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Love all these details! Do you recall if Greg was played by Wings H or had Howard M taken over by this point?

^ Not "calm" exactly... YR dropped from the top of the ratings in '80 to the middle of the pack, and didn't climb back up til '83, so I'm sure the CBS execs weren't thrilled. One other issue post-1 hour transition was John McCook... IIRC he left in Feb '80, but called it a hiatus and left Bill Bell hanging as to whether he would return. He wound up only coming back for a ep or two in May '80 and that was it. That's why BB had to pivot to find Lorie a new love interest, and brought on Nick Benedict, but that didn't wind up clicking either.

I appreciate Macy more when she is in work and family mode... as the Clarke story approaches its climax, she is a steady support for Sally both at Spectra and on the homefront.

Are you guys into the Zach/Felicia/Jack mafia/poker story in this latest batch of '92 eps? It's hasn't really caught my attention so I'm FFing those scenes, plus I know that Z&F will be written off by '93..

Maeve Quinlan plays "Airline Representative" in 1360

The writers did such a masterful job, incorporating Sheila into the Forrester world... 1356 - first mention of Lauren Fenmore. Ridge fills Eric in on how Lauren's baby died and how it was later found out that the babies were switched. (conveniently, Ridge couldn't recall the details of who was the perpetrator Eric says, "what kind of person could switch a baby??" The camera then pans to Sheila, who is at the hospital "taking good care" of Brooke 😈 < chef's kiss > perfection!

Weren't there some recent '75 recaps covering Lorie and Phillip spending time together... so maybe Lorie visited the mansion?

Never been a fan of Michael or CLB’s acting mannerisms, but this is a good 30th anniversary retrospective interview https://www.tvinsider.com/1023582/christian-leblanc-young-and-the-restless-michael-baldwin-anniversary/

I just noticed an anonymous angel added 5/30/13! Thanks a million! So this is actually just 1 scene, not multiple scenes. This is a scene that could never be achieved on the Y&R of 2021. It's just beautifully written and acted. Nothing earth-shaking - just a tender moment between two people with a lot of history. I could feel the real-life affection that TEB and BM have for each other.

Hi, does anyone have May 30, 2013 that they can upload to the Vault? I would just love to see these fabulous scenes again ❤️ "Traci arrived outside Phyllis' penthouse, and she ran into Lauren. Lauren said that she'd been thinking about how she'd bullied Traci in their younger days. Traci called it ancient history, but Lauren pointed out that they'd never cleared it up. Lauren confessed that she'd treated Traci horribly, but she had seen the other side of bullying, and she didn't know if the hurt ever went away. Traci initially said that she had no residual side effects, but then she recalled that she'd recently been at a restaurant, thinking about ordering dessert, and out of nowhere, Lauren's cruel words had flooded into her head. Lauren hated the things she'd said, but Traci asserted that she was no longer the insecure girl who'd turned to pills, and she'd moved on. Lauren mused that she'd never forgotten, and Traci agreed, but she was glad the subject of bullying was getting attention. Lauren apologized, but she knew that it couldn't make up for the pain she'd caused. Traci said that they couldn't change the past, but it was never too late to become a better person. The women hugged, and Lauren received a text message from Fen, asking her to meet him at Crimson Lights.

I was thinking about “head writer eras”, and then thinking about 1982-1989, and how I don’t really see that time period associated with a certain head writer. That’s kinda crazy, because that’s the era when Days exploded in popularity and was instrumental in creating the “supercouple” trend. Bo and Hope, Shane and Kim, Roman/John and Marlena, Steve and Kayla, Jennifer and Jack at the tail end… the show was on fire! The writing, production values, and star charisma were all on point. But we don’t seem to look at this time in any way similar to a “JER era”. I referenced the head writer list from Jason47’s site and I think I see why. It was a rotating series of head writers and mostly CO-head writers. Margaret DePriest & Sheri Anderson.......4/19/82-9/21/84............ Margaret DePriest, Sheri Anderson & Thom Racina..9/24/84-10/25/84......... Sheri Anderson & Thom Racina...............10/26/84-11/30/84........ Sheri Anderson, Thom Racina & Leah Laiman......12/3/84-11/10/86.......... Thom Racina & Leah Laiman..................11/11/86-11/18/86........ Leah Laiman.........................................11/19/86-3/14/89.......... Despite the shift in writers, to me – it’s amazing how the show kept a throughline of maintaining the same “feel” during all those years. Thoughts?

