked Rick but Phillip had chemistry with both girls. Lillian is such a ridiculous ninny--definitely not mother of the year. Yodaluver 28, again thank you so much for posting these episodes that mean a lot to me! :) If you have any more you could share from 1983 with Phillip, Beth, Mindy & Rick, I would so much appreciate it! :)
I sort of agree with you. Phillip and Beth had great chemistry. Mindy I felt had average chemistry with phillip and Rick. Beth had zero chemistry with Rick. KT mindy was best with kurt corday. 2nd best with Rick. KS mindy was good with nick. JE and GA were great together with great chemistry. BC and GA were good together with good chemistry.
Lillian was absolutely ridiculous! She wouldn’t even listen to her own daughter. Then years later, she had an affair with Ed, which tragically resulted in Maureen’s death. I’ve never been a fan of Lillian Raines.👎🏾😒
@@deeks1970 Lillian's biggest mistake with Beth was she never taught her to be independent. She was always scared that Beth would "struggle" the way she did. Even when Phillip was about to Marry Harley Lillian whined about why he and Beth couldn't work out their differences. She also used along with Beth Lizzie's Leukemia to try to get them back together. Then Beth ruins Rick Bauer's Marriage with Mel Boudreau. Looking back I would have loved for Felicia Boudreau to gave Lillian The true "Shade" she needed it.
@@deeks1970 She was always awful.
Lillian wasn't the best character, but the actress just sucked. I cannot believe she had a paycheck until the end of the show. There were very few things she did well.
I just loved this soap! Very sad when it ended 😢
Bradley did it to get back at Phillip because of what happened with Alan. He couldn't keep the fact that he got let go a Secret forever. Lillian is also living proof that Women have to stay on top of The Business in Marriages. My Mother did and so did My Aunts.
I remember watching this at my aunt’s house in New Orleans. I spent the week with her that summer. It had been years in the making.
Classic episode indeed.
You know what' so amazing is that in his own way James Rebhorn was a Good Luck Charm to everyone whom he worked with who would go on to win Oscars. Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Matt Damon, and Al Pacino. Marisa Tomei and Julianne Moore are also distant cousins. I used to get so angry at Lillian for interfering in Phillip's Life whenever he had somebody new in his life but I realize she looks at Philip as Beth's Protector. Sadly enough Lillian ever taught Beth it was wrong to be co-dependent.
Good for Philip for showing his anger towards Justin and Alan!
I love guiding light
2:42 the greatest intro to Guiding Light
Lillian was a horrible mother
@UCyiIRBWclMTYavQAW9IkAXg She was the victim of Domestic Violence. She`s lead to believe that it was her fault if she said anything.
@@laminage I agree my mother was the same way Lillian is she was passive and he my father was just like Bradley We were both afraid of him and his fiery temper.
Phillip would be sick if he "knew" he was all but stolen, then if that weren't enough to beat the band HIs Nanny Lucia Renaldi has an affair with Alan and produces a Son named Nicholas aka Gus. Phillip never tried to get along with either one of His Brothers. He's so threatened at losing his title as the Spaulding Prince, he never let either Brother forget he was the Heir Apparent.
Loved the way the announcer used to say"And now......"
Mindy's immaturity is exhausting, and Lillian has gorgeous hair.
Mindy was just a bratty spoiled rich girl who finally grew up when she fell in love with Rick Bauer.
I loved Mindy
When Bethany Joie Lenz played Michelle Bauer Santos #4, and Danny let her "go" she was such a pain in the butt, Remember she would always come over to folks homes without calling first. Remember she and Drew talked about Danny, that would have gotten on my last nerve.
Damn Lillian was sooooooo weak back in the day!!
Hell she always was
@@jefferyjones1357 Not so much in the later years, however she was too overbearing for Beth who really wasn’t innocent. She did use to stand up to Alan.
Isn't it sad about Suzanne Somers. She's indirectly tied to Soaps. She worked with John Ritter on Three's Company, he played The Preacher on The Waltons and Richard Thomas was one of 13 Actors to play Tom Hughes on As The World Turns. So many amazing folks died who were part of this scene.
One of Suzanne's granddaughters appeared briefly on The Bold and the Beautiful.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Wow. I heard that the set for B and B was once the set for Three Three's Company and Richard Kline who played Larry played a doctor who confirmed Eric Forrester was Bridget Father not Ridge.
@@laminage Soap operas were better in the 70's and 80's.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Yes. There were so many. More resources and budgets.
Another shocking paternity confession was on Eastenders where in the early 2000's Zoe Slater wants to go to Spain to work with her Uncle Harry at his bar. Her Sister Kathleen aka "Kat" said no, Zoe screamed you can't tell me what to do you ain't my muvver (dialect) and Kat screamed "Yes I Am!" She had her at 13 who was raped by Uncle Harry.
There was also that huge story with the parents of Kyle and Billy Lewis. Kyle was not a Lewis and Miss Sally was the mother of both Billy and Kyle not Miss Martha.
Mrs Martha was Josh and Trish mother
Wasn't it surreal how in 2009 Phillip & Billy enjoyed "Pie" at Company after Frank & Natalia's bomb of a Wedding. So much History with those Two Families.
Poor Philip 😢
On The UK Soap Opera Coronation Street there was a Woman named Bernadette aka "Bernie" who was stunned that her former Life Partner Kel abused her son Paul but when she saw the Pictures of Kel and Paul not to mention other little boys she was mortified.
