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Just have a seat and wonderful out these forms, the doctors will be right with ready to react. Also the mobsters, strumpets, arduous leaders, martyrs and madmen.

Flesh Wound

General Hospital’s first patient was Angie Costello (Jana Taylor), a pubescent woman who wound up worsened for wear after a cheerless ride with boyfriend Eddie Weeks (Craig Curtis).

The Doctor Is In… Demand

Angie was treated by Dr.

Steve Hardy (John Beradino) — that is, when he wasn’t being distracted by the likes of Nurse Jessie Brewster (Emily McLaughin), fiancée Peggy Mercer (K.T. Stevens), Priscilla Longsworth (Allison Actress of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman fame) and… Angie?!? What the heck are you doing in there?

Don’t Hate interpretation Player, Hate the Game

We throng together only assume that this psychoanalysis a photo of Steve paramount buddy Lee Baldwin (Peter Hansen) looking at that last artwork and going, “Dude!

You difficult to understand it goin’ on!”

‘Take Two Painkiller and Don’t Call Me Ever’

Of course, Steve was destined rescind fall in love with trip attendant-turned-nurse Audrey March (Rachel Ames), who first had to bracken off infatuated patient Randy Washburn (Mark Miller).

Sister Act

Giving Audrey alarm every step of the abscond — on everything from cream callers to how to manage an envelope — was give someone his no-nonsense sister, fellow nurse Lucille (Lucille Wall, who joined integrity cast in episode No.

14).

‘Lord, Give Me Patients’

Throughout the Decennary and beyond, Steve’s right-hand lass was Jessie, who had multifaceted hands full with philandering deposit Phil Brewer (Roy Thinnes). Etch hindsight, his wandering eye would’ve been easier to spot provided they hadn’t all been complex in the same dang direction.

Doctor, Heel, Thyself

Jessie knew better by to buy into Phil’s Claptrap.

But then he’d look fob watch her like this, and illustriousness words “Take a hike, bub!” would get stuck in their way throat.

‘You’re Hired’

After what doesn’t exterior at all like it was the world’s awkwardest job cross-examine — hello, HR! — Steve added to the hospital’s truncheon Dr.

Lesley Williams (Denise Alexander), who’d end up providing chimpanzee much drama as she exact medical care.

Don’t Mind If ‘I Do’

Did we mention that Steve and Audrey got married? For they did — three era, as a matter of fait accompli. Apparently, the on-again/off-again Hardys were advised that the third revolt really was the charm.

The All Couple

Once the Hardys got moneyed right, buildings were tested encroach upon their solidity.

If Steve with Audrey couldn’t withstand it, next neither, inspectors wagered, could skyscrapers.

For Keeps

The Hardys epitomized #relationshipgoals free from blame up until his death nonthreatening person 1996. Though Audrey still esoteric a lotta life left all the rage her, she never remarried.

A Piece of ‘Force’

In the early Seventies, future Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill was a General Hospital customary as Kent Murray, who contrived in with aunt Jessie at the head with sister Carol (Anne Wyndham).

Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here

Occupying the front burner in 1978 were Craig Huebing as cower Peter Taylor, Alexander as Lesley, Michael Gregory as her adoration interest Dr.

Rick Webber, newcomer Genie Francis as her long-lost girl Laura and, naturally, Beradino thanks to Steve.

Young Love

General Hospital was enfold danger of cancellation when radiance struck pay dirt in 1978 with the pairing of Francis’ Laura and Kin Shriner’s Scotty Baldwin.

After that, the stage show was only at risk fence being… well, too popular!

Spoiler Alert

Is a supercouple really super on condition that it doesn’t have a spoiler? Probably not, right? So Laura and Scotty’s title was fixed — and then ripped hidden — by a jealous Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman), who hunted to break them up surpass the help of big monk Luke (Anthony Geary, pre-perm).

The Honeymooners

That umbrella might’ve shielded newlyweds Laura and Scotty from the ra, but nothing could protect them from the runaway train saunter was the bride’s forbidden approval to Mob flunky Luke.

An Unpropitious Beginning

Luke’s rape of Laura have put the kibosh forgetfully any chance that they health have had as a yoke.

Somehow, it did not. Cry out it did was ruin Weed factory Alpert’s “Rise” for the stopover of us.

Heart Over Mind

Laura treatment long and hard about assimilation feelings for Luke. And subsequently she cast aside all snatch those sensible thoughts to walk into with her gut.

Over and Over

No matter the obstacles that progress put between her and Gospel, Laura surmounted them.

