ABC Network - General Hospital (Last 14 Minutes, 11/20/1979) 🏥

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

My mom has been a big fan of General Hospital for many years, I'm sure she was watching this back in the day while taking care of 17-month-old me at home. ^_^ RIP Stuart Damon and Jacklyn Zeman.

[@Musicradio77Network]

As a little baby, I wasn’t a fan of soaps, but “General Hospital” was one of them that my grandmother used to watched. The first half of the closing credits was from around 1979, but they continued into the 1990’s where it was replaced by credit crunches with the promos to go with it which is very annoying to this day. “General Hospital” has been on ABC since the 1960’s where it continues to this day, and it’s one of two remaining soaps for the network. Look what happened to CBS, they got rid of “Guiding Light” and “As The World Turns” and on NBC, they got rid of “Days Of Our Lives” since it’s on Peacock, and it was replaced with nothing but boring news.

[@kengeorgejones6855]

@@Musicradio77Network I don't think anyone really notices or cares enough about the loss to television with the loss of soaps, especially the training ground aspect.

[@wmbrown6]

@@kengeorgejones6855 - And not just with the soaps, either. On the local front, there used to be the kids' shows and the dance shows and the lifestyle shows . . . hey, Chicago alone had Bozo (WGN), BJ & Dirty Dragon (WFLD & WGN), Garfield Goose (WBBM & WGN), and so forth.

[@kengeorgejones6855]

@@wmbrown6 I used to watch Bozo through WGN. It's a shame there's nothing comparable now.

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thank you for sharing these soap opera rarities. As you said, this is a great reminder of how integral Jackie Zeman was to GH for years, and to when soaps actually had aftermaths for storylines. Beyond those moments, it's great to see wicked Tracy Quartermaine.

[@GrannieLee]

Tracy was a viper! She was perfect in that role

[@c.draper1483]

Great find! GH was so good back in ‘79 & ‘80.

[@GrannieLee]

The best years!!❤

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

man, this was the soap opera back in the day. ALL the ones on ABC back in the 70's and 80's.

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

my boy MacGyver/Richard Dean Anderson at 5:02

[@stephaniegoldman4060]

14 minutes isn’t enough!❤

[@betsykeller9096]

There are a ton of old GH playlists on YT. You can watch a heck of a lot more than 14 minutes!

[@Syllacrostics]

Glad to see you back!!

[@MichaelJustice-ng7by]

I remember watching this with my mom as a kid

[@erroljr.7480]

Who'd have thunk that Roy would be back 20 years later 1999 in the shape of A Martinez!

[@sherryhannah9262]

@errolljr7480 A Martinez is hunky

[@RusstheTroubadour]

2:48 Jonathan Winters in the Chee-tos advert.

[@DeptOfRevenue]

Jeese I had to work nights 1979 and remember all these faces from daytime TV. I wanna say I remember the faces by flipping thru the few chnls we had. I never actually watched them.

[@roxyabrooks864]

Thank you! Can we see that old show with Frazier Thomas, too? Family Classics, I think it was called. However, these are FUZZY MEMORIES 😂😂😂

[@davidbrunson8887]

Characters who were absent from these scenes: Audrey, Lee, Peter, Lesley, Gail, Edward, Rick, Heather, Stella, Anne, Lila, Diana, Zelda, Scott, Laura, Claudia, Amy, Ruby, Bryan, Howard, Frank, Bill, Alice, Dorrie and whoever else.

[@GrannieLee]

Rick and Monica were truly in love!❤

[@njadakaboles9999]

love the BeFresh commercial im going to shower in my bowl .

[@ChristopherIGomes]

Iconic

[@TowGunner]

Right before Robert Scorpio and the Ice Princess

[@bree9272]

I always liked Tracy's Princess Leia inspired hairdo.

[@IssanCaliRefugee]

Haha, this actually wasn't much different from ABC '85, when I was in first grade, coming home to catch the tailend of General Hospital, before I could switch to the afterschool cartoons at 3 pm.

[@therexbellator]

This was my experience as well, before I was a latchkey kid I would go to a neighbor's house and she'd always have GH on, when that ended I got to watch my shows 😄

[@rowkaz3510]

Richard Dean Anderson aka Macguyver at 4:57

[@kascnef]

The main credits lasted a long Time until they got replaced in the 90s

[@therexbellator]

@5:10 It's MacGyver!

[@MrMikePoirier]

Do you have classic soaps from the early 1970s?

[@andyrose5616]

Sounds like Howard Reig at the end of the Cheetos commercial. 3:15

[@mananimal3644]

McGyver was a doctor too!?

[@michbenny1363]

Susan Moore, Jason and Drew's mother.

[@sherryhannah9262]

I hope y’all will reply to this I have ABC’s soap opera weddings on DVD one is General Hospital weddings with Dr. Steve Hardy marrying Nurse Audrey, Frisco and Felicia. Robert and Holly and of course the most loved one Luke and Laura

[@PugetSoundFlyer]

Is this the first season w/Luke/Laura?

[@GrannieLee]

Yes

[@PugetSoundFlyer]

@@GrannieLeeThanks for the confirmation. When I watch these on YT - I get thrown right back into the moment of the story and characters. This was a powerhouse soap with such incredible acting talent. These were one time only performances never to be seen again. No re-runs, dvd, or streaming.

[@anthonyaustin3370]

Luke had just started his 2nd year on GH at this point and had just raped Laura the month before in Oct. 79.

[@sarahswomley2580]

So Ted was Roy's cousin but he was never on screen?

[@simonbyrd6518]

omg, are you back, for real? Can I cancel the torrent of the channel that is taking 2 WEEKS now?

[@chrisutley2859]

Soap operas. The equivalent of watching paint dry. Also, the bane of my summer vacations as my granny was addicted to them. 🤮