The very first time I watched the Y & R was in July 1982 when Jack was about to marry Patty (Paul Williams's sister). Everyone was at the church waiting for Jack (Mr. Lester) to arrive. Finally, Jack's sister Ashley went to Jack's apartment to look for him and found him in bed with Diane (I believe a Jabol model). Ashley dragged him to the church (Jack was also completely hungover) and he married Patty LOL. Just a few years later Patty ended up shooting Jack. It was Mr. Lester's acting as Jack that made the Y & R the dominant soap opera that it remains today. RIP Mr. Lester
Terry Lester quit because of Lauralee Bell, personally he was 100% right. She is an absolutely horrible actress and because of her father she never had to worry about getting fired. It's so unfair how so many great actresses don't ever get work and this horrible actress gets a job cause of her name. Luckily now she's no longer on the show and let's hope it stays that way.
Terry lester was great,even my uncle don liked the original jack Abbott, the new one is great too.i grew up on terry lester and i just thought he was the best on the young and the restless throughout the 80s.
I find it ironic that Doug Davidson said the same thing of Lauralee Bell, that she was getting more air time. So it wouldn't surprise me if it were also true with Lester. I've never liked her, and have always felt she over acted, and that many story lines did enolve her way too often. Also, I read there was speculation of Terry Lester died from complications with AIDS. He may have been gay in person, idk, but he played the Hot playboy quite well.
@@staciasmith5162 Actually, I think Lauralee did a good job with the role. It is always easy to point to nepotism, but I don't think the Bell's would have kept her on if she was terrible as an actress . . . and she wasn't.
Terry Lester play the part of Jack Abbott but he passed away and Peter Bergman has played Jack Abbott for 15 plus year's Terry Lester was a great actor After all these years you are still very much missed.
Terry was great in the role. When he left I didn't think anyone could fill his shoes but Peter Bergman won me over quickly. That was one of the times Y&R got re-casting right.
@@rosettachaney8088 In 1991, Jack vs. Victor spilled over into real life, as there was an on set brawl between Bergman and Braeden! The Young and the Restless creator William J. Bell had to threaten to fire both to get them to cool down. While Bergman and Braeden continue to share tons of storylines on Y&R, right to this day, apparently there still isn't much love lost between the two
I remember as a kid, my mom watching Y&R. I'd get hooked on it during summer vacation from school. Jack was always my favorite character. Loved his funny, snarky personality. To this day I only remember his story lines and scenes. The new guy came in and I lost interest. I never liked him, I thought he was strange looking. My late mom said he grew on her and she ended up finding him the best character. To this day, whenever I see him, he never replaced the Jack I grew up watching. The original Jack was the best. Funny but I remember him being so old to me, but now I'm probably 20 years older than he was during that time. I didn't know he died. I was wondering why you never hear or see him anymore. He is missed
I have not watched an episode of Y&R since about the mid-1990s. While I've always liked the job Peter Bergman has done in his portrayal of Jack Abbott, anyone who regularly watched the pre-Cricket years of Y&R knows that Terry Lester is the REAL Jack Abbott. I firmly believe his criticisms of the show's direction, which led to him leaving, were justified.
@FischerFan First RIP Terry, I have watched YR from day one, LauraLeeBell, was and still is a horrible actress, she is never happy and is a first class ass, she only got the part of Christian because she was Bill Bells daughter, Terry Lester was a great actor and played Jack Abbott very well , Yes he left because of Laura Lee Bell, but he also left because he was sick by then with cancer, he is missed and we can remember him in our hearts, Peter Berman who has played Jack Abbott for the past 20 +years has done a great job playing Jack Abbott and so a round of applause should be given to both men, To Terry Lester who made the part of Jack Abbott oh so great, and Peter Bergman for taking over the part of Jack Abbott and made it easier for us to Watch, Terry Lester thank you for being such a great actor, and thank you Peter Bergman for playing Jack Abbott, beautifully.
@@maryforman8877 Lauralee Bell was like Priscilla Presley when it came to natural acting ability. Neither had natural acting talent, but were simply the beneficiaries of having ties to wealthy, famous and privileged people. Bell is a first class ass, you say? Not a big surprise. From the end of the 1980s until the early 1990s, any of my co-workers who identified themselves as viewers of Y&R could all agree on one thing. They ALL hated Cricket! From the date rape, sexual harassment, and spousal abuse story lines to helping Nick Newman or senior citizens, you knew the outcome was going to be the same. Cricket was going to emerge as the folk hero...and we would hear about how wonderful she is. She also went from being a model to a singer, a lawyer, a counsellor, and the list goes on and on. I once thought to myself, 'I'm sure by next week, the scriptwriters will have her running for Congress!'. Now, on a more positive note, I have also always liked Peter Bergman's portrayal of Jack Abbott. He is a natural actor and a gentleman. He has delivered some of my favourite lines in the series, most notably when he has described Victor Newman as 'the Black Knight' or Jill as 'the Dragon Lady'. Nope, I have never had a problem with him portraying Jack Abbott and never will! Next to Doug Davidson, he and Terry Lester may well be my favourite cast members.
