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What year is airing?
posted by Soap Watch aka SoapySTAFFMOD on September 6, 2023 at 7:52 PM
Anyone know what year Retro TV is airing of the soap?
Reply by Soap Watch aka Soapy
on September 7, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Okay looks like very early 1970s as Greta is on there with them talking about when she got bit by the rabbit.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on September 7, 2023 at 10:06 PM
According to IMDb that is episode number 1968 of 5155 episodes, airdate Jul 1, 1970
Reply by Soap Watch aka Soapy
on September 8, 2023 at 9:35 AM
Yeah I missed the rabbit bite. :/
If they're airing ones with Anna Stuart (Donna from AW) then they're in 1971 already. Sheesh I didn't even recognize her Thursday but knew she looked familiar.
I remember seeing Greta's rabbit bite during the Summer it ran (July 1970) since I was a kid, my mom was a soap watcher and had it on. Being a kid, the storyline of a kid being bitten by a bunny peaked my interest.
Soaps like this were never reran and are usually never seen again so I never even considered that I'd one day be seeing it.
Not sure why this soap was picked to rerun but I'm enjoying the nostalgia of it all. This is what many hoped the now defunct SoapNet would do but only did so with a few soaps.
As for now, I am loving watching Elizabeth Hubbard. I think she was the one I had a crush on as a kid. Or maybe it was Maggie ... I can't recall. lol
Reply by wonder2wonder
on September 8, 2023 at 10:50 AM
I remembered the rabbit. Their bite might be dangerous, but I still found them cute.
Reply by Soap Watch aka Soapy
on September 9, 2023 at 4:29 PM
On today's weekend marathon of The Doctors, they showed an episode with a really really young Kim Zimmer (Reva from GL) which means they're skipping around because she didn't begin until around 1979.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on September 9, 2023 at 6:18 PM
Trivia
Kim was on "The Doctors" from Aug 17, 1979 until the end of 1981, when she was 26 years old. She joined the cast of GL in 1983 when she was 28 years old, and stayed - with some breaks - until the end of the show in 2009.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on September 10, 2023 at 7:15 AM
Here are more video clips of Kim on "The Doctors" and GL.
. Luke Dancy Life Hangs In The Balance | The Doctors Soap Opera Promo 1981
. Guiding Light - Reva vs. India - 1985
. GUIDING LIGHT - May 2009 "The Icy Plunge" Part 2