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17 hours ago, BoldKara said:

There's been 3 Ridges. RM, Lane Davies and TK.

I'd forgotten that Lane Davies was a temporary Ridge.

5 hours ago, will81 said:

Yes I always thought Ashley was a Lorie/Leslie hybrid. He seemed to love her (character) in the same way he did Lorie and Leslie too. 

Bill Bell also reused Peggy's relationship with her college professor storyline for Traci. Chris Brooks's storylines were reused for B&B's Caroline.

5 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

The acting seems solid and the patients and "Brett" all seem terrible, but did they have to make the one black character seem so overtly aggressive? She was bordering on terrorizing Leslie!. Just oof.

1987 Ashley's psychiatric hospital also had an aggressive Black patient.

The Forrester sons had the same number of recasts as almost all their Y&R prototypes. 2 Snappers, 2 Lances, 2 Ridges. 4 Gregs, 1 Lucas, 4 Thornes.

Bill Bell reused Leslie's emotional breakdown and Lorie's parentage storylines for Ashley.

16 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Peter Bergman is 36 years older than Courtney Hope. That's one of the biggest age gaps they've ever had. 

Remember Kerry? She was about the same age as Sally.

Also MTS and the Arturo actor were 36 years apart. ED and the Ravi actor were 30 years apart.

@ironlion @ChickenNuggetz92 @DramatistDreamer For whatever reason, Bill Bell let EB use his natural German accent instead of adopting an American accent but BB also didn't factor in EB's heritage into Victor's backstory. I remember a 1984 scene where Lorie compared Victor and Nikki's upcoming marriage as "Berlin meets Las Vegas", that was probably the only time I can think of that EB's heritage was worked into the story.

Cardi B is the 17th female solo artist to reach 5 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100.  When all artists are counted, Cardi B is the 44th artist to reach 5 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100. 

Cardi B is also the first female rapper to reach 5 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 and the fifth rapper overall to reach 5 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100. The rappers with 5 or more #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 are Drake (8), Diddy (5), Ludacris (5), Eminem (5), Cardi B (5).

11 hours ago, FrenchBug82 said:

It is ironic we are talking about this today because this is the 16th anniversary of AH's debut as Vicky in 2005. She has played the character for SIXTEEN years (vs 13 for HT). I can't wrap my head around it. I can count the number of stories of Victoria as played by AH that I remember and cared about on the fingers of one hand.
 

Also this September, Heather Tom will have been Katie for longer than she was Victoria.

40 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

Does anyone know who else was up for the role of Victoria in 2005? I know Carrie Genzel (Skye # 3 on AMC) was a contender. Sally Sussman and Kay Alden were the only ones who was able to write her as Victoria with strength which made me take notice of her in a scene when she was going off on Juliet in that tiny Brash & Sassy set. Although, I wasn't keen on them writing her as a "Suburban Soccer Mom" who couldn't balance motherhood and business. I'm like you have five-hundred-million dollars go hire nannies for each child. 

Some soap names I read that were considered for 2005 Victoria recast were Sarah Brown and Christie Clark.

14 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

April 1997 with a week full of the eps  is up in the Vault, boy with the 4/11/97 it certainly is attack of recasts with Sarah Aldrich, Sandra Nelson, and Sherri Shattuck all being heavily featured in the episode. Of the three Nelson is by far and beyond the best of course; Sarah Aldrich is dreadful in her scenes with Ryan, while Ashley is the stuck in the depths of hell with a triangle between her, Kurt, and Hope developing. 
 

Hopefully the rest of the week gets better lol.

You forgot Jennifer Gareis in your recast list.

The rest of the spring doesn't get better LOL. First half of 1997 was a lull and Y&R almost lost #1 to Reilly's Days in late June. Things pick up during the second half of 1997 with Malcolm and Olivia wedding, a drunk Nick unknowingly sleeps with Grace, Daniel's paternity reveal leading to Danny and Phyllis divorce and custody battle, Victor and Diane wedding, arrival of Veronica, Heather Tom returns as Victoria and Victoria catches Cole with Ashley, Phyllis and Michael become friends with benefits. I think that covers the main storylines.

If we do not count Elvis Presley's 11 Pre-Billboard Hot 100 #1s, Drake is 6th male solo artist to reach 8 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100. The male solo artists with 8 or more #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 are Michael Jackson (13), Stevie Wonder (10), Elton John (9), Usher (9), George Michael (8), Drake (8).

