On the Fading of the "Guiding Light"

September, 2009 marked the final telecast of the longest-running "soap opera" in history, "The Guiding Light", which was originally on radio in the 30s and then on television for decades. Although I hadn't watched it in years (and apparently I wasn't alone in this), I was very sad to see it go. Like so many things in my life (I admit; I'm a nostalgic, romantic sap), I have a sentimentality on the occasion of its demise...

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