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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!?

In the late 1990s, she played a fried of Mary Williams and therefore had occasional appearances

Is Kurt's neighbor Helen Miller the same actress who later played Rebecca Kaplan, Brad's mother?

Guys, have you seen Peter Bergman explaining how muchcontent it is? It is just 504 days without sleeping and doing anything else. Sounds doable... 😉

If I recall correctly, they mentioned that YouTube is taking care of the music rights issue (with help of their algorithms...) and that for this reason it is easier to showcase episodes on YT than showing reruns or selling DVDs.

That's pretty cool: this is Ken La Ron of B&B fame in scnes with Vickie Rowell and Kristoff St. John, right?

Wow - that is an unexpected surprise.... release is October 4! Seems they skipped the "bonus materials" from previous releases but instead lowered the price for this a bit https://fernsehjuwelen.de/Reich-und-Schoen-Box-11-Die-klassischen-Folgen-251-300-XXL-Ausgabe-mit-doppelter-Folgenanzahl-50-Folgen-7-DVDs/6424259

Are you watching Summer 1996 right now? In that case, Tylo left for Melrose Place with episode #2308 that aired June 8, 1996. In #2353 (August 9), Taylor reappears in the plane sitting next to Ridge. If you don't know about the whole real life drama, it is more or less an organic development and classic soap surprise. It only gets weird when Tylo is HEAVILY pregnant for the fashion show engagement shocker. She does not leave for a proper maternity leave at all in 1996/1997- either due to clever pre- and post-recording of scenes - or to stick it to Aaron Spelling.

I don't think Brad got bored with Ashley at all. For me it seemed that someone at CBS realized what a colossal mistake they did by letting Eileen Davidson go from Y&R - and hence Ashley returned to Genoa City. If I recall correctly, Eileen Davidson had a full contract year at B&B around her full contract guarantee of episodes. Pairing her with Kyle Lowder was cringe but in general she proved what an amazing actress she is. Her stint on B&B felt seemless to her decades of work as Ashley.

Fully agreed. It’s a dream to come true that I guess no one of us ever imagined or even dared to dreamed of…

Exactly. Wasn't Taylor in the basement for like 3 months until Ridge drove the car (!!!) into Morgan's house and saved her? EPIC!

One can argue whether the beginning (which is plotting-wise splendid build-up) with the Ridge affair and Stephanie throwing around abortion pills was a good storyline. However, approximately 6 months into Morgan's run the whole storyline was truly dynamic. As soon as Dr. Tim from Y&R appears in LA everything is pure soap psyschpath gold. Talk about a great climax. Overall, it is far from a bad storyline - especially for 2020s standards.

Grant is one of the many SUPER wasted MALE character of B&B in the 90/00s. Grant's itroduction was great: he had chemistry with everyone. Grant and Brooke were kinda interesting with the country club. But then: he forced marriage was soooo bad. Then: strike of genius! Grant moves to Spetcra and has AMAZING chemsitry with Macy. Naturally, they had to kill him off quickly. Bummer!

After watching the Emmys, I thought to give Y&R a try for the first time in forever. 20 minutes into it, Friday's show however is SOOOOOO boring. It's only 3 characters and nothing happens???

The lifetime achievement segment as well the speeches by Mel and Ed Scott were actually extremely well done and must-see.

I might be wrong but I kind of feel that KKL always visits SF around May / June - at least she has been posting pics once a year for at least 2 years in a row. I also love the fact that they are still in touch...

THIS Even the Johnny/Rush story was pretty good. Lauren mentoring Amber was smiliar to her later turn to help Mac on Y&R. But overall indeed, Lauren's stories on B&B were all so forgetful. It did not make any sense to use this character os badly. I always thought that Tracey Bregman had crazy chemsitry with Dyan Neal and the show SHOULD have gone there.