General Hospital Spoilers: On ABC’s The Story Of Soaps John Stamos Credits ABC Soap For His career

ABC General Hospital spoilers & updates reveal that tons of John Stamos fans remember him fondly as Blackie Parrish a role he portrayed from 1982 to 1984. Although in the larger picture he might be known best for his role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC series Full House, and later its Netflix reboot, Fuller House, he will always be Blackie for millions of hardcore GH loyalists.

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Over the years Stamos has been very open about his time on GH. “Without ‘General Hospital’ I’d still be flipping burgers at my dad’s burger joint,” Stamos said on Twitter yesterday. “I am eternally grateful to ‘GH’ and all the folks I learned so much from on that show.”

His tweet was no doubt from the heart and he also used it to promote a very special show airing tonight, May 19 at 9:00 p.m. The ABC primetime special is “The Story of Soaps,” a two-hour look at the daytime drama genre.

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Back in 2013 GH was celebrating its 50th-anniversary when Stamos appeared on “The Jeff Probst Show.” The handsome and talented actor said he’d definitely be interested in reprising his role in the series, saying “Why don’t we pull Blackie out of jail and he has to reacclimate to life. He’s never been with a girl! I would like to go on and do some acting.” If that ever happened it would be like manna from heaven for soap fans!

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Stamos also put up on Twitter a PEOPLE magazine photo gallery of the names of well-known celebrities who launched their high-profile careers from a soap.

The list includes some of the biggest names in show biz including Bryan Cranston, Brad Pitt, Demi Moore and Meg Ryan. Today Fans know Cranston from the hit show Breaking Bad but back in the day he was Douglas Donovan on Loving and Dean Stella on One Life to Live.

The actor spends time in the primetime special talking about the work he did on soaps.

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— SOS/CTS/HH (@SoapOperaSpy) May 19, 2020

General Hospital Spoilers – You Don’t Want To Miss The ABC Special The Story Of Soaps

ABC’s The Story of Soaps promises to be a one of a kind look at the genre we love to love—daytime drama. You can use the hashtag #StoryofSoaps or #TheStoryofSoaps if you live-tweet, share memes or your reactions to the show.