ABC's of Soap Operas

[jesren]

Anything at all to do with soap operas, past or present.

I will start. :)






Another World

[MissBeHeyV]

Backstabbing

[Lisa03]

Chloe Lane ( Days our our Lives)

[VOWL]

Days of Our Lives

[VOWL]

:bump: :bump: :bump:

[Defenderofthefaith]

Edge of Night

[jesren]

Francis Reid (DOOL)

[Lisa03]

General Hospital

[VOWL]

housewives

[chancebunny]

Ilene Kristen (Ryan's Hope & One Life To Live)

[VOWL]

Jack Wagner

[jesren]

Ken Corday

[chancebunny]

love affairs

[Lisa03]

Maggie ( DOOL)

[italiankitty99]

Noah Keefer(All My Children)

[Lisa03]

Opal ( Amc )

[italiankitty99]

Palmer Courtland(AMC)

[Lisa03]

queasy ( from watching some of these episodes, lol)

[italiankitty99]

risen from the dead(over and over)

[Lisa03]

Sami ( DOOL)

[VOWL]

Ted King (General Hopsital)

[jesren]

ugly catfights

[Lisa03]

vixens

[VOWL]

wild women

[jesren]

x-rated scenes at lunchtime (practically) :laugh:

[chancebunny]

Young & the Restless

[VOWL]

Zany plots

[chancebunny]

All My Children (the only soap I watch)

[VOWL]

(The) Bold and The Beauitful

[jesren]

Carrie Brady (DOOL)

[VOWL]

Days of Our Lives

[italiankitty99]

Erica Kane Martin Chandler Montgomery Montgomery

[jesren]

finding out your baby was switched at birth with someone else's

[Lisa03]

getting married too many times

[VOWL]

having affairs

[Lisa03]

icy stares

[jesren]

Jack Devereaux (DOOL)

[Lisa03]

Kate ( DOOL)

[jesren]

learning that your fiance is really your sibling

[chancebunny]

Miranda Montgomery (AMC)

[VOWL]

Naughty people

[jesren]

ostentacious clothing

[chancebunny]

Palmer Cortlandt (AMC)

[italiankitty99]

Quentin Collins(Dark Shadows)

[Lisa03]

Runaways

[italiankitty99]

stupid plots

[damick]

aging into Full Fledged adults in a few years

[Lisa03]

Tangy messes that they get into

[chancebunny]

unbelievable plot lines

[Lisa03]

vanity in some people

[chancebunny]

Walt Wiley (Jackson Montgomery on AMC)

[Lisa03]

X-rays for broken bones

[VOWL]

(The) Young and Restless

[Lisa03]

zits ( you don't seem to find one young actor/actress with them, lol)

[jesren]

Allan Spaulding (GL)

[Lisa03]

Bitterness

[jesren]

Cassie DePaiva

[VOWL]

Days of Our Lives

[italiankitty99]

Erika Slezak(Vickie-One Life To Live)

[chancebunny]

Frank Ryan (Ryan's Hope)

[italiankitty99]

Greenlee(All My Children)

[jesren]

Hot men :smile9:

[chancebunny]

Irish family was portrayed on Ryan's Hope

[VOWL]

jumpin from bed to bed

[jesren]

Kissing other women's husbands

[jesren]

Laura Spencer

[chancebunny]

Mona Kane (AMC)

[Ziggywag]

Nicole Walker (DOOL)

[italiankitty99]

Oversexed characters

[jesren]

Population of each "soap" town is about 20

[italiankitty99]

Quick moving storylines are not used

[Ziggywag]

reviving the dead

[chancebunny]

SORAS--Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome--where a 5 year old character leaves the show for a couple of years and comes back as a 16 year old.

[TWOPYRZ]

Touchy Feely :smile9:

[chancebunny]

ugly characters are pretty rare

[annathome]

Very annoying Divas

[Ziggywag]

wicked divas

[jesren]

X-onerated criminals

[italiankitty99]

young children aging 20 years overnight

[jesren]

zany plotlines

[italiankitty99]

Anna Devane

[chancebunny]

Bianca Montgomery

[jesren]

Characters recast

[VOWL]

divorce

[chancebunny]

Ethan Cambias (AMC)

[Ziggywag]

fake amnesia

[jesren]

Guiding Light

[VOWL]

having affairs

[chancebunny]

illnesses such as colds, don't keep the actors from performing

[VOWL]

Jack Wagner

[chancebunny]

Kevin Buchannan (OLTL)

[italiankitty99]

Luke Spencer(General Hospital)

[jesren]

marriages last a few weeks

[MissBeHeyV]

New story lines keep viewers drawn into watching.

