100 Most Memorable Moments

[DaytimeFan]

Moment 10: Phillip Dies...whoa that brings back memories. I mean that was just spellbinding work from Jeanne Cooper and Jess Walton. For me, that was the scene where Jess Walton claimed ownership of Jill Abbott and I really stood back and thought "This woman has got something really special, Bill Bell hired the perfect actress...Brenda who?"

[DevotedToAMC]

I agree that GH is overrated but Luke/Laura wedding was just truly magnificent. It deserves to be no. 1

[JackPeyton]

I disdagree. GH was the best soap ever up til a few years back. No soap can even come close. The only thing even close to it is ATWT wayyy back in the day and AMC in the late 80's. Y&R is almost always good, but never had *IT* like GH did. The only thing with ahvcing it is when you have it, you lose it and it only leaves one place to go...

[jibbs]

Not just because I am a big Y&R fan, I will argue and state that The Young And The Restless is the best soap ever. While GH may have had it's heyday, I think a show should be applauded by it's consistency, balance and overall excellence in writing and production rather than luring in viewers by giving them shockvalue and storylines which are based on a handful of characters.

The funny thing is that in the last three years Y&R turned into a huge mess and I believe this occured mainly because the people in charge at Y&R tried to turn it into something that it wasn't. Pretty much like a GH copycat. I went from watching it from everyday to maybe twice a week to not at all in some instances. While I have been interested in some storylines on GH in the past, mainly in the mid to late 90's, I really don't think it holds a candle to Y&R's brilliance and class. I think GH has had it's "moments", but Y&R has had something more special than that without having the press shower it with praise. Obviously the people who made up this list are GH fans who are better fit to write a Most Memorable GH Moments list.

This is the wrong thread to talk about this in. I have a lot more to say on the subject!! LOL

[DevotedToAMC]

That is your opinion but I do not agree. AMC is the only soap on the air right now that has paid attention to real life events to incorporate into storytelling (Vietnam War for Phil and Ruth's anti war speech, Roe v. Wade until McTavish rewrote the abortion, Rodney King trial via Deconstruction/racism storyline involving Terrence Frye, introduced the first lesbian character at a time when stereotypes against gay people became prevalent, Cindy/AIDS story took place when AIDS was a huge epidemic, 9/11 attacks with Dre/Samuel and Dre's mother, first African American superocuple in the 80s when black people started to advance in entertainment..after all, Oprah began her show in the 80s, Samuel Woods running for election during an election year like 2008, Lily being autistic when it became very widespread in the 1990s, Jamal Woods divorcing his father Alec was a real life story, Bianca coming out to Erica while today's people were somewhat accepting but not the way they are as of now, Lena/Bianca same sex kiss when society started to become more accepting of same sex couples, Jonathan/Maggie's domestic violence story coincides with the high rate of domestic violence in the world right now, introducing the first transgender character and told the story of how everyday people react to a transgender person).

It is the show's willingness to focus on current events that makes it stand out from the others. Plus, over the years, AMC has also been known to tackle many other social issues (birth control, rape, incest, leukemia, cancer, abortion with Julia, kidney transplant, infertility with Maria and Greenlee, Margo Flax's face lift) along with keeping a solid entertainment value as well as a sense of humor.

[Kendall]

Steve and Betsy's Wedding was HUGE..It recieved the same exact attention as Luke and Laura Wedding and even had over 20 million Viewers. Seriously, itt was that big and there not even in the top 30??

[JackPeyton]

agree.

[Noel]

Guess who's number 56? YAY!!! And do you know that I was sooo close to finding that clip on YouTube! Not the Emmy clip, but there's a couple of clips POST-Annie destroying the cabin at Cross Creek and Annie's sent to the hospital after she boozed it up and swallowed H.B.'s medication. Sometimes, life just isn't fair damn it, but I will get my hands on that episode one day!

[EricaKane70]

You must be a cynthia Watros fan. I didn't mention any dates, so I don't quite know where you got 1998 from. But FYI I was watching GL in 1998 and I loved Annie, so I was torn for both cynthia/susan. I started watching amc in 1994 and there have been a couple of storylines in which I felt susan should of won for, drug storyline in 95-96, the maddie storyline in 1997 or was that 1998?, and the anorexia storyline with binks in 1999 where she finally did win the emmy.I think my dates might be off but the storylines are correct.