August 18, 1980 ~ Part 2 ~ Rick is not the father

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  • @Avatar610
    @Avatar610 12 лет назад +67

    Now this is the classic GH I remember! And no Sonny or Carly in sight!

    • @tammymartinez7488
      @tammymartinez7488 3 года назад +7

      With the amount of people who can’t stand sonny or Carly the writers should do something about that. The current storyline has sonny with amnesia. All the sonny/Carly fans want him to regain his memories and run back to Carly l. I want something else!

    • @maryjoanhill7847
      @maryjoanhill7847 3 года назад +9

      There is Nothing better than classic GH...

    • @sonyab1974
      @sonyab1974 3 года назад +3

      @@tammymartinez7488 Yeah I want Sonny to get his memories back and be with Nina. :)

    • @darcellbenjamin
      @darcellbenjamin 3 года назад +3

      Seriously I miss those days of general hospital

    • @jasminesmith9898
      @jasminesmith9898 3 года назад +1

      Yeah this good but obviously thought they need a change and it worked out love or hate them it worked .

  • @82mmkay
    @82mmkay 12 лет назад +74

    I love how Lesley gets stronger as this confrontation goes on, no matter how much Monica insults her! See her face when she says, your frightened aren't you Monica? I love how she didn't cower or wilt, only got stronger!!! YESSSS!!!

    • @fwdthinker
      @fwdthinker 3 года назад +11

      Lesley read her for filth - LOL!

    • @82mmkay
      @82mmkay 3 года назад +7

      @@fwdthinker 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @francohilton532
    @francohilton532 4 года назад +41

    Leslie and Monica my favorite scene in daytime history! What a CLASSIC storyline

  • @abe_froman8360
    @abe_froman8360 2 месяца назад +1

    During time time on GH, every story, every episode was riveting. What an era.

  • @loislane4421
    @loislane4421 3 года назад +70

    Alan was stupendous. Rick was dumbfounded. Moni was desperate. Lesley was class personified.

    • @rosanncoleman1462
      @rosanncoleman1462 2 года назад +9

      Oh he'll no..no she didn't... Lol wow you go Les!Yes I say she rang those jowls and then some... Whole Christmas trees Bat Man here we go again! JMVHO!.. PS Lee also rang her bell to boot! Loving GH still after all these years. Rosie!

    • @kellym3356
      @kellym3356 6 месяцев назад +3

      Alan Quartermaine (Stuart Damon) was my absolute favorite on GH from 70’s on !!!! So handsome and witty ! He and Monica were fabulous together whether they were “together” or with other people ! Their chemistry was outstanding

    • @MrsPenni-fd7ny
      @MrsPenni-fd7ny 4 месяца назад +2

      Monica looked like a deer caught in the head lights!!! 😂😂😂

  • @Ordinaryfool
    @Ordinaryfool 11 лет назад +59

    Why should Lesley have gone right back to the man who hurt her so badly. Lesley deserved to enjoy Monica's (and Rick's) moment of comeuppance. Alan was brilliant to expose the truth as he did. Alan's was dying believing that Alan, Jr wasn't his son. Monica couldn't deny it and Rick had to accept that he had been had (and never should have screwed his friend and co-workers wife)! With emotions running high, all had to keep cool while the party was happening. The old GH was awesome.

  • @allanbrown6318
    @allanbrown6318 Год назад +6

    They don't make soaps like this anymore!

  • @LuvTadnDixie
    @LuvTadnDixie Год назад +17

    General Hospital to me was the greatest a soap could be in 1979 and 1980 -- you couldn't get a better quality soap. Every storyline was great. I loved Jeff and Anne's storyline, but I was just as interested and invested in Scotty and Luke and Laura and Monica and Alan and Rick and Leslie. Now this scene with Leslie and Monica where Leslie slaps Monica was CLASSIC. GH has been on the air for 60 years (yep, in 2023 it will be it's 60th Anniversary) and this scene would included on the list of one of the most memorable scenes from this show in my opinion.

    • @karenoneal4660
      @karenoneal4660 7 дней назад

      Excellent acting… although, back then they were all excellent!!

  • @jamiestablein5295
    @jamiestablein5295 4 года назад +38

    Lesley is still classy, even in this situation. IMO DA captures the balance between hurt and anger perfectly.

    • @rosanncoleman1462
      @rosanncoleman1462 2 года назад +8

      He'll yeah she sure the he'll didJMVHO! Rosie slap!🌪🌪🌪

  • @deeeliades3426
    @deeeliades3426 Год назад +15

    This scene is as good today as it was 32 years ago! Kudos to daytime, this beats reality tv any day of the week.

    • @redpine8665
      @redpine8665 3 месяца назад +1

      I loved this era of GH. I always thought though, that the actor who played Rick was a stiff. Just a piece of wood.

  • @tragicprincess8414
    @tragicprincess8414 4 года назад +47

    We all jumped up and high fived when Leslie rang those jaws.

    • @82mmkay
      @82mmkay 3 года назад +7

      I’m in a literal fit of laughter w/your, “Rang those jaws”! I have never heard before, but, will now use it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂. P.S. My sisters & I were hollering screaming for Les to slap her again!

