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Kin Shriner's Scotty Baldwin is one of only two TV characters whom I have literally wanted to marry, for real! LOL!

Even Kin's often...quirky hair looked great!

Never before, and never since, have I watched as many soaps on a daily basis as I did in the 1970s. Probably 15, I think. (Yes, it was insane. I was a geek with no life!) The vast majority of them really were on fire back then, penned by master writers at the top of their game. When shows were broadcast on competing networks at the same time, I'd alternate between what ones to watch and what ones to audio-tape and listen to later, in the evening. The few soaps that were not as good in various years of the decade (Love of Life, General Hospital, The Secret Storm) were still okay enough for me to keep up with, just not every day. And it's true: when Y&R debuted, the sets, lighting, wardrobe, EVERYTHING made it look so lush, expensive and opulent, like a classy Ross Hunter Hollywood motion picture. I was indeed blown away.

@MissPalmer and @FrenchFan, I remember Bryna Laub and her newsletters! Back then, the publication dates of various magazines and newsletters were often slightly "off" from the news contained in them. Still, there's always the possibility that back in 1975, I wrote down the wrong date when I first saw Courtney appear on the show. Or maybe she had actually appeared before *I* first saw her on November 12, 1975. But it's hard for me to figure out how I could have gotten the date THAT wrong, LOL. And Jacqueline Courtney has always been my favorite soap opera actress, so I was waiting on pins and needles for her to show up. I watched the show every day, and on the rare event that doing so was impossible, I audio-recorded it. I am willing to admit I could be mistaken, but...hmmm. I guess there will never be concrete, definitive proof.

In the mid-1970s, Another World was a powerful force in the ratings, while on ABC, General Hospital was in the toilet. It was a poorly-done and tedious mess. As OLTL's lead-in and AW's primary competition, GH crippled OLTL's chances, I would say. I remember writer Gordon Russell saying that OLTL was in dead-man's gulch following GH, and wished AW and OLTL could have competed head-to-head at 3:00 PM, eastern time. I think the original core families and characters would never have been considered expendable, if OLTL had been in a better position to compete in the ratings. I'm sure its numbers would have been stronger. It was a good show. Significantly better than GH at that time, and far superior to anything we see on daytime TV today. Yes, TPTB had to renegotiate contracts when soaps started expanding. BTW, George Reinholt said he was being paid $70,000.00 a year on the hour-long Another World, but on the 30-minue OLTL, he was "only" getting half that salary.

@MissPalmer, that seems like an awful lot of story to play out over a single month, particularly back in the 1970s when everything on screen moved so slowly. I wonder if the synopses was a combination of October and November, although I would not press that point; it's merely speculation. Anyway, I literally watched OLTL every day back then, and I remember I was adding articles to my scrapbook on the day Courtney appeared for the first time, and I immediately added the note/date to my records. So while I, personally, am sure November 12, 1975 is the accurate date of Pat Kendall's first appearance, I can understand why other fans might be unsure, hearing conflicting information from different sources. At least everyone agrees that she debuted towards the end of 1975.

Dorian and a doctor named Mark Toland had accidentally killed a patient named Rachel Wilson, but did not confess to their participation in the incident. Innocent Larry ended up standing trial for the woman's murder. Of course the Woleks loathed Dorian afterwards, but so did most of Larry's friends. Few Llanview-ites were thrilled with Dorian after that. The situation with Dorian and Victor only made the animosity much worse.

Allegedly, several cast members in the latter half of the 1970s were miffed to still be working for relative peanuts, when ABC hired Courtney and Reinholt at almost twice the salary everyone else was getting. Frankly, I'd be annoyed too.

Back in the 1970s, I was an unabashed soap opera geek. I kept "live" scrapbooks on all my favorite shows: I'd rate daily storyline synopses, keep magazine critiques and interviews, keep track of the the Neilson ratings and what actors/characters appeared on each episode, etc. After Courtney left AW, I was hoping ABC would be smart enough to snatch her up for OLTL, and when she appeared as Pat Kendall for the very first time, I was working on my scrapbook and happily wrote down the note in it. I just double-checked right now and yes, the date she debuted on OLTL was November 12, 1975. Where was that summary stating that she began in mid-October? I'm curious. Obviously, I would never say I am right about everything, but since I specifically wrote it down during her very first episode, I'd bet 11/12/75 is the accurate date. Heck, I didn't even drink in the afternoons back then, ROTF!!!!

