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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:33:26 -0400
From: "Julie E. Saker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GH/PC: SID spoiler stuff

hi all...just read the lastest SID abc issue this weekend, and
have a few tidbits to share...but first (and this may have been
mentioned already, but..) congrats to taiyin, for kevin and lucy's
lighthouse being listed as one of four pc-related web sites
to visit!  :)

l
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k

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b
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o
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regarding kat..."despite the apparent death of katherine last week,
abc insists that her portrayer, mary beth evans, still is with the show."=

this may be at least partially explained by a comment by guza in a
later article that "there will be some interesting, newly-created
flashbacks that will provide a window into stefan and katherine's =

relationship and into certain things that are happening in the present.
but the key thing to remember is that, above all, stefan cassadine is a =

tragic figure.  in a cosmic sense, stefan is doomed never to be happy."

so...would they really keep her around just to create "flashbacks", or
are we to presume she isn't really dead?  regardless, if we can take
guza at his word (which i'm STILL not so sure about) it doesn't sound
like we have to worry about kat and bat part 2, regardless.  :)

there's a nice article about lizzie, where rebecca herbst admits she was =

pissed when she got the role of lizzie because she really wanted to be =

sarah (can you IMAGINE?!?) but that she's loving the role now, and
"couldn't be happier to know that lucky and lizzie will eventually fall
in love," even though she's 20 and jonathan jackson is 15.  and she =

and ingo are indeed broken up, although the two are still friends.
"things just didn't work out."

there was some sonny stuff, covered in a previous post.

there's a first anniversary retrospective on pc, and lynn herring
talks about how much fun they all had when her husband was
playing rex, saying "it's a shame that rex had to end up being such
a bad guy.  but i think [the writers] have plans for him to come out
of prison in some capacity."  also a long, but relatively uninformative,
article about frank.

there's a bunch of stuff on the daytime emmys.

and finally, the gh and pc "summer previews":

gh: =


- - a surprise visitor draws attention at the nurses ball =


- - it's decision time yet again for brenda.  only this time, in the moment=

 when she has to face the prospect of losing sonny or jax, she will be
 forced to act on impulse

- - alexis' unholy alliance with luke hangs over her head as she attempts =

 to rekindle her romance with ned.  meanwhile, luke struggles to regain =

 laura's trust

- - thoughts of katherine torment stefan as he struggles to overcome his
grief

- - emily takes an interest in a new career for herself in the hopes of
impressing =

 nikolas

- - elizabeth and lucky give up on their plans to run away and give in to
their
 growing feelings for one another

- - bobbie takes a walk on the wild side when she becomes involved with
jerry,
 whose underhanded business dealings bring about the fall of the house of=

 jacks.

- - robin's decision to take jason back causes friction between mac and
felicia

- - a surprise visit from aj leaves carly worried that robin is taking her
place in
 michael's life.  then, after weeks of waiting in the mental institution,=

carly
finally receives word of her fate.  (oh, elsewhere it says she'll be on
maternity
leave for 4 months--2 off entirely, and 2 of working 1 day a week.  doesn=
't
say
when, but her baby is due on july 16)

- - alan's addiction worsens as he begins to lose control in front of many =
of
 pc's esteemed residents.  look for the q's to circle the wagons when the=
y
finally learn the truth.

pc:

(you better sit down--even though it's been discussed already, you won't
like
this one...)
- - when new evidence implicates kevin in the murders, "lucy wants to make =
a
public statement of her faith in him," reveals headwriter lynn latham.  "=
so
lucy
has the idea of horning in on mac and felicia's july wedding."  in
addition, latham
says eve's "vicious battle" with lucy threatens eve and scotty's
relationship

- - hoping to cheat matt out of the q residency, chris uses matt's affair
with ellen
to get them in hot water

- - courtney causes trouble for joe and karen

- - after frank scares away julie, he benefits from karen's compassion.


that's about it!

julie




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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:33:23 -0400
From: "Julie E. Saker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: What Really Happened When Sonny Came Home

Message text written by INTERNET:[e-mail]

>><snip alternative return theory>

>>What do you think, is that more like it?

