Is there anyone else there who had to swallow a MIGHTY guffaw at Trask's line about the late Abigail's putatively "kind and gentle face" in ep. 433 (showcased in today's slide show)? I think I actually let loose a SHRIEK when that snippet of dialogue first passed my eardrums when I finally got around to seeing this part of the show back in the Nineties.
I definitely did - which is one of the main reasons the remark is part of the slideshow.
[spoiler]Seems to me they crammed about 3 weeks of story into ten minutes or so of air time![/spoiler]
It's not the case with every episode, but more often than not a single episode of the '91 show covers more like a month's worth of story from the daytime show. But such are the limitations of primetime over the leisurely pacing of daytime.
DC's fears that he would lose the audience if he didn't resort to keeping the pacing of the daytime show to what amounted to a daytime version of breakneck speed were probably unfounded - but, sadly, it's definitely become true in primetime. And with the advent of so many discussion boards for shows, it's probably even worse than it was back in '91. I mean, just look at how many people complain bitterly when they don't get the answers they want as fast as they want them and they think they should get them! Too many writers nowadays are simply not allowed to take the time needed to craft stories in which a satisfying payoff is built over time. So much of the audience is far too impatient these days IMO...