@FischerFan hello Fisher fan Thank you for writing back to me, and I agree with you 100 percent with everything you said I can't disagree with anything you said, I too loved Terry Lester, it is sad he passed away, as for Peter Bergman he makes a excellent Jack Abbot, have a great day and thank you again
Lauralee Bell did get special treatment because of her father she was right in the middle of every summer story line then at Christmas break from school and of course she drove right into a romance with Danny and when they got married it was in Hawaii not in g c so yeah she got special treatment Because of her parents she’s not that great of an actress
i sill had thinking of terry Lester who playing jack before peter had the job playing the bad guy jack , as for Lauralee Bell had some ting vs Terry Lester is bull , why ever is odd too, Terry had more back bone to being it to Laurualee in 1 place ,good for Terry Lester ,
I like both actors.Again a perfect example of two different players making the role their own.I though it would be hard to replace Terry because he was very talented but Peter is talented as well.The both portrayed the character in their own way.
Terry Lester was a great actor and was also part of why Nars beginning of its Heyday of many many years it is very sad to learn that he died so young I did not know this I really did not know why he left the show because and that time I was a lot younger than I am now and you just kind of learned according to relatives to accept the comings and goings on daytime I happen to know from experience now that daytime is a difficult business they learn many lines ever many hours everyday and some people can do it and some can't Terry Lester did it very well and gave all of his self everywhere he went and although Peter Bergman has warmed my heart overtime Terry Lester is the original Jack Abbott to me sincerely Joe Cooper PS I also liked his things with the original Jill Brandon Dixon the spelling of her last name is Dickson actually she was another great actress who just would not listen to the Head writers producers or owners or she'll probably would have stayed on the show I do remember it is her own fault that she is not on the show now for not following directions about her clothing and other issues
One of the comments below a scandal Terry Lester. He died suddenly unexpectedly in 2003 of a heart attack according to the video that was shown on trend on UA-cam that I watched that made me start this conversation and to those Peter Bergman fan I'm a Peter Bergman fan I think he does great we all mature the roles change but I do not like the fact that recently Eileen Davidson has been back on Days of Our Lives instead of the Family Stone together and are in Jack arguing like they used to Ashley was a very powerful adversary for Jack play biling Davidson and that should have continued and I really think Beth Maitland should come out of her shell more often instead of playing so nicey-nice I love her do not get me wrong folks but deck character is just too sweet thank you Joe Cooper
After "Terry" da, show was not that Interesting ta, me he was one really good acter he made the roll of "Jack Abbott" very smart and witty. That's It that's all, Rest In Da, Peace Terry GOD" Is the best your much better off...
No, he died of a heart attack. If he died of AIDS, it was never reported in the media as his cause of death. While, there are still a tragic amount of AIDS deaths worldwide to this day, in 2003, medical advances had progressed pretty far here in the U.S.. AIDS deaths were decreasing by the late 90's/early 2000s. Stop the lies!!
Terry was good......but Peter Bergman made the role ‘his own,’!!! P.S. Terry Lester was in KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK in 1978.......may he Rest In Peace.🙏🙏🙏😢😢😢
Really sad Terry Lester ex Jack Abbott Died so young in 2003
The very first time I watched the Y & R was in July 1982 when Jack was about to marry Patty (Paul Williams's sister). Everyone was at the church waiting for Jack (Mr. Lester) to arrive. Finally, Jack's sister Ashley went to Jack's apartment to look for him and found him in bed with Diane (I believe a Jabol model). Ashley dragged him to the church (Jack was also completely hungover) and he married Patty LOL. Just a few years later Patty ended up shooting Jack. It was Mr. Lester's acting as Jack that made the Y & R the dominant soap opera that it remains today. RIP Mr. Lester
Terry Lester owned that role!
Incredibly unlikely, given that Y and R didn’t ascend to #1 until 1989.
That is so sad that he passed away. He was a great actor as Jack Abbott. I remember Peter Bergman playing Dr. Cliff Warner on All My Children.
Terry Lester quit because of Lauralee Bell, personally he was 100% right.
She is an absolutely horrible actress and because of her father she never had to worry about getting fired.
