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8 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

May 20th Is also uploaded. 

 

3 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

 

Does anyone have the link to the vault? 

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13 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

May 19, 1997 from Jeff Keys on YouTube

 

4 hours ago, Forever8 said:

 

Does anyone have the link to the vault? 

SASHA'S MURDER YAY!!!!! And My Fave Phyllis Sandra Nelson!!!

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7 hours ago, Joseph said:

SASHA'S MURDER YAY!!!!! And My Fave Phyllis Sandra Nelson!!!

It is so bizarre how memory works. I very much remember Sasha being killed, but I did not remember Sandra Nelson being in the role during that time. I thought this all happened with Michelle still there. I know Michelle left Feb 97 so my memory was right off on this one. 

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@will81The early months of 1997 had three big recasts: Victoria, Phyllis, Grace.

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Glad to see Sasha’s death show up it’s been years since I’ve seen it.

2 hours ago, kalbir said:

@will81The early months of 1997 had three big recasts: Victoria, Phyllis, Grace.

Yep! Stafford, Tom and Davis all left within the same week and a half in mid-February. First Garesis came in at the end of Feb, Nelson in mid-March, Aldrich at the beginning of April. Add to the burden of Shari Shattuck as Ashley, with all four characters in front burner storylines it was very easy to remember why Spring 1997 was so darn jarring to watch after seeing a few April episodes in the Vault. Major yikes.

SOD named Gareis as Best Recast of 1997 although I feel that Nelson was definitely a legit contender.
 

Aldrich who absolutely flopped and was gone by the end of July easily could have been a contender for Worst Recast of 1997. However the even worse debacle that was Shawn Batten on ATWT (along with Josh Taylor on both GL and Days)  was Aldrich’s saving grace. 

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Whenever someone brings up the character of Grace, as portrayed by Jennifer Gareis, I feel compelled to recall the way that Y&R played Sharon dirty.

Gareis's recast coincided with the infamous story of Nick sleeping with Grace when he mistakenly thought it was Sharon in his bed.  However, in order for that plot to be logical, we would have to believe that Nick was not face-to-face with his lover that evening.  Thus, Y&R writers made the audience assume that Sharon prefers "it" from behind.  A rather scandalous character trait that I associate with Sharon every time she has a love scene.

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@soapfan770 The recasts were part of why Y&R was in a lull during the first half of 1997. Remember that Reilly's Days nearly knocked Y&R out of #1 in June 1997. I think that shook up Bill Bell and thankfully Y&R picked up during the second half of 1997.

@j swift Bill Bell had two intoxicated affair storylines before Nick/Grace. Dru/Malcolm when she was over-medicated and Caroline/Ridge after she indulged in too much champagne. I don't recall the Nick/Grace intoxicated affair episode but maybe Nick had his eyes closed the whole time.

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So aside from Brenda Dickson, Doug Davidson, Eric Braeden, Peter Bergman, and Victorian Rowell, were there any other actors/actresses that had behind the scenes drama whilst on the show??? Those are the only ones I know of myself.

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34 minutes ago, kalbir said:

@soapfan770 The recasts were part of why Y&R was in a lull during the first half of 1997. Remember that Reilly's Days nearly knocked Y&R out of #1 in June 1997. I think that shook up Bill Bell and thankfully Y&R picked up during the second half of 1997.

@j swift Bill Bell had two intoxicated affair storylines before Nick/Grace. Dru/Malcolm when she was over-medicated and Caroline/Ridge after she indulged in too much champagne. I don't recall the Nick/Grace intoxicated affair episode but maybe Nick had his eyes closed the whole time.

The initial  Nick/Grace one night stand was a pretty tawdry affair and in a way was opposite of what happened with Caroline/Ridge, Dru/Malcolm, and later Ridge/Brooke. Nick was so intoxicated he really thought he was making love to Sharon, but Grace,, living with the pair and having a secret crush on Nick more than happily used it to her advantage and let Nick continue. Yeesh.

But for sure I would say the Sharon/Nick/Grace/Cassie stuff, Danny finally discovering the truth about most of Phyllis’ deceptions, the return of Michael, and Veronica Landers surfacing would definitely set Y&R in a better direction than it was headed.

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1 hour ago, ltm1997 said:

So aside from Brenda Dickson, Doug Davidson, Eric Braeden, Peter Bergman, and Victorian Rowell, were there any other actors/actresses that had behind the scenes drama whilst on the show??? Those are the only ones I know of myself.

Jeanne Cooper & Beau Kayzer

Melody Thomas having a baby with the makeup artist then marrying Ed Scott

Michael Muhney

Scientology drama between Michael Fairman (Murphy) and Michelle Stafford but I don't remember details

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1 hour ago, BoldRestless said:

Jeanne Cooper & Beau Kayzer

Melody Thomas having a baby with the makeup artist then marrying Ed Scott

Michael Muhney

Scientology drama between Michael Fairman (Murphy) and Michelle Stafford but I don't remember details

Oh wow…what was the beef between Jeanne and Beau??? I’d never heard of this.

And remind me again what MM did??? Wasn’t it some sort of sexual harassment stuff?

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3 minutes ago, ltm1997 said:

Oh wow…what was the beef between Jeanne and Beau??? I’d never heard of this.

And remind me again what MM did??? Wasn’t it some sort of sexual harassment stuff?

Not a beef... an affair. Jeanne said Beau was the love of her life! But she felt she was too old for him.

 

Muhney was alleged to have groped Hunter King. There was also some petty drama between him and Eric Braeden, like parking in Braeden's spot and stuff like that. 

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