The GH Official Thread Part 2

[rcraw45425]

Sorry to quote myself LOL but for those who watch daily, can someone please tell me? TIA!

She's now been handed off to the "back from the dead, again" Jerry Jacks.

 

[Mary Anne]

I think the nurses ball is going to happen with the 50th Anniversary in April.

You know I am really looking forward to the anniversary. I know, I'll probably be disappointed but my needs and wants aren't many. Just a nod to our history and maybe see a lot of people we haven't seen in awhile. Let's face it 50 years is a milestone. I have been watching from the summer of day one, it's a intricate part of me. Can't remember what I ate for dinner last week but I can clearly remember the TV promo for it and a girl Angie who was in an accident throwing something at a mirror because her face was disfigured. Many people started watching with Luke and Laura, heck I remember Jessie and Phil Brewer! I'd love for John Stamos to come back for a nod to the history. You know I bet a lot of ex stars would be willing to work for whatever the base pay is just to be part of it. Put them all in the audience of the ball and give them the five lines or under.

And to get back to the loony "sex and miscarriage story" I have to say I had the same thought and just rolled my eyes.

 

[mafibisha]

No, it's as if that storyline just dropped off the face of the earth. They had a very small thing with Anna and Duke either yesterday or the day before, but they were just at some ?hospital? with Robert (although we never saw Robert) and he's still "almost dead, dying."

Does anyone know when the nurses ball is supposed to happen?.

She's now been handed off to the "back from the dead, again" Jerry Jacks.

Thanks for the replies. I agree, its ridiculous. But still greatly enjoying it when I watch!

When exactly is the 50th anniversary?

 

[Mary Anne]

Thanks for the replies. I agree, its ridiculous. But still greatly enjoying it when I watch!

When exactly is the 50th anniversary?

GH will be celebrating it's 50th Anniversary on TV on 4/1/2013 -- It's been on since 1963. My age is showing, been watching for all of those 50 years.

 

[smidgy]

sorry, please remind me, who is kevin?

 

[rcraw45425]

sorry, please remind me, who is kevin?

here ya go.....
http://general-hospital.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin_Collins_(Jon_Lindström)

 

[dahirsh]

not that I don't think it was odd, but lets remember Maxie was like 5 days pregnant. Early enough most women wouldn't know they were pregnant or had miscarried

 

[smidgy]

thanks rcraw. the link didn't totally work, but I got that he was kevin collins.. I looked on a GH character glossary.. he was married to Lucy and had an evil brother Ryan. I vaguely remember that. but I think I DO remember he and Lucy both were on the short lived series POrt Charles. I reallyliked him, and she called him "doc". right? anything else?

 

[Babypooh]

I would live to see some of the old stars come back for the Nurses Ball! That would be great!!

 

[rcraw45425]

thanks rcraw. the link didn't totally work, but I got that he was kevin collins.. I looked on a GH character glossary.. he was married to Lucy and had an evil brother Ryan. I vaguely remember that. but I think I DO remember he and Lucy both were on the short lived series POrt Charles. I reallyliked him, and she called him "doc". right? anything else?

That's him! He was also the father of Livvie, who married Caleb on Port Charles. Caleb was a vampire. More trivia, Livvie was Kelly Monaco and Caleb was

 

[rcraw45425]

That's him! He was also the father of Livvie, who married Caleb on Port Charles. Caleb was a vampire. More trivia, Livvie was Kelly Monaco and Caleb was

Caleb was Michael Easton

 

[lilmrsellis]

Ian Buchannon played Joshua the vampire overlord!! I SO miss PC! It started my vampire obsession.

Speaking of a succubus, I HATE Patrick with Dr. Westnile (as Felix called her)! Alone, with Liz, with Sabrina, with Maxie, heck Kristina and Sam are both single now. ANYBODY but her!

 

[rcraw45425]

Ian Buchannon played Joshua the vampire overlord!! I SO miss PC! It started my vampire obsession.

Speaking of a succubus, I HATE Patrick with Dr. Westnile (as Felix called her)! Alone, with Liz, with Sabrina, with Maxie, heck Kristina and Sam are both single now. ANYBODY but her!

