On 12/25/2017 at 9:04 PM, Nothin'ButAttitude said:

 

Thank you for posting! Loved seeing this today!

 

 

Even though this vintage material was recorded  from a camera pointed at the TV, it is STILL more watchable than anything GH produces today.

 

And I'm not even kidding!

On 25/12/2017 at 9:04 PM, Nothin'ButAttitude said:

 

So many of my favorite GH characters in one episode, from the show's golden era!!!

16 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

My mom was a faithful viewer during this period, but she was probably one of the few viewers who was a bit bored by Dr. Hardy re-telling the Christmas Story every year, but oh, how now, what I wouldn't give to be so "bored" again, to see all those actors and characters again, and to hear the "antiquated" musical score again, clearly and in all its glory!  While I fully realize that "GH" had to drop George Wright's music to keep up with the other soaps, I can remember the day the music changed.  It was very jarring to my family.  My sister exclaimed, "It sounds like the background music on Ryan's Hope!"  I don't know the exact date it happened, but to me, I truly think it was a day where part of the soul of "GH" was lost forever. 

Thanks for posting!  That was a great episode.  I’ve seen so little of the aftermath of the rape, I might need to fall into a YouTube hole.  So many great Christmas scenes on GH have involved Laura.

 

I’m so used to Bobbie kissing Luke’s ass that seeing her be actually mean and questioning him was great.  Because she was allowed to have a point of view in their relationship, which didn’t really happen anymore once Luke became the center of the show.  For the most part Bobbie deferred to him.

 

Jeff Webber, Joe Kelly and Scotty are all adorable.  Anne is a drip as always.  What a waste of so many good men.  I wish they would have kept Diana and killed Anne instead, I love Brooke Bundy.

 

And Monty and Falken-Smith are still my favorite EP/HW combo for this show until we get to Riche/Labine.  

 

Am I the only one who misses the "Faces of the Heart" sequence and song? I also loved the slow version that would play over the closing credits - before closing credits were squashed and played over previews for DWTS. 

Funny, I miss the ambulance opening the most because for me, that was when GH was the best.

I can see that, because that was when the show was at its peak. I didn't start watching until "Faces" served as the opening.

There was something exciting about that ambulance during the action packed Monty era of the show.  I loved it.

 

But faces of the heart also just suited the Riche era too.  Especially the first 5 or 6 years of her tenure, when the updates were seamless.  I still love Lucy’s shot with her eyebrow going up, Lois with her nails framing her face, Stone and Robin’s two shot, Luke and Laura at the mid point two shot, and Felicia and Mac (that turtleneck!) at the end.  Especially once the Puerto Rico shots got added.

Yes, and I love how they kept John Beradino in the sequence for awhile after he had passed on.

I always found it odd that John J. York was the final face, other than the possibility that he was last alphabetically. I always thought the final shot should go to one of the show's stars. (Plus I always hated Mac.)

 

I loved Vanessa Marcil's and Rosalind Cash's shots the most.

Edited January 19, 20187 yr by Faulkner

1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

I always found it odd that John J. York was the final face, other than the possibility that he was last alphabetically. I always thought the final shot should go to one of the show's stars. (Plus I always hated Mac.)

 

I loved Vanessa Marcil's and Rosalind Cash's shots the most.

Didn't they reuse Marcil's shot when she returned in 2002?

22 minutes ago, cassadine1991 said:

Didn't they reuse Marcil's shot when she returned in 2002?

I believe so. The same vest and collared shirt.