GH: Classic Thread

[carolineg]

I have never heard anything about another soap approaching her, but you would think they have?   From the way Vanessa talks, GH is the only soap she is interested in.   It also doesn't appear like Vanessa is really actively looking for work these days.  I haven't seen her in anything, even a lifetime movie, in years.

That would work for me and you know how Vanessa likes those quick 1 year contracts lol.  I really don't think she will join The Gates though.   I would love to be proven wrong, but I have never gotten the vibe she wanted to join a different soap.

[Vee]

Me neither.

[janea4old]

https://www.tvinsider.com/1140904/general-hospital-nurses-ball-anniversary/

Michael Maloney interviews Scott Barton, the show’s former publicist, who had previously worked with Elizabeth Taylor in 1985 on the Commitment to Life fundraiser for AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), about the Nurses’ Ball, how it came to be, and its enduring legacy.

Edited June 26, 2024 by janea4old

[Vee]

Thank you so much for this. I had no idea Liz almost came back. What a class act.

[DRW50]

Apparently Spencer Milligan was on GH in 1987 as Ray Gibbons - not sure who that was. 

https://deadline.com/2024/06/spencer-milligan-dead-land-of-the-lost-1235983289/

Edited June 26, 2024 by DRW50

[Franko]

According to the Curlyqgrl summaries, Ray was part of the Duke and Camilla storyline -- he was editor of the Port Charles Herald and boss of muckraking reporter Carlin.

[DRW50]

Thanks!

[Franko]

You're welcome. 1987 seems like such a throw everything at the wall and see if it sticks kind of year.

[Liberty City]

Damn. Alexis' tongue in the '90s/early '00s was venomous, and I love it.

[DRW50]

I just hated the writing for Carly back then. I always sided with her because of whatever behind the scenes games were going on that Sarah Brown was caught in the middle of. Even now, I flinch at the show's idea of what "real" PPD is. I imagine fans who only know Laura Wright's Carly must watch that scene and eat it up.

The irony of that scene is how within a few years Alexis was on the other side, because Guza ultimately had no respect for any female character beyond what type of pawn she was in the life of his beloved Jason. 

I appreciate what Sarah did with a script that essentially just had her as an extra.

Edited June 27, 2024 by DRW50

[janea4old]

I'm so glad I missed most of the Guza era.   I can't follow a lot of conversation in these threads about storylines I didn't see, but I can accept that if this is what I missed.

[victorlord75]

I don't mean to go off topic, but IMHO, I have hated most of the short-term character returns from the Guza Jr. era up to the present.  Also dissatisfying is the deaths of former major characters off screen when the actor or a good recast are available, like for Jimmy Lee Holt.  I will NEVER forgive Dan and Chris for killing off Olivia Jerome off screen.  That character had the ability to make normally calm, rational character like Anna become unglued, which I found weirdly fun to watch.

[Vee]

I was watching a fall '96 episode tonight dealing with Lois' exit, and the indictment of the Quartermaines - including the Q women, Monica and Lila - was brutal and well-written, if slanted in a way which would of course later become an issue in the next few years. Lois was right about the dysfunction in the Qs, but it wasn't the sum total of who they were or what they meant to each other or how they cared for each other.

What I'm curious about is if Lois has ever reckoned with and discussed this exit and her old attitude re: the Qs in any of the recent episodes since her return - I have seen some of her talks with Ned and Tracy, and some of those scenes are quite good but Lois is really pretty lovey-dovey and copacetic with both of them overall, especially Tracy. I can understand age and maturity mellowing her out, but I really think it's a topic that needs some broaching. Anyone recall anything about this stuff?

[carolineg]

I feel like the show vaguely touched on it with some of her Ned scenes, but they have never fully gotten into the reason they broke up.  I have heard Lois talk about Katherine/bigamy more than once though.  Hear me out -I think it's difficult to explain all these years later.  You would have to name check a lot of characters that aren't around like AJ and Justus and explain Ned's role in Jason's accident again.  Not to mention the Q's dysfunction now is mild comparatively to the 90's.  I thought the breakup reasons were flimsy at the time and I am not sure discussing it now would make more sense.  Bigamy?  Forgivable.  Covering for AJ?   Hard no.  And technically, Tracy wasn't around for the breakup (I don't think?) so Idk if Lois has animosity towards her.  She was a part of the long list of reasons for Lois dipping out, but she wasn't really a catalyst for anything IIRC.  YMMV, of course.

Anyways, I personally get the sense that the show is implying the Katherine stuff is the reason they broke up.  It just seems easier to explain.

[Vee]

IIRC she was there for the initial exit in '96 with all the drama surrounding Jax, Ned and ELQ. Tracy was part of the inciting incident.

Blaming it on Katherine is ludicrous and doesn't even line up time-wise. (That would be on the show though, not you lol)

I do think it's something you don't need to get granular about onscreen decades later, maturity and mellowing would explain a lot with Lois. But I do think something could and should be said that she only saw the worst at that time in that nasty situation, and she realizes the Qs were capable of nuance and multitudes.