Guiding Light: Opening Montages

[@aphillyate1]

The 1983 version always brings tears to my eyes but my favorite was the one that debuted in 1991. My emotions are still the same 30 years later. Wow!

[@jefferyjones1357]

I Agree The music on the 1983 opening was the Best

[@Brad81980]

Guiding Light had the some of the best openings in all soaps. I really miss this show. :-(

[@timothymoore6341]

I miss all the shows; As The World Turns, All My Children, One Life To Live, etc. Hard to believe that there are only 4 soaps left on tv.

[@anthonymeans7439]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@cherylblack8925]

Never got over losing this show😥

[@corduerorose9747]

15 years in September since CBS betrayed us😢

[@anthonymeans7439]

Guiding Light was outstanding soap opera with an amazing,rich history and it gave us some of the best and most memorable characters in daytime!It will never be forgotten

[@mariellclement8092]

The third theme and opening was the best. Those Strings, those strings. Wow!

[@loria7043]

Yes, wow! I love that version!

[@chrismcevoy2503]

This was my favorite soap opera for a long time.

[@michael9052]

Guiding Light had some of the best writing & acting anywhere.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Guiding Light was my favorite soap opera for a long time.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

I started watching Guiding Light when I was seven years old.

[@ljrockstar69]

I had a crush on Carl T Evan, he was mesmerizing as Alan Michael.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

I started watching Guiding Light in 1981 when I was seven years old.

[@jacklynmorales4960]

I sure miss Guiding Light soo much😔

[@JLJMedia]

The disco one was hilarious

[@khambrelllewis5173]

Guiding Light The Daytime Soap Opera Of All Time On CBS

[@corduerorose9747]

It was the last one of the day back then

[@ljrockstar69]

The last opening, is like a totally new show, it doesn't feel like Guiding Light.

[@jacarriusdoesthings]

Decipher Code I said the same thing

[@qadiva56]

Completely agree. It was terrible.

[@ljrockstar69]

@@jacarriusdoesthings I was like, this is not GL, it felt like a cheap reality show. I missed the lavish sets and wardrobe, in 2009, all of that was gone and transformed to "hippie land", sorry, that's how it felt like watching 2009 GL.

[@stephaniesmith5515]

A time gone by...memories.

[@anglerfish8278]

Follow along. All of them are here with you. Should never have been cancelled. The cast put on a show to remember.

[@shawnsmothers4876]

Especially considering the crap they replaced it, As the World Turns, All My Children, One Life to Live (and any others I have missed) with.

[@lenoralocklear8328]

I loved 1991 thru 1993 when Harley and Mallet were together

[@eugenesmith5173]

I was sorry to see it cancelled. However, to be completely honest, the show was in horrific shape the last few years it was on. In hindsight, I think it would have been a better decision for the show have voluntarily left the air than continue on a reduced budget that required the "realistic" outdoor filming in New Jersey. I felt bad for the show. It looked so cheap that it was embarrassing. It would not surprise me if the production budget in the final two years barely covered covered one flashlight for lighting; 2 sticks of gum for the actors in a scene and a couple of college interns filming the scene with a handheld camera bought at Wal Mart.

[@MrGeno502]

Great video! I watched GL from 1976-2009.I know that I'm in the minority,but my favorite opening is the "Disco" opening from 1981 and 1982.Those were my favorite years of GL as well.

[@marctheark]

MrGeno502 I agree and the one from 1991 to 1997

[@eugenesmith5173]

Ohh. That "disco" opening was the worst. Even Helen Keller could have seen that it would become dated very quickly.

[@casseyboo89]

I liked the one from 1991 to like 2001. I used to stay home and watch Olivia and Reva fight over Josh. LMAO

[@michael9052]

Who can blame them.😜

[@wiled5]

The guiding light hold onto love open, it made me think of the Tybee lighthouse.

[@booberry349]

Bring this back

[@coopersorino7527]

Man do I miss Guiding Light, it was a great soap

[@michaelwright8150]

Guiding come back on air

[@michaelwright8150]

Guiding back air

[@michaelwright8150]

Guiding light come to air

[@1JCPromotions]

cooper sorino After Beverley Mckenzie left the show it went down hill

[@stephaniekelly8754]

Love love ❤ ❤❤ thanks for the nostalgia

[@chadbaughman401]

My favorite GL opening was the 91-02 opening

[@huntyrpiotrowski6581]

83 was my favorite but they were all the best in soap history atwt tried but hands down the emmy goes to gl for best openings ever!

[@tazoz100]

just saw this amazing video of yours ! loved it . i hope you might be able to do more year in review videos like the ones you have done in the past . Guiding light , Santa Barbara and Another World were my favourite soaps .

