Getting to Genoa You All Over Again: Y&R Daily Chat

[TVForever]

Oh gosh,

A brief memorial to Billy Miller at the end of today's show.

That lovely, mischievous smile will be missed...

Since the strike seems to be doing weird things with the show anyway, I think it would be a nice memorial to replay a memorable episode (or two) from Billy Miller's run on the show. 

Billy and Victoria in Jamaica, or their wedding, or maybe his last episode as Billy.

 

[Js Nana]

12 minutes ago, Bunnyto4 said:

she has a nose

Which is perpetually stuck-up, the better for her to be able to look down it at her inferiors.

13 minutes ago, Bunnyto4 said:

was Nikki not an expert in the art of luuuvvvv?

But she's Queen Nikki now, queen consort to the ruler of Newmania.

[MollyB]

19 hours ago, Waldo13 said:

One last kicker to this being a false narrative is that there was an ongoing murder investigation and a competent insurance company, via its own investigator, wouldn’t pay until the insurance investigator was sure there was no criminal activity or the beneficiary didn’t commit the murder.  

Bingo!  That's what I'm saying.  I do wonder who would transfer the money if both parties are dead.

 

16 hours ago, Waldo13 said:

For Domino Botoxia it’s Deja Vu all over again with Chelsea going after Rey and Summer❄️x6 going after Chance. 

maybe she should date someone her own age.....just sayin'

[NinjaPenguins]

Dick In The Box is this week’s advice columnist. Buttbiscuit is still on ASSignment. The Genoa City Blowhole is committed to helping readers with all their emotional needs.

Dear Penis In A Package;

Haha. See what I did there? I’m super duper sad! I’m feeling some sort of way about a guy who is not available. The woman he’s seeing is always nice to me even though I sort of ruined her life by coming out of my mom’s fun house. I’m getting divorced from a man who’s been like a brother to me, so it’s kinda soon to jump into another relationship. He’s big on the law, and I feel like laws don’t apply to me. Oh, and one more weird ass thing; I’ve got a kid but don’t remember ever being knocked up or blowing out my danger zone having one. He’s cool and all, but wtf?

Signed;

Spring Freshdude

Dear Spring;

I am so bored on this business trip that I jumped at the chance to share my wisdom with people. I’ve never read a newspaper, unless wrapping a dookie in one to burn on your lacrosse coach’s doorstep counts. Whatever. Prepare to be taken to school.

Who cares if someone is unavailable. I never did. Still don’t. If you want to tap that azz, jump on it and let the chips fall where they may. People will get over it or they won’t. I’m practically the town bike, or, to be more manly, the town motorcycle. I’ve spelunked (spespunked) in so many forbidden caves - a wife’s friend, a former stepdad’s wife, my bro’s ex, my dad’s ex-wife, the list of locked down ladies I’ve laid could be used to tp Newman Towers. Follow that lady boner to bliss, girlfriend.

You’re kind of annoying with the obvious, dumbass questions, tbh. You sound like my daughter, who would totally believe I had her nose when it was just my thumb. LOL! I played an epic prank on that little asshole. Way back, my first daughter died and I felt, like, a hole in my life. I banged this dude’s lady and she got Prego, right? I thought, cool, and told everyone the DNA test came out in my favor. It did not. Later, this kid started panting after her half-bro, so I thought I should come clean. Then she beat me at Mario Kart, I’m a sore loser, so I’m, like, whatever, I’m your dad. My ex went loopy and took the blame, my daughter was banging the guy and it all got away from me. Whoops! LOL. I’m sorry. It’s still so hilarious.

The kid in your life is not a problem. Raising other people’s kids is a fun, fulfilling hobby, especially if it provides an opportunity to dunk hard on someone. I’m raising my bratty brother’s kid and my car has never run smoother. You got a garage where you’re at?

Dear Dick Box;

I’m one of those unique individuals who learns nothing from my mistakes. Why clutter up your mind with life lessons? If only others felt the same! I’ve committed crimes of a serious nature, yes, and used my muffin for nefarious purposes. I don’t get why people won’t forgive me. I’m never going to change. No regerts!

I was recently approached by a sniveling ferret who offered me millions to hack into a rival’s financial information. I wasn’t going to do it, as this twerp has burned me before, but then I was forced to. A job I never started was harshly taken from me, and this was after my ex-husband was rude to me just because I framed his current wife for murder. He’s such a panty. The catch is that the man I’m hacking has given me a total free pass on my bullshit because I used to do kinky things with his nostrils and a pickle. I can’t say I feel guilty, but it’s nice to have an ally. I’m already thinking about ways I can betray the ferret and still get the cash. Please advise.

Signed;

Stabby McStabface

Dear Stabby;

Sweeeeet name! Noice. I honestly have no idea what the hell you’re talking about, as business is not really my thing. If someone is willing to pay millions for cyber fuckery, then I’d fuck cyber all day, every day. Your ex-husband has a legit beef, I guess, but that’s on him for ever sticking his dick in crazy. I’ve been there, done that, got the crabs. You ride the roller coaster, sometimes you finish the ride with a lapful of regurgitated corn dogs. Don’t betray the ferret, tho, as those little skinny fuckers rock. Hope this helps! I’m going to look at porn and text my girl. Bye!

 

[MsMalin]

I would love to have them do a split screen scene of Nikki playing Chopsticks on the piano and stripping to it.

[Joimiaroxeu]

A table directly in front of the entryway would not seem ideal to me. I'm surprised the GCAC dining room sits any of their customers there.

