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Did it affect other characters they were going to have story with, or was their part in the story given to someone else? I wish I could see more of that era, especially Casey and Lucas. I read that Brock was supposed to of been the one Victor locked in the basement instead of Michael Scott. Julia was going to be the love of Brock's life, but Beau left the show shortly after Y&R expanded to an hour because he had signed on to do a half hour and didn't want to commit. All the actors who had signed on before the expansion had voided contracts. Brenda Dickson and John McCook also left in 1980. THANK YOU YRfan23 for the classic 1982 upload.

I agree. When I saw pictures of Howard McGillian, it looks like they wanted Greg to return to looking like Houghton's version. I wonder if Y&R considered asking Espy back in 1982 or since Hasselhoff was by then so associated with the role they didn't even bother ? Wings said in a blurb that soaps were "Hair Shows" and that actors who talked about how hard the work is was pretty much full of crap. He also said something about he only got to go shirtless a few times on Y&R and figured the producers etc...did not like what they seen......LOL Casey, Brock, Matt, and Peggy seemed to be characters Bill Bell didn't quite know what to do with them and they faded in and out.

I agree about David. He is considered a hammy actor much like Ted McGinley. It would be nice to see Roberta Leighton as Casey again. I saw a Q&A from a few years ago with Melody Thomas Scott and Roberta stood up and asked why doesn't Nikki call her sister surprising her. MTS said she was close to RL like real sisters when they were on the show together. Somewhere I have a photo of them together from around 1979 and they had the Farrah hair going on. Wings Hauser was always creepy in everything he played in. James Houghton and MTS would have made a stunning looking couple if they had worked together. Tom Tammi who played Tom on ATWT briefly 1979-1980 might have been a good recast as Greg or Snapper.

It might just be me, but David doesn't come off well in that interview. He pretty much says he's just sticking with crap like Y&R till something else better comes along he feels is worthy of his talent. He has always been a mediocre actor and should be thanking Bill Bell everyday for giving him a career. His return to the show a few years ago was a joke. I can imagine what that 1979 album sounds like. He and Wings Hauser were miscast as the Foster brothers. Maybe Greg would have had more of a shelf life if James Houghton had stuck around to be paired with Melody Thomas Scott. Wings also speaks ill of Y&R.

I'd agree with Bell on that one, given Danny was pretty unpopular with viewers at the time and apparently throwing him at Christine was the only thing they could think of to sustain him. Phyllis had at least given Danny extra shelf life, but Paul and Christine went back to the summer of '93 and pretty much made their footnote in Y&R history between Paul saving Christine from Michael and them saving Margret and Miles by working together and later saving April. What made it so bad was that Katherine even appeared out of the black hole she was in at the time to advise Danny to reclaim Christine. I can't imagine what kind of "music storyline with Callie" Alden had planned with Callie and Danny except it would have had to have been very boring had it played out. I wonder how well the Callie character would have taken off if Michelle Thomas hadn't passed away and gotten to play the role for a long run ? I was not impressed with Callie # 2.

I agree with DRW50 the show mostly ignored Tom's past before Margo. I also agree that Meg Bennett is an excellent actress. As with Tom on ATWT, Y&R tends to forget Victor's wife/life before Nikki. I mentioned to a woman about Victor's first wife Julia and she was stunned. She had never known she had even existed. The same when you mention to people that Nikki's first husband was Greg Foster and not Victor.

Judith Chapman said that fans would refer to her character as Nasty Natalie. I would love to see some of her run.

They could have let Dennis Cooney play Ellen's brother Jay Lowell instead of "Stallings"

I agree that there should have been a Bob/Kim/Dan triangle. I also wish they had done a storyline where Lisa went after David and had catfights with Ellen.

I was watching as a kid at this time and recall how popular Meg Ryan was becoming as Betsy. I remember when she left the show they did the car accident with the hitchhiker and then her face in bandages for months till they were removed and Lindsay Frost appeared. Betsy then had to find her way back to Steve. I also remember liking Marisa Tomei as Marcy a lot. I also liked Terri VandenBosch ( had to look up her name) as Frannie even though she was short lived.

1960's Ad for LUX soap with Kathryn Hays

I remember seeing TLW in an episode of the fake Divorce Court back in the 80's as a wife with a split personality. I miss the way commercials were back then. They advertised a variety of useful products with clever original jingles, now it's just car insurance, prescription drugs or .com web site ads with some annoying top 40 song blaring. There are at least 4 or 5 commercials recently that have used that annoying "Happy" song.

Another great upload. It brings back memories. Ellen Dolan was a jarring recast for HBS. I never warmed up to her version of Margo. The old commercials are another extra treat. Back when they advertised various products instead of car Insurance and prescription drugs 24/7.

Someone posted on IMDB stating that this soap was reran on one of their local channels as late as 2002-2003 ?

Is Scott DeFreitas (Andy) still acting ? Instead of casting his wife Maura on Y&R, they should have cast him in a role instead. I could see him playing a legacy character like Chucky Roulland (Foster) or Brooks Prentiss.

Robert Horton who played Whit was a big TV star in the 50's/60's on the long running western Wagon Train. He did not age well by the time he was on ATWT.

Late 60's Charmin commercial with Joan Van Ark and Aldo Ray.

I have been watching Knots over the past few days on DVD recordings and 2 things that I noted. Lillimae gets on my freaking nerves after a while especially when she rides Val about Joshua and defending his bad behavior/ later death. The Meg adoption/paternity stuff with Mac/Karen. I think they milked that storyline for all it's worth. They were upset about people finding out, Greg might want her back, Val's Book possibly mentioning it, Maree Cheatham showing up as Meg's grandmother/ Laura's real mother exposing it, then in the 1997 Cul De Sac reunion film it's brought up yet again with this time Meg wanting to know who her real father is and Mac/Karen fighting and separating over it.

I just saw Susan Marie Snyder (ex Julie) on a rerun of Press Your Luck today. She said she was a stand up comic in her intro. A lot of before they were stars appeared on that show and Match Game. Scott Reeves was on not long ago. He used his actual first name of Greg at the time and said he was a secretary. He had a large gap in his teeth.

I wish they would pick up some of the old shows that haven't been in reruns in years like Please Don't Eat The Daisies, The Farmers Daughter, etc...

I'm sick of all the westerns in blocks. I can't believe they are getting rid of Perry Mason in the daytime for Matlock. WGN and INSP run that show in the freaking ground. I also notice anytime there is a network that runs old shows, they always pick up Bonanza. I'm getting tired of it over and over on multiple networks. There are about 5 running it currently.

If the show was owned till 1969 by American Home Products, did those episodes get stashed somewhere or did they get wiped by the network when they took control ? I would love to see episodes of Marla as the nasty Belle. I can picture how great she was on the show. Nicolas Coster has been on just about every soap there ever was. I wonder how Christina Crawford felt about playing a character with the same name as her much despised mother ?

I have the same 1964-1979 DVD too and NO that special 1974 episode is not on it. You have a rare episode. I would also like to see the rare 70's Y&R material you have.