>Well, I know that if that had happened, I would have been PISSED.  =


not terribly surprising...but, i'm with you, taiyin!  :)  that would have=

been
even MORE of a travesty than the whole leaving-at-the-altar mess,
and i would have been LIVID.  as i've said before, i was actually =

REMARKABLY pleasantly surprised with the way that last s&b scene
was done.  i was happy to see guza and company take the high
road, and stop the complete trashing of sonny's character that's been
going on since he left.  the man's going to leave--let's let him leave =

with a little dignity.

that said, i was going to write today anyway, because i just read the
most recent abc soaps in depth this weekend, and...

s
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i was absolutely FURIOUS because they're teasing us all again,
and dropping hints that this high road treatment will NOT continue
much longer.  or perhaps i'm just over-reacting.  you be the judge.
we're told:

"later this month, when maurice benard reprises his role of sonny
for the second arc of his short-term return to GH, sonny's future with
brenda will be entirely out of his hands--and in  hers.  by the time the
dust settles, she will have proven once and for all whether she can
ever leave him behind and move forward with her friend and former
husband Jax.  "in the first arc, Brenda had time to think about what
she was going to do, then say good-bye to sonny," notes headwriter
bob guza.  "but in the second arc, she doesn't get a chance to think
first.  this time, she has to face the prospect of losing either sonny or=

jax, and she has to act impulsively on her heart.  it's one thing for
brenda to decide that jax is better for her," he adds.  "but it's =

another thing entirely to see what happens in the heat of the moment."

GRRRRR!!!  i am SOOOOOOOO sick of this, i really am.  i'm just not =

interesting in seeing this SAME thing played out again and again
and AGAIN.  she CHOSE...she said good-bye...WHAT'S LEFT?!?
i couldn't believe it.  but maybe i'm overreacting, and expecting the
worst, like i did last time.  i hope so, anyway, 'cause this sounds
pretty nauseating to me...

julie

p.s.  i have more SID stuff, but i'll post a separate message.  i just
figured
i'd include this stuff here, since it was on-topic.



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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:49:42 -0400
From: Danielle Graham <[e-mail]>
Subject: GH/PC: What Really Happened When Sonny Came Home

>Well, I know that if that had happened, I would have been PISSED.

>not terribly surprising...but, i'm with you, taiyin!  :)  that would
have
>been
>even MORE of a travesty...

Wow, is this a first, I'm agreeing 100% w/you guys. Since Maurice/SONNY
will only be on such a short time, I think Guza did the very best thing
having Sonny & Brenda really TALK for the 1st time in their history. I
also think it seemed to prove that Brenda really has changed & grown up
a bit. It still would be fabulous if Brenda had one last fling w/Sonny,
although I DO happen to love her & Jax together, but hey, this is the
soaps, you need to throw a wrench into the story, although, I think
Jerry will do that one, all by himself! It will be awful to see Sonny
leave, I just hope they do justice to the character.

Danielle


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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:38:58 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: What Really Happened When Sonny Came Home

In a message dated 98-06-08 10:52:42 EDT, you write:

<< >Well, I know that if that had happened, I would have been PISSED.

 >not terribly surprising...but, i'm with you, taiyin!  :)  that would
 have
 >been
 >even MORE of a travesty...

 Wow, is this a first, I'm agreeing 100% w/you guys. >>

Gee, I didn't think that little write up would draw such strong feelings.  I
personally thought that the way they really handled it, considering it was
only short term appearance, was perfect.

I think in her slightly over-compensating way, my friend was suggesting that
they wrote it as though Sonny barely considered Brenda's whereabouts, and
barely reacted to the news of Brenda and Jax together.  As if he didn't care--
when he left her behind because he cares for her so much(that is their setup).

She did write this that very first day, BEFORE S&B actually saw each other and
talked it out.  Also I think it was written from the point of view of what she
would LIKE to have happen, regardless of actors contracts and schedules.