Looks like Audra might be over Kyle. Good job, Tucker! 😏

I thought Nikki looked fab today. May be late in the season for pastel colors though.

Meh, I'm over the game of 20 Questions between Lily and Victor. IMO there's no reason for the show to be coy about who the mystery investor is when they've already announced

Spoiler

the impending return of Mamie. Of course it's her.

Billy, you are a muckraking gossipmonger and like Jack said, Devon probably couldn't get away from your sketchy self fast enough. John Abbott would not be proud.

If Victor's investment in C/W was minor what was ever the big deal about it?

Kyle and Audra may be dunzo but unfortunately we have to keep seeing their highlight reel. KMN. Those moments weren't so great the first time, JG.

Surely Audra knows what Nikki is trying to pull wrt her and Kyle's private lives is legally questionable. Why doesn't she push back? At least mention Victoria & Nate, Nick & Sally, and Adam & Sally.

Wah, wah, wah, Victoria. Poop or get off the pot. You are well past the age where whining at Daddy can convince him to let you have your way. And you're not scared NE will fall apart without you; you're worried it won't.

That said, perhaps Vikki should do some research into mood stabilizers. Not for her, for Victor.

Ehh, Jack is too much of a gentleman. I'm thinking he should box Billy's ears and knee him in the groin because merely fussing at Billy is clearly a waste of time.

Shut up, Victor. You've never had any problem having Kyle work at NE in the past when it suited your anti-Jack and anti-Jabot purposes.

I watched Y& R online today at CBS.com and it didn't include the brief memorial to Billy Miller. Wonder why not? Seemed like the tribute was barely five ten seconds long so it wasn't really biting into the space for commercials.

Edited September 21, 2023 by Joimiaroxeu

[Gam2]

I agree that Billy Miller deserved a more important remembrance than what they gave him. God rest his soul.

[Waldo13]

Groucho🥸🥸 Groucho🥸🥸 Groucho🥸🥸 Victor can’t stand not being in charge?  You are the one, more than Victor, that can’t stand being in charge.  You are not even the definition of what a CEO is suppose to be. A CEO directs subordinates into completing assignments according to their vision of what direction they want the company to go. Your hands have to be in every aspect of your subordinates job responsibilities.  Set up to fail you say?  Groucho🥸🥸 you failed all on your own according to Victor without bringing the family unity he wanted.  It looks like Groucho 🥸🥸 will be trying to get her father declared incompetent to get him institutionalized.  It’s now Groucho🥸🥸🥸because she’s really not qualified even to be in the C-suite of any other multinational corporation. The only qualification is that Groucho🥸🥸🥸 has is that she’s a Newman.  

Do the monkeys with a keyboard get paid by the word or with a minimum of monkeys, is it too taxing to write a full episode of dialog?  I ask this because there seems to be an over abundance of flashbacks lately. 

It’s about time Y&R paid tribute to Billy Miller.  What I find very interesting is that the last scene of today’s episode is Nostrils at the bar than the tribute to Billy Miller. This denotes to me the vast difference the way the character is portrayed. Billy Miller’s portrayal was more of a lovable rouge where now he’s just a dark miserable POS. 

 

[NinjaPenguins]

I don’t mind watching the lives and loves of rich people, unless those rich people are Victor and Nikki Newman. My dog, are they awful. Are they serious with this bullshit where Nikki fires people with lust in their eyes and Victor demands lockstep obedience. The problem with these unlikeable, unpleasant douchebags is that they never get their comeuppance, and I think they’re not even supposed to be villains? I can’t with Nikki swanning all over town, lording it over the peons and trying to run their lives. Victor can take his condescending guessing game with Lily and shove it up the puckered leather change purse he calls an ass.

Emo Buttbiscuit is working my last nerve with his morose, shit-stirring, woe is me drama. That blanched pipette hasn’t ever given Jack a reason to trust him, and I hope he inhales a pink slip.

Instead of the flashbacks taking up so much time, why not extend the Billy Miller tribute? He was just perfect as Jack’s kid brother, and even though his Billy could be a fuck-up, he played it perfectly with a touch of lightness that just won’t be replicated. His smile and his charisma made the episodes he was in such a treat. 

 

[boes]

ButtBiscuit is the human equivalent of a carton spoiled milk.  Bad smell along with a bad taste that lingers far too long.  Billy Miller's Billy Abbott was an almost always likeable fuck up but Jason Thompson's Billy would give Mr. Murdstone the shivers.

Nikki's always had the inclination to turn into an insufferable, judgemental snob at the drop of a hat but for the longest time now, she's that way almost continuously.  Yeah, she can be nice to a grandchild or a child or be embarrassingly schmoopy with her cadaver doll of a husband, but otherwise she's just awful.  I wish Jill would come back and nail her to the wall as she used to do so well.  I wonder, though, if she's coming across more because that's the only way MTS can play her or if Griffin deliberately writes her that way.

If anyone at Show is under the illusion that she's playing the grand dame the way Jeanne Cooper played Katherine, they couldn't be more wrong.  

Wouldn't it be nice if somebody, anybody, mussed up Kyle's hair, kicked sand in his face and made him cry?  I really want to see him cry.

[Gam2]

Adam? Your hair style makes you look stupid.

[Joimiaroxeu]

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I wonder, though, if she's coming across more because that's the only way MTS can play her or if Griffin deliberately writes her that way.

I think once Nikki settled into her role as The Wife of Victor Newman and Mother of The Two Newman Children, she could put on airs at the drop of a Birkin bag. But she wasn't like that all the time. In private she mainly acted like a regular person. Now it seems as if she never turns the snootiness off and I believe she's being written in a new way, mostly since the strike began.

