http://www.tvguide.com/News/General-Hospital-50th-Anniversary-1058707.aspx

For Soapboy: He talks about Jackie Zeman.

I feel like I'm being teased. I've wanted Audrey and Bobbie (and Lesley) back for so long and every time I read these interviews I get my hopes up. But it does seem as though he honestly wants them both back for the ball.

I sure hope Audrey and Bobbie make appearances

I feel like FV and RC are doing better with assembling the appropriate cast members for the anniversary than they did for OLTL's end. It's kind of strange.

Edited January 11, 201312 yr by alexisfan07

I about passed out and died when I read they were looking into Denise Alexander's availability. I would love that. I really hope this works out. I'm looking forward to what they have planned.

It sounds like they have a lot of people to please. There are so many characters I want to see and I know the show doesn't have the budget of the 80s or 90s. I want in-depth scenes with all these great characters but I know we'll most likely get an episode or two out of most of them.

In the intro to the interview, what are the multiple award nominations he mentions?

Please don't tell me it's Soap Opera Spirit.

I'm glad to hear they may mention Amy. I miss her a lot and I would be happy if they addressed her character - either passing away, or just happily living life outside of Port Charles.

I'm also glad to hear Lesley may be coming back.

I wish they had asked about Gail and Lee.

I can't wait for the thread that announces Bobbie's return.

Bobbie will never be seen again. When he mentioned Rachel Ames, Denise Alexander, Jonathon Jackson, Tyler Christopher and Stuart Damon he said they'd love to have them back, or they're in talks. With Jackie it was "the budget's tight".

Bobbie is not a priority to them and I accept we will never see her again. I here by turn in my Bobbie card.

I was glad to see Keck address so many hot topics amongst us all. I liked Frank's responses and he does seem genuine in wanting them all back. He seems almost frustrated he just can't bring them all back. I get the budget though. And scheduling. It's actually gotta be quite tough.

I also agree he sure has done more for GH than any of his years on OLTL. Especially with the vet returns.

I actually agree (and I tend not to give Frank the benefit, often). It is a lot of people to bring back--and even for finales, soaps don't often do that anymore. It's a different era than the so-massive-many-characters-didn't-even-get-a-line huge cast return AMC had for their 25th anniversary week.

Beyond the whole PP deal that was going on, I think RC probably resented a lot of OLTL after the big purge ABC went on in 2010.

They did try to bring a few people back though.

Bobbie will never be seen again. When he mentioned Rachel Ames, Denise Alexander, Jonathon Jackson, Tyler Christopher and Stuart Damon he said they'd love to have them back, or they're in talks. With Jackie it was "the budget's tight".

Bobbie is not a priority to them and I accept we will never see her again. I here by turn in my Bobbie card.

Yeah, and that's not the first time they used that excuse with her. Its so frustrating.

I'm glad to hear they're looking into bringing back "the Spencer boys." Not so much Ethan, but I'd love to have Nikolas & Lucky back and interacting w/Laura again (especially Nik). I wouldn't mind another Lucky recast though, LOL.

Budget concerns! BULLCHIT! Is this an ABC thing with JZ?