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From: owner-port-charles-digest@lists.xmission.com (port-charles-digest)
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Subject: port-charles-digest V1 #17
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port-charles-digest Tuesday, January 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 017
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:02:31 -0800
From: Taiyin <sigmund@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: Spoilers GH
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>Jason goes up against the Quartermaines and takes more than the baby with
>him when he leaves.
Justus and Emily! Woo hoo! Damn, I love this story. I want Justus to let
Edward have it again, first, though.
>Brenda asks Ned for help and later learns that Lucy has replaced her as a
>model.
Didn't we already do this?
>Alan and Monica are at odds again.
<snort> I want to see HER reaction to that catastrophe from Friday.
>Emily asks Ned to be her father.
So suddenly Ned is the good guy? Better than Alan at the moment, I can
buy, though. I still want Justus to deck him, though.
>Brenda realizes she has feelings for Jax.
Oh brother. Here we go again.
>Carly returns during her son's baptism.
That was a short trip.
>Nikolas and Emily make a pact.
To never have another scene with Sarah ever, ever, ever again?? Please.
>Jason he's not getting the baby back, he puts his hand on the gun, but they
>know basically not to start a whole thing because he probably would hurt
>somebody for the kid. In the aftermath of the failed capture, the Q's are
>left in disarray.
Wow, it really is a gun. I didn't think it would be.
>Justus walks out on Edward,
Mob lawyer!!! Sorry. I guess I'm a little too happy about that
development, huh? :-)
> To ensure the child's future, Jason chooses godparents, and decides to
>have the baby baptized.
Hhhmmm... who would that be... such options...
>control of Nikolas. Helena will draw Katherine into it. It will be a very
>gradual thing where we deconstruct the love of all time, and will build to a
>huge Katherine/Stefan climax.
Oh PLEASE, PLEASE tell me that translates in "break up"???
>Jason and A.J. will be our Cain and Abel, and we essentially
>split the Quartermaines almost on gender lines.
Oh, I *love* internal Quartermaine wars.
>Tony is going to change 180 degrees as a result of this
>horrendous betrayal he has gone through. Six months from the Dec. 8 show
>you're not going to recognize Tony, but you will have seen every step along
>the way.
Now this I'm looking forward to -- as long as they stop making him such a
ninny. This whole plan on Friday was just STUPID and it made Dr. Tony
Jones, brilliant neurosurgeon, look like an idiot.
>What Tony does in the wake of the Carly reveal directly affects the
>Quartermaines, Jason, Carly, the baby and Bobbie. And it's ultimately going
>to tie into the Cassadines.
On one hand, that's very promising.
OTOH, that's also my biggest grivence with Guza. It always seems that his
biggest and best stories always have to have either the Spencers of the
Cassadines at the heart of them. You'd think the entire town of Port
Charles can't surive without them.
>The mistaken-identity thing with Felicia and Mac
>will be revealed to actually be much bigger and, in fact, a very sinister
>subplot that will fold in several other major players. When we reveal what
>Tess' agenda is - why Mac is being set up - this will turn into a thriller
Well then GET ON WITH IT ALREADY. Jeez. Part of me is convinced that I
will actually like this storyline when enough of it gets revealed so that
it stops putting me to sleep, but for now it's painful.
>women, and that is something Brenda will have to deal with. We are committed
>to the Jax/Brenda romance. It is one of the grandest romances this canvas
>has ever had, and we're going to play it. But it's not going to be easy for
>either of them."
Oh man, I really, really wish they wouldn't do that. REALLY wish they
wouldn't. A lot. Very much a lot. A lot, a lot. Tons a lot. Megatons.
Bah. The phrase, "Been there, done that" pops to mind. Jax is ten times
more interesting on his own, or with V, than he is with Brenda.
And "grandest"? I think he means "over-exposed" and "heatedly debated."
Taiyin, who thinks that if Guza thinks Jax and Brenda are one of the best
he's seen, then it's a good thing that Kevin and Lucy are safely tucked
away on PC where he can't mess with them... <grump>
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:13:11 -0800
From: Taiyin <sigmund@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: Ned
At 11:36 PM 1/18/98 -0500, Donald K Gooden wrote:
>been out of commission for awhile. I think that Ned should be on Jason's
>side.
I think he is, and I think that's exactly why the Dummies With The Plan
went to such lengths to exclude Ned and make sure he wasn't there. Also,
if you saw the preview for Monday at the end of Friday, Ned looked very,
very confused and more than a little concerned.
I don't think that Guza would have gone to the trouble of having The
Dummies exclude Ned if he wasn't going to have Ned disapprove. And I
agree, that the Ned/Lois/Brooke situation will DIRECTLY impact which side
of this issue Ned chooses and why.
I also doubt that Emily would go to Ned with such a request if he DIDN'T
disapprove of what they did.
>I mean think about it. Lois took Ned's Baby away because she didn't
>want her to be raised by the Q's. She thought that Brooke would turn out to
>be bloodsucking or whatever because of the environment she would be in.
And, just to be a hypocrite <g>, I'd say that Lois' motives are a hell of a
lot more reasonable and understandable than Tony/Alan/AJ/Edwards. Besides
the fact that at least Lois is really Brooke's mother (and awkward analogy,
considering the baby's paternity sitch, I know, but considering that
everyone THINKS that Jason is the father, it is inexcusible to me that they
would try and take the kid away from him in spite of that info).
