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@BoldRestless Sorry don't have that one. I know May 16 and 19 have been uploaded, not sure if that helps for what you need Not related to this, but wanted to add. I didn't realise Derek Thompson (Leo Baines) left the show. I knew another actor (Peter Parros) was in the Sep 15, 1986 episode that has been uploaded, but assumed this was a sub. I think Derek started sometime in 1981, I have a cast list from 1981 that has him listed and I guess his last appearance (according to IMDB) was Sep 11, 1986 with Parros taking over the next day. Does anyone know or have any idea roughly when Leo last appeared?

Lol, so Jack and Traci go to see Ashley in the sanitorium for the first time in a while. But it is Brett Porter and Eileen gives this look like, who the hell are you? As if no one told her Terry was out for a few weeks.

So July 31, 1992 is the last credits list we have with Christopher on contract. By October she is no longer on contract. Her possible last ever appearance is most likely August 3, 1993. Lol for sure

Oh right, totally blanked that she was appearing at all by 1993. I think I need to re-watch 1993 again 😀

Oh wow, how did that pass me by, thanks for that. Though strangely she doesn't appear at the Annual Independence Day Party the month previous.

Oh cool thanks

Christopher Templeton did appear July 3, 1992 at the Abbott Independence Day Party. I think this is where she says that Skip and the baby couldn't be with her. By Oct 92 Chris is no longer in the cast credits. Not sure if Jul 3 was her last appearance or not, but probably was. ETA: Okay odd. I actually looked up the episode instead of just guessing. Carol arrives says hello to Ashley and John. Says she can't stay as she is meeting her family for a picnic (doesn't mention Skip by name) and says she can't stay long

I was thinking that too. I guess it is hard to judge without hearing him, but yeah my first thought was, did they ask him to reprise the role in 89. Also John Denos' last airdate is Feb 23. It looks like he quit when Jack didn't approve of the photo session. Couldn't quite tell, but it seemed like he wasn't happy. Skip (Todd Curtis) comes in Mar 10, might be 11. So Yeah Capitol hadn't even ended at that point. I have had some issues with things loading and downloads that took a few seconds are taking ages now. Maybe a lot of people are using it

For those wondering Brett Porter's first episode as Jack Abbott is March 9, but they don't announce him. Or at least the German ep doesn't use any announcement at all which is interesting. You can see the left a gap for it in the two episodes we have so far with him in it. So I assume he was announced in the original US broadcast

Thanks for that. I did a quick check and John Denos left to do GH, playing Malcolm Rutledge. I figured Denos left rather than being let go, I didn't know he did another soap.

The first full credits list we get is Feb 24. Interstingly Michael Corbett isn't on contract. I found one piece that says he was only supposed to be on the show for three months. I wonder when he signed a contract? Am also looking forward to seeing when John Denos last appeared as Joe Blair and Todd Curtis first appeared as Skip, I believe it was around March, and it seems there is little gap between the two. Since Denos is still appearing in Feb. I wonder why he left or was replaced?

That is so awesome, thank you for doing this

@YRfan23 So I checked IMDB and they have Deborah Adair listed as subbing from ep #3477 (Nov 11 there Nov 13 on the German/French guides) up to #3482 (listed as Nov 18 on IMDB and Nov 20 on the German/French guides) IMDB seems to correct itself with #3486 which all line up as Nov 25 So yeah this is probably what the article was referring to. Though the article is still very wrong, haha. And Deb was on once in October. So I guess this was when Brenda was having issues. Either health or contract, lol

At the same time though, back then soap press often took ages to announce cast changes, if they even bothered and accuracy wasn't their game, lol. So I take it all with a grain of salt and leave things tentative until we see for ourselves. That's why having these eps is so good for that reason Yeah it says the same on IMDB. He is listed as first appearing on November 17 (which is Nov 19 according to the French and German guides (they actually have cast list information on IMDB which includes non contract for each episode with synopsis) And it did prove me wrong Deb Adair is listed as Jill in November as well. I assume these are acurate and come from the German or French episodes, as the person has more info in the synopsis than the German and French guides. So the article is very wrong in that case, if indeed Corbett started on Nov 17 or 19 BD wasn't there but Deb Adair was.

Not sure. Someone on IMDB has daily episode synopsis from 1986 (missing big chunks but most of the last few months is there). I may have missed it, but that last mention of David was as the Who Shot Jill story wrapped. Sven calls David to report Jill is missing or something. I will have a look. The dates are out a bit, but only by a couple days. I guess Michael could have subbed and then taken over the part? Brenda was only gone during Oct 86 when DA took over for one or at most two episodes.

Not sure if he did, or if he just landed a job around the time they were thinking of recasting. Maybe he was given enough notice. Then again he may have seen the opportunity to be in a Madonna film (little did he know, haha) and jumped at the chance.

Maybe that is true this is the article. I thought they mentioned a date, but don't. It is from Feb 28, 1987. I know Brenda was absent from Jan 15 - 28 1987

I do wonder if they did announce it. AFAIK Drew Pilsbury last appeared around Sep/Oct 86 (He then went off to NYC to play a supporting role in the Madonna/Griffin Dunne bomb Who's That Girl? (which I actually love) That started production in late Sep/early Oct so I doubt Drew was on any later. Corbett it seems came on in Feb 87. That is a big gap and David wasn't a major role, so I wonder if they bother announcing it in that case. Maybe they always announce cast changes.

Haha true Same and how much SOD actually synopsised as well. Also helps with certain character arrivals and exits. I assume Michael Corbett will be appearing soon as I had a newspaper clipping that said he was supposed to start in Jan, but BD went on vacation and it pushed his start date back. Jill heads out of town in Jan and gives Phillip her hotel suite while she is gone.

Yeah it helps fill in gaps and give a good idea of what the show was. Even though I was watching at the time, I certainly don't remember everything.

Thankyou. Yes it is great to have these. Even though I don't speak German, I get the gist. Being able to see them is fantastic. I had totally forgotten they even went on location for Ashley's breakdown. Seeing what stories were being focused on and who was appearing day to day etc... Thank you to you too. Just noticed that too 😀

Yes!!!!! I was hoping and praying someone would do that ETA: Also thankyou to the anon person who is doing this, if they are on this forum

Yes I absolutely agree. Too few interviews with him in general over the years he was writing Y&R. It is also rare to see him get fired up as he did when talking about the issue of date rape. He is usually so quiet and reserved.

Thank you so much for this @YRfan23 Did Bill Bell say Jeanne joined Jan of 74???????? Did we just get confirmation. She talks over him though. Around 11:20 Also for those that are interested, the earliest airdate for this was Feb 28, 1990. Although Donahue was syndicated so it would have aired at different times throughout the US.

Agreed, I actually started watching the show again because of her initial return. It was frustrating. The show had so much potential back then, and it was wasted. Eileen really found a different groove for Kristen that worked for the more modern Days and just nailed it.