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This is a funny story from August 1983. I'm cracking up about Eric Braeden and Steven Ford. This is a nice change from the usual stories about drama on the set of Y&R.

I agree. It all seems to be on auto pilot now. In the 90s and 2000s we saw the shows fighting hard for ratings with flashy stories like the clones. There were live episodes, musical episodes, Port Charles turning into a supernatural show with telenovela-style arcs. Even into the 2010s we still saw a lot of stunt casting of popular vets from other networks. Now it's like they're not even trying anymore. I think there is this acceptance that they will get renewed if they maintain X rating and keep to Y budget. There will not be writers and producers fighting for some money to do a big "Out of the Ashes" type story to boost ratings. They probably have a formula where they figure they will lose a certain percentage of viewers each year and adjust the budget downward accordingly. You don't even see stories anymore about actors threatening to walk because their guarantee or salary is being cut. They all know where it's heading. Now it's about creative budgeting, figuring out how to recycle sets, add more clip shows, adding more dark weeks. What remains to be seen is the effect of COVID which hurt the ratings while increasing costs. They might be able to absorb it by cutting in other ways.

I've gotten through another chunk of stuff from the Y&R Anonymous Angel January 2 and 3, 1992 clips These episodes are already on YouTube but this is a better quality. These scenes are so funny. January 8 and 9, 1992 clips of drunk Nikki in the snow February 14, 1992 clip Victor reminiscing March 17, 1993 clip October 16, 1995 Primetime clip Brad gets "cheeky" 1992 Daytime Emmys Bill Bell's Lifetime Achievement Award and Y&R's Best Show montage 1992 Bill Bell SOD Awards tribute Various Y&R Awards show clips I was lazy and didn't cut them up, but I'm pretty sure they are all available already

These are fair points, and I think how he died made it more difficult for viewers. It was a very ignominious exit for such a beloved character: dying in jail, for a justified crime, the sort of which many soap characters routinely get away with. In some way it was fitting for his character after being a doormat to Gloria those last years (another point of contention). It was at that point in the show where they had a lot of questionable ideas but they were executed well, like Cassie's death and even Jill being mother and daughter (I felt like it was a mad writing choice to do it, but still entertaining as hell to watch it unfold). The scenes involving John's death hold up pretty well. There's the part where his family sets up a flight to Ireland and begs him to go there and he insists he must serve his sentence, which is in character. The bedside death scenes were all very good, and even the funeral episode that re-aired last year was good with the conflict of Jack not inviting Gloria, which is absolutely something he would do. I'd still categorize it as a mistake overall, for the simple reason that he had years of story left, and this was born out by how they immediately tried to bring him back, first with that ridiculous Alistair character, and then as a ghost. That showed there was still use for him as a patriarch of the family for several more years. I wouldn't object to them killing him off if he decided to retire, like Susan Flannery. That's a better option than just having a character disappear like Mary Williams and not even acknowledging the death onscreeen when it happened. If you are going to be that writer that wants to make the big splash of killing a major character, then you had better be sure you're not going to need them again in six months...

Thanks @YRfan23I appreciate everything you're doing!

I swear, every day is like Christmas with this vault. Someone also uploaded the FULL E True Hollywood Story under Behind the Scenes. I watched it last night. There's some funny mistakes (like JLB playing Stuart's wife), but it's pretty good. There's some rare photos of Katherine & Joanne, and they actually interview Phil Morris, Jon St. Elwood, and Amy Gibson about the whiteface story. And there's a clip of EB speaking on the record about the fistfight, no comments from PB. Curious what you all think of it!

Thank you! Ryan's dancing on June 3, 1997 is truly hilarious! 😅

Definitely! Thanks, that's a great source, and not only for soaps.

It's a snow day, so a perfect time to upload more from the Y&R Anonymous Angel November 16, 1990 (clip) Vault only - this clip contains scenes of Danny & Cricket's wedding that was rebroadcast in 2020. It includes Gina singing which was cut from the broadcast. December 28, 1990 (clip) June 24, 1991 Sheila clip June 24, 1991 clip David's bandages come off! October 7, 1991 clip David Kimble's death Vault only - this is from the original broadcast November 5, 1991 clip - A surprise guest shows up at the Abbot party 1995 (final segment) September 1999 - Kay reminisces about the 70s March 27, 2000 March 28, 2000 (first half)

November 2, 1990 on archive https://archive.org/details/boldandthebeautiful19901102

I think yours are probably right. You have Dec 24, 1987 German version which matches the US version. Dec 25 was preempted. Then there's four more episodes in 1987. Your Dec 31, 1987 German episode has a New Year's Eve party. Then according to a French clip on YouTube, Jan 25, 1988 is the episode where Nikki dances to "Jump Start My Heart" which matches what you have for that date. There are four more episodes in January. Then, you have these two episodes as the 2nd and 3rd episodes in February 1988. If those aired on February 9th and 10th, there would have to be a whole week of preemptions somewhere in that month, and I just don't see where that would have happened. There's an episode database for As The World Turns and they don't have any preemptions during that time:

@Brolden Thanks for updating. It's interesting to see your project evolving. Would you mind explaining how to search the TV listing in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise? This would be a helpful resource since most TV listings only give primetime listings, with a generic daytime schedule. I did want to share (since I don't know where else this would be of interest) a couple of sites that are good for primetime listings. I find them helpful when I have a show with commercials and need to confirm the airdate based on the commercials for primetime and news airing that night or the next night. http://www.tvtango.com/listings/2021/02/05 Just change that date using that numbering format and it tells you what aired on CBS that night. And here's one that will tell you what aired on the CBS evening news if there's commercials for that: https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/siteindex/1984-8 (you can change the month/year).

