Illustrated Soap Ads - the good, the bad, and the oddities

[Paul Raven]

Dee Stewart ?

[robbwolff]

No, that's not Nikki. I think it's Leslie Brooks as played by the late Victoria Mallory. And I agree with Paul. I think the blonde at the bottom is Dee Stewart.

[Paul Raven]

 Leslie in her blonde 'Pris' persona?

Who is to the right of Brad in the ATWT section? Is it supposed to be Annie?

[robbwolff]

I was thinking Annie or Lisa. Didn't they toy with pairing Lisa and Brad?

[DRW50]

I'd never seen that.

I think the ATWT lady is Dee (matching my feelings for most of her storylines). I don't know why Nikki would be in the 4 Ls. Maybe that was Leslie? 

[DRW50]

It does look like Eileen's side profile.

I'd love to have heard her thoughts on that drawing.

[j swift]

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I think it would be a mixed response from Ms Fulton.  On the one hand, those cheekbones are arched for the gawds, on the other her tiny placement in the ad as a whole may have been an issue.

Edited February 6 by j swift

[Paul Raven]

I think it is supposed to be Eileen/Lisa. This is early 1980 and Brad and Lisa were circling each other at that time. That story was dropped and Lisa was back to the Grant/Joyce triangle.

[j swift]

Time wise, that fits because this was edited from an ad for the day Y&R debuted their 60-minute episode format.  Hence, the prominence of their actors.

Edited February 6 by j swift

[j swift]

Her arm may be oddly proportioned (her hand is longer than her upper arm), but they nailed the hair.

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Edited February 8 by j swift

[j swift]

Thanks to @adams.delights on Instagram the Y&R plates

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they keep getting an odd perspective on Nikki

happy to see Mamie got her own plate

 

more plates

What's up with Katherine's eyes?

they de-hunk-ified Brad

 

[Franko]

Nikki looks like she's giving serious side eye in the first plate, then she's about to go cross-eyed in the second one.

I'm more disturbed by Rex in the Katherine plate.

Sadly, the Brad plate, with a center image of him standing in a pair of ribbed Fruit of the Loom whites, was rejected.

[j swift]

Somewhere in Kansas…

“Mommy, mommy, can we use the Y&R plates for supper?  I want the Lauren plate, not the Traci!”

Edited March 21 by j swift

[Paul Raven]

Who is the fur clad woman on the Victor plate supposed to be?