Melrose Place (Looking Back 30 Years - The Pilot Episode)

[@Goodgrief478]

To just go back to this time. My number one favorite show EVER!!! Thank you for posting this.

[@briadventures]

Absolutely, your welcome!

[@Darkangel-A-c8z]

Same here. My dream flat, would be like the complex in Melrose Place, with a communal swimming pool

[@ericaespinosa4030]

One of thee most memorable, best shows of the 90s. What memories you brought back for me. I appreciated your video.

[@briadventures]

Thank you for your comment! Glad to hear it brought back some great 90's memories for you! I agree, this and 90210 definitely defined 90s Prime Time TV.

[@thenewctc]

Nice Job! Love Melrose Place and the cast...I'm definitely the next generation of MP fans since I was only 2 when it debuted! They all STILL look great to this day, love all this behind the scenes footage..the Fox Network definitely reached its peak in the 90s it's a sad former shell of itself 30 yrs later!📺

[@MartinSmith156]

It was THE primetime soap phenomenon of the 90s

[@vickiehurt2665]

I ❤ed both shows and their theme songs!!

[@sf8884]

I still watch this everyday. I'd love this kinda life.

[@darkangelw8472]

I've going to buy the compete DVD box sets from both shows and Saved by the Bell, which was also very popular in Sweden. I had such a crush on Andrew Shue

[@luciaguerrero7625]

Porque no ponen la serie completa en español en vez de hablar de ella?

[@sf8884]

Same

[@hollylynn9322]

This is great, thank you soo much❤

[@briadventures]

Absolutely! Your welcome, and thank you for watching!!

[@j.d.contreras392]

Thank you for this! Lexi was my favorite. 🙂She kept the ratings going!

[@briadventures]

Your welcome!

[@eyezonly8593]

All these years later Melrose Place still is very good and full of soapy Drama.😅

[@pleaseshutup7053]

I love it I’m watching for the first time

[@AdrianHoliday]

I wish there had been more crossover between 90210 and MP. The connection between the two shows is pretty much severed after the third episode of MP.

[@ericaespinosa4030]

Well that was why they brought Heather Locklear in and made the show so much better and popular. I thought this show was great in the 90s.

[@briadventures]

Agreed. There were many storylines that could have been, if they did just that! Thanks for the comment!

[@briadventures]

@@ericaespinosa4030 Yes, Heather Locklear's "Amanda" character shook things up on Melrose similar in fashion to how Valorie on 90210 did for that show!

[@nightowlchad]

I got into 90210 when MP debuted. I was 20 something years old at the time, as I was barely out of my teens, when 90210 premiered. Love it

[@briadventures]

Yes, they were definitely a pair of primetime tv shows that defined that time back in the 90's decade! Thanks for sharing!!

[@DavidBrown-hn4fl]

Wonderful show I love them both

[@woolyshambler7571]

An important thing to know is that they shot promos and did promotional duty BEFORE the pilot was even filmed.

[@BlinkFM]

Variety reports this week Melrose Place returns! Hope version 3 is better than the second was.

[@briadventures]

Looks like 3 original Cast members are returning so far. It will be interesting to see this new version and how it will play out!

[@nicoleackerman205]

That reboot was terrible Amanda faked her death how is she just walking around. Sydney being alive then dead again. I hate that reboot I hate every reboot of any show so far.

[@NovemberReigne]

I love both shows!❤

[@HDCAMAN]

Great work!!

[@briadventures]

Thank you!

[@darkangelw8472]

Some people want a grand house, but me, I'd love to live in a flat complex with a pool, like they do. For when you're starting to fall in love with movie/sitcom sets lol 😂

[@benjaminsmith3753]

Hard to think of better actor/part matches than Heather & Amanda. Locklear is an amazing actress.

[@briadventures]

Agreed, she added a whole other dimension to the show! Thank you for watching!

[@darkangelw8472]

Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place we're both very popular in Sweden, and I had a very 14+ years of my life. I was 14 in 1990

[@Darkangel-A-c8z]

I had a massive crush on Andrew Shue and I'm going to buy the DVD box set

[@nicoleackerman205]

I miss 30 episodes and new season ever year tv shows.

[@benjaminsmith3753]

Sensational show. Watch it as often as possible.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

I don’t even count the first season of MP.

[@briadventures]

Compared to all the other seasons, yes, Season 1 was like a walk in the park, much different in nature, compared to all the other seasons!

[@realjimmyd]

Great video very well put together

[@briadventures]

Thank you much! Appreciate your comment!!

[@25backend91]

Good video bro drop some more

[@briadventures]

Thank You!!

[@alessobizan9688]

very interesting, good job Bri!

