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The current opening was pretty cheap also. The font was basic and some shots (esp MTS) were very unflattering. The women got diamonds and champagne in the background but the guys got nothing. And the background shots were basically the same as foreground(outfits and poses) I agree the EB wink is good.

Paul Ford Just Plain Bill Sheriff Hank Roberts 1946 Bob Bailey Bob and Victoria 1947 (west coast soap) Hope Alden's Romance Perry Sturgis Fortunes of Emily 1938 Died 1983 Aged 73\ Jeanne Bates Aunt Mary Lily Requests Jack Bannon Janet Wood Bobby Doran Jack Wells Paul Geary

We've seen spoiler pics of a Phyllis memorial. The trouble with this is, like all of Griffiths plots, there might be a kernel of a good idea but there are way too many holes and inconsistencies. And the end result will be people villifying Phyllis for a while and then it will all be forgotten.

Good point. Maybe instead of a generic skyline , as the actors are shown, the background reflects their characters home or work. eg clip of Nikki in the living room, Abby at Society, Devon at the penthouse, Sharon at CL etc That might become dated, especially at the rate that characters change jobs and you have the issue of characters that don't have a home or workplace set. What do you think?

Veronica seems thrilled to be back. In SOD she played tribute to Marguerite for establishing the character of Mamie which was a classy move. It would be great to have her back as a sounding board for various characters. The Abbott family’s formerand much-cherished housekeeper Mamie Johnson, returns for a visit this week,which means her portrayer,Veronica Redd, is back, too. “My first reaction was one of relief,” shares the actress of getting the invitation to be a part of the show’s golden anniversary celebration. “It was reassuring to know that my role was impactful enough to be revisited. I am truly honored that[ExecutiveProducer/Head Writer] Josh Griffith thought it was imperative that Mamie return at this time of such momentous celebration. I felt a great sense of pride on behalf of my predecessor, Marguerite Ray. She established the character and what she created is still significant so many decades later. This is as much of a testament to her talent and skill as it may be considered to be mine. I am standing tall on her substantial shoulders.” Redd shares that she was thrilled to reunite with her former co-stars. “Peter Bergman [Jack], Beth Maitland[Traci], Eileen Davidson [Ashley] and last, but certainly not least, my favorite ‘archenemy’ of all time, Jess Walton[Jill], pretty much greeted me with the same generosity and enthusiasm, as did their characters, when seeing Mamie for the first time in so many years,” she enthuses. “I was also so moved when both Sharon Case [Sharon] and Joshua Morrow [Nick] individually approached me with genuine joy at seeing me again after so long. Even though I never had scenes with either of them, they had memories of me from when they first started on the show as very young actors. The other person whose personal greeting stood out to me was Michelle Stafford [Phyllis]. Like a lot of the women on the show, that girl is a heck of an actress! I love her work!”

The skyline is unnecessary but I guess it fits with Josh Griffith's (crappy) notion of big corporate battles. The couple walking is a good concept but the framing/pacing looks looks wrong. Font looks dated. Like the last opening some of the shots aren't very flattering. We need to see our people looking their best. It's a change from the last opening but is it an improvement? They should have incorporated ideas from the various openings. Start with Y&R logo (80's) being drawn -go with b&W sketches (70's/80's) turning into the color glamour shots ,maybe against a billowing background(2000's) Finish with the couple walking (2010's)

Yes, Fenmore's has stores across the U.S. and internationally. Probably one of the most successful department stores in the world. And the beauty of it is that it practically runs itself. Lauren has occasional meetings at cafes and restaurants... My impression when it was first introduced in the 80's, was that Fenmore's was a local upmarket mid west department chain with a few stores. A pity that it was never taken seriously as there would have been a lot of opportunity for business stories with all the upheavals in retail in the past few years.

Another thought I had re Doug is perhaps he is upset/hurt that fellow castmates did not reach out to him in support. I'm sure he wouldn't expect them to go to bat for him (although Eric Braeden did earlier) but maybe a tweet or message to say he was missed or hope to see him again... Pure speculation, just based on what I have seen happen in workplaces when somebody leaves under a cloud in some way. Supposed friends/colleagues move on quickly.