[chancebunny]

Opal Cortlandt (AMC)

[jesren]

Parents never seem to have to "parent" their children

[Light474]

Quatermane Family (General Hospital)

[jesren]

Recurring role

[italiankitty99]

Skye Chandler(AMC)

[chancebunny]

Tom Cudahy (AMC)

[italiankitty99]

Umpteen million near misses when searching for someone

[jesren]

Victoria Lord Buchanan

[italiankitty99]

Wanda Wolek(OLTL)

[jesren]

X-tremely interesting to watch sometimes

[italiankitty99]

Yesterday's episode is usually pretty much the same as today's

[jesren]

Zimmer, Kim (GL)

[italiankitty99]

Anna Devane(General Hospital)

[jesren]

Being dead doesn't necessarily mean you won't return

[chancebunny]

crying is often very fake looking

[jesren]

drama

[italiankitty99]

Eric Braden

[kingmiller]

Frank Cooper (Guiding Light)

[chancebunny]

gorgeous women

[italiankitty99]

Hayley Vaughn Chandler Santos(AMC)

[jesren]

irate women

[italiankitty99]

jealousy

[jesren]

killing someone and framing your relatives

[VOWL]

love triangles

[italiankitty99]

Melodrama

[jesren]

Nooners

[VOWL]

outrageous antics

[jesren]

Port Charles

[italiankitty99]

questionable ethics

[jesren]

recasting of roles

[italiankitty99]

Search For Tomorrow

[jesren]

The new Carly MUST go!

[italiankitty99]

unearthly visits from former characters

[jesren]

Back to V

Victor Newman

[VOWL]

weddings

[chancebunny]

X husbands and wives abound

[VOWL]

Yasmine Bleeth

[kingmiller]

Zaslow (Michael)

[tlcfromtn]

Adultery

[italiankitty99]

Ben Harper(Love Of Life)

[jesren]

Capitol

[tlcfromtn]

Drama

[italiankitty99]

Eden Capwell Castillo(Santa Barbara)

[jesren]

Frank Smith (GH)

[jesren]

General Hospital

[VOWL]

having illect affairs

[meeeee]

Invincible foes [U] (tony - general hosptial ) :worry:

[jesren]

Jetting off to another country on a moment's notice

[meeeee]

Keeping track of all your ex husbands.

Most have to many to count --- being married once and staying is a blessing
Impossible in the soaps though

[jesren]

Losing your family member only to have them turn up years later.

[italiankitty99]

Max Holden(OLTL)

[meeeee]

Nickola Casidine GH

[caseycupcake]

Opal (All My Children)

[chancebunny]

Palmer (AMC)

[caseycupcake]

Quick! Somebody rescue this thread!

How about Quentin (Dark Shadows)

[jesren]

Racing from bed to bed

[italiankitty99]

Search For Tomorrow

[jesren]

The psychiatrist is also the surgeon

[kingmiller]

under suspicion

[jesren]

very fit bodies

[meeeee]

watching - we love to watch them

[italiankitty99]

x-tremely ludicrous plot lines

[Ziggywag]

young kids are 6 one year, 16 the next

[jesren]

Zany plots on Passions

[italiankitty99]

Asa Buchanan(OLTL)

[jesren]

Babies all magically raise themselves or have nannies

[VOWL]

Crying all the time

[jesren]

Dressing scantily

[Defenderofthefaith]

everyone has perfect hair

[italiankitty99]

Fallon Carrington Colby

[jesren]

Gregory Sumner (Knots Landing)

[ARGH!]

