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Thank you so much! To you and everyone else uploading -- it's more appreciated than you'll ever know! May I suggest doing decades? lol Since you're starting with 1991, doing 2001, then 1992 and 2002 etc?

+1 Iconic!

Ok now you've gone TOO far!

What an entrance! Thank you so much for sharing!

Finally! But I don't see 1981 or 1996

2003*, but yes. Unless you're defining classic as really, really old. You can go up to 2005 at a stretch. I would hope they're planning a villain/psycho week, but like you said, they could do a whole week with major Sheila/Lauren episodes alone.

Huh? Assuming it doesn't get pre-empted, I am dying to see it on my TV screen again.

They're showing the attic catfight and Victor's "I will crush you"?! YAAAAAAAAAAS. And of course, his other return from the dead in 1993!

Typically for daytime dramas that broadcast yearlong, the anniversary is the start of a new season, i.e. every year. Number of episodes per year may change based on scheduling/calendar.

I find it very hard to imagine Bell would've kept him if he didn't have another character to tie him to. He wasn't that important or special to create new characters and carve out space for. I was gonna say he could be the "Scott" in the Lauren/Sheila feud but I don't think Danny would ever be that oblivious.... lol

True enough. If the only one hating her is a psycho then that kind of supports her goodness, doesn't it? Then again, based on Cricket's characterization, it would've never really given anyone else reason to hate her. Nikki was blissfully bitchy there for a while thanks to the Victor/Christine thing (baaaarf) but that was dropped.

100%. It was tragic losing him but I respect him immensely for standing up to what was perhaps the biggest atrocity on Y&R and seeing it for what it is. (I have to say, though, like it was pointed out earlier: How sad that the biggest issue was Cricket. Compared to today, it seems minuscule).

I know. I wonder if that would've happened anyway or if his exit actually shook WJB enough to alter things. Considering Jim was pawing at Nikki, I think Bell genuinely planned to make a thing out of it. And let's not get started on how radically different things would've been if TL had stuck around. Jack wouldn't have been a lovesick worrywart for one. Sigh.

Funny you should mention that; I always felt the whole Phyllis feud was a way to help tone down the Cricket worship by other characters. Even if it wasn't a lot, it felt so good to have someone hate her! lol

Without a doubt he was kept around for almost an extra decade for Cricket's sake and not only that -- he has LLB to thank for the ton of appearances too. You cannot tell me he would've appeared half as much otherwise.

I didn't know that. They probably realized he was creepy AF.

Yes! I just know it shook him to lose TL and made him realize a few things. If BB hadn't been such a masterful writer, what happened with Cricket would've been enough to sink a show.

He had enough of the INSANE Cricket propping (and it was ridiculous) and walked.

I'm only teasing you, I hope you know that! I genuinely understand why one would prefer BE. You not liking ED doesn't surprise me one bit. She was very different. Me, I think it's one of the best soap performances. Playing a reserved character that did not like to show emotion and yet communicating so much emotion and thought was masterful work. I loved the bizareness. It made her unique. But, hey, to each their own! Oh God. And they did that 4 days out of the week lol Michael Damian has a LOT to thank Lauralee for. I guess one can think of them as the Greek chorus of Y&R. It almost helps excuse it.

Depends what you mean by "not bad". Was he a decent actor? Sure. Was he creepy? Oh God YES. And when he started pawing Nikki? Ew. I had no idea there was only a 2 year difference. He seemed like a cryptkeeper compared to Barton lmao.

He was so pretty though. Ultimately, it worked out fine. Lauren and Sheila needed an excuse to feud. He was there for that purpose. Also, "poor" Barton: How can you shine next to Brown and Bergman, especially at the height of their powers? Impossible! There was definitely improvement when Bell toned it down a little (a little - I mean, Cricket still appears in an episode to have sex with Danny even when you don't need her lol) and, most importantly, when Lauralee started improving as an actress (thanks to the date rape story). I'll always give her credit for that: Mediocre as she is, she worked on the craft and improved. It also helped that Danny and Cricket were genuinely nice and sweet.

Thank God that long-lost father got lost again. *Shudders*

LOL! Yep. BE might as well have been a different character. Again, it goes back to not liking Ashley and then she becomes a sweet heroine. So it makes sense.

Hmmm, then you fall into the second category as I described! So, you stop! LOL

Exactly. There's only a couple of reasons why one would prefer BE: She was their first Ashley, therefore understandably one becomes attached to her, or they can't resist BE's total sweetness and charisma which was passed on to the character. But it's not just about what Davidson brought to the role. Ashley as she should be was very idiosyncratic, stubborn, weird, difficult. Those who didn't appreciate that will certainly fall for the typical sweet heroine that BE was. Sadly, that's not really Ashley. And I say all this even though I LOVE Brenda. Let's prefer who we prefer but put some RESPECK on Davidson's name! LOL I get it. Still... Totally understandable.