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^^ Do tell.

Hardly! Try the opposite side of the country. LOL, and I was being facetious about hanging out with the Big B. I was but a gleam in my father's eye when Y&R first went on-air.

Oh, OK. I never hung out with the master himself and so never glimpsed the bible. And I've only seen snippets of the early episodes, so...

Also SuBe was an hour-long soap from the get-go with a fairly large cast of characters. Not only that, but it had a number of back-stories when it first started... Ben's Mr. Rochester-esque "dead" wife and the whole mystery there. The legendary Armando Deschanel and his descendants and their impact on a host of characters. Del Douglas. Annie's Poor Little Rich Girl background. I could go on. But I won't! In contrast, Bill Bell was starting up a half-hour, slow-paced soap with far fewer characters and not as much back story.

The mystery to me will always be why SuBe didn't catch on in the US. And why (sorry, Passions fans) they got rid of SuBe *and* AW and kept Passions. I'm thinking timeslots and behind-the-scenes politics played a part. But it is amazing to think that, 10 years later, people are still talking about it, watching it on YouTube and DVDs of its early episodes are being released in Europe. That show had amazing reach.

Awwww, Aaron Spelling. Charlie's Angels, Hart to Hart and Dynasty were like mother's milk to me when I was small. There will never be another producer like him.

Lucky Germans! This show absolutely deserved to still be on air. It had a great sense of humor but was still, fundamentally, a soap. And why is Sarah Buxton not working in Daytime?! She was a breakout star thanks to SuBe and is made for the genre. Interesting. I cannot spot either Ben or Meg in the cover of the DVD. And their story opened (and closed) SuBe's run.

Dynasty was absolutely my favorite Primetime soap ever. And The Colbys, because of Stephanie Beacham. One mini-series I remember (along with Lace -- I remember reading the book with my schoolfriends when I was little. It was full of rude bits!) was Judith Krantz's Princess Daisy. Pretty much most of Judith Krantz's books were made into mini-series, weren't they? Mistral's Daughter... PD... I'll Take Manhattan... Scruples. I think her hubby Exec Produced them all.

Now, that is just SPOOKY. I just posted on this DTS thread about bringing back characters from defunct soaps to existing ones, and I suggested that Annie Douglas, Father Antonio, Gabi (because I love Priscilla Garita), Gregory and Olivia get their asses to Salem. I would LOVE to see this. KR you should send this to Reilly/Corday. You might inspire them. JER said that he *loved* working with Sarah Buxton last time around.