tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post178070542319924983..comments2024-03-18T23:48:34.177-04:00Comments on The General Hospital Wub Tub: Liz Webber: Why She Matterskdmaskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05308182064350109835noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-48774708163318127762011-12-22T07:14:41.518-05:002011-12-22T07:14:41.518-05:00As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking t...As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. 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Thanks!<a href="http://www.mvdiabetes.com" rel="nofollow">by revs </a>Diabeteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322040387669124363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-49490209995935059082011-09-26T00:19:46.763-04:002011-09-26T00:19:46.763-04:00Nice post on your blog it’s very attractive to vis...Nice post on your blog it’s very attractive to visitors and easy to understand any one would like to stay on it for a long time <a href="http://www.mvdiabetesbangalore.in/%20/" rel="nofollow">by Revathi</a>mv bangalorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139916171773444788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-30211392256525871292011-06-11T19:49:38.546-04:002011-06-11T19:49:38.546-04:00I guess I'm not the only one who googled "...I guess I'm not the only one who googled "liz webber leaving gh" and found out that the terrible excuse for a replacement is actually a replacement and not just a stand-in for the day. I'm down to "tivo'g" GH 2 episodes/week (Thurs and Fri). I just changed my settings to the Friday show. I'll fast forward through the episodes, but I'm sure I'm done with GH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-30240428172617059332011-06-08T20:01:02.690-04:002011-06-08T20:01:02.690-04:00I got into this conversation late, because today, ...I got into this conversation late, because today, June 8, 2011, I saw someone I didn't know masquerading as Liz (behind that infernal nurse's station where nothing hospital-related ever happens except loud arguments among the staff). I googled "GH Elizabeth leaving", and I am shocked--but not at all surprised-- that the Jill Farren Phelps regime has dumped yet another legacy character whose personality it has ruined in the process. <br /><br />The GH management have a particularly nasty but ludicrous way of getting rid of unwanted characters, both old and new: the yearly "contract-about-to-expire purge," which usually takes the form of earthquakes, mass murders, hostage-crises, hotel conflagrations, bus crashes or other major disasters that will result in widespread collateral damage--usually of characters we won't miss in the first place. I call it the lazy-writers' syndrome (and this malady also pertains to the holiday repeats).<br /><br />I've been watching GH since Luke, Laura, the Quartermaynes (Who can forget the heart-breaking scene between Tracy and Edward when he had his heart-attack?), Frank Smith, and the adventure of the Left-Handed Boy. The show was fabulous for its cliff-hanger mysteries, its superlative acting, and its wry sense of humor. <br /><br />GH didn't take itself so seriously then: e.g., Frank Smith, the mobster with the PC non-Italian name; the hospital in-jokes, such as the Floating Rib Restaurant, and the Bucket Of Blood Bar. The Cassidines were ridiculous, but they were fun, especially when Constance Towers took over the role of Helena!!! <br /><br />Even after Luke and Laura had their heyday, there have been wonderful episodes, to name only two: the honest and sensitive romance between young Lucky and Liz in the abandoned train car; and, my favorites, the episodes in which the original Carly (Sarah Brown) and Bobby Spencer discovered their true relationship. Television acting at its best and most truly moving.<br /><br />I am especially annoyed at the way GH rips off other writers/directors (and this began happening before the advent of Phelps & co.): e.g., the whole mob story--Michael (!), Sonny (!) Cor-(!)inthos; and the cutaway technique of the first BIG MOB HIT. I'm surprised that Francis Ford Coppola didn't sue the writers for grand-theft plagiarism.<br /> <br />The thing that makes me the most angry, though, is the shabby way that GH treats all its legacy actors/characters that made fans watch in the first place. Those that the writers have not assassinated, either literally or character-wise, they have invited back for a few episodes with nothing to do, and then they have shamefully dumped them (e.g. Robert and Anna Scorpio; Holly; Leslie Webber; Felicia, Bobbie, Scotty, and, of course, Laura). As someone remarked, all of these characters have relatives on the show, and therefore reasons for being in a storyline; and out there "happy in Paris" simply will not do for Genie Francis, without whom no one would still be watching this soap. <br /><br />Does the GH management not realise that in treating its legacy actors badly, it is insulting its longtime audience? But then, with the endless ageing of children (but not their parents), the management seems to be going after that elusive younger demographic (who, being in school, at play, or at work will not be watching the show anyway). Hence, their emphasis on what someone in S.O. Digest, in respect to GH, called the "Young and the Zestless"! Can anyone blame Luke and Jax (whose character is now both stupid and mean) for taking regular long holidays--at huge paid salaries, one hopes.