DITTO! She creeps me out, reminds me of one of those demon chicks on Supernatural!

 

[Mary Anne]

I found this TVGuide interview re the Anniversary and what possible returnee's we may have.

Though April 1 marks General Hospital's actual 50th anniversary, the show's executive producer, Frank Valentini, and head writer Ron Carlivati, have been honoring the show's rich history ever since taking over the ABC soap opera one year ago this week. Their efforts have paid off in spades  with a serious rise in ratings and multiple award nominations. With old favorites like Finola Hughes (Anna), Ian Buchanan (Duke), Tristan Rogers (Scorpio), Kristina Wagner (Felicia), Lynn Herring (Lucy) and Robin Mattson (Heather) already back on the canvas, and Genie Francis (Laura) and Jon Lindstrom (Kevin) soon making their way back to Port Charles, what else could possibly be left for fans to look forward to as the actual anniversary date approaches? Turns out plenty. Valentini opens up about all he's cooking up to celebrate GH's golden jubilee this spring.

TV Guide Magazine: What will be happening in Port Charles during the actual anniversary week?
Valentini: We're reviving the Nurses' Ball, which is something the show did years ago to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. I think the feel-good philanthropic aspect of the show was missing. This gives all the people in the hospital  Patrick, Sabrina, Liz, Epiphany and Felix  a real presence as we celebrate the hospital and the people who are the do-gooders. For a long time the moral compass of the show was off a little bit, and I think now we're back to where it needs to be. And the people like Luke and Sonny, who may do the wrong thing, are still good guys in their hearts. Maurice Benard (Sonny) has just signed another long-term deal with the show and there are some exciting things coming up for him and Kate in the next few weeks.

TV Guide Magazine: What can we expect to see at the Ball?
Valentini: There will be some big story reveals over a few days. We're now doing the sketches for the set and costume designs, which are going to be really exciting. We'll have the characters sing and dance. We'll of course have (inaugural Dancing With the Stars champ) Kelly (Monaco, who plays Sam) dance. We might even bring (her DWTS partner) Val Chermkovskiy back.

TV Guide Magazine: Safe to say Lucy's clothes will come off as in year's past?
Valentini: Yeah, they'll come off. Lucy has a big story that will finish off right at the beginning of the Nurses' Ball.

TV Guide Magazine: Since it is the nurses ball, any chance you'd invite Jacklyn Zeman back as Bobbie Spencer since she was the hospital's reigning head nurse for so many years, and her brother Luke and daughter Carly are still front and center?
Valentini: Absolutely. We love Jackie. We've talked on the phone a couple times and she's lovely. She might appear at the ball, though there are the realities of budgets and scheduling. We're still figuring it out. The people on the show have real affection for her so it'll all work out.

TV Guide Magazine: There are people like Bobbie and Audrey Hardy (an original character not seen since 2009) who are supposedly in the town but never seen.
Valentini: Yes, Audrey we want to bring back as well. My assistant casting director has spoken to Rachel Ames (now 83) about coming for the Nurses' Ball. She's Liz's grandmother and we talk about her all the time so it would be really fun to have her back. I talked to her the other day and she said, 'I think I could come back and sit in the audience. That could be fun.'

TV Guide Magazine: It might also be nice to make mention of Laura's half sister, nurse Amy Vining, who was played for years by Shell Kepler before she passed away (in 2008 at age 49).
Valentini: That's a good idea. Let me text Ron. We should.

TV Guide Magazine: What's up with this talk of a vampire storyline related to the events of the short-lived GH spin-off Port Charles?
Valentini: We're not doing vampires. Because we have Michael (Easton, who plays John) and Lynn who were both on Port Charles with Kelly, we're just doing a nod.

TV Guide Magazine: This week, Anna referenced Holly was in a hospital room with Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers), but neither were seen. What is Tristan Rogers' status with the show now?
Valentini: Tristan is so awesome. I'm personally really fond of him. Then we came up with this interesting idea of Robin being discovered by her father. Kimberly McCullough (Robin) has her directing career she's working on now so we've been able to foster a relationship with her so that she can come back and forth while she's pursuing her other goals.