It's so unfair how so many great actresses don't ever get work and this horrible actress gets a job cause of her name.
Luckily now she's no longer on the show and let's hope it stays that way.
Tori Spelling was another horrible, who lived off the coattails of her father, producer Aaron Spelling.
It was nepotism plain and simple
Terry Lester is a good actor miss him
Terry was perfect as Jack!!!
Terry lester was great,even my uncle don liked the original jack Abbott, the new one is great too.i grew up on terry lester and i just thought he was the best on the young and the restless throughout the 80s.
Like terry lester he was a better jack
I find it ironic that Doug Davidson said the same thing of Lauralee Bell, that she was getting more air time. So it wouldn't surprise me if it were also true with Lester. I've never liked her, and have always felt she over acted, and that many story lines did enolve her way too often. Also, I read there was speculation of Terry Lester died from complications with AIDS. He may have been gay in person, idk, but he played the Hot playboy quite well.
Cricket is sweet, but if Lauralee Bell had to get acting jobs on her own merit, she'd never work. She is the epitome of nepotism.
@@staciasmith5162 Actually, I think Lauralee did a good job with the role. It is always easy to point to nepotism, but I don't think the Bell's would have kept her on if she was terrible as an actress . . . and she wasn't.
Terry Lester play the part of Jack Abbott but he passed away and Peter Bergman has played Jack Abbott for 15 plus year's Terry Lester was a great actor After all these years you are still very much missed.
R.I.P. Terry Lester ! Ty Peter for being Jack now . Jack Abbott vs Masimo Marone !
Well lauralee did suck up too much airtime. She stunk
I hated her and couldn't act. I'm very happy she's not on the show anymore
What did she do
love this channel
Lester was confrontational with some of the cast members and he and the actor that played David Kimball were partners in crime.
He left because it became the Cricket Blair show.
Terry was great in the role. When he left I didn't think anyone could fill his shoes but Peter Bergman won me over quickly. That was one of the times Y&R got re-casting right.
I gotta admit Peter Bergman was very good at playing jack abbot but for me terry lester was phenomenal to play jack abbot
Yes
@@rosettachaney8088 I have heard that Bergman and Eric Braeden don't like each other at all--at one point they got into a fistfight off camera
@@bufnyfan1 seriously when 🤯🤯
@@rosettachaney8088 In 1991, Jack vs. Victor spilled over into real life, as there was an on set brawl between Bergman and Braeden! The Young and the Restless creator William J. Bell had to threaten to fire both to get them to cool down. While Bergman and Braeden continue to share tons of storylines on Y&R, right to this day, apparently there still isn't much love lost between the two
I remember as a kid, my mom watching Y&R. I'd get hooked on it during summer vacation from school. Jack was always my favorite character. Loved his funny, snarky personality. To this day I only remember his story lines and scenes. The new guy came in and I lost interest. I never liked him, I thought he was strange looking. My late mom said he grew on her and she ended up finding him the best character. To this day, whenever I see him, he never replaced the Jack I grew up watching. The original Jack was the best. Funny but I remember him being so old to me, but now I'm probably 20 years older than he was during that time. I didn't know he died. I was wondering why you never hear or see him anymore. He is missed
I never seen this jack so the current Jack the only actor I seen portray him.
Terry suited the part as a playboy then. Sorry but peter did not suit being a playboy so his character changed
terry IS jack abbott and always will be, just like brenda will always be jill ... the rest is less and is a different show, the end
I have not watched an episode of Y&R since about the mid-1990s. While I've always liked the job Peter Bergman has done in his portrayal of Jack Abbott, anyone who regularly watched the pre-Cricket years of Y&R knows that Terry Lester is the REAL Jack Abbott.
I firmly believe his criticisms of the show's direction, which led to him leaving, were justified.
@FischerFan
First RIP Terry, I have watched YR from day one, LauraLeeBell, was and still is a horrible actress, she is never happy and is a first class ass, she only got the part of Christian because she was Bill Bells daughter, Terry Lester was a great actor and played Jack Abbott very well , Yes he left because of Laura Lee Bell, but he also left because he was sick by then with cancer, he is missed and we can remember him in our hearts, Peter Berman who has played Jack Abbott for the past 20 +years has done a great job playing Jack Abbott and so a round of applause should be given to both men, To Terry Lester who made the part of Jack Abbott oh so great,
and Peter Bergman for taking over the part of Jack Abbott and made it easier for us to Watch, Terry Lester thank you for being such a great actor, and thank you Peter Bergman for playing Jack Abbott, beautifully.
