A fan blog about Bradford Anderson and his character on General Hospital Damian Spinelli .
Saturday, June 14, 2008
My Photos from Meet & Greet
If you click the pictures you will see bigger versions.
and of course all the photos here also..
http://bafanphotoblog.blogspot.com/
full recap coming soon.
"S" for Spinelli
Let me also say that my DVR doesn't know what to do. For the first time in months....YEARS?...I actually hit the rewind button during an episode of GH instead of the fast forward! A little screen actually popped up that said "Are you SURE?"
Jasper Jax, King of All Things Suave, decided to take our innocent jackal under his well-tailored wing for a bit of Sauve Training. A few gambling lessons here, a cool-way-to-down-a-scotch there, not to mention a wonderfully-snooty tailor, and WAHLAH! Like Clark Kent morphing into a superhero.....
We go from The Jackal, Supernerd....

to Damian Spinelli, SuperMAN! - and he's "Pleased to Meet You."
Now I know, the contrived Australian accent was a bit over the top, but I dare anyone to say that Jax did not do his job in making our Spin the most debonair man in the Metro Court lobby! Might I even say HOT!
From the looks of the previews, it appears that when I do finally watch Friday's episode, I'll witness Lulu bringing her succubus powers to the Haunted Star to, once again, suck the joy from our charming Damian's new attempts at the debonair life. Pleaseeeee...just let me savor the feeling for just one more BRIEF moment....
I must also add that I KNOW we are supposed to hate Giselle, but God, how I love this woman. Why?
- She was uber-charmed by the super-smooth Damian Spinelli. GREAT expression.
- She loved Maxie's wardrobe. :)
- She obviously loathes Kate, and I'm sorry, as much as I wanted to love Kate, she has turned into Sonny's latest super fan, defending everything from his smarmy advances to his desire to further show what a selfish slimeball he is by not giving up his daughter to protect her life. Eww. Also, for someone who runs a fashion magazine, Kate's wardrobe choices are the PITS! She looked like June Cleaver yesterday, complete with PEARLS!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Spinelli and Leyla are still dancing. He explains he learned to waltz online. He swings Leyla into another wedding attendant and she cuts Leyla down and makes fun of Spinelli as being a pathetic date. Leyla tells Spinelli he's a wondeful date. As they are leaving, a man calls Leyla a good looking terrorist. Spinelli punches him instantly. Spinelli got arrested. Bad timing too, because Mayor Floyd was just telling Mac to start arresting some mobsters before the city starts losing faith in him. Leyla said that Spinelli deserved a medal while Spinelli looked quite pleased at his situation, counting up the Cool Points he earned that evening.
Mac tells Spinelli, "You can't go around punching people Spinelli". Spinelli and Leyla, Nikolas and Nadine stand around talking back and forth about their relatively strange arrests. Alexis comes in and whips the boys of the PCPD into shape, letting Spinelli go free. Spinelli apologizes to Leyla for their evening ending that way. Leyla tells him nothing is wrong, and that he is her hero. She kissed him on the cheek and Spinelli got *that look* on his face.
Spinelli goes into the coffee shop acting uber confidant. Little did he realize, the guy he punched the day before (after the jerk called Leyla a terrorist) was sitting at Sonnybucks having a cup of joe. He called Spinelli a terrorist lover and said some other horrible things. Spinelli went to take another swing at the punk but this time the neanderthal got the upper hand and pushed Spinelli face first unto the nearest table. Materializing out of the air like some mystical Justice League, Diane, Milo, Max, and Jason showed up, guns out. Diane gave the punk a verbal beat down.
Spinelli demanded that the guy apologize to him and then asked for all of his money. The jerk was confused, but Spinelli took his money and said it would be donated (in the Jerk's name) to the Red Cross (because they defend all people without care for their race or creed). THAT was funny. Jason wanted to know why that guy was so upset at Spinelli in the first place and Spinelli recalled the night before, telling everyone proudly that he knocked the guy out with a single punch. No one seemed to believe him. Jason told Spinelli to not fight anymore because he didn't want him getting hurt. Spinelli was offended.
Later, Spinelli went to the Metrocourt and spotted Jax. It seemed as though a light bulb went off in his head. He told Jax that he wanted to be just like him. He lamented that no one saw him as a man except for Georgie, and he didn't see her in time. Jax seemed a little annoyed at first, telling Spinelli that he should just be himself. And then Spinelli replied "Myself is not good enough." He told Jax he would gladly change anything and everything about himself if it would make his love see him. He also said that he didn't understand why everyone else finds love but not him. In the end, Jax agrees to help him out. Spinelli replied with a hearty "Hazzah!" ...Jax said that word had to go.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
June 11 Are you con-KISSED yet?
