56 minutes ago, Vee said:

Face Journeys, with Finola Hughes and Tristan Rogers:

 

I love the second shot where she's downcast/'pensive' trying to keep a straight face, which does not last.

The attempt at hip-hop dancing around 1:52 also sends me.

Thank you for immortalizing Finola's muscle control in your avatar.

And as far as the hair/makeup -- I can testify to early 90s brown makeup and locks hairsprayed (within an inch of their life) into a French twist updo. I was a teen and looked a hard 45.

On the upside, Finola in 2022 looks like she hasn't aged a day!

Just now, Cat said:

Thank you for immortalizing Finola's muscle control in your avatar.

My PTV GH avatars used to change constantly with the absurdities of the Carlivati/Valentini era, so I thought why not add one here for old time's sake with something equally absurd?

5 minutes ago, Vee said:

My PTV GH avatars used to change constantly with the absurdities of the Carlivati/Valentini era, so I thought why not add one here for old time's sake with something equally absurd?

Personally, I love a good throwback avatar! Carlivati can only dream of replicating this kind of unintentional camp.

1 hour ago, Cat said:

Personally, I love a good throwback avatar! Carlivati can only dream of replicating this kind of unintentional camp.

The things they had to sit through back in the day…also the drugs and alcohol they consumed makes me wonder how they kept it together at all.

I said when Carlivati got fired that given the state of the show at the time they should've brought back the (alleged) cocaine tables from Monty's reign to work round the clock to overhaul the show, and I stand by it now.

4 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

The things they had to sit through back in the day…also the drugs and alcohol they consumed makes me wonder how they kept it together at all.

The drug scene at GH was apparently unreal! I heard an unsubstantiated rumor that Gloria Monty had plates of coke in craft services so that the cast would keep motoring through the long hours. Even relatively sedate Y&R was apparently awash with snow blizzards in the 80s!

3 minutes ago, Vee said:

I said when Carlivati got fired that given the state of the show at the time they should've brought back the (alleged) cocaine tables from Monty's reign to work round the clock to overhaul the show, and I stand by it now.

omg snap

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2 hours ago, Vee said:

It's the hair and makeup.

It’s like Finola aged in reverse, because of all her severe Anna hairstyles and makeup in her first run.  She looks better even as a ghost during the AIDS storyline than she did just a couple of years earlier.

I always loved Anna, but I can remember my mother making fun of the super long and flat straight era of her hair- often asking this is the hair of a cop/spy?  Then the updos just made her appear older.

Look at Genie by 1981- this was a young woman and she looks almost 30.

Just now, titan1978 said:

Look at Genie by 1981- this was a young woman and she looks almost 30.

I don't think she looked 30, lol. I do think they made her up to look much more adult. She looked great to me, but she also was allegedly on a lot of drugs.

Just now, Cat said:

The drug scene at GH was apparently unreal! I heard an unsubstantiated rumor that Gloria Monty had plates of coke in craft services so that the cast would keep motoring through the long hours. Even relatively sedate Y&R was apparently awash with snow blizzards in the 80s!

omg snap

Well, according to Tony and Genie directly, and alluded to by Kin, LC and KMc, it was everywhere backstage in the 1980’s.  I know Monty asked Genie if she got the set cleaned up would she consider returning after her 1982 exit, after being called out by her for what she said when Genie was in the hospital.  But by all accounts it was still rocking backstage through the 80’s.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

I don't think she looked 30, lol. I do think they made her up to look much more adult. She looked great to me, but she also was allegedly on a lot of drugs.

Well that was an exaggeration lol, but she did look older than her very young age. But her entire storyline revolved around people way older than her.

2 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Well, according to Tony and Genie directly, and alluded to by Kin, LC and KMc, it was everywhere backstage in the 1980’s.  I know Monty asked Genie if she got the set cleaned up would she consider returning after her 1982 exit, after being called out by her for what she said when Genie was in the hospital.  But by all accounts it was still rocking backstage through the 80’s.

And 90s!

When you think of how much all that coke on a daily basis must have cost, then you get an idea of how big the soap budgets were -- and how lucrative the shows must have been to allow for this kind of expenditure.

46 minutes ago, Cat said:

And 90s!

When you think of how much all that coke on a daily basis must have cost, then you get an idea of how big the soap budgets were -- and how lucrative the shows must have been to allow for this kind of expenditure.

And back then nobody talked about it.  I wonder if I went back and watched anyones hands if I would spot a coke nail!

 

   

7 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

 

   

IIRC Bobbie was searching the GH archives (this of course being the early days of the internet so GH hadn't digitized them yet) for information pertaining to Lesley's "death". Bobbie had actually seen Lesley's body back in '84 so Lesley turning out to be alive sparked off her suspicions about Stefan. Stefan had the archives set on fire to cover his tracks but was unaware that Bobbie was already there investigating.

32 minutes ago, Dion said:

IIRC Bobbie was searching the GH archives (this of course being the early days of the internet so GH hadn't digitized them yet) for information pertaining to Lesley's "death". Bobbie had actually seen Lesley's body back in '84 so Lesley turning out to be alive sparked off her suspicions about Stefan. Stefan had the archives set on fire to cover his tracks but was unaware that Bobbie was already there investigating.

Thanks for refreshing my memory. I forgot about this.

I loved those scenes with Laura, Nikolas, Bobbie, and then later the whole town at the hospital when it was revealed Laura was alive.  I still think it was a mistake to not have Lesley rolled in right after her.  Talk about the shock of the town.