Thanks for posting this. All great stuff. I can remember Luke and Laura saving the world, as well as Timmy on Passions, and a possessed Marlena on Days of Our Lives.  And back in the 80's, didn't GH have a storyline in which teenaged Robin befriended an ALIEN? But I have especially fond memories of OLTL, where Clint did his back-to-the-future time travel to 1888.

The craziest soap of all, however, was Dark Shadows (1966-1971). The hero was Barnabas Collins, a 200-year-old vampire in search of redemption. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and the curse was originally placed on him by his spurned wife, Angelique. A diva to end all divas, Angelique practised the black arts, periodically descended into Hades---she was middle management--- and tormented poor Barnabas for centuries.  The core family also included a werewolf, possessed children and a various assortment of ghosts. Characters frequently traveled to different time periods, meeting their own ancestors and changing history. No other soap, not even Passions, was ever as consistently weird as DS. It broke the mould!

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The remake is in the works with Johnny Depp as Banabas!!!

...Depp will be perfect for seriously over-dramatic Barnabus! Oh, how I wish I could remember MORE about the original DS in all its mistake-riddled glory. The murky mess was one of my favorites! Unfortunately I do remember Reva's clone storyline -- stupid, yet played for all the pathos they could wring out of the situation. It turned out being more sad than funny...buddz, much the same, lately

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