In the April 25, 1986 end credit, there's a Lisa Loughbridge credited as Beth. Anyone remember her and how long the stint was?

Someone earlier asked about the Puerto Rico (as San Cristobel) remote and how long does it run? I want to say all of August, probably up to around Labor Day and the annual US Open Tennis preemptions in September.

3 minutes ago, Khan said:

They even had DP's Alan shoot and maim Roger, which is something CB's Alan never would've done, but was clearly done to usher Alan out.

I don't think that DP being brought in to write out the character was the original plan. He was definitely a temporary hire. They went to Zaslow and offered him the role of Alan. He refused (because it was a STUPID idea) and instead he offered to come back as Roger.

If you work out the timing of Roger's return, it had to be that they asked Zaslow sometime early to mid autumn. That was only a few of months after Bernau left, even though the story in the soap mags was that Bernau was going to eventually return.

So from that we can assume they started looking to permanently replace him fairly soon after he left. When Zaslow offered to come back as Roger, it was then that they made the decision to write Alan out.

DP stayed way longer than they originally intended once the decision was made to bring back Roger. Otherwise, I would imagine a new, permanent Alan would have taken over early in 1990 if Zaslow had not wanted to return to the show.

(YES, I agree, Alan would never have done that. But I give Long a little bit of a break because she must have had to do some really fast retooling of planned storylines to accomodate Zaslow's return).

1 hour ago, Spoon said:

In the April 25, 1986 end credit, there's a Lisa Loughbridge credited as Beth. Anyone remember her and how long the stint was?

I think Judi was making a movie and Lisa was on for a few weeks or a month.

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

In what way?

GL introduced Alan Spaulding in 1977. Y&R introduced Jack Abbott in 1980.

I don't know what Chris Bernau Alan back story was but Bill Bell wrote Terry Lester Jack as playboy on the surface but deep down a lost little boy with parental issues (mother abandonment, always seeking his father's love and approval but messing up while doing so and could not live up to his father).

Jack was a manipulative business man with commitment issues, who sought his father's approval by proposing to naive little Patty Williams. And much like Alan, Jack had an adversarial relationship with his sister Ashley, eventually blackmailing her out of the presidency of Jabot. (although I'm not sure if that was Lester or Peter Bergman, tbh.) No, the Abbotts weren't cannibalistic like the Spauldings, but there are times you wonder if John's parenting was all that great. All his kids were messed up.

8 hours ago, DeeVee said:

Didn't she do it after her brain tumor was removed and she left with that doctor?

If she formally terminated her parental rights, the SOD recaps don't mention it, from what I can see. In '86, when Claire is fighting them for custody, she tries blackmailing Rick into siding with her. He witnesses her threatening baby Michelle, and everyone thinks she's having a breakdown. All the recap says is that Claire gives Michelle to the Bauers. (There's more crazy from Claire during the year, she's trying to manipulate Kyle into an affair, and she ends up getting thrown off a bridge by Reva's stalker, resulting in a coma and brain damage. She marries and leaves town with the doctor who treats her at the end of the year. The recap makes no mention of her making other legal arrangements for Michelle.)

Ed and Mo break up in early '89, after Fletch is rescued from the island after crashing in the plane with Alex. Unless more from '86 surfaces, it'll be a mystery if Mo was even in a position to formally adopt Michelle.

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

In what way?

GL introduced Alan Spaulding in 1977. Y&R introduced Jack Abbott in 1980.

I don't know what Chris Bernau Alan back story was but Bill Bell wrote Terry Lester Jack as playboy on the surface but deep down a lost little boy with parental issues (mother abandonment, always seeking his father's love and approval but messing up while doing so and could not live up to his father).

Jack was a manipulative business man with commitment issues, who sought his father's approval by proposing to naive little Patty Williams. And much like Alan, Jack had an adversarial relationship with his sister Ashley, eventually blackmailing her out of the presidency of Jabot. (although I'm not sure if that was Lester or Peter Bergman, tbh.) No, the Abbotts weren't cannibalistic like the Spauldings, but there are times you wonder if John's parenting was all that great. All his kids were messed up.

8 hours ago, DeeVee said:

Didn't she do it after her brain tumor was removed and she left with that doctor?

If she formally terminated her parental rights, the SOD recaps don't mention it, from what I can see. In '86, when Claire is fighting them for custody, she tries blackmailing Rick into siding with her. He witnesses her threatening baby Michelle, and everyone thinks she's having a breakdown. All the recap says is that Claire gives Michelle to the Bauers. (There's more crazy from Claire during the year, she's trying to manipulate Kyle into an affair, and she ends up getting thrown off a bridge by Reva's stalker, resulting in a coma and brain damage. She marries and leaves town with the doctor who treats her at the end of the year. The recap makes no mention of her making other legal arrangements for Michelle.)

Ed and Mo break up in early '89, after Fletch is rescued from the island after crashing in the plane with Alex. Unless more from '86 surfaces, it'll be a mystery if Mo was even in a position to formally adopt Michelle.

53 minutes ago, P.J. said:

And much like Alan, Jack had an adversarial relationship with his sister Ashley, eventually blackmailing her out of the presidency of Jabot. (although I'm not sure if that was Lester or Peter Bergman, tbh.)

I never thought of equating CB Alan/BM Alexandra with Terry Lester Jack/Eileen Davidson Ashley. The Jabot presidency blackmailing was in 1985.

Did viewers know about Alexandra when the Spaulding family was introduced in 1977, or was she a later creation?

8 minutes ago, kalbir said:

I never thought of equating CB Alan/BM Alexandra with Terry Lester Jack/Eileen Davidson Ashley. The Jabot presidency blackmailing was in 1985.

Did viewers know about Alexandra when the Spaulding family was introduced in 1977, or was she a later creation?

Later. We didn't even hear about Alexandra until Alan tells Vanessa that his sister's coming home and he asks her to plan the party to reintroduce her to Springfield. Around mid-January/early Feb '84.