Chuck

It was 72 years of guiding light.

Every weekday, too.

I had a very, very brief foray into soap operas.

I guess it was in college or something.

I don't know why, but I got hooked for, I mean, not too long, but I was hooked.

I was like, these things are stupid.

I was like, yeah, but what happens?

Yeah, the same thing happened to me again in college too.

And I cannot remember the name of it, but it was just off the chain.

I know there's a main character named Marlena and she was possessed by the devil at one point.

Someone will remember and let you know.

Yeah, certainly.

That's like a very famous plot line that was going on when I was hooked on them.

And then I got hooked on them enough that I would switch channels during ads and see what was on other soap operas.

And on General Hospital once, there was a scene where this couple was in bed and they did such a poor job of editing that they left in the director saying, cut, and the two actors roll out of bed.

Yeah.

I'll never forget it it was one of the greatest things I've ever seen on television they're like the sheets are pulled up you know to their their bare skin right and then they roll out of bed and they have on like blue jeans yeah I don't remember what they were wearing or anything but yeah I'm sure it was just like that that's really funny uh oh god to have that time again where you could just like maybe sort of get hooked on a soap for no reason yeah for sure

Religion was also a big deal early on AM radio.

All of a sudden, evangelists could broadcast far and wide from what they called the electric pulpit.

And they became like, you know, big time personalities and stars during the Depression era.