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Rachel Cory going from the bitch of Bay City to leading off a Lee Greenwood montage is something. The end of this montage cracks me up. Not one but two lengthy musical montages in this episode. Not the last padded strike montage or performance we will be getting (I'm looking forward to seeing the one with Merry Clayton again). Ronnie Lawrence was such a likeable, warm character, one of many black women who were never given a real role by AW. A very patriotic cherry-popping with Cheryl and Scott right before they leave Bay City. I did not get at the first watch how much Josie is obviously there to fill the ingenue role that Cheryl had never really managed. I do find her much less cold and hollow than I generally found Josie. The Vicky/Jake/Lisa/Jamie shot in the montage is choreographed just right. A moment of pity for the actors who had to mimic looking at fireworks and ended up looking vaguely disturbed.

Thanks @slick jones

Thanks @slick jones . I will always have a special place in my heart for Rachel due to her work on GL. She was very good on Supernatural, even when the writing wasn't there. I'm glad it was a positive experience for her. She's clearly a very strong person.

Sorry to hear this, but what a legacy. I'm glad we finally got to see some of her work on The Doctors, which certainly wasn't perfect, but was head and shoulders above anything else I saw on the show afterward - very warm and witty alongside the expected melodrama.

If there were another actor in Jack's part, I'd agree, but after all the stories about his feelings on Luan and Keemo, Victoria Rowell, and Bergman's decline in performance, I have no interest in seeing him. I would agree about killing Billy, a character I've never liked, no matter who is in the part. I would recast Victoria, bringing back Heather Tom if at all possible, and write out Nick and Sharon.

As others have said, this whole fiasco does make me have a lot more respect for performers like Beth Maitland, who were discarded years ago, saw their only onscreen children killed off, and were humiliated by the diva behavior of other "actors" like ex-Beastmaster.

Paul was one of my favorite characters for a long time, and by all rights he should be there for the anniversary. He was a big part of what kept the show humming in the '80s and '90s. Yet Doug's behavior does seem delusional and ungrateful when you think of the opportunities he got from his decades on the show, including hosting the primetime Price is Right. I assume he watched actors like Jeanne Cooper who were kept on even in their last years, but those are exceptions, not rules. Jack should have gone a decade ago. Nikki and Victor I could see staying to the end of the show (or until MES and EB retire), but it would depend on how willing they are to adapt to the realities of soap salary today. They were more integral than Paul going some ways back. Even by the mid '00s Paul felt like a spare part. I don't think he ever recovered from the "rough sex" storyline.

Pat on Ryan's Hope. Robert Finnocolli was atrocious.

Hadn't heard this anecdote about Barbara Stanwyck on The Colbys before. https://people.com/archive/barbara-stanwyck-a-stand-up-dame-vol-33-no-5/

Thank you. This was lovely to watch. You could see how proud she was of her work on the show, especially the foster care storyline, and she's right about how ahead of its time the show was in the early/mid '90s (with light shade thrown of what has happened since). Her memories of Bill Bell were touching.

Thanks @BoldRestless that was a lot of fun, and very important to have as a tribute to their contributions to Y&R (the closest we'll get, anyway). Wish we could have had some of this in the episodes. I'm glad they did mention Victoria Mallory. Given that they mention Brad I wonder if there was any attempt at interviewing Janice or JLB with Tom Hallick, unless there's some bad blood there. @vetsoapfan you may enjoy this interview if you haven't already seen it.

If you want to save anything on the Archive you may want to as soon as possible.

I know this one's already around, but this may be a bit better condition and is a full episode all at one time rather than in clips. You can find the start of the episode on Oakdalian's channel.

https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1073904/melissa-george-apologises-for-anti-australia-rant/

What I hate most about Sinema is I keep seeing dead end leftists say, "See, this is why you shouldn't vote for Democrats, what did we get for voting for her," when she completely misrepresented herself and her views in order to win the primary. She just makes people more likely to give up on the electoral system...which is the point, of course. And that's why I dislike her more than Fetterman, even if I find much of what he represents deplorable.

It works better this way, without the stock images. This whole discussion has reminded me that I generally prefer the old school openings that didn't have any actors...maybe aside from Y&R's '80s/'90s run and OLTL with Peabo Bryson.

The idea works for me, but the execution, with the skeevy sax and the red sheet flapping in the breeze, just came off to me as tacky and as a show trying to be what it wasn't...a good fit for where Y&R was going by that point, I suppose. Visually, it feels very early '90s Loving or OLTL, just with added horniness...if one can get horny on actors doing mannequin poses, anyway.

I'd forgotten just how much that porn opening felt like a failed attempt at recreating the B&B music. Another reminder of how much Y&R stopped feeling like itself by that point, bit by bit.