Supposedly the Abbott home (from 2017) I defy anyone to come up with a floorplan of the Abbott residence. And the chancellor estate has these security gates? How come anyone could just rock up to the front door?

Barbara looks amazing and its so nice to see the others. Y&R made a big mistake dropping those supporting characters.

Thanks also. Not Marlena related, but the summary where Tommy talked about his situation answered a question I always had as to whether the show addressed that two of the Horton sons had experienced amnesia. Bill was stretching credibility there by repeating a storyline a few years later. But he got away with it.

I think it's pretty obvious why Roberta Leighton hasn't returned. You have to wonder how she allowed it. I always wonder what these ex soap actors do for a living. She hasn't worked as an actress in years. , Tracey and Jennifer better hustle back to their street corner before some other girls move in . Melody's dress is OK but Victoria's getup is very Endora from Bewitched.

Team Eva on this one. Firstly springing the soap clip . Intentionally choosing a scene to underline the narrative that soaps are ridiculous. It hardly showed Eva at all -there would have been plenty of scenes that would have shown her in a better light. So she had aright to be embarassed. Then the story about having another job made sense to me. In fact maybe newbie soap actors should take a leaf and have other stuff on the go to ensure some financial security. I don't think she was putting the show down, just acknowledging it was better to keep things separate. Eric needs to put a pin in it. Considering that for the past few years he has been mumbling and stumbling ,reading his lines off menus, phones etc. He's damn lucky to still be a working actor. I'm sure that as a younger actor he would have called out such an older actor reading lines that way. He totally overreacted to what she said. Didn't he go off a few years back at some actor from 'How I Met Your Mother"? And I don't recall Robert de Niro starting on soaps...

Security were given ACCESS TO BE DENIED instructions if any of these actors showed up Brenda Dickson Micheal Muhney Chris Engen Alex Donnelly Eva Longoria Erica Hope

Victoria had plenty of years when she was bitter about the show and her treatment. She seems to have finally moved on. Doug is obviously still at that earlier stage ,after only a few years. Maybe in time he too will move on. He says that he is still on good terms with CBS and Josh, so it seems Sony is the problem.

Thinking of others who had a reasonable presence over the years Scott Palmer Wings Hauser Anthony Pena Vail Bloom Ashley Jones Would have been great had Trish Stewart, Bill Espy,Lee Crawford and Pam Peters been unearthed.

That is really odd that they weren't there. Wonder what the story is? Would have been nice for Corbin Bernsen to appear as atribute to his mom.

The fashion choices for alot of the women -no! Would have hoped to see Meg Bennett Tonya Lee Williams Marla Adams Laura Bryan Birn Stacy Haiduk Billy Miller James Houghton David Hasselhoff Brenda Epperson Anyone else?

AW Rachel -miscarried Russ's child but then gave birth to Jamie by Steve Frame. Pat - had an abortion (Tom Baxter was the father) then had twins with John Randolph.

