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Title: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Lindsey on December 02, 2010, 03:58:09 AM: Greetings!

I have recently been rewatching the 1795 storyline, and after having not seen it for over eight years, everything is fresh and exciting! There are a number of witty comments that I never before noticed or had simply just forgotten, and I have to share a few here (there may be some spoilers):

Joshua is telling Andre DuPres that he should just let the Reverand Trask question him and get it over with. Andre finally concedes, and says something along the lines of "Let the record show that I did not voluntarily consent to questioning. And let the record also show that I was questioned...BY A COMPLETE IDIOT!"

I got quite a chuckle out of that! Then, on the episode I was watching today, Angelique has just been buried alive by Jeremiah and is summoning Ben Stokes to help her. Ben is in the drawing room of the Old House, talking with Reverand Bland, who is there to conduct the marriage ceremony for Barnabas and Angelique. Rev. Bland is asking Ben all sorts of questions about why Joshua and Naomi are not attending the wedding, when Ben gets a far-off look in his eyes as he hears Angelique calling out to him.
Angelique: "Ben, come to me; I need you!"
Ben: "Where are you?!"
Rev. Bland: "I'm right here!"

Ahh, I love these sometimes unintentional funny moments in Dark Shadows. What are some other moments that you have found quite humorous?
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: michael c on December 03, 2010, 04:19:57 PM: as andres dupres david ford does get in a few zingers before the character inexplicably departs mid-storyline.

he has a few choice words for abigail in one scene when he tells that all he expects from her are the "narrow opinions of a lonely and fanatical old woman". OUCH!

needless to say miss collins(the exquisite clarice blackburn)"clutches her pearls" so to speak.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 03, 2010, 06:33:45 PM: I've posted about this before, but one exchange that never fails to get me laughing (in the right way) happens when Barnabas warns Joshua to beware of Angelique, a confused Joshua remarks that he thought Barn said he killed her, to which Barn replies: "I told you I killed her. I didn't say she was dead." On a show like DS such a distinction makes complete sense - but it's also quite funny - especially when one hears it said out loud. [santa_grin]
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Nightfall59 on December 03, 2010, 07:20:28 PM: Natalie got in a few good zingers in the 1795 story. One I'm thinking of in particular occurred in a scene I just saw again recently. Natalie says to Josette that she hopes something saves her from another evening of Joshua and his Revolutionary War stories. It's not so much what she says, but the way Grayson delivers the line. You really get the idea that Joshua was an excruciatingly dull storyteller. [santa_grin]
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: michael c on December 03, 2010, 07:40:36 PM: yes there's a scene where josette's starting to go off the deep end toward the end of the storyline and natalie goes on about a fictitious tea party for the servants where ben pays her embarrassing attentions to see if josette is really listening to her.

it's actually a serious scene/moment in the plot but again grayson's delivery makes it quite entertaining.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: The Collinsport Fly on December 04, 2010, 12:20:25 AM: Quote from: mscbryk on December 03, 2010, 07:40:36 PM
yes there's a scene where josette's starting to go off the deep end toward the end of the storyline and natalie goes on about a fictitious tea party for the servants where ben pays her embarrassing attentions to see if josette is really listening to her.

it's actually a serious scene/moment in the plot but again grayson's delivery makes it quite entertaining.

haha, yeah I remember that one! it made me both laugh and wonder!
btw, this is my first post here! fun thread. hello from Norway! [santa_smiley]
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Midnite on December 04, 2010, 12:27:40 AM: Welcome to the Forums!
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Taeylor Collins on December 04, 2010, 06:30:05 AM: On of my favorites is Grayson saying something like "And what I don't understand I run from....Is that strange?!" or something to that effect. I have it written down I will try to find it. Again Grayson's line deliver is hysterical! And when Natalie and Josette are looking at the book some of her scared faces are so funny when the candles go out! And when the doctor says Barnabas has the plauge! "THE PLAGUE!" Grayson shouts! I fall down almost dying everytime!
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Gothick on December 04, 2010, 06:45:45 AM: Hey Taeylor, I love the way the Countess goes on and on about all the "impossible people" in New York City in her first scene. I know Sam wrote that one with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

There are some hilarious moments in 1795. I just love some of Angelique's smirks in the scene where she is questioned by Rev. Trask, the "famous" Witch hunter.

There are so many more... I hope the big 1795 fans chime in with more examples. (It's probably in some ways my personal least favorite storyline, because of how much the endless Peter and Vicki scenes, and the trial scenes, drag on and ON.)

Gotta love the Countess though... and Aunt Abigail ... and Naomi when she decides to talk back to Joshua and the Rev.!

G.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: MagnusTrask on December 04, 2010, 11:55:35 AM: I'm disappointed in myself for not remembering specific moments, but my memory's increasingly poor. Anyway, it's always fun to see Angelique thwarted, then Ben gets to point it out, and she gets embarrassed, and gets angry to cover it up. The conversations with Ben are always fun, for one thing because they're two people who would have absolutely nothing to do with each other if it weren't for Ang's schemes. She needs a slave though, and so he's the only person who knows what she is, and therefore Ben is privy to all her plans and even her feelings when she can't keep them in. After all, there's no one else to open up to.