<br /><br />I am not certain whether the writers are ruining the show because CBS plans to axe it anyway, as they have the other two soaps in their stable. Perhaps if GH loses its audience base no one will miss it and put up a fuss.<br /><br />RIP GH! We'll remember the good times in the oh-so-good-old-days long gone by.FSLhttp://fsantoro1984@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-66374398018892185862011-06-08T19:17:35.454-04:002011-06-08T19:17:35.454-04:00I am saddened by Liz leaving also. Since Brenda ha...I am saddened by Liz leaving also. Since Brenda has come back, I only watch on Fridays...maybe now, I will not watch at all. All of my favorite characters have been killed off or replaced and it is not interesting. I agree whole- heartedly with your post. Thank you for writing it. Tuned in today to someone else playing Liz and googled what happened to her. SAD...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-2113570082934604362011-03-07T00:02:33.306-05:002011-03-07T00:02:33.306-05:00I realize I'm coming into this way late, and t...I realize I'm coming into this way late, and there are so many thoughtful posts here, I'm not sure I could read them all, so I wouldn't be surprised if this has already been said, but...as a Liz fan (mostly, but not because of RH, because of the writing/character choices made by the writers. <br /><br />That said, to play devil's advocate (though I'm happy for RH) having three children during a relatively short time frame, especially for a character who became an adult almost overnight and whose (IMO)best chemistry/story line is tied into Jason (Liason also my fave)who we would not love nearly as much if he weren't the torn bad boy.<br /><br />I can appreciate that the show's budget is lacking, and with that comes hard choices, but I agree that getting rid of Liz is the WORST idea for the show.<br /><br />I watched for years and the stopped until I found myself with a lot of time on my hands and a curiosity for whatever happened to Liz and Jason. I've caught up with everything to present and can see how wonderful the story could be for her, and how great she was at creating an actual sense of drama, but when the Jason storyline obviously couldn't go any further (but that last round seems incredibly short-lived), they turn her into someone no one likes?<br /><br />I do think (HOPE) that this will turn out to be a good thing and I've found myself wondering at some story possibilities.<br /><br />Given the speculation about something happening to Jake, I wonder if Jake my need a transplant from Jason, which would obviously reignite the Liason storyline, and there's no way they can continue to have the lack of safety for the kids as an excuse to keep them apart as there isn't a single person in Port Charles who hasn't experienced some sort of mortal danger from one threat or another. <br /><br />If Sonny can have a gaggle of kids running around, so can Liason. Let the fans have what they want for at least a year before you shake up whatever you need to shake up! And then, SORAS those kids within a couple of years so you can make Liz a little less tied down. If she's with Jason, she doesn't have to nurse, she can pursue her painting and it can bring back some of her original depth, but this time it can actually be death because the girl has had some TRAUMA. <br /><br />Or, flip of the coin, and most because it would kill Carly, what about Liz and Jax?! It's perfect. They're gorgeous, they dated once upon a time off camera, they have great on screen chemistry and history with the surrogate storyline. It would keep Jax's hate of the organization alive and Jax loves taking on other people's kids.<br /><br />Option three, what if Liz gives up the kids to all of their father's (Lucky can have Cameron and Aiden) so that she can get to rebuilding her character.<br /><br />Also, I think the Mayan cooled off because they have zero chemistry and because Ethan and Kristina are the next Liason...just as soon as she's 18.