World AIDS Day: General Hospital Legacy

                                                                        1993-95
Back in the days when GH was at the forefront of sweeping stories, nothing had been on quite like the Stone Cates tale of a young heterosexual man with the HIV Virus. Not only that, he infected his young girlfriend, a major character on the show with the virus as well. His struggle and death was at the heart of one of the most classic of all GH arcs. Michael Sutton won a Daytime Emmy award for his work and appeared in two AIDS related PSAs and educational videos.


Branching out from his death, the popular Nurses' Ball was held every year in his honor. Many fans don't realize it ran from 1994-2001 and showcased some of the best talents on GH.  One of my fave numbers  was "Jail House Rock" featuring Taggert (Real Andrews), Dara Jenson (Vanita Harbor) and Lucky and Liz Webber. These Balls also gave us a glimpse into the stars other talents besides acting. They were a joy to watch. Unfortunately,  because of budget concerns and the move to more block taping, these productions were cut. 

Many GHers continue to do charity work for the AIDS cause. Alberta walked with team SCRUBS in the LA AIDS Walkathon last year. This year, Alberta raised $200 with the help of WUBS fans for the LA AIDS Cause. Alberta has also walked in the NYC AIDS charity event. 


I dedicate this blog today to my childhood friend Mark who died from complications from the virus in 1988. He was a great guy and is missed so much.

Sunday Surgery: General Hospital Tid Bits & Rumors!

TEAM SCRUBS Wubs has TSHIRTS to help support the cause! Karla and Paul will be walking for the Wubbies..you can help by either donating to their page, clicking on sponsors on the Wubs Net or ordering a wonderful Wub Tshirt. (you can also wear them to your many GH events to show you are a WUBBER!)





Ah, what a Friday ...eh? I finally got info about all the WEDDING FASHION for you!! The info mainly comes from SOD and a few wardrobe peeps!

Maxie's gown: Made in house by wardrobe. Bradford's tux: Hugo Boss

Lulu's gown by Enzoani, Jason in Armani, Bobbie in Marc Bouwer, Robin in BCBG And Coleman in a vintage '70's suit (how fun is that!?)
The minister is wearing an Anglecian robe (Episcopalian)

Oh, what? Did you say you didn't see BOBBIE in those scenes on Friday? If you look closely she is sitting in the 'audience' when they pan over it. Interesting how she didn't have a speaking part. LOL. She will appear on camera when Mac faints. Why the hell they didn't have her talk to Maxie before the wedding is beyond me. Oh, wait...they didn't want to spend the money?
The Rehearsal party's comin' up.... should be fun.

HUGE RUMORS all ovah the place about Claudia's demise (you knew they were coming)!! Newest is: Claudia gets blown to bits by Daddy Z. Lily Deja Vu. This is what FINALLY pushes Sonny outta the mob. That and the fact his kid is a fed. Hmmmmmm. Guza says: Don't hold your breath! LOL Also up: The whole "Romeo/Juliet" and "Star Crossed Lovers" references that Molly keeps bringing up tie into Claudia's death because Jason thinks it's Sam that goes boom. Another rumor has Claudia dying and the fingers pointed at Olivia. Spoiler: (On here first!) When Sonny puts the breaks on a baby, Claudia turns to DOMte! Anyone else remember his showfax script for audition? It had Claudia seducing him over pizza..heh. Check out new spoilers later today on the Wubs Net.
Oh, and when you read the Cassadine stuff, take them with a shot of tequila...all that sheezbot is changing daily. I don't know what the hell is going on with the arc on that saga. And I refuse to try anymore! heh.

KGMB took a tour of GH studios and there are some fabu pics of it here: SET TOUR

BTW, those of you keeping tabs on the AMC move? Well, seems head honchos have caved a bit about the "you're in or you're out" thing. Actors will be allowed to commute. Wait for the block taping to make AMC look a lot more like GH in the future!
Have a great Sunday! Thanks for all your wubbly support.

GH on 9/4: Movin' the Blog

I'm testing this Blog out. I can put ads on here (which I know are a pain but I need them !!). Many of you have Blogger accounts as well. Let's see how it goes, shall we?

