Y&R: Old Articles

[soapfan770]

 

 

Amongst viewers and some of the soap press while they lauded Jeanne Cooper and were entertained, the common criticism of the story was the doppelganger part was a bit of stretch for a more reality based show like Y&R, quite similar to Brad in a cage the previous year. Of course no one in 1990 could predict twenty years later doppelgangers would become a dime a dozen and more ridiculous with the next one, that we'd see Katherine Chancellor in a landfill and co-piloting helicopters, or there would be death by volcano. 

[yrfan1983]

^ I was riveted by the story, thanks to the excellent acting and tight plotting. Sad when it ended

[YRfan23]

Yeah, it kept me entertained as well....I just wish I had all of September/October 1989-May 1990 so we could see the entire story and not just the chunks I have!!

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[YRBB]

 

 

 

Thanks. Yeah, I loved it and thought it was fun and entertaining. Cooper certainly seemed to be having a ball. I just became curious when someone on YouTube said it was "unpopular" with viewers and had to be wrapped up sooner than planned. I took it with a heavy dose of salt, but figured I'd check. Maybe it'd be different if we watched it unfold day by day.

 

I do like the occasional outlandish story though, and late 80s, early 90s Y&R served it nicely with Brad in the Cage and Katherine's kooky doppelganger. I feel they always found ways to ground the crazy stories like those, or Matt Clark's face-change and deliver them as realistically as possible.

[YRfan23]

What?? How did I not see this 😁😁 must watch later!!! I actually did skim to some of the Leanna/Victor scenes, and even though it was just fantasies, It’s fun to see that Leanna was the one person who made Victor squirm...(besides Eve Howard)

[yrfan1983]

LOL...you'll love all of it...it's like a late-80s Greatest Hits CD!

[YRfan23]

Haha I feel so silly for not watching it sooner 😁😁

[NothinButAttitude]

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[YRfan23]

Special 1991 Holiday Promo for Y&R, with pictures of some of the cast when they were younger at the end if this GL clip
 

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Edited December 28, 2017 by YRfan23

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[Dax7000]

Thanks for more great uploads. I keep hoping someone will post more mid to late 90's episodes. Happy New Year's everyone.

Edited December 29, 2017 by Dax7000

[Paul Raven]

The Museum of Broadcasting Chicago has in the archive a screen test for Y&R featuring these performers

 

Baker, David L. 
Cheyne, Hank 
Diamont, Don 
Dickson, Brenda 
Eckholdt, Steven 
Kayser, Allan J. 
Wilson, Robert 

 

I assume this was for Brad Carlton and they were testing with Brenda Dickson as Jill.

[YRfan23]

That's so cool!

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I'm searching on the site, it looks like they have even more archived episodes to view too!

[Aback]

 

And they're not streaming, right? 

[Paul Raven]

Some interesting names from these Y&R audition tapes archived at Museum of Broadcasting Chicago

 

From various years: young actors audition for roles on "Y & R."

 

Alexander, Jason 
Bernsen, Corbin 
Bowman, Pamela 
Daniels, David Mason 
Davidson, Eileen 
Davidson, Eileen 
Hauser, Wings 
Herring, Lynn 
Hickland, Catherine 
Hunley, Leann 
Lester, Terry 
Mowery, Carrie 
Purcill, Karen 

Edited December 30, 2017 by Paul Raven