80's Flashback - General Hospitale

NOTE:  I posted this video back in January, but I thought it would be appropriate to re-post today (with additional commentary).

For those of you who didn't watch "GH" (as we called it back then), this video will make absolutely no sense to you.  But if you happened to be a General Hospital fan back in the 80's, it will bring back lots of memories.

Side Note:  When I was a kid I had a paper route which required me to deliver newspapers after school (anyone remember EVENING newspapers?!?? - DAMN I'm old...).  But I was such a huge General Hospital fan that I would come home and watch GH first - and THEN deliver the newspapers.  This displeased many of the people on my route - especially the elderly - because they wanted their paper NOW (so they could read the Obituaries - seriously).  However, when one hires a gay Paperboy, one must realize that our priorities (watch fave soap opera, fix hair, deliver newspapers - in that order) are somewhat different than our straight counterparts (deliver newspapers, think about girls, play sports - in that order).

BTW - Since there is just an ever-so-slight possibility I may write some snarky things about my hospital visit, I've decided not to actually name the facility where I was treated.  From now on it will be referred to as "General Hospitale".

General Hospi-Tale!

I watched General Hospital from 7th Grade all the way through college.  And I remember this novelty song from back in the day - General Hospi-tale, which mentioned many of the plotlines which were going on at the time.

General Hospital Actress Dies

Shell Kepler, who played General Hospital's resident gossip and nurse, died Friday at the age of 49. See the full story here.

I used to LOVE Nurse Amy Vining, Shell's character on the show. I started watching General Hospital (or as we simply called it - "General") in the 7th grade - and continued through college. In fact, the TV lounge in my (male) college dorm was reserved for General Hospital viewing ONLY from 3:00 to 4:00 each weekday. And let me tell you - that room was usually PACKED. We were NOT about to miss the exploits of Luke and Laura, Monica and Alan (and the rest of the Quartermains), Blackie, Dr. Noah Drake, and my absolute favorite - crazy ass Heather Webber.

It's a shame that Nurse Amy Vining will no longer be spreading gossip from the nurse's station at General Hospital. Rest in peace girl!