    • @ionestevens1846
      @ionestevens1846 2 года назад +5

      Would have been fabulous if Monica ended up with a bloody noise

    • @rosanncoleman1462
      @rosanncoleman1462 Год назад +2

      Wow 82mmkay I try to read a few comments each and everyday . I have to tell you hon. I just read yours just now.. Girl please am still laughing my ass off! Oh my Lord that was just to,too funny... Damn I can't stop laughing. Thank you and your aiater... Oh,oh good one I wish Lesley did slap her (MONICA) again! Hello. Thanks you just made my day complt.JMCHO! ROSIE.🤕👹😠

  • @MsTexas73
    @MsTexas73 12 лет назад +31

    These scenes are SO MANY shades of Awesome. I am a DIEHARD Monica Fan...LOVED Lesley also. Lesley was easy to figure out, Monica's life became clearer as time went on. A LOT of her actions were based on her insecurities growing up. Rick was her "security blanket". But in the end he was meant to be with Les...and Monica found REAL love with Alan, whom she really was meant to be with. Great writing and acting here!

  • @betsykeller9096
    @betsykeller9096 5 лет назад +23

    Someone had called this the "slap heard around the world" a few years ago, and when I read that, I was all into finding this clip. I did find it years ago, but it was before I had a RUclips account and didn't comment. I am a real, die-hard "soap opera slap" fan! LOL! Actually, I was a Rick and Lesley fan first around 1978/79, and then I continued with being a huge Luke and Laura fan. Oh, the writing, relationships, dynamics, and chemistries that were around during this era. Even seeing Paddy Kelly at the end, and thinking of how he and Rose were kind of cool, makes me want to have this era back big time. Thank God for RUclips!!!!

    • @judithjerde1574
      @judithjerde1574 4 года назад +9

      I think Lesley just showed Monica that she actually has a whole lot of passion, full stop!!!

    • @82mmkay
      @82mmkay 3 года назад +5

      @@judithjerde1574 Oh she sure did!

    • @Laura-zy5jp
      @Laura-zy5jp 2 года назад +2

      Thank goodness for RUclips and The internet that All GH and soap fans can go all the way back to the 70’s , 80’s etc to see these Classic pieces of soap diamonds again to all who post these Classic episodes and scenes I thank you deeply. I have for many decades been a GH fan. Especially Since the late70’s into the early 2000’s😅❤❤ In 2023 GH will celebrate 60 glorious years!!!

  • @kimberlytyrcha5930
    @kimberlytyrcha5930 5 лет назад +53

    Where does Monica get off saying she doesn't owe Lesley any explanations? She broke up Lesley's marriage. She absolutely owes her an explanation.

    • @82mmkay
      @82mmkay 3 года назад +6

      Exactly!!

    • @lyndawilliams4570
      @lyndawilliams4570 2 года назад

      Monica was a real 🤬back then

    • @Lavender_Cordle
      @Lavender_Cordle Год назад +2

      @@draperscott7698it takes two to tango.

    • @terrondt
      @terrondt 8 месяцев назад +3

      Unfortunately Monica at this point was selfish and very morally lacking.

  • @victoriaindigo
    @victoriaindigo 12 лет назад +48

    I love Alan's reveal! Really showed he was Edward's son there!

    • @lb1262dt
      @lb1262dt 3 года назад +5

      👍👍👍!!!

  • @LuisRodriguez-bo4xg
    @LuisRodriguez-bo4xg 3 года назад +7

    this was great writing. Loved watching Leslie!

  • @GHRickLesley
    @GHRickLesley 12 лет назад +12

    And will be stronger as she goes!! THIS is the reason why we love this storyline so much!

  • @ChristopherIGomes
    @ChristopherIGomes 3 года назад +12

    STUART DAMON WAS HILARIOUS... AS A VILLAINOUS CHARACTER?? LOL!!!

  • @m.e.d.7997
    @m.e.d.7997 5 лет назад +11

    Such a great show back in the period!

  • @brendafoster6054
    @brendafoster6054 Год назад +3

    The crazy stories back at that time was off the rockers, change, but they was the ones O.G. original,the best Crew..

  • @CrooklynKnight
    @CrooklynKnight 3 года назад +22

    Man I don't care if she was the other woman or trampy, but I love me some Dr Monica Quartermaine. That confrontation between her and Leslie, and Alan telling the party AJ was his son was EVERYTHING.
    It's a shame soaps lack this type of writing nowadays.

    • @redpine8665
      @redpine8665 3 месяца назад

      Leslie Charleson, who played Monica was an absolute stunner in her days when younger than seen here.

  • @hunnibunni4181
    @hunnibunni4181 6 лет назад +30

    And that Rick is exactly what you deserve for thinking of only yourself. Lesley had so much class and you did not deserve her. Even though she loves you with her whole soul you should have worshipped her when she allowed you back into her heart.

    • @KatharineDalton-xv5ud
      @KatharineDalton-xv5ud Год назад +1

      Well said. I've always liked Lesley and remember when she was on the "front burner" as they say. She comes across with so much warmth and class. She's a wonderful actress!

  • @daniellemarie334
    @daniellemarie334 7 лет назад +53

    That slap just gives me a rush of adrenaline! And Les slapped her good!

    • @hunnibunni4181
      @hunnibunni4181 6 лет назад +10

      Danielle Urton Yes that 👋🏽 was a few years in the making. Lesley saved Monica’s career a few times and look how she paid Lesley back. SMH!

