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The single most important thing about ''[[Guiding Light]]'' is this: '''''It may be the longest recorded narrative in the entire history of mankind'''''. It has produced a total of about 18 continuous months' worth of narrative material (both audio and video). That is, if you listened to/watched the show, from the beginning, 24 hours a day, it would take nearly a year and a half to get through it all; for comparison, if ''[[The Simpsons]]'' wanted to break this record, it would still have to be producing new episodes in ''2062''. (The British soap ''[[Coronation Street]]'' pronounces itself the world's longest-lasting soap on each of its major anniversaries, but it isn't even ''Britain's'' longest-lasting soap - that honour belongs to ''The Archers'' - although it is the longest-lasting TV soap still in production... however, with just over 7000 episodes produced it has quite a way to go.)

 

 

* [[Artifact Title]]: The title referred to a lamp in the preacher's study during the radio years. Over time that plot point was dropped, but the title remained.

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: In the early 90s Blake began to seduce Ross to get revenge against her mother. However she found herself falling in love and eventually they wed.

* [[The Cameo]]: Rudy Giuliani appeared as himself, while he was still mayor. (The show was filmed in [[Big Applesauce|New York.]])

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Claire Ramsey, Vicky Spaulding are both examples.

* [[Chronic Villainy]]: Reva had her moments.

* [[Deadly Distant Finale]]. The last few scenes of the show take place exactly a year after the rest of the episode: showing everyone's [[Happily Ever After]]. Except Edmund and Jeffrey, who are locked in a [[Stern Chase]] with [[No Ending]].

* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Cassie's youngest son, Will. He was deliberately cast with [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2089090/ Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick], the child actor who played Damien in [[The Omen]] remake for this purpose.

* [[Large Ham]]: Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, and never more so than in one of the show's most [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=366qDdlKZsE#t=127s famous scenes].

* [[Long Runner]]: Nearly '''Seventy-three''' years! As we keep mentioning, it's the ''longest running narrative in human history''.

* [[Love Dodecahedron]]

* [[Older Than Television]]: ''[[Guiding Light]] itself.''

* [[Rape and Revenge]]: Holly shot Roger in the chest three times after he raped her.

* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Inevitable. The series ran for four full ''human generations'' of writers; no one man could ever keep decades of ''literally'' ceaseless continuity straight (the show existed before ''archiving'' was easy) and there were mistakes at times.

** To ridiculous extents. One character was SORASed so she was twelve years older than her ''older brother''.

** Phillip Spaulding is an infamous example, he went from six months old to about seventeen years in a matter of months.

* [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]]

* [[The Three Certainties in Life]]:

* [[Toilet Seat Divorce]]: Many have taken place in Springfield, but Josh and Reva are notable for doing this ''a lot''.

* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Roger Thorpe.

 

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