Y&R: Old Articles

[DRW50]

The credits of this era managed to sum up characters so beautifully, and elegantly. Brad's shirt removal should be cheesy as hell and instead it's actually very sexy and says everything about who he was. The other shot of this era which is so utterly true to a character, and the essence of Y&R, is Katherine and the necklace.

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Here's the green dress - with MTS working her best HBIC face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ia_SJ-ut8&feature=related

[SFK]

I love to watch Jeanne Cooper, she's very handsy like Linda Dano, always flicking a talon or twisting a wrist.

I like the pastel effect thing, it was a nice way to use live shots while honoring the look of the Dvore sketches. Today's opening is too easy and soulless.

[yr9190]

Yeah Brad taking off his shirt was fine

Ryan having his shirt off in the opening....Very Cheesey!

[soapfan770]

Personally these are my two favorite opening sequences out of the entire 1988-99 collection:

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[soapfan770]

Poor MTS and that green dress and bad hair day that lasted two years. Brenda Epperson actually wore a blue variant it seems, you can see both in this opening:

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Never realized Walton wore that same dress in both the old white and then jazzy red openings. Also I do remember the opening that both Ryan and Malcolm appeared shirtless in.

These are the closing credits shots which often differed a little from the opening ones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Nu01FzhLY

[SFK]

Lauren Fenmore, from ghastly to gorgeous.

Nikki almost took Victoria's head off with that hair whip.

Edited December 16, 2011 by SFK

[SFK]

Jess looked really great at this time. She and Robin Strasser both looked great with their big hair and lost a certain something when they cut it.

The Danny opening is classic, especially the one where the lady is twirling with her purse.

[yr9190]

I never really understood why Danny led the opening during 1988-1990. I can see why they had Nikki and Jill lead them, since at the time they were Y&R's too leading women. They even shared a mid-bumper together from 1988-1989.

I always like the way Lauren looks in the 1990-1993/1993-1995 openings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTDL-seTKNM

I sometimes wonder though what it would've been like if Sheila made it into the updated Y&R opening in 1991. I'm sure lots of fans wee a little upset when she didn't make it in there, even though at the time it was because Bill knew she wasn't going to be on the show for any longer.

Why wasn't Diane (Alex) included into Y&R's Jazzy opening? she was still on contract i presume? and didn't leave the show until February 2001. Very weird that she didn't make it, but Nina's new BF Tomas did and he left when Nina did before Diane.

[soapfan770]

Neither Alex Donnelly nor Sabryn Genet made with 1999-2003 opening, and you know it was never really updated except twice to take out Bashioum and Moore. At least they used a new shot of Davidson to replace Moore's slot but as for the 1999-2001 Christine opening they quit using it entirely.

It wasn't until the late 90s they started doing updates more frequently to the opening but even then a number of contact players either didn't make it or weren't featured very predominately. I think Nick Scotti and Ashley Jones only appeared in a single opening.

For the record there are three variations to that Lauren opening, first one notably features Skip and Carol while the second one has Dru and Olivia for the first time:

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Edited December 16, 2011 by soapfan770

[yr9190]

Wasn't Ryan in Christine's 1999-2001 opening?, I know he was in another one but i can't remember who began it? I know it lasted till spring 2002, WAY after he died.(Then again it's not as bad as keeping Rex in the 1995 openings into a year after his death)

Thanks for uploading the Lauren 1990 opening with Skip and Carol, I had almost forgotten about that opening. I still love Nikki's final shot where she swings her hair around,and smiles into the camera.

[DeeeDee]

Alex & Francesco left almost at the same time.

Actually Y&R was fairly good about their openings.

It wasn't until the porn opening that the show got lazy about changing things & has only gotten worse with the current opening.

Edited December 16, 2011 by DeeeDee

[yr9190]

Agreed, I know i shouldn't say it because it's so obvious but i don't think Maria and her goons really care about changing the opening, which is a shame because it's been almost 9 year, It would be one thing if they used different scenes over the years when showing the character's faces instead of the ones that have been using for the most part since March 2003, but it's a given that we are probably stuck with this opening till the end...

[DRW50]

2/23/88 and 8/23/88

[DRW50]

This interview with Alana Gibson talks about her being fired from Y&R due to her weight, in spite of her work being acclaimed. What did you think of Alana? Do you know what stories Bell had planned for her?

[soapfan770]

I have to wonder if they actually had any story for Alana after the story had finished. Sadly I doubt we would have seen Tyrone and Alana settle down for the good life afterward. Unless they were going to have Alana get involved with either Paul or Andy I doubt she would have continued onward.

What did people think of Jessica's HIV/AIDS story? The whole thing to me sounds like over the top classic soap fare melodrama.