  • @hunnibunni4181
    @hunnibunni4181 6 лет назад +51

    Gotta love Alan! He threw Monica right under the bus, letting Rick, Lesley and everyone else know that she in fact did know the truth about Alan Jr’s., paternity but did not want to disclose it. LOL!

    • @judithjerde1574
      @judithjerde1574 4 года назад +12

      Oh yeah, I think Allen dropped the mic, right there!!! Haha...

    • @82mmkay
      @82mmkay 3 года назад +6

      Total 🎤 drop!

  • @melmingin8445
    @melmingin8445 5 лет назад +22

    I cant believe Denise Alexander nor Leslie Charleson were neither nominated for emmys for this scene!

    • @ChristopherIGomes
      @ChristopherIGomes 3 года назад +3

      THEY BOTH... SHOULD BE GIVEN EMMY'S... JUST BRILLIANT....

    • @admetric
      @admetric 3 года назад +1

      It was nominated through best writing. There is clip of this award showing this slap scene.
      ruclips.net/video/YaIavruefVE/видео.html

    • @mrsk.30
      @mrsk.30 3 года назад +4

      They are brilliant. Love the fire DA brings.

  • @TheDetroitblack
    @TheDetroitblack 3 года назад +13

    That slap was to die for...
    They just don't make scenes like this anymore 😂😂😂🤣
    Love me sum Monica and Leslie ❤️

  • @herdmentality1894
    @herdmentality1894 6 лет назад +31

    Oh god i forgot how much i loved old skool Q's Alan relishing sticking it to Monica in public and knocking the air out of Rics selfish sail at the same time. Les was such a class act still caring about Ric despite his tendency to be a complete arsehat.

    • @terrondt
      @terrondt 8 месяцев назад

      He just exposed and humiliated Monica and Rick to their faces and in front if everyone there. Wow

  • @yocathyberger
    @yocathyberger  12 лет назад +12

    You know what, RLL? I was so excited to be able to see all these scenes -- the hunt for them and all...that it has taken me this long to really and truly think that Rick does not deserve Lesley. It is true, though, that sometimes one loves a person who doesn't deserve it.

    • @kathylanda681
      @kathylanda681 3 года назад +3

      OMG Sussezq how right on you are. Thank you so much for these wonderful truths that is what makes you, you your EPIC greatness! .... and yet you are so damn right sometimes in life sometimes one dose love a person who doesn’t deserve it ? But in real reality get’s that love from that certain person . If truth be told that person deserve a whole lot more then they are getting now! .... Sorry I know some of you fans may not think what Laura May deserve’s But I have to say in all honesty Laura deserved a whole lot more! JMVHO. Thanks. Rosie.

  • @dennisfodor2463
    @dennisfodor2463 8 лет назад +27

    Way to go, Lesley !

  • @82mmkay
    @82mmkay 12 лет назад +17

    I must have missed something, because after Alan revealed that AJ was really his and not Ricks', Rick wanted nothing to do with Monica. Rick threw Monica off to the side out on the Patio after the revelation and before her confrontation with Lesley. If you remember the fallout from the revelation, RIck forced Monica to tell him when she knew the truth in his office and after that, wanted nothing to do with her. So, Les was actually right.

  • @MsTexas73
    @MsTexas73 9 лет назад +30

    Oh Lesley, just when I think I couldn't love you more, you go and say that last part to Moni. Understanding what she did...and still worried about Rick's well-being.
    Somebody give that woman a medal! ISIS (aka me) would NOT have been that kind. No ma'am.

    • @KatharineDalton-xv5ud
      @KatharineDalton-xv5ud Год назад +4

      I know Lesley loved Ric and was glad to have him back, but I think he needs a good slap-a-roo too, for treating Lesley like he did. It takes two to tango, and Ric was just as guilty as Monica.

  • @82mmkay
    @82mmkay 12 лет назад +15

    You know, the funny thing is, Monica didn't realize that Rick was aware that she used her ability to carry a child as advantage over Lesley and to keep him. Rick said it after the revelation, when Monica went to his loft asking for his help, when Alan challenged her for custody of Alan Jr. He then threw her out!

  • @ReneeBamber-vv6mz
    @ReneeBamber-vv6mz Год назад +4

    Rick has no right to call anyone a liar with all the crap he put Lesley thru.

  • @briansky10
    @briansky10 4 года назад +6

    Rick has a turbulent evening and good old Mike, God bless him, comes along to cheer him up.

    • @LynnEllingwood
      @LynnEllingwood Год назад

      Rick and Alan and their son quest.

    • @MaryEverling
      @MaryEverling Год назад +1

      @@LynnEllingwoodIt was the eighties lol

  • @rebeccaself7390
    @rebeccaself7390 3 года назад +3

    Great episode

  • @kbyrdleroy
    @kbyrdleroy 11 лет назад +8

    Thanks for posting this! I was hunting for this scene. Remember it from my childhood.

  • @jasminesmith9898
    @jasminesmith9898 3 года назад +9

    Watching this makes me laugh especially after how Monica acts towards Carly like she's completely clean.

  • @ashleylynne84baby94
    @ashleylynne84baby94 7 лет назад +23

    Look at Monica pulling a Carly on Alan with none other than AJ!!!

