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And another thing:  They need to scale back by 1 actor on how many are shown. The music has nearly faded out completely by the time we get to the HOLLYWOOD LIGHTS Y&R. 

1 hour ago, Darn said:

We didn't know what we had.

When I first started watching Y&R in 99 all everyone DID was complain about this opening! I loved it personally! But look at where we are now, I bet some of them WISH they had this to complain about.

Speaking of my introduction to The Young and The Restless, this is the very scene that made me fall in love with the show.

I was so curious as to why she was terrorizing this young girl. Mac didn't stand there and take it either, I loved how venomous Jill was and how believably incredulous Mac was ("Why are you talking like this? We're only in high school").

YOU BETTA WERRK THAT W#ORE HAIR, JILL ABBOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved that opening!!! But I was too young for the internet to realize how disliked it was.

 

Awwww Old Mac...great times!  

Omg Today Thurs March 23 CDN (Tomorrow Fri March 24 US)

They misspelled Tracey E. Bregman's first name!

She just celebrated 40 years on the show and you're calling her Tracy? 
She's TRACEY.

 

 

 

It reminds me of a cheap 90s european soap trying to immitate Dynasty. 

The skyline behind the actors is so outdated. The skyline behind the logo is so modern GH and vintage TEON. So not Y&R with its classy and sophisticated intros.

At this point I'd be happy with title card with the iconic 80s logo.

Is Y&R the only show that's included a cast-center opening on every episode? Meaning no abbreviated opening (like B&B).

It's really interesting how the full title theme has always been an integral part of the show.

The Red Opening worked for that era - nothing beats some of the most memorable shots: ED, JW and, of course, HT.

On the other hand, a decade earlier we had JW pushing down her panty hose and Brittany Norman twirling with her handbag...

1 minute ago, edgeofnik said:

The Red Opening worked for that era - nothing beats some of the most memorable shots: ED, JW and, of course, HT.

THIS.

14 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Omg Today Thurs March 23 CDN (Tomorrow Fri March 24 US)

They misspelled Tracey E. Bregman's first name!

She just celebrated 40 years on the show and you're calling her Tracy? 
She's TRACEY.

 

 

 

Tacky tacky tacky. No one’s checking that sh!t before it goes live? So sloppy and unprofessional.

I don’t like the actor shots for this one. Yesterday’s were much better.

On 3/22/2023 at 4:06 PM, Dylan said:

Err no thanks!

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

YOU BETTA WERRK THAT W#ORE HAIR, JILL ABBOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

🤣 Agree, that hair toss was and still is epic.

Will any of the *missing* contract players be added? CF (2021), CH (2020!), AL and SW (both 2022).

CH is obviously the most glaring. SW's return certainly revitalized the Abbott family dynamics.

I somehow missed this thread and saw the opening today. Wow so underwhelming and cheap.

The could have easily recreated the 1988-99 opening on a white background and I wouldn’t have minded it at all. 

1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

The could have easily recreated the 1988-99 opening on a white background and I wouldn’t have minded it at all. 

I actually wouldn't have minded them recreating the Rex/Katherine necklace scene but with Victor putting it around Nikki's neck instead! that would have been great! 

7 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

I actually wouldn't have minded them recreating the Rex/Katherine necklace scene but with Victor putting it around Nikki's neck instead! that would have been great! 

That would’ve been fun!!! I was actually wondering what your thoughts were (sorry if I scrolled past them though funny I found this thread just as I had watched today’s opening lol). 
 

I don’t mind the font, it would have been better if it was in gold than the red for the 50th. The city skyline is completely out of place. As far as Y&R goes it reminded me of the Newman Enterprises logo font.

 

 

The bad thing is this still looks better 29 years later, Nikki head spin and all:

 

Y&R could have done charcoal portraits ad infinitum. Those opening titles were sleek, elegant, timeless, iconic.

While I understand the desire to try something new, I do not understand how such tackiness gets greenlit. No one on the team said, "Now let's talk about this public access talk show skyline..."?