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-43257054418129956622011-01-25T22:38:30.516-05:002011-01-25T22:38:30.516-05:00*sigh* bodywash*sigh* bodywashAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-87107666250647102752011-01-25T22:33:01.814-05:002011-01-25T22:33:01.814-05:00Isn't it sad that in this age when "Twili...Isn't it sad that in this age when "Twilight" is a huge commercial success that there's no romance in the genre that was designed around it? Herbst is a class act, with vast story potential, who's been wasted at least since her says w/ Rick Hearst ( another wasted standout). It's GH's loss.. Nancy Lee Grahn will be next, now that they aged her offspring into tedious cyphers. What's left ? Charisma-free Lulu? Wet fart Robin? Poor Maxie in the abandoned "The Devil Wears Prada" knockoff storyline? The unwatchable Bremda harpy? The mannequinish, squeaking Abby ? <br /><br />Should've left with the revoltingly awful way they dumped Genie Francis. Should've left with the luminous Tamara Braun's Carly. Guess I still had hope that GH would turn around. But that's not the case anymore. GH can keep their cop-killer "hero". Steve Burton can keep phoning it in. They can unravel moronic farces like the Balkan. James Franco can slum and ridicule the wanna-bes. I'm just glad I was able to see GH when it was magic -- that's what I'll remember when the soaps are finally put to sleep. Wish the young girls had a chance to experience romantic dramas.<br /><br />When women Herbst's age should be a key demographic, they're dumping her because she too old, too "Mommy" to use - oh well, maybe as long as dirty, scuzzy Dante is sucking in all the oxygen in the room they can sell bidywas for men -lol!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-258770728221585462011-01-24T15:54:13.044-05:002011-01-24T15:54:13.044-05:00I think that Liz is shocked and upset about what t...I think that Liz is shocked and upset about what they are doing with her character. One thing I bet she grateful for is that she met her husband Juan on the show and has 3 wonderful kids with him. She is a talented actress and I am sure she will get something soon. I remember when she first started and now she leaving. I wish her the best in whatever she does.Lizfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-15383564407716664012011-01-20T21:04:37.714-05:002011-01-20T21:04:37.714-05:00as a liz/becky fan from the day she strutted up to...as a liz/becky fan from the day she strutted up to audrey's porch, i am doubly glad that i finally got off the GH crack two years ago. i just gave up for many of the reasons stated above, especially regarding the unholy triad of phelps/guza/frons systematically destroying what made GH such a compelling show. based on the comments, it seems like the regime finally got what they wanted by writing liz into a corner and detroying her core characteristics. i'm GLAD i didn't stick around to watch that happen. i'm just sorry becky has lost her job and i hope some smart show runner snaps her up soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-61326712897965851202011-01-20T19:59:02.572-05:002011-01-20T19:59:02.572-05:00While I am shocked that she has been fired. I thin...While I am shocked that she has been fired. I think the show will go on. I was never a Liason fan but did like her with Lucky but the writers painted her into a corner ... gave her 3 kids by 3 different men and had her sleeping with Nikolas. They ruined her character and that is why I won't miss her!!! GO JASAM!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-34039633180986138472011-01-20T16:14:05.577-05:002011-01-20T16:14:05.577-05:00I will no longer watch GH! I've had it with th...I will no longer watch GH! I've had it with this mobcrap and the Sonny, Jason and Brenda show. I only started watching again because of the return of Lucky. And what do I see Liz and Nik but Becky is beautiful and talented I love Maya also and Mayan. Annie is very talented and I hope her pilots get picked up I haven't watch the show all week don't intend sick of Carly and her terrible impression of Maura West!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-67341829049366181782011-01-20T12:37:35.893-05:002011-01-20T12:37:35.893-05:00I have watched GH for over 35 yrs and don't ev...I have watched GH for over 35 yrs and don't even recognize it anymore. We have characters like Olivia, Brook, Abby, Claire, Lisa, Ronnie, Dante, Terrell, Siobhan, get away with everything Kristina. Who are these people and why should I care? Where are Bobbie, Alexis, Nickolas, Luke, Tracy? On the backburner. Why did Alan, Laura, Emily, Lorenzo, Ric, Georgie, The Q's, The Jones, The Spencers, The Cassadines, The Scorpios, and now Liz Webber have to die or be let go from the show? The remaining vets should be worried. I know I'm missing some but I just needed to vent. The history of GH is gone and sadly so am I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-29934843148772526962011-01-19T22:21:02.615-05:002011-01-19T22:21:02.615-05:00I am appalled at Becky Herbst being let go from GH...I am appalled at Becky Herbst being let go from GH. She's been