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34. General Hospital.

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 02:01 PM

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I started watching it when I was 12 years old back in the 60s. Then All My Children and One Life to Live came along and I watched them too. Of course, I was still watching GH during the Luke & Laura glory years in the 80s; everybody was back then. When I decided to stop sitting in front of the TV for three hours every afternoon, I narrowed it down to All My Children. Then I switched careers and started working in the day and never watched any soaps again.

It's funny. Whenever I would catch a minute or two of a soap I didn't watch, I would think all the actors were lousy, but on my soaps, I thought all the actors were good! I guess we really do see what we want to see.

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