Soapnet's "50 years in 50 hours" GH marathon

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Listen. I'm more bothered by all the L&L [!@#$%^&*] on that list than I am the Guza stuff. But, if they are going to play Guza stuff. Why do they play things that we've seen 10x already?

[AdelaideCate007]

Did you honestly expect them to not show a lot of Luke and Laura episodes? Whether you like them or not, they are- for a whole lot of people- the stars and signature couple of General Hospital and they were at the centre of many of it's greatest moments and best stories.

And that is not a lot of Guza episodes. I'm honestly surprised they're only showing 8.

[Vee]

That was a [!@#$%^&*] terrible episode.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

I expected them to show alot. But, not that much. 20 would have sufficed.

I still will never get their appeal to many people. Especially since their romance happened right during the women's lib era here in the States.

[Vee]

Well, I don't know. Maybe I've mistook you for a different SON poster, but aren't you GIF-ing Kevin and Lucy and lecturing the board on their use on the show when most of us grew up watching them? I haven't yet begrudged you that. So let's leave a little room for different perspectives.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Well. I've seen the majority of their scenes from the 90s. So, just because I didn't start watching GH live till 07 doesn't really mean [!@#$%^&*].

Nobody jumped on Carl when he said he didn't like L&L. So, why do I get treated like [!@#$%^&*] for it.

[Chris B]

Luke and Laura aren't the focus of all those episodes though and those episodes also might be important for other characters featured. Out of curiousity, does anybody know if one of Emma Samms 90s episodes is included? And is there an episode with good Tiffany Sean stuff?

[AdelaideCate007]

So you're mad that they're going to be featured in 29 episodes?

If they didn't show episodes that featured them, there goes most of the 90s, the end of the 70s, and the beginning of the 80s. You'd be watching a lot Guza and Casey the Alien episodes.

[VirginiaHamilton]

Every Godawful Guza-helmed episode that has been shown in a marathon - especially when going back to back with a pre-Guza episode - has elicited the same amazed reaction at how a once-sterling soap could undergo such a horrendous decline under the showkiller's regime.

[Vee]

I think Carl knows why they're showing it. I also think Carl would be the first to agree his take is not necessarily universal. Nor is mine sometimes, for that matter. The point is, if everyone's giving you the latitude on Kevin and Lucy you can at least recognize why they're showing Luke and Laura, the singular couple of the show's history.

[AdelaideCate007]

She'll probably be in one of those 1993 episodes, and most of those early 90s episodes will probably have some Sean and Tiffany stuff.

[Vee]

Emma Samms's '90s run was [!@#$%^&*].

[Ryan Chamberlain]

The ones that they are featured in are okay. That's not all 29. But, about 14 of those are basically based around L&L.

That's still way too much for me. Personally. I still don't get why they gained a following. I'm not bashing their fans. I just want to know why you all like them?

[Ryan Chamberlain]

No. I understand that. But, I just don't understand why they are like that. Why did they blow up to be a big supercouple? Instead of say Alan and Monica? (That's the only couple I can think of right now from the same late 70s time period)

Also. They always seem to skip the rape episode. I wonder why? Hmm.

Holly was with Bill Eckert. Ugh.

[VirginiaHamilton]

When was the last time that they aired the rape episode, anyway? I want to say that it was a year or two ago, but I'm honestly unsure.