[@monaonassis6346]

4:00 and beyond were all awful with the Only Love being the worst. A theme song to a show is iconic and constant change for the sake of change is rarely good. Take a them and slightly tweak it over time. For me, 88 to 92 were the best intros and theme songs. I’d have been happy with waiter of these sticking and slightly changing over time. Y and R has always had the same iconic Nadia’s Theme. GL constantly replacing themes just shows the solid identity they seemed to have lost over the last decade of the show. I watched in Junior High from 88-91 and it was such a phenomenal show. Miss it.

[@scottshier5469]

I always felt a pang in the gut at 0:47 where Beverlee McKinsey should have been (replaced w/ the toasting wine glasses after she left in Aug. '92)

[@sherryhannah9262]

I hope y’all will reply to this remember Rick Hurst who was on Guiding Light was also Cletus Hogg Boss Hogg’s cousin on The Dukes of Hazzard??????!!

[@lesmis012000]

Wow! I remember the disco one.

[@soap1919jt]

Still miss this soap.

[@josephgraefe4886]

SO DO I! GL and ATWT were the best daytime soaps ever!!

[@robertacosta1965]

I miss Annie Dutton & cassie Layne..1997-98 beat years

[@normarogers8898]

I miss this very bad

[@ncmariofan3605]

0:49 When you been on the internet for hours, but you only see the cellular data icon

[@peachmarie6079]

I grew up with Hold On To Love, but my favorites, after watching episodes here on YT, are La Lumiere (the first opening in this video) and My Guiding Light ('83-'85 version). I like that very last bit, too, the was featured in the finale. The one featured every opening title card.

[@jefferyjones1357]

I can understand why this show went off the air that last opening the one with only love can save the world looked like it was shot on a camcorder

[@margaretbrown5836]

Some of my favorite openings are not on the list, though. Good effort ❤❤❤❤

[@chrismcevoy2503]

I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan just like Kim Zimmer.

[@davidarmstrong1421]

The 4th one is my favorite

[@huntyrpiotrowski6581]

most memorable for sure

[@angelmarie2]

The True Light opening (after the one with Joan Collins in it) should have been a remake of My Guiding Light.

[@abe_froman8360]

You're missing the 70th Anniversary open with all the hand-holding LOL

[@scottshier5469]

yeah with the Rev. Rutledge monologue "There is a destiny that makes us family...."

[@hhhh-xb9py]

4th by far the best i was a gher but even i switched chsnnel for the into and outro!!

[@mariomiranda1070]

2:05 Guiding Light OBB 2006-2011

[@eugenesmith5173]

The best one to me always was the one with the light from the lighthouse showing the characters that was used from the mid 90's into 2001 or 2002. Personally, I think GL and several of the other shows (AMC, OLTL and GH) changed their theme song WAY too often. The opening song really should be like a trademark for the show. Even if the visual opening is changed, the theme song (or an updated version thereof) remains the same. Days of Our Lives, Y&R and B&B have followed that approach --- using the same song (with some minor modifications) for their entire existence and even staying with a similar opening (with some modifications) over the years. GL was chaotic with this.

[@blatheringblathers347]

GH had Faces of the Heart from April 1, 1993 to August 27, 2004, while AMC had the white opening from 1995 to 2002, and Scrapbook from October 2002 to May 2004. The Scrapbook with the 2002 remix of the 90 theme, was short-lived at this point!

[@jacarriusdoesthings]

Eugene Smith I hated the 2003 opening, I meant Guiding Light!

[@ljrockstar69]

I totally agree, for some reason changing the theme too frequently loses the identity of the show. This might be minor, but because of this, it might have affected the ratings. If you look what GL has become in its final months, it became a totally unrecognizable show.

[@scottshier5469]

Eugene, great point: I agree 100% - I thought the same even when I was little, LOL. I'd go so far as to say GL over-hauled it's theme + titles sequence the most frequently of any daytime soap.

[@renzy79]

Who's the actor at 2:18?

[@Spauldingfield]

That's Carl Tye Evans. He played Alan-Michael before Rick Hearst got into the role.

[@ljrockstar69]

Alan Michael Spaulding, he was handsome. It was the reason I started watching GL.

[@meditationrosewicks278]

I liked 1977-82. Best

[@michaelwright8150]

Guiding miss. Soap

[@tashee8772]

Just all completely went downhill at 4:07.with the last being the absolute worst. 91-93 was the best

[@jacarriusdoesthings]

God I hated the 2003-05 opening!

[@jmjfanss]

The 2008-09 opening was even worse.

[@jad8123]

Yup! The last one sucked. Only, love can save the world.....Ugh!