On November 8, 1965, Days of Our Lives debuted on NBC. Through extensive research, including the first-ever examination of the show's archives, and interviews with cast members, writers, producers and production personnel, the show's history is told here. This reference work provides a complete cast list from the show's debut through 1994, as well as the most comprehensive storyline of the show ever available.
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"Like sands through the hourglass...." If you are a Days of Our Lives fan, you know the drill. This is the second book (after Lorraine Zenka's work of the same title, LJ 11/15/95) published this year in honor of the soap's 30th anniversary. Russell's book is well researched (the author is an archivist at UCLA) and provides a complete narrative covering story plots from the beginning of the series, an extensive bibliography, unique information on the actors and their fans, and, most interesting of all, background on the early days of the soaps. This section, titled "Beginnings," gives some insight into how particular soap opera writers and creators of TV shows work to produce entertainments that air five days a week. A good addition where similar titles have been popular.?Judy Hauser, Oakland Schs. Lib. Svcs., Waterford, Mich.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"dishy and entertaining" -- TV Guide
"enjoyable and accurate" -- Soap Opera Weekly
"enjoyable and accurate" -- Soap Opera Weekly
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's an interesting, informative, trivial book.,
By hope363@hotmail.com (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera (Library Binding)
I liked how this book was divided into about 6 chapters. The book explanins about how the show was first started, how the fans have always supported it, and the whole storyline. I have only been watching Days for about 2 years, so when I read the storyline, it was really confusing, but I am trying to follow it. It doesn't have any color pictures, and the pictures it does have are mostly of the older families on Days. This book does, however, give you a good background, and it doesn't really leave anything out dealing with information. It also has family trees in the back so you can be sure about the Days generations. You can learn some real trivia from this book. If you want history, and trivia, get this book. It will soon become one of your most treasured posesions. This book should be well worth your money when you begin reading it.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Buyer Beware! Book is a REPRINT,
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This review is from: Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera (Paperback)
Thought this would be an updated version of the book, but it is simply a reprint of the 1995 edition with a different cover that was designed this year. VERY disappointed.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
good history of plots and stars,
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This review is from: Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera (Library Binding)
This book is a must have for all you newer Days fans who want to know what happened up to 1995. Also it has family trees and history of the making of the show. It helps explain Patch"s history in the story line and so much more on dozens of other people. Makes you feel like an expert on the whole show.It starts at the very beginning and had to end at 1995, but maybe some one will write part 2 for the years 1996 to 2007, I hope.
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Bill Bell, Bill Hayes, Falken Smith, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Ted Corday, New York, Alice Horton, Tom Horton, Irna Phillips, Jack Deveraux, Matthew Ashford, Bill Horton, University Hospital, Victor Kiriakis, Ken Corday, Macdonald Carey, Don Craig, Los Angeles, Wes Kenney, Doug's Place, Neil Curtis, Lawrence Alamain, Roman Brady, Bob Anderson, Mike Horton New!
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Bill Bell, Bill Hayes, Falken Smith, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Ted Corday, New York, Alice Horton, Tom Horton, Irna Phillips, Jack Deveraux, Matthew Ashford, Bill Horton, University Hospital, Victor Kiriakis, Ken Corday, Macdonald Carey, Don Craig, Los Angeles, Wes Kenney, Doug's Place, Neil Curtis, Lawrence Alamain, Roman Brady, Bob Anderson, Mike Horton New!
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