hey Blake..
So right.. no young stud wants to live in dainty flowers anything..
they don’t even buy flowered sheets or frilly throw pillows LOL
Katherine mansion was pure elderly woman decor ..

man needs his manly stuff..

Big difference between floral & dainty, and a crypt. lol

I love flowers.

C, I was wrong, I thought Jason would be great as billy, no, I was wrong,it’s a bust!

Interesting how we can all see things differently. I think Jason Thompson is doing a terrific job and instead of emulating the past actors who played Billy, he is making this character his own. As someone said (forgive me, I cannot recall who it was) Thompson plays Billy as more of a Foster than an Abbott.
Here’s where I feel I was wrong–I thought Billy Miller would make a terrific Jason but for me, he’s just not working. I would never imagine in a million years that Miller could be so dull.

Yes, Harry! Terry Lester was very upset that Lauralee Bell was getting a great deal of onscreen time, which I think played a big role in his leaving Y&R! You may remember the second eldest Brooks sister, Lauralee, also known as Lorie, when she returned to Y&R for six weeks in the summer of 2002! In fact, when the late William J. Bell created the character of Lauralee “Lorie” Brooks, he named the character after his daughter, Lauralee Bell!

Harry, I thought I’d give you some more information! I read a very long time ago, that the front doors of the Brooks house were actually from a real Beverly Hills mansion! I see no reason why this wouldn’t be true! Y&R started as a half-hour soap when it premiered on March 26,1973, and expanded to one hour on February 4, 1980! Y&R replaced the daytime soap Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, which ran from 1967-1973! William Gray Espy, who originated the role of Dr. William “Snapper” Foster in 1973, and was later replaced by David Hasselhoff in 1975, appeared as an extra on LIAMST! Although Snapper was married to the third eldest of the four Brooks sisters, Chris, William Gray Espy was dating Janice Lynde, who originated the role of Leslie Brooks, the eldest Brooks sister, in real-life! Later, William Gray Espy and Janice Lynde were reunited on Another World! William played Mitch, and Janice played Tracy on that show for two years, starting in 1979! Janice left Y&R IN 1977, and next year, will be gone 40 years from Y&R! Janice was replaced as Leslie by the late Victoria Mallory, who passed away at 64 in 2014! In fact, Beau Kayzer, who played Katherine Chancellor’s son, Brock Reynolds, passed away four months to the day of Victoria Mallory! In fact, both Beau’s and Victoria’s characters were once romantically linked on Y&R! Jaime Lyn Bauer, who was the original Lorie Brooks, and Tom Hallick, whose character Brad Eliot, was mugged, and then brought to Genoa City by a truck driver in Y&R’s premiere episode, guest-starred last night in a classic CHiPs episode! They shared a scene with Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox! Ironically, Erik Estrada appeared briefly many years later on The Bold and the Beautiful, Y&R’s sister show! Lorie was also played temporarily by Lezlie Dalton, who went on to play Elizabeth Spaulding on Guiding Light, Victoria Thompson, who went on to play one of the Janice Frames on Another World, and finally, by Wesley Pfenning, who went on to play one of the Alice Frames on Another World! Donna Mills appeared on both The Secret Storm and Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, and in a prime time 1972 series called, The Good Life, with Larry Hagman! Donna MIlls appeared in the 1982 TV movie, Bare Essence, and when Bare Essence became a TV series, which lasted only one season, in the spring of 1983, Jaime Lyn Bauer replaced Donna Mills in that show, I would assume, because Donna Mills was busy with Knots Landing! In fact, Jaime Lyn Bauer appeared as a real estate agent in one episode of Knots Landing! Donna Mills, was in that episode as well, but they didn’t have any scenes together! This might also interest you: Ronn Moss, who was the original Ridge Forrester on B&B, was once married to Shari Shattuck, the third Ashley Abbott on Y&R, but when Eileen Davidson returned as Ashley in 1999, then crossed over for a little while to B&B in 2007, Ridge was dating the original Ashley on the show! Also, Susan Flannery, who played Ridge’s mom, Stephanie Forrester on B&B, and Jaime Lyn Bauer, have two things in common: they both played the wife of John McCook on two different soaps! Susan was John’s wife on B&B, and Jaime was John’s wife