31 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

My only memory is that she shaded Ed Scott for contributing to her rift with Melody. I can't recall her naming anyone else. Who else did she name?

JC wrote negatively about ES and brought up the beef w/ MTS. I don't recall her saying anything negative about any other producer or cast member.

1 hour ago, Paul Raven said:

My only memory is that she shaded Ed Scott for contributing to her rift with Melody. I can't recall her naming anyone else. Who else did she name?

I wish in those memoirs the actors would talk more about their storylines, actors they worked with etc. 

The one that comes immediately to mind is that she obviously was still harboring resentment against Kate Linder. She tells a story of Linder meeting with producers to pitch a storyline about Esther dealing with Kay's death.

I have a feeling that the backstage dramas of the soaps are a heck of a lot more enthralling than anything we see on screen.

Edited June 6Jun 6 by vetsoapfan

1976 Pt 12 Final part

Laurie agrees with Stuart that Peggy is rushing into marriage to prove that the rape didn’t ruin her life.  She points out that the only way Peg can be sure is to make love with Jack before the wedding. Stuart admits she’s right but points out that he can’t suggest that to Peggy.

As the wedding approaches, Peg seems happy that Jack’s become close to the family. However, her happiness is shattered by a nightmare in which her loving bridegroom turns into a leering Ron Becker, forcing her to cancel the wedding. Jack reassures her he’ll wait as long as it takes, and Chris confides that she and Snapper didn’t consummate their marriage on their wedding night because of her own rape experience, but Peggy tells Chris she might never be ready. 

Despite her desire to keep Karen as her own daughter, Chris helps a police artist create a sketch of Nancy so it can be printed in the newspaper as part of a search for her. When the attempt proves fruitless, however, Chris asks Greg to file application for permanent custody of the child. Greg points out that adoption is the only way to prevent Ron from returning and claiming the child, and that it will take quite a while.

Meanwhile, a nurse in the psychiatric ward sees a resemblance  between the newspaper drawing and her autistic patient, Mrs. Jackson, but since “Fran” doesn’t respond to the name Nancy and no one else sees the similarity, she fears she’s mistaken.

Jill is horrified to overhear Kay, when brihging baby Phillip a Christmas gift, telling the child she remembers the night he was conceived. Kay has to then admit to Jill she saw her with Phillip in the bunkhouse that night. Jill is aghast to realize that Kay new the truth all along and put her through such agony in spite of it, denying her baby his father’s name.

Lance tells Laurie they’ll marry on Valentine’s Day. He laughs that it’s corny but agrees, secretly wishing it were sooner, as Vanessa has vowed to prevent it. Indeed, Vanessa makes an unprecedented venture out of the house to visit Brad, telling him to rebuff any advance Leslie might make to him, as she’s reaching out to him only from a sense of duty.

But Laurie then makes a concerted effort to reach Vanessa. Without being sure why she’s trying so hard, she tries to assure the woman she’s not losing Lance and she, Laurie, will help her find a plastic surgeon somewhere who can help her. Grudgingly, Vanessa seems to be reconsidering her view of Laurie, and Laurie is delighted when Lance offers her a choice between two diamond necklaces, explaining that her preference will be Vanessa’s Christmas gift.

Learning from Les about Brad’s blindness, Stuart tells Brad he could have turned Leslie away only out of great love. Knowing that Les is going to see Brad again, Laurie warns him not to bring the baby into their discussion, as Leslie will come back only she’s convinced he loves her, not for the babies sake. Leslie finds Brad disheveled and sloppy, and proceeds to straighten the apartment, stating that she can't respect him if he lets himself go. Realizing that neither Brad nor Les will make the first move, Laurie hurries things along by refusing to help Brad with his grooming, saying he should ask his wife. Then, having learned  that Brad offered Les the use of their piano, Laurie untunes the Brooks' piano forcing Leslie to accept his offer.

By refusing to cater to his  blindness, Les manages to get Brad to stop wallowing in pity, and by the time Leslie’s Christmas braille message of her love and her need for him arrives, they are husband and wife again

Lance takes Laurie on a business trip on New Year's Eve, and tells her, on board his plane, she won't be  won't be able to call him “Mr. All Talk and No action” after tonight. When Laurie protests that waited this long and will continue to wait until married, Lance delights her by instructing his pilot to land in Las Vegas, where they are married immediately.

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Is this Alex Donnelly in the Tab ad around 13 minutes?

 

24 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Is this Alex Donnelly in the Tab ad around 13 minutes?

 

Looks like her

I was scrolling ebay through a seller who has a lot of random photos. Among them were some vintage 70's and 80's slides of actor Colby Chester (Michael Crawford). I remember reading a blurb in one of the soap magazines that when he won the role on Y&R, one of the stipulations was he had to shave his signature mustache. I wonder if that was because Eric Braeden (Victor) and Robert Parucha (Matt) had staches and they didn't want any other actor sporting facial hair ?

Oh wow, he definitely could have played another Newman brother! Funny because he looks a little like Peter Bergman after he shaves it off.

It's a shame he didn't stay on and was essentially replaced by John Silva. He was good in the courtroom scenes and as Jill's sometime lover. Even saved her life when she got shot. 

Colby gave me Clutch Cargo vibes...

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Oh wow, he definitely could have played another Newman brother! Funny because he looks a little like Peter Bergman after he shaves it off.

It's a shame he didn't stay on and was essentially replaced by John Silva. He was good in the courtroom scenes and as Jill's sometime lover. Even saved her life when she got shot. 

I don’t know, I’m still mad at him for screwing up the baby Skylar adoption… 😂

On 6/17/2025 at 8:41 AM, Paul Raven said:

Colby gave me Clutch Cargo vibes...

 

 

 

 

I loved him and Brenda’s Jill so much. He would’ve done everything for her! 

10 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

I loved him and Brenda’s Jill so much. He would’ve done everything for her! 

Brenda and Colby were good together. Colby and Jess Walton worked together many times when they were both contract players at Universal in the 1970's. They both wound up on Y&R together in the 80's. Leslie Charleson and Tom Selleck were also at Universal at that same time. 

Michael Crawford arc was 1986-1990 I believe. I agree that he was pretty much replaced by John Silva as the go-to lawyer in town.

Y&R lawyers in the 1980s were Greg Foster, Mitchell Sherman, Tyrone Jackson, Michael Crawford, Glenn Richards, John Silva. Then in the 1990s Cricket became lawyer Christine and Michael Baldwin arrived.