Remember Sonya Eddy did say that 1 letter. 1 single letter counts/weighs for like 2,000 people. Your ONE letter can make a difference. Together...we can get what we want and what we deserve.
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Count down to the Meet and Greet
http://www.manchesteranimalshelter.org/spinelli.htm
I plan to post from the event with my camera phone at this blog location (http://bafanphotoblog.blogspot.com/) like I did last year.
I am so excited
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
What a difference a year makes....
LULU
Lulu in particular has made a complete 180 for me in a way I NEVER thought was possible. Remember last year when Lulu looked like this, so fresh-faced, upbeat, strong willed but kind and compassionate? She was the best of the supercouple that is Luke and Laura from whose awesome loins she was born.
Remember just a scant year ago when Lulu was a true friend to Spin and he to her? Even if his love went unrequited, they were there for each other whenever it counted. Remember when we thought scenes like this were so eeeeeeeee-inspiring that we couldn’t wait to get to the blog to post about it? SpinLu Forever!

Or so we thought. Just a year later, we find this:

A shrill, shrieking, self-destructive, meddling, smug, spoiled brat of a banshee whom I can barely stand to see on screen. I'm convinced she's a succubus. Spin is now an afterthought or a convenient comfort if she doesn’t get her way about something, which apparently is often given the amount of tantrums she throws. They didn’t even have her show up to provide comfort to poor Spinelli after the death of Georgie! Are you kidding me?? I can’t believe it but it happened - Guza has made me hate the CHILD of Luke and Laura.
- AUTHOR'S EDIT: Let me just throw in here that I realize Julie Marie Berman is an actress, and, as such, is NOT Lulu Spencer. She is a lovely lady - I've met her, and she just radiates sweetness and charm - so I'm hoping that perhaps some of the shrill shrewishness were getting right now is partly due to JMB's own frustration with the turn Lulu has taken - or perhaps she's hoping if she plays her brittle enough and we complain loud enough, the PTB will take notice and change her course. I hope she's not holding her breath.
Did we NOT see the beautiful scenes between Lulu and Laura last December when it seemed so clear that Lulu wanted to honor her mother?
Now she's decided she wants to emulate an entirely different family member:
GEORGIE:
Georgie - so beautiful, vibrant and sweet, and she and Spin were the cutest of cute. Hope was in full bloom for one of the most adorable pairings on daytime TV.
Nuff said
NADINE:
While Nadine was probably too old for Spin, they did make a smashing couple at the Black and White Ball.
Her sweetness and loyalty haven’t changed, but she and Spin have spent nary a screen second together since the ball. Guza seems to be assuring that they are never seen together again, lest we be intrigued by them as a couple, and he would then have to find a way to thwart Spin’s possibilities for a romantic relationship once again. Bastard. It’s also worth mentioning that apparently Nadine’s taste in men is considerably fickle. You can hardly compare Spin and Nikolas – but I digress.
MAXIE:
Again, a COMPLETE 180 for me in the Maxie Jones department – one I never saw coming! Just a year ago, I loathed her very presence. She slept with Lucky and fed him pills. She tried to ruin Lulu at every turn. Causing pain for TWO Spencer children is cause for execution! Plus our Spin didn’t like the “bad blonde one,” and that was good enough for me! Not to mention she had HORRIBLE taste in clothes AND hairstyles:
What a difference a year can make!
Maxie has become absolutely adorable and spunky, still a trouble maker, but thanks to her friendship with Spinelli, we've seen a side of her that shows us there is so much more to her heart. She is fiercely loyal to Spin, much more than Lulu ever was, even at the expense of a job she would kill to keep (and if it means killing Lulu, I'm not averse to it right now). Anytime there is a Lulu/Maxie showdown going on, I can hardly contain myself in the hope that Maxie will give Lulu the bitch-slap she so desperately deserves.
Now our eeeeeee-inspiring moments look like this:

Who would have thunk it??
But rest assured, Guza is already in full swing, looking for a way to destroy any hope of SpinMax as a couple.
CALL THE COMMENT LINE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE THIS FACE ANYMORE!
