No
April foolin’; “General Hospital” turns 50 years old today, marking so many TV
milestones in the process, I can’t even keep count.
Lucy’s Red Dress
Mousy librarian turned scheming sexpot, Lucy Coe, always got what she wanted and in the late 80’s she wanted filthy rich doctor, Alan Quartermaine. She planned and plotted and of course, she got her man. She also got the honor of walking down the aisle in the reddest dress since Miss Scarlett crashed Ashley’s birthday party:
Tracy Withholds Edward’s Medication
Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine) says she’s embarrassed that people like this scene so much. It’s definitely disturbing and one of those seminal moments for the Tracy character. I didn’t even see it when it first aired, but rather when it was re-run on the show several years later. Try not to get the chills:
Frisco Comes Back from the Dead
I was a major Frisco and Felicia fan. MAJOR. Jack Wagner had me at “All I Need.” J-Dubs wanted to leave GH for greener pastures, so Frisco was killed off (of course no body was found. Of course.). The Lady of His Heart, Felicia, moved on with Colton and lo and behold, who shows up on their wedding day but a not-so-dead Frisco. He skulked around for weeks until finally, Felicia came face-to-face with her very much alive husband.
Anna and Duke Meet
One of my all-time favorite GH couples (or any show, really, daytime or primetime). Off-the charts chemistry. And couldn’t you just scoop up Ian Buchanan like ice cream?
BONUS: Anna Holds Olivia
Hostage
Oh, how I love Anna Devane. No other words need to be said:
In
celebration of the show’s Golden Anniversary, SoapNet ran an old-school GH
marathon over the weekend. While I
didn’t watch all 50 hours, I did watch a good chunk of it. There were some great moments shown (Scotty
catching the bouquet at Luke and Laura’s wedding, Frisco and Felicia’s wedding,
B.J.’s Heart, the birth of Jason Morgan and of course, “Clink…boom”).
However, in looking at the lineup of
episodes, there were a lot of great moments from GH’s long and illustrious
history that inexplicably didn’t make the cut.
So,
in honor of GH turning 50 (just a year after being snatched from the jaws of
cancelation, no less), here are some of my favorite moments and ones I
selfishly think should have been included in the GH 50 Marathon:
Sean and Tiffany’s
Wedding
O.M.G. I laughed until I cried. I laughed until I peed in my pants. I laughed until my insides begged for
mercy. You have to figure when the
dashing Sean marries the sophisticated Tiffany, elegance will abound. Well almost.
Tiff had a little secret, which blew her carefully crafted chic persona
out of the water.
I
give you, Elsie Mae:
Lucy’s Red Dress
Mousy librarian turned scheming sexpot, Lucy Coe, always got what she wanted and in the late 80’s she wanted filthy rich doctor, Alan Quartermaine. She planned and plotted and of course, she got her man. She also got the honor of walking down the aisle in the reddest dress since Miss Scarlett crashed Ashley’s birthday party:
Tracy Withholds Edward’s Medication
Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine) says she’s embarrassed that people like this scene so much. It’s definitely disturbing and one of those seminal moments for the Tracy character. I didn’t even see it when it first aired, but rather when it was re-run on the show several years later. Try not to get the chills:
Frisco Comes Back from the Dead
I was a major Frisco and Felicia fan. MAJOR. Jack Wagner had me at “All I Need.” J-Dubs wanted to leave GH for greener pastures, so Frisco was killed off (of course no body was found. Of course.). The Lady of His Heart, Felicia, moved on with Colton and lo and behold, who shows up on their wedding day but a not-so-dead Frisco. He skulked around for weeks until finally, Felicia came face-to-face with her very much alive husband.
Swoon!
Faison Unmasked
Oh
man. This is a more recent event, but it
was classic soap. Hell, it was classic everything. Duke Lavery had also miraculously returned
from the dead (this happens a lot in Port Charles) but was acting a little
strange. With good reason. He wasn’t quite himself.
Seriously,
I think I fell off my couch when I saw this scene:
Anna and Duke Meet
One of my all-time favorite GH couples (or any show, really, daytime or primetime). Off-the charts chemistry. And couldn’t you just scoop up Ian Buchanan like ice cream?
Luke Sees Laura
Like
I said, people come back from the dead a lot in Port Charles (Frisco, Robert,
Luke, Anna, A.J., Robin, Duke, et al.)
Laura’s turn came after she disappeared from a shadowy pier and popped
up like a year later. She too skulked
around Port Charles hiding from hubby Luke—something about murderous Cassadines
being after her and she didn’t want to put Luke in danger, so she didn’t let
him know she was alive. Anyway, didn’t
work; Luke spotted her and what followed was one of those OMG, edge-of-your
seat, how-fricking-awesome-was-that moments.
I remember this like yesterday and if there had been a VCR in my house
back then, this would have been replayed until the tape snapped. Thank God for the Internet:
Edward Quartermaine’s Last Scene
Heartbreaking
for so many reasons; because John Ingle, Edward’s portrayer, was dying in real
life, because little Emma Drake is so stinking adorable, and because it was the
circle of life: Oh, how I love Anna Devane. No other words need to be said:
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