2 hours ago, Khan said:

And then there was Jennifer Jones, whose poor character (Fred Astaire's love interest) was killed trying to protect some children from falling out of the glass elevator after another explosion.  That one traumatized me as well.

100%.

Why why WHY did the writers destroy this beautiful couple??  

 

 

15 minutes ago, OzFrog said:

Why why WHY did the writers destroy this beautiful couple??  

 

 

Bo/Hope truly had some of the worst stories after KA returned.  The Princess Gina rehashes and inserting Billie and Carly just never worked.  Even when stories had potential it seemed a regime change would happen and things would get rewritten or scrapped for them.  Post 1994, the only story I thought was strong for them was the baby switch and they ended up killing off Zach and J.T. was never heard of again, so it ended up having little long term effect. 

Going further into it, KA seemed to flounder in most stories away from Bo, while PR/RKK proved Bo could stand on his own a little easier, so I think the defacto storyline for them was break them up over something stupid then get them back together after a few months/years.  

FROM THE VAULT: EPISODES TAPED 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

 

Here's a look at the cast of the five "Days" episodes that taped 50 years ago this week, from May 1-May 5, 1972:

 

 

Edited May 2, 20223 yr by JAS0N47

I had thought that Steve Burton might have played Alan Harris. Then when they announced that he was Harris Michaels I knew he wasn't. By then I had Sami's rape & revenge in my head so I refreshed myself on it @Jason47 found a video where someone had edited all the scenes into one tape. Voila! I thought I'd pass along the URL in case anyone else wants to revisit what an absolute arsehole Alan Harris is. Sami's Rape & Revenge Upon Alan Harris

 

  

 

Lingering Questions:

DOOL/Y&R: Why does the Corday family corporation own 1% of Y&R?

 

DOOL/Y&R: Many people *guess* that it was a decision that was made between Bill Bell Sr. & Betty Corday when he left DOOL HWing to go do his own new show.

 

Mark Harding @MarkHToo

Replying to @shallotpeel

I know the first one: To allow Bill Bell to cancel his #Days contract and start #YR, (a) Cordays got a percentage of #YR, and (b) Bill agreed to co-write for a period of years. I don't think this is speculation, but I'd have to go back to sources.

 

Adding: Bell Sr. did HW both shows for a period of 2 years.

 

Mark Harding

 

@MarkHToo

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1h

 

@shallotpeel Source is @michaeljmaloney

(2012) “The Young and Restless Life of William J. Bell”, Sourcebooks, Napierville IL, page 76

Edited May 2, 20223 yr by Tonksadora
Adding source.

@AbcNbc247@slick jones@carolineg@Tonksadora@vetsoapfan@janea4old@OzFrog@Khan@Franko@Paul Raven@dc11786@Michael@jam6242@beebs@Gray Bunny@Dion@will81@Bright Eyes@Dr Neil Curtis@DRW50@JAS0N47

Thank you @victoria foxton.

9 hours ago, Tonksadora said:

Lingering Questions:

DOOL/Y&R: Why does the Corday family corporation own 1% of Y&R?

 

DOOL/Y&R: Many people *guess* that it was a decision that was made between Bill Bell Sr. & Betty Corday when he left DOOL HWing to go do his own new show.

 

Mark Harding @MarkHToo

Replying to @shallotpeel

I know the first one: To allow Bill Bell to cancel his #Days contract and start #YR, (a) Cordays got a percentage of #YR, and (b) Bill agreed to co-write for a period of years. I don't think this is speculation, but I'd have to go back to sources.

 

Adding: Bell Sr. did HW both shows for a period of 2 years.

 

Mark Harding

 

@MarkHToo

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1h

 

@shallotpeel Source is @michaeljmaloney

(2012) “The Young and Restless Life of William J. Bell”, Sourcebooks, Napierville IL, page 76

I recall reading that Corday was in the process of suing Bell which is how they wound up with a percentage of the new show.

On 5/1/2022 at 9:42 PM, victoria foxton said:

 

  

Susan was such a striking looking woman. But this shows how silly it was for Frances Reid to be playing her grandmother - way too young.

1 hour ago, Chris 2 said:

I recall reading that Corday was in the process of suing Bell which is how they wound up with a percentage of the new show.

The answer doesn't mention said lawsuit, although I have heard that also, just that an agreement was reached with 2 bullet points to it - that Corday would own a stake & that Bell Sr. would still write DOOL for a time period.

IRL he HW 2 shows for 2 yrs. IBM Selectric made of STEEL!

 

5 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

@AbcNbc247@slick jones@carolineg@Tonksadora@vetsoapfan@janea4old@OzFrog@Khan@Franko@Paul Raven@dc11786@Michael@jam6242@beebs@Gray Bunny@Dion@will81@Bright Eyes@Dr Neil Curtis@DRW50@JAS0N47

Thanks for the tag!  I can't wait to watch it later.

40 minutes ago, Chris 2 said:

I recall reading that Corday was in the process of suing Bell which is how they wound up with a percentage of the new show.

Susan was such a striking looking woman. But this shows how silly it was for Frances Reid to be playing her grandmother - way too young.

Lol!  Even with Alice's grandma styling she looked way too young, but she was a young bride as was Addie, so it might make sense for the time.

These 1966 episodes are such a thrill!

4 hours ago, jam6242 said:

Thank you @victoria foxton.

Ditto! Thank you. I look forward to these.