GH: Classic Thread

[Vee]

That's a good point. This will summon @DRW50 to the discussion, as they have never gotten over this story and I don't blame them.

[DRW50]

I think my view is pretty well summed up here...I've rarely felt so sickened by a story. At least Jim Reilly  did not pretend his stories of this nature were about getting people help or social awareness. 

[Khan]

I don't blame @DRW50 either.  It was a terrible way to bring up what is, for many, a painful topic.  It was one thing to reveal that Ben had been molested, but to use that to explain or justify killing others was nothing short of stomach-churning.  It had to have been one of GL's lowest points ever.

Agree.

Edited February 26, 2022 by Khan

[vetsoapfan]

I am already known for endlessly castigating TGL over all its blunders in the show's painful, final  decades, but I must add my voice to the chorus condemning this egregious storyline as well.

[titan1978]

It was awful.  And a waste of a great set of characters that I was enjoying for disgusting shock factor.  I wasn’t a longtime fan of GL but I had been watching for a bit and was really enjoying the last part of Rauch’s tenure before Conboy.

[Khan]

The team of Paul Rauch, Carolyn Culliton and Millee Taggart were really onto something at GL.  It wasn't anywhere near as wonderful as the Nancy Curlee era, or even the early part of James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten's run, but it was the most consistently entertaining that the show had been in some time.

Edited February 26, 2022 by Khan

[Vee]

Was Taggert and co. the whole run with Joan Collins as Alex, Phillip and Olivia and Richard being euthanized, or am I thinking of Labine? I am not super-educated on GL changeover.

[Khan]

I'm pretty sure Millee Taggart was the HW (and Paul Rauch the EP) for Dame Joan as Alex and the Richard story.

[Vee]

That's what I thought.

[victoria foxton]

 

  

[titan1978]

I watched quite a bit of the early Essensten/Brown era, some of Labine, and I loved what Culliton and Taggart were doing.  Loved it.  And then Conboy came in and dismantled all of what I was enjoying.  I never got back into GL again after that, until I saw most of the Curlee era online.

[victoria foxton]

The Classic GH thread has become The GL thread.

[Franko]

Turning things back to GH, let's take a look at the week of March 2-6, 1992, which would be early in Wendy Riche's run. According to the Curlyqgrl summaries, Tristan Rogers had just left, and the top stories include:

-- the final days of David, Monica's old flame (Dawn's dad)

-- Mac + Holly (who have taken over for Robert & Anna in leading the "Nanny Network" mystery)

-- Deception getting off the ground

 

If you need to be arbirtary (like me), you could argue that the Riche era "really began" on Monday, April 6, the first episode after Robert & Anna's funeral. (Either that or Friday, March 27, the episode that introduced Karen.)

Edited February 27, 2022 by Franko

[Khan]

Laura Carrington was just too pretty for words in that dress and veil.

[Franko]

The ad leading up to Anna's rescue was so dramatic. (Nearly two years in the making!)

 

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