80's rock superstar Rick Springfield returns to General Hospital

[Dean Winchester]

In the early 80's, Rick Springfield juggled a very successful recording career (who can forget Jesse's Girl?) with that of soap hunk on General Hospital.

Come December 2nd, Springfield returns to his starmaking role 22 years after he vacated the part to focus on his music career.

[Dr. Thong]

Is he that desperate for acting work that he's going back to GH??

I'm sorry, but one sure sign your acting career is in the dumper is if you're a former prime-time star or in this case, recording star, who ends up back on a daytime soap. I've heard about prime-time actors who are now on daytime soaps and I kind of feel sorry for them. I guess a job's a job, but let's face it, soaps are the pits.

[Dean Winchester]

Is he that desperate for acting work that he's going back to GH??

I'm sorry, but one sure sign your acting career is in the dumper is if you're a former prime-time star or in this case, recording star, who ends up back on a daytime soap. I've heard about prime-time actors who are now on daytime soaps and I kind of feel sorry for them. I guess a job's a job, but let's face it, soaps are the pits.

well, Rick's music career petered out in the mid/late 80's. He's done some acting roles but I think the whole "Jesse's Girl" thing has been a stigma to him.

I figure he assumes returning to General Hospital will rekindle interest in his career. He recorded a new album not too long ago so maybe this is a way to try to sell albums.

IMO, this isn't quite the same as if Meg Ryan, Demi Moore or Sarah Michelle Gellar decided to return to their old soap roles, Rick reached his recording peak when he was playing on General Hospital so if anything, returning to GH is actually like returning to his peak.

[Dr. Thong]

well, Rick's music career petered out in the mid/late 80's. He's done some acting roles but I think the whole "Jesse's Girl" thing has been a stigma to him.

I figure he assumes returning to General Hospital will rekindle interest in his career. He recorded a new album not too long ago so maybe this is a way to try to sell albums.

IMO, this isn't quite the same as if Meg Ryan, Demi Moore or Sarah Michelle Gellar decided to return to their old soap roles, Rick reached his recording peak when he was playing on General Hospital so if anything, returning to GH is actually like returning to his peak.

Not at all like that!! Hard To Hold was a cinematic masterpiece!! The greatest rock and roll film ever!! A film that was so ahead of its time that very few people went to see it because it just went over their heads!! Rick Springfield set such a high standard in this film that he could never do another movie because it could never be as good as this one!!

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Just kidding.:D

[Dean Winchester]

Not at all like that!! Hard To Hold was a cinematic masterpiece!! The greatest rock and roll film ever!! A film that was so ahead of its time that very few people went to see it because it just went over their heads!! Rick Springfield set such a high standard in this film that he could never do another movie because it could never be as good as this one!!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009AOBL.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Just kidding.:D

lol, my friend Lisa LOVES that movie

[Dean Winchester]

at least look on the bright side, if Rick departs GH again, we have HARD TO HOLD II to look forward to :lol:

[vashti1999]

if Rick departs GH again, we have HARD TO HOLD II to look forward to

Or to be fearful of. Hard to Hold was torture.

[Steve M.]

Not at all like that!! Hard To Hold was a cinematic masterpiece!! The greatest rock and roll film ever!! A film that was so ahead of its time that very few people went to see it because it just went over their heads!! Rick Springfield set such a high standard in this film that he could never do another movie because it could never be as good as this one!!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009AOBL.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Just kidding.:D


Janet Eilber was cute. :D

[Dr. Thong]

at least look on the bright side, if Rick departs GH again, we have HARD TO HOLD II to look forward to :lol:

We can only hope this happens!!

If it does, it will rank with other illustrious sequels like Breakin II: Electric Boogaloo and the greatest sequel of all time...Caddyshack II.puke:

[vashti1999]

If it does, it will rank with other illustrious sequels like Breakin II: Electric Boogaloo and the greatest sequel of all time...Caddyshack II.


Hey, wait a minute now. Electric Boogaloo is a good movie.

[Dr. Thong]

Hey, wait a minute now. Electric Boogaloo is a good movie.

I'm sorry. I did forget that it won the academy award for "Best Picture Featuring Breakdancers."

[Steve M.]

Hard to Hold was renamed Hard To Take or Hard To Believe by the movie critics. To be fair, Rick Springfield was not the only musical star to make a bad movie, nor was this trend limited to pop. Seen Luciano Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio (1982) lately?

The critics renamed that one No, Luciano. :lol:

[Dr. Thong]

Hard to Hold was renamed Hard To Take or Hard To Believe by the movie critics. To be fair, Rick Springfield was not the only musical star to make a bad movie, nor was this trend limited to pop. Seen Luciano Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio (1982) lately?

