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Michael Zaslow's Emmy winning episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emv82TiMzlE

Sally arrives in late 1988. I don't remember what month but I think her first scene is in a restaurant. Macy arrives spring 1989.

Would you say you began losing interest around the mid 1990s? I remember summer 1994 to about spring 1996 was too much focus on Nick and Sharon, then there was that rough patch from fall 1996 through the first half of 1997. Things rebounded in the second half of 1997 to lead up to an excellent 25th anniversary year in 1998.

Some of PB's first week were posted online a couple years ago and yes, he was trying so hard to emulate the late great Terry Lester (RIP). Unfortunately the poster didn't have the first scene of PB's Jack and Victor. If you come across it, let us know what it was like. My 1980s Y&R watching was irregular as it was limited to school breaks so any episode from 1980 to 1990 that is posted is a treat for me.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoFtwSdRCzzv4olRU-_Tgg/videos This channel has almost all the Judith Krantz miniseries (half of Scruples is missing).

Wow, three of the big four 1980s fiction authors are now gone: Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins, Sidney Sheldon. Danielle Steel is the only one left.

Bill Bell also used elements of the Brooks family with the original Spencers. Although they were not original Y&R characters, there are elements of the Chancellors and the Prentisses in the Forresters.

Over the last few months I've been watching Fall 1992 through to Summer 1993 that have been uploaded on YT. Fall/Winter 1992 was alright but after Maureen's death it's been a chore to get through the episodes. I'm planning to watch through the end of Summer 1993 as I want to see the storyline surrounding the episode that got Michael Zaslow (RIP) his long awaited for Lead Actor Daytime Emmy. Does anyone know what Michael Zaslow's second episode for his 1994 submission was? I know the episode who's clips were shown on the 1994 Daytime Emmys was rebroadcast in December 1998. I think the second episode might have been when Roger visited Maureen's grave but I could be wrong.

If Billy was a Newman it would've been discovered during the DNA tests for Faith and Katie.

Wow, has it been 30 years already? I started watching GL around this time (spring 1989) as well. I didn't watch GL for very long (spring 1989-summer 1992) but I'm grateful to have experienced those amazing years as much as I could live and later online.

Lauralee. I gave up B&B years ago so I haven't witnessed the worst of Bradley. As we all know, Bradley Bell did not inherit his father's talent.

I agree. Brenda's Ashley came across as too sweet to be believable as the other woman in the eternal triangle. I think it was after this confrontation that little Victoria saw Ashley and called her the wicked witch that took my daddy away. Bill Bell's second worst nepotism.

That's because Bradley Bell did not inherit his father's talent.

Sally Spectra's first appearance is in late 1988. I don't remember the exact month but years ago someone posted Darlene Conley's first B&B episode on YT.

The Heat of Heat was Summer 1986. Addicted to Love was Summer 1987. I didn't know until this thread that the Summer 1986 promos used an actual song. I thought it was a composition by the CBS music department. Shows how little I know about mid-1980s pop music

Iran-Contra Hearings were July 13-August 7, 1987 but I'm not sure how much the daytime lineup was affected. 1987 is also the first year I remember the US Open break in September.

😀 Yay! So much good stuff in that period: Dina's return to Genoa City, the GOAT wedding, the beginning of the eternal feud and the eternal triangle... You should be knighted by the Queen! 🤗

Imagine if Bill Bell somehow managed to bring together Jennifer, Katherine, Vanessa, and Stephanie...

@Legacy @BoldRestless I think you have Carolyn Conwell mixed up w/ Joy Garrett. Joy's character Boobsie was a stripper or prostitute that was involved w/ Douglas.

When Blake Lindsay was introduced, was she always intended to be Christina Thorpe or was that done after the writer's strike ended?

It was actually quite disturbing considering Caroline was a rape victim less than a year earlier.

Finally!

One LOL moment was when Esther was on a health food kick and Brock snuck into the mansion a bucket of fried chicken. Does anyone else remember that?

From what I remember, this was the first CBS promo that used a pop song. CBS had the best promos back in the day.

One of Prince Omar's henchmen was played by Brian George of Seinfeld/Big Bang Theory fame.