FAQ

Here are a few links for recaps:

http://forum.generalhospitalhappenings.com/forum/category/todays-show-discussion-live-recaps

http://soapoperadigest.com/recaps/gh/current/

http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/index.html

http://tvmegasite.net/day/gh/transcripts.shtml(This is a daily transcript of the show.)

Here's a link to a site that posts daily clips. You have to register, but it's free: http://s10.invisionfree.com/THM/index.php

Only contract characters appear in the opening. The opening is rather expensive to edit, so don't expect new characters to appear right away or for departed characters to disappear right away.

If you want to write fan mail to your favorite actor/actress, here is the address:

Actor/Actress's Name "General Hospital" c/o ABC-TV 4151 Prospect Avenue Hollywood, California 90027

On occassion, Soap Net will rerun old episodes of General Hospital when they are using them in a themed marathon. Also, ABC occassionally reairs episodes on holidays.

SoapNet http://soapnet.go.com/index.html

You can also find random old clips and music videos of clips at the following site:

http://www.youtube.com

Here are some tape trading sites. They may have what you are looking for:

General Hospital Tape Trading http://tvmegasite.net/day/gh/trading.shtml

SoapZone Tape Trading http://soapzone.com/boards/topics.php/shared/tapes http://soapzone.com/boards/archives.php/shared/tapes

General Hospital Tapes http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/jenbingley/ghtapeshome.html

Carly and Jax's Song Patience by Robert Hartry and Jayson Belt. It is owned by ABC and not available to the public. You can hear it here: http://www.myspace.com/bobhartry

Lucky and Liz's Song (Currently) Where You Are by Rie Sinclair Available on itunes; also available on Rie Sinclair's last full length CD, On The 5th Floor via the artist's website: www.riesinclair.com.

Jason and Sam's Song Just You and Me written by Rie Sinclair Available on itunes. Rie Sinclair site: www.riesinclair.com or www.myspace.com/riesinclair or www.purevolume.com/riesinclair

For more song questions http://www.allsoapscoops.com/ghsong.html

Who's Who In Port Charles http://www.amcpages.com/gh/whoswho/

ABC Character Bios http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/characters/61825_1.html

Faces of GH http://www.facesgh.com/index2.htm

Soap operas choose to age children for storyline purposes. One day a child could be 10 and the next day they could be 17. It's called Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome (SORAS). They do this very frequently so it shouldn't come as too much of a shock and it's just business as usual on a soap opera.

Here's some ideas of how old the kids/teens should be -- this is the year they were born:

Lucas: 1989; Maxie: 1990; Dillon: 1992; Lulu: 1994; Georgie: 1995; Michael: 1997; Kristina: 2002; Morgan: 2003; Cameron: 2004; Molly: 2005; Spencer: 2006; Lila Rae: 2006; Jake: 2007

The web site below lists the current cast members. They are divided by whether they are contract players or recurring characters. Please note that this list may be a little behind on the current cast changes.

http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/castlist.php#stars

The following is a list of web sites that post spoilers/rumors about General Hospital. Please note that these sites are not always 100% accurate and the information is subject to change.

General Hospital Happenings -- This is a popular site that has been around for 10 years. Accurate spoilers with pictures of upcoming episodes. Interesting, but separate, rumor page. They also provide casting news, industry tidbits, history, videos, a forum, etc. http://www.generalhospitalhappenings.com

SoapZone -- This is a great site -- if there is information about GH, this message board posts it. Board members also summarize the soap magazines. This is a great site to find out what Soaps In Depth is really talking about in their TV ads. http://soapzone.com/boards/topics.php/gh/main

Wubs -- This site is normally pretty accurate, and if they post a spoiler that doesn't happen, they correct themselves and give an explanation as to why the spoiler did not happen. http://www.wubs.net

Soap Opera Network -- This site is good for casting news, interviews, ratings, previews and spoilers for two weeks ahead. http://www.soapoperanetwork.com

Soap News and Scoops -- You have to register to view this site (it's free), but they have previews for two weeks ahead, plus news about cast changes. Their information comes straight from the magazines. http://www.soapnewsandscoops.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1

This magazine is notorious for printing misleading headlines on the cover. Examples are countless headlines that lead you to believe Tamara Braun is returning to General Hospital (she's not). Other misleading headlines: Vanessa Marcil is returning (nope); Jack Wagner is returning (nope); Steve Burton is leaving (he took a two week paternity leave); Sam is dying (nope); Lorenzo recast (for two episodes, Ted King had emergency surgery).

From 1994-2001, General Hospital dedicated an episode to the fight against AIDS with the Nurses Ball. After 2001, they stopped producing the Nurses Ball because it was too hard to have the Nurses Ball on General Hospital and Port Charles at the same time. After Port Charles was cancelled, the Nurses Ball did not return.

Below are some links to general information about the Nurses Ball. You can also find some clips on http://www.youtube.com

1994-2001 http://scorpiofiles.com/classicgh/nursesball/nb1994.html

1998 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/3849/nursesball98.html

1997 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/3849/nursesball97.html

1996 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/3849/nursesball96.html

1995 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/3849/nursesball95.html

1994 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/3849/nursesball94.html