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Heather is a director AND writer at B&B, both in an irregular capacity. Lawrence St. Victor is part of B&B's writing team for several years now.

Fully agree. I also still cannot accept her as Taylor. It's like Amelia Heinle as FauxVictoria on Y&R.

I always assumed she was much older because her directing was very skilled. Fascinating to hear that she married to fellow Y&R director Randall "Randy" Hill. RIP!

The scenes with Bill et al. in the preview clip are still from Studio City. It's the old set of the Bel Air mansion as Don Diamont pointed out some details of the remodeling which cannot be seen yet.

Are these above linked videos (plus the others...) from the @PublicVideoUse YouTube channel already in the Vault or new episodes?

Indeed! It first started with Polish VHS tape uploads and then we switched to proper English episodes - in pristine picture quality. A dream come true!

I'm not saying that any "storyline dictated exit" is not being fired. The orginal exit of Bobbie Eakes or Don Diamont's departure form Y&R in 2006 where classic examples of actors being fired on soaps. The given examples in this topic do not qualify for it, though, at least in my opinion.

I'm a bit surprised that Bobbie Eakes 2003 departure can still cause blood boiling on speculations when it is all perfectly documented in the press forever. Macy returned in 2002. She was a major frontburner star for the next month. Then, Brad and CBS suddenly went all "let's grab some ABC stars" and hired Sydney Penny and Brian Gaskill. While most viewers immediately realized that the characters of Sam and Ozzy sucked and the actors were not able to excel their material, this was the direction B&B entered in fall 2003. Brad therefore opted to write Macy into a coma to give the character a rest and focus on his new pets (remember: this is also when Adienne Frantz suddenly experienced backburner status for the first time ever after 6 years of 24/7 appearances...). Bobbie Eakes - based on her previous experience of being let go for storyline reasons in 2000 - or maybe it was her manager Michael Bruno who had ties to ABC soaps - then heard of the AMC casting for Krystal Carey. B&B was clear to Bobbie Eakes: either you stay or go recurring if you want to audition. She went to the audition in New York and the rest is history. Krystal Carey was a major unexpected career highlight for Bobbie Eakes and probably made her a ton of money. At least, it gave her wide recognition at the Emmys when they were still a thing. I don't think anyone, neither Bobbie Eakes nor Brad Bell, involved has hard feelings about the situation - except for us longtime viewers who loved Macy and the Spectras - and who hated the sudden way too soon departure of Macy. The death of Darlene Conley then terminated this part of the show which we all cherished so much - without Macy being present. A major disgrace. Yet, the original reason for Macy's absence is nothing unusual: employer and employee had different expectations, the employee found a better job elsewhere and left. Period. It's not one of those Hollywood vendettas. Same for Krista Allen: I can't remember if they wanted to cut her salary orif she simply disagreed on a storyline direction wiith the show. The actress (which I agree was a splendid Taylor recast) was unhappy with the show and opted to leave. She was not fired - she decided to move to Atlanta and did not want to play recurring or on a lesser episode guarantee. I can't remember any interview where she said such a thing of being fired.

Seems like there is quite the crew turnover as part of the move. Can be good or bad - we shall see...

Awesome. Very happy for you. Have been thining for years to attend the fan club event once in my life, but it never worked out so far. Looking foward to your report on the studio visit!

Unpopular opinion ahead: I thought the NAKED HEIRESS stuff was at least interesting and a fresh take on the topic of troubled teen. But as Paris Hilton shows us, even such personalities grow older and boring. So maybe Josh Griffith isn’t to blame on that one… 😜

I am thrilled for John McCook being part of another Italian remote - finally!

