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Haha I know!! I mean, on paper it sounds so insulting and degrading to women -- and ultimately it definitely is -- but boy, I'm a sucker for that kind of pacing and story structure. I was glued to the screen! lol

Oh I agree! Jack Smith was the beginning of the end. I hated his tenure (but I was still watching) I'd love to hear some examples!

LOL!!

When Alan asked about VW they were all like ‘Next question...’.

God, I need to buy that book. What did Zimmer say about BE? I agree with everything you said. And the Les Moonves quote had me in stitches. Please. What happened in Rhode Island? 🙈 Sorry to be so petulant haha

What did I miss?

Interesting! I found this: https://randomboomer.com/2018/10/01/from-the-emmys-to-the-state-house/

I just had to quit. Couldn't bear it any longer.

I'm sure that was the long term plan anyway. They were giving children to characters for a reason back then. It has all been wasted of course. Cool to know! I have to say I have trouble listening to her in old clips.

I'm pretty sure it was Jack Smith.

Whaaaaaaat!?

"You think Nikki is my daughter?" "You knew her family?" "Not personally" "Just a theory I had..." "You mean during my drinking period I might have produced a child and not know about it? Oh Allison, I never drank that much." "There were so many men in your past... You must have forgotten a lot of them" "Not a single one, Allison dear" Interesting! That was Katherine dealing with Kevin (Bancroft?)'s parents, who used to go to college with her. I suppose the writers toyed with the idea of revealing that Nikki was Katherine's daughter? Otherwise I don't know why they would suggest it so heavily. Also interesting that Katherine giving birth to a child during her 'drinking period' was considered an option even in those early years. We all know how that went lol The episode is also about Snapper saying goodbye to his son, Chuck. OMG that was executed so perfectly I was very much into the Snapper/Chuck relationship by the end of the episode - even though Chuck was written as your typical soap 'adult child'. If David Hasselhoff is not busy, I wish they would bring him back and reunite him with Chuck (or maybe that happened when Snapper was recast). Anyway, that's a testament to the quality of the writing of the show.

@YRfan23 and @ChickenNuggetz92 thank you so much for all your work! It's incredibly appreciated 😭❤️

I agree! I thought the same thing. I think BB as a writer would always make sure that his characters had a 'scar', a 'character flaw' that would determine their actions for future storylines. Jack's scar was definitely trying to make up to his father for hurting him and PB has always played that angle of the character to perfection. The rest errr I'm not very fond of.

LOL!! You're funny What do you guys think was the cultural background to developing a character like Cassandra? Did she seem to taken right out of a Hitchcock movie? Or a '30s noir film? I've often read comments that Classic Y&R felt like reading a novel and it's obvious it was heavily influenced by Old Hollywood - especially considering Bill Bell grew up as a writer in that exact era, I think.

I'm not that interested in JW's reasons, since I don't like her take on Jill and I don't like her storyline suggestions (but I do like her as a person from what I've seen in interviews). If she did make up an excuse, at least she should be consistent with it, I think...

Yeah it speaks volumes that she hasn't joined any reunion... Wonder what the deal was with that? Locher seems to be committed to including everyone. I can't believe she was that disliked behind the scenes. I did not remember that they were considering recasting Michelle again towards the end. How's it even possible they lost the part to NSA...?!

Where can I find them?

How? PS. your take on Fletcher was interesting, thanks!

Yay!! I don't think I've ever watched any episode with Carlson or Barbera, but who cares.

I'd love to know who these 'newer' fans - that TPTB are afraid of pushing away with old faces - are. Last time I checked, soaps were all about nostalgia and they had been retaining the same audience - with little to no generational turnover - for decades.

To this day I still can't believe Fletcher lasted that long on the show, with so many romances. I don't see the appeal, at all. His pairings were chemistry-less. He left the show but he left no marks, although his son (Ben) even came back. To think that 'Fletcher' was on GL feels like mushroom tripping.

I thought she had half-retired and was not interested in coming back full term, though!

Maybe she was considered to be too big a star for a diva-ridden place like Y&R?

Watching that particular show I have the impression that something was off between TL and the production. He seems to be constantly missing his blocking points forcing the camera to alter its movement. However, he was a vet by then and surely he knew exactly how to move around in the scene. Also, I wonder if his new look - with the glasses and goatee - had been approved by the producers lol.