We get the one and only moment of lechery in DS that I can think of, when Ang says she wants to make some clothing out of a spider-web, and Ben chuckles and says he'd like to see Angelique walking around wearing it. A hundred times Ang would have loved to smite him on the spot, but she (of all people) has to hold in the rage to carry out her plans, hard as it is for her! Angelique embarrassed and holding in the rage is tons of fun.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: michael c on December 04, 2010, 04:04:40 PM: there's a scene early in angelique and ben's relationship where she asks him to do something and implies that he may get "a piece" so to speak as a reward and ben makes a brief move for her before she puts him off.

it's one of the very few times on the series where something of a sexual nature is even suggested(another being adam's attempted sexual assault of carolyn in 1968)even if it never comes to any sort of fruition as obviously the true nature of angelique and ben's relationship is quickly made clear.

but for a brief moment old ben probably thought a lowly servant girl was up for grabs. funny but for someone so wicked ang is actually pretty chaste. if anything she seems to want to be a good and loyal wife if that makes any sense.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Taeylor Collins on December 05, 2010, 02:13:26 AM: I watched the "WEB" episodes last night. And Ben said "A woman without a head!" Again Thayer D's deliver made me LOL! I think DS has a lot of inneundo, [spoiler]especially with John Yauger gyrating and sticking is tongue out on Maggie. OF course that isn't really innuedno. [/spoiler]
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: MagnusTrask on December 05, 2010, 03:33:55 AM: I figured people would point out how lecherous Greg Trask was, which I realize, but I guess I was thinking of lechery expressed in words.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Taeylor Collins on December 06, 2010, 02:30:04 PM: I was watching more of 1795 last night and I was laughing at Natalie talking about how awful the food was and that Mrs. Collins cook wouldn't use wine in cooking because of their religous beliefs! "CURIOUS PEOPLE!" she shrugged! LOL
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: tragic bat on December 07, 2010, 01:27:15 AM: I always laugh when the other characters (i.e. Joshua, Abigail) make quibs about Naomi's alcoholism.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 07, 2010, 05:54:27 PM: Quote from: Taeylor Collins on December 06, 2010, 02:30:04 PM
I was watching more of 1795 last night and I was laughing at Natalie talking about how awful the food was and that Mrs. Collins cook wouldn't use wine in cooking because of their religous beliefs! "CURIOUS PEOPLE!" she shrugged! LOL

I love those remarks too. And, of course, the absurdity of all that is that the alcohol in the wine evaporates during the cooking process. But apparently they didn't know (or didn't believe) that back in the 18th century. [santa_wink]
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: MagnusTrask on December 07, 2010, 06:35:23 PM: Maybe the cook breathes it in....
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 09, 2010, 05:10:14 PM: One of my favorite lines from the Countess was just a part of the Quotes Slideshow:

(http://www.dsboards.com/quoteimages/1207ds_0.jpg)
1795: Ep #379 - Natalie: 'Think of me as a giant child.'

Though I don't quite know which is more humorous, the line or the outfit she's wearing when she delivers it. I've mentioned this before, but it looks to me like she dragging the comforter from her bed around with her:

(http://www.dsboards.com/eventimages/1207ds_4.jpg)

[santa_wink]
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Taeylor Collins on December 10, 2010, 12:55:52 PM: LMAO! I watched that "Think of me as a giant child" ep last night. Natalie and Grayson always have me laughing! [8_2_59] I can totally identify with the whole religious thing with drinking and/or cooking with wine because I was raised that way. I can totally identify with the absurdity of not using alcohol in cooking.

I also love when Natalie tells Trask that she will basically work out her religion in her own way after he sees the Tarot cards. She doesn't say it exactly like the Bible verse but there is one that says to "work out your one salvation..." so I naturally wondered if some of the writers had heard this verse growing up. I definitely used that verse myself with people who have attacked me for not subscribing to religious dogma. It shuts them up quickly. I don't want to get thread off point just though I would add that.

Another one I wrote down for this thread is a line from Ben when he and Angelique are trying to figure out what to turn Joshua into. I think Ben is hysterical sometimes and Thayer I think played this very tongue in cheek.

"A jackass. A jackass that's what I'd make him. Work that jackass hard! Clear the rocks out of the north field that jackass and me!" LMAO! So so funny....
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: IluvBarnabas on January 05, 2011, 02:51:32 AM: Joshua and Angelique's whole exchange when [spoiler]he attempts to try and bribe her out of marrying Barnabas.

After Millicent and Nathan's wedding and they're all back in the house, Naomi tells him it's customary to toast the married couple. Joshua agrees, but does nothing to offer the toast. [/spoiler]

Joshua's pompousness was hilarious.

But the funniest moment in 1795 that had me ROFLMAO was when [spoiler] Trask is talking with Nathan in his room and Barnabas' voice starts talking to Trask. Trask keeps babbling on about how he is going to fight the powers of darkness and Nathan, who hears nothing, looks at him like he's nuts. [/spoiler]

There are a bit more, but these are the ones that had me laughing the most.
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Taeylor Collins on January 05, 2011, 02:05:04 PM: I love when Ben says something to the effect of it's not good when you hear voices in the cemetery. I will have to look for the actual quote. I just find it really hysterical and especially the way the line is delivered!
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 05, 2011, 04:43:42 PM: Quote from: IluvBarnabas on January 05, 2011, 02:51:32 AM
[spoiler]After Millicent and Nathan's wedding and they're all back in the house, Naomi tells him it's customary to toast the married couple. Joshua agrees, but does nothing to offer the toast. [/spoiler]

Joshua's pompousness was hilarious.

OMG yes - that is hilarious. [lghy]

And a moment I've just remembered and one which I've posted about before is this from Ep #366:

[spoiler]
Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on November 21, 2005, 12:12:52 AM
I had to post this capture because I think that, dramatic though it may be, it's one of the most unintentionally hilariously absurd moments on DS. Yes, the new governess has fainted - let's just stand here looking at her down on the floor! ::) ;D

And here's the capture:

(http://www.dsboards.com/SMF/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8499.0;attach=3605)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Humorous moments in 1795
Post by: Taeylor Collins on January 06, 2011, 04:58:14 AM: Excellent screencap! HA! [8_2_74]