Kirsten Storms twitpicked this After Emmy Party! Check out her Official Site: Glamour Girl. BTW, her twitter name IS @teenystweeting –verified by her, Sarah Brown and WUBS!
There are some new spoilers up. Guza said in SID that Scotty/Serena return is a “good idea” but sounds less than likely. DOMte may need a transplant but I think Olivia’s secret is safe for now. They’ll have that reveal during a sweeps time!!

Please also check out the AIDS WALK LA information and support Team Scrubs Wubs! Do you live near LA and want to join up? You can walk with the Scrubs Wubs –they’ll meet up with Team Scrubs and Kim McCoullough and Jason Thompson! I so wish I lived there, I’d go in a second. Please hit a sponsor to help raise money for these great teams!

AMC Today:Good Lord, was that a wedding dress Annie had on? EEK! Keep those sunglasses on, Adam! Other than that..zzzzzzz AMC Insider tweeted (@amcinsider) that Thorsten Kaye is OUT of AMC. Which, stands to reason since his wife is now working in NYC on OLTL. I hope they kill him off in a really gruesome way on AMC and then he goes back to OLTL!!

OLTL: Infamous scene that “Carlotta” quit over! The whole “Christian may be gay” stuff… It’s actually nice and light hearted. The first actress said “Carlotta” would never say that because she’s so Catholic. Whatever. See ya! They did a great scene with John shooting the police-guy and us thinking it was Cole! (well, those of us SPOILER free, that is). TEA in the courtroom=bull dog!

Loved the Starr/Sean thing, they were so cute. I don’t watch Rachael to like that Doctor schmoozie guy. And–come on. Not another Starr kidnapping! LOL

GENERAL HOSPITAL: This is on Daytime Confidential, read the whole article, its’ great.
The soap (GH) , which took home the Outstanding Writing award at the Daytime Emmys this past weekend, has lost a staggering 362,000 viewers year-to-date, much more than any other soap opera. GH is also down a critical three-tenths of a ratings point in households.

TODAY’S SHOW: Poor Andrea. She’ll run out of the drug before she can get it into Edward! LMAO. Max and Diane are so fun, I so wish they’d show them more. Derk Cheetwood auditioned for LOST!Carolyn Hennesy is going to be on COUGAR TOWN! They’d better keep those two on the show!!
Fake Set for Scrubs on the drunk tank. Must have filmed that before the real thing. Loved them trying to dunk Patrick though. MOLLY dunks: Patrick, DOMte, Johnny–LOL. All wet tshirt men today! oooo lah lah.
Claudia wore such dark black. She has to use Tide Total! Spinelli witht he balloon! LOL. Even Maurice had to smile at him!
How nice to have our cast outside, doing different things. I love it! MAC DADDY! Everyone is there! They popped to pay for everyone. Even EXTRAS who TALK! Patrick in a Wet Tshirt! AnthonyZ talking about “Wack A Mole’!! LOL

YOU MUST watch GH today…if you missed it, catch it on Soap Net. Really fun. If they did more cast integration, we’d be all set. KeMo did such a fun Valley Girl! JaSam was even entertaining and they weren’t part of the fair yet.

Like the Cirillo brothers story! The gypsy story is such a set up but you have to say it was fun. “Chief of Police”. The gypsy would have been great if it had been Connie in a mylar mask.
Rebecily in her Donna Reed Dress. And isn’t the carny stick perfect for Ethan?!
WE HAVE to let GH know how much we LOVED the cast integration at this point!! OF course, it had to be semi-ruined with idiot GUN MEN at the end. Maybe Anthony Z is talking to Alkazar? What do you think?

MORE STUFF:

CHRISSY FIT: (mercedes) twittered she’s going to be an Aunt soon to a baby boy! Congrats!
BRANDON BARASH ALERT: He’ ll be on THE MDA telethon 9/6 into 9/7. I don’t think he’s singing until around 1am.

GH is a rerun Monday….maybe we’ll SKYPE during GH on Tuesday??! Could be fun.