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October
8, 2001
I want to thank everyone
for the great welcome to the Q&A section of Eye on Soaps and for your
questions and comments through the week.
AMC
 Jesse & Tad Now |
I have an AMC question for you... I know you haven’t been watching long, so don't go crazy if you don't have the answer, I don't watch the show that often.... can you give some background about Jesse? Why is he dead, how does Tad know him, etc. Thanks a bunch. |
I just want to say that
it has been so much fun investigating this question. You’re right about me being a newcomer to AMC, but I hire
only the best and my staff jumped to the call as soon as I issued my SOS.
I was going to composite this all into one cohesive answer, but the
writing of my staff is so enjoyable that I’ve decided to print everyone
response. J
I just love how my staff thinks! If
you’re just going for generic info, you’ll find that in almost any of these
replies. If you want a good read,
soak in them all like a lavender bath, babies.
From Karen (ex-partner):
Tad
had a sister, Jenny Gardner. Tad was a "troubled" teenager
(read: smoked
pot and had woman troubles at an early age), long ago adopted by the Martins,
when she showed up - a good girl from the wrong side of the tracks (mother=Opal,
father=the dastardly Ray Gardner). She fell in love
with.....um.....shit, what was his name....Lawrence Lau (now Sam Rappaport)
played him....can't remember (someone will)...anyway, his mother, a society
matron, refused to allow him to be with her, so she ran away to NYC. Jesse
Hubbard, meanwhile, had been her friend in high school, but when his
relationship with his girlfriend.....can't remember
her name either.......so ran away to NY to be with his friend Jenny.
Together they worked at a bar called Foxy's and generally watched out for each
other. Jenny was killed when a trap set for her husband-to-be,
Tony somebody-or-other, caught her - her JetSki exploded, I think. Jesse
returned to Pine Valley, married the girl after some nasty crap with her parents
(I think the father turned out to be a bad guy of some sort) and became a
policeman. He was shot and killed in a restaurant in connection
with some crime that I can't remember. He and Tad were never great
friends, but helped one another out a few times, begrudgingly,
over the years.
That's
likely not much help. I imagine you'll get a lot better answers from
people who don't have brain damage :Þ
Ooh
- Greg Nelson!! That was Jenny's boyfriend, his mother was Enid Nelson,
best friend of Phoebe Wallingford.
From Mary (Archivist):
Jesse was a Pine Valley cop/detective and was killed
in the line of duty. I wasn't watching back when he was killed but I
remember when he came on the show in the late 70's when Liza and Greg Nelson
were there. Jesse was good friends with Tad's sister Jenny Gardener (Kim
Delaney - NYPD Blue/Philly)
From Naomi (My esteemed
Q&A Predecessor):
Jessie came into the picture in 1981 when he became friends with Tad's sister,
Jenny. He and Jenny became very close over the next few months. I believe
that's how Tad met him. Jessie also had a run in with Liza while she was
going through her bitch years. At one point she accused him of raping her,
but of course he hadn't. He and Angie married and had a son, whose name
escapes me right now, but he worked undercover for the police and I seem to
remember this as being what led to him being shot and killed. There's a lot of
info on his character somewhere and I think I used it in one of my past
questions, although it could have been many months ago, I do remember writing
about him.
She
sure did! Here’s the link:
http://www.eyeonsoaps.com/clackum112000.htm
From
Kate (Resident Cynic/EOS Columnist):
Here is what I remember of Jesse's history. I realized
something sad while typing this up: 22 years ago there were 6 major black
characters (the Grants, the Baxters, Angie, Jesse) on AMC, now there are none.
(Derrick is recurring.) Also, the young actors involved in these storylines
(Darnell Williams, Debbi Morgan, Kim Delaney, Michael E Knight, Laurence Lau)
were all strong performers. Sure there were some weak younger actors but not as
many as there are today. Sigh.