In all fairness, during the 90s (post Rex's death) Kay was often rarely onscreen except for visiting Nikki on the Newman ranch and it would have sense that she was BUSY at Chancellor Industries the rest of the time... 😉

Yep. Access to the Vault works fine but upon downloading attempts an error message pops up. Maybe it is just a temporary glitch. 🙂

Hahaha - this is hilarious (and a ton of wigs at use!). The closing shot!!! LOL

Interesting that you hated Jake. I thought Todd McKee (Jake) and Colleen Dion (Felicia) had great chemistry and the plot about sexual abuse was done quite well, IMO. However, as soon as Jake was thrown into Macy's direction it was a whole different character. It was somewhat believable that Jake wanted to hit the dating scene upon "his liberation" but the affair with Macy just felt off.

I enjoyed the early stories around Clarke tremendously. The only thing that just did NOT work was Kristen & Mick. Totally agree that Rocco and Katie are just plain superflous while Donna is a great character and Carrie Mitchum is very likeable. I really loved the plot with Nicholas and Bill. Another Logan blunder is Beth's cancer as well as the "romance" with Eric (blech!). Even Stephen Logan's return fell totally flat - this story might have been a victim of the writer's strike, though. Overall, 1988 is quite watchable but it REALLY builds up quickly to something much better on Sally's arrival. The energy Darlene Conley brings to the canvas is mind-blowing. Be also prepared to witness the rather sudden shift and stunning change in Sally's character portrayal. The first 20 episodes is a very different Sally.

Oops, stupid me. Thanks Maxim...

THX a million! You are godsend... I noticed that #2847 is missing, though. Please check for the file. 🙂

Ha - I have also been fascinated by B&B's remotes and have tried to visit some of the locations when "in the area". That said: I have been to Portofino (2005, remote 2002) before (most expensive parking garage stay of my entire life; 2 hours cost almost 20 Euro - and this is from 20 years ago...) and walked passed the tiny luxury shops to visit the sights of B&B. The Splendido Hotel is on my wishlist for 10+ years now - and continues to be an amazing hotel according to Google Reviews. During the same trip, I also visited Lake Como (remote 1997) but the Villa D'Este was above my pricetag back then and I am unsure if I would want to splurge on it even now. I have also been to Pogliano a Mare in Puglia (2020, remote 2012) later which is a lovely small city by the Mediteranean and had some the best burrata in the entire world there. The foodie scene is exquisite there. Apart from that: there is nothing much to do. (I will leave out Rome and Venice - as B&B has not exactly put it on the radar. LOL) on Barbados (2022, remote 1996), I particularly stopped by in Speightstown where they filmed the street carnival. There is nothing special there - Barbados is more about the coast and the beautiful hinterland.

I can't remember either but can only assume that there "muted song parts" in the currently uploaded versions. I think the original youtube uploads did not have any issues, but the later Videoland versions did (or vice versa).

Is anyone having old soap magazines from the time of B&B doing the Lake Como remote? There are zero cast credits for these episodes and some of the Italian faces looked familiar from other roles but I could not pinpoint them. Airdates: last week of October 1997 Same applies to Lauren and Sally's hialrious flight to Italy with various fun sidekick characters on the plane. NO cast credits. SOD or SOU might have had some of these guests as part of their comings&goings sections If someone wants to check out those episodes: they start at #2657...

RIP - his stint on B&B was truly memorable because the plot was first and foremost hilarious. Quinn's line that "Mateo, uh, you are a godsend!" plus the Brenda Dickson style pronounciation of "mahsahhhhhhhge" are a classic. Stuck between Sheila and Quinn - Mateo was a fun character.

I caught up with a couple of episodes last night. B&B going all 2024 and using such fancy sh*t such as deepfakes. It was a bit (okay, super stilted) stilted but at least sth. new. to the contrary: Brooke/Ridge/NuNuTaylor are an offense to everyone involved. Most importantly viewers. I don’t get why they recasted Taylor with this actress. She is horrible and doesn’t work at all. A different character would have at least pretended that this is a different story. the show continues to be super flat. Nothing really sparkles these days. Sad!

wow - some unexpected yearly numbers (compared to previous years). Don Diamont up to 90 episodes well beyond Scott Clifton, who could go off-contract, it seems!?