>It would be hypocritical of Ned if he were
>to be on the side of Edward and Tony.
Right. And, though Ned is not unfamiliar with blatant hypocracy, anything
that has anything to do with Brooke brings out the best in him. It's the
best part of him and it's the same part that he demonstrates when it comes
to Emily. And that he used to demonstrate with Lois. Way back when.
>I think I am kinda glad that Emily asks Ned to be her dad. I doubt that
>there will be any legal changes in the adoption, but I never really liked
>Alan. The relationship between Ned and Emily has just always seemed more
>real to me than the relationship between Emily and Alan.
Well, I did really love Emily and Alan's relationship in the beginning.
From the time they first met in Arizona they were really cool. But since
the storylines have gone the way they have over the years, they haven't had
nearly the chance to interact the way they used to. And, these days, Emily
is too old for Sydney the Bear. :-)
And, just as an aside, I must say that I am really glad that Stuart Damon
is wearing his glasses so much recently. He really looks very good with
them on. I hope he keeps it up.
Taiyin
"What did I do before I had you?"
- --"You were lost and confused."
-- Lucy and Kevin
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 16:43:28 -0500
From: "Donald K Gooden" <dkgooden@email.msn.com>
Subject: GH/PC: Crazy Q's
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I loved Emily today. The way she told her family off made me really happy. I
also thought it was "classic" Edward, when he turned on Tony at the end. I
was practically falling off the bed laughing when I heard Edward putting it
all on Tony. Then AJ started to put it on Tony. I mean AJ was right in what
he said about Tony, but having him say it after Edward put it all in a
different light. I also was not one bit upset when Ned told AJ off. Usually,
I get so upset when Ned gets on AJ's back. However AJ was acting so awful
today that Ned didn't say half of what I would have said. There are a few
good things that came from this though. AJ and Alan are back together. I
have wanted this for awhile. However I wish that it didn't have to be over
something like this. I am also glad that Justus left. He needs a good
storyline, and he hasn't been getting one at the Q's. I also like the
strengthened bond between Jason and Emily. I also like what Jason said about
family values. He is so attached to that baby. In the event that Robert gets
taken away I don't know what Jason would do. I am also, not surprised that
Jason decides to baptize the baby. I mean I know that he wants to have
protection for the baby in the event that something should happen. Also,
mob/Mafia people are known for being religious. I know that Jason doesn't
fit into the traditional picture of mob boss but....
Jamila
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 16:52:12 -0500
From: "Donald K Gooden" <dkgooden@email.msn.com>
Subject: GH/PC: Emily
How old is Emily? In fact how old are all of the teens on the show supposed
to be? How can there parents let them run around town like that? When did it
become OK for a girl to sneak out of the house through her upper level
window to visit someone? Emily is like what 14? My parents never let me do
something like that when I was that age. They always had to know where I was
and who I was with at all times. I am no longer 14, but they still want to
know just about everything about me and my life. Television always seems to
portray teens as people that can do anything whenever they please. When I
was little I used to always say that I can't wait till I can just jump in my
car and go anywhere I please without telling anyone. Well I am still waiting
for that day to come.
Jamila
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 21:35:51 -0800
From: Taiyin <sigmund@xmission.com>
Subject: GH/PC: More Q's
Well, for the first time in... well, ever, probably, I wanted *Ned* to
klobber A.J.
I don't ever recall coming down on Ned's side versus A.J.'s.
Not that Ned's diatribe at A.J. was called for, but damn, every single one
of those pompus jackasses needed to be shoved into one of Lila's rose
bushes face first.
And, <snicker> aside from the sheer LUDICROUSNESS of Edward blaming that
fiasco entirely on Tony, I did enjoy watching Edward stick it to him.
And, of course, one of the best parts: "You're offering me a penthouse?"
<applause> Yay! Justus is a mob lawyer! Justus is a mob lawyer! Justus is
a mob lawyer! Justus is a mob lawyer! Justus is a mob lawyer! Justus is a
mob lawyer! Justus is a mob lawyer! <happy dance>
I hope Monica stays FURIOUS with Alan and A.J. for a good long time.
And I *love* Emily going to Jason's. I love them together -- and the baby
and the birthday cake were great. About as cool as Jason apologizing to
the baby for the fiasco at the Q's. I hope that Robin quits being so
sanctimonious on this subject, now. I love Robin, but she's just GOT to
knock it off with this "they're your family" bit.
Alan slopping all over A.J., though, after everything that he's done over
the years, was just revolting.
And then I wanted someone to smack Ned again with his "so what" attitude
about Justus leaving.
But the constant reminders about Mary Mae were great. And she'd spin in
her grave if she knew that Justus was working for the mob.
Taiyin
"Anything's better than *there.*"
- -- "That's what I think."
-- Emily and Jason
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 21:51:57 -0800
From: Taiyin <sigmund@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: Emily
At 04:52 PM 1/19/98 -0500, Donald K Gooden wrote:
>How old is Emily?
I think this was supposed to be her 16th birthday. They made mention a few
months ago that Em would be driving in a couple of months, so I assume
that's it (nevermind the fact that the driving age in New York State, last
time I checked, was 18).
>become OK for a girl to sneak out of the house through her upper level
>window to visit someone? Emily is like what 14? My parents never let me do
>something like that when I was that age. They always had to know where I was
>and who I was with at all times. I am no longer 14, but they still want to
>know just about everything about me and my life.