Personally, I think the best story would have been for Brenda to leave with
Sonny as planned, to live happily ever after off screen.  Of course Vanessa
couldn't make up her mind about staying or leaving and ended up staying, maybe
the best thing for her, but not for the story.

And now to have her go back to Jax seems ridiculous to me, since I never
bought that she loved him in the first place.  It would have been better in
this situation to give her someone new, and maybe let Jax and V work something
out.  I like Jax much better when he is with V.

Anne

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 09:21:34 -0400
From: "Julie E. Saker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: GH/PC: What Really Happened When Sonny Came Home

Message text written by INTERNET:[e-mail]

>And now to have her go back to Jax seems ridiculous to me, since I never=

>bought that she loved him in the first place.  It would have been better=

in
>this situation to give her someone new, and maybe let Jax and V work
something
>out.  I like Jax much better when he is with V.   =


i finally realized the other day why i REALLY don't like j&b together...
they're BORING!  i swear, it's like watching paint dry.  they lounge =

around in each other's arms and sigh about how happy they are--
where's the drama and passion and excitement in THAT?!?  and
it;'s not like this is just their first day back together--i could probab=
ly
understand that.  but this has been going on for AGES now.  yes,
s&b were completely dysfunctional...but at least no one could
accuse them of being boring!  :)

by the way, since when is jax a licensed therapist?  his little "trust me=

to get you over your perfectly justified fear of flying" thing cracked me=

up...

julie


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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:54:26 -0400
From: Danielle Graham <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: GH/PC: What Really Happened When Sonny Came Home

Julie wrote:

<by the way, since when is jax a licensed therapist?  his little "trust me
<to get you over your perfectly justified fear of flying" thing cracked me
<up...

CLAP, CLAP, CLAP...Julie you nailed that one. I was thinking the same thing
yesterday! And oh yeah, that 5 min. speil would make me wanna get back in an
airplane after a crash. Don't think so!

Just have to throw this out....does anyone see the big potential for the
Bobbi/Jerry pairing. Jerry made me a wee bit ill when he 1st came on,  but
that little bit of the nice act yesterday ponder! Hmm, what if? & it seems
TPTB are going in that direction.

Danielle


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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 19:42:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cagey <[e-mail]>
Subject: GH/PC:  Prime time news

ABC DAYTIME DRAMAS, "GENERAL HOSPITAL"
AND "ONE LIFE TO LIVE," WILL AIR EPISODES
IN PRIME TIME, JUNE 15 AND JUNE 25, DUE TO
DAYTIME PREEMPTIONS FOR WORLD CUP
SOCCER

The ABC Daytime dramas, "General Hospital" and
"One Life to Live," will each broadcast an episode in
prime time on Monday, June 15, and Thursday,
June 25, respectively (8:00 p.m., ET, both nights), it
was announced today by ABC Daytime President
Pat Fili-Krushel. The episodes will replace
preemptions in the daytime schedule due to
broadcasts of the World Cup Soccer games on the
ABC Television Network.

Ms. Fili-Krushel said, "ABC is delighted to host the
World Cup Soccer games, but we didn't want to
disappoint our loyal daytime viewers. We decided to
take the opportunity to air 'General Hospital' and
One Life to Live' in prime time, so that fans wouldn't
miss a day of what will be some very exciting
episodes on both shows."

The World Cup is held every four years and is
internationally regarded as the world's greatest
sporting event. Thirty-two nations will vie for the
World Cup when tournament play begins on ESPN,
June 10. ABC's World Cup coverage kicks off
Saturday, June 13, at 2:30 p.m., ET, when Holland
takes on Belgium. Thirty-seven billion viewers
around the world are expected to tune in to the
World Cup this summer. The championship game
can be seen live on ABC Sports, Sunday, July 12,
at 2:30 p.m., ET.

"General Hospital," which will air in prime time on
Monday, June 15, recently taped its 9000th episode
and celebrated its 35th anniversary with "The
General Hospital 35th Anniversary Show," which
also aired in prime time this past April. "General
Hospital" recently won four Daytime Emmy Awards.
"One Life to Live" airs in prime time on Thursday,
June 25, and will celebrate its 30th anniversary on
July 15.