Harley Cooper (Guiding Light)

[italiankitty99]

Irene Lord(OLTL)

[chancebunny]

Jackson Montgomery

[italiankitty99]

Kelly Buchanan

[kingmiller]

Luke Spencer (GH)

[jesren]

Monogamous relationships rarely exist

[chancebunny]

Nick Davis (AMC)

[jesren]

Open marriages

[chancebunny]

pretty clothes on all the women

[jesren]

Quickie divorces

[fallingwater]

Robin Strasser

[MistySunrise]

Susan Lucci

[Tammylyne]

Two women in love with same guy

[jesren]

Understanding when your spouse gets another woman pregnant

[fallingwater]

Vickers, David

[jesren]

Weddings are cancelled at the altar

[italiankitty99]

X-rays and blood tests are always being switched

[chancebunny]

young lovers always have storylines in the summer

[jesren]

Zoos are not normally visited

[italiankitty99]

Alex Olanov(OLTL)

[chancebunny]

Bay City

[jesren]

Chelsea (DOOL)

[italiankitty99]

dumb plotlines

[jesren]

cars aren't necessary to get around town

[italiankitty99]

Eva LaRue(Maria on AMC)

[jesren]

Felicia on GH shouldn't have been recast

[italiankitty99]

greasy looking mobsters

[jesren]

half-dressed actors

[jesren]

Ice Princess on General Hospital

[meeeee]

jasper "jax" jacks (GH)......... proably said before but needs to be said again jaxxxx

[jesren]

Kelly Monaco

[meeeee]

lila quartermaine on GH (sorry she is gone..... now her family has gone nuts)

[jesren]

Many actors come back to the same show as someone else..do they think we don't notice? :laugh:

[meeeee]

Nurses (in GH ) wouldn't want them to be there when I was ill :laugh: :laugh:

[jesren]

Olivia (Y&R)

[meeeee]

Peter
Reckell
as Bo Brady

[jesren]

Quit looking at Peter Reckell anytime soon?? NOT!!! :smile9:

[meeeee]

Reckell peter (is that a fair one ) keep looking

[jesren]

Santa Barbara

[meeeee]

tramps all the soaps have these :laugh: :laugh: the story lines woudn't be good without them

[jesren]

University Hospital (DOOL)

[meeeee]

violent tratic endings on friday ......... that aren't as bad as you thought on Monday

[jesren]

Wayyyyyyyy too long of a day on Passions as 1 day lasts all month there

[meeeee]

x- rated scences that some how become g .......................... :mad2:

[jesren]

Young actors

[meeeee]

Zuker adrianne (days: nicole walker) her life is falling apart since she lost her dear brady to chole (who she put skin eating bacteria on her face to keep her away). ** that was a hard letter

[chancebunny]

All My Children

[italiankitty99]

Bo Brady

[jesren]

Child's paternity is often in question

[italiankitty99]

Dark Shadows

[jesren]

Edge of Night

[jesren]

Felicia being recast wasn't a good idea on GH

[jesren]

Good storylines leave you hanging over the weekend

[italiankitty99]

Helena Cassadine

[jesren]

In bed with someone besides your SO

[LynnP]

Jack Wagner

[jesren]

Keeping the peace in "Harmony" isn't easy

[VOWL]

Loving

[jesren]

Michael McBain

[jesren]

Not much monogamy going on

[italiankitty99]

overexposed clothing(or lack thereof :laugh: )

[jesren]

Port Charles

[italiankitty99]

queen b&#@*%s :laugh:

[chancebunny]

Ryan's Hope

[italiankitty99]

Silver Kane

[chancebunny]

Tad Martin

[italiankitty99]

UPS trucks never seen :laugh:

[mamafairal]

very cheesey storylines

[jesren]

Wedding days drawn out for a week

[mamafairal]

Xtremely boring storylines

[italiankitty99]

Yasmine Bleeth(OLTL)

[jesren]

Zooming over to the ex's while your SO is at work

[MrsM]

Adam Chandler

[italiankitty99]

Bo Buchanan(OLTL)

[jesren]

Chloe Lane Black

[chancebunny]

Dixie Cooney Martin

[jesren]

Eden Riegel

[italiankitty99]

Felicia Jones(GH)

[chancebunny]

Guiding Light

[italiankitty99]

hammy acting

[VOWL]

indecent proposals

[jesren]

Jack Wagner

[chancebunny]

Kendall Hart

[jesren]

Long lost siblings find each other, after they go out on a date

[italiankitty99]

Mary Ryan Fenelli(Ryan's Hope)