[@briadventures]

@@alessobizan9688 Thank you! Thanks for watching too!!

[@alainsteph4218]

The best of the best is Mancini - The craziest Mini ever ❗

[@chanjess81]

I was in 3rd grade when 90210 started and summer before 5th grade when Melrose Place Started. I didn’t understand some of the things I understand now. I can understand why Amanda would get mad with Allison when I became a supervisor and later a manager. I don’t think Amanda handled it well at times.

[@jstnm]

I always wonder how actors feel when they leave a show and see it completely blow up. I'm curious as to whether or not Amy and Rhonda continued to watch after their departures.

[@billwenham]

It's so weird what an overall stand up guy Jake is supposed to be despite his making out with a teenager. Oh the '90s...

[@raqueledwards6061]

Melrose ❤❤🥰😁

[@woolyshambler7571]

Wow will you do one for Models Inc now that it's turning 30?

[@briadventures]

Unfortunately wont be able to get to that one

[@Kat-id7rz]

Aaron Spelling come back. I have not watched regular TV in years

[@RICKYROCKET73]

i’m still trying to find a song that played several times in the series was called “slipping away “ or “time is slipping away “ anybody remember it??? who sings it???

[@sandradorricott]

There was a song called 'Hear and now' by a band called Letters to Cleo that was played a few times and was also played in the recent bh90210 semi reboot. Great song and always reminds of Melrose Place

[@RICKYROCKET73]

@@sandradorricott no the song i’m talking bout is slow that song like a rock song thanks anyways got excited for nothing

[@vickiehurt2665]

Hey Scott Paulin was on Beverly Hills 90210 as that professor Professor Randle whose wife Brandon Walsh had an affair.

[@briadventures]

Yes, you are correct!!

[@youenncouant9114]

The theme song was different for pilot episode! 😀

[@briadventures]

@@youenncouant9114 Yes, you are correct, then at some point I believe when it went to DVD, they used the Tim Truman composition that most people are familiar with, even on the pilot. Thanks for your comment!

[@1bwash]

The pilot was really great, but I do remember the first season storylines feeling a bit too juvenile. And I think it is incredibly disappointing that they weren't brave enough to let Rhonda do anything romantically with the others in the building or to show Matt actually dating. The concept of young people in a complex just figuring out life is really strong. Of course the show shifted towards more of a soap opera, but that was fun too.

[@briadventures]

Good points! I feel the show was just finding itself in the first season, and as you point out, the soap opera feel it had in later seasons showed that they weren't afraid of trying new things. Thanks for watching!

[@AxlKhan-v1f]

Exactamundo. Granted it was the early 90s, I thought a bit of multi layered storylines like Rhonda hooking up with Jake woulda been interesting considering the actress who played Rhonda was very beautiful and charismatic, alas that didn't fit in with the straight as whitbread storylines they were going for. But in the end I supposed it all worked out considering how successful MP became.

[@master-kq3nw]

👍 merlose lot of scandals

[@louis5855]

Why did they get rid of Amy Locane ? I think she played Sandy.

[@briadventures]

@@louis5855 The show was developing a lot as it progressed and from what I would hear or read, I would say it was on the lines of creative differences. There's not a whole lot of information regarding her departure from the show.

[@stereohype1]

The writers eventually got stuck trying to figure out what to do with her. I'd say it was a mostly due to a design flaw with the character. The first mistake was making Sandy and Jake's relationship a thing of the past before the show's main storlines begin so there was no potential budding romance storyline there to milk and unfortunately Jake was the only eligible bachelor series regular character for Sandy to pair with (Michael was with Jane and Matt being gay made them non options for becoming a romantic interest). Billy could have been but he was mostly assigned to Alison's character. The other design flaw was Sandy's occupation. Being an aspiring actress meant she was often free during the day (hence why she was often spotted alone sunning by the pool during daylight hours) when other characters should be at work. Sandy worked nightshifts so it was difficult to find plausible reasons for the other characters to interact with her unless they went to Shooters. Scenes at Shooters would always require a lot of extras which meant they cost more to film. So there budget issues at play too when trying to use the character. So when you look at it from that perspective, you can begin to understand why the writers eventually inadvertently painted the character into a corner. It was easier to design a new character from scratch (Jo) that had more flexibility than it would have been to rework Sandy into something that felt inauthentic. (Well, this was long before the producers started doing that anyway with characters like Michael lol)

[@briadventures]

​@@stereohype1 Great insight! You have some very great points there. Thinking about what you said, when it came to Sandy and Jakes relationship prior, and the no new relationship thing that could never happen with them, along with all your other points, its well taken! Thanks for watching, and for the comment!

[@corynoble4202]

Ya’ll did Daphne Zuniga wrong.