"One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" air Monday
- - Friday (2:00-3:00 p.m., ET, and 3:00-4:00 p.m.,
ET, respectively) on the ABC Television Network. Jill
Farren Phelps is the executive producer of "One Life
to Live"; Wendy Riche is the executive producer of
General Hospital."

For more information about "One Life to Live" and
"General Hospital" visit ABC.com.

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 21:02:37 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Lynda T Phan)
Subject: Re: GH/PC:  Prime time news

Does anyone know exactly what time it will be playing in the Los Angeles
area?


On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 19:42:20 -0700 (PDT) Cagey <[e-mail]>
writes:
>
>ABC DAYTIME DRAMAS, "GENERAL HOSPITAL"
>AND "ONE LIFE TO LIVE," WILL AIR EPISODES
>IN PRIME TIME, JUNE 15 AND JUNE 25, DUE TO
>DAYTIME PREEMPTIONS FOR WORLD CUP
>SOCCER
>
>The ABC Daytime dramas, "General Hospital" and
>"One Life to Live," will each broadcast an episode in
>prime time on Monday, June 15, and Thursday,
>June 25, respectively (8:00 p.m., ET, both nights), it
>was announced today by ABC Daytime President
>Pat Fili-Krushel. The episodes will replace
>preemptions in the daytime schedule due to
>broadcasts of the World Cup Soccer games on the
>ABC Television Network.
>
>Ms. Fili-Krushel said, "ABC is delighted to host the
>World Cup Soccer games, but we didn't want to
>disappoint our loyal daytime viewers. We decided to
>take the opportunity to air 'General Hospital' and
>One Life to Live' in prime time, so that fans wouldn't
>miss a day of what will be some very exciting
>episodes on both shows."
>
>The World Cup is held every four years and is
>internationally regarded as the world's greatest
>sporting event. Thirty-two nations will vie for the
>World Cup when tournament play begins on ESPN,
>June 10. ABC's World Cup coverage kicks off
>Saturday, June 13, at 2:30 p.m., ET, when Holland
>takes on Belgium. Thirty-seven billion viewers
>around the world are expected to tune in to the
>World Cup this summer. The championship game
>can be seen live on ABC Sports, Sunday, July 12,
>at 2:30 p.m., ET.
>
>"General Hospital," which will air in prime time on
>Monday, June 15, recently taped its 9000th episode
>and celebrated its 35th anniversary with "The
>General Hospital 35th Anniversary Show," which
>also aired in prime time this past April. "General
>Hospital" recently won four Daytime Emmy Awards.
>"One Life to Live" airs in prime time on Thursday,
>June 25, and will celebrate its 30th anniversary on
>July 15.
>
>"One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" air Monday
>- Friday (2:00-3:00 p.m., ET, and 3:00-4:00 p.m.,
>ET, respectively) on the ABC Television Network. Jill
>Farren Phelps is the executive producer of "One Life
>to Live"; Wendy Riche is the executive producer of
>General Hospital."
>
>For more information about "One Life to Live" and
>"General Hospital" visit ABC.com.
>
>-
>
>

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 22:06:51 -0700
From: "Kathryn Bassett" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: GH/PC:  Prime time news

> Does anyone know exactly what time it will be playing in the Los Angele=
s
> area?

> >The ABC Daytime dramas, "General Hospital" and
> >"One Life to Live," will each broadcast an episode in
> >prime time on Monday, June 15, and Thursday,
> >June 25, respectively (8:00 p.m., ET, both nights), it

As it said in the article to which you responded - 8pm. Whenever somethin=
g
says that it is at 8pm ET, that also is the time it shows on PT. Plus, si=
nce
this is planned, it's in the TV Guide.

- --
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap"
=A0=A0=A0 http://pw2.netcom.com/~kathrynb/kathryn.htm


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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Geri Fosseen <[e-mail]>
Subject: GH/PC: Spoiler Warning: TV Guide!

