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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 28542" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>The &#039;live-to-tape&#039; method certainly helps in giving that &quot;play&quot; feeling.&nbsp; Due to the special effects the show had to add in, DS had to tape its episodes as opposed to sending it out live as most soaps did in that period.&nbsp; Live-to-tape had the actors performing as if it was going out live (stopping for commercial breaks, etc. but not cutting once a scene starts).&nbsp; The great side-effect of having to tape the episodes meant that most of the series ended up being preserved.&nbsp; Hardly any other soaps pre-1980 are preserved in any large quantity because no one thought we&#039;d want to re-watch the stuff.&nbsp; Another great side effect is that all those fun (and funny) goofs and accidents were left in because they simply didn&#039;t have the time or the money to edit.&nbsp; They&#039;d perform an episode and it would air within the week.&nbsp; The only time they would do a re-take would be if someone uttered an expletive or something unsuitable would happen that the censors would not allow to air on TV.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 28542, member: 27"] The 'live-to-tape' method certainly helps in giving that "play" feeling. Due to the special effects the show had to add in, DS had to tape its episodes as opposed to sending it out live as most soaps did in that period. Live-to-tape had the actors performing as if it was going out live (stopping for commercial breaks, etc. but not cutting once a scene starts). The great side-effect of having to tape the episodes meant that most of the series ended up being preserved. Hardly any other soaps pre-1980 are preserved in any large quantity because no one thought we'd want to re-watch the stuff. Another great side effect is that all those fun (and funny) goofs and accidents were left in because they simply didn't have the time or the money to edit. They'd perform an episode and it would air within the week. The only time they would do a re-take would be if someone uttered an expletive or something unsuitable would happen that the censors would not allow to air on TV. [/QUOTE]

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