Yeah, but stuff like that varies a lot. I never had to tell my father
anything when I was a teenager -- as long as we were getting along, he
didn't ask me many questions.
But, honestly, Em left a note for her mother, telling her where she'd be.
Monica may not like it, but what are her choices? The only thing they
could really do is to go to Jason's and drag Em out physically. Aside from
the fact that Monica doesn't blame Em one tiny bit for being too hurt and
angry to stay in the same house as the Scheming Dummies, most parents are
pretty reluctant to go chasing around town trying to drag their kids back
home.
And since she knows that Jason isn't going to let anything happen to her, I
doubt Monica would be *so* worried that she'd feel the need to chase Emily
down.
Besides which, the Qs aren't exactly the postchildren for wholesome family
values. <g>
Taiyin
"I don't think he liked Alan holding him very much, but who would?" -- Jason
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 09:38:25 -0500
From: Cagey <cagey@geocities.com>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: Spoilers GH
At 11:22 PM 1/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Spoilers for general Hospital
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>have the baby baptized. "I don't think that Jason is going to realize the
>impact of the baby until they take it away from him," Burton says. "Carly
>and Jason will never, ever get back together that way, but it's going to
>really hurt when they take the kid away."
Who is this "they" that Steve is referring to, do you think? I'm pleased
to know that Carly and Jason are not destined as a romantic pair (I love
them together, but not in that way), but I really had hoped that Jason
would hang onto the baby for a while.
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:17:45 PST
From: "Julie Saker" <jesaker@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: More Q's
wow! was there some mail waiting for me this morning! happy
day...things to DISCUSS! :)
taiyin wrote:
>Well, for the first time in...well, ever, probably, I wanted *Ned* to
>klobber A.J.
i agree wholeheartedly...i've never been on ned's side either. but even
though he WAS on the right side for once, he was STILL a jerk about it.
i really hope a.j. gives him what's coming to him one of these days.
forget that--i hope both a.j. AND justus do. ned's attitude toward both
of them is just beyond despicable. but i was happy to see a.j. hit the
nail right on the head--ned's scared of ANYONE, a.j. included, usurping
his place of honor in the family.
>Not that Ned's diatribe at A.J. was called for, but damn, every single
one
>of those pompus jackasses needed to be shoved into one of Lila's rose
>bushes face first.
agreed there too. and i was really happy to see emily give it to all of
them for using her like that. i was just upset that lila wasn't around
to throw her two cents in, too. (by the way, where DID she disappear
to? i don't remember how they managed to conveniently get rid of
her...)
oh, and on the subject of emily sneaking out her window...MY only
problem with that whole scenario was not that kids her age
wouldn't/shouldn't/couldn't do things like that...but that why did she
have to climb out her window? the way things were in the q house at
that point, she could have walked right out the front door and nobody
would have noticed. or if they did, it's unlikely they would have tried
to stop her.
as for her age, i was wondering that too. it doesn't seem POSSIBLE that
she's supposed to be sixteen. maybe i just have an outdated notion of
what sixteen looks and acts like! :) but she seems younger to me. i
don't remember the driving comment though. (and, taiyin... i THINK the
driving age is only 18 in new york CITY, not the whole state. however,
i thought it was 17 in ny state, like it is in nj. of course, i could
be wrong on all of that, living in nj.) i did think it was kind of odd,
though, for them to go through all this birthday hoopla and never ONCE
directly mention her age...maybe TPTB don't know how old she's supposed
to be either! :)
><applause> Yay! Justus is a mob lawyer! Justus is a mob lawyer!
i LOVED the chat between jason and justus about damian smith's murder.
"am i supposed to say something else? because i'm not too good at
that..." that was just CLASSIC! justus has been beating himself up
over killing a man who DESERVED to die for far too long now, and i'm
glad jason tried to give him a little perspective there. (not that i
think what justus did to laura was right...but that was YEARS ago now.
time to move on!) and i'm with taiyin...i think this mob thing is going
to REALLY make things interesting. it's been too long since justus had
something to do.
>I hope Monica stays FURIOUS with Alan and A.J. for a good long time.
>And I *love* Emily going to Jason's.
me too, on both counts. i loved monica's line that "not only didn't you
get jason's child, but he got yours." i don't see her forgiving the
guys too easily on this one. and i loved that jason hesitated before
saying yes to em staying with him. it's little details like that that
mean so much in terms of his character--he KNOWS it's probably not the
best idea, but he can't say no to em.
>About as cool as Jason apologizing to
>the baby for the fiasco at the Q's.
wasn't that SWEET? i'm actually finding myself, completely against my
"real world" judgment, hoping that aj DOESN'T find out the baby's his.
of course he WILL...but i'm REALLY loving jason with the baby. an awful
awful lot.
>I hope that Robin quits being so
>sanctimonious on this subject, now. I love Robin, but she's just GOT
to
>knock it off with this "they're your family" bit.
yeah, she does have a bit of a blind spot there. i hope we get to see
the scene where she finds out what they tried to do to jason. i DON'T
particularly want to see another scene with her preaching to the q's, or
preaching to jason about aj...but i WOULD like to see her begin to doubt
whether aj finding out about his son would be such a good thing after
all.
>Alan slopping all over A.J., though, after everything that he's done
over
>the years, was just revolting.
now that just came COMPLETELY out of left field, as far as i'm
concerned. ok...so aj went along with the plot to kidnap jason's baby,
so NOW alan loves him? huh? did i miss something?