Hi all...

If you don't like spoilers, I strongly suggest resisting the urge to
read the article on Summer Soaps in the new TV Guide!!!  You'll be
safe reading about the rising stars, but the article telling what's
happening on all the soaps this summer is sooooooo full of "too much
information"!! :)


==
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:41:35 -0400
From: Danielle Graham <[e-mail]>
Subject: GH/PC: Taggart & Dara

Well, I must say, I was EVEN MORE impressed w/Real Andrews/Taggart
yesterday, w/the scene w/Alan, but he's up to something....as always. Also,
that scene w/Dara, PHEW! I just love that fella, guess that triangle of
Justus/Dara/Taggart (can't wait to find out his first name, unless it's
already been said...anyone, has it?) also, just in case someone didn't see
the scenes for today's episode...
<
<
<
<
<
<
<
<
<
<
<
The scene w/Mac & Felicia & him kissing her. All I have to say is..."about
time already" if that's what TPTB are going for.

Yikes!
Danielle


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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:09:36 -0400
From: "Julie E. Saker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GH/PC: Taggart & Dara

Message text written by INTERNET:[e-mail]

>Well, I must say, I was EVEN MORE impressed w/Real Andrews/Taggart
>yesterday, w/the scene w/Alan, but he's up to something....as always. =


yeah, that was BIZARRE.

>Also,
>that scene w/Dara, PHEW! I just love that fella, guess that triangle of
>Justus/Dara/Taggart (can't wait to find out his first name, unless it's
>already been said...anyone, has it?)

i believe it's marcus.

and this is just my opinion, of course, but i REALLY don't like the
way he acts around dara.  the man has some sort of god complex
going--not my style at ALL.  if i were dara, i would have put him in
his place LONG ago.

also, i meant to comment on this yesterday, but i forgot--in tuesday's
ep, when monica and emily were talking about paige--did emily =

REALLY say "what does my FIRST MOM have to do with anything?"
did that strike anyone else as something emily would NEVER EVER
SAY?!?  i was really surprised...

julie

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:27:31 -0400
From: Danielle Graham <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: GH/PC: Taggart & Dara

Julie wrote:

<and this is just my opinion, of course, but i REALLY don't like the
<way he acts around dara.  the man has some sort of god complex
<going--not my style at ALL.  if i were dara, i would have put him in
<his place LONG ago.

I must admit that I was feeling the same way for a while, but since the
scenes he's done in the last few weeks, trying to find Michael & opening up
to Dara, I think she believes there's a warm person under the, sometimes,
malicious person that is Taggart. And I am & still kinda bothered by that
whole Alan thing w/Taggart. I can't believe a cop would let an addict just
wander on home. (I can't even get outta a ticket, let alone what Alan was
doing. LOL!) I never thought Dara & Justus had any chemistry, they seem like
oil & water to me anyway.

<when monica and emily were talking about paige--did emily
<REALLY say "what does my FIRST MOM have to do with anything?"
<did that strike anyone else as something emily would NEVER EVER
<SAY?!?  i was really surprised...

yeah, that one did stick in my mind as well. I guess w/the make overs she's
doing, she's changing her mind about things, (grasping at straws, here!)
(but didn't Emily look very tall next to Robin yesterday. I know Robin is
short, but geez, she was towering over her!)
...and just to throw this in, I have been kinda happy that for years Amy
hasn't had anything to say except gossip & this time she kept her mouth shut
(which is really outta character) & is facing off w/Alan. That's pretty
interesting.

Danielle



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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 19:11:30 -0700
From: Taiyin <[e-mail]>
Subject: GH/PC:I need some info

[This bouced. -- T.]

Hi everyone!

I'm new to this list. I'm watching GH for a long time and PC since the
beginning. I'm searching something about GH.

I want to know the first song played at the ball when Stefan and Katherine
were dancing alone.  Does someone know where I can find this info.  I tried
port-charles.com and abc.com.  I need to know the title and the composer of
the song.

Coco





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