tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post6923126472943107153..comments2024-03-18T21:55:12.804-04:00Comments on BB Creations: Thursday Movie Picks:TV Edition-Medical DramaBirgithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-54849215382293692452017-07-03T18:27:27.178-04:002017-07-03T18:27:27.178-04:00General Hospital was always on when I was a kid, a...General Hospital was always on when I was a kid, and it's amazing the things I can pick up and remember, even if I didn't actively watch it. I remember Luke and Laura. Mobster Sonny. The Quartermaine family.<br /><br />If only I was this good at remembering things that mattered.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-15789012212433840692017-07-03T17:51:59.535-04:002017-07-03T17:51:59.535-04:00I blush to admit I never watched General Hospital ...I blush to admit I never watched General Hospital either.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-48900860186754877472017-07-03T10:39:01.610-04:002017-07-03T10:39:01.610-04:00I'd forgotten Marcus Welby, but it was a great...I'd forgotten Marcus Welby, but it was a great show. I don't think we ever missed seeing it. I do remember Grey's Anatomy. It was one we watched until they writers just couldn't come up with fresh ideas. MASH, of course. I still watch those re-runs.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-71172121543866554472017-07-03T09:53:28.587-04:002017-07-03T09:53:28.587-04:00When I was on USS America, a lot of the guys from ...When I was on USS America, a lot of the guys from my division would head up to the TV lounge to watch General Hospital ("GH" to the cool kids). In fact, I remember it as being the place where Richard Simmons first got national exposure (ooh, THAT doesn't sound good). A lot of people who are younger than me (the number grows bigger with each passing year) are quite surprised when I tell them Richard ran aerobics classes at Luke's disco. Al Penwasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052950809151897315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-91712795554538077812017-07-03T00:07:04.620-04:002017-07-03T00:07:04.620-04:00Oops! Didn't notice the letters "TV"...Oops! Didn't notice the letters "TV" in the title until just now.<br /><br />I guess that renders my earlier comment null and void.<br /><br />But since I don't know any TV medical shows, I am redeemed. <br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />[Link:) <b><a href="http://stephentmccarthyreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...</a></b>Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-59728556871183587802017-07-02T16:42:33.062-04:002017-07-02T16:42:33.062-04:00Dang. Denzel Washington and Mark Harmon. I should ...Dang. Denzel Washington and Mark Harmon. I should have watched St. Elsewhere!Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-80461242896279848092017-07-02T16:35:51.622-04:002017-07-02T16:35:51.622-04:00I loved Marcus Welby and so wished to have a real-...I loved Marcus Welby and so wished to have a real-life doctor like him. Those are days of the past sadly!Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague Sikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17417679983279135001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-87322319083236225432017-07-02T04:17:22.091-04:002017-07-02T04:17:22.091-04:00Happy Canada Day!Happy Canada Day!Lux G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557863683608790087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-17109665370992785162017-07-02T04:07:20.745-04:002017-07-02T04:07:20.745-04:00Awesome show! Happy Canada Day!Awesome show! Happy Canada Day!Love Affair with Foodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289037062991825917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-76573195506188174732017-07-02T02:20:55.529-04:002017-07-02T02:20:55.529-04:00You always teach me fun trivia. I had no idea Denz...You always teach me fun trivia. I had no idea Denzel Washington started on St. Elsewhere.<br />And General Hospital? HIGH FIVEs, girlfriend. Luke and Laura and the ice princess and -my favorite couple on that show: Brenda and Sony. So hot. He's still on the show, right? I wonder what she's doing these days.<br />Keep a smile, Birgit.Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-36774446712768650092017-07-01T14:14:14.106-04:002017-07-01T14:14:14.106-04:00Happy Canada Day!Happy Canada Day!Elliptical Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516754757484718622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-2767894824861117182017-06-30T20:46:23.189-04:002017-06-30T20:46:23.189-04:00FRANKENSTEIN.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
