1 hour ago, Darn said:

 

I thought he was still on contract, I don't know actually lol.

He is.

54 minutes ago, Darn said:

I've always found it interesting that a character whose rise in prominence aligned with the show's rise in the ratings didn't have any fans. Clearly SOME viewers like her but you get online and you'd swear everyone hated her. Soap forums are really an echo chamber sometimes.

 

This reminded me of this video. Not that it's anything to go by, but literally nobody was a fan of the character of Cricket.
 

She was asked:
- about her father and if she could influence the writing.

- about Michael Damien

- if Cricket would ever become nastier.

Hardly a fan favorite, especially opposite DD and JW who were receiving more insightful questions, I'd say.

 

44 minutes ago, StepBack said:

Ok, so I actually enjoyed Eva Longoria time on Y&R (despite her looking ashamed of it in the past) and this period of Y&R. Lauralee Bell and Christine also improved substantially during this story. 

 

I liked Isabella! Until they ruined the story with Cricket's black wig, Isabella's fake death and her threatening Cricket's life. Sorry, that was too much. (and it had Jack Smith's stamp all over it)

7 minutes ago, Aback said:

 

This reminded me of this video. Not that it's anything to go by, but literally nobody was a fan of the character of Cricket.
 

She was asked:
- about her father and if she could influence the writing.

- about Michael Damien

- if Cricket would ever become nastier.

Hardly a fan favorite, especially opposite DD and JW who were receiving more insightful questions, I'd say.

 

It's so weird though, isn't it? Sonny, Carly, et. al have ruined GH but you'll still find people who are ride or die for them yet Christine fans are still in the closet. I was pretty indifferent to Chris when I started watching, she didn't bother me or impress me and Lauralee seems like a lovely woman who didn't let being the boss' daughter go to her head.

 

Maybe a lot of the audience were like me and fairly indifferent to the character and watching for the goings on, not necessarily what was going on with Cricket in a "What is Christine up to?" and more "What could possibly happen to Christine now?"

1 minute ago, Darn said:

It's so weird though, isn't it? Sonny, Carly, et. al have ruined GH but you'll still find people who are ride or die for them yet Christine fans are still in the closet. I was pretty indifferent to Chris when I started watching, she didn't bother me or impress me and Lauralee seems like a lovely woman who didn't let being the boss' daughter go to her head.

 

Maybe a lot of the audience were like me and fairly indifferent to the character and watching for the goings on, not necessarily what was going on with Cricket in a "What is Christine up to?" and more "What could possibly happen to Christine now?"

 

I agree. I think the audience was indifferent to Cricket. As for LLB, I too think she must be an extremely lovely woman, she's a competent actress and I'd be curious to see her work as a writer. I'd be lying if I said that the exposure to Cricket we've experienced in the classics hadn't felt like overkill...

Lauralee Bell is the daytime equivalent of Tori Spelling.

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

Lauralee Bell is the daytime equivalent of Tori Spelling.

I can’t agree with that.  She grew into a competent soap actress.  She was also way more a story focus than Tori ever was on 90210.  

@titan1978 I meant in the sense that both of them had their careers handed to them by their fathers. To Lauralee's credit, she didn't go off the rails after Bill Bell's passing the way Tori has since Aaron Spelling passed.

Why is CLB on contract? The character is played out and never on.

I clicked by today because I’ve watched some of the classic episodes but this must have been when I really stopped watching.  I watched for about 3 minutes and didn’t know a ainglw character 

Thu June 4 
#8461
from Aug 24, 2006
John's funeral

Today's US episode is pretty decent for showing rarely seen parts of the expanded Newman Ranch set (the old one) hosting a gala, and then Kevin as he's about to light Gina's on fire, which used to be Jonas' and Pierre's prior to that, dating back to the start of Y&R.

8 hours ago, janea4old said:

Thu June 4 
#8461
from Aug 24, 2006
John's funeral

 

That's a good one. According to the recap, it's all Abbot with no other scenes: https://www.soapcentral.com/yr/recaps/2006/060821.php#thu

 

Now I wonder what the last episode will be... worried it might be Patty shooting Jack or something. I don't think Colleen is remembered enough on the show for them to do something with her death. Maybe Delia's death, but thats more a Billy Miller showcase than the Abbot family.

It was always heavily rumored that Lauralee is why Terry Lester quit. 

Was Jack's role diminished as Cricket's rose? Or was he just upset at the nepotism?

1 hour ago, Fevuh said:

It was always heavily rumored that Lauralee is why Terry Lester quit. 

Not a rumor but a fact.

 

btw what year is today's episode from? On my tv guide it says 1993...