with the show since 1997 and is an important part of the canvas that TPTB have underused. Say what you want about Liz and her pairings, but she made them work. I personally loved Liz with Nikolas and I think that could have been explored further. I think you're right that Tyler Christopher could very well be on his way out too - he knows that there's no place on the show anymore for non-mob characters. Now we're stuck with redundant mob crap, Brenda on every freaking day, newbies we have no investment in and sad attempts at "pairings" that the writers put no effort into. Becky deserves better and so do the other underused actors. I only hope they give Liz a dignified exit hopefully with some hope of Nik joining her at some point - at least give her and Nikolas some kind of happy ending with their kids. GH has lost everything that made it entertaining, rootable and watchable - and TPTB are sinking the GH ship by their own hand.<br /><br />All the best to Becky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-22418556211290578122011-01-19T20:15:22.472-05:002011-01-19T20:15:22.472-05:00I actually cried a little when I heard this. I lit...I actually cried a little when I heard this. I literally grew up with Liz. I feel like I'm losing a friend.Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560845187047449355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-55456005188317840412011-01-19T19:38:53.287-05:002011-01-19T19:38:53.287-05:00so sad and shock! i'm like crying typing this ...so sad and shock! i'm like crying typing this message! i can't believe that they will take her out of the show! she is an important character!!!!!!! i mean very important she has been with gh for a long time!!!! i knew something was wrong when they gave a contract to the girl that plays shioban and look i was right she will stay with gh. and i also notice that rebecca has not been shown in gh she has like little scenes! i cant believe it right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we need to petition call and write that we want her to stay!!! i thought that they wll have a reunion elizabeth and lucky and the whole aiden paternity thing!!!!!!!!! what the F... is wrong with gh right now!!!!! hopefully she does not get killed in the show! so that when she does come back she will be still alive! look what they did to emily's character! general hospital right now is very different then before! gh before was way better than now. they really ruin elizabeth webber! her character has been ruin!!!!!! i have a feeling that she left the show on her own maybe because she didnt like her character anymore because they ruin it or she left because she has not been like acting like her scenes are so not long and she only comes out once in a while!!!!! i dont think she got fired! but then again she cant leave the show because she has many fans that like her! i dont know but i will not watch gh anymore if she does leave!!!!!!!!! this is bullsh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so sad and shocking right now! what are they thinking shioban and lucky as a couple no way!!!!!!!!! from the start it was lucky and elizabeth!!!!!!!!! the writers and everyone behind gh ruin everything for us fans of liz and lucky!!!!!!!!! i'm still hoping praying and wishing that she will not leave the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /> :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-4973333754652713612011-01-19T18:58:43.639-05:002011-01-19T18:58:43.639-05:00Damn sad day for GH fans.Thank you for writing tha...Damn sad day for GH fans.Thank you for writing that and appreciating what an important character Elizabeth is. I adore that you put up a picture of LL2 when Lucky serenaded her to the song he wrote for her "Elizabeth". I can hear it in my head right now and it's making me tear up. For 13 years Elizabeth has been my favorite character...since I was 7. I feel like I've grown up with her. I'm still in stock and shaking my head. Love all Becky and Elizabeth fans out there. Keep up the support. You guys are the best. This is just absolutely awful. *hugs all of you* Now I will never have my real L&L2 reunion. But I will always remember the magic JJ & RH created together. They will always be my favorite couple. I will never forget their incredible lovestory and what it meant to me ♥ Best of luck to Becky. She did not deserve this. This is how they treat their vets who have been nothing but loyal. I just can't. She's is a total sweetheart, beautiful and talented actress. I don't even watch other soaps but I will follow her to any show she goes to. The writers are total hacks. Look what they've done to the show and now firing a 13 yr vet? She is a beloved fan favorite. What are they smoking!? GH is barely watchable as it is. She was really the only thing keeping me hanging on to GH hoping for a good storyline for her. When Becky leaves I