In fact, I think several characters are being made to highlight one or two extreme facets of their personalities, e.g., Victor, Billy, Phyllis, and Sharon. It's probably easier and quicker for JG to handle them this way since he's doing All the Jobs at Y&R these days. 😉

Edited September 22, 2023 by Joimiaroxeu

[CountryGirl]

On 9/21/2023 at 1:37 PM, TVForever said:

Oh gosh,

A brief memorial to Billy Miller at the end of today's show.

That lovely, mischievous smile will be missed...

Since the strike seems to be doing weird things with the show anyway, I think it would be a nice memorial to replay a memorable episode (or two) from Billy Miller's run on the show. 

Billy and Victoria in Jamaica, or their wedding, or maybe his last episode as Billy.

 

I would love to see any of those scenes but also the iconic episode where Victoria pulled Billy from the gutter on a snowy New Year's Eve and their amazing storyline first began. 

[Joimiaroxeu]

Wow, Diane, way to be a supportive mommy. Who your grown@$$ son dates isn't really any of your business either.

Tucker, my guy, don't be out here sniffing after Audra. Makes you look like you're at the mercy of her cooch.

Billy, Adam already told you he was keeping his hot goss about Tucker to himself. And in case you forgot, Adam's independently wealthy and doesn't need any material or financial help from the likes of you. Gah you are so full of yourself.

Phyllis told Jack she's trying really hard to change. Really, really hard. Really.

Hey, Kyle, I know something you could work on while you're temporarily unemployed: your ridiculous bouffant. Mrs. Martinez may cook hamburgers occasionally but the Abbott manse is not the home of the Big Boy.

Billy negotiating with Adam over a bit of blackmail info. What was wrong with this picture? He must be hella desperate to...take down Tucker? Force Tucker to help him kick Jack out of Jabot? Sure, Jan.

That's right Adam. Don't pull your mask up for Billy. Even if he is likely right about this new leaf you claim to have turned over, he's never going to be a trustworthy ally.

Why does Phyllis need a job? Isn't Tucker paying her a cool two milli to hack Billy's finances? Daniel wouldn't be paying her anything close to $2M at Omega Sphere. He probably doesn't earn that much himself.

Lol, Billy is a complete loon. Adam wouldn't play ball so he stomped out of Society in a huff. Sucks to be you, William, tee hee.

Audra to Billy: boy, bye. I know you're not trying to come at me all hard and intimidating. Go away before I laugh in your silly face.

Aw yea, Tucker and Adam having themselves a verbal tennis match. AFAIC nobody brings it like those two in a scene together. They're the corporate bromance I still wish for.

But yikes, Adam needs to keep Ashley's name out his mouth after what he did to her (and Faith and Sharon) back in the day. I recoiled even though Tucker didn't.

Not Audra jumping on the Kyle & Summer 4 Evah train too! Aarrgh!

Re the previews: Mamie's hair! Oh honey, no. 😱🙀😵‍💫🤯.

Edited September 22, 2023 by Joimiaroxeu

[MsMalin]

Sadly, when I think of what a great actor Billy Miller was, I think of the Delia death storyline. Talk about a punch in the gut. I wish they would devote a few episodes to his best moments both happy and sad.

Edited September 22, 2023 by MsMalin

[Js Nana]

1 hour ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Isn't Tucker paying her a cool two milli to hack Billy's finances?

That's the 2 mil the insurance company has come after her for from when Jeremy Stark collected on her fake death and squirreled it away in some anonymous account somewhere outside the USA.

As played, the character of Kyle does not have the gravitas to pull off being a sophisticated adult - he's more like a high school sophomore playing at being a man of the world.

[One Tough Cookie]

On 9/21/2023 at 4:27 PM, NinjaPenguins said:

. I’m practically the town bike, or, to be more manly, the town motorcycle.

When the Book Of @Ninja Penguins is published this chapter will be required reading

[Julyolo]

IMO the only changes we'll ever see from Phyllis will be any new rotten idea she'll come up with herself, or cosign to advance someone else's criminal agenda. Did we not just see her sign on with Jeremy "Velour" Starke to bring Diane down a few months ago? Now, she's going to play devil's handmaiden for Tucker? At least she and Starke had a common goal. Now she's signed up just for the money. Yawn. I gave a lot of thought to the posts some wrote about the character of TGVN being removed from the cast. Wasn't there something in his contract that said that character can't be ended? I agree it is sad to see Eric Braeden trying to act young and restless, when he is so aged and joyless. I think some actors know in their hearts when it is time to leave the stage. I would hope he has that kind of innate dignity about his craft. He is no longer able to bring gravitas to this role, IMO. I think it is up to him to call it a day. Should I be in his situation, I would let the end of John Aniston (DOOL) be my guide. Spending 80% of your character's time slumped in a chair is not the way to go. He should gracefully let this role go, and enjoy the accolades about his body of work, while he is alive, and can appreciate them. I would say he and ski slope nose Nikki need to go off on their proposed vacation, and decide what they really want is to live out the rest of their days in their Italian palazzo, villa, the Villages in Florida, Catalina Island....whatever.

 

Edited September 23, 2023 by Julyolo

[Jaded]

3 hours ago, MsMalin said:

Sadly, when I think of what a great actor Billy Miller was, I think of the Delia death storyline. Talk about a punch in the gut. I wish they would devote a few episodes to his best moments both happy and sad.

I'd take a single episode. More would be nice.