The critics renamed that one No, Luciano. :lol:

Another classic musical that was way ahead of its time!!:happyface

[Dean Winchester]

come to think about it, besides Cher, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler, are there any "pop stars" who actually transistioned to the movie industry and had more than one movie that critics and audiences both loved and really built a movie career that had nothing to do with their singing career? I know Prince had Purple Rain but the same critics ripped on his other movies, and as much as critics loved Diana Ross in Lady Sings The Blues, they hated her as much in Mahogany. At this point, I think Queen Latifah is seen as an actress first because how much her success in tv and movies have dwarfed her as a rapper and singer.

[vashti1999]

come to think about it, besides Cher, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler, are there any "pop stars" who actually transistioned to the movie industry and had more than one movie that critics and audiences both loved and really built a movie career that had nothing to do with their singing career?


A couple of rappers have done it: Will Smith and Mark Wahlberg. Tyrese Gibson might be on his way. He has a large role in a movie called Annapolis coming out soon. Does Harry Connick Jr. count?

[Dr. Thong]

A couple of rappers have done it: Will Smith and Mark Wahlberg. Tyrese Gibson might be on his way. He has a large role in a movie called Annapolis coming out soon. Does Harry Connick Jr. count?

Does anybody think of Will Smith as a rapper anymore? I'm not being facetious. When he came out with his solo stuff in the late '90s, I thought "Oh yeah, I forgot he's a rapper." Funny how some entertainers can transition from one form to another and some can't.

Anyone up for Mariah Carey in Glitter II: The Revenge?:D

[Steve M.]

At this point, I think Queen Latifah is seen as an actress first because how much her success in tv and movies have dwarfed her as a rapper and singer.


How can that be? Her two most recent movies were on DVD while Bill Maher was still ignoring them in the theaters! :lol:

[Dean Winchester]

Does anybody think of Will Smith as a rapper anymore? I'm not being facetious. When he came out with his solo stuff in the late '90s, I thought "Oh yeah, I forgot he's a rapper." Funny how some entertainers can transition from one form to another and some can't.

Anyone up for Mariah Carey in Glitter II: The Revenge?:D

I wanna see Mariah, Madonna and Britney do a Charlie's Angels style movie together, considering the three of them are such world-renouned actresses, the movie would do a great job playing to empty theaters :lol:

[Dean Winchester]

How can that be? Her two most recent movies were on DVD while Bill Maher was still ignoring them in the theaters! :lol:

well, not a big Latifah fan here, I've only seen Chicago and some of Living Single, but Chicago and Bringing Down The House were both successful movies IMO that really gave Latifah a reputation of an actress first.

[Steve M.]

well, not a big Latifah fan here, I've only seen Chicago and some of Living Single, but Chicago and Bringing Down The House were both successful movies IMO that really gave Latifah a reputation of an actress first.


Yes, but "Taxi" was a dud (that was a horrible movie!), and "Beauty Shop" was out by March and gone by April. Is it just me, or was Jimmy Fallon's character in the former film supposed to stand for the typical white guy - i.e., white guys are all clueless doofuses? Well, I can't think of a better actor to portray an anti-honky stereotype better than a schmuck like Jimmy Fallon! :eek:

[Dr. Thong]

I wanna see Mariah, Madonna and Britney do a Charlie's Angels style movie together, considering the three of them are such world-renouned actresses, the movie would do a great job playing to empty theaters :lol:

It might even be better than Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.:D

The sad thing is, I'm not joking.:cool:

[Steve M.]

Stephen Colbert had a funny segment on Rick Springfield on The Col-BEAR Re-POR. It's French, bitch!! :rotflmao:

[Dean Winchester]

speaking of soaps. They're not THAT bad, some of them are okay, if only because of the picture-perfect actors playing the parts... okay, these shows would be garbage if unattractive people were on the show. But that doesn't mean I don't watch Days Of Our Lives and General Hospital on Soapnet when I can.

Rick appeared in the last 3 minutes of GH drunk, His return will be a bigger deal on Monday's episode

[Dr. Thong]

I will confess that back in the '80s, I did watch As The World Turns for a spell. I didn't intend to get hooked, but I did. They had some very interesting actresses making their professional debuts: Meg Ryan, Marisa Tomei & Julianne Moore.

Of course, they were only there for short stints - I wonder what happened to each of them...???:rolleyes:

They also had Jermaine Jackson singing with this new young singer whom I'd never heard of...Whitney Houston. A year after her appearance on the show, her debut album was released and the rest is history. But back in 1984, she was this fresh-faced young talent. Time passes, indeed!!;)

[Dean Winchester]

when you talk about former prime-time actors in soaps, it's kinda funny because not one, but TWO of the ex-boyfriends on Charmed (T.W. King from season 1 and Greg Vaughan from season 2) are lead characters on General Hospital now.