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Good point on Ji Min! Speaking of Keemo, here's how we meet him in his very first scene....: (courtesy of a member of the FB group)

Did anyone save the episode?

I did not know about this but it's being discussed these days in the AW Forum: j swift said: Of course eventually, Paulina went from a South American con artist to an Italian chef with a long lost child who somehow knew to try to find her in Bay City, but that's soaps. Bear in mind: Paulina was always waspy blonde.

It would have been impossible logistically. First, not every actor can automatically dub himself or other actors (whereas a dubber/voice-actor can easily act in other mediums). Plus it requires time and patience to dub. It would not have been worth the effort

You make a very valid point. I completely agree. Let me just add that I thought that Ji Min Kim could be the next Victor. How cool would that have been.

Should we mention Latham's Ji Min (I was crazy about him) and lawyer Rafe?

I thought BE's Ashley was friends with Olivia from the start though. And she had never met Nathan? At least mentioning she knew him via Olivia would have made sense.

That was great! Please, DD: more Instagram videos, fewer tweets! So this is the first time I hear this: Paul's office was in Newman Towers? Was it in the same building that "Newman" is located at?! I could never understand this. Especially because the show rarely includes any exterior shot. Is Jabot in Newman Towers?? So weird. Also: what's the deal with Paul seeing Cassandra in a painting first? I'm like... okay... It's fascinating. But it's so not Y&R. I wonder what was BB's logical explanation for that.

I wish Alan would tape these and edit them like other people are doing. I hate to complain but I can't with the awkward silences and constant overlapping. I get secondhand embarrassment. Besides, he almost never reads the fans' questions anyway so there is no point in doing these Live.

I think there was a scene in the Abbott living room where Gloria and Jack had a huge fight, I think it was actually before John dying (he was already hospitalized though). The scene was so intense it had me tear up a bit. I used to have it back then, then I lost all my DVDs and I never managed to find the scene again on Youtube. Does it ring familiar to anyone? Come to think of it, I'd love to see all those episodes again. It all began with John not being able to see from one eye. It was an eerie premise, I thought.

I know!! I don't understand either. I loved Kristi. She seemed genuine. I am annoyed at Locher looking annoyed. Pam Long gets mentioned all the time, why doesn't he set up one of these with her?!

Woah, flash-forward 20 years and Brad is a completely different writer...

I agree. I think the audience was indifferent to Cricket. As for LLB, I too think she must be an extremely lovely woman, she's a competent actress and I'd be curious to see her work as a writer. I'd be lying if I said that the exposure to Cricket we've experienced in the classics hadn't felt like overkill...

I like the title! I agree I don't like the graphics though. It just makes it seem like the whole project is amateurish, which is a shame. I would never be able to set up a site or even make a picture collage for Instagram, but if you guys could work on some new, refined, simpler graphics I think your project would benefit tremendously

This reminded me of this video. Not that it's anything to go by, but literally nobody was a fan of the character of Cricket. She was asked: - about her father and if she could influence the writing. - about Michael Damien - if Cricket would ever become nastier. Hardly a fan favorite, especially opposite DD and JW who were receiving more insightful questions, I'd say. I liked Isabella! Until they ruined the story with Cricket's black wig, Isabella's fake death and her threatening Cricket's life. Sorry, that was too much. (and it had Jack Smith's stamp all over it)

Thanks! Especially for the subs! I love brushing up my French every now and then 😊

When will the first episode be released?

That's cool!

I agree but I think they were just winging it. And they still are. They should have realized by now that they should dedicate each week to a storyline.

I agree. Thanks for the info about Sherman! I loved reading about him. The legal aspect of each storyline was always so intriguing.

WTF

I swear in every single classic there's Christine. I know the same could be said for Victor and Jack, but when it comes to Christine it feels so overkill because her presence is somewhat not organic to the rest of the show. The courtroom scenes are so cringy because you can tell the writers want her to say the good thing and be the good guy, but you can't have that 100% if your character is a lawyer. As a result Christine comes across as a very lousy lawyer, at least to me.

I thought Dru was adorable. Her exchange with John put a smile on my face. It's so confusing watching Cassandra being in the midst of a murder mystery a minute and then being a businesswoman the next minute. It was equally confusing seeing Nicholas married with children one day and back as a kid the next day. Just release the whole classics already! I didn't know Neil started at Jabot. It's really confusing because in the 1999 episodes posted upthread he was saying to Victor: "You took me under your wing when I was fresh out of college". BTW watching these classics reminded me how hard it was for me initially to understand if Jabot and Newman were in the same building.

@YRBB Could you share where you are watching the show? I used to have a website with a very exhaustive DAYS library (I think they were also on Twitter) but the site has expired or moved 😕

Hahahah yeah, Santa Barbara and GL were pretty popular too. I wonder what makes certain shows appealing to International audiences and what does not. Certainly the schedule plays a part. The International title too. But who knows, really. AW, AMC, ATWT, DAYS, SFT, GH, OLTL, PC were all broadcast in Italy but they were canceled after very few years. Y&R survived the longest but only due to the tie with B&B. Of course foreign countries are not as big as the US, hence they can only absorb so many dramas. But I digress...