@depboy appreciate you and others that are gathering factual information about the past, unlike some who rely on inaccurate sources and their own faulty recalls.

7 hours ago, depboy said:

Sadly, that page is full of misinformation that I won’t be correcting there.  This is a personal, passion project of mine, and I am not one to call out others for ‘wrong’ info.  I smile and nod if I know for certain what someone is saying is not correct.  If and when my research proves publishable, you can find it on my website: https://previouslyongh.info.

Nothing there…yet.

Personally I've found offering corrections to wikis is pretty painless, unlike trying to correct something on imdb.com or wikipedia, which is incredibly difficult to accomplish & as frustrating as one can imagine while attempting it. Correcting one factual error on Beverlee McKinsey's pages took 4 attempts on each site. An attempt to correct a factual error on Patrick Mulcahey's pages failed, utterly.

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@cassadine1991@Paul Raven

Here's a better snapshot of writing credits (from the Dobson Papers).

GH Writing Credits

22 hours ago, depboy said:

Hi friends!

As an early Christmas gift, I would like to share with you a reproduction of the script (with commercials) of the Christmas Day 1963 episode of GH.  Enjoy this look at the first time Dr. Hardy reads the Nativity story to the hospital's Children's Ward!

GH - December 25, 1963

I hope you all have a happy Holiday season, and I look forward to sharing more classic GH research with you in 2025!

dep

God Bless you!!!!! Thank you very much!!!!!

On 12/17/2024 at 8:19 PM, dc11786 said:

Cody is such an odd character. Given how much of the end of Dominique's life impacted Lucy, the fact there is no Lucy / Cody connection is annoying. I really would enjoy a Julia / Cody relationship especially if it threatened Lucy. 

I always wanted Lucy or Scott to point out that Cody reminds them of his aunt Katherine. Not to mention, still not having Serena on canvas is another missed opportunity too.

58 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

I always wanted Lucy or Scott to point out that Cody reminds them of his aunt Katherine. Not to mention, still not having Serena on canvas is another missed opportunity too.

In a convoluted soap opera way, it might've made more sense if Cody was an embryo that was made at the same time as Serena, and later implanted by Rex into another woman to hold onto the family fortune.  But, that would've made him Scotty's son, and goodness knows, Scotty's already had too many long-lost kids come out of the woodwork.

9 hours ago, depboy said:

@cassadine1991@Paul Raven

Here's a better snapshot of writing credits (from the Dobson Papers).

GH Writing Credits

Thank you so much. 

On 12/18/2024 at 1:09 AM, carolineg said:

I felt both Julia's relationships with Ned/AJ were cut short?  Or maybe never reached their full potential is probably a better way to describe it.  There was a lot there on paper between the three and it just fizzled out.  

I always thought Julia as a character had legs and it was silly to write her out especially when her sister's story was beginning to really heat up.

Thanks for the clip!  I do remember Vanessa or Mark Teschner saying they auditioned a ton of actresses for Brenda so that might explain the delay in casting her and it was always the plan to bring Brenda on earlier.

Ned and Julia are fun, but they didn't stand a chance under Levinson. Ned may be sexually attracted to Julia, but he is still in love with Jenny. I'm in late May, 1993. Tracy has just run down Jenny with her car at the Port Charles Hotel parking garage. The tension in May is just insane sprinkled with beautiful moments of characters reflecting. While Jenny is in ICU, Julia sits with Ned in the waiting room after they have broken up romantically and Tracy's words echo in Julia's head how Ned will always be in love with Jenny. It's an emotional, underplayed moment. 

I haven't seen any of A.J. and Julia as a couple yet, but I look forward to it. Crystal Carson bears a slight resemblance to Camille Cooper (Nikki) that I could see how A.J. was drawn to her. I wonder if Cooper possibly auditioned for Brenda because the Brenda groundwork starts in December, 1991, and Nikki arrives in January, 1992, when Linda Grover seems to have introduced more elements into the show. 

When is Julia out? Is it November, 1993? I don't think Brenda's story heats up really until February when she and Sonny start and I don't think they knew how big that story was going to be. It is surprising they didn't look to bring back Julia because Brenda did become so big. Regarding Ned and Lois, Labine ends up redoing her bigamy marriage story from "Love of Life" slightly inverting some of the roles and adding the musical element. I think the Julia / Lois contrast would have been appealing (and would have been a great 1995 arc after Katherine is removed from the scenario). Especially given the Brenda/Lois connection.  

On 12/18/2024 at 10:34 AM, Dion said:

That would've been interesting, could've even plopped Audrey into the story to offer her own insight into the process since Audrey had herself artificially inseminated back in '67 (under much different circumstances of course and Audrey eventually lost the child).

I hadn't considered that piece, but that would be intriguing. There is a brief period (late 1989) where they explore Audrey's paternity lie when Simone isn't sure if Tommy, Jr. is Harrison or Tom's. It is a rather interesting angle that gets quickly dropped after Tom has a brief bout of depression and starts to go off the rails (but not too far). I wish Audrey's past was explored more because when it was (during Liz's rape, for example) it was incredibly well done.

I'm on the edge of Ryan going after Audrey and Steve Hardy in my viewing of 1993. I cannot wait. Bernandino and Ames are just great. 

On 12/18/2024 at 1:33 PM, titan1978 said:

At the time I would have kept her over Jenny. But Jenny had Paul and a built in story with Ned and Tracy that needed to be resolved. They both dwindled and were gone soon after because without Tracy there was nothing there.

