Soap Operas are...

[BikeWriter]

What's your opinion of them? Inquiring minds want to know!:shrug:

[fleabert]

1. Why oh why didn't you include an 'entertaining but insanely stupid' option

I have been watching Days since I was 10 yo. Thats 22 years folks. holy shit.

[BikeWriter]

6. O.M.G. You poor Dear! Have you tried the 12 step programs?

Therapy?

[fleabert]

12. I gave in to the addiction.

it's harmless really. I can go six months with no Days, watch two episodes and be completely caught up! In fact, it's coming on in about 5 minutes! Brain candy is what I call it. I do get very indignant about some political things that are broached, but sometimes I am surprised.

I have known these characters longer than I have known most of my friends. It's really weird. What's fun is finding out a friend also watches it and we can go into the 'omg- remember when bo and hope were dating? remember Patch? etc...' That's more fun than the actual show I think.

[BikeWriter]

14. I'm glad you enjoy your addiction, Sweety...

I suppose it's less harmful than most. ;-)

[kick-ass-bob]

8. my mom has watched that since it's inception.

:scared: I watched for about 4 years. :scared:

[helderheid]

20. I'm with you. Have been watching As The Stomach Churns since I was 10 w/my

grandma before she passed - kept watching for her. 21 years later...

[kick-ass-bob]

2. a 10 on the unintentional comedy scale.

:D

[BikeWriter]

18. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[cassandra uprising]

3. Where's the "better on Telemundo" option?

:shrug:

[kick-ass-bob]

5. You know what else is good? American movies dubbed in spanish.

I have watched 1/2 hour of a Chuck Norris movie on Telemundo before!!

:rofl:

[petronius]

7. Yeah - I love that telenovela format,

where they don't try to make something that is supposed to last for years, but just do a 3 month story with an ending.

What I hate about most sitcoms is they just keep adding characters and twists to try to keep it 'fresh' for later seasons - it just gets ridiculous...

[Patiod]

13. My SO loves the telenovelas on Telemundo

The outfits the women wear are like soft-core porn. We were in a Mexican restaurant, and SO starts drooling. I look up, and here's this rich old guy dying in the hospital, and all the family is around the bed, and there's the old guy's way over-developed nurse in a skintight, lowcut, mini-uniform.

Amazing!

[SiobhanClancy]

4. "Passions" is the only one worth watching...

"Passions" stands out from the pack due to its wonderful casting,excellent acting and particularly for the realistic plotlines.;)It is definitely in a class by itself.

[Akoto]

9. LOL.

Are we talking about the same Passions? Like, the one with the witch? :rofl:

That show is a running joke in my family. :D

[SiobhanClancy]

11. Witches,angels,demons in the cellar,boozing chimps...

what's not to love?;)

[Kat45]

31. I love that show! It's so campy.

They've done parodies of "Psycho," "Chicago," "The Osbournes." Then there was 'Nurse Precious,' the organgutan caregiver that Beth hired to take care of her mother.
:D

[Patiod]

10. Does "Bleak House" count?

Wasn't Dickens the origianl soap opera author -- didn't he produce a lot of his books in episodic form? I remember people waiting by the docks to get the next chapter of "Old Curiousity Shop".

We're watching Bleak House, and it's pretty good. It might be BBC, but it's still a soap opera...

[BikeWriter]

15. That sounds interesting even if it is like a Soap. :-)

[Radical Activist]

16. Evil.

They highlight all the most destructive and petty impulses. The most immature drama queens I've known were big soap opera fans. Maybe it brought out the worst in them.

[BikeWriter]

22. I wanted to include devil's spawn as a selection...

But I didn't have the room.

[mvd]

17. Good in small doses

I find Y&R very entertaining, but that's the only soap I watch. It helps to have attractive actresses like Sharon Case.

[BikeWriter]

24. Very, very small doses, in my case. They drive me crazy,,,er!

[mvd]

33. I watch Y&R every day

So it isn't super small, but I couldn't see myself watching more soaps regularly. I enjoy the continuing story, and Sharon Case is a bonus. :hi:

I started watching when my grandmother died, and I became my mom's new soap companion.

[BikeWriter]

34. To each his own. I have had enough drama in my own life...

to make any more redundant.

[mvd]

35. LOL

Yeah, we each have our own outlook. :hi:

[BikeWriter]

37. Yes, if you knew my exes and their kin you'd think the soaps tame...

I, on the other hand... Uh, where was I?:crazy:

[qnr]

19. Haven't really watched since the original Dark Shadows - but I enjoyed

that one.

[JitterbugPerfume]

21. hello, My name is Jitterbug

and I am a soap opera addict


As The World Turns and Guiding Light

[BikeWriter]

27. Oh, my Dear Lady; I'm so sorry! Do they interfere terribly...

with your life or are you a functional addict?

[6000eliot]

23. Did anyone else see Janet-from-another-planet

blow up the Mardis Gras ball? All of Pine Valley's finest citizens were there. Including Dixie, who is back from the dead for at least the third time.

[One Voice]

28. Yep...

She's "crazy like a republican"!! :popcorn:
hehe

[BikeWriter]

30. Oh, shit! I may have seen that plot thirty years ago!

[Dukkha]

25. There's a fine line between legitimate acting and waiting tables

and it's called soap operas

I like the commercials though.

[skygazer]

26. Actually, this brings to mind an epiphany I had recently

Which was that 24 (which I really enjoy) is a soap opera. A soap opera with a lot of action and suspense but a soap opera nonetheless. Read any synopsis of any episode and you'll realize it - cracks me up.

[BikeWriter]

29. I've yet to see 24. I'll watch for it.

[bigwillq]

32. I watch "The Young and the Restless" everyday

They are entertaining, imo.

[NashVegas]

36. AMC, OLTL, GH (Now Scorpio's Back), The Daily Show and Colbert

Are the only tv shows I will go out of my way to watch on a regular basis.

It's all drama, baby. To hell with "serious" night-time network dramas.

[BikeWriter]

38. You've got quite a list there, Crisco!