Paul Raven

Wasn't Gillian later referred to as a cousin or niece?

I recall Chase also was after Cricket (of course)

A good old fashioned Capitol cat fight

I think shows like Texas and Santa Barbara suffered by having all the cast present at the debut.They should have taken a leaf out of Bell's book and introduced characters over the first few months.rather than having all those characters there from the start,which is confusing for viewers wanting to get into the story. More Y&R history

Jumping around a bit here from the 90's to the 70's...

Y&R went to #1 in 87. Here's a history of the show till mid 80's.It's fairly comprehensive,but deals with major stuff only.some neat (and rare) pics also.Enjoy!

Wade Nichols aka Dennis Parker

The Victor/Hope story had elements of Bill Bell's Days story of Mickey hooking up with Maggie on the farm. It was the last ratings peak for Y&R,which never matched or topped that rating again,

A pity you don't have the second part,as some of the info here is new to me eg how Dody Goodman's character fitted into the story. John Kelly G has an amazing soap knowledge.Apparently he is on Facebook,but otherwise disappeared from view.

Fantastic article! Carl,u r amazing...

James Karen in 65

1982 pic of Nic Pryor (with Tom Cruise!)

Peter White

Paul Dumont

Linc was played by James Karen,who had previously been on ATWT as Susan's father.He was 47 at the time.Paul Dumont took over in 1970 until 71 Then Nicholas Pryor in 71,who was 36,so the character was de-aged, Linc was dropped and returned in 74 played by Peter White who at the time was 37.

Charita!!

That was a real transition time for the show.Wendy Riche and the Labines really tightened the focus. This article highlights a whole different era

Ben,Betsy and Mia

Marjorie never returned? Was Grace mentioned again?

George Reinholt commented on the 'madness' story,saying it was not realistically presented-one of his many gripes with the writing.

Didn't Pamela Toll play Liz Wilson on The Doctors.not OLTL? In that shot Amy Levitt looks very 'ethnic' Wanda had the hots for Joe