The Days of our Lives: The True Story of One Family's Dream and the Untold History of Days of our Lives

The Days of our Lives: The True Story of One Family's Dream and the Untold History of Days of our Lives Review

If you are looking for a book that exposes the behind the scenes high jinks of the cast and crew, stop reading this review and DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!
This book is really less an expose related to the long running soap opera and more a personal memoir of a family who had a dream and a go-for-broke spirit that took them from a stable life in the NYC area to Los Angeles and the world of daytime drama.
Ken Corday does an interesting job of telling how his jewish dad(Ted Corday) fell in love with a spirited irish catholic gal and married, pursued a successful career in radio and tv, moved west with the intention of launching a new daytime program (with his wife and two sons in tow), died before the program's inception, and to this day is known (with his wife) as being the creators of one of television's longest airing franchises. In the process, Corday gives his reader access to his family and the difficulties they encountered along the way. After Ted Corday's death, his wife assumes the reins of the family 'business' and struggles with bouts of depression and alcoholism while soldiering on with her late husband's (and her) dream. The family copes with an unstable oldest son/brother who after many unfortunate years commits suicide. Ken, who is poised for a career in music, is pulled into the family business by his mother and pure necessity and eventually becomes not only the head of the family, jack of all trades in regard to DAYS OF OUR LIVES, and the program's executive producer. Wearing many hats, Ken keeps the family dream alive and thriving while dealing with the economic realities of current times.
While at times this story might become a soap opera, Corday does a good job telling his tale with as little glitz as possible. While there is some drama here, in the end it still comes down to family and the ties that bind people to one another.
This was an interesting story and definitely worth a look/see.

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The Days of our Lives: The True Story of One Family's Dream and the Untold History of Days of our Lives Overview

On a November day almost forty-five years ago, the first episode of Days of our Lives appeared on the NBC Network, NBC's first color soap opera broadcast. Eleven thousand episodes later, millions excitedly tune in every weekday to watch one of the 260 original one-hour episodes produced each year. What few know though is that the show started as the dream of one family, the Corday family, who still owns and runs the show to this day. These are the days of their lives.

The Days of our Lives is the first insider account of the history behind one of our most beloved soap operas. It is about the family who believed in it, conceived it, and sometimes seemed to live it along with millions of viewers, as they struggled to emerge from nowhere to create and produce one of the most successful and enduring television shows in history.

Ken Corday reveals the triumphs and tragedies behind the scenes over the years, a moving personal story of a family facing everything from death to mental illness, the ever-looming threat of cancellation, and the struggle to keep their dream alive. It is also the story of an extended family-actors, producers, and crew-who formed a bond of love that went beyond just creating a show to establishing a legacy.

You will discover for the first time the true  stories behind the show, a story of living a dream and raising a family while things all around you, even fate, seem to conspire against you-and succeeding against all odds.

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