1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

 

I suspect many, from today's showrunners to the majority of today's soap bloggers really don't know all that much about his work.

 

That's nothing. After playing the lead role of Jo of SFT for DECADES, and after memorably bringing Aunt Meta back to TGL, the idiots at P&G/CBS could not even spell Mary Stuart's name right.

 

In her "tribute", they referred to her as Mary Stewart.

 

EGREGIOUS!

Sad to hear about DR. I remember him also being on a show in the late 80's called Danger Bay. It seems there are very few current viewers of Y&R that were around to watch the show in the 70's. 

28 minutes ago, SoapDope said:

Sad to hear about DR. I remember him also being on a show in the late 80's called Danger Bay. It seems there are very few current viewers of Y&R that were around to watch the show in the 70's. 

 

Alas, it's true. I started watching Y&R on its very first day, eager to see what the wonderful William J. Bell would do with a series of his own, after crafting such masterful stories at DAYS. I think that many longtime viewers have been turned off by the serious reduction in quality of the soaps, however, and drifted away many years ago.

28 minutes ago, SoapDope said:

Sad to hear about DR. I remember him also being on a show in the late 80's called Danger Bay. It seems there are very few current viewers of Y&R that were around to watch the show in the 70's. 

 

I wasn't old enough to watch in the 70s (Phillip Chancellor began before I was born) but I definitely know who the character was.  And thankfully in the mid-late 90s especially, Y&R actually showed classic episodes and clips.

 

The Canadian fans seem the most effusive in their praise.  DR was a staple on Canadian television.  It's nice to see that he is being appreciated, even if little of it is coming from the soap world.

1 hour ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

Alas, it's true. I started watching Y&R on its very first day, eager to see what the wonderful William J. Bell would do with a series of his own, after crafting such masterful stories at DAYS. I think that many longtime viewers have been turned off by the serious reduction in quality of the soaps, however, and drifted away many years ago.

My mom started watching the firs day too in 1973. Around the year 2000 she lost interest. Bill Bell was no longer crafting the stories. 

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

I wasn't old enough to watch in the 70s (Phillip Chancellor began before I was born) but I definitely know who the character was.  And thankfully in the mid-late 90s especially, Y&R actually showed classic episodes and clips.

 

The Canadian fans seem the most effusive in their praise.  DR was a staple on Canadian television.  It's nice to see that he is being appreciated, even if little of it is coming from the soap world.

 

That's nice they have high praise for him. My first memories of Y&R are around 1979/80. The Leslie/Lorie/Lance/Lucas thing was going on and Victor's was married to his first wife Julia. 

I wonder if Brenda Dickson will mention him?

15 hours ago, yrfan1983 said:

I can't believe DR was on the show for less than 2 years. His character influenced plot for the next 40 years!

 

Phillip Chancellor II was part of the canvas for only 2 years. John Considine originated the role in 1973. Donnelly Rhodes took over in 1974 and remained until the character was killed off in 1975. 

3 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

 

Lovely. 

17 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

Bill Bell Sr. sure wrote his characters to be highly memorable!  Today's soap writers seem to struggle with this, which is why we often get legacy characters and popular characters from the past being revived and the stories often still flop!

 

One thing I  noticed about the DR tweets on social media-- most of the plaudits and condolences are from fans of BSG, Soap, even the Golden Girls and Empty Nest, with a lot from fans of various Canadian shows over the decades like Da Vinci's Inquest but very few regarding his Y&R work.

Yes, he was only on two years but his character's influence lasted decades, as @yrfan1983 said.

 

I suspect many, from today's showrunners to the majority of today's soap bloggers really don't know all that much about his work.

Yeah...I know he appeared on a lot, but the most recent that comes to mind is the sarcastically knows how to throw shade doctor on BSG.

May he R.I.P.

 

I never did realize it was him on BSG.

Meineke commercial with Veronica Redd (Mamie) as a bus driver in this commercial break.....at 1:32
 

 

 

I think Malcolm debuted in the very same way... through a phone call!

pannoni4, who uploads a lot of commercials and sometimes soap operas, has a Google+ channel with a few Y&R episodes from December 1984.

 

Just Google pannoni4's Google+ and you will quickly see a link to their soap page.