years earlier, on Y&R! The second Ashley Abbott, Brenda Epperson, was married to Blade at one time on Y&R! Blade was played by Michael Tylo, who is married to Hunter Tylo, who played Ridge’s second wife, Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester, on B&B! Also, B&B replaced Capitol, a political soap opera, which aired from March 1982 to March 1987! Jess Walton appeared on that soap, and started playing Jill on Y&R three months after Capitol went off the air! Carolyn Jones, of The Addams Family, originated the role of rich matriarch Myrna Clegg on Capitol, and was rivals with Constance Towers, who played sweet Clarissa McCandless! When Carolyn Jones was ailing, Marla Adams temporarily filled in for her! Later, Marla Adams went on to play Dina Abbott Mergeron, John Abbott’s first wife, on Y&R! When that happened, Carolyn Jones’ permanent replacement as Myrna Clegg on Capitol was Marj Dusay, who was best-known as Blair’s (Lisa Whelchel) mom on The Facts of Life! Carolyn Jones passed away in early August 1983, sadly! Constance Towers appeared briefly as John Abbott’s secretary, Audrey North, on Y&R, in 1996, and, as you probably know, Harry, Constance Towers has played the third Helena Cassadine the longest on GH for many years, but the role was originated by the late, great Elizabeth Taylor in 1981! Marla Adams also appeared as the third of four Beth Logans on B&B, which replaced Capitol, which Marla also appeared on! I have many different autographs from soap opera stars, etc., and I used to draw, but really don’t anymore, due to arthritis! Jaime Lyn Bauer always wrote to me, and told me she remembered the drawing I sent of her, and she thinks she still has it in a frame behind one of her other pictures! My drawings of both Donna Mills and Jaime Lyn Bauer somehow got posted to both actresses’ Facebook pages, but are not there anymore! I also have autographed photos from Jeanne Cooper, Terry Lester, Beau Kayzer and Tasha Martel, who was also known as Arlene Martel and Arline Sax! These photos are precious, because all four of these performers have passed on! I had a videotape of Tasha Martel duplicated for her when she appeared in one of two Twilight Zone episodes! She also appeared briefly as a jeweler on Y&R in February 1988! This was when Rex Sterling (Quinn Redeker) was buying an engagement ring for Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper)! Quinn Redeker first appeared on Y&R as Nikki’s (Melody Thomas Scott) abusive father, Nick Reed, who was killed off! Tasha Martel was married to Jerry Douglas (ex-John Abbott), and when I had the tape made for her, we spoke on the phone, but she never told me she was married to Jerry Douglas! They were divorced, and I read about their marriage later on! She said that Jeanne Cooper was very nice, and so was Elizabeth Montgomery and Agnes Moorehead, when she guest-starred as the evil witch Malvina in a two-part episode of Bewitched! Agnes Moorehead also appeared in an early 1970s TV movie with Donna Mills and William Gray Espy, Y&R’s original Snapper! Jeanne Cooper, when she wrote back to me, said that she couldn’t get over how I remembered all the Jills and their real names! Katherine Chancellor was also played temporarily by Beverly Garland, of My Three Sons fame and also Kate Jackson’s mother on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Patience Cleveland, who appeared as a woman whom Debra (Patricia Heaton) knew from the beauty salon on Everybody Loves Raymond (they had her dog neutered in this episode), Gisele McKenzie, a Canadian singer, who was known as Canada’s First Lady of Song, and finally by Michael Learned, of The Waltons! Sadly, all the actresses who have played Katherine Chancellor, with the exception of Michael Learned, have passed away! A little coincidence here is that Richard Thomas, who played Michael Learned’s son on The Waltons, once dated Brenda Dickson, Y&R’s original Jill! When Michael Learned temporarily played Katherine Chancellor on Y&R, she was working with Jess Walton, Brenda Dickson’s replacement as Jill, whose real last name is Walton, as in The Waltons! Finally, I agree totally with what someone posted here: although I like Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, no one could ever replace the late Terry Lester, who was superb as the original Jack Abbott! No disrespect to Peter Bergman, who has done a great job in the role for almost 27 years now, but I do miss Terry Lester very much! May he RIP! Harry, I hope I haven’t bored you by now! Take care, and be well! Keep watching Y&R!