    • @tiffanywaldon4875
      @tiffanywaldon4875 4 года назад +6

      YES! That’s why so many people couldn’t understand why Monica gave Carly such a hard time back then! Like, uh, didn’t you do the same thing, Monica?! Have some understanding! 😂

  • @82mmkay
    @82mmkay 11 лет назад +9

    Mike actually made his debut way before this. It was around the time Rick moved above Kellys.

  • @MaryEverling
    @MaryEverling Год назад +6

    Lesley was just too too kind...

  • @hervehightower7547
    @hervehightower7547 Год назад +3

    This was soaps at it true best and this time was something else.

  • @karenoneal4660
    @karenoneal4660 Год назад +3

    Dan Rooney: “That was a strange way to make a point about the teaching wing.”
    A moment of levity in an uncomfortable situation. 😅

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 Год назад +3

    Every soap back in the day had an evil villainess you loved to hate.
    ATWT had Lisa ,OLTL had Dorian and GH had Monica.
    I loved Leslie ❤️
    As the years went on definable ,clear cut bad and good characters disappeared

  • @allmc2008
    @allmc2008 12 лет назад +11

    The writers/actors/producers/directors should see this clip. This is what DAYTIME does BEST! This new triangle involving Dr. Patrick Drake/Sabrina/Britt is nothing compared to Rick/Leslie/Monica. What was the last good triangle with substance?

  • @MsTexas73
    @MsTexas73 9 лет назад +13

    The scene between Lesley and Monica is gold! IN it we see Monica stripped down to what she is really about where Rick is concerned. We see the orphan talking here. The desperation to hold on to what she feels is hers comes from a history of not really having anyone. Aside from Gail (who didn't "officially" adopt her but acted as her parent when she was a teen), the Webbers (Rick, Jeff, and Terri) were her family! It's sad really. Now she married Alan, lightweight on the rebound, but also she did love him when she married him. It is inexcusable how she has in a sense used both men though, and this embarrassment was destined to happen. I feel bad for all four of them. Lesley was the most innocent of them all and did not deserve the heartache she has endured. BUT, whhile she is MOST innocent, I will say this...her marriage to Rick was rocky from the jump and not just because of Monica...but Lesley always putting Laura and Laura's issues first before her marriage was also a part of the issue. Rick should have been man enough to handle it and deal with it though. He is in no way a saint and so what's happened here, while I feel bad for him, I am lightweight like, "Yeah! That's what you get, dummy." And the things is, it is clear that while Rick had love for Monica he was not IN love with her. He was clearly IN love with Lesley. Lesley is his match. They vibe in ways that he and Monica would never vibe. And Lesley can put up with things that Rick will do that Monica would NEVER put up with. And Alan,,,he's not a saint at all...but not a bad boy either. He was CRAZY in love with Monica. She is his boo, his bae, his forever love. He will put up with things she does because of this. A strange love at times, but they are indeed a matched set. The thing is, it will take a while for Monica to finally get it, but she too will realize Alan is HER it thing as well. LOVE this storyline. So much great stuff has come out of it.

    • @jasoncarly
      @jasoncarly 8 лет назад +3

      MsTexas73 very well said and I couldn't agree more!

    • @crystaljewel1073
      @crystaljewel1073 8 лет назад +1

      MsTexas73 so true

    • @castlist44i58
      @castlist44i58 7 лет назад +3

      I also agree. I felt most sorry for Lesley in this quadrangle.

  • @romabriere
    @romabriere 12 лет назад +12

    Adding to GHRickLesley's response, Les asked Rick to move out when she discovered the true paternity of baby AJ. She tabled divorce while still in self preservation mode. Rick didn't want it. After moving out, he had an identity crisis meltdown and eventually weakened to the idea of having a son, with Monica as part of the pkg. i.e. making an honest woman of his son's mother! Pure selfishness on his part. By the time Les realized she still loved him, he had already gone over to the other side.

  • @Mzzbeck
    @Mzzbeck 3 года назад +4

    This was epic!! Scandalous if you will at it’s original best♥️🥂

  • @romabriere
    @romabriere 13 лет назад +8

    I'll say it again,,,,, This scene was the only time when I WISHED a guy would slug a woman. But no worries Rick! Your EX will fight your battles for you! Awesome to finally hear it all in English to tell the full story that we could only see through expression before now. Still think they directors should have had Les push the witch into the pool as a scene finale!!!!! That would have been the only thing that would have made it better!!! Rock on Cath & Jenvideo!! We are blessed! :)

  • @DonnaMazzella
    @DonnaMazzella 12 лет назад +10

    I agree here
    When I first watched it I wanted them together so badly but as an adult not so sure
    Lesley really knew Rick in this clip Les tells Monica you don't know the man he is not coming back because he is vulnerable and he cares etc..
    she always knew Rick
    Monica always cared about Monica-When Rick kicked Monica out of his office is another scene I love and when he called her a baby maker is another

    • @juanitahargwood8047
      @juanitahargwood8047 5 лет назад +4

      DonnaMazzella Lesley did indeed know Rick. When the quarantine was lifted and Rick came home and told Les that he wanted to sleep with Monica; Les told him that she wished he did sleep with her to get it t out of his system. You notice after Rick slept with Monica the day of Laura’s accident, he and Les got back together Rick didn’t look back while every other minute Monica was thinking back to that night. Meanwhile Rick was happy and living his life with Les.