[Waldo13]

Nostrils is so rude and so full of himself. Adam tells him that he doesn’t want Nostrils to join him but he sits down anyway. Then he proceeds to pick a crumb off Adam’s plate.  Adam is starting over and Nostrils is still at the top for now, but I bet Adam could buy and sell Nostrils. Nostrils things he’s smooth but Nostrils plays checkers while Adam plays chess.

This pathetic Taz🌪️ is giving me the shits 🤢🤮. If Taz🌪️ is the all time master hacker, she should be able to find where Stark hid the money. Taz🌪️ could hack into Stark’s banking records and follow the money. I’m sure there would be suspicions banking activity reports that the bank would send to the IRS that she could hack into.  If Taz🌪️ really wanted to change, she would have taken Daniel’s off instead of thinking about Tucker’s offer. Or perhaps, she will do both. 

Orange hair, orange complexion, orange blouse, and blue teeth. Taz🌪️ is the nightmare before Halloween 👻 🎃.  

[PatsyandEddie]

Round of applause for Waldo! Great observations, especially on Taz 🌪️. She’s been making my eyes and ears bleed since her first appearance back in the Danny R days. 

[Js Nana]

3 hours ago, Waldo13 said:

If Taz🌪️ is the all time master hacker, she should be able to find where Stark hid the money.

There ya' go again, Waldo, thinking logically - don't you know such thinking is VERBOTEN! in Genoa City land?

[Js Nana]

3 hours ago, Waldo13 said:

This pathetic Taz🌪️ is giving me the shits 🤢🤮

 

1 hour ago, PatsyandEddie said:

Taz 🌪️. She’s been making my eyes and ears bleed since her first appearance back in the Danny R days.

Wow, one of you gets the shits and the other's eyes and ears bleed whenever Taz 🌪️makes an appearance - my guess is that it's going to take either a pilgrimage to Lourdes, or Phyllis falling into Genoa City's most active volcano, never to be seen or heard from again, to cure you of your afflictions and bring some sunshine on a rainy day back into your lives.

[Js Nana]

4 hours ago, Waldo13 said:

Orange hair, orange complexion, orange blouse, and blue teeth. Taz🌪️ is the nightmare before Halloween 👻 🎃.  

Ever since it was scientifically determined that catching a glimpse of Taz 🌪️ on Halloween could be a cause of severe psychological trauma in littler kids, the authorities have kept her chained up in Genoa City's jailhouse attic from 11:00 PM, Oct. 30th to 6:00 AM, Nov. 1st.

[Kemper]

The alleged hacking skills. When was the last time Phyllis worked full time - part time - or anytime, recently, on any kind of computer. I think an actual hacker is at it 24/7,  adapting to the newest security protocols that businesses have implemented. Geez, I can’t stand anything about MS and her mad AK-ting skills or the writer of this dreck. 

[Js Nana]

3 minutes ago, Kemper said:

I can’t stand anything about MS and her mad AK-ting skills or the writer of this dreck. 

Well, to be fair to MS, but with limitations, she can only work with the dreck JG writes - it's her portrayal of that dreck that's all up to her, and it would seem that it's OK with the show's producers for her to play Taz 🌪️ as a cartoon character, clown's face and all.

[Js Nana]

17 hours ago, Julyolo said:

Spending 80% of your character's time slumped in a chair is not the way to go.

I can envision the shooting scripts soon reading something like this:

Scene 1, shot 1: Close up of Victor sitting in his black leather chair.

Scene 3, shot 5:  Medium shot of Victor sitting in his black leather chair.

Scene 5, shot 2:   Over-the-shoulder shot of Victor sitting in his black leather chair.

[MsMalin]

Waldo13:

[babyhouseman]

23 hours ago, MsMalin said:

I wish they would devote a few episodes to his best moments both happy and sad.

His Billy was one of the few soap characters with a sense of humor. Remember how he teased Kevin for being the chipmunk.

[One Tough Cookie]

4 hours ago, Js Nana said:

Well, to be fair to MS, but with limitations, she can only work with the dreck JG writes - it's her portrayal of that dreck that's all up to her, and it would seem that it's OK with the show's producers for her to play Taz 🌪️ as a cartoon

character, clown's face and all.

I must respectfully disagree with you. She's just a ssssshitty actress all over, she suckced in GH as well.  No wonder she's so thin, with all the scenery  she's chewing

[NinjaPenguins]

Kyle: Shit. I’ve been made.

Diane: Where are you going?

Kyle: To clean out my desk at Newman Media. Well, Audra was letting me store my stuff in her drawers. Hehehehe.

Diane: That whore whored you out of a job, didn’t she?

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Tucker: Do you have a minute?

Audra: Kyle’s favorite question. 30 seconds of foreplay included.

Tucker: Sit down. I’ve been thinking about you.

Audra: Yeah, about that. I enjoy a good Tuck fuck as much as the next girl, but we’re not starting that stuff again. I’m sorry if I gave you that impression.

Tucker: I was thinking about you in a more karmic sense. Wink. What goes around comes around. Several times, in fact.

Audra: I get it. Your game has hit a rough patch.

Tucker: Can’t win ‘em all. So, you still in on Operation Fuck The Abbots?

Audra: I never claimed to be in on it. I said I’d keep my options open.

Tucker: Everything cool at Newman Media then?

Audra: Nikki doesn’t trust me much. I don’t know if it’s because I’m not in the sisterhood of the pole or that I dared to play with her granddaughter’s toys. Still, I like my job.

Tucker: I can find a role for you at Jabot after I pants Jack Abbot.