--Screen caps courtesy of Laurieluvsliason and General Hospital Happenings
JUNE 10, Comment Line Tuesday
GH Comment Line
323-671-4583
ABC Comment Line (press 2, then 4, then 464 to get to GH)
818-460-7477
ABC Daytime Feedback (ask for the viewer comment line)
212-456-7777
ABC Switchboard
310-557-7777
Monday, June 9, 2008
Freaks and Geeks
Spinelli tries to get Jason to help him out with wooing Maxie but he is too busy. Jason tells Diane to help Spinelli out. Diane hears Spinelli's version of the events at the Crimson office and insists that Maxie was dropping hints. She believes that Maxie wants HIM to "seize the day" again. Spinelli goes back to Maxie at the office, determined. He sweeps her up in a kiss.
Spinelli went to Jason to get some man advice since Maxie seems determined to see him only as a friend. Sonny came into the conversation and told Spinelli to leave. Spinelli wanted to apologize to Sonny again for I guess existing. Sonny got angry and, in front of Jason, repeatedly called Spinelli "freak boy". Spinelli took the abuse in strange silence, zoning out as if blocking it all out, then left. He wound up on the docks, looking as though he were about to cry, when Leyla came down the stairs in a great dress, asking if he was okay and if she could help.
Bradford at CMA:
http://community.livejournal.com/spinelli_gh/596809.html
June 9--email for Spinelli (and or Spixie)
If you read spoilers, rumors, etc. you know what is coming. We need to fight hard and dirty for what we want. We deserve this story to be told, and more importantly our very own talented Bradford & Kirsten deserve this story to be told. We know the Spixie online and offline support is strong, or so insiders have said. BUT we can't stop, especially know what is/and or could happen. If we want this story told, if we want our Spixie we need to be LOUDER. We need to step up our game. We need EVERY single member here to participate as much as you possibly can. Emailing is FREE, Posting is FREE, Voting is FREE, and if you have cell phone free/nights weekends--Calling is FREE. Postcard stamps are 27 cents, and regular postage is 42 cents.
June 9 Email Frenze Monday
We flood the email boxes of TPTB and the magazines. We have some very gifted writers here. We are all intelligent and creative people. Lets get Spixie related letters in every single magazine.
Also, don't forget to VOTE in the magazine polls. Lets get them in the top spots where they deserve to be.
http://www.soapoperadigest.com/polls/netgh/
http://abc.soapsindepth.hollywood.com/talkback/readerspoll/
brian.frons@abc.com
jill.f.phelps@abc.com (this one for some reason works for some but not me)jill.phelps@abc.com (again this one doesnt work for me, but works for some)
Carolyn HinseySODOpinion@aol.com
ABC Soaps in DepthABCspeakout@soapsindepth.com
netaudr@abc.com
SODask@primediamags.com
SPWpubop@primediamags.com
sodask@soapoperadigest.com
CindiR@komotv.com
Anne.X.Sweeney@disney.com
SPWanyQs@primediamags.com
investor.relations@disneyonline.com
opinion@soapoperaweekly.com
SoapSID@aol.com
robert.a.iger@disney.com
soapsindepth@bauerpublishing.com
customer_response@soapnet.com
sowonline@primediamags.com
sodsound@soapoperadigest.com
SODsound@primediamags.com
alex.wallau@disney.com
lindas318@yahoo.com
Little Reminder...
That is why, for the 2nd year, he has agreed to donate his time to do a MEET AND GREET which will benefit the Manchester Animal Shelter (Manchester, NH)!! Bradford Anderson is a sweetheart of a guy and last year spent lots of time speaking with his fans and even visiting their tables while they hung out and ate appetizers! You are sure to love him even more if you come and meet him in person!!
Here's the details:
Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Hudson Hill Tavern at 11 Tracy Lane, Hudson, NH 03051 (all ages allowed!!)
$30.00 per person (includes appetizers!)
*Please bring your own camera and item for Bradford to sign*
All proceeds will benefit The Friends of Manchester Animal Shelter!!!
