This one may be my favorite Jill photo. I remember at the time I loved this because she looked like she was going to rock out! The Grace Slick of Y&R. And there's Flo. I never remember her being in the credits. Back then they always had the help in the credits, although at times they put them all in on the same day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV2UsFU-pbg...feature=related

Edited June 20, 200916 yr by CarlD2

Yes, Day's opening is practically iconic. It's too bad that Y&R didn't go with that sort of classic opening way back when, especially given Y&R's reputation for tradition. Maybe it's not to late for them to go down that road. It's way better than having out of date openings for years on end. Just look at GH's opening. Half the characters in the closing shot are dead.

But remember..with the (drawn) head shots, didn't Y&R (then hip and sexy...not conservative or traditional...in 1973 it was the groundbreaker) PIONEER the integration of face shots into opening credits?

I am so so so bored of black and white and Nadia's theme. PLEASE just bring back red porn.

Ugh. Ryan, and awful frosted tips to boot.

Someone who didn't like Ryan? Or his tips??

I didn't mind very early Ryan, but once he got together with Nina and drained all the life out of her, I started to dislike him. I hated the affair with Tricia, I thought that whole story was bizarre and I hated what it did to Nina. Then I went back to being bored by him until Tricia gunned him down. I thought he was a very pointless character. Even when he got back together with Victoria (his best screen partner), part of me thought, "Why couldn't she have gotten together with that cute guy who worked in the mail room."

I wonder whatever happened to that guy. I guess he's still down there. Or wherever he worked.

Can we get a new GH opening first? At least Y&R's features people in the show still, right?

I don't see why these are so hard and expensive. Some folks on this very board have created some completely creditable openings on their own computers.

ETA: GL updates EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Edited June 20, 200916 yr by MarkH

ETA: GL updates EVERY SINGLE DAY!

That's because GL's is a Final Cut Pro project. It's not something that costs money, like AVID technology.

I don't see why these are so hard and expensive. Some folks on this very board have created some completely creditable openings on their own computers.

ETA: GL updates EVERY SINGLE DAY!

I keep thinking about the AW credits. They just took someone out every time they left. By the end, I think the credits were like 3 people.

That's because GL's is a Final Cut Pro project. It's not something that costs money, like AVID technology.

So--and I know I am revealing my utter naivete/stupidity here--is there no way that "Final Cut Pro" could be used for the Y&R opening? In other words, can't they do the opening cheaply in a way that most viewers will still find visually appealing?

Isn't it obvious that sometime around February of this year the IIC lost their minds and stuff like the opening credits has taken a back seat to thinking up stupid bull$hit to "entertain" us with.

So true!

I cannot BELIEVE some of you like the porn opening??!!! I hate to blast you out of the water, but Kay Alden had stated at one time that they got rid of the porn opening because of the AVALANCHE of people who HATED IT. You all must be a small minority. Porn don't go with classy. And while some of you might not think the WRITING is classy, the production style certainly is, and the opening needs to reflect that. I just want them to go back to the sketches. They can take still head shots and run them through a computer program and TURN them into sketches. And it's the actors who demanded their names on the credits. Braeden is the one who spearheaded this, there's no going back now. If you look at the Y&R 1978 opening on youtube... that is not expensive to do, but it looks good, especially Bauer and her HAIR.

Edited June 20, 200916 yr by alphanguy74

I keep thinking about the AW credits. They just took someone out every time they left. By the end, I think the credits were like 3 people.

They also shortened the credits too.

Pretty sure they used two shots of Jensen Buchanan...one when she was fat, pregnant, and hiding behind the chair and the other when they brought on Robert Kelker Kelly as Bobby Reno.

The porn opening didn't bother me but it didn't seem like Y&R. I think Y&R's opening should be stylish, a bit cheesy, perhaps, but also subdued.

I love that 78 opening. I prefer color to black and white caricatures, but they're so high quality, especially the one of Lorie. And I love Liz and Jill together, like Liz is watching out for her.

Was that Katherine at the end with Lance, or was that Vanessa Prentiss?

So--and I know I am revealing my utter naivete/stupidity here--is there no way that "Final Cut Pro" could be used for the Y&R opening? In other words, can't they do the opening cheaply in a way that most viewers will still find visually appealing?

LOL...Guess you never know unless you try.

i vote for a title card...

The porn opening lasted for over 3 years--I can imagine why they would wait so long to change it if people really hated it that much. It was amazing.

And a big HELL NO to a title card. Total and utter LOATHE!