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This year is TV Guide's 60th anniversary....and they have listed the 60 best soap opera moments of all time.
So here they are....just the first 10
1. Luke & Laura's wedding - GH, 1981
Something over 30 million people tuned in to watch, skipping work, school, etc.
2. BJ's Heart - GH - 1994
A school van accident causes little BJ Jones's heart to be transplanted into her dying cousin, Maxie
3. Marlena's Possession - Days of Our Lives - 1995
Satan raises holy hell in Salem, desecrating the church, and wanting the body & soul of Marlena
4. Bert's diagnosis - Guiding Light - 1962
Matriarch Bert Baur has a pap smear and is diagnosed with uterine cancer. Huge public response to this
5. Karen's testimony - One Life to Live - 1973
Karen Wolek, seemingly ordinary housewife is forced to reveal her secret life as a prostitute
6. Katherine's face lift - Young & Restless - 1984
On camera, Jeanne Cooper's real life face lift was done to Katherine Chancellor as well
7. Erica's abortion - All My Children - 1973
When she learned she was pregnant, Eric has an abortion without telling husband. (and in 2005, a miracle as that now grown child showed up)
8. Jeff's death in a car crash - As the World Turns - 1962
Newlywed Jeff abruptly loses his life, and CBS switchboards lit up like a Christmas tree
9. Vicki's out of body experience - One Life to Live - 1987
During brain surgery, Vicki dies and goes to heaven, but manages to return.
10. Reva's Dip in the Fountain - GL -1985
Reva's stepson, Josh, accuses her of infidelity. She doesn't deny, just strips down to her undies in the country club fountain, and baptizes herself the "*bleep* of Springfield"
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There are 50 more. I will note the Days ones in the next post.
So here they are....just the first 10
1. Luke & Laura's wedding - GH, 1981
Something over 30 million people tuned in to watch, skipping work, school, etc.
2. BJ's Heart - GH - 1994
A school van accident causes little BJ Jones's heart to be transplanted into her dying cousin, Maxie
3. Marlena's Possession - Days of Our Lives - 1995
Satan raises holy hell in Salem, desecrating the church, and wanting the body & soul of Marlena
4. Bert's diagnosis - Guiding Light - 1962
Matriarch Bert Baur has a pap smear and is diagnosed with uterine cancer. Huge public response to this
5. Karen's testimony - One Life to Live - 1973
Karen Wolek, seemingly ordinary housewife is forced to reveal her secret life as a prostitute
6. Katherine's face lift - Young & Restless - 1984
On camera, Jeanne Cooper's real life face lift was done to Katherine Chancellor as well
7. Erica's abortion - All My Children - 1973
When she learned she was pregnant, Eric has an abortion without telling husband. (and in 2005, a miracle as that now grown child showed up)
8. Jeff's death in a car crash - As the World Turns - 1962
Newlywed Jeff abruptly loses his life, and CBS switchboards lit up like a Christmas tree
9. Vicki's out of body experience - One Life to Live - 1987
During brain surgery, Vicki dies and goes to heaven, but manages to return.
10. Reva's Dip in the Fountain - GL -1985
Reva's stepson, Josh, accuses her of infidelity. She doesn't deny, just strips down to her undies in the country club fountain, and baptizes herself the "*bleep* of Springfield"
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There are 50 more. I will note the Days ones in the next post.