    • @sharonjonsy9412
      @sharonjonsy9412 5 лет назад +2

      Juanita, I see a recent comment here or yours. This site fills in so many questions for me. I've only had L/L videos for Suzy's. Now I know so much more, this is WONDERFUL. Rick and Amy did know and Alan is a nice guy to tell Lesley about Laura's call.

    • @hunnibunni4181
      @hunnibunni4181 4 года назад +2

      sharon oksen I was introduced to Rick and Lesley through the actors of DA and MG and then i stopped watching GH. Connecting to the sites that these wonderful ladies have created introduced me to CR and the rest of the Rick and Lesleys story.

  • @yocathyberger
    @yocathyberger  13 лет назад +9

    @netguy02 I totally agree. I cheered when that slap originally happened! The part that makes this all so unbelievable is that no man stays friends with both an ex-lover, but also someone who blackmailed his wife, AND helped cause her miscarriage.

  • @RealLoisLane
    @RealLoisLane 13 лет назад +14

    Rick - What kind of man are you who leaves his wife for another woman and a baby! Rick got exactly what he deserved!!! SWEET JUSTICE!!!!!
    Lesley should've slapped Rick TOO -------for not putting HER, HIS WIFE FIRST, along with the marriage. FINALLY, Lesley gets to be human!!!

    • @Meadow214
      @Meadow214 2 года назад +2

      He may of had left Lesley but he didnt deserve for what Monica did to him because she knew the whole time that baby belong to Alan but because she decided that Rick belonged to her she decided to destroy Rick's marriage which yes he destroyed it too on himself. Monica never liked or cared to respect Lesley in fact she never intended to keep a friendship of any kind with Lesley

    • @loislane4421
      @loislane4421 2 года назад +3

      @@Meadow214 rick got what was coming to him. Payback is a bitch.

    • @Meadow214
      @Meadow214 2 года назад +2

      @@loislane4421 look I think what I said needs to be read carefully again I never said I disagreed with the fact that Rick would deserve anything that came to him from the time that he walked out and just left Lesley the way he did. I simply said and ill say it once more because I think it was cruel and wrong and Monica did go way too far, Rick did not deserve for Monica( for the snake she always was) to use that child against him by trying to trap him knowing full on well that child was truly Alan Quartermaine's son sure had her cruel Secret stayed hidden perhaps she would've succeeded in it all but that still wont change that she used that child to hurt other people most especially Lesley in the case that Monica knew Lesley was never able to give Rick or anyone else a child because of past trauma. Monica new that so to stick it where it would hurt most Monica pretended to want to be to being friends only to burn and show her true intentions later burning Rick in the process. In any other circumstance I wouldnt be defending Rick at all but in this instance involving Monica I will because no one deserves to have a child ripped from them rather if its by murder or any other way to include with what Monica did

    • @maryeverling8238
      @maryeverling8238 2 года назад

      @@Meadow214 Monica was always a insecure bitch…

    • @loislane4421
      @loislane4421 2 года назад +1

      @@Meadow214 Rick badgered Lesley to take him back and when she couldn't easily forgive and move on, he dumped her and repeatedly reminded her that his first consideration was his son. Rick knew the kind of woman moni was, he just turned a blinds eye and it bit him hard.

  • @johnodonnell5474
    @johnodonnell5474 2 года назад +3

    This was classic General Hospital

  • @82mmkay
    @82mmkay 12 лет назад +7

    Yes you are correct. It was when Les was pregnant w/ Camerons' baby, he had died and she was dating Rick. Monica went to Lesleys' home to threaten her to end it with Rick & Les then followed her and lost her footing on the stairs and fell. While Monica didn't push her, if she hadn't of gone to there w/ her rotten intentions in the first place, Les probably wouldn't have had the miscarriage! G'rrrr!

  • @hunnibunni4181
    @hunnibunni4181 6 лет назад +15

    Monica you are so disrespectful to Lesley and that is exactly why you were so miserable.

  • @markwaltz3307
    @markwaltz3307 4 года назад +7

    The slap may have hurt, but Monica began to slowly wake up and over the years, she has suffered for her sins being the last of the family, losing both Lila and Edward, later Lee and Gail, the only parental figures she had, other family members (some several times each) and thanks to Leslie Charleson's layered acting, Monica has become a better woman. Perhaps at their reunion last year, Monica should have thanked Lesley for the slap for that reason alone. By 1983, Monica was maturing greatly, very protective of her family, and slowly came to love Alan's illegitimate son, Jason, as her own. I love stories of atonement and watching Monica grow from the vixen of this era to the respected matriarch of not only her family but the hospital is an example of how people in life, not just on soaps, can change. Lesley did forgive her (never forgets though!), and you can tell that they did come to like each other when they shared scenes. It is also obvious that they got along very well as actors, and Leslie is still close with Stuart Damon. Leslie Charleson is like Marj Dusay, the anti-diva diva, more comfortable with her horses and charities than with creating conflicts on sets or acting like a spoiled "b". After all, she was "the ultribrite girl". "GH" outtakes has her always having fun when she screws up or someone else has a blooper.

  • @GHRickLesley
    @GHRickLesley 11 лет назад +3

    That is a very cool story!

