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Since we are discussing the 70's. What did Tommy Horton do after the late 60's ? I saw John Lupton in cast photos through out the decade, but what did his character do onscreen ? He last appeared in 1980.

You mean the one at the Bayou or Victor's ? 🤣

LOL @ Erica. What I have seen of her, she looks pretty rough. I have seen Patty Minter mention in synopsis, but what was that character all about ? I was watching an old Match Game episode where 70's/ 80's teen queen actress Dawn Jeffory was announced being on Y&R in the opening segment. Who did she play ? In 1979 she played one of Lucy's friends on Dallas that helped her score some drugs when she was squalling around over her break up with Kit. This would have been around the same time she was on Y&R.

Or trailer trash.....LOL She did give Paul VD. I can picture her wearing a tube top, satin short shorts while getting high with Paul out by the school dumpsters and then making it with him in the back of his Van and/or Trans-Am. Hauser was trashing his time on Y&R in the 90's and complained that he went shirtless on the show once, and then was never asked to do so again. He said they show probably did not like what they had seen.....LOL The late 70's and early 80's had some questionable casting choices on soaps. I guess that explains Anthony Geary.

LOL at Playdoh left behind. It was bad even for late 70's standards. It was straight out of Eight Is enough. That karate clip was a surprise. I wish we could have seen the entire segment. I wonder if Greg and Paul got into a confrontation over Nikki ? Wings Hauser was just seedy. They should have re-cast a better Greg than that, especially to pair with Melody's Nikki.

I never knew Kathy Bates was on The Doctors. She appears at the 6:24 mark

Erica Hope looked rough compared to Melody Thomas Scott.

Matthew Ashford commercial 1984.

Early TV commercial with Pamela Bellwood for Pepsodent.

Silent news coverage of Morgan Fairchild circa 1968. Starts at 4:17

1990 episode with the cast of Eight is Enough

In an interview with Kay Alden she talked about how thorough Bill Bell was in introducing characters and storylines. She said in the original Y&R bible, it clearly is written that Katherine Chancellor will make her first appearance in November 1973 and Lorie Brooks in December 1973.

I have seen a color copy of that same 1974 cast photo with Tom Hallick between Lee Crawford and Donnelly Rhodes. He must have shown later for that photo shoot and got his pic taken.

Rare original Dallas Bumpers from September 23, 1978. Bad Quality

It has a Dynasty rip off thing going on. Even Craig Sheffer looks like a rip off Al Corley.

Does anyone remember this short lived series by Gloria Monty ? I don't remember it.

Robert Parucha (Matt) always reminded me a bit of John Beck who played Mark Graison on Dallas.

I think Peggy asked Nikki to stay at the Brooks home in 1981 when she and Greg split and she started at the Bayou. Nikki wanted to reconcile with Greg at this point. Didn't Greg get beat up at the Bayou trying to cover Nikki up with his coat ?

I gather since Chris Brooks Foster was going to be her sister in law, she helped Nikki with the wedding. She also loaned her wedding dress to Nikki to wear.

Speaking of Bill Bell's way of writing Re: Nikki. Someone once commented that Nikki interacted with each of the Brooks sisters at different times over the years, but it came across onscreen that Nikki didn't realize they were all sisters till much later. Which sounds strange. I would love to see Nikki and Greg's 1979 wedding in The Brooks house surface online. I have seen fragments of it. I remember bit scenes of Nikki coming into the living room and a bouquet of red roses and Nikki smelling them, Nikki looking at herself in the mirror getting ready, her walking down the aisle towards Greg, A bit of their vows, Casey and Nikki discussing her finally being happy at the wedding reception, and she and Greg drinking champagne as they are toasted.

I read the Forrester home on B&B is a redone Brooks house set. I can see the same layout.

Eileen did get paired with a lot of duds. Jay Kerr who played Brian Forbes said he hated doing Y&R and thought it was bottom of the barrel where his acting career was concerned. I think he took it off his IMDB page. Where's his career now ?....LOL Eileen said she loved working with Rod Arrants (Steven) and was sad when he was killed off. Rod adored her too and I assume they still talk to each other when they get the chance. Eileen left the show after that. If I remember correctly, Brenda Epperson stepped in as the grieving took place. Eileen recommended her as her replacement.

It seems the 1970's Y&R cast was the closest since it was much smaller. When the 1980's came and the hour expansion, it added more people and they all were probably. isolated to their storyline groupings. In the episode before Victor & Nikki's wedding, Douglas mentioned Snapper's name on the guest list. Did the show expect Hasselhoff to appear and it fell through ? When Chris arrived she told her sisters Snapper let her get away for a visit. It would have been great if Espy had appeared as Snapper and maybe had Chris flashback to her wedding 10 years prior.