GH's Sweeps of Suck: Dieter Sets the World on Fire........Only Not!

I have to be honest. I am so f'ing overwhelmed with real life commitments, I don't really have any time to write this but I can't resist. I saw this tweet and it had to be highlighted:

Dawn Griffin ‏@Dawn4Soaptown 4m
Maybe we should just call RH's character "Exit Door" and suggest he walk through it. #GH

I don't know this woman but she's a hoot! It's so apropos.  That Howarth is really earning his pay....only not. I love it. He's stinking up GH just like I thought he would! Buddy Boy never disappoints.

These new characters suck. Let's look at the comments from around the viewing audience. I find that there's ample evidence in terms of qualitative research here.

First up: The summaries can't help but be degrading:  Now, granted, I haven't watched. I have way too many things to juggle to waste my time. I do, however, get up early to see OLTL and am silently pleased that they're slowing down. It fits my schedule better this summer of chaos. But there is no way I'm sitting through even Youtube edits of Dieter or Silas the Dweeb or Kiki the Freak.  Yet, as always, I have funny recapper. Giving her credit where credit is due:

today was just ridiculous. may is suppose to be exciting for soaps. dieter gets weird and twitchy when lulu wants a name, then he sounded almost like a kid like "its a surprise" "I don't want it ruined, it would suck" I was looking like what are you 5? LOLL then him and silas just crossing on the pier was so dumb, it was no need for the scene it served no purpose.

dieter: what are you looking at?
silas: a woman died here, my brother did it
dieter: well I guess you can cross him off your Christmas list
silas: (in that flat affect voice ME does so well) he's dead
dieter: ah..that's a shame

LOLLL riveting stuff ain't it?i mean what is that? then dieter proceeds to hang out with his ipad just adding people's name to the guest list for his party. ridiculous and things have gone wrong when I root for Michael and feel bad for him but kiki and morgan are just that damn annoying that I didn't mind Michael snitching them out to carly,

WOW, I'm glued to my seat. What names will be added? Why? Where did Dieter get that Ipad? Did he pay full price or buy it on a promotion? Did he put his stylist on the list because that hair is painful?  Is Silas' Christmas List long? Does he have room to add Dieter? What's the price limit for gifts? Does he do Secret Santa or buy for all? I HAVE TO KNOW.  IT'S TOO EXCITING.........

Only not. This sounds like the worst, most boring crap I've ever heard. I'm glued to my seat because I can't stop laughing at how bad it is. And I love it. 

Next up: I also see that people on Twitter are finally noticing Howarth laughing at the material and his co-stars. Hello, he's been doing that the whole time on GH!! I saw him flat out laugh in Laura Wright's face a few times. He's amusing himself as this is the dumbest show ever!!! I can't wait until Dieter pulls out the props to keep himself entertained. I bet he's surfing the net on that Ipad. Or maybe he's watching OLTL! He wants to be sure he's part of a real show. Not this crap.

Funny but on OLTL, I haven't seen any inappropriate response. Or a prop. I only see Todd reacting as he should. Showing emotion when needed, being stoic when not needed. Take the scene in Bo's office. There were a plethora of props available on Bo's desk. Didn't see him play with one. No putting on handcuffs. No making inappropriate comments. No chuckling under his breath....or out loud. Just Todd. Being in the scene.

And, finally, one more anecdote: The cool kids are done.  I was in the nursing home with my mother and aunt today and my niece was there. She's 19, a college student, honor roll at a major university, brilliant, beautiful, perfect.......but I digress. At any rate, she said to me "Addison (not my real name), GH is so bad it's insane". And then she proceeded to talk about how Morgan is now a Chippendale's model when he was a dorky kid a year ago. She's done with this show- with no prompting from me. She's brilliant. She knows crap when she sees it.

I told her it was always bad and she said "Oh, no, it's hit a whole new level of bad". Did you hear that, Nimnuts? You lost the kid!!!! It was music to my ears.

When will they get it? It's not about having a popular actor or naked men. It's about quality writing and stories that make sense and being respectful of your audience. This show is none of the those things.

I heard Tracy had a great scene this week. How'd that slip by you all? Jane Elliot must have been winging it. She's better than all the writers put together.  Yet that's one moment in a sweeps of suck. But you keep trying and I'll keep laughing. It's great. I need the amusement. I'm getting the best laughs I've had in a long time.

Up next on GH- Dieter makes his Laundry List while Silas the Dweeb compiles his To Do list.  Kiki should come up with her Who to Do List, but she'll probably just have her Grocery List.  It's all lists all the time. That's about as deep as this shows gets.

Meanwhile over on OLTL, the real show, Viki is trying to save her paper and her father's legacy as Clint gets too involved. Natalie contemplates her life beyond John while he contacts her. Tea tries to deal with Victor's disappearance and his murderous tendencies. Todd survives his latest murder attempt and  tries to get through to his angry son with little success so far. Blair attempts to get through to Jack that his father loves him as she tries to deal with her own feelings for Todd, which are about to take over her life. David's reality show is about to cause chaos and Dorian is setting up her rival.

Now that's a show. Not a list in sight. Except on the part of the audience. Number one on my list- Watch OLTL....a few times. And next, Don't Watch GH. It sucks. 

Maybe Dieter can borrow Bieber's monkey. I hear he may be available. And they seem to have the same stylist. That might bring back the kids........only not.