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Phyllis: Give me one minute to spew some bullshit, Jack. One minute.

Jack: I’ll give you two so you can repeat everything.

Phyllis: I know. I know I messed up. Messed up badly. I am trying hard, so hard, to change. I’m just trying my ass off here.

Jack: Actions talk, bullshit walks. You can turn your receipts in to my accountant.

Phyllis: Well, it doesn’t happen overnight! But you’ll see. You’ll all see. Mwah ha ha. One day a halo will just poof into existence over my head.

Jack: Right. Look, I don’t wish you any ill, and I absolutely admire your commitment to having your hair, skin and outfit be one color. And one day, I’ll probably ask you to marry me again. Until then, I said goodbye to you at your memorial and still consider you legally dead.

Jack leaves the park.

Daniel: Oh man, Mom. Ya burnt!

Phyllis: You heard that?

Daniel: Damn straight! That was savage.

Phyllis: You could defend my honor.

Daniel: Nah. You earned that with interest, dawg.

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Billy: May I sit down?

Adam: Is there a cactus in the chair? If not, no.

Billy sits and then plucks a piece of food off Adam’s plate, popping it into his mouth with his usual je nais se quois. That’s french for donkey facedness.

Billy: Gross!

Adam: Found it with my toothpick just before you arrived, sucker. Why are you dressed like a cat burglar?

Billy: I’m afraid that’s classified. Now, you have some intel on Tucker McCall, intel that could very well upset the balance of geopolitical power in Genoa City.

Adam: The fuck you on about?

Billy: I need that compromising material like I need air to breathe. I’ll pay any price using nature’s credit card. Hell, I’m willing to pay in installments starting with a down payment tonight.

Adam: I’ve decided against using it. I turned a personal corner this week.

Billy: Ahhh. You’re feeling me out with your long, graceful fingers, seeing how far I’ll go to get what I need. This mission cannot fail. Tell me every line I need to cross, every forbidden place I need to trespass. Name your price, bitch.

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Diane: Sit your flat ass down.

Kyle: I don’t want to get into why I lost the job. I promise you it wasn’t hats.

Diane: Fine. I know how disappointed you must be. What will you do now?

Kyle: Find a nice fez to settle down with? Harrison likes palm trees and sand. I got time on my hands and and a beach ready bouffant.

Diane: So you’re just going to take your son and build sandcastles on a tropical island somewhere? Mister, that kind of fun is frowned upon in this town. You need to hop back on the corporate carousel. Preferably at Jabot.

Kyle: Why? So Dad can put me in charge of the eyebrow pencil division and pretend he’s being such a good father? I’d rather shake sand out of my dick flap for years.

Diane: At least your father can’t be summoned by a ouija board.

Kyle: I will grace Jabot with my as yet unseen expertise on one condition - I replace Billy as co-CEO. So, you know, hope in one hand, shit in the other. See which fills up first.

Diane: I’ve got two pimp hands to your one mouth hole. Do that math, genius.

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Tucker: Your position at Jabot would be a very prestigious one.

Audra: Working under you, I presume.

Tucker: Hell no. I have no interest in running Jabot. Maybe I’d be an advisor or senior guyliner developer or whatever.

Audra: Why bother?

Tucker: Some men just want to watch the world burn. I want to watch Jack Abbot bite his lip in consternation.

Audra: That’s it?

Tucker: I want to raze the Abbot family to the ground and salt the earth where they once stood. I want pure, unfiltered vengeance injected directly into my bloodstream. It’s just that people look at you funny when you say shit like that.

Audra: Don’t you think the Abbots realize that you’re hurt and looking for revenge? Their defenses will be up.

Tucker: Oh noes. Whatever shall I do? Those meddling assholes took away my chance to be with Ashley. Fuck their defenses. I’ll nuke those tits from orbit.

Audra: Good luck with that.

Tucker: Now I need to warn you about Agent 007, Lame Bond. Billy Abbot is out there making moves like a cracked out giraffe on roller skates, thinking he’s as smooth and subtle as a hummingbird fart. He’ll probably try his act on you. Don’t stare directly into his nostrils. Common rookie mistake.

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Adam: I mean it, Billy. I’m on my best behavior.

Billy: Sure, buddy. Billy makes a vigorous jerking off motion. The gesture goes on for about thirty seconds too long.

Adam: Do you mind? I’m getting uncomfortable.

Billy: Look, one screw-up to another… I can change but you can’t. You can try to woo me with your honeyed words, but no matter what you say or do, you’ll always be Adam Newman.

Adam: Duh? I’m serious. I’m starting on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder at Newman and working my way up.

Billy: Was this all just some cock tease? You sidle up to me, smelling of sandalwood and intrigue, offering to whisper sweet McCall somethings in my ear. Now you’re playing hard to get?

Adam: Yeah, I don’t really want to lob bombs or get tangled up with your schemes while I’m headed in this new direction. You’ve got nothing I want, but if I ever need a place to store a herd of elephants, I’ll ring your nasal cavities.

Billy: You’ve made a very powerful enemy today, motherfucker.

In his haste to storm out, Billy almost runs into Tucker.

Tucker: Hey, Billy. Didn’t we have a meeting? You texted me.

Billy: Fuck off. It was probably a butt dial.

Tucker: What’s his problem?

Adam: He’s a mystery wrapped in a riddle wrapped in an enigma. He’s like the turducken of douchebags.

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Phyllis: I’ve just had it with people holding me accountable for my actions. Everyone in this town has done horrific things, yet I’m the one being persecuted. Persecuted!

