Behind the curtain at ‘Days of Our Lives’: The lights, the sets, the pink coat

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Go behind the scenes at Days of Our Lives in Burbank, California. Hear from actors, set designers and wardrobe as we pull back the curtain on how soaps manage to come on five days a week, every week — no reruns. Plus, we take you back to 1994, when Marlena was possessed by the devil!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm back, not from the dead, of course, but I have a little more to share with you, soap lovers.
0:08.0	I spent a lot of time in stories without in waxing about feminism, representation, and the social impact of soap operas.
0:16.1	All good stuff, all meaningful, all true.
0:19.3	Now we get to go behind the scenes.
0:21.6	Pull back the curtain on how soap's managed to come on five days a week every week.
0:27.8	Answer questions that you might have just like me.
0:31.5	I flew out to Burbank, California, to visit...
0:43.5	Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
0:49.2	Come join me on this bonus episode of Stories Without End. So I am standing outside of stage four.
1:00.0	The on-air sign is on Days of Our Lives.
1:03.1	I'm waiting to go in and see what I can watch.
1:08.9	Rehearsal.
1:12.6	Ready? Out.
1:13.6	And
1:14.6	action.
1:15.6	Are you saying they look light out of prison?
1:18.6	His lawyer managed to get him a hearing on his appeal.
1:24.6	Get him a hearing on the appeal.
1:28.3	To appeal, his arrest in Montana.
1:31.3	Speeding, ready, and action.
1:35.3	Are you saying Clyde's out of prison?
1:38.3	His lawyer managed to get him a hearing to appeal his arrest in Montana.
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