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Yeah totally agree

I'm with @vetsoapfan on this one. Ask for just one or two. If they demand you buy a bundle that is a big red flag. Also ask for dates and check if they are the ones we already have in the vault.

The SOD referenced here from Feb 15, 1983. So I guess this was from around this time

I used to believe this until Doug Davidson said he had already signed off for digital/streaming broadcast of Y&R and was suprised it wasn't being streamed already. I think Sony and the others already have this covered in terms of actors. In terms of music, people act like every episode had pop music in it. The scores (unless they were sold) probably still belong to Sony and pop music can be replaced. Sony has a big catalogue and possibly still owns rights to many songs used in Days or Y&R anyway. Most pop songs used were not vital to the show and I doubt many would even know what they were missing. Y&R might be harder in the early years, but not that big a deal.

My holy grail (besides the soaps) is the May 24, 1959 episode of Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Chita Rivera performed America from West Side Story. The only known footage of her ever doing that number, or anything from WSS. This was while she was in the West End production. I know they have found a few episodes of the show, but not that one. All I have ever seen of her in the show is a split second from Dance at the Gym in London.

The only way I would pay is if they start streaming Days from the beginning

Ashley was barely used in Brenda's first year. Things kicked off more for her in 1990, and I think this worked better for Brenda. She had settled into the role without too much heavy lifting and her acting style was definitely more natural by then. I think she understood Ashley a lot more by that point too. In terms of the character. I have always wondered who would have been a better recast. Marcy Walker?? She was only a couple years younger than Eileen and had the drier tone about her and slightly harder edge, but could also do fragile as well. I do think Ashley could have sustained a year or so off screen, if a return with a big name recast or if Eileen had changed her mind and wanted to return. With Steven there are too many variables. The biggest for me is, when did Eileen give notice? She has always said it was a long period and I wonder if she gave notice when she signed her last contract. If that was June 1987, maybe Bell convinced her to stay because of the writers strike. She made a movie around Aug/Sep/Oct 88 and was off the show for two and a half weeks right before she was set to depart. Makes me think she had never intended to still be on the show that late in the year and they came to an agreement. If she gave notice at any point in 1987, then Bell married Ashley and Steven possibly with his death in mind. It is also possible Rod was never going to be there as long as he was and it bought him an extra year or so. The other, did Bell always want Victor and Ashley to reconcile and marry. Did he envision the marriages of Jack/Nikki and Ashley/Victor long before it happened or did it fall in his lap and he took advantage of it. The issue is Bell plays both ways so it is difficult to say.

In terms of Eileen. I think she wanted to move on. I don't think it was Cricket.....but I don't doubt Eileen and Terry had discussions about it and saw that it was time to move on, so it may have had a minor influence. I actually think Eileen's departure made Terry more unhappy. I think if she had stayed he might have tried harder to stick around and make it work, but in saying that he had been wanting out since 1985.

Agreed with the above. In terms of Cricket. Her appearances started going up in 1987 and even more so once Brenda was gone (probably just a coincidence) We don't have enough from 1988 or 1989 to know for sure, but after the 87 counts I wouldn't be surprised. She was fourth for the year with 146 appearances of 246 eps. Lauralee was only behind Eric (148), Eileen (156) and Thom (156) for that year.

Haha, yeah I was never a fan. I kept waiting for him to get better in the role but I think ultimately he was miscast. I think John Nelson-Alden should have held on to the role a few years and Nicholas could have been part of the late 90's teen set with some minor aging and with someone else in the role.

Lol, yeah. Even as a kid I would ignore her scenes, so I often forget she was in it so much. I pretty much skip her scenes on re-watch unless it is neccessary to view them. I did the same with Josh Morrow as Nicholas. I rarely paid attention to anything he was saying and only tuned into his scene partners, haha In saying that I don't dislike Lauralee Bell, but Cricket is often annoying or worse, not interesting.

Lauren was in a coma for several days and pretty pale that whole time. She did recover fairly quickly though Thank you so much. I am loving 1988

They were in each others orbits by the summer of 1980. When Douglas and Victor were suddenly old friends and Douglas and Derek were fighting over Katherine. Douglas challenged Derek to a duel and Victor was his second. Later, when Derek got Kay hooked on booze again and planned to take her on a cruise, Kay had a sense of forboding and asked Victor to step in to run Chancellor in her absence which was around September 1980. I think this scene often gets mistaken for his introduction

This definitely makes it sound more like he re-signed but a much shorter contract and Bell and Co went with it. I mean David Hasselhoff was basically a guest star through 1980, he was not on a normal contract. So makes sense they might have done this for Beau too. Possibly Brock and Julia were to be a couple after Victor was killed off and go on to other stories. Then when Bell decided to keep Eric he kept it going as a triangle, maybe hoping the front burner story would entice Beau to stay. Sounds like he didn't like the story much at all and left. And I believe this is just January 1980. It was a bit of a mess that year.

