Beth Maitland giving us a NEW clip from first week January 1985, when Traci sings at the Torchlight after Lauren and Shawn made fake reservations so she would be forced to perform for an empty venue https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/sV5P1QEBH756GrLaXOcON9DcyodvgcOd/ 

On 3/6/2023 at 12:34 PM, Broderick said:

I'm sure Eileen Davidson wanted something "dramatic".

To me, her very best scenes are more of the "everyday variety".  For instance, there's one scene where Terry Lester's Jack is giving her a sermon about how worthless Brad Carlton is, and the whole time Jack is talking, she's fanning her face with a manila file folder like she's burning up in frustration.  When Jack finally leaves, she exhales so hard her bangs rise up off her forehead, and she takes her thumb & index finger and does the "gun-to-the-head" suicide gesture.

There's another scene where Terry Lester's Jack is presenting her with a dossier about Tim Sullivan, and she tosses it into the fire, rolls her eyes, and prances out of the room. 

Those are the types of scenes where she REALLY excels in my opinion.    

Eileen worked best in business stories and when Ashley was pissed at someone...though she had the fragile element as well that made people like her.  My mom used to joke that Eileen could teach a master class on losing her mind because she was so convincing.

And I remember by the mid 90s, Nikki wore black to a dinner that she was forced to invite Sharon to when she was dating Nick.  And I remember she also did needle point as well during this period.

I think Bell almost seemed as if he was writing Nikki to be like a Kay...except always at the ranch and drunk sort of like how Kay was in the early years while married to Philip.

20 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

My mom used to joke that Eileen could teach a master class on losing her mind because she was so convincing.

The scenes where she was hallucinating about Sabrina in the car, though… that was a laugh riot. Not entirely her fault. More evidence of how far Y&R had fallen, though. I’m so glad ED dipped out and went back to DAYS. That stint really reenergized her.

3 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Beth Maitland giving us a NEW clip from first week January 1985, when Traci sings at the Torchlight after Lauren and Shawn made fake reservations so she would be forced to perform for an empty venue https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/sV5P1QEBH756GrLaXOcON9DcyodvgcOd/ 

Thanks, great clip! Painful to see Traci suffering but her performance was very good. BM sounds much better solo than dueting with Michael Damian, and definitely sounds better than TEB.

5 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Beth Maitland giving us a NEW clip from first week January 1985, when Traci sings at the Torchlight after Lauren and Shawn made fake reservations so she would be forced to perform for an empty venue https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/sV5P1QEBH756GrLaXOcON9DcyodvgcOd/ 

THANKS! That's Part of Why i Love TRaci, she seems Fragile but hardly ever ran away from her troubles like most of the "Strong" Women!

16 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

I think Bell almost seemed as if he was writing Nikki to be like a Kay...except always at the ranch and drunk sort of like how Kay was in the early years while married to Philip.

Sounds more interesting than today's Nikki who is just a bored and boring Mrs. Victor Newman. 

14 hours ago, yrfan1983 said:

Thanks, great clip! Painful to see Traci suffering but her performance was very good. BM sounds much better solo than dueting with Michael Damian, and definitely sounds better than TEB.

That's her actual voice? She sounds incredible.

Wednesday's clip is Jess Walton and she picked a scene from 2012 I think.

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

Wednesday's clip is Jess Walton and she picked a scene from 2012 I think.

For real… 😕 

16 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

For real… 😕 

Yep!!! IT IS THE SCENE AFTER Lauren and Michael Caught her and Colin about to have sex, On Lauren's Office! She could've done so much better than that!!! I was hoping for an Scene between Jill and Katherine 

CORRECTION IT'S 2010

 

That Jill scene was just shown in Tracey's 40th anni episode, which again leads me to believe that production suggested a scene and the actors went along with it. Shows alack of interest from all concerned.

2 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

That Jill scene was just shown in Tracey's 40th anni episode, which again leads me to believe that production suggested a scene and the actors went along with it. Shows alack of interest from all concerned.

I also wonder if, given the option, most of the actors would have chosen 80's or 90's material. Leaving little of post 2000's to be shown. I bet TPTB would hate that. They want 2010's Y&R to considered classic just as much as any other decade I think and probably pushed more for later years stuff. 

Peter's clip is about Phyllis getting cold feet, I think this was aired during COVID. https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/L6bMwfl6LnIwEHcKFjWoscMgEvRDumuu/

 

It makes me wonder if Beth Maitland's clip was one that was meant to be in her episode and cut. Everything but hers and LLB's were recently shown, as were all the ones in the ET 50th special promo.

 

As for Jess I think the actors genuinely had fun with that scene and that's why they keep picking it. It's just a shame that we're not getting clips of beloved vets like Jeanne and Jerry at all.

Edited March 9, 20233 yr by BoldRestless

15 hours ago, will81 said:

I also wonder if, given the option, most of the actors would have chosen 80's or 90's material. Leaving little of post 2000's to be shown. I bet TPTB would hate that. They want 2010's Y&R to considered classic just as much as any other decade I think and probably pushed more for later years stuff. 

Sometimes actors choose material that was fun for them, the importance or "classic-ness" of it doesn't matter much vs. how much they enjoyed making it. It's annoying but they probably had a good time so it's a fond memory for her.

Edit: @BoldRestless said the same thing, my bad.

Edited March 9, 20233 yr by Darn

12 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

It's just a shame that we're not getting clips of beloved vets like Jeanne and Jerry at all.

Agree. Maybe during the anniversary celebration we might see clips of them, but you never know.