TV Guide Magazine: Is the ultimate plan to have Robin back in Port Charles full time?
Valentini: We would love to. It's going to depend on her. Our door is always open.

TV Guide Magazine: In the meantime you are setting up the character of Sabrina as a possible love interest for 'widowed' Patrick. And we all know it's only a matter of time before you give this Ugly Betty a beauty makeover. When's it going to happen?
Valentini: It's coming. The time has come to reveal Sabrina's beauty. Maybe around the Nurses Ball.

TV Guide Magazine: When you introduced the Swiss clinic storyline, I was convinced there were going to be even more dead people being secretly kept alive. Tops on my wish list were Alan and Maxie's sister Georgie. Any chance?
Valentini: That's a really big facility so anything can happen (laughs). At this point we don't have anything planned. We hope to be seeing Stuart (Damon, who plays Alan) again. And everyone loved Georgie.

TV Guide Magazine: Maxie's got to be pregnant with Spinelli's baby, right?
Valentini: She is probably pregnant.

TV Guide Magazine: Can you see yourself recasting the Jason role now that Steve Burton has signed with The Young and the Restless?
Valentini: Not at this point because Jason's absence opens up a lot of fun possibilities for Sam.

TV Guide Magazine: With Prospect Park now reviving One Life to Live, which you executive produced in its final days, there are reports that they have first rights to the characters of John McBain and Todd and Starr Manning, who you've now successfully integrated into the Port Charles canvas. Should we be worried they'll all have to say goodbye?
Valentini: Right now we're trying to work it out. I can't really say because the lawyers are doing their thing. Our hope is that we'll be able to continue what we're be doing.

TV Guide Magazine: Genie Francis has been so misused during her previous returns. What will be the extent of her participation this time?
Valentini: It's open-ended and will be something really exciting that will affect the whole Spencer family. We're working on bringing back some of the Spencer boys as well.

TV Guide Magazine: The Spencer boys are Lucky, played by Jonathan Jackson who is now on Nashville, Ethan and Nikolas. Who do you want to bring back?
Valentini: Nashville is part of the ABC family so it's just a scheduling situation for Jonathan, who is just a lovely guy. And maybe Ethan. And I've met with Tyler (Christopher, who plays Nikolas) who is a strong possibility. I can't say definite because we have to make deals.

TV Guide Magazine: And Denise Alexander, who played Laura's mother, Lesley Webber?
Valentini: The casting people are looking into her availability now.

TV Guide Magazine: Anything you can tell us about Laura's storyline?
Valentini: We will explore where she's been, what she's been doing, why she's been away and she'll come back with a big secret.

TV Guide Magazine: Laura was written off at one point as flying off with Scotty Baldwin. Any plans to bring back Kin Shriner, especially now that Lucy's back?
Valentini: We'd love to have Kin back, it's just right now we're juggling so many. And we don't want to short shrift anyone in terms of their returns. Timing is important. We were careful to bring Felicia back when we got (Kirsten Storms) back as Maxie.

TV Guide Magazine: That brings us to Frisco. Are we going to see Jack Wagner, who hasn't been in Port Charles since 1995?
Valentini: Yes. I think it's going to happen. We're very excited. He's got a lot of things going on, so it will be a limited thing for now. We're working with his schedule.

TV Guide Magazine: Given that Jack and Kristina were once married in real life, safe to assume you got the okay from Kristina first?
Valentini: Well, yes and no. I feel I have to respect people's privacy. I just let her know that we were going to be doing a story that involved Frisco Jones, because as an actor that's what she needed to know, and she was fantastic. They get along great and have a family, so it's all good.

TV Guide Magazine: Maybe you can reunite Kristina and Jack in real life?
Valentini: (Laughs) Stranger things have been known to happen. Hey, on One Life to Live, I introduced David Fumero (who played Cristian Vega) and his wife, who played his sister.

Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

 

[mafibisha]

I found this TVGuide interview re the Anniversary and what possible returnee's we may have.

