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3 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I forgot that Jax came on while Ricky Martin was still on this show!

He didn't. Miguel left in 1995. Jax first appeared in early '96.

As for an older woman I'm pretty sure you're referring to Ruby Anderson, Luke and Bobbie's aunt and surrogate mother. The madam of a brothel who raised them after their parents died. She ran Kelly's for many years and was a regular character after first appearing in 1979. The actress, Norma Connelly, died in 1998 as did Ruby not long after.

Pretty sure the woman on the beach with Sonny is Brenda.

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7 hours ago, Vee said:

He didn't. Miguel left in 1995. Jax first appeared in early '96.

As for an older woman I'm pretty sure you're referring to Ruby Anderson, Luke and Bobbie's aunt and surrogate mother. The madam of a brothel who raised them after their parents died. She ran Kelly's for many years and was a regular character after first appearing in 1979. The actress, Norma Connelly, died in 1998 as did Ruby not long after.

Pretty sure the woman on the beach with Sonny is Brenda.

Ahh, thank you! For the older lady, she's first in the opening at the 12:44 mark (and a few others). I just looked up the character of Ruby and that is her - thank you :)

You're right! I just looked it up and Ricky Martin left GH in October 1995 and Jax came on in January 1996. It's strange though because the one version starting at 7:15 has both characters in the opening. It goes Jax, Brenda and then Miguel (7:44 to 7:46). I guess they didn't take Ricky out of the opening for a few months after he left, interesting.

Thanks again! I just love that opening of GH.

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I believe Ricky Martin was let out of his contract early to do Les Mis on Broadway, so he might appear in the credits for a bit after he left. They didn't always update them that quickly.

And, the internet does not back me up on this, but I remember Miguel making a quick cameo after he initially left when Sonny/Lily are about to get married. Brenda calls him to get him to help break up the wedding and he declines and tells her she's being a crazy person. This does not deter Brenda however. I hope someone else on this board remembers this and I am not having Miguel Morez hallucinations.

And, yes, it's Brenda/Sonny on the beach. Them jumping off the tram and them on the beach appeared for years in the credits-long after VM left. I would almost say all the way through the Faces of the Heart opening era.

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2 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

I guess they didn't take Ricky out of the opening for a few months after he left, interesting.

After the initial couple of updates, they were not always very quick with the changes later on. It was one of the complaints you would see in soap magazines about these kinds of openings (how quaint that sounds now lol), that they didn’t update them enough.

Lucy with the eyebrow, and Lois with her nails in the shot are two of my favorites, as was the shot with Robin and Stone turning to camera and smiling. I loved those Puerto Rico insert action shots, Jason and Robin on the beach, the triple L diner blowing up, Bobbie, Amy and Dr Hardy with the gurney. It was great opening for that era. For all the faults I had with JFP, the last few updates looked better than the opening had looked in a long time. Skye has a great shot, as does Dillon. I also loved the overlapping shots of Scotty, Laura, Luke in the later era. Poor Mac and his turtleneck though, he never got an updated shot.

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5 minutes ago, carolineg said:

And, the internet does not back me up on this, but I remember Miguel making a quick cameo after he initially left when Sonny/Lily are about to get married. Brenda calls him to get him to help break up the wedding and he declines and tells her she's being a crazy person. This does not deter Brenda however. I hope someone else on this board remembers this and I am not having Miguel Morez hallucinations.

He came back as you said, I also remember it. I wonder if he was given an out, and when he was due back Guza was there and had no interest in the character, so they let him out permanently. I know that HW team set up Brenda/Jax trying to make Sonny jealous, and falling for each other for real, and had a roadmap to clink/boom pretty early on.

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2 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

He came back as you said, I also remember it. I wonder if he was given an out, and when he was due back Guza was there and had no interest in the character, so they let him out permanently. I know that HW team set up Brenda/Jax trying to make Sonny jealous, and falling for each other for real, and had a roadmap to clink/boom pretty early on.

It's been so long, but I think Riche let him do Broadway with the intent of bringing him back if necessary. I don't think Miguel's tour was more than a few months. I assume Jax was an easy filler for the spot Miguel could have played in the Clink/Boom arc, especially since Jax/Brenda were much better received than Miguel/Brenda were. Although on paper, Miguel being the father of Lily's child/ex-fiancé would make the stakes higher since Jax really couldn't care less about Lily.

Considering Jax was initially for Lois and Rena decided to leave the show probably shuffled some things around to make it work. Besides no one was really clamoring for a Miguel return and I feel like ABC daytime was really obsessed with Australian actors in this era lol.

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16 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Considering Jax was initially for Lois and Rena decided to leave the show probably shuffled some things around to make it work.

That shifted pretty quickly because Rena didn’t decide to leave until later on. That whole HW transition is very interesting, because MVJ and Guza both said Labine was very good to work with as far as letting them set stuff up so they hit the ground running. Carly being one thing we now know Labine didn't create. I would love for MVJ to speak about Jason’s accident and Jax, because I still have questions as to who set both in motion and when.

Guza had no problem setting things up and tweaking things very noticeably before his name hits the credits on several of his tenures at GH.

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3 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

That shifted pretty quickly because Rena didn’t decide to leave until later on. That whole HW transition is very interesting, because MVJ and Guza both said Labine was very good to work with as far as letting them set stuff up so they hit the ground running. Carly being one thing we now know Labine didn't create. I would love for MVJ to speak about Jason’s accident and Jax, because I still have questions as to who set both in motion and when.

Guza had no problem setting things up and tweaking things very noticeably before his name hits the credits on several of his tenures at GH.

Well, I don't think a pregnant Lois hanging around Jax would have been the best look regardless. Obviously I have 0 problem with Jax ending up with Brenda. I like the idea of introducing a new character and having them chemistry test around town instead of having a super set plan.

Honestly Jason's accident and Jax feel very Guza to me. I have no idea though. While Labine loved some depressing stories Stone dying on top of Jason being in an accident feels like too much for Labine. How much more can we hurt Robin? Lol.

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28 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Honestly Jason's accident and Jax feel very Guza to me.

The way it immediately impacted the Q’s feels very Guza to me too because it quickly stops being about them. One thing Labine did was center the Quartermaines, and we would have seen more of Monica and Alan in relation to Jason than him immediately being shifted towards Sonny, Robin, and helping to bring Carly onto the scene. We did see them, but the story quickly shifts away from the family as the focal point.

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27 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

The way it immediately impacted the Q’s feels very Guza to me too because it quickly stops being about them. One thing Labine did was center the Quartermaines, and we would have seen more of Monica and Alan in relation to Jason than him immediately being shifted towards Sonny, Robin, and helping to bring Carly onto the scene. We did see them, but the story quickly shifts away from the family as the focal point.

At the time I did think it was a good move for Jason as a character. Looking back, Idk? He always should have gotten his memory back. I do think they tried to keep Jason in the mix with Emily and Lila, but Monica/Alan did get shifted on the story.

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