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[ PLAYING THE THEME SONG TO
"GENERAL HOSPITAL" ]
>> AND ARE YOU READY FOR THE
BIGGEST STARS OF "GENERAL
HOSPITAL" ALL TOGETHER AGAIN.
LUKE, LAURA, FRISCO, SAM, NOAH,
MANY MORE, WHAT THEY REVEAL
ABOUT EACH OTHER AND WHAT REALLY
GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
♪
>>> THE "GENERAL HOSPITAL"
REUNION.
>> ONLY ON "GOOD MORNING
AMERICA."
>> All: GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.
>> YEAH.
>> IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE
HOUSE?
>> A DOCTOR?
>> OH.
>> IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE SO
MANY OF THE STARS OF "GENERAL
HOSPITAL" TOGETHER.
"GENERAL HOSPITAL"
CELEBRATING -- CANNOT BE 50
YEARS ON THE AIR AND THIS
MORNING A VERY SPECIAL REUNION
THAT LARA HAD WITH THEM.
ALL THE MOMENTS WE ALL LOVED.
>> AH.
>> LUKE.
>> BRINGING A TEAR TO MY EYE.
>> OH.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE CAST?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
CAST IRON WEATHER MACHINE.
WAS IT REAL.
>> IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE,
YOU COULD HAVE ASKED.
ALL WORKS OUT IN THE END.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE THE BEST STUFF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
MORE FUN TO BE HAD RIGHT NOW.
MORE OF OUR SUPERREUNION FRIDAY
AND WE ARE CELEBRATING AS YOU
KNOW 50 BEAUTIFUL YEARS OF ONE
OF THE MOST ICONIC SOAP OPERAS
EVER WITH SOME OF ITS MOST
BELOVED STARS.
GENERATOR GENERA
"GENERAL HOSPITAL" IS THE
LONGEST RUNNING SOAP ON TV AND
BRINGING SOME OF THE HOTTEST
CAST MEMBERS OF THE PAST AND
PRESENT RIGHT HERE.
[ SIRENS ]
>> Reporter: FOR 50 YEARS IT HAS
BEEN THE HOSPITAL THE NATION HAS
CHECKED INTO FOR DAILY DOSES OF
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, HUNKY
MOBSTERS AND LOTS OF NAIL-BITING
ADVENTURE.
>> LUKE, THE FALLS.
>> OH.
>> HI.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING "GMA"
PLAYED HOST TO EIGHT OF "GENERAL
HOSPITAL"'S BIGGEST STAR,
ANTHONY GEARY ALSO KNOWN AS LUKE
SPENCER, KIM WHO PLAYS SCOTTY
AND GENIE FRANCIS, THE WOMAN
WHOM THE TWO ACTORS HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
FANS WILL ALWAYS DEBATE LAURA
WITH SCOTTY OR LAURA WITH LUKE.
>> THE GRIP ON MY ARM.
>> LAURA'S DESPERATELY IN LOVE
WITH TWO MEN.
SHE COULD PUT THEM BOTH INTO ONE
PERSON SHE'D BE DELIRIOUSLY
HAPPY.
>> LIKE PICKING UP WHERE YOU
LEFT OFF.
>> I JUST WANT TO PUNCH HIM.
I WANT TO KISS HER.
YOU KNOW, THE SAME STUFF.
>> AS LONG AS THEY DON'T RIP HIS
TOUPEE OFF WE ARE OKAY.
>> WE HAVE THE SAME WIGMAKERS.
>> Reporter: WHEN LAURA CHOSE
LUKE OVER SCOTTY THEIR 1981
WEDDING WAS WATCHED BY MORE THAN
30 MILLION FANS SCORING HIGHER
RATINGS THAN THE FINAL EPISODES
OF "MELROSE PLACE" "SEX AND THE
CITY" AND "THE WEST WING"
COMBINED.
I THINK I HAD A LUKE AND LAURA
LUNCH BOX.
I WISH I STILL HAD IT WHAT A
WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON.
>> THE LUNCH BOX.
>> PRINCESS DIANA WAS A FAN OF
YOURS.
SHARE THAT STORY, IF YOU WILL.
>> WE BOTH RECEIVED CHAMPAGNE
FROM THE RIGHT HONORABLE LADY
DIANA SPENCER.
>> SHE WATCHED THE WEDDING AND
WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED SHE SENT
GENIE AND I BOTH BOTTLES OF
CHAMPAGNE FROM HER WEDDING AND A
LITTLE NOTE.
>> Reporter: IN FIVE DECADES
UNDER TEN PRESIDENTS AND 13,000
EPISODES, "GENERAL HOSPITAL" HAS
LED THE WAY IN TACKLING SOCIAL
TOPICS RANGING FROM AIDS.
>> I HAVE AIDS, SONNY.