My parents are both from Italy so I can relate to this conversation so much! Growing up I heard 3 versions: mom's side, dad's side, and actual Italian... but I don't speak any of them well! I somehow missed the fact that the Netherlands episodes are now up to where the US rebroadcasts from last summer started. That's so cool. I hope we'll get the originals too.

I can't say how grateful I am to all the uploaders! THANK YOU ALL 😇 Marquise, I was looking for that map! It's so funny. The Logan house is much to close to the Forresters, and Forrester Creations shouldn't be anywhere near Spectra!

I know that at some point, they started the season every year in September like all other CBS shows. In the early years, they seem to have done it around the anniversary (250 episodes) but there were a lot of preemptions in 1987 that may have messed that up? Someone told me videoland starts Season 5 at episode 940 in December... but there seems to be no reason behind that at all... it's neither an anniversary, nor a milestone episode... ?

Another question. It isn't that important, but does anyone know the episode that starts Season 5? I heard it was 940, but not sure if that's accurate. I used to be able to access the videoland episode list without an account, but I can't anymore for some reason.

Guten tag! So glad your account was approved! Thanks for all the videos!

Bumping this question. I'd like to organize the folders. Episodes 948 on are being posted in 1991. However, episodes 951-954 are missing if someone can add them, please. Here is an update the person says is for "12/26 and 12/27ish." I'm not sure if the show was preempted Monday, December 31. https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.tv.soaps/c/hMELijjl46s/m/6JW5jRO04UkJ

Watching these early years now, I see how much she held the show together. Ridge/Brooke/Caroline isn't THAT interesting, without Stephanie's reactions.

Thanks @will81 for all you have been doing! Bundy1965 is adding more German episodes to the vault starting with November 1995 into 1996. She is also adding bits of the same episodes in English when she has them, either next to the episode or in the clips folder for that year. As someone who also collected many random clips of Y&R over the years and isn't sure what's what, I can truly appreciate the time it took to figure out those dates and put them in the right order! It will make it much easier to watch in order. I made this playlist a long time ago with the German 1995 eps that were already on YouTube. Eventually, I will add Bundy's (I still have to do the rest of 1986 as well). The first two episodes correspond to the 1995 daytime/primetime episodes.

Thank you!!! This is great.

The videos from RTL Lounge are absolutely beautiful! A million thank yous to the uploader. ❤️

Nikki is awesome I just watched Ridge & Caroline's wedding and I have some music questions. In episode 707 at 13 minutes there is a very familiar tune played on Spanish guitar (in honor of San Juan Capistrano I guess), does anyone know what it is? Same music plays at 3:30 (right before the wedding march) in episode 708. Then at the end of 708 there's a song playing for the wedding night. This song is credited as "This Time Around" performed by Ronn Moss and Nicci Sill, written by Jack Allocco, David Kurtz, and Lothar Struff. Is that really Ronn Moss singing? It doesn't sound like his voice at all and I was wondering if they had swapped it out. BTW, I love how this music segued into the B&B Jazz theme at the end and the special ending credit music

I've renamed them in the vault. Unsure-1 definitely 8/2/94 based on the recap for that day. Unsure-2 is 8/24/94 (recap/commercials). Unsure-3 is 8/3/94. This is a major episode! The Dru/Malcolm cold medicine scene and the Matt/Nick fight! Imagine, multiple major storylines and iconic scenes happening in the SAME episode. Imagine actually having storylines at all. Haha. The final scene with Dru goes right into a commercial for Sudafed which cracks me up. Thanks so much Nikki if you're reading this!

The Becker storyline details are really mundane in a good way. Him pleading his first case from rape to burglary, then claiming he wasn't even guilty of that, the jury basically thinking he's guilty but not beyond reasonable doubt, the obscene phone calls after the case is over, but not being able to prove it's him or being able to do anything about it... this is messy, this is the way things happen IRL. Not every rapist becomes a full blown psycho (not that I don't enjoy those stories too). The idea of Peggy not getting justice and then just holing up in the house in fear is realistic and compelling. Did Brock ever have sex in the history of the show, LOL. Other than the time that Mac was conceived offscreen, I mean. There were allusions to him having a wild life before he became a Christian... he's not a priest, so no vow of celibacy, but I suppose as religious as he was he wouldn't be having much pre-marital sex, other than the time with Mac's mother. I know he was married to Jill, but the marriage was never consummated, which gave the writers an opening to make Jill Kay's daughter.