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11 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

I loved Amy as well, and never was able to figure out why Shell Kepler never got a real story in the entire 23 years she was on the show. It was under JFP's watch that Shell was unceremoniously dumped and Amy was never seen/referred to again, right? 😠

Yes, JFP was the EP when we last saw Amy.  What I loved about Amy over the years was she was a great nurse.  And a busybody.  It added some fun, and she played off different people really well.  I do barely remember her one storyline (beyond stuff from when she first came on the show), where she fell in love with a boxer I think?

26 minutes ago, victorlord75 said:

I'd love to see them all again, too.  They started to purge alot of the characters in 1975, and by 1977, my mother, who was a faithful GH viewer, stopped watching.  She took no interest in the brand new Webber brothers and their sister Terri.  She said, "I don't know all these new people."  She never returned to watching either.  My sister and I continued, off and on through the years.  1987 was actually a good year for GH, in my opinion.  H. Wesley Kenney and Ann Marcus came aboard as EP and HW, and actually, under Ms.Marcus, the vets like Steve, Audrey, and even Jessie had more scenes, but even by then, it could be clearly seen that Emily Maclaughlin was ill.

Was Kenney the EP during the Anna kidnapped by Grant Putnam and Satan the dog story?  Because I thought the show was great then.  Tom Hardy JR came back then too, and the beginning of his story with Simone was then if I’m remembering correctly.   Steve and Audrey were much more integrated and present when he came back as an adult.

My time watching the show and really paying attention was well past the heyday of Nurse Jessie.  But as a kid I had a fondness for her, seeing her at the Nurses station and admonishing Amy for gossiping.  Caring deeply about Bobbie and little Robin.  That’s what these people running the shows have forgotten.  Seeing those characters does matter to younger viewers.

On 1/18/2018 at 7:48 PM, Faulkner said:

I always found it odd that John J. York was the final face, other than the possibility that he was last alphabetically. I always thought the final shot should go to one of the show's stars. (Plus I always hated Mac.)

 

I loved Vanessa Marcil's and Rosalind Cash's shots the most.

If you watched back then, Mac drove front burner story from his arrival until about a year into Guza’s first tenure.  Then Guza came back and the god awful two Macs story happened.  He lost interest in him after that and so did the show for the most part.

 I didn’t always enjoy him (except when he and Felicia were first falling in love and fighting Ryan together).  It’s only by 1996 to 1997 that his placement seemed wrong as far as status.

Watching that open makes me miss Rosalind Cash so much.  Although anyone writing for her but Labine seems like it would not have gone well.  Labine just got that character and actress.

There was something exciting about that ambulance during the action packed Monty era of the show.  I loved it.

But faces of the heart also just suited the Riche era too.  Especially the first 5 or 6 years of her tenure, when the updates were seamless.  I still love Lucy’s shot with her eyebrow going up, Lois with her nails framing her face, Stone and Robin’s two shot, Luke and Laura at the mid point two shot, and Felicia and Mac (that turtleneck!) at the end.  Especially once the Puerto Rico shots got added.

Thanks for posting!  That was a great episode.  I’ve seen so little of the aftermath of the rape, I might need to fall into a YouTube hole.  So many great Christmas scenes on GH have involved Laura.

I’m so used to Bobbie kissing Luke’s ass that seeing her be actually mean and questioning him was great.  Because she was allowed to have a point of view in their relationship, which didn’t really happen anymore once Luke became the center of the show.  For the most part Bobbie deferred to him.

Jeff Webber, Joe Kelly and Scotty are all adorable.  Anne is a drip as always.  What a waste of so many good men.  I wish they would have kept Diana and killed Anne instead, I love Brooke Bundy.

And Monty and Falken-Smith are still my favorite EP/HW combo for this show until we get to Riche/Labine.  

On 11/8/2017 at 7:37 PM, GSGfan2017 said:

What was the best action sequence featured on GH in the '80s?

The remote in Puerto Rico was pretty great for action.

there was also a train thing in the 1980’s I remember being thrilling.

