Y&R: Discussion for the Month of March

[Taiah]

The last thing I wanna see Dylan doing is pretending to be a baby's daddy. I saw this type crap enough on GH. I'm way tired of Chelsea and her pregnancies.

[frequentsoapfan]

That singing and dancing in the hospital room was just so random and campy.

[dragonflies]

Kate Linder reveals how Esther got her name

http://www.theyoungandtherestless.com/2013/03/40-years-of-memorable-moments-kate-linder.php

[bluejeanbaby3]

"Amazing Grace".....at a wedding?

[Ann_SS]

I just watched PB's intro. Beautifully done. Classic clips. Jack and Nikki, one of my favorite of the few Y&R couples. I remember the chair through the window scene and the suspense when Jack left Victor lying in his office like it was yesterday. I just knew that Jack would come back and get help for Victor when Victor would never do that for him. Because he is my Jack! PB captured Jack's love for his father and family perfectly (too bad Colleen is not alive to be mentioned). Although I think that he is wrong and that Jack does measure up to his father. He right about Phyllis too. Jack needs to stay far away from her.

[frequentsoapfan]

As I said on another board Amazing Grace is not a funeral song despite what people think and it is actually played at weddings often.

[bluejeanbaby3]

Well, what if the people who think that it is are people who have heard it at funerals and not at weddings?

[sheilaforever]

wow - Griffith has aged. I remember him much younger from a pic about 5 years ago or so. No comment about JFP.

[Darn]

Jack's a far better man than GhostJohn wants him to be. Ugh, I hate the ghost version of John so much, this is not who he was at all.

[frequentsoapfan]

Ghost John is an orange hater.

[Ann_SS]

On this we agree. John was a kind man and most of all he adored Jack. He believed that his son was a good man. John never judged him or treated him harshly like orange ghost John does even when Jack messed up. I always remember when Jack lost Jabot because he took it public and Victor bought it out from under him. Jack was devastated and beating himself up. John stood by him and never said a harsh word.

[frequentsoapfan]

Ghost John wasn't so bad in his last appearence where he actually praised Jack for once but a little bit of him goes a long way. The worst was when he'd be on practically praising Billy for his mistakes.

[Vee]

I don't understand the purpose of Ghost John Abbott. I was under the impression this show was never big on soap "ghosts" prior to that. Then I tuned in one day and was like, what the !@#$%^&*]? And what does he do but keep coming back to harangue Jack? If you want to use him so much, bring him back from the dead or don't make the mistake of killing him. "Ghost John" still being a semi-regular cast member is ridiculous.

[Ann_SS]

What really irks me is that in reality, Billy was the son that John was constantly judging and disappointed in when he was alive. Billy was the one who partied got drunk and almost died from alcohol poisoning, then he decided to delay college and marry Mac very much against John's wishes. Goes to show how every headwriter ignores the show's history in favor of telling their own version of events.

[frequentsoapfan]

They used him as a ghost so much it's kind of hard to bring him back from the dead without John looking like an ass. I mean for the past few months he's been playing the role of Jack's conscience but there were a few scenes of him watching his family from "the other side"