>And then I wanted someone to smack Ned again with his "so what"
attitude
>about Justus leaving.
he's a jerk. and i'm being EXTREMELY kind, out of deference to our
pg-13 rating!
>But the constant reminders about Mary Mae were great. And she'd spin
in
>her grave if she knew that Justus was working for the mob.
yup. i'm afraid justus can't have it both ways on this one--telling
edward that if she were still alive to act as his conscience he wouldn't
be doing the things he does. same goes for justus. i suppose it's only
a matter of time before he realizes that...but in the meantime, i'm
really going to enjoy this!
julie
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:27:19 PST
From: "Julie Saker" <jesaker@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re: GH/PC: Spoilers GH
cagey wrote:
>At 11:22 PM 1/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>Who is this "they" that Steve is referring to, do you think?
i was wondering that, too. i would GUESS that it's going to be a.j. and
the q's, after it comes out that a.j.'s the father. (it DOES have to
come out eventually i suppose...) but i'm with you--i've really started
hoping it's later rather than sooner. they'll easily be able to prove
carly's an unfit mother, and get custody, as soon as they know the
truth. but i don't want them to find out anytime soon. (as opposed to
carly's OTHER lie...to which i say the sooner the better! ohhhhhhh, poor
bobbie--she isn't going to know what hit her!)
julie
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:40:48 PST
From: "Julie Saker" <jesaker@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re: GH/PC: Ned
taiyin wrote:
>Well, I did really love Emily and Alan's relationship in the beginning.
>From the time they first met in Arizona they were really cool. But
since
>the storylines have gone the way they have over the years, they haven't
had
>nearly the chance to interact the way they used to. And, these days,
Emily
>is too old for Sydney the Bear. :-)
oh thank GOD! i'm sorry, but i always really REALLY HATED sydney the
bear! that's probably part of why i never really liked alan and
emily--the whole sydney the bear thing just seemed so patronizing and
annoying to me. i don't much care for ned either--but ned's
relationship with emily has always seemed a lot more real to me than
alan's.
jmo...
julie
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:41:08 PST
From: "Julie Saker" <jesaker@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re: GH/PC: Spoilers GH
taiyin wrote:
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>Didn't we already do this?
yes, we did. but they never DID have brenda and lucy talk about it. as
long as we get some crossovers out of it, they can rehash that one as
far as i'm concerned.
>>Brenda realizes she has feelings for Jax.
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>Oh brother. Here we go again.
THIS rehash, however...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T GO THERE!!!!!
<sigh> i HATE this. even if i WEREN'T still harboring deep DEEP
resentment over the sonny fiasco, i STILL wouldn't want to suffer
through yet ANOTHER incarnation of j&b.
>>Carly returns during her son's baptism.
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>That was a short trip.
february sweeps! they PROMISED we'd get the truth about carly and
bobbie soon! YEAH!!!
>>Nikolas and Emily make a pact.
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>To never have another scene with Sarah ever, ever, ever again??
Please.
LOL! i WISH! however...it HAS been a while since we've been subjected
to her! (the only downside of that, however, is that we also haven't
seen lizzie...who i was actually beginning to like somewhat. but i am
DEFINITELY happy we seem to have seen the last of the pc high scenes!)
>Wow, it really is a gun. I didn't think it would be.
i knew he'd have one with him...but i also knew he wouldn't have to use
it. i was really glad, however, to see justus give jason some food for
thought on the combo of babies and guns. yes, the kid is WAY too young
to be able to get his hands on it...YET...but there's this AWFUL public
service commercial they show around here (i don't know if it's local or
national), with a little kid humming some happy little song to himself
as he stacks up chairs and books and stuff on top of each other. still
humming, he climbs up on top of the tower he's built (the audience has
no idea what's going on--it's all from the kid's point of view), and he
reaches onto a high shelf and grabs something. all of a sudden the
humming stops, there's a gunshot and the screen goes black. an
announcer's voice says something to the effect of, "if you think your
kid's too young to find your gun...think again." creepy. and i don't
doubt that jason has the best intentions towards this baby...but his
lifestyle IS something he should be thinking about. which i guess he
will soon, if the spoilers are right...
>> To ensure the child's future, Jason chooses godparents, and
decides to
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>Hhhmmm... who would that be... such options...
that IS interesting. ummmmmm...let's see. em's too young. lila's too
old. he hates all the other q's. how about...bobbie?!? carly would
have a COW! bobbie and luke?!? even BETTER! :) can you IMAGINE carly
returning from her little trip, walking in to discover that not only has
jason named the baby, he's chosen his grandmother and great-uncle to be
his godparents?!?
or i suppose there's robin. and justus. but they wouldn't be NEARLY as
much fun! :)
>>control of Nikolas. Helena will draw Katherine into it. It will be a
very
>>gradual thing where we deconstruct the love of all time, and will
build to a
>>huge Katherine/Stefan climax.
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>Oh PLEASE, PLEASE tell me that translates in "break up"???
we can hope, i guess...
however, i'm not optimistic. "deconstruct the love of all time" i take
to mean stefan and laura, with the assumption that genie comes back, and
nik's paternity comes out, etc. and since i'm MORE than sure guza
doesn't intend to sacrifice luke and laura for laura and stefan...i
wouldn't be at ALL surprised if he keeps kat & bat together. after
all...look at the man's idea of couplehood thus far...(see below! i'll
have PLENTY more to say on that one! grrrrrrrrrrr.)