Billboard 10/27/90 NEW YORK- Jasmine Guy shares only two personality traits with the Southern belle character Whitley Gilbert she plays on NBC-TV's "A Different World ": She was born for the spotlight and she loves to talk. And with a new, eponymously titled album on Warner Bros. Records, the refreshingly down to earth Guy has plenty to talk about. "Try Me," her uptempo first single, written and produced by Full Force, is rocketing up the Hot R &B Singles chart. Apparently, the public- already familiar with Guy as a TV personality -has been pleasantly surprised by her vocal ability. And so were the many producers- Raymond Jones, Rex Salas, Full Force, Oliver Leiber, Donald Robinson, Mic Murphy of the System, Timmy Gatling, and the Untouchables with DJ Eddie F and Nevelle -who worked on the project with Leonard Richardson, executive producer and Warner Bros. director of A &R. "She's already coming into a recording career with a built in audience of people who know her as Whitley. But she is totally different from Whitley," says Richardson, who also notes that Guy is among the most professional artists he has worked with in the studio. The various producers had certain expectations of her based on that character, says Richardson, but "when they went into the studio, they were like- Wow!" The resultant album is a mix of musical styles and moods, from the slammin' first single to hip-hop beats, smooth ballads, and the jazzy "More Love," which features Marcus Miller on bass and Branford Marsalis on saxophone. "I thought it was a beautiful song and it was different from the other songs on the album," says Guy. "But I said, So what? I have diverse tastes and I'm sure other people do. I'm sure they would like to take a jazz break. And it came out so nice, I felt like a grown up when I came home with it. I thought, 'Yeeaahh -now I sound like a woman!' " Singing is just one more facet of a multidimensional performing career for Guy, who attended a performing -arts high school in Atlanta. After graduation, Guy concentrated on dance and received a scholarship to the Alvin Ailey Dance Center in New York, where she later became a regular member of its junior company. She was also cast as a principal dancer on the television show "Fame" for one season before returning to Ailey. Her vocal training came in handy as she was cast in such on- and off -Broadway shows as "Leader Of The Pack," "Beehive," the Motown revue "Dancin' In The Streets," and the revivals of "The Wiz" and "Bubblin' Brown Sugar" in the mid '80s. Wanting to get more screen time,Guy did some soap operas and episodic TV dramas, such as "The Equalizer." "I was Miss Prostitute," says Guy, who has also been seen in Eddie Murphy's "Harlem Nights," of her TV roles. "And I said, 'OK, can I go for a regular role now, please ?' I never went up for comedic roles, which is the irony of Whitley." And Guy didn't snap up the role of Whitley in a flash, either -there were several auditions and callbacks before the producers decided that she could be an effective neme sis to the Denise Huxtable character on "A Different World." In the meantime, Guy appeared in Spike Lee's "School Daze," as one of the Wannabes, and performed on "I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight," the slinky single from the film soundtrack. Guy had long wanted to record an album, however. A showcase she performed in Los Angeles in 1987 netted her more label interest than she was prepared to handle at the time, she admits. She finally put together a demo last year and got her Warner Bros. deal. Says Guy: "I didn't want to go into this big company like I was a know -it -all. The first album was very much a give and take situation. I took a lot of advice from Leonard Richardson and I respect his opinion a lot about music. And he gave me respect as well." Touring will have to wait until next summer, when she has finished taping "A Different World" for the season, says Guy, who is currently doing radio and retail promotional appearances. She adds that though "Jasmine Guy" is her first album length reçording project, she found she enjoyed it much more than she had anticipated. "Being in the studio, I felt more myself than ever," she says. "Going back to the show for the fourth season was a shock to my system this year. I said, 'Oh right -that accent, that thing.' I was really in a different, 'Different World.' "