The nephew of Dr. Frank Grant, streetwise Jesse Hubbard blew into PV just about
22 years ago. He quickly became smitten with Angie Baxter. A good girl honor
student, Angie had dreams of becoming a doctor. Her parents were none too
pleased that Angie returned Jesse's smitten-ness. Her father (played by Antonio
Fargas, HuggyBear from Starsky & Hutch) was especially incensed and did his
best to discourage the couple.
In the meantime, Tad who totally misbehaving ran away just before his
mother and sister (Opal and Jenny) arrived in PV. Jenny and Jesse became friends
while working at the low rent bar, Foxy's, in Center City. In an effort to keep
Jenny away from Greg Nelson (Laurence Lau, now Sam on OLTL) that bitch Liza
Colby told Jenny that her father, Ray Gardner, was a rapist. Humiliated, Jenny
ran away to NYC. She was soon followed by her friend Jesse, who was fleeing PV
after being falsely accused of rape by that bitch Liza Colby (that's how I
always referred to her in those days, "that bitch Liza Colby.")
What followed was one of the best summer teen stories in the history of soaps.
Jenny and Jesse were true friends who helped each other, platonically, through a
rough summer in NYC. I still remember a scene where Jenny and Jesse were sitting
on a fire escape, just chatting about their respective sweethearts and their
hopes/dreams for the future.
Both returned to PV and I will save Jenny's story for another day. Jesse and
Angie secretly wed and Angie soon became pregnant. Thinking that Jesse didn't
want children, Angie divorced him. Her father convinced her to give up her son,
Frankie, for adoption but at the last minute Angie changed her mind. Her father
took the baby anyway. Jesse and Angie bonded once again as they searched for
their son and remarried. Tad had since returned to PV, becoming friends with his
sister's friend, Jesse.
Angie did become a doctor. Jesse became a policeman. They had the soap marriage
problems: infidelity, misunderstandings and oh yes, the little matter of Jesse
killing his father-in-law in self-defense. (It turns out Mr. Baxter made his
fortune running a blackmarket baby ring) Divorce followed but they reconciled
again just before Jesse was shot and killed. In one of the most heart wrenching
soap scenes ever, Angie struggled to save her beloved's life without success.
That was the last we saw of Jesse until now. (well ok so Darnell Williams did
show up as a Jesse lookalike when Angie was on The City but that's another
story.) Angie and Jesse were a supercouple, a very human supercouple.
Angie was played by the wonderful Debbi Morgan. If you haven't seen her in Eve's
Bayou, go rent that movie right now!
Have I mentioned that I just love those girls? Mmmmwwaaaahhh to all of you.
GH
Here is a
question that has been bugging me for years, and neither the late, great
napster.com nor cdnow.com has been able to help me.
WTH is the name of the song played when Paul (DEEP sigh) and Jenny spent the
night in the lingerie shop on the docks? I know it was Luther Vandross,
but can't find out the song name, nor does my feeble brain even remember the
lyrics well enough. I just know it was incredibly beautiful and perfect
for them. And it is NOT on my Luther Vandross greatest hits double CD set,
either. At least I don't think it is...
If you can help me with this, I will be forever grateful and love you almost as
much as I love Steve Burton. Which is a LOT!
Hmm. The amount of love you have for Steve
Burton is on the line and here I sit with my empty brain. Unfortunately, I
am no help on this one. I was in
England during the whole Jenny and Paul thing and I have no memory for songs
played as recently as last week. I
consulted the staff and the all shrugged in unison.
If anyone has this information, just drop a line to me and I will forward
it on to our seeker of great knowledge (or at least this tidbit).
 Click to enlarge Robert Scorpio Pic from The Rock |
I am soooo down. I just heard that Tristan Rogers is not coming back. How come? What in the world happened? I've been waiting since this year began. I love him the most. He was always my favorite soap star....Oh, booohoooo. |
Finally a question I can answer, or at least
somewhat. I, too, am very saddened
that this resource is not being explored at yet another perfect opportunity to
do so (the most recent other opportunity being the return of Faison).