Though April 1 marks General Hospital's actual 50th anniversary, the show's executive producer, Frank Valentini, and head writer Ron Carlivati, have been honoring the show's rich history ever since taking over the ABC soap opera one year ago this week. Their efforts have paid off in spades  with a serious rise in ratings and multiple award nominations. With old favorites like Finola Hughes (Anna), Ian Buchanan (Duke), Tristan Rogers (Scorpio), Kristina Wagner (Felicia), Lynn Herring (Lucy) and Robin Mattson (Heather) already back on the canvas, and Genie Francis (Laura) and Jon Lindstrom (Kevin) soon making their way back to Port Charles, what else could possibly be left for fans to look forward to as the actual anniversary date approaches? Turns out plenty. Valentini opens up about all he's cooking up to celebrate GH's golden jubilee this spring.

TV Guide Magazine: What will be happening in Port Charles during the actual anniversary week?
Valentini: We're reviving the Nurses' Ball, which is something the show did years ago to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. I think the feel-good philanthropic aspect of the show was missing. This gives all the people in the hospital  Patrick, Sabrina, Liz, Epiphany and Felix  a real presence as we celebrate the hospital and the people who are the do-gooders. For a long time the moral compass of the show was off a little bit, and I think now we're back to where it needs to be. And the people like Luke and Sonny, who may do the wrong thing, are still good guys in their hearts. Maurice Benard (Sonny) has just signed another long-term deal with the show and there are some exciting things coming up for him and Kate in the next few weeks.

TV Guide Magazine: What can we expect to see at the Ball?
Valentini: There will be some big story reveals over a few days. We're now doing the sketches for the set and costume designs, which are going to be really exciting. We'll have the characters sing and dance. We'll of course have (inaugural Dancing With the Stars champ) Kelly (Monaco, who plays Sam) dance. We might even bring (her DWTS partner) Val Chermkovskiy back.

TV Guide Magazine: Safe to say Lucy's clothes will come off as in year's past?
Valentini: Yeah, they'll come off. Lucy has a big story that will finish off right at the beginning of the Nurses' Ball.

TV Guide Magazine: Since it is the nurses ball, any chance you'd invite Jacklyn Zeman back as Bobbie Spencer since she was the hospital's reigning head nurse for so many years, and her brother Luke and daughter Carly are still front and center?
Valentini: Absolutely. We love Jackie. We've talked on the phone a couple times and she's lovely. She might appear at the ball, though there are the realities of budgets and scheduling. We're still figuring it out. The people on the show have real affection for her so it'll all work out.

TV Guide Magazine: There are people like Bobbie and Audrey Hardy (an original character not seen since 2009) who are supposedly in the town but never seen.
Valentini: Yes, Audrey we want to bring back as well. My assistant casting director has spoken to Rachel Ames (now 83) about coming for the Nurses' Ball. She's Liz's grandmother and we talk about her all the time so it would be really fun to have her back. I talked to her the other day and she said, 'I think I could come back and sit in the audience. That could be fun.'

TV Guide Magazine: It might also be nice to make mention of Laura's half sister, nurse Amy Vining, who was played for years by Shell Kepler before she passed away (in 2008 at age 49).
Valentini: That's a good idea. Let me text Ron. We should.

TV Guide Magazine: What's up with this talk of a vampire storyline related to the events of the short-lived GH spin-off Port Charles?
Valentini: We're not doing vampires. Because we have Michael (Easton, who plays John) and Lynn who were both on Port Charles with Kelly, we're just doing a nod.

TV Guide Magazine: This week, Anna referenced Holly was in a hospital room with Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers), but neither were seen. What is Tristan Rogers' status with the show now?
Valentini: Tristan is so awesome. I'm personally really fond of him. Then we came up with this interesting idea of Robin being discovered by her father. Kimberly McCullough (Robin) has her directing career she's working on now so we've been able to foster a relationship with her so that she can come back and forth while she's pursuing her other goals.

TV Guide Magazine: Is the ultimate plan to have Robin back in Port Charles full time?
Valentini: We would love to. It's going to depend on her. Our door is always open.

TV Guide Magazine: In the meantime you are setting up the character of Sabrina as a possible love interest for 'widowed' Patrick. And we all know it's only a matter of time before you give this Ugly Betty a beauty makeover. When's it going to happen?
Valentini: It's coming. The time has come to reveal Sabrina's beauty. Maybe around the Nurses Ball.