>>Jason and A.J. will be our Cain and Abel, and we essentially
>>split the Quartermaines almost on gender lines.
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>Oh, I *love* internal Quartermaine wars.
me too. and ESPECIALLY the way this one's looking to shape up--i can
DEFINITELY see em, lila and monica (with probably ned on their side)
being QUITE the force to be reckoned with!
>>Tony is going to change 180 degrees as a result of this
>>horrendous betrayal he has gone through. Six months from the Dec. 8
show
>>you're not going to recognize Tony, but you will have seen every step
along
>>the way.
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>Now this I'm looking forward to -- as long as they stop making him such
a
>ninny. This whole plan on Friday was just STUPID and it made Dr. Tony
>Jones, brilliant neurosurgeon, look like an idiot.
well...he hasn't exactly seemed intelligent in ANY of his storylines
lately...so ANYTHING will be an improvement i think. at least i hope!
>>What Tony does in the wake of the Carly reveal directly affects the
>>Quartermaines, Jason, Carly, the baby and Bobbie. And it's ultimately
going
>>to tie into the Cassadines.
>
>On one hand, that's very promising.
>
>OTOH, that's also my biggest grivence with Guza.
i agree. i can't for the LIFE of me figure out what this story has to
do with ANY of the cassadines. and i don't really think it's necessary
to INVENT a connection just to get them involved. however, i'll
withhold judgment, because who knows--he could come up with something
stupendous. he clearly can't do romance to save his life, so let him do
what he's good at--cassadine intrigue.
>>The mistaken-identity thing with Felicia and Mac
>>will be revealed to actually be much bigger and, in fact, a very
sinister
>>subplot that will fold in several other major players.
hmmm...let me guess. the cassadines? ooh...i know...the cassadines AND
jax & brenda!
>Well then GET ON WITH IT ALREADY. Jeez. Part of me is convinced that
I
>will actually like this storyline when enough of it gets revealed so
that
>it stops putting me to sleep, but for now it's painful.
i'm REALLY getting annoyed by it so far. i think they're taking too
long to develop it, personally. if they don't do something soon, i'm
going to lose interest in it entirely.
>>We are committed
>>to the Jax/Brenda romance. It is one of the grandest romances this
canvas
>>has ever had, and we're going to play it. But it's not going to be
easy for
>>either of them."
AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now it's statements like THIS that really make me crazy. "one of the
grandest romances"?!? this man has no CLUE! what, praytell, is
romantic about them? brenda's inability to make even the smallest
decision, like picking out a couch on her own? jax's need to treat
brenda like a child? (and they said SONNY was a father figure?
puh-LEEZE! "could you call and check on me while you're away, daddy?" i
bet he even brings her back a present if she's a good girl.) i don't
get it--i really, really don't.
i didn't mind the two of them together the first time around. i thought
it was a little deluded that he would marry her knowing she didn't love
him (the first time) convinced that he would change her mind...but once
they got past that part, i really kind of liked the two of them
together. so this isn't SOLELY sour grapes over the sonny thing. i
thought they were kind of a fun couple at the time. but i do believe,
wholeheartedly, that once they brought in miranda, and DEFINITELY once
brenda left jax for sonny, they can NOT put the two of them together
again. it's just PATHETIC. i know tptb WANT to do this...but they
should be smart enough to realize that you can't always GET what you
want. once the damage was done with the whole miranda/sonny mess, it's
just not possible to go back and un-do it. i don't see why the j&b
crowd would even WANT them to. if jax takes brenda back at this point,
he might as well get "doormat" tattooed across his forehead. and if
brenda WANTS jax back, she might as well start buying schoolgirl
uniforms and wearing her hair in pigtails. for BOTH of them, this would
be SERIOUS regression.
>Oh man, I really, really wish they wouldn't do that. REALLY wish they
>wouldn't. A lot. Very much a lot. A lot, a lot. Tons a lot.
Megatons.
ditto.
>Bah. The phrase, "Been there, done that" pops to mind. Jax is ten
times
>more interesting on his own, or with V, than he is with Brenda.
yeah--let's talk about poor v. they still throw her name around, yet
she hasn't been seen on-screen since, when? before christmas, when
brenda was institutionalized? THAT would be an interesting couple.
j&b, however, have NOTHING new to say or explore at this point. put jax
with ANYONE else...ANYONE...carly! kat! bobbie! even SARAH! just
PLEASE don't make me watch more j&b. even as FRIENDS they bore me.
>And "grandest"? I think he means "over-exposed" and "heatedly
debated."
<harumph>
>Taiyin, who thinks that if Guza thinks Jax and Brenda are one of the
best
>he's seen, then it's a good thing that Kevin and Lucy are safely tucked
>away on PC where he can't mess with them... <grump>
this man wouldn't know romance if he tripped over it. i bet he's
single...anyone know?
ok, enough complaining. i have work to do. but i'm STILL not happy....
julie
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:11:28 -0800
From: Taiyin <sigmund@xmission.com>
Subject: GH/PC: The SOD Awards Flap
This is a note from Lynn Leahey (editor of SOD) from the SOD web page:
I want to apologize to each and every one of our readers who sent in the
ballot from the November 10, 1997 issue. Because of an irregularity in the
voting, which had nothing to do with our readers, those votes were
disqualified, and a new ballot was rushed into subscriber copies.
