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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

This whole story wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for TV Guide! KL was set to have Jill Bennett fade away at the end of the ‘85-86 season. But in spring ‘86 TV Guide planned to do a cover story on Teri Austin. To accommodate the TV Guide reporter being on the KL set to observe Teri at work, the writers came up with a last-minute scene in the season 7 finale between Gary and Jill. The writers then were inspired to bring back Jill for season 8 and the rest is history.

Perhaps they already knew she’d be moving to BnB the next year

How about on Knots... Jill's diabolical plan to force Val to "commit suicide"... this one sure disturbed teenage me

Hi, will anyone be able to post the recent Videoland eps? I think they will be reaching spring '93 and I am so excited to see the build-up to Eric and Sheila's wedding! Thanks so much for all your efforts.

Per this Krista interview, she was Shelly for only 2 eps and it was 1995. https://tvsourcemagazine.com/2022/02/a-bold-new-beginning-an-interview-with-the-bold-and-the-beautifuls-krista-allen/

A million thanks! 🙏

I need more Sheila's pregnancy pad in my life!!

Incredible! From the missing period of early ‘91

Making my way through ‘96, currently in July… I have an overall question re: Michelle Stafford’s first stint as Phyllis. Her first few months in ‘94 were really noteworthy - revealing out of nowhere that Danny has a wife and baby, and proceeding to run Cricket and Paul down. But after that… for the entirety of ‘95 and ‘96… what is the story? What does Phyllis do? It seems like she just stands in her apartment, talking to herself and fruitlessly scheming to get Danny back. Considering MS’ popularity, the story seems surprisingly uneventful (nothing like Sheila switching babies and terrorizing her invalid mother). Am I missing something…?

Happy New Year and thank you so much! There were some pretty decent stories around that time

Many thanks to @anon4520 and @rsclassicfanforever for all your valuable efforts!!

I love how no one has even mentioned Ingo Rademacher's name. His brief stint was a total debacle. Clayton Norcross begged for forgiveness...? Why - what did he need to be forgiven for?

My impression is that Eve dispatched with Charlie in spring '83, as she took over every aspect of Victor's life and wanted no interference. And then there was a gap of about a year, until after the V&N wedding, that Miguel was introduced as Charlie's replacement.

These scenes are in the vault under fall ‘83 clips. This “story” feels very random and just something the writers came up with to kill time for Victor before other plots heated up. How could the head of Newman Enterprises have the time to go work at a diner? So silly. Marian is definitely not someone Victor has romantic feelings for. Overall it feels like a PSA story about how difficult it can be for people earning minimum wage. Douglas last appeared Oct ‘95… I think 10/16/95. He never had a job. I think he was implied he came from family money. He would talk about his days during “the war” but people doubted he ever saw combat 😂 Lynn disappeared end of ‘04/early ‘05…? Laura Bryan Birn’s departure seemed to coincide with the departure of her dad, YR staffer Jerry Birn. John S courted Nina and maybe kissed her, but she was always hesitant and intimidated by him, and officially dumped him once Ryan caught her eye.

What was the airdate? That could have been during the writers strike

Possibly but it was almost a full 5 years from Veronica’s debut to when John first looked at Mamie in a romantic light.

Great question. I think the soap mags at the time only said that the show is taking the character "in a different direction". The last episode for Marguerite Ray (Mamie #1) was the debut episode for Drucilla and Victoria Rowell, and then the show switched to Veronica Redd. Who was the better Mamie? All things considered, my vote is for Marguerite Ray. I think she was better as the Abbott housekeeper and surrogate mother to Jack, Ashley and Traci. Veronica Redd's Mamie never was quite a fit for me, in that regard. But on the flip side, I think Veronica was better at portraying Mamie as a strict demanding mother-figure to Dru.

Bond Gideon's husband is a member of the Facebook YR Classic page. IIRC he posted that Bond's talent agent asked the show for too much money, and the show countered by replacing her with Deborah Adair.