TV Guide Magazine: When you introduced the Swiss clinic storyline, I was convinced there were going to be even more dead people being secretly kept alive. Tops on my wish list were Alan and Maxie's sister Georgie. Any chance?
Valentini: That's a really big facility so anything can happen (laughs). At this point we don't have anything planned. We hope to be seeing Stuart (Damon, who plays Alan) again. And everyone loved Georgie.

TV Guide Magazine: Maxie's got to be pregnant with Spinelli's baby, right?
Valentini: She is probably pregnant.

TV Guide Magazine: Can you see yourself recasting the Jason role now that Steve Burton has signed with The Young and the Restless?
Valentini: Not at this point because Jason's absence opens up a lot of fun possibilities for Sam.

TV Guide Magazine: With Prospect Park now reviving One Life to Live, which you executive produced in its final days, there are reports that they have first rights to the characters of John McBain and Todd and Starr Manning, who you've now successfully integrated into the Port Charles canvas. Should we be worried they'll all have to say goodbye?
Valentini: Right now we're trying to work it out. I can't really say because the lawyers are doing their thing. Our hope is that we'll be able to continue what we're be doing.

TV Guide Magazine: Genie Francis has been so misused during her previous returns. What will be the extent of her participation this time?
Valentini: It's open-ended and will be something really exciting that will affect the whole Spencer family. We're working on bringing back some of the Spencer boys as well.

TV Guide Magazine: The Spencer boys are Lucky, played by Jonathan Jackson who is now on Nashville, Ethan and Nikolas. Who do you want to bring back?
Valentini: Nashville is part of the ABC family so it's just a scheduling situation for Jonathan, who is just a lovely guy. And maybe Ethan. And I've met with Tyler (Christopher, who plays Nikolas) who is a strong possibility. I can't say definite because we have to make deals.

TV Guide Magazine: And Denise Alexander, who played Laura's mother, Lesley Webber?
Valentini: The casting people are looking into her availability now.

TV Guide Magazine: Anything you can tell us about Laura's storyline?
Valentini: We will explore where she's been, what she's been doing, why she's been away and she'll come back with a big secret.

TV Guide Magazine: Laura was written off at one point as flying off with Scotty Baldwin. Any plans to bring back Kin Shriner, especially now that Lucy's back?
Valentini: We'd love to have Kin back, it's just right now we're juggling so many. And we don't want to short shrift anyone in terms of their returns. Timing is important. We were careful to bring Felicia back when we got (Kirsten Storms) back as Maxie.

TV Guide Magazine: That brings us to Frisco. Are we going to see Jack Wagner, who hasn't been in Port Charles since 1995?
Valentini: Yes. I think it's going to happen. We're very excited. He's got a lot of things going on, so it will be a limited thing for now. We're working with his schedule.

TV Guide Magazine: Given that Jack and Kristina were once married in real life, safe to assume you got the okay from Kristina first?
Valentini: Well, yes and no. I feel I have to respect people's privacy. I just let her know that we were going to be doing a story that involved Frisco Jones, because as an actor that's what she needed to know, and she was fantastic. They get along great and have a family, so it's all good.

TV Guide Magazine: Maybe you can reunite Kristina and Jack in real life?
Valentini: (Laughs) Stranger things have been known to happen. Hey, on One Life to Live, I introduced David Fumero (who played Cristian Vega) and his wife, who played his sister.

Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

SOOO Interesting and Exciting!! Thanks for posting!!!!

 

[tinabheart]

I feel like the return of so many of these great characters is the reward for my faithfulness to this show during some really rough years! I'm so excited! It's like a family reunion.

 

[Jessica14]

Can I just say...who has a miscarriage and comes home and has sex? Gimme a break.

My SIL, several years ago. She thought she was pregnant about two weeks after a miscarriage (she wasn't). Obviously she did something very soon after to think she was! And, she has settled down considerably but, she was pretty much a soap opera in and of herself! She also named her dog Chloe after that character who dated Jax several years ago.

