This is truly an awesome find Carl. Early Tracy being all nicey nicey. I loved that Gail saw through Tracy. If only some of the David Hamilton story would pop up. It does make me sad watching classic GH. Since GH has gone off the rails. Over the years. The episode was actually about the GH staff. And their friends and family. Instead of played out mobsters, rapists and serial killers. Just love all those 70's commercials. 

1 hour ago, beebs said:

I find Monica so very much softer in the June '78 episode. It's interesting to see how quickly she hardened as she assimilated into the Qs. Despite being the schemer prior to this, she was still a nervous wreck as she dealt with an upper crust family like the Quartermaines. It was neat to see, especially to see an episode from what's probably Jane Elliot's first week on the show.

 

I remember reading that Patsy Rahn's Monica was very out of control (didn't she even try to kill Rick when he was in a coma?). I wonder if this was an attempt to clean her up for viewers before the quad kicked into gear. 

 

Thank you @victoria foxton. Love that gif of Tracy. I wasn't sure if this one was around or not, it's so hard to remember what used to be on Youtube, but it was new to me so I am happy if it was for others too. Hopefully that channel may put up some more content. The quality really impressed me - many GH episodes from this period are very degraded.

 

Sorry, I forgot to tag @jam6242 and @vetsoapfan in case they haven't seen this one either.

 

Edited January 4, 20214 yr by DRW50

5 hours ago, beebs said:

I found the fact they didn't actually show the Grand Jury testimony interesting. Was this budget, or Monty's early attempts to speed things up before she chopped the hell out of scenes?

Likely a device to save the testimonies for the trial itself.

39 years ago today, Demi Moore debuted as Jackie Templeton. Incidentally her first scene was with Genie Francis!

 

And I can see now why they cast Kim Delaney as today’s Jackie. She could definitely pass for an older believable version!

 

 

It’s always good to see what little there is available of Marlands time at GH, especially in the beginning. It sucks how he was never allowed to flourish as head scribe at The Doctors, so many missed opportunities. 

6 hours ago, beebs said:

I find Monica so very much softer in the June '78 episode. It's interesting to see how quickly she hardened as she assimilated into the Qs. Despite being the schemer prior to this, she was still a nervous wreck as she dealt with an upper crust family like the Quartermaines. It was neat to see, especially to see an episode from what's probably Jane Elliot's first week on the show.

I was also fascinated by how much makeup Monica was wearing.

@DRW50That IS Virginia in the commercial.  Thanks for tagging me re the video.  

Fantastic episode!

 

Good quality GH of this vintage is really rare, and it’s so great seeing.

 

That Jesse and Bobbie scene was really interesting.  Always great seeing Gail and Lee Baldwin.

 

This period of the show fascinates me so much.  You can tell why the show started to gain viewers, it’s got a great mix of new characters interacting with established ones and all the stories have movement.  What I think of as Monty’s style is cemented once PFS gets there, so this early stuff is an interesting mix of classic soap drama turned up a couple of notches, as opposed to later in her run when it really was more like a modern primetime show.  Even a talk to scene here has a point of view and more going on than just repeating the plot.

1 hour ago, jam6242 said:

That IS Virginia in the commercial.  Thanks for tagging me re the video.  

 

No problem. Hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for confirming about Virginia. I wasn't 100%. Glad to see one more new glimpse of her.

 

I really miss getting to see so many soap actors in commercials. 

late 70s GH!! Love the cold dull lighting, and great charachters

On 1/3/2021 at 9:51 AM, DRW50 said:

I can't remember if this one has been around before, but someone put it up on Youtube. Pristine quality.

 

General Hospital (1978, partial episode) - YouTube

 

OMG! Thank you sooooo much!

42 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

OMG! Thank you sooooo much!

 

Hope you enjoy it - I'm so glad it was new to you.

5 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

Hope you enjoy it - I'm so glad it was new to you.

 

I've been discouraged recently to see so many videos being censored/deleted from the internet. I had saved many old soaps to a massive 64-GB USB device over the years, but it mysteriously become corrupted and unplayable this week (all the file names have turned to gibberish), so all my rare old soaps are lost forever. I am bereft! I went to youtube to find and re-download certain things (like the famous 1974 Alice/Rachel fight from AW), but they have been removed.😪 Seeing vintage soaps like this GH episode (even if it's incomplete) is a treat.

28 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

I've been discouraged recently to see so many videos being censored/deleted from the internet. I had saved many old soaps to a massive 64-GB USB device over the years, but it mysteriously become corrupted and unplayable this week (all the file names have turned to gibberish), so all my rare old soaps are lost forever. I am bereft! I went to youtube to find and re-download certain things (like the famous 1974 Alice/Rachel fight from AW), but they have been removed.😪 Seeing vintage soaps like this GH episode (even if it's incomplete) is a treat.

 

I'm so sorry to hear that. There's so much I wish I'd saved. Hopefully that 1974 clip can come around again. I talked some with munecojim on one of my Youtube channels and they seemed to think it was the AMC videos. If so, then it's just another example of this genre alienating the very fans who keep it going.

3 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

I'm so sorry to hear that. There's so much I wish I'd saved. Hopefully that 1974 clip can come around again. I talked some with munecojim on one of my Youtube channels and they seemed to think it was the AMC videos. If so, then it's just another example of this genre alienating the very fans who keep it going.

 

 

I don't know what's going on with the internet lately. Friends tell me that their Twitter and Facebook videos are suddenly being removed--sometimes after years of being left alone--for copyright violations. It's been reported everywhere that the infamous pornhub.com has deleted MILLIONS of its vids. Soaps are disappearing from youtube after being available for years. That's why I decided to check my "Favorites" USB key with all my classic TV content. I was horrified to discover it won't play anymore. I have no clue about how to repair or retrieve data from a USB device. I may have to start saving all my stuff privately, "in the clouds," as they say.