  • @Ordinaryfool
    @Ordinaryfool 11 лет назад +13

    Monica, unable to let go of the love-illusion Rick represented, hurt Jeff, Lesley, Alan, her sons, and even Rick. At first, Alan responded poorly to her lies and rejection. But, Monica was broken in her early life, so learning to trust her own ability for love and emotion was difficult. Deep down, Alan was full of love, which she needed. At his death, Monica finally realized that she had her soul mate right beside her all along in Alan. It took her way to long, but she did learn to love.

    • @momamiawhite
      @momamiawhite 5 лет назад +2

      I TOTALLY AGREE .GAIL HUSBAND WAS PART OF THAT. GAIL THOUGHT MONICA WAS SLEEPING WITH HER HUSBAND ALL THOSE YEAR'S.GAIL HUSBAND FORCE HIM SELF ON HER AND THREAD HER.

    • @judithjerde1574
      @judithjerde1574 4 года назад

      I guess Monica didn’t know about the skeleton in the attic..

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 4 года назад +6

    "Frank Parker as Paddy Kelly
    owner of Kelly's Pub
    later Shawn Brady
    owner of Brady's Pub
    on Day's."-🤔📺.

  • @bobbyb7979
    @bobbyb7979 4 года назад +7

    What a great slap! Monica needed it, though.

  • @Ordinaryfool
    @Ordinaryfool 11 лет назад +12

    Young Monica reminds me of Scarlet O'Hara. Ruthless and desperate for love and security. Thinking the "good" Ashley Wilkes was the cure. Ashley was tempted - but truly loved his loyal and understanding wife (Rick/Lesley). But, true passion lay with handsome, fiery, passionate and rich Rhett Butler. He saw true woman - WARTS and all. He loved her anyway (Alan/Monica). If Monica had gotten Rick, she would have been like Scarlet - disappointed and begging and scheming to return to Alan.

    • @MsTexas73
      @MsTexas73 5 лет назад +6

      Exactly. Had Rick and Monica stayed together it would not have lasted long. He would've bored her and Alan and Monica would've ended up having an affair anyways and back together because they had the real chemistry. There is something to be said about being with someone equally yoked. Alan was always Monica's match. Rick was someone from her past that should've just stayed IN her past. She settled for Jeff because he was in the same family. She felt security with the Webber family as a whole. But they were never meant to be FOR her in the long run. From the jump when we first saw her with Jeff, we saw that Monica, her spirit and all, was too much for the Webbers in general. This ending was bound to happen. It was a painful process for all parties (and viewers). We viewers knew all along that Rick belong with Lesley, and Monica belonged with Alan. And watching the pain that Lesley especially went through was gut wrenching. That woman was a saint. I could not have been the one. Rick could have kicked rocks with jagged edges.

  • @betsykeller9096
    @betsykeller9096 2 месяца назад

    Back again. I just needed to see this slap before I went off to work, and YT kept suggesting it, so I watched it. I had a chance to go to a GH thing where Genie Francis was there, and I asked her about slaps (I called it a soap opera slap, which puzzled Genie Francis, and Finola Hughes said bitch slap. I didn't want to curse, so thank you to Finola Hughes on that one). She said that some people take the slap, some people stunt the slap, ad sometimes the connection on the slap is accidental in the stunting. The actors usually collaborate and figure it out. There are some good slaps, but this one is my all-time favorite.

  • @QonOUTview
    @QonOUTview 11 лет назад +4

    They needed to revisit this when Lesley came back in 1996 or when Rick came back in 2002. Perhaps Lesley should have hooled up with Alan!

  • @yocathyberger
    @yocathyberger  12 лет назад +6

    What really stinks is that without OLD video, the fact that MONICA is the one that caused Lesley to not be able to have any more children! Yet it is Monica's ability to have children (specifically his!) that causes Rick to leave Lesley. It was just so wrong. I gotta say -- this is one thing the "old" Rick would never have done!

    • @hunnibunni4181
      @hunnibunni4181 6 лет назад +7

      yocathyberger you are so right. The character of Rick played by MG knew how to handle Monica. He would have never engaged in the foolishness that they had CR character do.MG’s Rick even told Lesley that what he had with Monica was not love. He told Lesley that she was his true ❤️.

  • @harlemsfinest7707
    @harlemsfinest7707 2 года назад +3

    I remember watching this scene when I was 10 years old. I can still here my mother yelling at the TV “that Monica is a low down bitch I tell you” lol. This was when General Hospital was more than these overdone mafia wars mess they have going on!!!

  • @romabriere
    @romabriere 12 лет назад +5

    Donna, That's th gist of their conversation. Jeff knows they belong together.... Even if his dense brother hasn't figured that out yet. Lesley, being the proud and selfless person that she is - chooses to step aside and let Rick have the son she could not give him... She stays silent..

  • @fwdthinker
    @fwdthinker 10 лет назад +23

    "Monica likes to have her fun / That is why she had a son / She told Rick he was the dad / Soon found out that he'd been had" - General Hospi-tale (Afternoon Delight)

    • @MrJuly1990ish
      @MrJuly1990ish 10 лет назад +9

      "Alan was the father of course and he won't give Monica a divorce" Lol! I remember that.

    • @LynnEllingwood
      @LynnEllingwood 9 лет назад +6

      Was this a real parody that existed at the time!? Lol! Monica suddenly turns out to the witch. Lesley gets the ugliness of it all. Well if that is the real Monica, Alan is the only one who can deal with her. Which was the truth. He kept her on the better path. Rick was a jerk in leaving Lesley for a kid. Sad.

