From: toni@dmntor.UUCP (Toni Spurgeon)
Subject: B&B - history
Organization: Digital Media Networks, Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 19:55:23 GMT


Okay... here goes! I have this book called "The HIsotry of the Soaps"
and I wrote up the Y&R history, in parts, a while back. My disclaimer
here is that the history is not very well written and misses some
key happenings. As I've watched the Y&R from the beginning, I remembered
much of the things they left out... I'm a newcomer to B&B so you
won't get that advantage. Anyways... here goes and I hope you enjoy it!

Brooke Logan tried to talk Dave RReed into using her as a decoy
to catch the men who attacked her. Dave didn't want to argue with her...
he wanted to marry her. Brooke told Dave she loved him but she'd
have to think about his proposal. Later, Brooke's overprotective
brother, Storm, stoppped by the police station. He didn't want
her used in the investigation. Dave told him that it was the
surest way to catch the attackers. Storm wasn't convinced. Brooke was noot
to do it and that was final.
Brooke's little sister, Katie, was depressed. She feared that
no one would ever ask her out. Storm also worried about Katie
and he persuaded sister Donna Logan to take action. Donna met a
cute guy in the library and talked him into asking Katie out.
When Rocco Carner called her, Katie was ecstatic. He was being a good
sport despite the fact that it was Donna that interested him.
Kristen Forrester turned down Stephanie's invitation to Ridge's wedding.
Eric Forrrester was annoyed. He felt it was Stephanie's fault that Kristen
wouldn't come. She had never been able to get along with Kristen.
Caroline Spencer had better luck with Kristen, though, charming her
into attending the wedding and being a bridesmaid. Eric questioned
his son about the wedding. Was Ridge sure he wanted to get married?
Ridge was angryy. Didn't his dad have any faith in his decisions?
Eric wasn't the only one with doubts, though. Even Steph and thought
Caroline might be too good for her son!
Bill Spencer was still tormented by his daughter's decision to marry
Ridge. He wanted her to be happy and was certain that Forrestoer 
would make her miserable. Margo backed him up. She told Bill that
she didn't want Caroline to suffer the pain that accompanied
getting involved with Ridge. Bill wanted to know how Margo
knew so much about Ridge! Caroline begged her dad to give Ridge a chance.
She wanted more than his blessing, she wanted his approval.
Moved by his daughter's faith, Bill called Conway Weston, the private 
eye he hired to follow Ridge and left a message to cancel the
investigation.. Meanwhile, Ridge was growing more and more
frustrated with Caroline's refusal to sleep with him till the
wedding. When Alex, an old flame phoned, Ridge agreed to see her.
Alex manipulated him into reminiscing about old times and before
long they were making love as Weeston snapped photos!
Reading about the lavish Forresterr wedding got Storm
and Brooke thinking. Wouldn't it be great if Beth Logan married
Eric instead of their good-for-nothing father? The idea gave
Beth a jolt. Speaking of weddings, wasn't Dave going to marry
Brooke? Storm asked his sister but she didn't answer. As nice as
Dave was, Brooke wasn't sure she'd be happpy on a policeman's
salary. Dave announced he was ready to go ahead wiht the decoy
plan. Brooke was angry. She wanted to see the losers who almost
raped her behind bars.
Katie slumped into another state of depression when Rocco didn''t
call her bakc after their date. She believed she was too ugly. He
wanted to out with Donna! Finaally Donna wore him down and he decided
to see Katie again. Katie dried her teas when Rocco showed
up. Katie was too happy to notice that Rocco wasn't interested
in her.
Ridge panicked when he spotted Weston, but he was unable to
catch the private eye. Weston ran back to his darkroom and
developped the photos. He phoned Bill Spencer, but he wasn't home.
Certain that Weston was working for Spencer, Ridge did some
heavy thinking. His tryst with Alex was a mistake, and he
told her just that. Being so close to Caroline made him
realize how much he loved her. When Weston finally reached Bill,
Spencer tried to brush him off, but finally he met with him
and was stunned to see the photos. Convinced the photos were
legit, Bill wondered what to do next. He couldn't show them
to Caroline, she'd be furious at him for spying on Ridge.
What was worse, Bill was hosting a dinner party for the
Forresters that night. He convinced Margo to join him at
the party to help him get through what he thought would be
the worst night of his life. Bill contained his fury when
Ridge arrived. All i alll the evening was a success and Caroline and
Ridge were eager to marry. Bill told Ridge he wanted to
talk to him in private. Bill showed the photo to Rudge and
ordered him to call off the wedding.
That's all for now! I'll post more soon!
Toni