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I think some of you remarked on it before, but it was just soooo jarring: after enjoying the treat that was the year 1993 on B&B, January 1994 was just rough. There were so many filler episodes (around Ridge&Taylor and Brooke & whatever) and some very random storyline developments. Macy/Anthony/Karen/Connor was like Melrose Place without the cursing, high stakes and short skirts of Heather Locklear. Some of the stuff was okayish and funny like Anthony’s master plan with the see-through-swim suits but Karen and the AIDS test, plus the general direction of all 4 characters did not ring with me at all. It felt all super random – and boring. To my pleasant surprise, February 1994 brought yet another rather sudden shift with some characters but I’m okay with all developments. Thorne now discovers that he wants Macy back (finally!), Macy tells Sally that she does not want Anthony (spoiler – it’s all fake news, she is smitten with him after all!) which prompts La Spectra to see her lead designer in an all new light. Anthony truly is charming around Sally who immediately falls for him HARD due to her own loneliness, track-record and him getting along with CJ is sold by Darlene Conley. There were some amazing scenes with Schae Harrison who was always so underrated when Darla tried to prevent the inevitable mother-daughter-bickering over Anthony. Seeing the Spectras all front and center in a sweeps month will not happen that much afterwards in B&B history, so it is pretty noteworthy as well. Brooke & James dating is yet another Melrose Place-type story twist which came out of nowhere. When I started watching the show many moons ago, these two were engaged, so that’s maybe why I still say that they have great chemistry. Even if the setting with Brooke&James is so very wrong (the clock is already ticking on their epxiry date as a couple because of Brooke's destiny with Wiiiiiiiiidge) and James the adult virgin will eventually bed nearly ALL women in LA during the next 4 years of his tenure. LOL At around episode # 1740 I’m back to having fun with the B&B nostalgia train and try to catch at least one episode a day. What are you watching right now?

Wow - thanks a lot. I've always wondered about it (assuming that Freiwald took a "stage name" to protect his writing career by going for a saop...) - and here is the background admitted by himself.

Didn't the pilot/episode #1 have location scenes with Brad Elliott in the truck? Do you happen to know more of this? Wasn't Linda Schreiber the daughter of Eric Freiwald? But who was Robert Schaefer and why did they go for this fake credit?

Hmmm, we shall see that means in the ratings report. I'm torn though whether people actually tune in for a specific event on a daytime show. If its plus 500.000 viewers sure, but the ups and downs of the ratings are soo random, these days at least.

I’ll give Griffith credit for bringing back Danny and Daniel. It’s definitely smarter than Kevin, Chloe und Chelsea stinking up the joint. And I HATED Danny back in the day…

The good old days when story’s dragged on forever but had such a fabulous climax. „Steffy“ dying by a shark and then Taylor being held captive by Morgan. It lasted 3-4 months but it just flew by

Surprisingly, a more recent came to my mind upon reading the topics title: Michael/Lauren/Carmine on Y&R in 2013 (?) was probably Josh Griffiths only ever really well thought out storyline. The ending sucked but the beginning and middle were just REAL. Apart from that B&B as the mothership of love triangles probably owns this thread. One of the good affairs were already mentioned: Brooke & Deacon

Exactly. I think B&B going to YouTube probably was a labor of love by the likes of producer turned die-Hard B&B fans like Casey Kaspryz. I assume the buzz/ad revenue generated was much more than they anticipated, so that they now go for the full library going public

It’s a start. Considering that it’s been 15 years (!!!) that TEB crossed over to B&B while much of the cast from both shows was involved in irrelevant crossovers in the last two decades, it is a splendid move I never saw coming. Seems like (at least my Impression due to her instagram posts) TEB is no longer living in LA fulltime and therefore needs to be courted to take any regular acting gigs - but maybe we are lucky to get more of Lauren on B&B

He just did. All suddenly Terrible Tom and Sheila were written into a corner - and out. Much sooner than anyone imagined. Sheilas big return lasted only 6 months - and turned out to be a total disaster, IMO.

Indeed! She should move back to LA and mingle with Eric… I started off sooo good but quickly turned into a Jack Smith disaster.

Woohooo - Great News! @ChickenNuggetz92 thanks for everything you do.

When poor Jay Garvin FELL OFF that balcony at his practice. Sheila was hardly involved, of course 😜

I remember that promo as well. The previous or following was a Macy vs Brooke promo with hairtossing in that Latino restaurant. It think these promos aired late July / earl August 2003. the show was on fire back then, even if a bit too campy. Too bad, it all went to hell within a couple of weeks with Sydney Pennys character that was never served a proper purpose and Brad Bell deciding to park/kill Macy (yet again).

Random but super cool. I only ever liked Stephen with Pam, but Duffy find it really well with B&B.

Check Sean Kanans Instagram!!! He shared some of the press conference held yesterday (?) at Studio City with speeches by KKL and Brad Bell in Kimberlins honor. This is really cool!

Hahaha - totally realistic with the recent regimes. Lol i always think that Jess Walton would love to play the right material. Filming 4-5 episodes per months in a week or so would be doable. With a commute from Oregon. Not using her is budget related and shows the long road deep down Y&R has taken with the character since 2004…

This would be perfect. Flashbacks are a nice start, though

I was expecting to read about the usual Big Brother guest stars stinking up the joint to the promote that prime time show which never promotes B&B… naturally, I’m pumped to find out it’s going to be about Sheila. Bring it on, great idea!

Fill us in again: What was happening in that episode?

It truly is an iconic scene. For me it’s only bested by Stephanie kicking Eric in the groin in 2005. Lol

In think there is one on the starting Page in The Vault. It’s all so delicious. Never did I assume that Stephanie and her blabbing mouth is way more at fault than Eric or Ridge for losing the company. Talk about karma! The show never properly addressed this later on - it was always Eric as the old fool who fell for Brooke.

While I don’t agree with the exact timeline, I wholeheartedly agree with the the general view that this was marvelous time period on B&B. As a matter of fact I wanted to write about it in a while but haven’t found the time just yet; the short version: I had never seen 1993 in its entirety before. After having had the luxury: it’s definitely the best full calendar year this show has ever had. It’s just glaring that after the Salute to Hollywood fashion show in late December 1993, the writing takes a major dive into the Brooke/Ridge/Taylor orbit. While captivating back then, it’s suddenly more or less the only main storyline when for months we had 3-4 BIG storylines in 1993 - and it’s just not as good as the previous stories. That said: Anthony and James make interesting additions but I cannot like either character just yet.

Our hero! Thank you for your dedication and tech-savvyness.

# 1717 - January 1994: the first sighting of a "cellular" on B&B! I think for at least until 1997 we would see cell phones rarely in L.A. - car phones were still "it" back then. A fascinating development in all out personal lives, cell phones really changed storytelling on soaps, IMO.