—References to "General Hospital"
Fidelity; Poison
Good Morning, my lovlies!
It's a short entry today because a) Fidelity had a small GH reference and Poison had a smaller one. It's itty bitty and b) I left my DVDs and notes at Best Friend's "house" on Friday. Upon realizing the error of my ways, I did scream, rend my clothes and gnash my teeth.
None of which made my DVDs and notes appear in the apartment so, although I felt better about things, all that palaver really didn't help much.
To my great embarrassment and sadness, the DVDs turned up in the car when Best Friend called me today and said, "I'm going with Mum down to the Gallery tomorrow and will be near you just in time for GH. Will you be home?" "Yes," I said, "By the way, did I leave my House DVDs in the safari room yesterday?" "Uh, no." "Hmm. Did you hear me scream in agony?" "Uh, no. Are you okay?"
hee
But, Onward, Pioneers, Onward!
Fidelity had such a small reference that without the presence of Best Friend and her urging, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it.
After Foreman diagnoses Tulerimia, House turns on the show. We snap off with him turning the television off over the bogus credits.
Next, in "Poison", House is watching his minivision (again) and asides to Mother, "That's Susie. She'll never marry him. No money."
What makes me laugh my fanny off is that's my sister's name and I could say the same thing about her.
LOLOLOL
Er.
Sorry.
(But that's really freakin' hilarious.)
(With apologies to my brother-in-law who is a complete dreamboat.)
ANYway, since that's all I have for today, I'll answer a few more of the questions contributed by "Certified Genius". And you know who you are.
"How do the showings or mention of GH connect to the episodes they are in?"
Funnily enough, BF asked this self-same question on Friday.
Answer: They don't seem to have any connection whatsoever to the A Plot or the B Plot of the specific episode. So far, the closest they come to even being relevant (other than as another character trait of House's) is that the clips demonstrate how House reacts to them.
In one, he diagnoses the fictional patient with amnesia. In another, he uses the show to escape from facing patients/clients.
So, the bottom line (thus far) is that the use of GH is a CPD devised to give House an exit strategy. (Remember, they also used the baseball game in the teaser of "Love Hurts" for the same reason.)
Next?
"Are the things we see actual scenes from GH?"
No. They've only used two real clips and only one made it to airing. In the Unaired premier, they used a shot of Dr. Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) performing surgery and channeling Cuddy, "When we make mistakes, people die." In the Aired version, they used a shot of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) at the Nurse's station...during the scene where Foreman and House share a rather grotty lunch together in the cafeteria. House is much more fascinated by the television over Foreman's head than the fact that Foreman is eating an egg salad sandwich contaminated by the snot of the kitchen staff.
Ew.
Next, please.
"Are they recreations of scenes that are simliar to scenes in GH or are they just using the name?"
Other than the fact that the fake scenes are set in a hospital, they are nothing like the real series. Not even the character names are the same. :-
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For a final hurrah, today, I thought I might start connecting the dots....and by that I mean to include links to actors' websites (official and amateur) so that people can start putting faces to names.
Here are the heavy hitters:
Maurice Benard
http://www.angelfire.com/az2/BetCat/welcome.html
Steve Burton
http://www.bohmphoto.com/steve-burton.web.jpg
(Steve? You SO should have been an emergency backup elf in any of the LOTR films, you handsome devil, you.)
Nancy Lee Grahn
Who couldn't be lovlier if she tried.
Oh, just go here: http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/gallery/61835_14.html
That's a really cool page with everyone and their cousin. Literally.
===========
Last note, I promise.
One thing to remember about soaps is to not get too attached to actors. Because these shows are around for an elephant's age, actors come and go. The newest one to leave and return is Carly. She is a pivotal character but has now chewed through four actors. Her most recent incarnation premiered on Friday last.
It's a short entry today because a) Fidelity had a small GH reference and Poison had a smaller one. It's itty bitty and b) I left my DVDs and notes at Best Friend's "house" on Friday. Upon realizing the error of my ways, I did scream, rend my clothes and gnash my teeth.
None of which made my DVDs and notes appear in the apartment so, although I felt better about things, all that palaver really didn't help much.
To my great embarrassment and sadness, the DVDs turned up in the car when Best Friend called me today and said, "I'm going with Mum down to the Gallery tomorrow and will be near you just in time for GH. Will you be home?" "Yes," I said, "By the way, did I leave my House DVDs in the safari room yesterday?" "Uh, no." "Hmm. Did you hear me scream in agony?" "Uh, no. Are you okay?"
hee
But, Onward, Pioneers, Onward!
Fidelity had such a small reference that without the presence of Best Friend and her urging, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it.
After Foreman diagnoses Tulerimia, House turns on the show. We snap off with him turning the television off over the bogus credits.
Next, in "Poison", House is watching his minivision (again) and asides to Mother, "That's Susie. She'll never marry him. No money."
What makes me laugh my fanny off is that's my sister's name and I could say the same thing about her.
LOLOLOL
Er.
Sorry.
(But that's really freakin' hilarious.)
(With apologies to my brother-in-law who is a complete dreamboat.)
ANYway, since that's all I have for today, I'll answer a few more of the questions contributed by "Certified Genius". And you know who you are.
"How do the showings or mention of GH connect to the episodes they are in?"
Funnily enough, BF asked this self-same question on Friday.
Answer: They don't seem to have any connection whatsoever to the A Plot or the B Plot of the specific episode. So far, the closest they come to even being relevant (other than as another character trait of House's) is that the clips demonstrate how House reacts to them.
In one, he diagnoses the fictional patient with amnesia. In another, he uses the show to escape from facing patients/clients.
So, the bottom line (thus far) is that the use of GH is a CPD devised to give House an exit strategy. (Remember, they also used the baseball game in the teaser of "Love Hurts" for the same reason.)
Next?
"Are the things we see actual scenes from GH?"
No. They've only used two real clips and only one made it to airing. In the Unaired premier, they used a shot of Dr. Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) performing surgery and channeling Cuddy, "When we make mistakes, people die." In the Aired version, they used a shot of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) at the Nurse's station...during the scene where Foreman and House share a rather grotty lunch together in the cafeteria. House is much more fascinated by the television over Foreman's head than the fact that Foreman is eating an egg salad sandwich contaminated by the snot of the kitchen staff.
Ew.
Next, please.
"Are they recreations of scenes that are simliar to scenes in GH or are they just using the name?"
Other than the fact that the fake scenes are set in a hospital, they are nothing like the real series. Not even the character names are the same. :-
==================================
For a final hurrah, today, I thought I might start connecting the dots....and by that I mean to include links to actors' websites (official and amateur) so that people can start putting faces to names.
Here are the heavy hitters:
Maurice Benard
http://www.angelfire.com/az2/BetCat/welcome.html
Steve Burton
http://www.bohmphoto.com/steve-burton.web.jpg
(Steve? You SO should have been an emergency backup elf in any of the LOTR films, you handsome devil, you.)
Nancy Lee Grahn
Who couldn't be lovlier if she tried.
Oh, just go here: http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/gallery/61835_14.html
That's a really cool page with everyone and their cousin. Literally.
===========
Last note, I promise.
One thing to remember about soaps is to not get too attached to actors. Because these shows are around for an elephant's age, actors come and go. The newest one to leave and return is Carly. She is a pivotal character but has now chewed through four actors. Her most recent incarnation premiered on Friday last.
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