That really stunk for all the readers who buy their issues on the
newsstand. "It's simply unfair," wrote one reader, and she's absolutely
right. I wish there had been a better solution -- the easiest thing to do
would have been to disqualify the 317 ballots in question, but the lawyers
vetoed that idea right away. A number of readers suggested we disqualify
General Hospital or ABC, but that wouldn't have been fair to our GH fans,
or the nominees for that matter, who did nothing wrong.
Facing the possible cancellation of the awards show by NBC if we didn't
resolve the problem, we considered just not airing it, or postponing it.
But then we realized many readers had already bought tickets to the show,
including non-refundable airline tickets. There was no way we could ruin
their plans.
So we issued the new ballots, and it isn't because the opinions of those of
you who buy us on the newsstand don't matter. Far from it. We were faced
with an impossible decision, and I am truly sorry that our loyal newsstand
buyers got the short end of the stick. Believe me, we're already working
on ways to make it up to you.
Lynn Leahey
Editor-in-Chief
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:22:59 -0800
From: Taiyin <sigmund@xmission.com>
Subject: GH/PC: Interview with Michael Deitz
by Joann Fazzi
Star: Michael Dietz
Role: Dr. Joseph Parnell Scanlon,
PORT CHARLES
Other Soap Roles: Alan-Michael
Spaulding, GUIDIND LIGHT & Greg
McKean, BEVERLY HILLS 90210
Hails From: The suburbs of
Pittsburgh,
PA
Birthdate: February 10, 1971
Family Ties: Mom Anna Finlay; stepfather is William
Finlay. "He's the
greatest, my stepfather. I love him to death." His real
dad, "who I didn't live
with growing up," is Frank Dietz. Although Michael is an
only child, he has
"A lot of cousins, a lot of cousins! There are about 12,
15, something like
that."
Online Browser: "I always liked going on the internet, of
course." Does he
check out the PORT CHARLES message boards? "I do. And
I've chatted
and told people who I was." Has he gotten lots of e-mail?
"Yeah. It's all
been really great. Everything, 100% of it. It's been
really, really nice."
GH Background: "My mother [watched GENERAL HOSPITAL] her
whole life. I remember coming home from school and the
VCR would be
taping because she wasn't there at three o'clock. In
fact, when I got
GUIDIND LIGHT, she was like, 'I wish it was GENERAL
HOSPITAL.'"
How did she feel when he landed his PC role? "Extremely
happy."
On His PC Wardrobe: "It's not bad, it's comfortable. It
could be a lot
worse. The suits Alan-Michael had to wear were brutal.
Three piece
Armani suits with ties...You can't really tell if you
screw 'em up. With the
suit, you can't wear the jacket until you're on."
One fall afternoon, Digest Online Editor Joann Fazzi had
lunch with
MICHAEL DIETZ in the ABC Commissary. Clad in his usual
black t-shirt
and gray scubs, Michael was very hospitable. He ordered a
Caesar salad
and Baked Chicken Romano (A chicken dish with noodles and
a heavy
cream sauce, which Michael lamented couldn't be healthy).
During our
interview, loads of GH and PC cast members filtered
around the dining
room. PC's Kin Shriner, Lynn Herring and Jon Lindstom
(Scott, Lucy and
Kevin) shared lunch a few tables away. David Holcomb came
over to say
hello and Michael introduced him as "our psycho,
nutcase..." "I play Doctor
Greg Cooper," Holcomb interrupted, letting Dietz know,
"That's Doctor to
you!" Jennifer Sky (Sarah, GH) also said a quick hello.
DIGEST ONLINE: What was it like for you being on brand
new soap that
was just starting out?
MICHAEL DIETZ: It was so great to have everyone starting
out at the
same time. We all really bonded really well. It's really
funny because we're
very protective of each other, we're like this family.
It's great. As opposed
to [when I went on] GUIDIND LIGHT, something that's been
around for
sixty years, to be the new guy is really tough. There's
nobody that's been on
[PORT CHARLES] longer than me or anybody else, [we've all
been here]
the same amount of time, so it's great. It was awesome.
It was the best thing
in the world to have to do a new show and to create a new
character.
DIGEST ONLINE: How do you feel about Joe Scanlon?
DIETZ: I absolutely love the character. I think it's
great to play a male part
in anywhere -- film, TV, anything -- that's vulnerable
and has that side to
him, because a lot of male characters are tougher or
psycho or something
and never really show a lot of their vulnerability. I
think that's what I love
about him, to be able to bring that to him. Yet he's
still a standup guy, has a
temper, he's not a wimp. I think it's a great, great
character. [It's] nice, going
from GUIDIND LIGHT, [where my character was] never
smiling, to be
able to smile and have fun. And working with JENNIFER HAMMON
[Karen] has just been incredible. She's amazing. I
absolutely love the
character. There is nothing I would change about him --
nothing! I think he's
perfect.
DIGEST ONLINE: The audience has definitely taken to him
and the pairing
of Joe and Karen.
DIETZ: Yeah. I think the rooting value we have as a
couple is great
because it's not really right, you know, because she's
married, and yet they
still want us together. I think all the problems we've
had.... Poor Joe, just
pining away for her all the time, he can't have her. I
think people really want
them together. And as I said, she's been amazing to work
with, since day
one, we really hit it off. She's really giving as an
actress which really helps.
We've been able to do scenes, push to our limit, get
where we really want
to get, which I never really experienced with anybody
else. So, I owe a lot
to her, she's really great.
DIGEST ONLINE: Where to you see Joe and Karen going?
