1966: Dark Shadows' Roger crashed due to a missing bleeder valve.
1985: John Aniston debuted as Victor on Days of our Lives.
1990: General Hospital's Wendy was murdered.
2010: Scott Clifton debuted as Liam on Bold and the Beautiful."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1940: The first episode of radio soap opera The Carters of Elm Street, written by Mona Kent, aired on the Mutual Network.
1966: On Another World, Pat told Alice (Jacqueline Courtney) she thought Lee identified with Hope Bauer (crossed over for a year...
1985: John Aniston debuted as Victor on Days of our Lives.
1990: General Hospital's Wendy was murdered.
2010: Scott Clifton debuted as Liam on Bold and the Beautiful."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1940: The first episode of radio soap opera The Carters of Elm Street, written by Mona Kent, aired on the Mutual Network.
1966: On Another World, Pat told Alice (Jacqueline Courtney) she thought Lee identified with Hope Bauer (crossed over for a year...
- 7/19/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1966: Dark Shadows' Roger crashed due to a missing bleeder valve.
1985: John Aniston debuted as Victor on Days of our Lives.
1990: General Hospital's Wendy was murdered.
2010: Scott Clifton debuted as Liam on Bold and the Beautiful."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1940: The first episode of radio soap opera The Carters of Elm Street, written by Mona Kent, aired on the Mutual Network.
1966: On Another World,...
1985: John Aniston debuted as Victor on Days of our Lives.
1990: General Hospital's Wendy was murdered.
2010: Scott Clifton debuted as Liam on Bold and the Beautiful."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1940: The first episode of radio soap opera The Carters of Elm Street, written by Mona Kent, aired on the Mutual Network.
1966: On Another World,...
- 7/19/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
While fans of Sailor Moon are enjoying the current run of Sailor Moon Crystal, Viz Media has released an official clip of the long-awaited redub of the original Sailor Moon series.
The clip runs under a minute and shows the famous scene where Usagi meets Mamoru for the very first time (also commonly known as the "30" test score scene).
As to be expected, the ongoing debate over "sub vs. dub" continues to be alive and well. However, the issue that appeared to be causing the most howls from longtime fans was the replacement of "meatball head" with "bun head". Representatives with Viz did go on record stating the dub will be close to the original Japanese translations when compared to the Americanized puns Dic used in 1995.
In the Japanese dialogue, Mamoru actually calls Usagi "odango" which can be translated to mean either "dumpling" or "bun". Still, it appears longtime fans...
The clip runs under a minute and shows the famous scene where Usagi meets Mamoru for the very first time (also commonly known as the "30" test score scene).
As to be expected, the ongoing debate over "sub vs. dub" continues to be alive and well. However, the issue that appeared to be causing the most howls from longtime fans was the replacement of "meatball head" with "bun head". Representatives with Viz did go on record stating the dub will be close to the original Japanese translations when compared to the Americanized puns Dic used in 1995.
In the Japanese dialogue, Mamoru actually calls Usagi "odango" which can be translated to mean either "dumpling" or "bun". Still, it appears longtime fans...
- 7/15/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jonathan M Cook)
- Cinelinx
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