OldGHFan

I do not disagree. Guza was fired as I recall. Laura was sidelined. For me, the recast Lucky and Nikolas were awful and had more chemistry with each other than any romantic pairing. Roy should have been left in the past and Bobbie should have had a fresh love interest. Angel and Hannah were both awful replacements for Brenda. We spent forever fighting to get Michael and it made the Q's insufferable. Burton fought his intended pairing with Carly in every scene they shared. Stefan was destroyed. The repeat death for Katherine was a waste. I would rather forget Chloe and that sister for Alexis whose name I can't remember. Luke and Felicia was terrible for both of them. I could go on and on lol. Man, I forgot how truly awful the show became then. And it's gone downhill ever since. Right before this was the last time I was truly invested in this show.

I'm not sure it was the best story GH ever did - but it was good. And it was different...and confusing. You did need to pay attention every day. Fun times!

Awww. Grant, Celia, Jimmy Lee - all the good Qs and Nurse Jessie in her blue sweater. The good old days.

Ugh. Carly. But I liked SJB in the role and I liked her relationship with Bobbie. I can't stand Carly now along with her relationship with Sonny. It's really what drove the destruction of this show.

This is great stuff. Thank you. I really like the 2nd to last photo with Peter Hansen and Rachel Ames sitting next to each other. So cool!

Man, the first clip just jumped out at me. Location shoots! What a difference a couple of decades make. The money put into soaps nowadays is microscopic compared to what they spent in the 80s.

Kind of timely to post that as Mark Hamill (Star Wars) is in this pic.

Slicked-back Grant (not Flannel Grant) eventually would kidnap Anna. I know Denise Alexander left in 1984 so I think she leaves the show fairly soon. I was so sad when they killed Lesley off. She was one of my faves.

Slicked-back Grant, DL Brock and John Stamos as Blackie. Those were the good old days!

Yea, Lesley looks pretty hip and happening!

Oh, I always liked Tristan Rogers and Robert Scorpio. Except for the later Guza years. That was just painful.

I still remember Robert falling out of that tram and Sean yelling "Scorpio!" That was the Friday cliffhanger. Good times!

Nice pic of Rachel Ames.

Predictions: 1. Jimmy Lee did become the resident stud. 2. Luke and Holly did NOT marry. Robert & Holly became GH's 2nd supercouple. 3. Blackie and Lou were DEFINITELY not the new Luke & Laura. 4. Scotty did reform - but it took many years - and Dominique - for that to happen.

Love the pic of Jackie and Kristina and their big tummies. Jackie's daughter and Kristina's son are now (I think) in their early 20s. Wow.

I agree 100% with you. And for whatever reason, every regime at GH seems to love Tony to the point of giving him whatever he wants storyline wise. Unfortunately, quite often it is not a hit with fans. But that doesn't seem to matter to TPTB. Giving Tony what he wants seems more important than giving the fans what they want.

Stefan and Laura were smokin'!

Funny I never liked TB as Carly because she simply didn't seem like Carly to me. I felt the actress was "acting". I believed Sarah Brown was Carly and I agree with the above poster that her character worked because she was NOT the moral voice. She was just one of those characters you hated....but sort of liked. Laura Wright is a decent recast but I still think Sarah Brown's Carly was the best by far.

"Love in the afternoon". No one did it better than ABC Daytime back in the early 80s. Sigh.

Loved Frisco and Felicia. Thanks for sharing.

Yea, I've never seen the first one. Nice find!

Thanks DRW50 for posting the old articles. Daytime TV was right - Tristan Rogers would be the heir apparent for GH. And Lynn Herring's hair is so blond! I like her "real" color much better.

Lou (played by DVF) could not have been killed off soon enough for me. She was one of the whiniest characters to ever set foot in Port Charles and DVF was one of the worst actresses in GH history. I know her father was some big-wig Hollywood producer or something. I loved John Stamos as Blackie but I couldn't stand his "romance" with Lou. Thank goodness they finally killed her off.

I can't wait to watch all of these clips later tonight. Thanks for posting!

Interesting take on the Qs, quartermaine fan. I have to agree. I LOVED the Qs in the 80s. I still loved them in the 90s (because I grew up with them) but they weren't the same Qs. Then Guza (and Cartini) decimated them. It's so sad. Oh, I also loved the article on Denise Alexander. She was THE reason I first tuned into GH in the 70s.