It makes sense for 1980 where it seems everyone was throwing things at the wall to see what would stick. My assumption is Beau wanted to leave and Bell needed an anchor for the Newman's, thus he asked Beau to stay and help launch that couple and hoped that would work and he could put them into a new storyline by the time Beau left. It sort of worked, just some of it fell flat

It did kinda happen that way from what I can tell, only in a condensed period of time. Carl was first seen in Jan 1980, investigating the Walter Addison death. Then Steve Wiliams was hired as a reporter by Stuart Brooks two weeks later and he was on the case too and mentions his detective father. Ironically Paul was not seen during this time. I believe Doug Davidson was finally getting a contract and was in negotiations. Suddenly he reappears and has beef with Steve, feeling he was the favoured son. Before we know it in March Mary has her menopausal pregnancy and out of nowhere Patty shows up isn't happy about her old mum being pregnant. Within a few months Mary loses the baby, April reveals she has a baby with one of the Williams boys (her parents assume Steve), Paul joins a cult, Steve and Peggy investigate the cult and Patty goes upstairs one day and comes back down six months later as blond Lilibet Stern. I think the issue is the family was kinda just there and already in the middle of drama without the audience being given the chance to get to know them, I am pretty sure Doug Davidson had been on recurring and was not a major character before the Williams were built around him, which started without him being onscreen. Bell usually took six months to introduce new characters before giving them lead story. Not so with the Williams. Interesting that anyone tried to make Bell out to be a monster. I could see him being shown as a little cold, as he did seem to have a reserve about him. I can imagine all the digging from Irna probably left him with a bit of a complex that created the temprement. It must be hard to take criticism from anyone when someone you admired basically told you that you're a loser. It is funny, I went through all the end credits of the episodes we have. James Riley just pops up as a Story Consultant out of nowhere and disappears almost as quick. Nice to know Kay and James got along. I really love the era Sally Sussman was with the show. I know Terry Lester loved her too and when he left claimed she was the sole reason the Abbotts were successful and got story. I think Bell must have been pretty annoyed by that. I wish Terry hadn't burned his bridges and had come back.

Not sure anyone here has them. I know they broadcast to 1989 (I think) in Germany and France but not sure the angel that uploaded all the others has those.

Thank you for the response. I had a feeling those two were like two peas in a pod and both loved the show and took care of it. I would be fascinated to see the period in 1976. Maybe I wouldn't notice much difference. On the Y&R FB group Julianna McCarthy praised Kay and how she wrote for her character, as she felt the dialogue felt genuine and real. I have always loved the way Kay spoke about Bill Bell, she obviously had such respect and admiration and I feel the same was true for him about her too. Yes the hour long expansion - I have always been slightly obsessed with the 80 - 82 period, it is obvious the show was struggling. Not down right awful but not at its usual strength either. I am fascinated to know more. I think one could write a whole book about that period. Would Kay ever write a book about her time at Y&R? I would love for her to get a behind the scenes history together, no need for anything to scandalous, even just the general stuff would be so amazing to know.

One thing I'd really like to know - was Kay basically a co-headwriter starting in the 70's? I found an interview with her from around 1979 which calls her a HW of the show. I know we or I use Associate HW but was she functioning as a co-HW? I know Bell said there was a point in time where he couldn't tell the difference between one of his scripts and one of Kay's

That's fascinating. I read an interview with Bill Bell which he did prior to the Joann/Kay story. When asked about gay characters he said he wouldn't do a male couple because he didn't think his audience would respond well but he thought the audience would be more accepting of two women. This along with the cosmo story must have given him some confidence and it must have hit hard when the ratings crashed and the unkind fan letters poured in.

Pretty sure this is the only time this side was shown. Maybe to the left of Jill are the doors? Jill on the chaise lounge, behind the fireplace. I assume the terrace doors are directly in front of her and there is a nook or something.

Also it seems Lauralee Bell was on contract in these episodes, which surprises me as she wasn't on contract during her shorter 1986 stint but went on contract around May/Jun 1986. I always assumed she was recurring in 83, 84, 85. The chaise lounge was always there. We see it briefly when Jack comes home one night in a 1984 ep and Jill is sitting on it waiting for him. Around the time he was going after Ms Wells. Maybe Sep 84??? I assume the terrace is the fourth wall we have only seen maybe once and you go past the fireplace to the wall which is actually a door/window???? But this has to have been built later than 1983 when we get a good view from the staircase (Patty's view) when Jill and Jack are doing the re-enactment. In that shot it just looks like windows with blinds and very basic. Lol, maybe Jill got some redecorating in after all.

We also have the partial July 04 ep. Synopsis suggests these eps were from Jul 1 - 5 so my guess would be Jul 01 and 02. The ep listed as Jul 08 preceeds the Jun 21 ep as at the end of the Jul 08 ep Ashley gives Jill the good news about John and the Jun 21 ep picks up right from the same spot. Jack also finds out from Dina that his face is no longer in the pictures in the Jul 08 ep which he tells Jill in the "June 21" episode

I am loving all these 80's eps. Thanks everyone for posting. I do think the June 21 ep is Jul 2 and the Jul 8 ep is Jul 1. Kay told Jill she showed John the photos in the Jun 27 ep and these seem to be from the following week.

Amazing, thank you