@@maryforman8877 Lauralee Bell was like Priscilla Presley when it came to natural acting ability. Neither had natural acting talent, but were simply the beneficiaries of having ties to wealthy, famous and privileged people.
Bell is a first class ass, you say? Not a big surprise. From the end of the 1980s until the early 1990s, any of my co-workers who identified themselves as viewers of Y&R could all agree on one thing. They ALL hated Cricket!
From the date rape, sexual harassment, and spousal abuse story lines to helping Nick Newman or senior citizens, you knew the outcome was going to be the same. Cricket was going to emerge as the folk hero...and we would hear about how wonderful she is.
She also went from being a model to a singer, a lawyer, a counsellor, and the list goes on and on. I once thought to myself, 'I'm sure by next week, the scriptwriters will have her running for Congress!'.
Now, on a more positive note, I have also always liked Peter Bergman's portrayal of Jack Abbott. He is a natural actor and a gentleman. He has delivered some of my favourite lines in the series, most notably when he has described Victor Newman as 'the Black Knight' or Jill as 'the Dragon Lady'.
Nope, I have never had a problem with him portraying Jack Abbott and never will!
Next to Doug Davidson, he and Terry Lester may well be my favourite cast members.
@FischerFan hello Fisher fan
Thank you for writing back to me, and I agree with you 100 percent with everything you said I can't disagree with anything you said, I too loved Terry Lester, it is sad he passed away, as for Peter Bergman he makes a excellent Jack Abbot, have a great day and thank you again
Rip Terry
Terry still the real Jack.
Lauralee Bell did get special treatment because of her father she was right in the middle of every summer story line then at Christmas break from school and of course she drove right into a romance with Danny and when they got married it was in Hawaii not in g c so yeah she got special treatment
Because of her parents she’s not that great of an actress
She had no shame about anything to get what she wanted.
Bell is a tramp
i sill had thinking of terry Lester who playing jack before peter had the job playing the bad guy jack , as for Lauralee Bell had some ting vs Terry Lester is bull , why ever is odd too, Terry had more back bone to being it to Laurualee in 1 place ,good for Terry Lester ,
I like both actors.Again a perfect example of two different players making the role their own.I though it would be hard to replace Terry because he was very talented but Peter is talented as well.The both portrayed the character in their own way.
May he rip
Terry Lester was a great actor and was also part of why Nars beginning of its Heyday of many many years it is very sad to learn that he died so young I did not know this I really did not know why he left the show because and that time I was a lot younger than I am now and you just kind of learned according to relatives to accept the comings and goings on daytime I happen to know from experience now that daytime is a difficult business they learn many lines ever many hours everyday and some people can do it and some can't Terry Lester did it very well and gave all of his self everywhere he went and although Peter Bergman has warmed my heart overtime Terry Lester is the original Jack Abbott to me sincerely Joe Cooper PS I also liked his things with the original Jill Brandon Dixon the spelling of her last name is Dickson actually she was another great actress who just would not listen to the Head writers producers or owners or she'll probably would have stayed on the show I do remember it is her own fault that she is not on the show now for not following directions about her clothing and other issues
One of the comments below a scandal Terry Lester. He died suddenly unexpectedly in 2003 of a heart attack according to the video that was shown on trend on UA-cam that I watched that made me start this conversation and to those Peter Bergman fan I'm a Peter Bergman fan I think he does great we all mature the roles change but I do not like the fact that recently Eileen Davidson has been back on Days of Our Lives instead of the Family Stone together and are in Jack arguing like they used to Ashley was a very powerful adversary for Jack play biling Davidson and that should have continued and I really think Beth Maitland should come out of her shell more often instead of playing so nicey-nice I love her do not get me wrong folks but deck character is just too sweet thank you Joe Cooper
The boss's daughter is supposedly being blamed
After "Terry" da, show was not that Interesting ta, me he was one really good acter he made the roll of "Jack Abbott" very smart and witty. That's It that's all, Rest In Da, Peace Terry GOD" Is the best your much better off...
How did he die?
I believe he had aids
Near the end of this story it was said he died from a heart attack .
No, he died of a heart attack. If he died of AIDS, it was never reported in the media as his cause of death. While, there are still a tragic amount of AIDS deaths worldwide to this day, in 2003, medical advances had progressed pretty far here in the U.S.. AIDS deaths were decreasing by the late 90's/early 2000s. Stop the lies!!
Terry died from AIDS
Terry was good......but Peter Bergman made the role ‘his own,’!!! P.S. Terry Lester was in KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK in 1978.......may he Rest In Peace.🙏🙏🙏😢😢😢
terry IS jack abbott and will always be, just like brenda is jill ... the rest is less and is a different show the end