DIETZ: I think it's going to take a while, I mean, I
don't know, it has
nothing to do with me knowing anything. I think, in my
humble opinion, it will
take a good three, four months until they're really
together, they really start
doing things. I don't think they want to rush into it
because, I mean, she is
married, and it was a big couple, and to just kind of
disregard that, I think,
would be disenheartening for most of the viewers to watch
and just think she
gave up. So, I think it's going to take a while. And Joe
has no intention of
doing anything until it's really over and done because he
really does want to
play by the rules. It will take a while.
DIGEST ONLINE: Are we going to see Jagger?
DIETZ: I don't know. I'm sure they'd like to have him
come back for a
couple of days to finish out the storyline, but I don't
know. I'd like to see
him come back.
DIGEST ONLINE: What would Joe do to Jagger if he saw him?
DIETZ: You know, I think part of Joe would want to kill
him for cheating
on Karen. But the other part would understand and kind of
let him be and
let the two of them work it out without interfering.
Although he'd want to,
I'm sure.
DIGEST ONLINE: We wouldn't see a knockdown, drag out fight?
DIETZ: No. Not unless, I think, he really physically hurt
her. Then again, it's
none of Joe's business, really. He's friends with Karen,
but that's it. Joe has
to let it take its course. He can't interfere because, I
think, part of him would
wonder if he had something to do with it, so he has to
let it happen on its
own. He definitely wouldn't get into a fight unless
Jagger did something to
him first like punched him or something. Even then I
don't know if he would.
I didn't think you'll be seeing any fighting between the
two, probably not.
DIGEST ONLINE: Are we going to get more into Joe's past?
We know a
bit of his family history, but we don't know anything
about his personal life...
any ex-girlfriends... wives... children?
DIETZ: Yeah, we don't know. I know my father died, he was
drunk, in a
car accident. Yeah, I'd like to see more, especially with
my mother, Patricia
[Crowley, Mary Scanlon]. We talk about it now and then. I
don't know if
it's going to happen. I mean, I don't have anything right
now that's going in
that direction, I've been so busy at the hospital with
Karen. I would love to
see more concerning the family, because it's one of the
only real families on
the show.
DIGEST ONLINE: Are we going to see more Scanlon family
interaction in
general?
DIETZ: Yes, I think so. I especially think once all the
Joe and Karen stuff
dies down, I think that's my main storyline right now,
and the other stuff is
there to keep the family alive, but I think probably not
right now but in a little
bit, we'll probably go back to that more and more. But
Karen and Joe are
the most important right now, I think, for the writers,
and I don't mind it, I
think it's great, it's a great storyline. I'd like to see
Mary, I love working with
Patricia, she's so great, I'd love to work with her more.
And Jay [Pickett,
Frank], I love working with Jay, [he's] like my favorite.
So, I hope so.
DIGEST ONLINE: I think that the Scanlon brothers portray
a very true
sibling relationship.
DIETZ: He is like my big brother here in real life. He
really is. I don't have
any brothers and sisters. And even off screen, he really
is like my big
brother. It's very funny. We always joke about it. As far
as support and just
advice, you know, he really is my big brother. It's
almost eerie in a sense,
but he's been great. He's been really great. And I think
that helps, you
know, on camera, if your relationship off is really good,
you hang out, it only
helps and adds to it.
DIGEST ONLINE: Who do you hang out with from PC when
you're not
working?
DIETZ: Definitely Jay. Mark Teschner [GH/PC Casting
Director] and his
girlfriend Lisa Lord, who plays Grace, I hang out with
them a lot. Kind of
everybody at some point, there's nobody that doesn't hang
out. We've all
done things off camera. There's really nobody that
doesn't get along.
DIGEST ONLINE: What kind of stuff do you do when you're not
working?
DIETZ: Exercise and read, go to movies, dinner, just try
to stay busy. I
don't like sitting around watching TV.
DIGEST ONLINE: What was the last movie you saw?
DIETZ: Last movie I just saw "She's So Lovely." Very
good, really good
movie. Sean Penn was amazing, absolutely amazing. I
watched "Donnie
Brasco" last night.
And what else? Write. I started a course at UCLA on
Screenwriting.
DIGEST ONLINE: Have you ever written a full screenplay?
DIETZ: Yeah, I have one that I started about two years
ago, and now I'm
at the point where I just want to clean it up, finish it up.
DIGEST ONLINE: What genre is the screenplay?
DIETZ: Action-y. Actually, I would love to write my own
and direct it,
raise the money, and do like a little indie film. I think
it would be really neat.
DIGEST ONLINE: Did you study writing in school? Was it
something you
were always interested in?
DIETZ: I always did really well in English. Yeah, I
always liked writing.
DIGEST ONLINE: How did you hear about PORT CHARLES
originally?
DIETZ: Mark [Teschner, GH/PC Casting Director] remembered
me, I had
read for Mark for some other parts and he remembered me.
DIGEST ONLINE: For GENERAL HOSPITAL?
DIETZ: Uh huh. He knew when I got GUIDIND LIGHT, he was
always
like, that role's not right for him! He had called my
agent and said we have
this role, we'd like to bring Michael in on, we think
he'd be great for it. He
took me to Wendy [Riche, GH/PC Executive Producer], she
liked me when
I tested and that was it. Nice and painless. I didn't
have to wait around for
weeks.
DIGEST ONLINE: Were you living out in California?