    • @KelliViti
      @KelliViti 9 лет назад +8

      +L ellingw General Hospi-tale was a rap song in the early 80s, it was on the radio a lot at the time. It was a modest Hit.

    • @LynnEllingwood
      @LynnEllingwood 9 лет назад +2

      I'll look it up.

    • @MsChemicalEngineer
      @MsChemicalEngineer 5 лет назад +2

      fwdthinker Burma shave!!!

  • @joycetee7485
    @joycetee7485 Год назад +1

    Monica thought she could keep Rick using sex, boy was see wrong 😂😂😂

  • @eileenmcnichol888
    @eileenmcnichol888 Месяц назад

    Ah the good old days. I miss those times when there was realistic real drama, good writing and a lot of the cast were people who worked in the hospital since the show was called General Hospital. Best of all no Carly or Sonny.

  • @beasleybrother1
    @beasleybrother1 5 лет назад +2

    If this was at a fundraiser, they would have loved to see this shouting and slap fight.

  • @GHRickLesley
    @GHRickLesley 12 лет назад +6

    I think Rick was very conflicted. I believe he still loved Lesley and was in agony over the hurt he caused her over the choices he made. I think he definately wanted his son & with that came Monica. When Lesley was drunk after the divorce he took care of her and it was obvious he still loved her but right around that time he had a day at the beach w/Monica where they declared their love for each other which was the same day they were having sex in the Cottage when the explosion occurred.

  • @myRLpeeps
    @myRLpeeps 13 лет назад +7

    can't feel sorry for him, no matter how bad that ingrate wanted a child!

  • @herdmentality1894
    @herdmentality1894 5 лет назад +5

    I love when they try to shame Alan over his announcement with did it have to be done in this way? but Alan gleefully and rightly so gives no fucks Champaign?

  • @rosanncoleman1462
    @rosanncoleman1462 2 года назад +4

    Oh wow it is very funny that Pat told Rick about jumping off of a cliff when two loving people are going to get married right..... I do have to say in all honesty Luke was so happy about marrying his Laura he yelled to all of PC... Plus Luke also sang about it too! That is solo very funny! JMVHO! Funny right? Rosie still laughing!

  • @lizlee6290
    @lizlee6290 3 года назад

    The sound quality is pretty bad on a lot of those, (or they're in German - LOL), so I'm trying to watch with the closed captioning on. I just have to say that youtube's closed captioning is a joke! It SUCKS!! And I almost never use that vulgar term! But, still glad to be able to watch all these. Thanks a bunch!

    • @yocathyberger
      @yocathyberger  3 года назад +1

      Many of these are the German video with the audio muted and cassette tape audio laid over. With cassette tapes, there is often the people in the room and their noises that also get picked up

  • @jillcerchia
    @jillcerchia 5 лет назад +3

    Loved this! Lesley just got stronger & stronger throughout. Hated though that Monica tossed the stuff in about Lesley basically being frigid - totally different then the Lesley we see in ‘81 & when RL remarried - there imo she was the lead in their “moments”. The innuendos, the kisses, etc
    & RL should have most definitely hashed this whole conversation out before she took the jerk back. Oh and Lesley “understands the passion???!!!” WTH???

    • @jamiestablein5295
      @jamiestablein5295 4 года назад +1

      Probably another reason for her to “hold out” on Rick during the reconciliation...the celibacy conversation, needing to be sure he really desired her

    • @jillcerchia
      @jillcerchia 4 года назад +1

      Jamie Stablein Probably. & good for her. I would have loved loved them to have had that conversation though!

    • @jamiestablein5295
      @jamiestablein5295 4 года назад

      Jill Cerchia agreed!...I laugh at myself sometimes, exploring the psyches of the characters we know and love so well😉

    • @jillcerchia
      @jillcerchia 4 года назад

      Jamie Stablein Lol. I do the same thing... must be why I like to write fan fics so much.

    • @jamiestablein5295
      @jamiestablein5295 4 года назад

      Jill Cerchia where can I find your fanfics?....I’d love to read them

  • @netguy02
    @netguy02 13 лет назад +13

    By this time, Monica had been a pest in Lesley's life for over 3 years, and Lesley had always managed to show considerable restraint, so that slap was long overdue. I hated how GH turned Alan into a psycho to make Monica look like a victim and to somehow try to justify her devious behavior. It was a relief when she revealed her true colors as a selfish, conniving bitch before Lesley finally smacked her.

  • @MsTexas73
    @MsTexas73 9 лет назад +7

    Oh, and as much as I love Moni...I cheered when Les slapped the taste out of her. BUT, Moni still a G. She took that slap like a champ. LOL!!! Silly girl. Lesley slapped her good though.

  • @QonOUTview
    @QonOUTview 11 лет назад +3

    The debut of Mike Barrington Blake Webber!

  • @GHRickLesley
    @GHRickLesley 12 лет назад +2

    Rick was the one who asked Lesley for the divorce after their long separation. He had decided he wanted to be with Monica and his son after the baptism/attic collapse. Rick told Lesley it would be better if she was the one who filed.