Here's another fun fact. Grant Aleksander and Frank Dicopoulos both guest starred on Who's The Boss where they each played different parts. Frank played a Lifeguard when the Family went to California, and Grant played a guy who was part of a Men's Calendar to raise Money for Charity. Then Judith Light was in The Assasination of Gianni Versace. One of the producers was Matt Bomer (Ex Ben Reade #2).
I loved reva and josh like john and marlena but they became so hyper focused on her character when they should've prepped up other characters
Lillian totally sucked and failed as a parent. I will never forgive her for not standing up to her monster husband and treating Beth horrible.
😉neither will I😉
I remember this!
Alan,Justin, Phillip, were great in this episode,but to find out who his real mother is,was really,such a great episode.
Here's another sad co-incidence. Jackie leaves Justin pregnant with Phillip and he doesn't know for a long time, Jenna leaves Buzz pregnant with Coop and he doesn't know for a long time.
Loved this show when beth phillip and rick and the beginning of josh and reva .
Alan was deceitful
I just realized that more Corporate Drama took place at Spaulding than at Lewis Oil. Bradley don't wait for work. You won't get any UI, in Canada if you lose your Job and they right M for Dismissed they decide to give you "benefits".
So sorry for him!
Thanks for the upload 👍 !! Was Grant Alexander on this BEFORE he was on Capital..?? Grovey music in the background ?? Xd Hard to believe he was ONLY 23 when he was on this ?? XD
Righr here is why I could never stand Lillian. Her messed up relationship with Bradley and her always taking Bradleys side is what messed up Beth and her relationships with men. I never knew how lillian lasted so long
Right she cheated with her best friend Maureen's husband Ed and Maureen was so upset at the news she got killed in a car crash
Hall & Oates are in that same boat. John Oates wanted to sell his share of the Catalogue to a Corporation but Daryl Hall didn't want him to. What I don't understand is why Daryl just doesn't buy John out and he'd have full control. As much as he tried, John didn't have the same pizazz that Daryl Hall had. He was like the Andrew Ridgeley of The Act. Andrew was smart in the sense that he had a much happier personal life than George did.
I just realized something. When Trish came back for HB's funeral, she didnt "talk" to Alan. She could have said "You look so different with your Beard."
This was broadcasted on Michael Jackson's 25th Birthday.
Michael's Thriller project ruled that year, 1983. It was also the year of Motown 25 when
he performed the moonwalk. The year of my high school graduation. Loved The Guiding
Light at that time. An unforgettable year all around.
@@raymondwoodard6779 Yes. Do you realize that in 1981 he did Triumph with his Brothers (Sans Jermaine) and little idea did the Brothers realize that Michael's Career was going to go into orbit. Also alot of Motown Music/Acts appeared on Guiding Light like Ashford & Simpson who wrote alot of Hits for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (RIP). Also alot of Guiding Light Alumni did Motown Movies and in the UK the Soap Opera Eastenders did a Musical Salute to Motown singing Songs.
@@laminage I remember when Ashford and Simpson appeared on The Guiding Light
in 1982. They performed Street Corner. A great song. I didn't realize The Jacksons
Triumph was 1981. I do remember the song This place hotel. But for some reason I
thought the songs Lovely One and Can you feel it were on earlier albums. I guess I
need to catch up on The Jacksons discography. Who were the Guiding Light members
who did Motown movies?
@@raymondwoodard6779 Billy Dee Williams (Ex Jim Frazier #1) who was the First Black Actor on Soaps on Guiding Light, who left and was replaced by James Earl Jones. They did Lady Sings The Blues, Mahogany, Claudine and The Bingo Long Travelling All Stars & Motorcycle Kings. It made History by being the first and only time an "Original" Actor and his Replacement worked together. Also Four Guiding Light Alumni did Dreamgirls that debuted in 1981, and alot of Motown Music was played on Guiding Light. A Jazzy Version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Shout by The Isley Brothers before they went to Motown
Who cares
Bradley is jealous of Phillip and Beth. That’s why he told Phillip that Alan was not his father and he is nothing. Bradley hurt Phillip because he wants Beth for himself.
This would have been some time in July 1983? Or early Aug at the latest?
Aug 26, 1983
I always wanted Phillip and Beth to stay together. I never liked Lujak, ever. Ah well. 😉 #AMillionYearsAgo
I agree it was great stories of all the families until it became the Reva show. Too bad. I wonder why they did that & ruined the show.
Ha! You get married, have Lizzie (Named after her Grandmother Elizabeth), and is spoiled, manipulative, lies and gets her payback when she loses her daughter for Five Years.
I watched this wonderful series starting in 1966 and it was ruined when the Lewis clan took over. Never could stand Nola and Quint, they were mismatched and Nola, she should have never been given a recurring role. Nor Vanessa, and Henry Chamberlain.
I did like the Lewis clan though 😊 they made it very interesting 🤔
That reva was a mess but I loved Kim Zimmerman she was gorgeous!
Never understood the Chamberlains though...didn't see the need for em....
Sharon Woods Nola was great BEFORE she met Quinton
I liked Reva 1983-1985. Story by 1987 had fun it's course....Reva just wasn't interesting, yet remained center of the show😬