The way Sheila and Lauren went back and forth from Y&R to B&B was just pure perfection. (But, the shows were still written by the same person back then, so it kinda helped.)

not even the PC/GH stuff?

Oh I LOVED the GH/PC crossovers during the Karen Harris stint. I thought it was great of her to use as many hospital elements from GH as possible, while still giving PC it's own separate identity.

The Stuart Damon/Alan crossovers were great. He was on so much, he may as well have been a series regular. And he was on in a way where it wasn't like, "Look, Alan Q's on PC! Look, look." They had him there as a Chief of Staff, a hospital figure.

I liked the Sonny crossover, because, unlike the way GH worshipped the mob, he was treated as the anti-hero, somewhat scummy guy he is. He did a good thing for Frank(by paying off the gambling debt), but he was also despised(Matt, Karen) and feared by many(Courtney).

One of my favorite moments of the crossover is when Courtney meets Sonny and she's like, "I know who you are." Her reaction to him was my favorite, because she was this somewhat fearless pissy bitch and here comes Sonny, slimy crime boss and she's scared to death.

I like crossovers personally, but I don't want it to be at the expense of the character's history with the show or have it drastically alter the character's personality to suit the show. I really enjoyed the year Ashley spent on B&B because, at the time, she was one of the only women on that show with a modicum of class(screw SpermGate, AshHaters! She's still better than Brooke!). I'm glad they didn't make Ashley into a dumb slut. She had dalliances, but they kind of had purpose and they weren't out of the typical B&B playbook of desperation.

The ABC babyswitch stuff was stupid, because the shows kind of bled into each other and became one show. I remember thinking when I saw Babe at a bar bitching out Paul Cramer in Llanview on AMC and then immediately after, the action picked up on OLTL, I thought, "Aren't the viewers who don't watch AMC going to be confused? What about sole OLTL viewers? Why should they care about this Britney Spears clone attacking Kelly's brother?"

I love mentions of other towns in the same universe. When I was watching Edge of Night on AOL, it was instinct to assume the Amusement Park Draper and Emily were being held captive in was in the same universe as ATWT's Oakdale. Regardless of if there were crossover between the two during the story(and I'm sure there weren't, because of the shows airing on different networks), it was still great knowing that feeling, even if I was way off the mark.

the only cross overs that work is between Y&R and the B&B

I like the "cute" little crossovers, or throw away lines even, that connect characters or towns, like the Adam/Dorian/Mary scene or a passing mention to Corinth. You know how soaps used to be about people just sitting around the kitchen bemoaning their troubles, I would actually love the occasional crossover scene like that, I mean who wouldn't enjoy a scene or two of editors Viki Davidson and Brooke English having lunch, or police chiefs Bo and Jesse grabbing a beer together, maybe bud Tad and bro Clint tag along. Was it with Tad or Jack or ??, I forget, but Nora came to AMC maybe ten years ago and had lunch with a character, as well as making a passing reference to Erica Kane during a bedtime conversation with Bo. Basically, I'm saying that I don't need crazy huge groundbreaking crossover storylines, but when shows share the same studio or are only blocks away from one another, crossovers can be a welcome treat to the fans.

SFK, thats the kind of crossovers i am talking about!!! YES!! I knew it was someone out there like me. I am not big on a whole storyline (Babyswitch), just a visit or a show picking up a Character that they can do some justice with like B&B and Shelia Carter (even though some of that stuff was outlandish). Imagine Brooke English in Llanview for a few episodes just visiting and interacting with the characters and so who she has chemistry with and roll on from there.

I like them if thy serve a purpose and propel story - Sheila's been mentioned on Y&R and B&B and that is the best crossover ever. When they make it a gimmick (Rae searching for her daughter) it usually ends up stupid.

SFK, thats the kind of crossovers i am talking about!!! YES!! I knew it was someone out there like me. I am not big on a whole storyline (Babyswitch), just a visit or a show picking up a Character that they can do some justice with like B&B and Shelia Carter (even though some of that stuff was outlandish). Imagine Brooke English in Llanview for a few episodes just visiting and interacting with the characters and so who she has chemistry with and roll on from there.

Yes, I'm in your corner Dr. Neil, that's my kind of crossover! I miss Brooke, Julia Barr is a lovely woman I have had the pleasure of meeting. She is one of the best actors in the history of daytime, but selfishly, I'm in no rush for her to return to daytime where she may be wasted. She deserves an ep of Damages, or Fringe, or Gossip Girl...

Edited February 6, 200916 yr by SFK

I love them when they work. I'd love it if (gasp!) just once, AMC and OLTL did a big crossover extravaganza.

Watching that video that Dr. Jay (I think) posted...Asa & Kevin vs. Adam & JR...

Pure gold

I love them, but that is (in part) because they give me this feeling of a bigger immersed universe. It's like different "rooms" in a virtual game...the reality is more all encompassing...it lets my imagination go further. I don't know if it makes sense.

For example, I LIKED that when Another World ended, parts of Bay City could life on (briefly) in Oakdale.

But I have tried to canonically document these for a very long time :-).

Oh I get it completely! it's like with some authors, I like when their fiction exists in its own universe (Stephen King is an obvious example)--it makes the works feel all that more real I think

I think they are good if done on soaps that have always been sort of connected, like Y&R and B&B.