victoria foxton Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 I sincerely apologize for posting an OT post. I just wanted to welcome you to our family!! Anyway, I can't wait to hear the responses for this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Thanks for welcoming me that's very sweet no need to apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 You can find several 1975 episodes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGHFan Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 Wow. 1975. That's pretty cool. I was a big Denise Alexander fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 What did you think of the show at this time? You can find several 1974 scenes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 Look up old Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes to see what GH was like in its earliest days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGHFan Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 I didn't start watching GH until 1977 - the Marland/Monty years - so I can't comment what GH was like before then. As a young teen back then, my guess is that I most likely wouldn't have been interested. Genie/Laura got me hooked on GH in 1977. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SweetPea36 Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 I took a sick day from work to watch the very first day of GH. I was in love with John Beradino, and then Roy Thinnes came along and was the frosting on the cake. I liked both Jesse and Audrey, and I always preferred the hospital drama. Still do, when GH chooses to pretend there's a hospital around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 1, 2015 Members Share Posted October 1, 2015 You can also see a lot of 1977 footage starting here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted October 10, 2015 Members Share Posted October 10, 2015 GH was great in the 1960s and through the early 1970s, but stumbled in the mid-1970s and was just...slow, flat and tedious until Douglas Marland's writing revitalized the show. It was amazing to see how INSTANTLY the characters and storylines perked up and came alive under his writing. Marland's material was not always a success (LOVING never really "worked"), but he was a miracle worker on GH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted October 10, 2015 Members Share Posted October 10, 2015 When did Marland start? Also, what years were the Dobsons there and were they good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted October 11, 2015 Members Share Posted October 11, 2015 Dr. Steve was the perfect, strong and comforting paternal figure, and Nurse Jessie was the epitome of the warm, maternal caregiver. Having them oversee the hospital made it feel like home. And Jessie sure was lucky to have that hunky Phil Brewer as a husband. Too bad he turned into such a louse, and ruined both Jessie's and Diana's lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted October 11, 2015 Members Share Posted October 11, 2015 I believe Frank and Doris Hursley wrote the series until 1973 and then the Dobsons took over for two years (from 1973 to 1975). Both the Hursleys and the Dobsons wrote the show very well, and understand its core, its concept, and its characters It was after the Dobsons left that the show collapsed. Three married couples, the Pollacks, the Hollands, and the Elmans, tried their hand at headwriting, but none of them were good, and they only "succeeded" in gutting core characters and alienating the audience. Douglas Marland arrived in 1977 and revitalized the show. GH was must-see TV during his reign, and during the leadership of Pat Falken Smith, who took over in 1979 after Marland was let go, and remained as headwriter until 1981. Then hack writers and painfully stupid sci-fi camp took over, killing the once-fine series. But GH was great from 1963-75, and from 1977-81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted October 12, 2015 Members Share Posted October 12, 2015 Were the Dobson's fired or did P&G steal them away for GL? Their GH wasn't that highly rated, so if P&G did steal them away, I wonder why (obviously it worked as their GL stint is probably their definitive writing stint - sorry Santa Barbara fans). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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