Daniel: Oh, I don’t know. Not too many folks in Genoa City have faked their own deaths, framed their rival for murder, committed insurance fraud, sliced up a velour villain like a Christmas ham, watched their children suffer unimaginable grief and guilt and recruited those same kids to commit felonies, all while wearing a noggin topper so ugly Kyle Abbot wouldn’t fuck it blind drunk.

Phyllis: I get it, okay? I get it. Do you get that this kind of moralizing is why you’re not my favorite?.

Daniel: Focus on something positive. Like your new job with Nick and Sharon and Adam.

Phyllis: Yeah, about that… There was a shakeup at Newman and I’m collateral damage. As usual. As usual.

Daniel: I know. I just really enjoy hearing you admit it.

Phyllis: I’m not angling, absolutely not angling for you to get on your knees and beg me to stay in Genoa City. That’s not what this is. But maybe Jeremy Stark was right that I should just disappear and start a new life where no one sees my bullshit coming. You kids would be better off. Better off.

Daniel: Personally, my fuck tank is depleted. I do not want to listen to Summer’s insipid whining though. Look, you start a new job in the morning. It can’t be done remotely, so you’ll have to stick around.

Phyllis: I do? I will?

Daniel: You’ve got an unpaid internship at Omegasphere. You’ll need to behave yourself. I’m not playing favorites because you’re my mother. For starters, your parking space will be in the Rexx Rugs lot three blocks away.

Phyllis: Oh, Daniel. Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel. Daniel. Omigod. You’re just as dumb as your sister.

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Jack: Kyle. What are you doing home?

Diane: Our bright boy was fired from his Newman Media job. He’s too fragile to explain why, so don’t push it.

Jack: Sigh. I’m sorry, son. I suppose your nookie supply was cut off too.

Kyle: Dad’s picking on me.

Jack: You know you’re always welcome to quickly disappoint me at Jabot.

Kyle: Well, you know my terms and conditions. Who can say where I’ll bang my hat? Fortune favors the pomp. Ta ta!

Jack: Are you sure he’s not Victor’s?

Diane: I need to apologize. I was so excited that he was free of Newman Media that I sort of let slip Billy’s possible departure. Now Kyle’s really feeling himself.

Jack: Hopefully not in public.

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Tucker: May I join you?

Adam: Please do. It would be the highlight of my day, nay, the very pinnacle of my existence. What a palate cleanser your company would be after the shit sandwich who just departed.

Tucker: God, kid, you’ve got so much potential. Your sarcasm is too gaudy, too obvious to be effective. Subtlety is the key to sticking the landing. Drain a few watts off the smirk so your audience doesn’t sense the verbal shiv you’ve got equipped.

Adam: I can admit that I’ve got a lot to learn.

Tucker: What did Billy want? Looked like you two were on a date.

Adam: Billy thinks he’s the lead in Mission Impossible. He’s not even Austin Powers.

Tucker: Yeah, baby. He seemed pretty agitated.

Adam: Hey, you could always ask your brother-in-law. Is he still your brother-in-law, by the way?

Tucker: Oh, he told you about me and Ashley, did he?

Adam: What happened? You spent all of one day in Paris before coming home with your tail between your legs.

Tucker: Like I’m sharing the intimate details of my life with the punk who blackmailed me.

Adam: I harbor no ill will towards you. Technically I blackmailed Audra Charles.

Tucker: Technically it blew up in your face. Ha!

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Kyle strides into the GCAC with the assured swagger of a Cornish rooster who sees the whole world as his henhouse. He spots Audra sitting alone at a table. Surely he could call upon his natural charm to slide back into her DMs, whatever the hell that meant.

Kyle: May I sit down, or will that get you fired?

Audra: By all means. Just don’t eye fuck me.

Kyle: Wow. It’s like that, huh? How can you be so cold with all the heat this smokeshow is putting out? You’re practically sitting on the sun, girl.

Audra: We didn’t have some epic, fairytale romance, Kyle. It doesn’t even rate as a Harlequin..

Kyle: It had to have meant something. I mean, we had a flashback montage and everything.

Audra: We had fun, the sex was surprisingly adequate and I was able to own how provocative I found that duck’s butt perched on your scalp. However, we’re not soulmates. That would be you and Summer.

Kyle: You already rejected me. You don’t have to insult me.

Audra: Face it, Kyle. I’m just a rebound fling. You used me to mask the pain of losing your true love.

Kyle: All of you fools out there selling Summer’s shit on a shingle need to fucking stop. You don’t even know what it’s like to have a second asshole attached to your hip. My father and I are off the Summers women for good.

Audra: Good luck with that.

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Phyllis: Daniel, can I tell you how much it means to me that you’re willing to give me my millionth chance? I promise to fuck it up and blame you.

Daniel: I’m just setting you up to fail, tbh.

Phyllis: Let me think about this. Could I get an advance of two million dollars?

Daniel: No?

Phyllis: I’ll be in touch.

Daniel: Yeah. Let me know when you’re done getting in your own way.

Daniel walks away in disgust. Phyllis can’t believe it. What’s the point of shtupping the CEO if you couldn’t make deposits AND withdrawals? Once again, fate had forced her hand. If only Jack had been nicer to her or the insurance company had been as easy to roll as the criminal justice system.

Phyllis: Are you there, God? It’s me, Phyllis. I’m going to do more one naughty thing in my whole life, just one, and that is it. I promise. I promise. One more thing. Cross my heart. It’s just a little hacking, no slashing this time. Promise. Promise.

A bird soars overhead, loosing its biological weaponry on the orange bullseye below.

