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Topic: Classic Guiding Light Like You've Never Seen It Before

Topic Posted by: TributeMaker
Date Posted: Sun Oct 4 21:23:58 2009
Additional Comments: I found this at YouTube, and I'm still laughing. My personal favorites are part 3 and part 6, and I would LOVE to discuss spoilers after some more people besides me have seen it. If you're a fan of classic GL, though, especially the 1978-80 era that's getting mentioned so much as the starting point so many of us want for the campaign to get classic episodes online, you cannot miss this! It includes such characters as Bert, Rita, Ed (Mart Hulswit), Holly, Amanda (Kathleen Cullen), Lucille, Ben, Justin Marler, Elizabeth Spaulding Marler, Sara McIntyre, Alan Spaulding (Chris Bernau), Hope, Diane, Jackie, Hillary Bauer, and Katie Parker.

It was, according to the summary notes, written by Marsha Clark (Hillary Bauer), and the cast enjoyed it so much that they filmed it and showed it at the GL Christmas party circa 1979.

It's in 7 parts. Enjoy!

The Guiding Plight Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWI-A_4A2_w

The Guiding Plight Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-fsuN351p8

The Guiding Plight Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlCYm52krm4

The Guiding Plight Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlZdgp_hWEA

The Guiding Plight Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlVuDPclogM

The Guiding Plight Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OglGoRuum8

The Guiding Plight Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zca5VIecGXY

Posted by: Fevuh
Date posted: Tue Oct 6 16:39:39 2009
Message:
Need your petunias whipped??? LOL.

Posted by: TributeMaker
Date posted: Tue Oct 6 15:54:18 2009
Message:
I laughed so hard at the Bert and Rita scene, I just about fell on the floor, especially the ending:

"Bert, do you think I can make Ed happy?"

"A slut like you? Hang it up, honey!"

And then she thanked Bert for the talk!

Not knowing much about Rita, I take it she really got around, because every time anyone else was talking about "being together," there was always someone saying "Ask Rita" (what it means). The best was at Cedars when Justin told Sara that Elizabeth let him "load her camera" on vacation, and Sara asked what that meant, and all the nurses and orderlies and even the guy on the gurney yelled out at the same time, "ASK RITA!"

And speaking of Cedars, I totally cracked up when Justin came out of surgery smoking a cigarette and carrying a bottle of beer! Sara's flashbacks were hilarious.

I do wonder, though, just what kind of trouble Bert got into at the last Tupperware party that Mike had to warn her about after he represented her the last time. ;-)

Posted by: cycworker
Date posted: Tue Oct 6 2:59:00 2009
Message:
That was funny!

Posted by: walter curtin
Date posted: Mon Oct 5 0:45:26 2009
Message:
I loved Diane, Alan's assistant. The original Spaulding office scenes were so good--Ross, Vanessa, Diane, Roger, I think Diane had a boyfriend, etc. And Alan manipulating everyone.