If we do not count Elvis Presley's 11 Pre-Billboard Hot 100 #1s, Drake is the 16th artist to reach 8 #1s. 

Drake is the 7th artist not from the United States to reach 8 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100. The artists not from the United States with 8 or more #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 are The Beatles (20), Rihanna (14), The Bee Gees (9), Elton John (9), The Rolling Stones (8), George Michael (8), Drake (8).

Drake cements his record as the Canadian artist with most #1s on the Billboard Hot 100.

2 hours ago, Forever8 said:

Michael Zaslow Tribute On Next Week's Locher Room!!! 

 

Please tune in to The Locher Room on Friday, March 19th at 4 p.m. EST for a very special tribute to one of the most beloved and talented actors to ever hit our daytime television screens, Michael Zaslow. Michael's daughter Marika will join us along with his Guiding Light co-stars Maureen Garrett (Holly Thorpe), Fiona Hutchison (Jenna Bradshaw), Liz Keifer (Blake Thorpe), Kimberley Simms (Mindy Lewis) and Sherry Stringfield (Blake Thorpe)

OMG this is gonna be good. What a lineup!

@janea4old Both Y&R and B&B get a March Madness break.

@YRfan23 For whatever reason the First Round is starting Friday and not Thursday, and this year is the first year that the Second Round games are happening Monday during the day. I got the dates from NCAA Tournament 2021: March Madness TV schedule, tipoff times and Selection Sunday announced - CBSSports.com

Heads up, March Madness break is Friday March 19 and Monday March 22 (Thursday March 18 and Friday March 19 for Canadians).

@ironlion @sheilaforever 1998 was the last excellent year on the whole.

Maybe it's me but I've always gotten the impression that British society on the whole is very class-based, which is rather sad in this day and age.

On 3/2/2021 at 4:05 PM, amybrickwallace said:

 

Nice to know some things never change, right?

Hahaha yes 

Y&R, way too much garbage time. 

Maybe Sally has daddy issues?

1 hour ago, BoldRestless said:

This is a funny story from August 1983. I'm cracking up about Eric Braeden and Steven Ford. This is a nice change from the usual stories about drama on the set of Y&R.

Hahaha. We all know EB loves dropping F-bombs when he rants to the soap press.

4 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

The whole time I was thinking it was Brad with Lauren and Jack. 

Hahaha. I'm surprised neither Lauren or Jack commented on Bill's resemblance to Brad.

4 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

Had this been a few years ago I could see them totally casting someone like Sarah Brown, Jamie Luner or Terri Conn in the role. (Except for MAB who probably would have cast Tracey Gold lol). 

MAB also loved ABC leftovers as well as former sitcom stars.

B&B's peak to me was Sally's arrival in 1988 to the first half of 1995. Signs of tanking began during the second half of 1995. I was done w/ B&B after the Jabot/Newman crossover ended in Spring 1999.

4 hours ago, yrfan1983 said:

I draw the line specifically the week of June 20, 1994 - golden age legacy characters April and Heather depart, and JM’s Nick (blech) debuts

Wow, you remember the week that the frat party started 

2 hours ago, will81 said:

I was thinking about it. Wouldn't it have been better if Mai was older and replaced Amy in the Sharon/Nick/Matt story and linked Luan (who I think should have been with John) into the Newman story and thus Jack and Keemo as well. Keemo already hates his half brother Jack because Luan (instead of Mamie) tells everyone she and John were lovers after his stroke and no one believes her, and now Mai has a nervous breakdown and goes missing. Pulling them all in to the one story while also giving them their own stuff to deal with. Adding more tension to the Jack/Keemo/Mari-Jo story which should have been the triangle that was a main focus

So instead of the Vietnam rewrite, you would have had Keemo be John's son? Keemo's birth year was established as 1972 and Dina abandoned the family in 1971 so the timeline works. John in his devastation over Dina's abandonment turns to Luan, resulting in Keemo.

2 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

I know of these 4 dates that CBS didn't air soaps for the Winter Oympics!   

2/20/89
2/17/92
2/21/94
2/16/98

I hope that helps!  

No Winter Olympics in 1989. February 20, 1989 was President's Day and CBS aired an NBA Basketball afternoon game.