For more details call the Manchester Animal Shelter 603-628-3544
Or visit our site and see Spinelli holding a homeless kitten in 2007 (which we named Spinelli, natch!) at
http://www.manchesteranimalshelter.org
BTW the Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization and the shelter is a no-kill shelter. Thanks!!!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Bradford Anderson presenting at the Emmy's:
http://www.abcmedianet.com/Web/progcal/dispDNR.aspx?id=060508_01
JIMMY KIMMEL, BARBARA WALTERS, SUSAN LUCCI, ANTHONY GEARY, TYRA BANKS AND MONTEL WILLIAMS ARE AMONG THE SCHEDULED PRESENTERS FOR "THE 35th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS," JUNE 20 ON ABC
Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," has been tapped to present his friend and colleague Regis Philbin the Lifetime Achievement Award during ABC's live broadcast of "The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards," FRIDAY, JUNE 20. Mr. Philbin is being honored for more than 40 years in television, including 20 years as co-host of his nationally syndicated talk show. Also among those stars scheduled to appear are Barbara Walters, creator/executive producer and co-host of "The View," "All My Children" star Susan Lucci, Tyra Banks of "The Tyra Banks Show" and Montel Williams who, after 17 years on-air, will end his syndicated talk show.
Additional presenters include: Darnell Williams, Debbi Morgan and Cornelius Smith ("All My Children"); Jake Silbermann and Van Hansis ("As the World Turns"); Jack Wagner and Heather Tom ("The Bold and the Beautiful"); Alison Sweeney, Arianne Zucker and Nadia Bjorlin ("Days of our Lives"); Anthony Geary, Sarah Brown, Laura Wright, Kirsten Storms, Jason Cook and Bradford Anderson ("General Hospital"); Daniel Cosgrove and Marcy Rylan ("Guiding Light"); Susan Haskell, Michael Easton, Kassie DePaiva, Farah Fath and John-Paul Lavoisier ("One Life to Live"); and Melody Thomas Scott, Doug Davidson and Don Diamont ("The Young and the Restless").
As part of an integrated show sponsorship, Kmart will unveil the Kmart Style Lounge, featuring backstage visits with winners and presenters throughout the awards ceremony. Earlier this spring, four style experts had been chosen by the national retailer to serve as "Kmart Style Showoffs," or fashion ambassadors for the brand, given their ability to create stylish ensembles. The four "Kmart Style Showoffs" will appear in interstitials throughout the broadcast with two "Daytime Emmy Style" contest winners, to be chosen online at abc.com/daytime/kmart. The footage will document the ambassadors as they prepare for the big night-selecting wardrobes and fashion accessories, as well as choosing hairstyles and makeup applications.
"The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" will be broadcast live from Hollywood's famed Kodak Theater and will be hosted by Sherri Shepherd ("The View") and Cameron Mathison ("All My Children"). White Cherry Entertainment will produce, with Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss serving as executive producers.
The awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. during the 2007 calendar year. "The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" is a presentation of the National Television Academy in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Press materials, including media and publicists credentials for "The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards," are available at www.abcmedianet.com
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
So much Spinelli, so little time!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
CMA Music Festival Special Will Air on ABC
CMA Music Fest hosts soap stars
– The stars of ABC's "All My Children," "One Life to Live," and "General Hospital" will descend upon Nashville during CMA Music Festival, which is held Thursday through Sunday, June 5-8.
"Our fans really enjoyed meeting and interacting with ABC's daytime stars last year, so we couldn't be happier that they are joining us again," said Tammy Genovese, CMA Chief Executive Officer. "Country Music and daytime television have a lot in common. And at the heart of both industries, is a genuine relationship between the artists and actors and their fans."
Participants are: R"All My Children" - Bobbie Eakes ("Krystal Carey"), and Ricky Paull Goldin ("Jake Martin").
"One Live to Live" -Kassie DePaiva ("Blair Cramer"), and Kamar de los Reyes ("Antonio Vega").
"General Hospital" - Bradford Anderson ("Damian Spinelli"), Rebecca Herbst ("Elizabeth Webber"), and Jason Thompson ("Dr. Patrick Drake"). Eakes was signed to a record deal in Nashville at one point, but never released a CD.
The actors will participate in various activities including hosting concerts.
SoapNet: Camera Ready with Bradford Anderson Ep1
http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/video/path-videoNum_4875/category_shows/subcategory_cameraready?category_shows&lid=HomeFlash&lpos=module1
First episode of an online series on soapnet.com
Sunday, June 1, 2008
SOAPS IN DEPTH?? AGAIN?
http://abc.soapsindepth.hollywood.com/talkback/polls/instantpoll.asp
And dont forget to vote for Bradford and Spixie or Spinlu:
http://abc.soapsindepth.hollywood.com/talkback/readerspoll/