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Yes, David Jacobs wrote many of FAMILY's very best episode. Whenever I saw his name in the credits, I knew we would be in for a treat. On the other hand, when I saw Charles Pratt's name credited as writer (for LIFE GOES ON, another family-oriented dram from the past), I would cringe in fear, wondering how he would ruin the episode and characters that night.

Thanks for blowing the air my way! I could make an off-color remark about those beach boys doing the...well, I probably should not post such a comment in this open forum, LOL. I don't know why my last link did not show up as an actual photograph in the thread, like all the others have. And you can't even see it. That's annoying. It's a GREAT picture. I downloaded it to my computer and tried to post it using the "choose files" option, but the system says it's too large to post. Darn!!!! (I tried another link from the net. I hope this works!)

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OMG! That double beach hotness is enough to give me heat-stroke! I want them both!

Yes, please.

I DID see the early episodes; I watched Y&R religiously for its first several years, and believe me, they were better than anything we have seen on daytime TV in the last 20+ years. THE DOCTORS is being rebroadcast on cable. DARK SHADOWS has been successfully released on DVD. Contrary to what TPTB may believe, I really think there is a consumer market for vintage soap episodes, either streaming on cable or the internet, or through DVD sales. I would buy every possible episode of Y&R (and ANOTHER WORLD and several other soaps) from the 1970s.

It is so cold, snowy, and generally awful here, I would kill to have one (or...several!) of these hunks to cuddle up with and keep me warm.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually read Brenda Dickson's memoir? I already know it will not be a literary masterpiece, LOL, but I am wondering if it is worth getting. I was a major fan of Y&R during the 1970s and early 1980s, so the gossip might intrigue me.

Carr only lasted part a year as Peter Taylor, in 1969. He lasted slightly longer as Bill Horton, from 1965 until 1966. I might have liked Bundy better as Diana, if I had not seen Starrett in the role first. The character's concept and personality changed so much with the new actress, it was jarring. Imagine Archie Bunker going from Carroll O'Connor to Mr. Bean, LOL. (I'm joking, but the "new" Diana was quite a departure from the original.) I agree 100% about the mid-1970s GH era. After the Dobsons left as headwriters, the bottom of the show fell out and it was a total snore-fest throughout the writing regimes of the Hollands, the Pollacks, and the Elmans. I could barely sit through it. Only loyalty to characters like Steve, Jessie, Audrey, Lee, and Lesley kept me hanging in there. Douglas Marland's arrival turned everything around, however. Within just a few weeks, GH was must-see TV.

I don't recognize her at all.

Valerie Starrett had been hugely popular. I found her fluttery hands to be distracting at times, but that was a small quibble.It's a shame she was axed by a producer who would soon be replaced, himself. Brooke Bundy might have worked in another role, but she was badly cast as Diana Taylor, and had far less chemistry with Craig Huebing had had. Paul Carr simply was not very good as Peter, and did not have a lot of on-screen warmth or spark. When they replaced him with the more appealing Huebing, I was relieved.

Good grief, 27 minutes of commercials!!! No, I do not believe that is Beverly Penberthy in the ad, bit it really does look a lot like her!

Oh! Where can I see this scene with David and his beautiful ass???

In the 1960s, Tom Baxter was played by soap vet Nicholas Pryor. I cannot honestly say I recall him returning to the show to play the DA during Pat's second murder trial, but maybe viewers with better memories--or with links to those episodes on youtube--can refresh my memory.

The boys of RIVERDALE: KJ Apa (Archie Andrews) and Cole Sprouse (Jughead Jones).

To be fair, there are middle-aged men who do lose their minds and make foolish mistakes where women are concerned, LOL. Lemay found Michael Ryan stodgy, but I always appreciated the actor's steadfast quality and warmth. AW needed a longstanding, familiar patriarch in later years, and killing off John Randolph was a dumb mistake. As for the story about Pat killing Greg, I think the best thing about it was that Lemay wove in references to the earlier plot from 1964 about Pat's killing Tom Baxter. Lemay had Pat remembering killing Tom with a letter opener, however, which was an historical error. She had actually shot him. Anyway, I am always a fan of using history.

Of the two producers, Calhoun was certainly the Soap Savior and Jill was the Soap Killer. Many producers have coasted on the success generated by others over the decades, JFP being one of them. Me too. I cheered when he was killed off, and hurled across my screen when they rehired Bradley Cole.

Virginia Dwyer (Mary Matthews) was also stellar, when the show gave her something to do. I'd kill to see this series' episodes from 1964 to 1975 again!

Wyndham, McKinsey, Beverly Penberthy, Jacquie Courtney...so many fine performances, so little Emmy recognition.

While I personally never liked Reva, as the years went on, she became unbearable to me; a real dead weight that sank the show. It was not Kim Zimmer so much as the endless focus on the character, and all those PAINFULLY-AWFUL storylines dumped on her. Reva the Ghost! Reva the Amish Amnesiac! Reva the San Cristocrapian Queen! Reva the Clone! Reva the Blind! Reva the Illegal-Immigrant Savior! Reva the Time Traveler! Reva the Porty Goddess of Every Man's Desire! UGH! What a nightmare. Come to think of it, perhaps I would prefer to watch shoot-outs in the Bauer kitchen, LOL. I would have freely and eagerly bestowed Luke Evans upon you or anyone else who could have made Reva just go away!!!

I refused to live in sin, so he popped the question, even getting down on his knees in front of me. Ahh, the memories. I thought Burke Moses was cuddly, in a teddy-bearish kind of way.

Well, not to rub it in...so to speak, but here is Luke on our honeymoon. Notice how happy he is to see me. My man can...barely contain himself!

The rape was horrific and revolting, but I found the shoot-out to be unacceptable as well. Oh, and by the way, Luke Evans and I are already married. Just so you know. ROTLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, P&G DID "go there," when they had a mob shoot-out in...the Bauer kitchen. UGH!!!!!!!!!!