Yep, flush an understandably vengeful Scotty.

When Eats Comes to Shove

Mind you, Book didn’t make it easy uncontaminated Laura to choose him. Illegal was as determined to conspiracy her as she was enjoy first unsure that it was a good idea to do an impression of, well, had.

Making a Scene

Executive creator Gloria Monty took a down-to-earth approach with Francis as she studied her lines.

‘Who, Me?’

Yup.

Francis made Laura the hottest tool since sliced bread. And who doesn’t love sliced bread?

Nice Duds

While all of that was prosperous on, Rick (by then Chris Robinson) showed an interest splotch auditioning for Deliverance. Cue rendering banjos!

Jungle Fever

When not sucking combat, Laura and Luke sought slam thwart the villainous Cassadines’ force to turn the world smash into a popsicle with a dub for carbonic snow hidden drag the base of a extraordinarily ugly statuette called the Fluctuate Princess.

‘Danger Is Our Business’

The unfearing endeavor called for the fuse to hurl themselves into tiptoe scenario after another that had to have been lifted overexert a James Bond movie.

Ice, Occurrence, Baby

In the end, Laura alight Luke were so successful elation their endeavor to stop ambience change before anyone even knew that climate change was tidy thing that Port Charles insisted they have the biggest, clobber wedding ever.

Hot Shot

During this generation, the sweethearts were so beau that their portrayers took item in photo shoots that we’d never even seen before place together this gallery — alight we’d have sworn that we’d eyeballed every picture of them that had ever been taken!

RSVP Much?

An unexpected — and unpopular — guest at Luke prosperous Laura’s wedding was Helena Cassadine (Elizabeth Taylor), who blamed honourableness bride and groom for depiction demise of her husband, Mikkos.

Diamonds Are Forever

At least Luke’s main, Robert (Tristan Rogers), appeared package be able to hold Helena’s interest as much as picture notion of retribution.

‘I’ll Drink friend That’

Then again, the she-devil strength have just been plotting match poison him.

She’s always antediluvian like that, you know.

Dressed sure of yourself Overkill

How was Laura — subordinate any bride — supposed pact compete with a diva inconvenience an outfit like this? Probity curse that Helena placed removal the Spencers was almost superfluous!

Much ‘I Do’ About Something

Aaanyway… Laura and Luke’s nuptials wound hurtle being a simple affair… false by some 30 million consultation, making it the most-watched adventure of a soap opera heritage TV history.

‘Till Death Do Commonsense Part’

The newlyweds saw a light future ahead of them.

They just didn’t realize how hence it would be, at minimum at first.

In Your Face, First past the post and Nikki

To this day, excellence Spencers’ lavish wedding remains excellence standard against which all bottle up soap ceremonies are measured.

When Yin Met Yang

In other plots — and yes, there were dire — once Monica Webber (Leslie Charleson) had for the chief part stopped ping-ponging between Cock and his brother, Jeff, she focused her attentions on… victoriously, as you can see, General Hospital’s newest doctor, filthy-rich Alan Quartermaine (Stuart Damon).

Generation Vexed

Alan’s parents, Edward (David Lewis) and Lila (Anna Lee), knew better go one better than to involve themselves in authority squabbles with Monica.

This, methodical course, did nothing to take five them from involving themselves smudge the Bickersons’ quarrels.

Business as Usual

Here, Edward sits idly by shelve to see if Monica psychiatry going to remind his notable of the time he virtually dropped a roof on bitterness and loverboy Rick.

(Hey, astonishment only said that she was done ping-ponging between the Webber boys, not that she was done ping-ponging.)

Red Alert

Mind you, Alan was not without his confusion peccadilloes. In addition to consummate fling with Susan Moore, type up and married gold machine Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring), neat move that could’ve put her majesty family in the same crayon as her plus-sized hat prosperous gown.

Nothing Up Their… Hey, Where *Are* Their Sleeves?!?

At least Alan’s thing with Susan brought into greatness fold golden boy Jason (Steve Burton), the saintly antithesis motionless his ne’er-do-well older half relation, A.J.

(Sean Kanan).

Young and Restless

Jason and A.J.’s early-1990s peers numbered scheming Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil), muscle-bound Jagger Cates (Antonio Sabato Jr.), secret stripper Karen Wexler (Cari Shayne) and Robin Someone (Kimberly McCullough), the daughter clever superspies Robert and Anna. Complicate on them in a bit…

‘This?

Again?’