My favorite action scene from the show is the Claire Labine mob shoot out that hit Luke & Laura’s house (Laura, baby Lulu, Lucky, Luke and Sonny) Sonny and Luke’s club (Stone & Robin), and Sonny’s apartment (Brenda in the shower).  It used the action to move lots of stories forward.

She was a whole lot more fun as Lucy's aunt in GH.  I think she was an aunt.  Or cousin.  She was great on GH.

Jesus.  This thread.

Between Jeff leaving and Tom coming back as an adult, it seems  Steve was barely in.  Some hospital scenes, group scenes like parties and weddings. 

They gave a lot of the hospital group doctor stuff to Rick, Lesley (until she was gone) Alan and Monica when I started watching the show with any attention being paid to it.  Then Tony once Rick was gone.  Except for the Christmas episode.  That was always Steve if memory serves.

Once Tom arrived and then was with Simone we saw both Steve and Audrey more frequently.  Riche also featured them both in the Ryan storyline, and we saw Steve as a doctor quite often once Labine got there.

Audrey was never my favorite character.  But I loved Steve Hardy.  I also loved Gail and Lee. And I was a child.  That's something these execs never get right.  

My family watched GH so I have memories of it from before I became a fan.  I fell in love with Frisco and Felicia.  They led me to my favorite GH character- Anna.  And watching the show made me care about and enjoy Steve, Gail, Lee, and Edward Q, Lila, etc all clearly outside their desired demographic.

I loved Luke, Laura and Lucky so much back then.  The show was so great to watch at that point.  

As as much as Tony hated Labine's stories for Luke and apparently Riche as EP as well, Luke was truly entertaining then. 

On 7/19/2017 at 8:05 PM, DeeeDee said:

 

They were all (along with Cricket, Nina & Danny to an extent) part of a group until behind the scenes drama drastically altered stories.

What happened to split them all apart?  

12 hours ago, GSGfan2017 said:

Is it true that GH tried to imitate the vibe of Santa Barbara for a time?

What era of the show?  They were always higher rated than SB, so I'm not sure why tptb would.

Even with Wes Kenney I thought the show was still very much like GH.  Although O did think the sets got an upgrade then.

On 6/25/2017 at 8:25 AM, Bright Eyes said:

 

I was surprised to see she was actually acted that late into her tenure. She Jill in the earlier years, Dickson looked like a completely different person.

She had her moments during her 1980's stint.  Mostly I remember her as strutting around vamping more that acting.  She delivered some of the strangest line readings too.  Stilted.  Like a female William Shatner.

2 hours ago, OldGHFan said:

 

Yea, I liked Cheryl & Robert better than Katherine & Robert.  For me, Katherine was a bit boring.  But because Katherine was paired with Robert, she became popular.  And I agree with DRW50, that the writing for Cheryl got worse as time went on. 

 

I floved Robert & Holly together.  They were my favorite.  But I also like Robert with Anna and with Tiff.  I didn't like Robert with Jackie or Autumn.  Those pairings were not good. And the actress that played Autumn was horrendous.  Ugh.  Glad she left.

 

 

I had completely blocked Autumn out.  Even looking her up I'm still trying to remember anything about her.

I did not really enjoy her.  I loved Cheryl with Roberto back then, and thought Katherine was boring.  When I watch clips now I don't dislike her as much.

What I think shows though is just how popular Robert was.  I was always a much bigger fan of Anna than Robert, but there is no denying he had several pairings that worked and were very popular.  Holly and Anna were super couples, and people also loved him with Tiffany, Katherine, Cheryl, and Jackie.

3 hours ago, jam6242 said:

Thanks for posting.  I had no idea PFS has written for the show that long before her first HW stint!

I don't hate Wally, but Kurt's Ned was my favorite.  I forgot all about Decker Moss.  That Monty returns era was such a mess.

23 hours ago, AMARIB91 said:

I have no idea who most of these characters are but it is a delight to watch old episodes and see how great Y&R used to be. Yes, I said used to be lol. 

 

Also, are the rumors true about Michael Muhaney returning as Adam Newman? And is soap opera legend Eric Braedan really retiring?

Look at how much of that episode was about longing.  Romance is more than just a basic idea or concept.  The relationships are very rich I that episode.