It was offbeat but quite intriguing, fitting in with the whole Gothic New Orleans vibe-separate from Henderson. And they played it straight - no campy vibe. This was the Corringtons. The Eerie Truth Behind Search’s Occult Phenomenon!" by Diana Whitley Rona Barrett’s Daytimers August 1979 Search For Tomorrow has introduced the world of the occult to daytime viewers. Dark Shadows came close but in a highly stylized, Gothic manner complete with vampires and eerie effects. However, Search is treating it in a realistic manner, devoid of anything sensational or "gimmicky." The writers and producers painstakingly researched their material, and have a psychic, Alexander Murray, to advise them. "The intent is to realistically show the kinds of things that do happen, and to work them out in a story in a metaphysically correct way," Alex explained. Alex is a gentle, cheerful young man with a good sense of humor. Nonetheless. He is one of New York’s foremost people in the field, and his credentials include over 30 trance sessions at the United Nations, an extensive international clientele, and a busy schedule as a lecturer, teacher, and seminar reader. He has also been the subject of research projects for the American Society for Psychical Research, successfully demonstrating clairvoyance, out-of-body experiences, psychokinesis, and the banishing of poltergeist phenomenon. Finding Mr. Murray was production coordinator Bonnie Bogand’s job. She was to locate someone who was well versed in all aspects of the occult to be a consultant on the staff. "I started at the occult bookstores. I went to the two biggest ones in New York, and spent a couple of hours at each. I was so intrigued by all the reading material there is on the subject I surrounded myself on the floor with books and read them until the manager finally came over and said I couldn’t read them there! "The big problem was to find someone that was serious," she continued. "There are rip offs in every field, and the occult is certainly no exception. We wanted to treat this very seriously, and not as a gimmick to get more viewers, so we didn’t want any sensationalism," she explained. "The second problem was to find someone articulate, possibly with a flair for drama, who could relate well to the writers, directors, and actors, because this person was going to be involved every step of the way. He would help with the specifics, such as the technique that a psychic would use in reading tarot cards or giving a séance—gestures, incantations, whether or not her eyes would be closed. He would be involved in anything to do with the physicality of what happens, such as lighting or costuming. "He would also have a series of meetings with the writers, going over the story line, telling them whether or not they were being far-fetched, exploring the possibilities of voodoo. When we decided to have a fire caused by lightning, we did it in a way that the audience could decide for themselves whether or not Tante Helene started the fire, but we determined that there is a basis in occult truth for a power to do this." …After Bonnie secured a directory listing everyone in the country who is involved in the occult, she called organizations like Foundation Faith, the Parapsychology Institute of America, and the American Society for Psychical Research. It is illegal for these institutions to recommend anyone, but if she gave them names, they would indicate their opinion. The only problem was that none of them seem to agree on any one person. Like most other fields, the occult tends to have specialists, and Search needed someone who was well versed in all aspects from séances to tarot, so many people were immediately eliminated. Finally, it was narrowed down to Alexander Murray, so Bonnie made an appointment for a séance, without telling him who she was or why she was interested. "I didn’t want to go alone, so my boyfriend went with me. It wasn’t at all what I expected. I thought it would be pitch black, with special effects like a fan blowing the curtains and a black cat. It was just a group of people sitting around the room in chairs-not even holding hands around a table. Alex conducted the session, opening it with some incantations and prayers. Then his mind left his body and he became about seven different people, with different accents and sometimes even different languages. Hebasically spoke about love and a philosophy of life. There was nothing ugly or scary. "One thing happened that was very exciting. He has a spirit guide, who allows the other spirits to some and go out of his body without becoming possessed by an evil spirit. She (his spirit guide is a woman) went around the room and told everyone something about their vibrations and auras. When she came to me she said she saw someone in my aura, and that it was an aunt named Helen. I told everyone at the office and they were all really excited." After the séance, Mary Ellis Bunim, the producer, also went to see Alex, and she was unequivocably chosen as the show’s consultant. One of the things Alex has done is to give Jane White, the actress who plays the central occult figure "Tante Helene," a shibboleth to protect herself and the rest of the staff from evil visitations. "A shibboleth is a protection that you may do in the form of a mantra. Even when you play act, you are touching upon the real thing. There is a tradition that every time the play Macbeth is done there is a curse on it and something goes wrong. There are a lot of magical incantations in that play, and the actors may not know it, but every time they say them they can release a lot of energy. "I explained to Jane that even though she is only acting, there is power in words, and she should make a clear distinction between herself and "Tante Helene," so I gave her something to protect herself and the cast, so that the spirit world would understand it was just a play. We didn’t want any weird happenings, like tapes being erased or flats falling over, and that kind of thing has been known to happen." In a similar vein, Alex explained that the other characters in Henderson are going to be affected by their contact with the occult world, even though they may not believe in it or be aware of it. "They come into contact with ‘Tante Helene’ on a casual basis, but once they make the contact it is like opening Pandora’s box. They’re involved whether they know it or not. Once exposed, it is like radiation, and the outcome will be worked out in the story."

Hate that term but anyway... Y&R Leslie - she miscarried Brad's baby but then went on to have Brooks with Lance.

Which is why Sharon is stuck at CL and serving coffee and advice.

Billboard Feb 87 Young And Restless Dealer. Beth Maitland, Emmy Award winning star of the CBS -TV soap opera "The Young And The Restless," entered the home video market with the opening of Private Eye Video in the Los Angeles suburb of Valencia. The actress and her business partner, recording engineer Christopher Benninger, hope the single -store enterprise will develop into a chain. She was married to him right? Is her daughter from that marriage? Wonder how that business went...

Guiding Light Mark McEwen Mark McEwen 1994 March 84 And making his soap opera debut on "Guiding Light" is WNEW -FM's Mark McEwen. (He played a non - talkative guy at the bar.)