Jessica

 

[MickeysMommy]

Previews for the week of 14-Jan-2013
by Carol Banks Weber

**Port Charles’ vampire world visits GH when Lucy wanders into Kelly’s Diner and thinks she spots the king of the vampires, Caleb, and then his queen, Livvie.
Lucy cries out, “Caleb!” at John McBain, then goes to stab him. McBain goes down hard, just as Sam comes forth.
Sam immediately goes to John McBain, to tend to him and be by his side when he’s whisked off to GH.

Lucy, of course, is arrested and put in jail for her overreaction (it’s not Caleb and this is not Port Charles). Wait’ll Duke Lavery pops up and she thinks it’s another PC vampire, Joshua.
Anna admits to John McBain that she’s having a hard time sparking with Duke Lavery, because of what Faison did.

A.J. and Connie get Sonny’s goat by smooching it up.
Carly loosens up with alcoholic beverages, which loosens her tongue about A.J. and Connie’s disgusting display.
A.J. escorts Carly to Todd’s hotel room. He tells her she’s pissed ‘cause she must hate herself for letting Johnny and Todd into her heart.
Carly wakes up in a strange place. Well, not so strange. She’s been there once before, when she made love to Todd.
Carly panics, because she can’t remember the events of the night before. Her mind is going into overdrive.

Alexis uses her lawyerly skills to enable Kristina to be the one to sign off on pulling Trey’s plug.
Lucy is gonna need Alexis’s lawyerly skills too.

Tracy can’t help but gloat about one-upping A.J. Michael wishes a house would drop on that *****.
A.J. jumps on a chance, however slim, to reverse his fortunes, and goes to capitalize on it, letting Michael deal with Tracy.
A.J. departs, as Michael takes care of Tracy. But Tracy senses Michael’s deceit.
Johnny tells on Todd to his lawyer Diane: that guy’s gonna fly the coop.

Felix asks Carly if the Nurses’ Ball could be held at the Metro Court.
Felix dares suggest how to deal with the Todd situation when speaking with Carly.
Sabrina can’t bring herself to relax about the Nurses’ Ball resurrection just yet. Felix, however, reassures her that Tracy’s check went through.
Sabrina and Felix learn something new about Ms. Lucy.
Todd hits up Felix for a huge favor.
Todd racks up more charges, legally.
In court, Todd behaves unpredictably.
Sam has her day in court, so to speak, when she lays into Todd for all his crimes against her and Jason.

Sam officially releases all hope for Jason surviving that shooting and drowning.
Sam and Monica lay Jason to rest, finally.
Hanging out a bit with Sam’s baby, Danny, fills John with anguish because he can’t be with his own son, Liam.

Monica hits the roof when she finds out that Tracy let Lucy be a boarder in the Q mansion.

Lulu’s scared her dad perished in the Turkish prison when she checks in and nobody there can give her any info on him.

Maxie wants Dr. Britt to immediately put Lulu and Dante’s last embryo into her uterus so neither of them’s the wiser.
Britt pushes the limit with Patrick, dumbly assuming she can replace Robin just like that.
Patrick must explain to Britt that he doesn’t see her in that way. Ha ha ha.

Ellie becomes very depressed over her paralyzed condition.
Spinelli stabs Maxie in the heart when he says that he only made love to her on the rebound and furthermore, he’s re-dedicated himself to making it work with Ellie.
Turns out Olivia’s premonition is coming true quite nicely: Maxie is pregnant, but not how you think. Could be twins by two different sets of parents.

Next week: Michael and A.J. plot out their next option to take over ELQ… Ned’s cautionary advice may do no good after the fact… Luke does a double-take… Sonny and Anna compare notes on their romantic quandaries… Emma weighs in on Dr. Britt with her clueless dad. Thumbs down on that manipulative skank… T.J. tries to help Molly out with a sincere appeal. **

 

[lilmrsellis]

Ok, who else is loving the AJ/Carly chemistry?

 

[RadioNate]

Ok, who else is loving the AJ/Carly chemistry?

So so so much. Today I wanted him to be sweet to her & a good guy. She won't remember but eventually will, forgive & fall in love. Awww

But I think they are going to make him jerky tomorrow.