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Some of GL’s most famous alum have teamed up to create a web series entitled Steamboat. Click here to watch episode one. Please let us know what you think of the new web series by leaving a comment below. Thanks!

After dating for about 7 months, Scott Bailey (ex-Sandy, GL) has proposed to Adrienne Frantz, (Amber Moore, Y&R). Congratulations!

When 2009 began, we knew that Guiding Light would end its run in September. What we didn’t know was how great the show would be during its last month on the air. Soap sites remained basically spoiler free during the last days, so it was a huge shock when Alan Spaulding passed away while sitting on a park bench after making things right with his family. Alan’s death was more than a loss of a character, but rather symbolized the end of one the greatest shows in daytime history.

Miss Gina is not the only with an opinion!  Here are my picks, in her same categories for the world of suds, 2009:

Smoothest Criminal: Kate Roberts, Days of Our Lives 

Baddest Bitch: “Claudia Zacchara”, General Hospital

Wildest Wedding: “The Big Gay Wedding”, One Life to Live

Most Awesome Bitch Slap: “Sami to Nicole”, Days of Our Lives

Most Ridiculous Storyline: The Murder of D.A. North, All My Children

Most Popular Couple: Jason & Sam, General Hospital

Most Hated Couple: Ridge & Brooke, The Bold & The Beautiful

Best Baby Switch: “Sydney”, Days of Our Lives

Worst Baby Switch: “Faith”, Young and the Restless

Biggest Punk Ass: Owen, Days of Our Lives

Sexiest Actor: Florencia Lozano as Téa Delgado, One Life To Live

Unsexiest Actor: Clementine Ford as Mac, The Young & The Restless

Biggest Wastes of Talent: Lesli Kay (Felicia, The Bold & The Beautiful); Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton, Days of Our Lives)

Funniest Character: Melanie Layton, Days of Our Lives

Most Annoying Who Dunnit: “Who Shot Stuart?”, All My Children 

Biggest Douche Bag: Elvis DiMera, Days of Our Lives

Biggest Skeezer: Sharon Newman, The Young & The Restless

Best One Night Stand: Brian Frons and Chuck Pratt (as sort of compensation for firing him from AMC)

Most Incompetent Cop: Jack Snyder, As The World Turns

Biggest Jack Ass: Ridge Forrester, The Bold & The Beautiful

Hottest Virgin: Kristina Davis, General Hospital

Sexiest Couple(s): Bill & Lizzie, Guiding Light

Dumbest Dynamic Duo: Steffy & Thomas Forrester, The Bold & The Beautiful

Best Return From The Dead: “Mitch Laurence”, One Life to Live

Hottest Cougar: “Jackie Marone”, Bold and the Beautiful

Best Show: Days Of Our Lives

Worst Show: All My Children

We know that we can turn on Y&R and pretty much see John Driscoll any time we want in the form of “Chance” Chancellor. As Guiding Light ends, we want to honor some of the characters that we will never forget and Coop is one of those characters.

Alan Spaulding has been reigning over Springfield since Roger Thorpe’s demise and his biggest foe has always been his own son Phillip. The bitter feud had gone on for years until Phillip met an untimely “death”. Phillip miraculously came back to life and the battle began anew. Phillip was diagnosed with a fatal illness and desperately needed a bone marrow transplant to survive. Predictability be damned! To make a long story short, Alan and Phillip both underwent the surgery and it seems as if Phillip may survive after all and have the chance to have the life he has always wanted with Beth. It looked like Alan was going to be a part of that life, but sadly, Alan passed away today while enjoying his son’s happiness.

Many of us grew up watching Roger Thorpe torture and haunt the citizens of Springfield. Roger wasn’t all bad which made him redeemable in the hearts of many. The rest of Roger was pure evil. Check out our video picks for some of the best Roger Thorpe moments in Guiding Light history. Alan Spaulding who?

We would love to honor all of the actors and actresses that have devoted their lives to Guiding Light, but we cannot for several reasons. The top reason? Quite frankly, our parents aren’t old enough to do all that, so we will just list the final cast members. I personally have watched most many of these talented people since I was a child and I have to wonder if we will see any of them on screen again. However, some have already moved on to new projects, such as Crystal Chappell. So have several of the younger cast members, such as Tom Pelphrey. Gina Tognoni is already in talks with Young and the Restless about a possible recast of an old character as well. What will be missed most is the show itself. Not the show as it has been in the last five years, but Guiding Light as it was in the days of Reva and Josh, Harley and Mallet, and Blake and Ross. The light has gone out for:

Alan Spaulding: Ron Raines
Alexandra Spaulding: Marjorie Dusay
Ashlee Wolfe: Caitlin Van Zandt
Bill Lewis III: Daniel Cosgrove
Christina Blake Thorpe Marler: Elizabeth Keifer
Christina Boudreau: Karla Mosley
Clarissa Marler: Naelee Rae
Cyrus Foley: Murray Bartlett
Dinah Marler: Gina Tognoni
Doris Wolfe: Orlagh Cassidy
Dr. Frederick “Rick” Bauer: Michael O’Leary
Edmund Winslow: David Andrew MacDonald
Elizabeth “Beth” Raines Bauer: Beth Chamberlin
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Spaulding: Marcy Faith (Behrens) Rylan
Frank “Buzz” Cooper Sr: Justin Deas
Frank Cooper Jr.: Frank Dicopoulos
Harlan “Billy” Lewis II: Jordan Clarke
James Spaulding: Zack Conroy
Jeffery O’Neill: Bradley Thomas Cole
Jonathan “JB” Randall: Tom Pelphrey
Joshua Lewis: Robert Newman
Leah Bourdeau Bauer (Current): Tyra Collar
Lillian Raines: Tina Sloan
Marina Cooper: Mandy Bruno
Matt Reardon: Kurt McKinney
Melissande “Mel” Boudreau Bauer: Yvonna Kopacz Wright
Natalia Rivera Aitoro: Jessica Leccia
Olivia Spencer: Crystal Chappell
Phillip Granville Spaulding: Grant Aleksander
Rafael “Rafe” Rivera: E.J. Bonilla
Remy Boudreau: Lawrence Saint-Victor
Reva Shayne: Kim Zimmer
Shayne Lewis: Jeff Branson
Susan ‘Daisy’ Lemay: Bonnie Dennison
Vanessa Chamberlain Lewis Reardon: Maeve Kinkead

Reva Shayne Lewis O’Neill (Kim Zimmer) has had her fair share of outrageous storylines. In fact, Reva ranks high at the list of soap characters who die and continue to come back to life. During one of these instances, the love of Reva’s life, Josh Lewis, could not deal with the pain of losing Reva one more time. So desperate was Josh to see his beautiful lady love again, he enlisted the help of a young and naive doctor who promised to clone Reva.

The cloning was a success and a beautiful baby girl was, um, hatched. Josh and the not-so good Doctor Burke were shocked and alarmed to discover that the clone was growing and aging at a rapid pace. Suddenly Josh was faced with a whole new dilemma: a sex crazed teenage Reva played by the ultra talented Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill). The teenage Reva fell in love with Josh and was just about ready to do anything to be with him when, surprise, Reva was alive!

Grown Clone Reva kidnapped Real Reva in an attempt to stop the couple’s happy reunion. Reva became attached to the clone, even naming her Dolly. Eventually, Dolly gave up her quest to win Josh for herself and resolved to let the rapid aging take her life. As ridiculous as this storyline was, the finale really was bittersweet. Reva and Josh didn’t stay together after the Dolly Debacle and they are not together now. Will long time fans finally get the Josh and Reva reunion desire?