Prologue to a Makeover

Recap: May 27-May 28

Spinelli began his day helping out Carly on her scheme to get out of town with Morgan. The whole event upsets him, so he goes to council with Maximista at Crimson about how he could possibly help in such a depressing situation. Sonny walks into the office and Spinelli tries to give his opinion on the subject of Sonny's paternal rights. Sonny doesn't take his advice kindly and throws The Jackal into a post, knocking Spinelli's head on the structure so hard he can't walk straight.

Maxie immediately jumps in to yell at Sonny for attacking Spinelli. She takes him back to her house and tells him that she will take care of him all night in case he has a concussion. Spinelli melts at the idea of being with her all evening.

When Spinelli awakens the next morning in Maxie's bed, the details of what transpired the night before are fuzzy to say the least. Spinelli asks what happened between the two of them and why he would be in her bed. Some things get...lost in translation. Spinelli thinks he and Maxie went "beyond friendship", when in reality nothing happened and Maxie had simply been tending to his possible concussion all night. Mac comes into Maxie's room and discovers The Jackal snuggled into Maxie's bed. Chaos ensues and Spinelli is thrown out of the house before he can get a more detailed explanation of what really happened.

Sam finds Spinelli confused and muttering to himself on the docks. She asks what is wrong and Spinelli explains to her that he thinks he might have slept with Maxie but can't remember. Sam goes to find Maxie and discovers that nothing at all happened. She meets Spinelli later at the penthouse to break the news to him that he didn't have any sort of "relations" with Maxie at all. He decides that he is pretty pathetic, being in the same bed with his love all night and not even kissing her. He fears it will be a hopeless task trying to get Maxie to see him as a guy, a love interest. Sam realizes that all Spinelli needs is a woman's perspective. She agrees to take him under her wing to help him get the girl.

Spinelli's hair gave Dillon Quartermaine's famous locks a run for their money.

Game On.

I don't know if this has ever been brought over here before but I found this review of a musical Bradford was in called Elegies. It is from 2005 I believe. There is a cute picture of Bradford in front of a dog house attached. He is mentioned in the article briefly. The reviewer discusses some of the lyrics he sang in one of the songs and they are pretty amusing.

http://www.curtainup.com/elegiesberk.html

SOAPS IN DEPTH poll results:

Results of the SID poll:

Do you want to see Maxie and Spinelli turn their relationship into something more?"

Definitely = 87%!!!!!!

Blurb next to it:
The sweet, if unlikely, love story brewing between these two has won viewers' hearts. "They are just so adorable!" declares one (fan)

and there's supposedly a cute pic of Bradford being carried by a fan (!) in the mag, as well.

From Robin's diary:

Love or Friendship

I tried to reassure Uncle Mac that there’s nothing going on between Maxie and Spinelli, but he’s still not convinced. He’s concerned for Maxie’s safety, and he doesn’t want to lose her like he did Georgie. Maxie told me that she and Spinelli are just friends, but I think their relationship is developing into something more. Of course, I didn’t tell Uncle Mac about my theory because he would’ve gone off the rails. I love Uncle Mac dearly, but he does have a tendency to overreact. Besides, Maxie could do a whole lot worse than fall in love with Spinelli.

http://www.drrobinscorpio.com/2008/05/love-or-friends.html

Visit the Free Chevy Sports Zone at 2008 CMA Music Festival

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/visit-the-free-chevy-sports,410988.shtml

The article is too long to repost, but Bradford will be participating in events there.

Check it out..

New Promo!!!!

Spinelli and Maxie get their very own promo, and it's adorable.

Vote for Spixie in the SID poll.

"SOAPS IN DEPTH" have added Spinelli and Maxie as a couple in their poll.

Vote daily. Also, don't forget to vote for Bradford:

http://abc.soapsindepth.hollywood.com/talkback/readerspoll/

Who is Spinelli?

Spinelli fans have often discussed his history, tossing back and forth various theories as to why he is the way he is. Fellow fans Nami, B00kw0rm92 and I spent a good amount of time coming up with what we believe is a strong idea as to why Spinelli became the Jackal and who his family might be. Possibly some spoilers, but mostly it is just deep consideration and contemplation of the Jackal.

