…wasted?
SoapHunks has posted their 100 Most Memorable Moments in Soap History list.
An interesting list. Otherwise known as I have watched way too many soaps over the years.
The first thing that struck me was that I have seen a hell of a lot of those memorable moments live.
I guess that’s aided by GH and Days, the shows I have obviously watched most over the years, getting the most coverage. But still, I’ve seen quite a number of others and now have reasonably definitive proof that by virtue of Y&R showing straight after Days here down under for decades, I watched a hell of a lot more of that show that I would have first thought.
A quick count leads me to believe that I saw about 34 of the 100 live (or as near live as you get down here, which is to say in the case of GH watching a first broadcast of early 80s GH seven or eight years later. Which was by no means a bad thing). Not via clip libraries or You Tube or internet nostalgia.
We’ll not even get into the ones I’ve seen by those means.
That’s a lot of time watching soaps. Especially as I took over a decade off watching Days, and chunky breaks from GH forced by both unavailability and inclination.
Perhaps having watched a third of the list live just means that I had good watching instincts.
Anyway, head on over there, because the list comes with clips! More time wasting ahead!