DIETZ: I had just moved. But, my last date [on GUIDIND
LIGHT] was
January 28, I was driving on January 29. Wasted no time.
DIGEST ONLINE: I guess you prefer the West Coast because
you like the
warm weather?
DIETZ: Yeah. I just didn't like New York. I mean, I like
visiting, I was just
there and it was great. But...
DIGEST ONLINE: Did you live in Manhattan?
DIETZ: I actually had an apartment that I was getting in
the city. It was a
brand new building, which is very rare in New York, and
they said, it'll be
done, it'll be done, it'll be done, and I moved into my
parents' house in New
Jersey, waiting for the place to finish. Never did...
they kept saying, another
week, another two weeks, another week and I said, screw
it, give me my
money back, stayed at my parents' house and I was gonna
wait and see until
after the first of the year, kind of what happened with
the show... good thing
I did 'cause, you know, I found out that I was leaving.
It was great, I never
moved out with my parents, saved breaking a lease, which
you know,
worked out well. I would stay in the city, I'd come up
and stay with friends
so I basically lived there.
DIGEST ONLINE: How far from Manhattan do your parents live?
DIETZ: Forty-five minutes. I used to drive in everyday,
which really wasn't
that bad because there's people that came from across
town, took them
forty-five minutes, so it's really not a bad deal. If I
were to have to live in
New York, then I would live outside [the city]. Where I
live now, I have this
house, by myself, I live that I rent in Bel Air, it's
probably the price of like a
nice one bedroom in New York. Full backyard, crickets at
night, birds in
the morning, green trees everywhere, it's incredible. And
I miss that. In New
York, you really can't find that. You look out your
window and you look at
another building, see somebody getting dressed or
something. That's really
the primary reason. I mean, I felt like I was just going
from a cab, from one
building to another building, getting out of the cab and
going into another
building. You really don't see the sights, I mean, you do
in Central Park, but
I wasn't crazy about Central Park. That's what I really
miss, to be able to
just get in your car and drive to Malibu or to Santa
Monica or Venice.
There's so many different areas around here, you go from
one place to the
next, it's totally different.
It's such a freedom. That's really the bottom [line],
it's the freedom... I felt
like I was stifled [in New York.] It feel like downtown
L.A. without leaving
downtown L.A., not being able to go to Malibu, just
staying in the city,
downtown L.A., and never leaving. You know, that's kind
of what I feel
like. Then again, I didn't give it a lot of time, and I
wasn't really living in the
city, so it might have been ... it might have been worse,
actually. At least my
parents had a house with some green and trees.
I don't regret it. GUIDIND LIGHT was a wonderful
experience, I learned
so much from that show that I never would have known by
coming on this
show, I would have had to learn again. It's nice going
from an hour to a half
an hour, too. It's nice... it's the best schedule in the
world!
DIGEST ONLINE: Did you know any of the cast before you
started?
DIETZ: No, just Nolan [North, Chris] and I met on one of
the auditions
and kind of hit it off. That was it.
DIGEST ONLINE: Do you keep in touch with anyone from GUIDIND
LIGHT?
DIETZ: Frank DiCopolous [Frank], who is my real life
cousin, and that's
really it. I [recently] saw Ron Raines [Alan], who played
my father, at
dinner, he was great. I miss Grant [Aleksander, Phillip],
I loved Grant,
Michael O'Leary [Rick] is really great. I mean, all of
them were great, I miss
everybody. I talked to Paul Rausch and he congratulated
me, very sweet. It
was nice to see everybody. But I don't really pick up the
phone every other
week calling.
DIGEST ONLINE: If you could write what Joe's future would
be, what
would you write?
DIETZ: I would like to see him and Karen, obviously,
eventually get
together and someday get married, that would be great.
And continue his
internship, become a doctor, be the best he could be,
just have a good,
good family life. Definitely I'd like to see them
married, I think that would be
great, someday down the line. [A pause] And take over the
hospital.
DIGEST ONLINE: So who is going to win the coveted
Quartermaine
fellowship?
DIETZ: I don't know, good question! There's probably
going to be
competition on and off for that.
DIGEST ONLINE: When does that actually happen? I know
they keep
talking about it.
DIETZ: I don't even know. That's a good question. I don't
know. Maybe
Joe? Maybe Karen? Maybe somebody totally unexpected. It's
a soap... it
could be anybody! [Laughs] I don't know. I think Joe has
a good shot. I
wouldn't want Chris Ramsey winning it, but other than
that, I think anybody
else [would be okay.]
DIGEST ONLINE: What's it like playing those Joe/Chris
feuding scenes?
DIETZ: They're funny because we get along so well. It's
really just kind of
funny to have to like pretend we hate each other.
DIGEST ONLINE: What is your usual work schedule?
DIETZ: I've been working like four, five days a week,
which is great, in
around 9 out around 2, average schedule. Five hours a day.
DIGEST ONLINE: Sounds nice to me! <g>
DIETZ: Not bad. Some days you're in at twelve, out at
four. Today is a
long day. [Laughs] Like anybody can have respect for
that. I talk to my
friends, investment bankers and stuff, who work ten hours
a day, or
lawyers, and they're like, "Oh, yeah, you had such a
rough day. Seven
hours! Until like four." [Laughs] And they're coming home
at like eight. So,
we're very, very fortunate. I think, if you're not
careful, you can lose track of
that, start taking that for granted. Just gotta really
realize how lucky you are
in that schedule, to be in L.A., the sun, the house, it's
really nice.
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