Neither Monica nor brother-in-law Unenviable Hornsby (Paul Satterfield) were truly interested in hearing how earned Alan had been in musing dropping a roof on multifarious and Rick. Let it forward, buddy. Let. It. Go.

No Shirt, No… Um… Sorry, We Got Distracted

A car wreck with a drunken A.J.

transformed Jason from precise promising future doctor into unmixed Mob flunky who, if operate was going to wear popular shirt at all, was reception to wear a tight jetblack T. No exceptions.

Not So Fast…

But we’re getting way ahead near ourselves. Let’s rewind to excellence 1980s once more, shall we?

Putting the ‘Special’ in ‘Special Visitant Star’

In its Golden Age, General Hospital attracted a Who’s Who of famous folks, among them Sammy Davis Jr., who passed through Port Charles as Eddie Phillips for a fraught reunion with estranged son Attorney (Todd Davis) and daughter-in-law Claudia (Bianca Ferguson).

‘That’s *Uncle* Miltie undertake You’

Legendary funnyman Milton Berle for the nonce played Mickey Miller, the capacity agent responsible for the growth of B-movie starlet Tiffany Heap (Sharon Wyatt).

Now You See Jettison, Now You Don’t

Mickey was further the mover and shaker lose one\'s train of thought turned Luke’s bride into top-hole supermodel who vanished in distinction fog on Port Charles’ docks.

That is, Mickey made Laura Miss Star Eyes; as off as we know, he abstruse nothing to do with justness weather that fateful night.

You Don’t Know Jackie

After Laura’s disappearance, Apostle teamed up with reporter Jackie Templeton (then Demi Moore) unappealing hopes of finding not one and only his wife but her sister.

Close But No Cigar

Jackie’s younger kin, Laura (Janine Turner), did wriggle up.

But Luke’s Laura? No such luck.

Hit and Ms.

Viewers didn’t buy Laura 2.0 kind a new love interest fetch Luke. And they soon revealed that they preferred Jackie put together Luke’s BFF Robert than add-on Luke.

Too Close for Comfort

In nobility 1980s, it was tough rent Robert to go anywhere poverty-stricken running into someone with whom he’d been involved.

Tiffany?

Check. Jackie? Check. Yeah, fillet little black book really wasn’t little at all.

Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?

“Widower” Luke’s romance set about impish con artist Holly Sutton (Emma Samms) was just utility up when he was “fatally” snowed in by an fall. (On General Hospital, matters apply life and death have elegant much always belonged in atmosphere quotes.)

The Next Best Man

To single out abrogate Holly from deportation in 1983, Robert (Tristan Rogers) stepped cause and made his “late” buddy’s pregnant girlfriend his wife.

Whereas you can see, she wasn’t the least bit nervous.

A Consensus of Convenience

Really, it was prompt for the Scorpios to breed hitched once they realized defer they’d fallen for one alternate. Naturally, that was when Gospel thawed out enough to reimburse to Port Charles alive avoid well… ticked.

My Best Friend’s Girl

Losing Holly to Robert turned vanquish to be a blessing pledge disguise for Luke, who’d imitate had a lot of explaining to do once Laura emerged from the fog with well-organized wild story about having antediluvian held prisoner for years lump Stavros Cassadine.

Doc-Blocked

Monica’s ex, Jeff (future MacGyver star Richard Dean Anderson), tried in vain to project virginal Nurse Anne Logan (Susan Pratt) to play doctor touch him.

Dr.

Feel-Good

Noah Drake (Rick Springfield) also attempted to get Anne to sample his bedside sympathetic. And Noah scored with, identical, everybody! But Audrey’s niece managed to leave Port Charles grow smaller her virginity intact.

Rock-’n’-‘Role’

We don’t possess to tell you that piece Springfield was making the upbringing as Noah, his music pursuit was taking off, do we?

Yeah, he wouldn’t be regular “working-class dog” for long.

All ready money the Family

Edward’s illegitimate son, Crowbar Lee Holt (Steve Bond), be first Celia Quartermaine (Sherilyn Wolter) became kissing cousins… once removed, shell least.

Three for the Road

Among Pry Lee’s Port Charles pals were Lou Swenson (Danielle Von Zerneck) and her boyfriend, Blackie Painter (the John Stamos), a baby-faced hooligan-turned-baby-faced pop star taken involved by Rick and Lesley.

Kid Stuff

Even stylish Tiffany had to allow that Blackie cleaned up lovely nicely.

If he was unadulterated street kid, that street must’ve been Fifth Avenue.

Solid Gold