Welcome to ToTG!
|
July 7, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
|
![]() As the World Turns Premieres (1956)Soap operas began in the early 1930s as 15-minute radio episodes and continued in that format when they began appearing on TV in the early 1950s. As the World Turns premiered as the first half-hour TV soap. The show, which primarily focused on two professional families in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, ran for 54 years and aired nearly 14,000 episodes. For 20 of those years, it was most-watched daytime drama in the US. What interrupted a live broadcast of the show in 1963? More... Discuss |
2 comments:
Oh gosh, I remember staying up late to watch them play that song on one of those late night rock concert shows. Can't remember now which one it was, could have been Old Grey Whistle Test, Midnight Special, King Bisquit Flour Hour or even Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. I loved them all!
I remember the first time I heard the song; was in a friend's hot rod but I was more concerned about hoping we stayed on the road and right-side up than I was listening to the tape deck.
Post a Comment