  • @dennisfodor2463
    @dennisfodor2463 8 лет назад +4

    way to go, Rick, for throwing Monica to the floor

  • @82mmkay
    @82mmkay 11 лет назад +4

    82mmkay 39 seconds ago
    Watching this again & I still anticipate Lesleys' calm, cool takedown of the B*&TCH - leading with the Slap heard round the world!! It then reminds me to wipe my "sympathy" for Monica, clean away during Alans' post paternity deceit of her w/ Susan and getting it socked to her @ the Rib, seeing Alan & Susan together, while she's alone! This scene signaling the emergence of the feisty & fiercely independent Lesley, makes it all the more enjoyable!!

    • @jamiestablein5295
      @jamiestablein5295 4 года назад +3

      That scene at the Floating Rib where, once again, Lesley shows she’s truly a woman of class and compassion as she sits with Monica to “shield” her from Alan and Susan

  • @hhhh-xb9py
    @hhhh-xb9py 3 года назад +5

    Now this was when general hospitol was genersl hospitol!!

    • @bellelouise280
      @bellelouise280 3 года назад

      It’s spelled hospital

    • @hhhh-xb9py
      @hhhh-xb9py 3 года назад +1

      @@bellelouise280 its you tube not a spelling bee..relax..

    • @cathyberger1229
      @cathyberger1229 3 года назад +5

      So true. I still get excited when people are still watching these videos. :)

  • @pjeffery40
    @pjeffery40 9 лет назад +6

    go leslie. classic soap opera bitch slap, monica took it like a champ tho : /

  • @ml-gr4mh
    @ml-gr4mh Год назад

    I've never seen this portion of GH before. I have never understood why Leslie wanted Rick or what happened between Rick and Monica that he didn't marry her. This explains it finally. Thanks for posting it. P.S. I never could stand Rick or Monica until later when Monica and Alan got back together. Could never like Rick.

  • @tammymartinez7488
    @tammymartinez7488 4 года назад +7

    Years later Alan and Monica become long-standing couple on gh

  • @Americanmikey_
    @Americanmikey_ 8 месяцев назад +1

    Honestly Lesley and Alan would’ve made a better couple.

  • @MsChemicalEngineer
    @MsChemicalEngineer 5 лет назад +5

    Glad Leslie slapped Monica, to bad she didn’t knock her out. I can never understand why Laura likes her.

    • @tragicprincess8414
      @tragicprincess8414 5 лет назад +4

      When Leslie finally stood up for herself and slapped Monica we all high fived each other. It was great fun watching back in the day and so addictive.

  • @briansky10
    @briansky10 7 лет назад +4

    God forbid that punch from Lesley or anything would ever get through to Monica.

  • @amaniaman7818
    @amaniaman7818 2 года назад +1

    Fast forward to every name Monica called Carly for doing the same thing

  • @evelynsmith8419
    @evelynsmith8419 2 года назад

    Is that the actor who played Shawn Brady on Days

  • @hunnibunni4181
    @hunnibunni4181 6 лет назад +2

    I’m curious Rick-Lesley historians; Did they every discuss these results specifically.

    • @yocathyberger
      @yocathyberger  5 лет назад +1

      They did not. Soaps never talked stuff out.

    • @nicoleackerman205
      @nicoleackerman205 3 года назад

      Well AJ slept with people related to Rick so I really hope Alan is his dad and stay that way since they are both dead it should.

    • @LynnEllingwood
      @LynnEllingwood Год назад

      It’s a real thing. Monica got the results and it was explained by the specialist. Alan learned about it too. Some partial clips out there.

  • @Americanmikey_
    @Americanmikey_ 8 месяцев назад +1

    Lesley is a gorgeous woman! ❤

  • @lb1262dt
    @lb1262dt 3 года назад +2

    Don't you talk to my Lesley that Way!! And you were incapable of treating Jason right, when he was just a baby!! And innocent!! She Should I Slapped you!! 👏👏😀✊✊!! You Go Lesley!! Woo!! Woo!! Woo!!✊😄✊!!👊👊!!!

  • @DonnaMazzella
    @DonnaMazzella 12 лет назад +2

    I don't understand German but in the clip with Jeff and Lesley is Jeff telling Les to fight for Rick?

  • @RealLoisLane
    @RealLoisLane 13 лет назад +3

    Lesley was wrong. Rick was willing to marry Monica after SHE LIED TO BOTH HIM AND ALAN about the paternity. Rick knew Monica was a liar and yet he turned the other cheeck because of the SON!!!!!!!!!! They both got what they deserved!!!!!!

  • @sherryroden300
    @sherryroden300 3 года назад

    I was 8 years old

  • @tammymartinez7488
    @tammymartinez7488 4 года назад +2

    Susan Moore in the background!!! Yikes Alan run away now she’s crazy as her cousin ! I’m sure Jason and Drew would rather not be born than have her as a mother!

    • @nicoleackerman205
      @nicoleackerman205 3 года назад

      They never meet her it is ok.

    • @tammymartinez7488
      @tammymartinez7488 3 года назад

      @@nicoleackerman205 technically Jason did know her. But he’s too young to remember.

  • @maria7689
    @maria7689 Год назад

    Too bad, Rick! You hurt Leslie and now Monica hurt u!

  • @karenmartin8894
    @karenmartin8894 2 года назад +1

    I wanna see the clip of Monica saw Aj's birth mark

  • @DonnaMazzella
    @DonnaMazzella 12 лет назад +1

    I agree