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LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- SUMMARY BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: Rick is humbled when he goes to Brooke to tell her that she was right all along about Amber and her wicked ways. Caroline explains to Thomas the reason why she has been forced to keep her family's secret (her mothers are lesbians)…Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- Q AND A Q: With all this talk about soap opera actors taking salary cuts, I wondered what they do make. Do you have any figures? — Ralph Jeryll in Austin, Texas A: With all the flurry surrounding the Facebook IPO, I am going to be very careful when I …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- GOSSIP More good soap-opera news: The 39th Annual Daytime Emmys will be televised. HLN will air the show on Saturday, June 23, from 8-10 p.m. Eastern time. "HLN is thrilled to work with NATAS to celebrate some of television?s best programs and …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- SUMMARY BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: As they go head-to-head over whom Liam should be with, Stephanie informs Brooke that she needs to accept that Hope will not be getting married anytime soon. Brooke confronts Liam about why he tore up the signed annulment papers …Read more.
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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A

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Q: When I began watching "Young and Restless," Jill just learned that Kay was her mother. Now it appears Kay is not her biological mother. So who is Jill's bio family? — Anthony, Foxborough, Mass.

A: Who knows? Jill does not seem to be looking for her "real" mother. Let's talk about the family she grew up with. Jill's mother, Liz, was Kay's housekeeper. Her father, Bill, was a blue-collar worker whom Jill adored. Bill died after a long struggle with lung cancer, which was linked to his smoking habit. Jill has two brothers. Greg, a lawyer, was not on the "Y&R" canvas for very long. Her brother William, however, had a long run. A gynecologist, his nickname was Snapper. I couldn't make that up. William Grey Espy, who played Snapper, was one of the first soap opera "hunks." When Espy left to move to Nashville and become a country western star, the producers did an extensive search for a replacement.

They found the then-unknown David Hasselhoff. Snapper became a major character. While Espy never became an international or even local country star, Hasselhoff began recording songs. Even then, Hasselhoff would brag he was a major signing star in Germany. It was the first thing he told me in our first, second and every interview.

The "Hoff," as he likes to be called — a better nickname than Snapper— went on to TV hits such as the original "Knight Rider," "Baywatch" and is presently a judge on "America's Got Talent." He is also in the tabloids every other week due to scandals about his marriage, his drinking and his non-parenting skills.

To find out more about Lynda Hirsch, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.

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