GH: Classic Thread

[titan1978]

Wow.  That’s right.  I did used to think Jason and Sonny were hot af, and I enjoyed them as characters.

 

It has been a long time since I felt that way.

[j swift]

I'm undecided on Burt Ramsey.

 

On the one hand, his decision to join the mob after being passed over for the top job at the Port Charles PD, (twice for Robert and Anna), is a brilliant twist.  I still recall being shocked by the reveal.

 

On the other hand, he had so many beatings from the mob during both Holly's land scheme and the Mr. Wu story that it seemed absurd that he pledge them his loyalty.  He could have commuted 20 minutes over to Llandview, (they always needed a better police captain than Bo), and still kept his pension.

[dawn9476]

 

Yep. The events were great. The cast integration during those events was always fun. But GH would always make the mistake of going back to the Sonny, Carly, Jason show when the event was over. It's why they always came close to B&B in the ratings during that time but could never tie or maybe even pass B&B in the ratings. It was so maddening. 

Edited January 13, 2019 by dawn9476

[DRW50]

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I never have gotten the Rena Sofer hype as Lois, and I never will, although her makeup looks very good in this episode. 

[OldGHFan]

 

Love this post.  Every part of it.

[titan1978]

At the time, it was a fun story on a show filled with a lot of sad, emotional tales. Ned sneaking around as Eddie, married to both Katherine and Lois, and her ultimately acclimating to the Quartermaines was being told alongside Sonny/Luke vs the mob, BJ’s death, Monica’s cancer, and Stone dying of AIDS.  They were playing romantic comedy while everyone else was playing heavy drama or action.

 

I loved Lois but I have little use for Wally as Ned.  He’s fine, just never my favorite on GH or DAYS.  I will take Kurt McKinney any day over Wally.

 

The fact that she was presented as smart, fun, loud and a happy person played out well against her bff Brenda who was so needy and kind of pathetic at times.  But I can see how she is also grating and annoying.  That wedding cake episode is a classic as far as I am concerned!

 

I also liked that she had a history with Sonny, but saw and commented on the person he was becoming as he was gaining power.

 

Guza did not get her at all.

[Planet Soap]

Indeed. That's still a mystery to me: How the bell soaps remained #1 in the 2000s ? Y&R fell off the wagon after 05' when Bill Bell passed and still is #1 despite—even though I love the show—boring story lines since 2007 ish. Similarly B&B  has just been recycling couple combinations for the better part of the last decade yet maintains a solid #2 despite GH & OLTL having had far more creative plot lines. The credit I will give the mid 2000s on William J Bell soaps is that they still have decent production quality and maintain major screen time for their veteran actors. 

Edited January 15, 2019 by ironlion

[Paul Raven]

1981

Lucille Wall returns as Lucille 

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Rewatching more of the original Ryan story from 92/93 GH and damn....there's a lot that I haven't seen. And, he was [!@#$%^&*] crazy. 

 

What's weird is how he just attacked Lulu on current GH and Lulu looks so much like Felicia did back then. More than her own daughter Maxie does. 

[victorlord75]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful photo.  I think this photo is probably the happiest I've ever seen of the vets of GH all together in the 1980s, so my interpretation is that everyone was really happy to see Lucille.

[vetsoapfan]

 

I wish I had kept a copy of this episode.

[victorlord75]

If I remember correctly, it was not meaty material.  It was Lucille calling on the telephone to wish Audrey a happy birthday, and I think there was something so dramatic going on that Audrey forgot about it.  I may be wrong on this, though.  It was a long time ago.

[vetsoapfan]

 

You are right. It was a very brief, inconsequential scene, but still...I adored Lucille and it was the last we ever saw of her, so I should have kept the clip.

[depboy]

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Lucille Wall appears in May 1982, @ around 5:18.

[victorlord75]

Thanks for sharing this it was awesome!  I realize too that I had the details waaaaaaaayyyyyy wrong about the scene with Lucille.  I'll take my lumps for being wrong any day just to see a gem like this!