will no longer care to watch.andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503986812521204781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-35841293150435971902011-01-19T17:53:46.157-05:002011-01-19T17:53:46.157-05:00Beautifully written, Karen. I only hope Becky revi...Beautifully written, Karen. I only hope Becky reviews some of these posts some day and sees how much support there is for her. <br /><br />Sadly, I predict GH will be the next show to be given the ax. <br /><br />These re-runs are just depressing me, all it does is make me realize how good this show used to be and how awful it is now. After 35 years I am done. Nice job, Guza, nice job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-76910140549428601442011-01-19T17:34:56.746-05:002011-01-19T17:34:56.746-05:00Oh I am a PEARL! I haven't dug that number ou...Oh I am a PEARL! I haven't dug that number out in years. I even thought that I was a Liason fan more than a Becky/Elizabeth fan but I now realize that I am not. I have watched and enjoyed every storyline Elizabeth has been in since she came onto the show. Yes, even the ones that I hated because Becky was so good and so believable in everything she did. I will miss her deeply and wish her tons of luck. I will follow her wherever she goes. I sadly do not think there is anything left for me (a lifetime viewer of 30 years)at GH.CSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-42472874142746289492011-01-19T16:40:21.620-05:002011-01-19T16:40:21.620-05:00Beautifully said, Karen. I am so sad today. We wil...Beautifully said, Karen. I am so sad today. We will have to U tube some Ole Lizzy scenes but I'm not ready yet : (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-42449470816016553492011-01-19T16:24:08.311-05:002011-01-19T16:24:08.311-05:00I have that horrible pit of my stomach feeling whe...I have that horrible pit of my stomach feeling when you lose something. Pathetic to some, but this gal was on the show for 14 years people!Mrs. Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-2555618455659371502011-01-19T16:03:05.178-05:002011-01-19T16:03:05.178-05:00GH is such a BIG MESS right now!! with all the new...GH is such a BIG MESS right now!! with all the newbies eating up the air time from the vets, & uninteresting storylines & couples GH will be headed for darker days. This ABCD is dying because of the writers & the exec, viewers are tired of watching the fan favs underused or thrown under a bus. I loved the character of Liz because she was feisty, independent, & loyal to her friends. Over the last 2 yrs Guza has totally stripped this character of the things we have grown to love over the years and made her unrecognizable. This was a bad business decision because a beloved fan fav was thrown away like yesterday garbage while ABC keeps hiring newbies that have NO history or connection to the canvas & to the viewers. I hope Mr. Bell(Y&R) see the buzz Rebecca is getting and decide to snap her up because she will be an assetto their show. This decision maybe GH's swan song.ladybug751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-9809618113141175662011-01-19T15:13:53.560-05:002011-01-19T15:13:53.560-05:00I, too would like to Thank you Karen for your kind...I, too would like to Thank you Karen for your kind words and hitting the proverbial nail on the head with why Elizabeth Webber is an integral part of this show.<br /><br />Like many, though it is painful to see her go, the writing should have been on the wall. 3 WTD stories within a decade!! Really?!? More like WTF!!!<br /><br />What I cannot begin to fathom is is the poor excuse for a press release??<br /><br />Ofcourse, there isn't any story for a beloved character that you've dragged through the mud and left stripped of her fundamental traits that defined her as a character from the time she was first introduced.<br />Isn't that typical of all the character on the canvas right now??<br />For example, Jason, what story does he have other than to take care of Sonny and Carly's kids?? So should Steve Burton be let go too?<br />Sonny, for years has done nothing but felt pity for himself and the failures of relationships.<br />So should Maurice Benard be let go too?<br />Sam, has been wanting a child and nothing more of substance to her character.<br />So should Kelly Monaco be let go too?<br />Carly, has been nothing but a busy body from the day she roared into town. No growth whatsoever.<br />So should Laura Wright be let go too?<br />Jax, flies into town, tries to save whichever girl is involved with Sonny and nothing else. Not to mention his constant vakays.<br />So should Ingo Rademacher be let go too?<br /><br />If this isn't a line of BS, then I don't know what is???<br /><br />Maybe, it's time that the writers and execs be let go and the characters that belong remain and lets see what happens!!Watchintelenoreply@blogger.com