(Hey, Comedy is ...FRANKENSTEIN.<br /><br />YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN<br />(Hey, Comedy is serious bu$ine$$.)<br /><br />GLEN OR GLENDA<br /><br />Am I being serious? Yeah. But only with the third one.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />[Link:) <b><a href="http://stephentmccarthyreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...</a></b>Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-39740276411901972452017-06-30T20:10:33.529-04:002017-06-30T20:10:33.529-04:00I loved St. Elsewhere! Mark Harmon was to die for ...I loved St. Elsewhere! Mark Harmon was to die for on there LOL. And Denzel! That show was awesome. <br />I used to watch General Hospital back in the 80s because of Luke and Laura, etc. I haven't watched it now in years but I just loved soaps for so long. I think it's a shame there are hardly any left on now. They were fun to watch. Julie Flandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003737491313673214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-91850074231825129462017-06-30T12:48:56.507-04:002017-06-30T12:48:56.507-04:00I used to laugh when Marcus Welby came on because ...I used to laugh when Marcus Welby came on because wherever he was, something bad happened. If he was at a baseball game someone would collapse. It was like he was the kiss of death.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-86733512540623884832017-06-30T11:26:38.666-04:002017-06-30T11:26:38.666-04:00Holy - General Hospital still comes on? I thought ...Holy - General Hospital still comes on? I thought all the old soaps had given up the ghost. I used to watch that with my mom back in the 80s, but I honestly remember nothing about it. <br /><br />I liked House when it was on but going back and watching it again I realize how inane and repetitive it was (definitely not meant for binge watching). We were into Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice for awhile but dear god I can't believe Grey's is still on. C.D. Gallant-Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01080400727631587101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-10627481736956707552017-06-30T10:35:53.149-04:002017-06-30T10:35:53.149-04:00Penis Van Lesbian? Ha. Love how you referenced tha...Penis Van Lesbian? Ha. Love how you referenced that joke.The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-64799866750950271762017-06-30T07:39:03.137-04:002017-06-30T07:39:03.137-04:00I thought about picking Marcus Welby, myself, but ...I thought about picking Marcus Welby, myself, but I don't really remember much about it other than the fact it existed and was quite popular. I do remember watching St. Elsewhere off and on. That was a good show. And who wasn't into General Hospital at some point? For me, I was heavily into it during the early 80s heyday of the Luke and Laura saga.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-39613463318462002182017-06-30T04:13:33.061-04:002017-06-30T04:13:33.061-04:00My mom used to watch Days of our lives ALL THE TIM...My mom used to watch Days of our lives ALL THE TIME. I knew almost all the characters simply from overhearing the TV and her. Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051255914419363819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-64581904173456711802017-06-30T03:34:41.399-04:002017-06-30T03:34:41.399-04:00I was reading back some of the comments and got to...I was reading back some of the comments and got to Elliptical Man and your comment to him. I hate to correct you, since you are SO much more knowledgeable about movies and TV than I, but Jill Hennessy, one of your fellow Canadians, originally of Law and Order fame was never in Rizzoli and Isles. Angie Harmon, also of Law and Order fame played Jane Rizzoli, while Sasha Alexander of NCIS fame played Maura Isles. <br /><br />Tru Calling is in my opinion, not a medical drama, but a supernatural drama. Tru Davies works in a morgue where dead people ask for her help. She then relives the day to try to prevent their death. <br /><br />Eliza Dushku, who I feel is best known for her role as a vampire slayer on both Buffy and Angel series, was Tru and she just completed a three episode arc with the CBS drama Bull. There has been talk she may be back as a regular next season. <br /><br />What I don't know could fill an ocean. What I do know, can fill a thimble (grin).Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-62120065156785489212017-06-30T02:54:55.864-04:002017-06-30T02:54:55.864-04:00I was here earlier and had started a rather long c...I was here earlier and had started a rather long comment about how I hadn't seen any of these medical dramas. Then lightening took out my electricity and I was left in the dark (literally and figuratively).<br /><br />I won't even try to remember what I said before, but I wish I had known about St. Elsewhere. It sounds like a groundbreaking series.<br /><br />Also, happy Canada Day tomorrow and here's to the 150th being a great year to celebrate.Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-51062490714156605042017-06-30T02:50:03.790-04:002017-06-30T02:50:03.790-04:00Hi Birgit - I remember Dr Kildare and was hooked w...Hi Birgit - I remember Dr Kildare and was hooked when I was able to watch ... as you mention Thornbirds was a magical story ... American soaps I rarely did watch and that still applies ... but they certainly entertain - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-38473855595397673282017-06-29T22:50:02.819-04:002017-06-29T22:50:02.819-04:00Love that you went with General Hospital! I watche...Love that you went with General Hospital! I watched semi-regularly when I was a wee one because my grandmother watched, back in the Jessie Brewer days but only intermittently since but my sister is a regular viewer to this day.<br /><br />I loved Marcus Welby, M.D.! I've watched a few episodes recently and am staggered at the level of guest stars that the show had. It makes sense since the show was an enormous hit and Young had been around forever so probably was able to recruit his buddies to guest. Plus all the rising stars that passed through. The attitudes are dated now but Robert Young keeps it entertaining. <br /><br />I am really surprised that we matched this week but happy that it's St. Elsewhere that we agree on. Amazing cast, real life marrieds William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett were always entertaining and I loved Christina Pickles head nurse. Glad you mentioned the Mrs. Hufnagle story line which was perfectly played by Florence Halop. It was a show that could make you laugh and break your heart in the same episode. By the way I LOVED the series ending. Didn't see it coming and that made it all the better. <br /><br />Aside from our match I went with two that I loved as a kid/teen.<br /><br />St. Elsewhere (1982-1988)-Set in Boston’s financially strapped St. Eligius Hospital (the St. Elsewhere of the title so called due to its less than exalted place in the city residents hearts despite it being a teaching hospital), headed by Drs. Donald Westphall, Daniel Auschlander and autocratic Mark Craig (Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels respectively). The series follows the overlapping lives of many incoming residents, doctors and patients and their families, including something of a first for serial TV Westphall’s autistic son Tommy (Chad Allen). Critically acclaimed series that though never a big ratings success managed to run for six seasons as a prestige show for the network. This served as the launching pad for many stars including series regulars Denzel Washington, Alfre Woodard, Mark Harmon and Helen Hunt. Laced with an absurdist edge the show could be hysterically funny and also crushingly sad, sometimes within the same episode.<br /><br />M*A*S*H (1972-1983)-Long running comedy/drama show based on Robert Altman’s film about life in a Mobil Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War featuring the travails, both funny and sad, of Dr. “Hawkeye” Pierce (Alan Alda), Head Nurse Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan (Loretta Swit)-both of whom stayed throughout the series run-and the various others surgeons & aides-Trapper John, B.J., Henry Blake, Colonel Potter, Radar O’Reilly, Charles Winchester, Frank Burns, the crossdressing Max Klinger and Father Mulcahy who passed through. Beginning as a light hearted comedy this morphed through the years into one of the finest dramedy series in history. What kept it vital aside from excellent writing was the flow of characters during the years allowing for fresh interactions and situations.<br /><br />Medical Center (1971-1976)-Dr. Paul Lochner (James Daly-father of performers Tyne & Timothy) is the chief of staff at a large L.A. based hospital. Experienced and capable he is friendly with the young associate professor of surgery Dr. Joe Gannon (Chad Everett) but they often clash over medical procedures for the patients. Lochner favoring tried and true methods while Gannon believes in more experimental methods. Weekly different challenges present themselves to the doctors and nurses, overseen by Head Nurse Eve Wilcox (Audrey Totter).joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-70821462963384853442017-06-29T22:16:59.524-04:002017-06-29T22:16:59.524-04:00I had a crush on Holly Scorpio (Emma Samms)! :)I had a crush on Holly Scorpio (Emma Samms)! :)Shady Del Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839935472941264414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-24720105308628318202017-06-29T22:06:00.065-04:002017-06-29T22:06:00.065-04:00I didn't know General Hospital was still on. :...I didn't know General Hospital was still on. :)pilch92https://www.blogger.com/profile/12263559408792146826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-25687664299237473172017-06-29T21:13:18.933-04:002017-06-29T21:13:18.933-04:00I've heard of your three, but never watched th...I've heard of your three, but never watched them. When I watched soaps, I watched GH's companions, All My Children and One Life to Live (both gone now). <br /><br />If I had to pick three, I'd go contemporary. Chicago Med. Night Shift. (It's a summer series. And pretty similar to Chicago Med in the beats it hits.) And if working at a morgue counts, iZombie (although that's really more of a mystery of the week show).Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.com