>> Reporter: TO MASTECMASTECTOM
>> THERE'S A MASS IN MY LEFT
BREAST.
>> Reporter: TO ORGAN DONATION.
>> WE GOT A HEART.
♪♪ JUST WHEN I THINK I'M HAPPY ♪
>> Reporter: ALL THE WHILE
MAKING ROOM FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL.
JACK WAGNER SKYROCKETED TO
SUPERSTARDOM DURING HIS STINT ON
THE SHOW WHEN HE PLAYED FRISCO
JONES.
SINGING OR ACTING.
WHAT BRINGS YOU MORE JOY.
>> I WAS KIND OF TRAINED, THE
TRIPLE THREAT, SING, DANCE, ACT,
PUT ME ON A STAGE.
>> YOU'RE ALL I NEED, JACK.
♪♪ ALL I NEED ♪
>> Reporter: ANOTHER HALLMARK OF
THE SHOW, SEXY.
FIONA HUGHES WHO PLAYS ANNA
DEVEIN.
>> THE FACT THAT I'M A SPY BUT
ALSO A MOTHER AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT I SORT OF PLAY IN A MAN'S
WORLD.
>> Reporter: BUT "GH" IS
PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR ITS
ROMANCES THAT RESULTED IN
LOTS --
>> I AM.
>> Reporter: AND LOTS OF
UNFORGETTABLE WEDDINGS.
WHOSE CHARACTER HAS BEEN MARRIED
FOUR OR MORE TIMES.
>> AS PART OF MY CON ARTIST
PAST.
>> I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOUR TIMES.
>> LET US KNOW IF YOU --
>> I COME UP WITH ANOTHER ONE.
>> A SHOW OF PADDLES WHO PLAYED
AN EVIL TWIN.
>> I DIED IN MY OWN ARMS ONCE.
>> NOT EVERYBODY CAN SAY THAT.
>> NO.
>> WHO HERE HAS BEEN IN AN
INSANE ASYLUM?
WHO HERE HAS BEEN IN A COMA?
>> IT'S ALL OF US, ISN'T IT?
NO, SORRY.
MOST PEOPLE.
>> I'M IN A COMA NOW.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
>> FINALLY WHO HAS BEEN HELD
HOSTAGE BY JAMES FRANCO?
>> OH, LUCKY YOU.
>> AND THE WINNER.
>> JAMES FRANCO WAS ON THE SHOW
PLAYING A SERIAL KILLER OBSESSED
WITH LEADING LADY SAM PLAYED BY
KELLY MONACO AND WASN'T THE ONLY
MOVIE STAR TO STOP BY "GENERAL
HOSPITAL."
>> THANK YOU FOR INTERRUPTING
YOUR HONEYMOON TO COME AND SEE
ME.
>> ELIZABETH TAYLOR, AN ADMITTED
"GH" FAN WAS THE FIRST TO PLAY
HELENA CASA DINE AND THEY
LAUNCHED SEVERAL CAREERS NOTABLY
DEMI MOORE.
JOHN STAMOS AND RICHARD SIMMONS.
>> LET'S WORK ON THE SPINE.
>> Reporter: JESSIE'S GIRL.
>> Reporter: AND RICK
SPRINGFIELD.
IT EXPLODED WHEN HE PLAYED DR.
THIS.
OAH DRAKE, THOUGH FUN FACT HE
NEVER SANG DURING HIS 1980 TINTS
ON THE SHOW.
WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS
CHARACTER THAT YOU HAD CREATED
WAS A BONA FIDE ROCK STAR.
>> ABOUT TWO WEEKS INTO THE
SHOW.
JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET
PEOPLE STARTED TURNS AROUND AND
LOOKING AND I SAID, THEY WEREN'T
DOING THAT TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT DO THE NEXT
50 YEARS HOLD IN STORE?
JASON THOMPSON WHO PLAYS DR.
PATRICK DRAKE IS PROUD TO BE
PART OF THE RICH AND ENDURING
HISTORY OF "GH."
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE.
>> IT STARTS WITH STORY AND I
THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE DOING.
"GENERAL HOSPITAL" HAS DONE SUCH
A GREAT JOB FROM THE '60s, '70s
AND '80s AND CHARACTERS THEY
FEEL THEY CAN CONNECT TO AND
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AT HOME.
>> A LITTLE SPARKLING CIDER TO
TOAST 50 YEARS OF "GENERAL
HOSPITAL" AND HOPEFULLY 50 MORE.
CHEERS.
>> HEAR, HEAR.
>> THANK YOU FOR SO MANY GREAT
MEMORIES.
>> CHEERS.
>> CHEER, EVERYBODY.
>> WHAT A TREAT.
IT HONESTLY FELT LIKE HANGING
OUT WITH FAMILY.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE GROWN UP WITH