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He played the doctor who diagnosed Sophia with a hernia and when she admitted that she had been moving furniture (it was wicker), he shot a withering look at Dorothy and said "You make me sick!"

Did the B&B post any clips of Betty White's scenes with Susan Flannery and Alley Mills? Everyone wants to post those final scenes at the beach, but that doesn't even capture the most powerful scenes between the actresses, which were those combative scenes where Stephanie confronted her mother Ann about the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her father, which Ann, at first refused to acknowledge, with Pam caught in the middle. Those actresses were going toe to toe. It's a shame if nobody posts those clips because they were so dramatic.

Oh, okay. The show was way too cheap and lazy to put any effort into a final montage of the most poignant and captivating moments, on air or online. Honestly, ATWT's online component was severely underdeveloped. I know people will claim that the show ended before social media took flight but, by 2008-2009, Twitter and especially YouTube had taken off and the show could have put up a great 20 minutes montage on either platform. Slapping up 6 or 7 clips on the CBS YouTube page was inadequate at best. Fans demanded so little of Procter and Gamble for so many decades of devotion, and in the end, little is exactly what they got.

I think even the theme song that they had in the mid 80s could have been stripped down and made into a really good theme, like the ones they did with saxophone and sometimes strings within the actual scenes. They could have alternated between theme song, and just played with tempo and meter, use of instrumentation, phrasing of notes. They didn't have to reinvent the wheel, just mold different shapes on it, see how elastic the original mold truly was.

It's refreshing to see people mention the book by Keishin Armstrong on the women who were instrumental in the development of the early days of television (hint the creation/creator of the daytime soap is also included). People really should read this book and learn just how much of a pioneer Betty White was in the medium of television.

Yes, Susan Flannery and Betty White together!!! That was top drawer drama on B&B!

Is this really true??! Just shy of 100 years old. Selfishly, was wishing for more time with Ms. White.

This was before my time, but I always thought this was a beautiful theme. Grande and sweeping. Someone with half an imagination should've been able to make a contemporary variation on this theme, even for the final big anniversary. Technically, I was alive when this was still on air, but not quite old enough to get into soaps.

B&B question: Since I haven't watched the show in its current iteration in forever, has Carter ever had a full-fledged story that was independent of who he was paired with? Just wondering.

That's way too cool a theme for what ATWT had descended into in its final years. Maybe a fan can put something together on Vimeo. Sadly, that's all the hope we have for something half way befitting the legacy of this show. A very belated tribute video montage.

This and even the one before it were such grande theme songs. I would have thought that, at least for the last big anniversary they would have pulled out a classic theme to commemorate.

Can we just get Hillary Bailey Smith to host these reunions from now on?

Apparently not. With a competent host, this wouldn't be half bad but Alan- screen-20211230-234422.mp4

I think Devon is the rare Black male character that they wrote more than one story for after being so poorly written. The others have gotten numerous storylines after, unless they were short-term characters like Scott. Maybe Nate will be the second.

Paul lit the match. Hey, he already shot his son, he won't feel he has much to lose.

I really appreciate that we get to hear the use of popular music by the singers/songwriters like Al Jarreau, Barry Manilow and Janet Jackson. I doubt this would be possible if these episodes were being sold.

Even though I don't eat meat, this bothers me. But hey, life goes on, I guess.🥴 People here seem to take exception to even opening a window. And an unacceptable amount of schools and municipal builds, and public buildings were designed with windows that don't even open, or few windows at all. Not smart.

Another thing that's admirable about how Japan is handling the pandemic response now is that for the past year, they have been redesigning and retrofitting homes to be more anti-viral. Putting a discreetly located hand washing station near the front door, making natural air filtration a more prominent feature. Companies like the Japanese sportswear maker have made improvements to the fit and feel of face masks. This are even examining their metro and other public spaces to see what improvements can be made to mitigate virus spread. That, is learning how to live with something. The U.S. is not taking any genuine measures to live with a virus. EDT. Uniqlo is the name of the sportswear company. I forgot to mention their name.

I think most of the Black male characters on Y&R in the past 15 years had potential, no? Including the character played by Lamon Archey, who they refused to write for. But let's take Nate, a character born on screen and compare him to Nicholas Newman, another character born on screen. Compare the first year each adult character was on the canvas. Lord knows JM was no Olivier (neither Laurence nor Martinez) when he first arrived but they gave him story, surrounded him with highly competent and talented actors (Heather Tom and all the experienced adult actors) and oh, Nick was involved in plenty of story (his own and others). What did grown Nate get? Even compare Devon's transition from teen to adult to Nick's. Nick had a heavy duty relationship, an affair with Grace Turner. Entree into the business world, working for the family business. What did Devon get? A barely visible girlfriend? Languishing until they pair him in a triangle with his adopted father...and his de facto Aunt? One character was written into viability...the others...not so much.

Exactly what I was saying! And it's not only that, it's anyone who has to go into a filled hospital for any reason, COVID or not. Accident victims, heart attacks, gunshot or knife wounds, domestic and sexual violence victims, etc. How do those people get seen in a timely way in a hospital that is damn near filled to capacity? A nurse mentioned finding a woman crying in a corner because she needed medical attention, had been waiting for over 8 hours, yet hadn't been seen. What would someone say to her? Oh, it's "f*CK you because folks gotta party on NYE?" If folks had shown some goddamn discipline in the early going, we wouldn't still be living this bullsh*t. You know what they do in Japan? They wear masks, they wash their hands, they keep proper social distance. And whining folks, let's not pretend this is China, where they throw your as$ in jail if you leave your apartment without permission. Or Russia, where a positive test means a stay in a hospital or locked into a kind of "Hotel California". Get a grip, folks.

Has Y&R had a Black male character that has had any dynamism in the past decade? Fifteen years?