I present to you....Spinelli's History, A Theory

http://lindsay-007.livejournal.com/4616.html#cutid1 ( @ my livejournal )

"CMA Music Fest"

CMA Music Fest hosts soap stars
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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

From the ABC boards:

ABC boards version of the Dankies: (*ABC SOAPS, obviously)

Hey everyone!!!

here are ur winners for the 2nd Annual ABC Daytime Awards:

BEST DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
General Hospital

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine), GH

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos Jacks), GH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradford Anderson (Damian Spinelli), GH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Carolyn Henessy (Diane Miller), GH

BEST YOUNGER ACTOR
Brandon Buddy (Cole Thornhart), OLTL

BEST YOUNGER ACTRESS
Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones), GH

BEST WRITING
One Life To Live



Once again, GH dominates the awards, winning 6 of the 8 prizes, including Best Daytime Drama Series for the 2nd year in a row. 4 of the 6 acting awards went to 1st time nominees (Tyler Christopher, Bradford Anderson, Carolyn Henessy, Brandon Buddy), while the other 2 winners (Laura Wright & Kirsten Storms) were nominees last year. In a shocking upset, OLTL beats out GH for Best Writing. And sadly, once again, AMC is shut out.

THANX TO EVERYONE FOR VOTING!!! C-YA NEXT YEAR!!!

And So it Goes...

Sung by David A on AMERICAN IDOL. I root for David C, but I really thought this was a Spinmax song. Nothing anyone hasn't seen before, but it's so awwwww...





By the way, I've noticed SO Many Spin/Spixie vids on YOU TUBE right now. There is just about anything you could imagine..

Make Good Choices Today (Write a letter!)

Do you have a certain hope or wish for Spinelli's character on GH? Do you want to see him with a particular pairing, etc? Would you like to have your opinion acknowledged but you are skeptical about how much your voice actually counts to TPTB?

Well, you may find this interesting:

Sonya Eddy (Epiphany on GH) was recently interviewed and stressed how important writing fan mail is. She explained that writing an one fan letter can have the weight of a couple thousand fans in the eyes of the people in charge. That is EXTREMELY powerful...the idea that your voice is counted so much even if you are the only one.

Sonya also said that she has seen storylines change because of such mail. Wow.

Imagine for a second if each Spinelli fan took out a good old piece of paper and pen, sat down, and expressed what the character meant to them. In a letter, you could say what you love, what you wish to see more of, who you hope Spinelli was with romantically, what left an impression on you....anything that comes to mind. Yours could be that letter that makes a difference...

This isn't the first we have heard of the importance of fan mail. Insiders have been muttering for a while about how important it is to write. Campaigning is one thing, calling and emailing is important, but there is just something about the idea of a fan taking the time out of their day to use good old fashioned snail mail that impresses those in charge.

Please, take some time to support Spinelli. The last campaign (Hugs for Spinelli) really seemed to have a strong affect on his character. We got more screen time for him, a budding romance, all sorts of interesting and funny scenes...And I think it has a lot to do with how vocal we were during that time.

So...consider this Scribbles for Spinelli or....Sonnets for Spinelli....Letters for Spinelli.

Write your hearts out. Your voice counts, it counts a lot, and it counts for something.

Bradford Anderson, Robert Guza Jr., Jill Farren Phelps (all the same address)
General Hospital
c/o ABC - TV
4151 Prospect Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90027


Brian Frons
President - ABC Daytime Programming
2300 Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91506

Anne Sweeney
President, ABC
ABC - TV
500 South Buena Vista
Burbank, CA 91521

SOD thumbs up!!

SOAP OPERA DIGEST THUMBS UP!!!

How adorable are Spixie? Sure we've seen the mismatched scenario before, but thanks to the spirited performances and natural chemistry between KS and BA, this one dynamic duo that evokes laughter and heart. What gives this pair its unique rooting interest is that they're both losers at life: She's a self-centered friendless fashion plate who has endured more loss in her young life than anyone should have to. He's a shy computer geek with a cumbersome vocabulary who thrives on junk food and pot(at least he used to). Together, however, these two are magic in the dark, dreary, violent world of PC, a little levity goes a long way.

Register online for NH Meet & Greet for June 14

You can now register online for the Meet & Greet with Bradford to benefit the Manchester Animal Shelter.

http://www.manchesteranimalshelter.org/spinelli.htm
(link to register is at the bottom of the page)

Location is about:

1hr from Boston, Ma
2 hrs from Portland Me.
4.5 hrs from New York City

Details:

What: Second Annual Meet and Greet with Bradford Anderson
When: June 14, 2008 - 3:00pm.
Where: Hudson Hill Tavern at 11 Tracy Lane, Hudson, NH 03051

$30.00 per person. (includes Appetizers)

Carolyn Hennesy on Spinelli:

From her messageboard: (She needs to be his mommy)

http://z3.invisionfree.com/Carolyn_Hennesy/


If Carolyn could spend an afternoon with one character she would want to spend it with Spinelli. She thinks that he has a mind like Diane's, except his is a little more evolved. Spinelli fascinates Diane and Spinelli fascinates Carolyn - the way he reacts to Maxie and Lulu. He's trying to find that human vulnerability. She couldn't be around Anthony or Claudia, that kind of dark and menacing would be tough to be around for an afternoon. You would never know if you would end up with a knife in your back.

