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The really sad thing is - in Jan and Feb '88, Amy was serving as Paul's EQUAL at the detective agency. Not his secretary any more. She was doing her own investigations. Paul and Amy scouted out the new office in Newman Towers together. The story potential was limitless. But then, the show turned around and wrote her off. The only thing I can think of is - the show wanted to isolate Paul as he entered the Cassandra saga.

Wrong Diane... bring back Alex Donnelley!

Anyone else refreshing Paul Ditty's page every hour? 😂 When you pull up the "Innocent Years" playlist, it says "4 hidden videos", so there's a few gems yet to released.

Thank you @anon4520!! We’ve reached the build-up to Sheila and Eric’s wedding, which has always been my dream to see.

Thank you! I just watched the whole thing, I couldn’t wait! Even the commercials. Wow, there were lots of toothpaste ads back then. And Molly Ringwald at the very end. The first 18 minutes of the full 1 hour 22 min clip are probably from Monday 1/4/82, the next ep after the New Year’s Eve Victor/Nikki “Dirty Stinker” kiss. At 6:00, there’s a glimpse of Paul waking up in Aspen with Barbara, hungover after getting drunk on champagne the night before. Hearing the aftermath of the courtroom revelation that Lance is Brooks’ father really makes me want to see that! (even considering Dennis Cole has no acting ability) I love Cash Cashman and Katherine! As of 2/1/82, they’re exploring his backstory – and a month later he’s dead? Ugh I think they killed him off to make room for the Bancrofts and Katherine’s “romance with Earl, which IMO was DOA. Does l’il Michael Damian wear a retainer at this point? He has that slight slur to his speech. So cute. Loved Lorie’s recounting of the ’76 shooting by Vanessa. Didn’t Snapper treat Lance’s bullet wound? Wonder if he could have helped Lorie’s case somehow…

I know right!! Now I'm refreshing Paul Ditty's main page multiple times per day, like I used to do with archive.org 😂 I think he has a limited amount of "Innocent Years" vids yet to debut... previously in his playlist, he had like 10 vids that were private. In the comments for one of his vids, someone asked him, "what are the private vids"? he replied "oh I didn't know anyone else could see those!" And those aren't visible in the playlist anymore. So - I think he pre-loaded all his "Innocent Years" vids, and is making them public, one each day. So, probably not too many vids left. I'd love to be wrong, though!

Latest upload includes full ep 2/1/82!! 💫

in the latest eps, I love how, while Sheila is in Genoa City "getting her mother's blessings" (aka destroying Lauren's life), Sheila is still the main topic of conversation and investigation at Forrester Creations! Such excellent writing and plotting. I'm not feeling Brooke and Karen as friends... feels like the writers just felt Brooke needed a "talk-to".

I'm out of the loop, what is the issue with Robin Givens? I know she's been on Batwoman this past season, and seems like she is well-received...?

A million thanks! We are reaching '93 time periods where there are no eps previously available, so these are especially treasured...

Seems like it was all PFS' doing... she was gone a few weeks later, and Phyllis and Linda soon faded out after that.

It's incredible. Just when I thought the well of YR vintage clips had run dry, we get this! Who would have ever thought we'd see the full Vanessa funeral. I have to say... I know Lorie was always known to be a stubborn, headstrong character... but I am finding her a bit annoying TBH. In these recent clips, she just won't listen to reason. I guess you could partially attribute it to the shock of Vanessa jumping, but still... I'm getting Sami Brady vibes.

Genius! I'm in. Thanks so much.

Does anyone find the Vault to sporadically not work? I've used the same link since the lovely @ChickenNuggetz92 created the Vault a couple years ago https://bit.ly/2A3Bnhv Yesterday, the link worked fine... today in both Chrome and Safari (Mac), I get an error message "server can not be found". This happens occasionally and then magically corrects itself at a later point.

6/12/88 YR promo ("deranged Leanna") at 9:53 here: https://archive.org/details/capture-a-5911

Great find, thanks!

It's confusing because some of the previous Lorie clips are blended in, and it also jumps back and forth in time chronologically

Yes, on that note, we need to get the clips uploaded to the Vault since they aren't unlisted on YT. I don't know how to take a downloaded YT file and transfer it to the Vault. Is it easy? Other comments... - Despite some vids having 1980 in the description, I didn't identify any scenes actually being from '80... anyone else? - Watching all these vids really highlights for me the insane tonal shifts between different storylines on YR. The "L-L-L-L Romance Novel Quadrangle" in no way feels like the same show where Nikki throws the ashes of Edward's dead mother into his face and then heads back to the Bayou for a night of stripping.

Holy cow - the “Innocent Years” uploads continue, and the latest has non-Lorie clips from circa Nov ‘81! Nikki, Cash, Victor, Douglas, Snapper, Chris, Sally, Liz, Stuart… amazing

Great find, thanks!! Some of the clips aren’t new, but some are! I only had time to briefly skim but I noticed a ‘79(?) scene with Lorie and Brock that looked new.

I first started watching as a teen during the '85/86 Apollonia/Babylonia 😂 season, and never saw the earlier years. So I'm familiar with the characters and the basic stories. Is Season 1 boring or skippable while the show is finding its footing, or is Season 1 essential?

Most of these clips are originally from ‘a 80s “Marlena cut” YT channel that was shut down

I actually don’t understand their point. Hunter was back a couple years later after being let go in ‘02. They’re saying if she wasn’t gone in ‘02, she would have been cemented as the leading lady of BnB…?

Are you watching on an unlisted YT channel, and if so, can you share the link? (private message me if you don't want to post link here... thank you!

Jill threatened to kill Bobby and Betsy if Val made any commotion