 I'm approaching Tracy's departure and I'm curious to see what, if any, pivot we see in the Paul and Jenny story once Tracy is gone. I think there was potential involving Damian in the Paul and Jenny story given Paul was a lawyer with a complicated past with the Cartel, Damian's posh demeanor and his family's criminal ties, and Jenny as someone who had been drawn by men with power before. I could see Levinson's Angela Eckert clucking over the idea of Jenny and Damian now that Paul was becoming more of a suburban dad type.  

3 hours ago, j swift said:

In a convoluted soap opera way, it might've made more sense if Cody was an embryo that was made at the same time as Serena, and later implanted by Rex into another woman to hold onto the family fortune.  But, that would've made him Scotty's son, and goodness knows, Scotty's already had too many long-lost kids come out of the woodwork.

I think there might have been a slight chance but the age difference between Josh Kelly and Carly Schroeder (if she were ever to return) would be noticeable. But isn't Cody Dominique's son in order for Mac to have a kid?

8 minutes ago, dc11786 said:

Ned and Julia are fun, but they didn't stand a chance under Levinson. Ned may be sexually attracted to Julia, but he is still in love with Jenny. I'm in late May, 1993. Tracy has just run down Jenny with her car at the Port Charles Hotel parking garage. The tension in May is just insane sprinkled with beautiful moments of characters reflecting. While Jenny is in ICU, Julia sits with Ned in the waiting room after they have broken up romantically and Tracy's words echo in Julia's head how Ned will always be in love with Jenny. It's an emotional, underplayed moment. 

 

You know I struggle to accept men were so crazy of Jenny lol.  Considering Jenny/Ned were obviously never going to be endgame it would have been nice to see Ned slowly fall for Julia after she broke up with him.

10 minutes ago, dc11786 said:

I haven't seen any of A.J. and Julia as a couple yet, but I look forward to it. Crystal Carson bears a slight resemblance to Camille Cooper (Nikki) that I could see how A.J. was drawn to her. I wonder if Cooper possibly auditioned for Brenda because the Brenda groundwork starts in December, 1991, and Nikki arrives in January, 1992, when Linda Grover seems to have introduced more elements into the show. 

I liked AJ/Julia.  It was sexy and fun.  Not a love match or anything, but enjoyable still.  I saw more potential with Ned/Julia/AJ.  Ned dropping Jenny realizing he never had her to begin with and getting jealous over AJ/Julia.  

Camille Cooper auditioning for Brenda makes a lot of sense to me.  I would assume the show was initially looking for someone that actually looked liked CC.  Nikki also has some similar characteristics to early Brenda.  Glad the show held off on that casting and found the right actress for Brenda.

15 minutes ago, dc11786 said:

 When is Julia out? Is it November, 1993? I don't think Brenda's story heats up really until February when she and Sonny start and I don't think they knew how big that story was going to be. It is surprising they didn't look to bring back Julia because Brenda did become so big. Regarding Ned and Lois, Labine ends up redoing her bigamy marriage story from "Love of Life" slightly inverting some of the roles and adding the musical element. I think the Julia / Lois contrast would have been appealing (and would have been a great 1995 arc after Katherine is removed from the scenario). Especially given the Brenda/Lois connection.  

November 1993 sounds about right.  I would have to look it up.  The Sonny/Brenda romance was obviously a happy accident that blew up.  I was just thinking Brenda was being tested with AJ and Ned at this time so Julia would serve a purpose and an even bigger one once Sonny/Brenda took off.  Maybe the show wanted Julia out of the way if they did decide to pair Brenda with one of Julia's exes to make it less creepy?  Idk, the thought of Brenda/Ned always felt a bit weird to me, but I don't know how serious the show was really considering it.

I really think Julia being in the bigamy story over Katherine would have added so much more drama and conflict.  Katherine was always the bad guy, but if you bring Brenda's sister in as the 3rd wheel there is instantly conflict with Brenda, Lois, Sonny, Ned, Julia, the Q's that Katherine just didn't bring.  Everyone just hated her lol.  It might have been difficult to dig Julia out of that situation without her coming off looking bad though.  

3 hours ago, dc11786 said:

I think there might have been a slight chance but the age difference between Josh Kelly and Carly Schroeder (if she were ever to return) would be noticeable. But isn't Cody Dominique's son in order for Mac to have a kid?

I think the age difference would not be as big a deal in this case as he should be several years older than Serena anyway (I see he's about eight years older in real life but there have been bigger leaps in soap). 

According to the Curlyqgrl summaries, Julia left on Friday, Nov. 19, 1993.

11 hours ago, carolineg said:

You know I struggle to accept men were so crazy of Jenny lol.

You're not alone, lol.

Granted, I wasn't watching GH everyday at that point, because my 2 pm (CST) viewing time was split between GL and SaBa, but I did watch semi-regularly; and what I saw of Jenny, I found to be incredibly dull.  Even the retcon with Senator Kensington, or whatever his name was, was just so dull.

21 minutes ago, Khan said:

You're not alone, lol.

what I saw of Jenny, I found to be incredibly dull.  Even the retcon with Senator Kensington, or whatever his name was, was just so dull.

Exactly.  Jenny isn't an awful person or anything, she's just boring and wishy washy.  She either creates silly problems for herself or just lets things happen to her and waits for some man to save her.  She obviously was attractive, but she didn't have any stand out personality traits that would make me believe men would be fighting over her.

Jenny, Decker, and Edge Jerome are all examples that a character needs more than a unique haircut.

Okay, this isn't my exact reaction whenever the conversation drifts back to Jenny, but it's close ...

 

No, but in all seriousness, I wish they would have hung onto Dawn a little longer rather than try again with another short-lived young female.