"IN THE ZONE" interview with JMB

The Bradford parts of JMB's interview..


JULIE: I would never want to play Spinelli, because he says way too much stuff, and I don't understand half of what he's saying--only Bradford can pull that off.

SOAPKING: ABC use to do Fan february events, OLTL did a character switch.

JULIE: It would be funny to see Jason play Spinelli,

SOAPKING: and have Bradford play Jason.

JULIE: that would be awesome.



SOAPKING: Speaking of Bradford, the amount of fanfare that the two of you get for the relationship of Lulu/Spinelli, how did that come about foryou? We know that Bradford was suppose to be short term and turned into something bigger. How is it working with him?

JULIE: Oh my gosh, he's wonderful. Clearly he's brought a huge element to the show that is very unique to GH, and they saw that immediately when he was working.. He is so professional and so easy to work with that they would be stupid if they didn't have him as a permanent character on the show.

I love working with him. I LOVED all the fan appreciation for Lulu/Spinelli. It's hard because once the two characters actually get together it's almost like the fans are unsatisfied and don't want it anymore. There is a bigger fanbase for the anticipation of a couple, then when the couple actually get together, I have found. Especially with Lulu/Spinelli, Lulu clearly would just eat Spinelli alive. Probably just hurt him and become a horrible horrible character on the show. It is probably wise they didn't put them together.

Unfortunately, I think alot of the fans had to choose between Lulu/Logan and Lulu/Johnny and move out of Lulu/Spinelli, and it makes me sad. I really liked working with him so much and really liked THEIR chemistry.

Now he's really working with Kirsten alot, so hopefully there is a good group of fans out there for him and Maxie. Spinelli needs to get the girl finally. He needs to get the girl.

SOAPKING: They're LOUD. (hee)

Poll

Soapnet loves Spixie. (they are all over the new site)

HOT SHOTS Spin and Maxie. (SPOILERS)

http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/video/path-videoNum_4433/category_shows

ABC Soaps in Depth Reader's Poll - More for Spinmax?

Tell them you say "HECK YEAH!"

Should Maxie and Spinelli turn their friendship into something more?

VOTE HERE for the poll and see the results in the June 2 issue!

Of Moose and Men

Recap: May 5th--May 6th

Our evening begins with Jason and Spinelli tracking down Ian Devlin for answers regarding Michael's shooting. Little do they know, there is a stowaway on board.

After giving Jason a million dollar smile, Spinelli actually gets to drive the Mob Mobile.

"Look mom! I'm driving with my eyes closed!"

He drives too slow for Stone Cold's tastes, looking out for baby moose and lizards on the road. Jason irritation at the grasshopper's cautionary driving is tested when Spinelli has to slam on the brakes as a moose gets in front of the SUV. As he does this, he flings Maxie out of her hiding spot in the back seat. She decided to stoaway for the night's adventure.

To say the least, Jason is not pleased. He drops her off at a bus stop. Jason then tells Spinelli to frisk Maxie for the keys she stole to get into the SUV. The Jackal falters a little. Turns out Maxie had the keys hidden in her shirt...Hmmm...Anyway, Jason wants to get a move on. Spinelli tells her that he cannot abandon Jason at that moment and stay with her at the bus stop because Stone Cold is out for revenge and very emotional, and since Jason has never left him in his hour of need Spinelli cannot do the same.

On the road, Spinelli confesses to Jason that he is actually in love with Maximista. Jason is surprised and asks "What about Lulu?". Spinelli explains that he loves the Original Blonde One as a dear friend but his heart no longer races for her. Maxie has him under her spell but he doubts she will ever look on him with affection. Jason warns Spinelli that he once knew a woman once like Maxie who had a way of destroying the things she loved. Spinelli seems genuinely aware of the risk involved with loving a girl like Maxie.

Back at the bus stop, Maxie has been taken hostage by Ian. She sends a text message to Spinelli for help. Jason and Spinelli arrive just as things are getting tense between the doctor and Maxie. Spinelli begs Ian not to hurt her. Ian confesses to shooting Michael but won't say who hired him. He is distracted long enough for Maxie free herself from him. Jason shoots Ian as Maxie runs into Spinelli's arms.

Afterwards, the police arrive and Maxie explains to Mac what happened, how Jason shot Ian, but then adds that Spinelli did most of the saving. Our Jackal couldn't be more pleased by her comments.

The Jackal: Our Hero