Reinholt began on OLTL about five months before Courtney, who first appeared on November 12, 1975.

I absolutely loved OLTL in the 1960s and 1970s. I had no idea these vintage episodes had even survived. Thank you for the heads up, and a big thank you to the uploader!

Grant was a major part of TGL's history, but I'd choose other actors as well to celebrate, like Mart Hulswit, Maureen Garrett, Jerry ver Dorn; any long-time, important vets who are still with us and wished to participate.

Nikki and every single person who generously shares content with the community all deserve a huge round of applause! Generous soap fans are truly a blessing!

I have now checked the episodes I have, and although the dates do not correspond on all the files, my 1970s' eps of Y&R are the exact same ones as in the vault. Thanks again for giving me the link, however.

Hmmm, I have never thought about opening an incognito page, but actually, it makes sense. I'd still like to figure out why links to the vault work only one time for me. An unsolved mystery, I guess! Anyway, I will try my best to decipher whether or not the vids I have match or do NOT match the ones saved in the vault. I've shared a lot of my stuff with other traders over the years, and other wonderful people have shared with me/all of us too, so the soap community is a godsend!!! Thanks!

It is very strange. Every time I ask for the link to the vault, a kind member gives it to me, but it ONLY WORKS for me ONE TIME. When I try to enter the vault again later, I get a notice saying no such page exists, or that I am denied access without a password. I'm so confused!!!

Thank you so much. Where can I find these episodes? I want to see if the content on them matches the ones I have. (Often dates for vintage eps are off by a bit.) I doubt I have WGE's last episode. P,lease DM me, if it's not too much trouble. I appreciate it!

I am curious. Perhaps someone knows for sure. How many complete episodes of Y&R from the 1970s are out there now among fans? I want to make sure, since rare material comes and goes in the blink of an eye. Are there 13? -March 26, 1973 (#1) -March 27, 1973 (#2) -January 21, 1974 (#205) -March 24, 1975 -July 1975 -Three episodes from sometime in August, 1975 -August 22, 1975 -December 3, 1975 -October, 1976 (#930) -March 3, 1978 -June 19, 1978 I know there are also some compilation videos and individual scenes floating around. Am I missing anything?

If they willfully ignore the safety detectors and are arrogant enough to march through anyway, I think they should be tasered, detained and searched. If they are going to whine and blubber, give them something to cry about. I am out of patience with these repugnant Republicans.

The very best actor in the role of Jim Matthews was Shepperd Strudwick, IMHO. Like you, I did not dislike Hugh Marlowe; I simply found him monotone and one-note, and his inability to deliver his lines well was distracting. Still, Jim Matthews was the show's patriarch, and I never would have gotten rif of him. I would have simply used him less often and given HM fewer lines. As the matriarch of the show AND an original cast member, firing Virginia Dwyer because Harding Lemay had a hair up his backside was egregious.

I do remember that VW said she liked Marlowe. She called him "Hughie" in an interview once, LOL.

Really? The only thing I remember Lemay writing about Marlowe was that Virginia Dwyer (supposedly) was responsible for HM's trouble with his lines, and that after Lemay got Dwyer fired, Marlowe thanked him for getting rid of the alleged problem. Everyone who watched the show, however, knew that even if Marlowe also tried to put the blame on Dwyer, that was a crock. He would "go up" and look glassy-eyed and lost regardless of who his co-stars were in a scene.

Lemay never mentioned Marlowe at all, as far as I recall, but he did say that Michael Ryan was stodgy and boring.🙄

That account was caustic...hyperbole. So was the contention that Jacquie Courtney sobbed incoherently all the time to avoid actually learning her lines. More BS: Virginia Dwyer's attempts to preserve the through-line of her character were the reason Hugh Marlowe kept messing up his lines. (God bless him, but Marlowe flubbed and forgot his lines regardless of whether Dwyer was there or not.)

The problem is, in reading the book, you only get Lemay's version of history. Watching the show in real time revealed a whole other side to the story. His rudeness towards and blatant unfairness to certain people is appalling.