News was leaked months ago that Ingo, Vanessa and Rogers were a done deal
and it was down to the ink on the paper drying.
Now we hear that GH is not interested in the return of Tristan/Robert
Scorpio. I can see two angles on this.
One is that Finola Hughes (Anna on GH/AMC) has made it clear that she has
no interest in returning to GH and is quite happy on AMC.
It would definitely be cumbersome to have Robert on GH and Anna on AMC
and it looks as though AMC is dead set on exploring the relationship between
Anna and David, having turned our intrepid superspy into quite the horndog.
The other angle that bothers me muchly is that a source close to the set
whispered to us that JFP is “not interested in looking back and wants to take
the show forward,” meaning no more returning characters. Of course, #1) JFP
has a track record of saying one thing and doing the opposite a week later and
#2) It is not expected that JFP will be in power after her contract is reviewed
in December and the plummeting ratings are taken into consideration.
I would not count the Scorpio return as out of the question, but
certainly, the prospects of our favorite Aussie putting some snap back into the
PCPD is looking dim. I’d LOVE to
see him work with Taggert!
Hi! i've been
watching GH for a long time but im confused when Luke & Laura refer to their
adventures on the run. i've heard things about the Haunted Star, the Triple L
Diner, something about a boy with a wooden leg & a left hand...ect...please
give me the scoop!! im dying to know. :-)
No sense in me rephrasing words that have already
been written most masterfully, so I’d like to refer you to some wonderful
links that say it better than could I:
There is a WONDERFUL tribute page to L&L1 on Soap
City. It’s the index, so subject
to change. HURRY!!
http://soapcity.netscape.com/specials/luke_laura/index.jhtml
On a neat page called “Fascination” there is a recounting of their story in words and pictures: http://members.tripod.com/~lukeshistory/lukelaura4.html
Their adventures are wonderfully novelized on The Anthony Gear Webpage.
http://mcamy.hispeed.com/geary/gh/updates1.html
Enjoy!
I’ve had this stupid
song going through my head for months now and I can’t seem to find it.
It was from the 80’s and was some rap about General Hospital by a group
that sounded a lot like Blondie. The
only line I can remember is, “Susan’s having Alan’s baby.”
HELP!!
Be at peace, my Sweet. I’m here to help. The song was called “General Hospi-Tale” and was performed by
a group called The Afternoon Delights with Rebecca Hall on lead vocals. It was written by H. King and L.
Tedesco and was released in 1981. You can read the lyrics by clicking here and can download the song
from SoapZone at this link: www.soapzone.com/gh/library/GeneralHospi-Tale.html
OLTL
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I’m a latecomer to OLTL and I’ve always wondered, how did Todd get his scar? |
Todd was very much a baddie when he came on the scene as a fraternity boy accused of participating in
the gang rape of Marty Saybrooke. During the trial, he cornered Marty behind Rodi’s bar (which Renee
and Max used to own together) and attempted to rape her again, or at least let her think he would. My
personal favorite character (OK, I’ll admit, she ties with Dorian), Luna Moody, saw what was happening
and intervened, whacking Todd with a metal bar. The impact not only gave him his trademark scar, but
also caused (though this is NEVER addressed and seems to have been lost along the way) his hearing to
be lost in his right ear.
I’m curious about all of these wives that keep being mentioned in regard to Asa. I’ve been around for probably
about the last half, but the first batch intrigues me. Do you have any information on them?
Your question moved me, so I wrote an article called “The Wives and Times of Asa Buchanan.” You can
get to it by clicking here.
MISC
I saw a long while back that you had posted a link for your recipe page. Can you post it again as I lost it
when my computer crashed.
Sure, doll. It’s at www.eyeonsoaps.com/AMC/recipes.htm
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Who would win in a fight between Mighty Mouse and Batman? |
*sigh* I can’t believe I’m even dignifying this question with an answer. Batman would win because he’s a real person. Mighty Mouse is a cartoon character. Don’t you go to the movies?
This is where I get off! See you next
week.
