B&B: Old/Classic Discussion & Articles

[ChickenNuggetz92]

I use OBS Studio + Blackhole Audio Driver for Mac! It a little bit of a learning curve to set up but super easy once you get used to it. It's what I used when I was capturing the Y&R classics last year when they weren't posting them on CBS right away.

[BoldKara]

Thank you! Will have a look!

[Maxim]

Thank you for the new episodes in the 1992 folder! So so much! Made my day.

[Soapfan8]

What did u all think about the year 95

[Videnbas]

I remember it as one of my favorite years. There was a lot of pretty dramatic stuff going on - Taylor's return from the dead, Anthony going crazy, Sheila going crazy... 

[Pedro]

Yeah I don't know much about 1995 but it is a such a pity we won't get Cala episodes after all. 

[Soapysoap]

I started watching in 1998 so all I’ve seen from 1995 is afterwards and boy what a year it seemed it was! Ivana/Anthony story and Sheila’s shananigans

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Very exciting in deed!

[Videnbas]

Indeed - two dramatic confrontations at gun point in the same summer! 

The final scenes with Anthony and Macy were chilling, the way that everything played out like a romantic date on the surface level, but underneath it was a deadly cat and mouse game where both of them were secretly plotting to destroy the other. There were obvious hints of Shakespeare's Othello as well (with a tape recorder playing the role of the handkerchief). 

[kalbir]

First half was good, second half I felt was the start of B&B tanking. That's why in the fall Sheila returned and Lauren was brought over from Y&R, but 1996-1998 they weren't in each other orbits as much.

[sheilaforever]

B&B was amazing back then. 1995 had some clunkers like Rick/CJ and the rather lull Fall but spring/summer was MUST SEE TV. People waited years for Sheilas comeuppance and the show delivered: Sheilas suicide (no 1) was the ultimate climax

[Soaplovers]

Ivana dating Thorne after Dylan choosing Jessica...then stalking Macy before Anthony kills her.  Then Macy and Anthony's showdown was awesome as well.  Last time Macy received decent writing and focus.

I thought beefing up the younger set with Jasmine and Michael was smart...but neither character was used well.

Sheila's departure was a long time coming and was satisfying...but I would have waited a year or so before being back.

Wasn't 1995 when Bill Bell left the day to day stuff to his son..proving talent isn't inherited 

[AbcNbc247]

According to Wikipedia, Brad became EP in 1996, but had been head writer since 1993. Even though, by watching the episodes, it seems like there was a shift in writing styles in 1992. 

[Videnbas]

I have to say, I barely even remember anything about the last few months of 1995. I just remember, like you say, the absolute awesomeness of the spring and summer, and the feeling that everything just kind of wrapped up at Thorne and Macy's beach wedding. I even remember thinking at that point that it almost felt like the show was ending and those scenes were like an epilogue. Everyone in the cast was there, it was a joyous wedding that everyone approved of (how often has that happened?), it seemed like the principal couples were all paired up in a way that could be the end game (Eric and Stephanie were pretty friendly, Ridge had just made his decision to stay married to Brooke, Thorne and Macy finally got their happy ending after years of misery), the Forresters and Spectras were getting along okay (except for the kids), and the major psychos were safely behind bars. The A, B, and C storylines had all been resolved during the summer, and it took a while to get new frontburner storylines going.

That's interesting! I have been wondering about when we'll see a shift in writing style. I'm only at early 1991 right now, so I'm not there yet. I wonder who has the most influence over the general "feel" of the show - the head writer or the executive producer. Going by what I remember, I seem to recall one clear "shift" by 1996/1997 and another one around 2003.

Edited November 27, 2021 by Videnbas

[Soapfan8]

I wonder if the writers always meant to have ridge and Brooke as endgame or it was Tridge before Hunter left 

[Videnbas]

I am not sure. I think either pairing could have been endgame. But Brooke/Ridge makes for better narrative symmetry because it would make Caroline prescient on her dying day.