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Billy: Audra Charles, hold up. I’m investigating a known associate of yours. I’d like to ask you a few questions.

Audra: Under whose authority?

Billy: I’m a rogue agent. And Tucker McCall is the most dangerous rogue of all.

Audra: Should I call your mom to come get you?

Billy: Don’t play games with me, lady. Tell me what Tucker McCall is up to and I’ll talk to the judge about going easy on you. By the way, I’m the judge.

Audra: How the hell would I know?

Billy: Come on. My nephew may be too much of a rube to sense it, but I can smell the McCall all over you. It smells like irony and vengeance.

Audra: Congratulations. With that two lane tunnel on your face, I’m sure you can smell fresh penguin shit in Antarctica from here.

Billy: I’m giving you a chance to avoid being entangled in the deepest, darkest corporate espionage sting the world has ever seen. All you gotta do is give Daddy some sugar.

Audra: I can take care of myself. Are you going to get out of my way, or do I need to tie your balls in a bow and leave you on the Abbot mansion doorstep?

Billy slinks away and hides behind a plant.

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Adam: That’s him alright. Trying to pretend he doesn’t have a snootful of ficus.

Tucker: His family really needs to stage an intervention.

Tucker’s phone caws. It’s a text message from Phyllis. “I’m in. Be right over after I wash my hair.”

Tucker: Gotta go.

Adam: That’s a shame.

Tucker: Very good shade. Nice and subtle.

Billy oozes out from behind the plant. Adam has moved to the bar, his tight hindquarters cuddling the cushioned stool. Tucker is waiting… but for whom? Suddenly, Phyllis storms in, a chaotic storm of gangly limbs. She makes a beeline for McCall, until a gaping abyss in her peripheral vision stops her cold.

Billy: Hello, Phyllis.

Phyllis: Oh fuck me sideways. Hey, Billy. Hi. I’m here to drink. Alone.

Billy ducks into the revolving door, pleased as punch with his clever subterfuge. Tucker has bolted up the stairs. Phyllis sprints to catch up like her ass was on fire. The game was afoot.

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Tucker: Let’s get this show on the road.

Phyllis: Because I’m in a position to make demands, I want a million bucks before I start hacking. I’m the best. You can tell by the way I needed Adam to dig up dirt on you instead of doing it myself. Myself. Bitch better have my money.

 

[PatsyandEddie]

Ninja, it’s my birthday and this has been such a gift of laughter. Thank you! 

[NinjaPenguins]

Happy birthday! May the nostrils of despair overlook your house!

[boes]

Happy Birthday, PatsyandEddie!!

Don't celebrate at Society - the food is all varnished - and stay away from Neil's Memorial Jazz Mausoleum, you might run into Phyllis.

See if you can find that bar Billy Miller's Billy Abbott used to own and have a GREAT TIME!

[PatsyandEddie]

Thanks for the good wishes peeps. 😘

[SweePea59]

On 9/21/2023 at 7:36 PM, Joimiaroxeu said:

Kyle and Audra may be dunzo but unfortunately we have to keep seeing their highlight reel. KMN. Those moments weren't so great the first time, JG.

Boy, that affair was fast. It lasted about a few weeks in our time and about four days in GC time. 

Oh P&E - Happiest of Birthdays to you!

[Joimiaroxeu]

Hippo birdie greetings, PatsyandEddie:

🎶And many more🎶

 

[MollyB]

5 hours ago, PatsyandEddie said:

it’s my birthday

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

[Chatty Cake]

Happy birthday @PatsyandEddie! 
The tribute to Billy Miller was short but damn, it was so good seeing that smile again. It’s been 10 years next month since the dark Delia story. It was such a loss to lose Billy Miller and Michael Muhney at the same time. Now it’s 100 times as sad knowing Billy Miller has left us forever.  The crap that we are left with today is pretty grim. The flashbacks of recent stuff are getting old. All these jobless bums wandering around insulting each other is mildly amusing once in awhile, not every day. 
I like that Nikki had Audra fire Kyle. I want her to make Victoria fire Nate next although I think Adam as his assistant will be hilarious.

[Waldo13]

On 9/23/2023 at 3:16 PM, MsMalin said:

Waldo13:

I got to be me 😉. 

Edited September 25, 2023 by Waldo13

[Joimiaroxeu]

Oy, Adam, it's one step forward, 47 steps back with you. You'd made  progress with Sally with the kiss but then you followed up by making too big of a deal about it. Calm down.

I think Jack needs to stop arguing with Billy. What's done is done; fire Billy or don't fire him but kill the endless harangues.

Shut up, Billy, you don't have access to shite because Adam has decided not to give you the goods on Tucker. You're negotiating to keep your job with what amounts to less than a box of air. 🙄

Would a major international company like Jabot only have a single corporate checking account? Seems like a clear vulnerability to me.

"Say less." Eh, JG, that expression doesn't work quite the way you were having Sally and Adam use it today. Maybe since it's being reported the writers strike is virtually over, you can hire back the people who would know better.

I think Phyllis being so upset about Billy getting hurt in Tucker's scheme is odd. Since when does she have a conscience? Tucker probably should've hired his hacking job out to someone who wouldn't care about (or even know) the Abbotts and Jabot.

Meh, I did not have Phyllis propping Billy on my Y&R bingo card. She should just tell Billy what Tucker's up to, for the reasonable price of $2.2M. Billy might have to pay her on an installment plan though, lol.

OMG, Adam, has no one ever broken up with you before? You sound like your brain has gone cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Any woman would be scared or put off by your behavior, especially Sally since she was in a similar emotional space back in L.A.

