Two more online articles that mention DS:
The Fort Wayne, IN's News-Sentinel has an article about the Three Rivers Festival (
Saint Francis student's TRF logo means ¢â‚¬Ëœfun') which mentions that:
When the festival made its debut in 1969, its main purpose was to promote business and industry and to emphasize Fort Wayne's historical heritage. The first festival parade had two grand marshals - Jonathan Frid, who played the vampire Barnabas Collins on the television show "Dark Shadows," and John Bammer, who portrayed Sergeant Schultz on "Hogan's Heroes."(Interestingly, both versions of the DS Almanac say that Frid's appearance at the Festival took place on May 22, 1968 - though, given the scores of inaccuracies in the PomPress books, it's anyone's guess whether the almanac has the date wrong or the News-Sentinel article.
When I get a chance later today I'll see if I can find a photo from back in '68 or '69 that might pin the year down better...)
And if you're still smarting from the Sci-Fi Channel dropping DS, you'd like to take it out on someone, and all you're lacking is a name, well, craft that crude fetish doll, name it Bonnie Hammer and get busy with your pins.
Excerpt from the Cleveland Plain Dealer's
Embattled Galactica' triumphs:
Sci Fi Channel's ambitious reworking of "Battlestar Galactica" is championed in many quarters as the best first-run science-fiction series on television. And if you're running an operation with Sci Fi in the title, that's a decidedly nifty thing to have on your schedule.
Bonnie Hammer, the executive who runs that operation, has fought her share of battles with genre fans upset over, oh, everything from the cancellation of "Farscape" to the dropping of "Dark Shadows." So these days, she's overjoyed to be taking the bows for "Battlestar."