David Hasselhoff returns to The Young and the Restless - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

spunkygirl · 04-19-2010, 09:43 PM

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/...-the-restless/

Look who’s coming home to Genoa City! EW.com has learned that David Hasselhoff will briefly reprise his role as Dr. William “Snapper” Foster, Jr. on The Young and the Restless. He’ll return to the show’s Los Angeles set in May for an arc that will start airing in mid-June. The Baywatch star got his start in TV by starring on the popular sudser from 1975 to 1982.

“In 1976, Bill Bell, creator of America’s No. 1 soap opera, took a chance on a young and very green actor,” Hasselhoff said in a statement given exclusively to EW.com. “Playing Snapper in 850 shows during the six years I appeared molded my craft, my attitude and my work ethic. Being asked to come back to appear in several episodes gives me a chance to say thanks, as I have an amazing amount of respect and heartfelt emotion for Bill, his family and my time on Young and the Restless. I just hope I can remember all those lines.”

It seems likely that Hasselhoff will address his return to Restless in his upcoming reality show for A&E, but CBS could not confirm.
Hasselhoff won’t be the only Foster family member to stage a surprise homecoming: Veteran TV actor Wings Hauser will also reprise his role as Snapper’s brother Greg, and Julianna McCarthy will pick up where she left off in 2008 as matriarch Liz Foster Brooks. She is the mother of Jill Foster Abbott, who is currently played by the Emmy-winning Jess Walton (who didn’t start playing the character until 1987 so there will be no vintage shots of the Foster family). While in Genoa City, Hasselhoff’s Snapper married Chris Brooks and had an affair with Sally McGuire, who bore his son Chuckie. On the wedding day of Snapper’s mother and Chris’s father, they presented the couple with new granddaughter Jennifer Elizabeth Foster. Snapper supposedly left Wisconsin in 1982 to accept a three-month fellowship in London to teach; he ended up staying there.

MickeyMac · 04-20-2010, 05:25 PM

Wow both Hasslehoff and Wings Hauser are coming back. I will have to try to catch this.

Jude The Obscure · 04-21-2010, 10:09 PM

Talk about really going back to the roots........could some of the Brooks family be next?

catlover79 · 04-21-2010, 10:13 PM

Very cool!!

Jude The Obscure · 04-22-2010, 10:21 PM

Hopefully Y&R is realizing that drawing on history is a win-win. Something the producers of Guiding Light realized too little too late. And something ATWT is ignoring, even as the final clock is ticking.

MickeyMac · 04-23-2010, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

Hopefully Y&R is realizing that drawing on history is a win-win. Something the producers of Guiding Light realized too little too late. And something ATWT is ignoring, even as the final clock is ticking.

You got that right.

04-19-2010, 09:43 PM	#1
spunkygirl Member Moderator Forum Celebrity Join Date: Apr 26, 2003 Posts: 21,563	David Hasselhoff returns to The Young and the Restless http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/...-the-restless/ Look who’s coming home to Genoa City! EW.com has learned that David Hasselhoff will briefly reprise his role as Dr. William “Snapper” Foster, Jr. on The Young and the Restless. He’ll return to the show’s Los Angeles set in May for an arc that will start airing in mid-June. The Baywatch star got his start in TV by starring on the popular sudser from 1975 to 1982. “In 1976, Bill Bell, creator of America’s No. 1 soap opera, took a chance on a young and very green actor,” Hasselhoff said in a statement given exclusively to EW.com. “Playing Snapper in 850 shows during the six years I appeared molded my craft, my attitude and my work ethic. Being asked to come back to appear in several episodes gives me a chance to say thanks, as I have an amazing amount of respect and heartfelt emotion for Bill, his family and my time on Young and the Restless. I just hope I can remember all those lines.” It seems likely that Hasselhoff will address his return to Restless in his upcoming reality show for A&E, but CBS could not confirm. Hasselhoff won’t be the only Foster family member to stage a surprise homecoming: Veteran TV actor Wings Hauser will also reprise his role as Snapper’s brother Greg, and Julianna McCarthy will pick up where she left off in 2008 as matriarch Liz Foster Brooks. She is the mother of Jill Foster Abbott, who is currently played by the Emmy-winning Jess Walton (who didn’t start playing the character until 1987 so there will be no vintage shots of the Foster family). While in Genoa City, Hasselhoff’s Snapper married Chris Brooks and had an affair with Sally McGuire, who bore his son Chuckie. On the wedding day of Snapper’s mother and Chris’s father, they presented the couple with new granddaughter Jennifer Elizabeth Foster. Snapper supposedly left Wisconsin in 1982 to accept a three-month fellowship in London to teach; he ended up staying there.

04-21-2010, 10:13 PM	#4
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04-20-2010, 05:25 PM	#2
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	Wow both Hasslehoff and Wings Hauser are coming back. I will have to try to catch this.

04-21-2010, 10:09 PM	#3
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	Talk about really going back to the roots........could some of the Brooks family be next?

04-22-2010, 10:21 PM	#5
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	Hopefully Y&R is realizing that drawing on history is a win-win. Something the producers of Guiding Light realized too little too late. And something ATWT is ignoring, even as the final clock is ticking.