I feel like Ronn Moss was heavily inspired by Wayne Northrop’s Roman famously only referring to Marlena as “Doc” back in the 80s

I just watched that hospital confrontation! 5/24/96. Nikki says to her "what are YOU doing here?!" and I was totally on Nikki's side😂 Christine feels completely shoehorned into the shooting story. It doesn't really track that she would work for Newman Enterprises, much less appear to Victor as a viable romantic option 🙄 Granville Van Dusen... not the most charismatic actor! Keith always felt like an afterthought.

Great summary! I'm at May '96 in my chronological viewing and everything you said tracks to what I've seen. I will only add that the slow diminishment of the character of Traci Abbott didn't help matters. I see the character in two phases: 80s Traci and 90s Traci. 80s Traci was a well-written, well-rounded full character that propelled Beth Maitland to YR's first acting Emmy. 90s Traci was a one-note drag, singularly obsessed with winning back Brad's love and haranguing her sister Ashley, who she used to be so close to. Starting around Traci and Brad's second marriage, it became such a chore to watch Traci's scenes, which really pained me as a BethM fan. Traci IMO was at a real nadir by her '95 return, when she ostensibly comes home to support John's recovery, but proceeds to sniff after Brad and berate Ashley... never mind that Traci has a studly husband Steve waiting at home for her! I'm not saying there weren't some great moments, like Traci and Lauren's 94 catfight. But it wasn't until her 2001 return, when Traci took on more of a parental role, that I started to enjoy the character again.

The first trans character I’m aware of was Azure on The City (Loving spin-off) circa ‘96 https://abc-daytime.fandom.com/wiki/The_City Later was Maya on BnB

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Seems to me like MTS' real-life pregnancy shifted a lot of things. The writers had to move her away from stripping at the Bayou, and came up with this insta-story of "who's the daddy", and bringing on Kevin, Caroline, Allison and Earl. So then there's much less reason for Cash to be around from a storyline perspective. Personally, I think they should have stuck with the Katherine-Cash romance, which was trashy and filled with chemistry, instead of pivoting to Katherine-Earl, which was Dead on Arrival.

I'm watching the '96 "Who Shot Victor" story and I recognized the priest at Nikki and Brad's wedding as the same one from Nikki and Kevin's '82 wedding and Nikki and Victor's '84 wedding. The '96 credits listed his name: Reverend Bob Bock. I found this bio of the Reverend http://www.fccnh.org/who-we-are/staff/bob-bock/ It says he "served for over twenty-five years as the resident pastor for “Young and Restless,” a role they named after him." I wonder if he performed any of the on-screen marriages prior to '82... Sadly, he just passed away a few months ago https://www.dsf.edu/single-post/tribute-to-the-late-rev-dr-robert-m-bock

Perfect song, Why can't I be you, by the Cure! I'm sure Donna was thinking "why can't I be you" when Katie left for her date w/Rocco

Jeanne Cooper said in her memoir that she helped to defuse the situation. She told Bill Bell that if he fired EB and PB, that’d he had have to fire her too.

I loved her in HBO's 2005 series "Unscripted" where she played a heightened version of herself. She seems very humble and down-to-earth, which I always love in a person I just tried to find Unscripted but it's not on HBOMax or any other streaming service I subscribe to. I could barely find anything on YT even. Here's one short scene with Krista that gives a good look into her "character"

I’m pretty sure it was January ‘77 when VictoriaM took over…?

Thanks as always FrenchFan! I am exhausted by the Ron Becker story at this point. But am delighted to read of the beginnings of Stuart and Liz ❤️

The scene you mention is in the vault under '81 Clips - 12-24 Victor Nikki Christmas