Yes.
Spent a summer with my Nana and Papa. Papa would be at the store until 4 or 5:00 PM and Nana would spend her morning up until time to bring Papa his lunch, watching a medical setting sp ( The Doctors? The Hospital?) followed by
Another World whilst she ironed clothing; during commercials she vacuumed. She used to talk to the TV same as when she listened to the radio on Sunday morning before she went to church but the words were different. For the soap operas it was all teeth sucking and mutterings of "Jezebel" and "Why don't you listen to your mother?!". For the radio sermons it was "Hmmhm", "Praise the Lord" and "Yes, Jesus". For the Catholic raised grrlie I was this was allll a revelation
Next soap opera I watched was.....
Dark Shadows which was all the rage. Run home from school, do some homework and then sit there glued to the boob tube letting Barnabas, Angelina, and Quentin have at it.
In the mid to late '70's it was
Poldark on Masterpiece Theatre shown on Sunday nights. Lots o' bosom heaving and scowling.
Finally, I finished any need for soaps with
Dallas in the late 70's, early '80's. After the "Who shot JR?" season I turned the TV off and went back to reading.
