16 hours ago, SoapDope78 said:

I really wish those early episodes would be made available on a streaming service. I remember reading quotes in recent years from Tom Hallick and Janice Lynde saying they wish they had never left Y&R. Hallick said he had been lured by false promises to NBC about projects that never came to be and Lynde said since Y&R was her first TV gig she felt that there were bigger greener pastures to explore, but realized she made a mistake in hindsight.

Re: Trish Stewart. Not too long ago I saw her on reruns of Match Game 74. Kay Stevens (the big mouth) was impressed with her. She mentioned that Bill Bell was also writing Days at the time and Bell was was praising Stewart as an actress and her work on Y&R.

I do personally feel that Hallick and Lynde made poor decisions when they left Y&R; Brad and Leslie were the roles of a lifetime for them. Alas, people have dreams (and illusions) of grandeur, and often believe in their own publicity.

Stewart's work on Y&R was top-notch. Her performances during Chris Brooks' rape storylines were gripping. Those first several years of the show were amazingly good.

8 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

I do personally feel that Hallick and Lynde made poor decisions when they left Y&R; Brad and Leslie were the roles of a lifetime for them. Alas, people have dreams (and illusions) of grandeur, and often believe in their own publicity.

Stewart's work on Y&R was top-notch. Her performances during Chris Brooks' rape storylines were gripping. Those first several years of the show were amazingly good.

I hope someday those episodes will surface and get a chance to see them. I wish that when Hasselhoff and Topping left in 1982, Bell had gotten Espy and Stewart to return.

The storyline with Sally returning with Chucky would have been perfect for them. Lee Crawford's return was kind of a dud with her playing opposite 2 actors that she had no prior connection to.

2 hours ago, SoapDope78 said:

I hope someday those episodes will surface and get a chance to see them. I wish that when Hasselhoff and Topping left in 1982, Bell had gotten Espy and Stewart to return.

At least, when the Brooks sisters returned to Genoa City in 1984 to attend the Newman wedding, Trish Stewart was chosen to reprise Chris. I was hoping to see Janice Lynde as Leslie, too, but no such luck.😕

Speaking of that wedding, it was rather random and far-fetched that Nikki and Victor would even invite all the Brooks girls (along with Maestro Fausch, no less🙄) to attend. It's not like they were all close.

I was thrilled when William Gray Espy and James Houghton returned as Snapper and Greg for the show's 30th anniversary celebration, though. It was just soooo disappointing to see David Hasselhoff and Wings Hauser (the worst of all the Greg recasts🤢) chosen to play out Liz Foster's death story.

2 hours ago, SoapDope78 said:

The storyline with Sally returning with Chucky would have been perfect for them. Lee Crawford's return was kind of a dud with her playing opposite 2 actors that she had no prior connection to.

Yes, Lee Crawford's return was a dud and fizzled out, but I was happy to see her, anyway. It would have been so much more meaningful and effective, had she had the chance to be reunited with Espy and Stewart. (The boy who played Chuckie was quite good, BTW, and the show blundered by never bringing back either that character or Brooks Prentiss as adults.)

Rare 1978 studio master episode of Concentration.

Here are some clips of the upcoming Price Is Right tell all. LOL at what Dian said to Bob.

Of the three (or four?) classic "Barker Beauties," my favorite was Holly Hallstrom. She projected a warm, friendly, girl-next-door image that reminded me so many women of her age that I saw around my hometown (OKC). Like, I could totally see her teaching at one of my old public schools, or bump into her at one of the local malls or restaurants.

Don't get me wrong, though, I loved Janice, too. But she seemed more unattainable, for lack of a better word. Like Farrah or the Heathers (Locklear and Thomas). On the other hand, Dian always struck me (even as a child!) as a bimbo who'd sleep her way to the top. (Apparently, she did, lol).

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10 minutes ago, Khan said:

Of the three (or four?) classic "Barker Beauties," my favorite was Holly Hallstrom. She projected a warm, friendly, girl-next-door image that reminded me so many women of her age that I saw around my hometown (OKC). Like, I could totally see her teaching at one of my old public schools, or bump into her at one of the local malls or restaurants.

Don't get me wrong, though, I loved Janice, too. But she seemed more unattainable, for lack of a better word. Like Farrah or the Heathers (Locklear and Thomas). On the other hand, Dian always struck me (even as a child!) as a bimbo who'd sleep her way to the top. (Apparently, she did, lol).

Holly was my favorite too. I also liked Janice. Dian as you said came across as a gold digger. She was always running around half naked.......LOL. I was surprised she was once married to E. Duke Vincent who was one of the top dogs in the Spelling-Goldberg empire. Vincent married actress Pamela Hensley after they met on the set of the Spelling production Matt Houston. Hensley retired from acting shortly after MH wrapped.

Daytime viewers were always looking for backstage drama and gossip of the CBS soaps, but it was sweet little Price Is Right where most of the juicy stuff was unfolding.

20 minutes ago, SoapDope78 said:

I was surprised she was once married to E. Duke Vincent who was one of the top dogs in the Spelling-Goldberg empire.

That...? Doesn't surprise me, lol.

Vincent played Charlie (or, rather, the back of Charlie's head) in the original "Charlie's Angels;" and even from THAT angle, he appeared to be having way too much fun with the hotties playing Charlie's mostly voiceless sexual conquests in scenes with him.