> Back in the dark ages before cable and satellite TV, I used to watch stuff with the sound off. It was the only funny thing on in the day time. I had to quit watching the soaps because it was always two people talking. If a third person came in, one of the others would leave and it was still just two people talking. If one of those left and there was only one person left on screen the phone would ring and again it was two people talking. When he or she hangs up, watch the door because someone is going to come in so there will be two people talking. Every now and then this routine would be interrupted by a commercial which usually consisted of two people talking. Then when the last commercial faded, the program would return to two people talking.
> Are the soaps still like that? I never tried watching them with the sound on because I have a weak stomach, but now I can't even stand the pictures.
> How"urp"ard

The best soap operas to watch are the ones on Univision. A few years ago, my friends and I tried to catch one particular soap with a very odd sub-plot. Apparently, there was this dog who loved this other dog, but the other dog died. Meanwhile, female dog #2 was trying to console the widower canine. Eventually they both fell in love.

If that wasn't weird enough, the dogs have voiceovers and flashback scenes.

FADE IN on male dog with a pensive look on his face. DISSOLVE TO footage of male dog and female dog #1 running along a beach. DISSOLVE back to male dog looking sad. Camera pulls back and we see male dog is at female dog #1's grave, complete with tombstone. Melancholic music plays over the scene.

-Faux "'Widower Canine' would make a great band name." Pas