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Haha, Mr. Mom. I haven't thought of that movie for years. I totally remember the Y&R segments from it.

@Nothin'ButAttitude Thanks for the reply

Peter Brown must have been a favorite actor of Bill Bell, as Bill Bell worked with him on Days then brought him to Y&R and later B&B. Bill Bell brought to Y&R/B&B a good number of actors he worked with on Days: Margaret Mason, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Susan Flannery just to name a few more.

Thank you YRfan23 and ltm1997 for gifting us rare 1980s Y&R :bighug Loved seeing the beginning of Victor/Nikki and the Abbotts. So Victoria's birth was on-screen then? I know MTS was pregnant in real life when Nikki was pregnant with Victoria, but I couldn't remember if MTS was written off for maternity leave before Nikki gave birth to Victoria.

I remember the Stephanie mercury poisoning storyline. I was not expecting Sally to become Stephanie's defender. Bill Bell casting Darlene Conley as Sally and building a family/business around her breathed new life into the early years of B&B.

Before Neil and Malcolm, there was Tyrone and Jazz Jackson. Bill Bell took a few elements from the Jackson brothers and used them for the Winters brothers.

What a treat it is to rewatch Shemar Moore's first episodes Thanks YRfan23 :bighug

The Italian Y&R episodes kept the original background music. From what I've seen of Italian B&B, the background music was changed.

Heads up for those who have GSN, Catherine Hickland will be on Monday and Tuesday's episodes of $25,000 Pyramid. She was on one of the episodes from this past Friday and was really good at playing the game.

I know. So much of the 1980s I would love to see in its entirety but it looks like it won't happen unless CBS/Sony decides to launch a streaming service or release some DVD compilations.

Well 1989 is when the Spectra gang arrived, maybe that's what drew you to B&B LOL The early years do resemble 1970s Y&R a lot. I used to equate pre-Sheila B&B as being practically identical to pre-Victor Y&R; the character and storyline similarities are numerous. But B&B does come into it's own around 1990, as by then Bill Bell figured out which characters were working and which weren't.

Thanks YRfan23

It wasn't just GL that was ignored in the early years of the Daytime Emmys, it was a good chunk of the CBS lineup. I've seen lists of Daytime Emmy nominees and winners over the years, and GL didn't get any acting nominations until 1984. Even Y&R didn't get acting nominations until 1984 and As the World Turns got their first acting nominations in 1981. CBS's only acting Daytime Emmy wins from 1974-1981 were from Search for Tomorrow.

Thanks for the correction

I believe YRfan23 posted some episodes from late June/early July 1989 a while back. The main storyline in those episodes was Cricket's rape.

You mean 3J, who was played by Orlando Brown. He is better known for That's So Raven.

I loved Family Matters BITD but a revival wouldn't be the same without Estelle and Myra. As we all know, Rosetta Lenoire and Michelle Thomas are no longer with us.

Thanks YRfan23 You got the episode with Chloe's birth. I remember you posted another Summer 1990 episode with her as a newborn.

GL got a few acting Emmys from 1991-1993: Rick Hearst, Maeve Kinkead, Ellen Parker, Monti Sharp. I agree, there were some glaring omissions though as far as nominees and winners go. It is criminal that Beverlee McKinsey was never nominated for her work on GL. The 1991-1993 lead actress races were rather weak IMO and she could've easily won at least one Emmy in that period. Even the lead actor races from 1991-1993 were rather weak IMO. Another GL Emmy robbery was Maureen Garrett but the years she was nominated in supporting actress (1991, 1992, 1994) the competition was tough and for whatever reason she wasn't nominated in 1993.

Michael Zaslow should've had more lead actor Emmys than the one he got. He was nominated four consecutive years (1992-1995) and won once (1994). His 1992 nomination and 1994 win were GL's firsts in the lead actor category. Some comments on YT clips of the 1994 Daytime Emmys said GL submitted not very good reels for Michael Zaslow in 1992 and 1993 but they got the 1994 submission right. The Acapulco episodes should've gotten him a nomination and maybe win in 1991, and the post-country club confrontation with Alexandra should've gotten him a win in 1992.

From rewatching the beginning of JFP's run, we can see Mark Derwin being added to the Friend of Jill list; I believe she brought him to One Life to Live when she was there in the late 1990s. I didn't think that much of Mark Derwin's acting when he was on Y&R, but on GL he ended up becoming a lead actor Emmy nominee as well as winning a Soap Opera Digest award for hottest male star (and he beat Antonio Sabato Jr. for that particular award IIRC). JFP must have known something we didn't when she set up Nick/Mindy and Mallet/Harley as VI/KS and MD/BE were together eventually in real life. The ratings went up during the 1991/92 season, but as we all know the movement upward didn't last.

Maybe it's me, but I've always gotten the feeling that it was H. Wesley Kenney that laid all the groundwork for Y&R's rise to #1 but Ed Scott ended up getting all the credit.

I think a good chunk of the 1990s weren't very kind to Jeanne/Katherine, I'd say from the end of Kay/Marge until the estate battle. Jeanne even ranted to the soap press some time in the mid-1990s, when Nick/Sharon became the focus. Considering that, I wasn't surprised to read that she almost left in 1993. Had Jeanne gone to As the World Turns, I'm pretty sure she would've been connected to Terry Lester's Royce somehow. Between Jeanne's and EB's memoirs, and VR's "novels", we can compile a chart of who's had beef with whom LOL.

MTS was the queen of game shows in the 1980s and 1990s. She was on $25,000/$100,000 Pyramid, Tattletales, Body Language, Family Feud, Now You See It, The Price is Right, Jeopardy. The one game show I don't remember her appearing on is Wheel of Fortune.

In the early days of YT (2006-2010 or so) there was a good amount of 1980s/1990s Y&R and B&B. You might get lucky and find some dubbed/subtitled episodes that were posted then and have managed to still stay online.