Port Charles Chuckles

It's All The Rage

I had no sooner finished praising the quiet, non-dramatic, and humorous Jacks family moments on Monday, when Tuesday rolled around and totally harshed my buzz.

Olivia broke up with Johnny and he didn't take it very well, he blamed his sister Claudia.

Which was completely justified since it was her fault, she was blackmailing Olivia.  However, as much as I may have wanted someone to pop Claudia for months now, I'm an old fashioned gal - - it can not be a man.

Then, Michael got hysterical when his mother was concerned about him and went all incredible hulk in front of the other children.

 

It's been a little while since I've had occasion to call upon the children for their unique perspective on current storylines, but today seems like as good a day as any.

Johnny has now officially completed his transformation into woman-abusing Sonny 2.0 and little Michael is well on his way to following in his adopted father's barware-throwing footsteps.  Morgan, Molly - - what do you think?

We're dumbfounded - - how is it that Bob Guza still has a job?  How is it that Michael and Kristina get all the screentime when we're so completely adorable?

Only more questions, never any answers, just another day in the Chuckles.

screencaps courtesy of Lisa W.

It Boggles the Mind

I was cautiously optimistic when I first heard that General Hospital was planning a (purportedly non-mafia) murder mystery story-arc.  The idea of bringing the entire cast together into a non-toxic-ball- related umbrella seemed like a good one, in theory. 

Last week, when Mayor Floyd implied that he had some sort of leverage on Alexis, I began to worry.  It would be just like Bob Guza and his law-abiding-citizen-hate-parade, to write a huge umbrella story involving most of the cast, located at the hospital, and ending in gunfire and at least one non-mob-character-assassination.

It turns out, the thoughts of shrewd lawyer Diane Miller, strangely mirror my own on the subject.

Alexis is being blackmailed by Mayor Floyd:

Excuse me, the man has the IQ of a potted-plant, remember the roller-blading incident?  How could he possibly have incriminating information on anyone?

He possesses sensitive information that District Attorney Alexis Davis doesn't want going public:

Something more embarrassing than having dated town sociopath and bomber extraordinaire Jerry Jacks?

Really?  Worse than having given birth to Sonny Corinthos' child???

That truly is a terrifying concept, what could conceivably be worse?  The possibilities boggle the mind.

 

screencaps courtesy of laurieluvsliason

Of Horror and Boredom

In this week's installment of the muffin speaks, I thought we'd challenge Emma a little by asking her to evaluate the latest General Hospital promo.  This is a task that requires attention to detail and marginal reasoning capability (so obviously, I'm not going to ask the head writer of the show) but I think 6-month-old Emma is equal to the task.

>>>watch here<<<

Are you on the edge of your seat? 

I sure am.

Emma, what about you?

Oh no! Post-traumatic-flashbacks, it seems like only yesterday that I was careening toward certain injury down the staircase of doom, myself.  That new hospital set really is a menace, it would be safer to just repel from floor to floor.

 

 

What about the whole Nikolas/Rebecca thing?

 

Emma's too young for that nonsense, so let me allow the fabulous Nancy Lee Grahn to sum up my own feelings on the subject:

 

Well said.

 

Remind me again why Alexis is relegated to background noise in the never-ending saga of Nikolas and notEmily when viewers could be watching her and Agent Rayner flirt cute every day?  Or when she and Diane could be cleverly bantering? 

 

Whyyyy?

 

Oh right, now I remember - -  

 

 

screencaps courtesy of laurieluvsliason