4 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

 

Carr only lasted part a year as Peter Taylor, in 1969. He lasted slightly longer as Bill Horton, from 1965 until 1966.

 

 

 

I might have liked Bundy better as Diana, if I had not seen Starrett in the role first. The character's concept and personality changed so much with the new actress, it was jarring. Imagine Archie Bunker going from Carroll O'Connor to Mr. Bean, LOL. (I'm joking, but the "new" Diana was quite a departure from the original.)

 

I agree 100% about the mid-1970s GH era. After the Dobsons left as headwriters, the bottom of the show fell out and it was a total snore-fest throughout the writing regimes of the Hollands, the Pollacks, and the Elmans. I could barely sit through it. Only loyalty to characters like Steve, Jessie, Audrey, Lee, and Lesley kept me hanging in there. Douglas Marland's arrival turned everything around, however. Within just a few weeks, GH was must-see TV.

Monty famously throwing away about a week of filmed shows must have helped that quick turnaround, due to the production schedule at the time.  Good writer, compelling stories and top production.  When a show isn't gutted beyond recognition the right team could still turn any one of the soaps around.  But who would those teams be in the current climate?

I like Brooke Bundy in the clips I have seen.  But I've seen so little of Starrett so I can't say how I would feel about her.  I've watched most of the Heather/Diana/Jeff/Anne story including Diana's murder on YouTube, and it was an exciting run of stories.

GH is my favorite soap.  But when I watch classic era stuff, for me, there is a period between the black and white first few years and Monty that is deadly dull and doesn't hold my interest like clips from other shows during the same period.  

The Steve and Jessie early years with the addition of Lee are very entertaining.  And Monty's casting and actors held me through even the wonkiest stories during her era.  But what I have seen between doesn't hold my interest.

When you compare GH episodes in the mid 1970's to Days, OLTL, AMC, EDGE, even stodgy old GL and ATWT, GH is not as compelling.  My opinion of course.

18 minutes ago, ryanc said:

I'm watching the 2001 episodes, the show used to be so good! I love crazy Tricia.

 

Can someone explain to me why Jill hated Mackenzie so much? She was quite a bitch to her. I wonder what her problem was? I wasn't watching back then so if someone could explain that to me that would be great 

 

 

Wasn't it all about Billy?  She was poor, kind of a bad attitude, and tied to Katherine.  Three strikes for Jill when it came to her only living child.  She hated Nina too, when it was her and Phillip.

After reading that who's who on GH I was really sad for people that started watching after the deaths/ write outs of some of the important pre Monty era players on the show.

I loved Steve Hardy when I was a kid until he died.  Beradino always sold his material, and could show so much compassion as a doctor and friend in the show.  And he could be tough!  Just a great leading man and head of the hospital.

Audrey I was never very fond of, but she had a place and had value and now that the show lacks so much of that history I find I miss her.

Jessie was mostly just a talk to when I started viewing, but again she brought her history to the nurses station and I know enough about how important her character was on the show.

Lee Baldwin- like Steve, a fantastic leading man that I always felt commanded the stage when he was there, even in has later days.

Leslie Webber- She should be running the hospital.  Bringing her back with Guza writing was a loss because she and Alan and Monica could have spent years fighting for the control of the hospital.  Keeping the actual hospital vital and those characters vital.  Imagine if Leslie and Alan had become an item? 

On 1/30/2017 at 5:03 PM, Vee said:

To this day I'd recast Grant Aleksander as Jeff Webber. I don't think the age disparity is too much, and Grant has aged visually.

I kind of agree, but I have to admit it would be strange to see him in scenes with ex-wife Monica with this casting.  But he's great and I miss seeing him onscreen.

On 1/5/2017 at 2:49 PM, vetsoapfan said:

I loved GH in the 1960s, early and late '70s (the middle period of that decade was not this show's best), and into the early '80s under Pat Falken Smith. We'll never see a soap like this again, alas.

Falken Smith wrote my second favorite GH period, that mid 1980's run that introduced Anna and Robin and Duke.

How did you feel about her other runs?