Shut up, Robin Scorpio
Submitted by Sarah D. Bunting on January 8, 2008 – 2:44 PM19 Comments
Miss Alli, Joe R, and I reminisce unfondly about the ’80s glory days of General Hospital on the Telefile. We’ve probably started to bore everyone else, but until someone can explain to me why Buzz Stryker wore that equipment jacket in every scene, we ain’t quitting. Also: Allan Quartermaine is a ghost now? The fuck?
Speaking of Joe, don’t let the fact that they cancelled the Globes telecast prevent you from checking out his awesome coverage of the awards — predictions, overlooked non-nominees, and more.
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Ok, so here’s the deal re: Alan. He had a heart attack and died after the whole Jerry-holds-the-hotel-hostage debacle. So he really is dead, which is sad, because I liked him. But I still get to see him a lot because he’s Tracey’s conscience. So he’s not really a ghost, just kinda. Also, yes, it may be sad that I DVR and watch this show every day, but it’s been with me since I was 12 and I’m sure not giving it up now — just when we’re about to find out who the (lame-o) text message killer is! My money’s on the random busboy.
They made Alan a ghost because everyone was very upset he kicked the bucket. And we liked the actor!
As opposed to freaking Emily Quartermaine. Jebus, I’ve been wishing for that (fictional) girl’s death for close to four years. And they kept coming so close and then they’d pull back and I’d get EVEN MORE whining self-righteousness. She was so freaking Donna Martin where everyone had to say she was so AWESOME and Emily Quartermaine is manifestly NOT AWESOME.
God, I ran home from school for Frisco and Felicia at 13. How did I not notice how annoying and cloying Kristina Wagner’s voice was?
Man, I miss the original Emily Quartermaine so much. I don’t watch GH these days, but the annoying previews for it during the 90210 commercials on Soapnet make me so stabby.
I despise the way they took Emily and Liz (two excellent teen characters during my peak of loving the show in the late 90s) and turned them into holier-than-thou beeyotches who run around having babies with everyone all over town.
Of course, I had to stop watching the show once they brought in that One Life to LIve douchebag to play Lucky. After the original Lucky/Liz storyline touched my cold, cold heart back in the spring of 99, I could not abide some monotone highlighted asshat playing my beloved Lucky Spencer.
Whatever happened to Jonathan “Not Related to that guy who played Pacey so stop asking” Jackson anyway?
Seriously? There was a guy named Buzz Stryker? How soap cliche!
Hilarious. I haven’t watched GH in more than 15 years, and it’s still all the same characters and/or the characters’ children! And seriously, why DOES Felicia talk like that?
Yeah, I think they kept Alan around because the fans were so upset that they killed off a veteran character. Not that he gets much screen time now…
I miss old Emily and old Lucky like crazy. I’ve never liked Natalia Livingston, and that second Lucky was just terrible.
Elissa, I think the random busboy is a red herring. My money’s on Michael. :)
Sarah – original flava Lucky Jonathan Jackson married his much older manager. WAY OLDER. And he was in Tuck Everlasting. And I think other stuff, but my ex-roommate was the one who loved him so I stopped checking after she moved to Seattle.
Oh, and Liz totally SUCKS. You are so correct. SO CORRECT.
On the other hand, I do adore this whole Diane and Alexis back and forth this week. I do love that soaps let women over 40 keep acting and be interesting and sleep around. Well, some women.
Ha! Buzz Stryker, I’d forgotten about that one.
Alan is SO much better as a ghost. As a dramatic actor, he’s pretty awful – wooden and nasal and awkward – but as a comic actor, he’s really endearing!
Some of this is probably hangover from when Jonathan Jackson was around, but I still like Elizabeth. I TOTALLY wanted her with Jason, but now that she is – wow, they’re boring! No chemistry at all.
And original Emily, Amber Tamblyn, was so awesome both as original Emily and as Joan in Joan of Arcadia that I even watched her in her recent Lifetime TV movie about a group of “teenage” friends who openly have freaky group sex. Yikes!
Nothing about Felicia has changed – everything (voice, clothes, expressions) still sucks.
@k, it wasn’t his manager, it was the actress who played Hannah. I think I still have a voodoo doll of her around here somewhere…
I’m embarrassed that I know this. And am posting about it. But, Jonathan Jackson actually married his much older co-star on GH. I can’t remember the character name but I do remember the actress was really bad. As in worse than usual soap-opera bad. And, she had a high squeaky little Minnie Mouse voice.
Haven’t watched GH since Original Carly left but I’m totally on board with the Liz and Robin Scorpio hate.
Hee! I’d forgotten about Buzz Striker too. The telefile is awesome and hilarious, and today’s GH comments were no exception.
Ok, I can’t believe I’m going to admit to knowing this. Original Lucky Jonathan Jackson married someone who may now be his manager but was first his older co-star on GH. Can’t remember the name of the actress, but she played Hannah, the FBI agent who hooked up with Sonny as part of some sort of undercover sting but ended up falling for him on account of him being so incredibly hot. (The hell?)
What perplexes me the most in the past couple of years (and yes I still watch fairly regularly, it’s like a freaking disease with me) is how they managed to bring back Robert Scorpio AND Anna Devane AND Holly Sutton and still it sucked. Hard. That had to be a deliberate effort.
One of my best friends and I bonded over GH when we were in elementary school, because our moms watched it every day. I remember a couple years ago when the show aged up Maxie and Georgie we had a bitching session over turning eight-year-olds into slutty teens. Good times.
Did I mention that this best friend is a dude?
Check out serialdrama.typepad.com for HILARIOUS commentary on GH. They are bitter yet funny as hell, and I don’t even bother to subject myself to GH any more– I just read Serial Drama.
I was pretty entertained by GH during the Ricky Martin/Vanessa Marcil/and chick from Heroes timeframe – record companies and the mob = good stuff. But, I still miss Santa Barbara – my first soap. Anyone else?
OK, maybe I’m totally hallucinating this, but wasn’t Robin Scorpio HIV+ at one point?
I second the serial drama rec. That blog is more entertaining than the show itself. Not that that`s hard. Shut up, Guza.
@PollyQ – she is, but her viral load is undetectable, so they can ignore it most of the time.