oh yeah.

 the greatest thing about soap operas is you had to watch the next day to see what happens. me age 11 thru 15 or so, Days of Our Lives, then hit the pool. us small towners thought we could be rich like them. my daughter into Passions soap, my mother: "Should she be watching this?" well, it's okay! such a hypocrite, she came home every day for an hour at lunch to watch All My Children outside with small t.v. eating tuna salad, and getting tan.