General Hospital -- Alan and Monica move into the mansion

Monica's -- and our -- first look at the famous Quartermaine mansion! (sorry about the timer, but at least the clip's in good shape!)

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• Quartermaine
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[gr23452]

Questions: Where Edward and Lila on GH yet? And where did they live? Was this their family home or did Alan just buy it?

[MonicaQuartermaine]

I am so glad you asked these questions, because it's part of GH history that GH has forgotten. Edward and Lila lived at their family home on Long Island, although they often came to visit and stayed with either Alan and Monica or Tracy, as they both had separate penthouse suites at the HarborView towers. Alan bought this house and gave it to Monica for Christmas 1978, and they spent a lot of time renovating it -- and nearly breaking up -- before moving in in July 1979.

[maxineweiss]

All My Children spent much of 1978 sharing the top-rated spot with Days of Our Lives. One life To Live went back and forth between #2 and #3. But by late 1978, Days fell to No. 4, and General Hospital shot up to number 3, with the David Hamilton story. Early 1979, the Quarantine put GH at number 2, and by October, the rape put them at number 1---where they stayed for 10 years.

[MonicaQuartermaine]

Thanks for the info! Do you have any video clips to share?

[mphs95]

oh wow...What were the refering to when they were at the stairs? SD was hot!

[MonicaQuartermaine]

The fight they had when Alan found out she had left the hospital with Rick after the quarantine, and he told her their marriage was over.

[smirksy]

Dear Lord! How the heck did you find such a clear clip after all of this time. It's flawless. And Alan was such a total sweetheart to Monica...well, when he wasn't trying to kill her or sleeping around.

[americanson2002]

Almost surreal how young they were and that this was the "beginning" of the Q's as we know them now.

[landrykkb]

@maxineweiss Luke & Laura were what sent GH's ratings through the stratosphere.

[gun15509]

Also, let's not forget the Jeff & Heather Webber/PJ is Stevenlauras storyline. That was popular as well with the fans I mean that storyline ran for 3 years on GH (1978 - 1981) before it was really resolved after Diana Taylor was murdered (or killed by accident by Ms. Grant) around February of 1981.

[coolwafferman18]

It beat All My Children which didn't spend too much time as number 1 but it hung in the top 3 for about 7 years.

[maxineweiss]

This was June of 1979, they were still #2 in the ratings. By October 1979 they would be #1.

[stacyviacomsucks]

how come it looks so diffrent?