You'd think Billy would have an text or email alert set on his bank accounts to let him know of any transactions outside of a given "normal" range. Is that not standard these days?

Whoa, Sally is on the verge of succumbing to Adam. Feel free to take your time returning from your business trip. Nick. 😏

[Waldo13]

Do you know how you can tell Nostrils is full of shit?  Rhetorical question, he’s always full of shit. Nostrils it’s Adam who has that information on Tucker, not you.

 

Nostrils is playing poker with Jack by bluffing  he has the goods on Tucker.  Nostrils finally gives up the ghost and tells Jack it’s Adam who has the goods on Tucker and wants Jack to negotiate terms with Adam.  If Adam it’s true to becoming a new Adam, I don’t think that Adam will comply. Unlike Taz🌪️, who’s all talk and no action about straightening up her act. Maybe I spoke too soon about Adam after his conversation with Jack. 

 

Sally Sally Sally you are hiding your feelings about Adam or you wouldn’t have flash back to that kiss with Adam. Sally sees the bouquet of roses and I’m not sure if she’s relieved that they were sent by Banana Breath. 

[MsMalin]

I have to laugh at how quickly huge sums of money are transferred. It doesn't happen instantky, trust me...I worked for a gigantic financial firm. Not talking about the hacked money bit the money Tucker transferred to Phyllis. A million dollar transfer just doesn't happen that fast. Not to mention that Phyllis receiving that money would be taxable. If she doesn't declare the money she is in deep shit with the IRS.  There are just too many ways for her to get into trouble for these shenanigans.

[NinjaPenguins]

I can’t. I won’t. Do not revisit, recall, or even hint at the abomination that was Philly. Let sleeping dog turds lie. I love Tucker, but he can catch a bullet train to hell for even bringing it up. Phyllis once stole her daughter’s trust fund; she would not give a flying fuck on a turnip truck about setting Billy up for embezzlement charges. I know I don’t feel sorry for that whiny ass titty baby. This will all somehow end with Jack shouting an apology into the cavern system on Billy’s dumb face so we have to listen to it echo for eternity.

We’re back to Adam trying too hard and Sally not wanting any part of it. Here I was worried they were moving in a new direction. Sally can’t wait for Nick to return so she can keep it in her pants - sounds about right.

Tucker finds a way to have fun with everyone he meets. 

[Joimiaroxeu]

Yeah, I wondered about that transfer of money between Tucker and Phyllis too and figured they both must have offshore bank accounts which they used. But that still leaves Phyllis having to get the money back into the US to pay the insurance company. The IRS is sure to notice, even if she breaks it down into a bunch of smaller amounts.

However, those iffy financial shenanigans are nothing compared to when Victoria pulled a multimillion dollar pigeon drop on Ashland. She transferred $250M into a  joint account and after Ashland sent his $250M, she then moved the entire $500M back to her personal account in GC. All on her Chromebook or whatever like she was merely buying an outfit online at Ann Taylor. So stupid.

[Julyolo]

Excuse me, but what are any of these characters doing all day, besides rotating around a coffee house, jazz lounge, or a restaurant? No currently "in progress" or proposed projects are ever discussed, coming out from the Jabot perfume brand or luxe life home furnishings department run by Dummer. What, since the identity reveal of Ashland Locke, was the last big media coup argued over by NE or CW? Omegasphere? In order for all of these corporate intrigues and proposed takeovers to capture my imagination, I'm afraid I need to see a little more product passion, rather than a revolving cast of trash talkers. What would be the motivation for the current characters to protect or maintain any of these companies, other than their family names? None of them have watercoolers, lunch rooms, or coffee break rooms, even those stereotypical business place wateringholes have been outsourced.

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by Julyolo

[SweePea59]

2 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

I think Phyllis being so upset about Billy getting hurt in Tucker's scheme is odd.

Right? She was all, fuck Jack but don't hurt Billy. Just when ya think that ya couldn't hate her anymore than you already do...

[SweePea59]

I watched today. This show is no fun anymore. It's just tedious and illogical.

[NinjaPenguins]

1 hour ago, SweePea59 said:

I watched today. This show is no fun anymore. It's just tedious and illogical.

Right? I started a recap, but then Phyllis started caping for Billy and I completely lost interest. Shitheads caring about other shitheads just doesn’t do it for me.

Viewers could find better corporate intrigue watching pigeons play Monopoly.

[boes]

6 hours ago, MsMalin said:

I have to laugh at how quickly huge sums of money are transferred. It doesn't happen instantky, trust me...

Ow Kantrary, MsMalin, Ow kantrary.  

I was contacted just a couple of weeks ago by this very nice man from Spain who kindly informed me of the death of a Spanish count and his entire family in a car crash and, AND, it turns out that not only am I the next of kin of people I'd never heard of, I'm also now a count!  All I have to do is send him a measly 5000 bucks to process the claims and easy peasy, lemon squeezy, I'm more powerful than

these guys.  

I haven't sent the money yet because all I have at the moment are quarters but I'll get around to it.  What's even more amazing to me, we don't have a drop of Spanish blood!  

We've been amazingly lucky lately.  My sister got a call that someone had hacked her Social Security, but lucky for her, my brother stopped payment on this lovely timeshare in Paterson, NJ, he was buying from this really kind woman who, don't you know, was willing to accept a personal check.  

Now she'll have to wait until I get my money from that lovely guy in Spain.

The financial transactions in Genoa City happen EXACTLY like they do on my phone.