Fans,

I had thought there was already a thread about this, but I tried searching "minisodes" and got nothing, so here goes. A fan has been putting 10 minute edits of the DS episodes (these edits are called "minisodes") up on YouTube for the past couple of years.  I recently stumbled over these and they're fun to play if you're in the mood for a little taste of a favorite storyline.  Here's the link for a personal favorite, episode 629, which includes a great confrontation scene between Nicholas Blair and Dr. Hoffman, and some really ripe dialogue ("The Black Mass MUST be performed!").  The episodes around this time really got DS into hot water with some of the more right-wing fundamentalist churches around the US:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF7CodgVcc0

Have fun!

G.

Fans, the discs for season 3 of "The Lair," here!TV's velveetaesque gay vampire soap opera, are now available on Netflix and I have been catching up with the latest antics.  Creator/director/writer Fred Olen Ray (a friend of Barbara Steele's, btw) continues to show his appreciation for DS and Hammer vampire movies.  In the new season, not only is there a character who talks to a ghost on a disconnected candlestick telephone (and there's even a tracking shot showing that the phone wires aren't connected to anything that mimics a similar shot from a 1969 DS episode), there's also a character who represents a palpable nod to a storyline from the 1991 series comic books (published by the shortlived "Innovation comics").  Not bad, eh?

Sybil Danning is a guest star on the new season, but does not appear until episode 8 so I have yet to see her.  Can't wait!

G.

Thanks to the kindness of Julia99, I had a brief look this evening at this new page on Facebook for our beloved Thayer. (You can find the link easily enough if you are on F-book just by searching "Thayer David".)  The page was started by a nephew of Thayer's.  He posted this note in late December shortly after inaugurating the page:

So in just a week we have 14 members. Please invite your friends. My mom, David's sister is elderly and I'm sure hearing that people remember her brother makes her smile. My family is going to put together some fun stories. The IMDB bio is pretty well researched, although my family never rebuked David or his career choice. He was a character and had a rich, baroque demeanor. His wife, Valarie was a lot of fun, too. Having dinner with them was like being on a TV show. They were friends with people like Sorrel Brooke, (Boss Hog from the Dukes of Hazzard) and Fred Gwynne. When I was a kid, having my uncle tell stories about carousing with Herman Munster always left me wide eyed. Years later, I would discover that my uncle had been quite a character in Provincetown and Oqunquit on the theater scene. Once in a while I'll meet someone who knew him and they will go on about drinking with Tennessee Tom Williams and Marlon Brando. It's very cool.

(end of quote)

I wonder on what project beyond "carousing" Thayer worked with Fred Gwynne (TV's Herman Munster)?

There don't seem to be all that many Thayer David fans here but I thought any of them who might be around would definitely want to check this out.  Unfortunately there is not much there yet--no photos beyond a very nice "avatar" shot of our fave rave, and no stories beyond the above and one or two other snippets.

Best,

G.

Fans,

Tonight I just discovered that Grayson Hall's entire Girl from UNCLE episode, "The High and Deadly Affair," is available for viewing (in 5 parts, I believe) on YouTube.  Here's the link for part 1 (and Grayson is in the very first scene):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9jjQlkBlQ

She's wearing a labcoat and it almosts looks like a screen test for her work as a certain "good Doctor."

Unfortunately, although Grayson is on camera for nearly the entire episode, she doesn't get to do very much, and unlike her turn on the Man from UNCLE, her agent was unable to garner her any guest star billing in this show.

Still, it is a wonderful treat for those of us who just can't get enough of our beloved "gutsy broad'!

Best,

G.

Fans,

there's an amusing, brief note about the filming of SEIZURE on this page from David del Valle's "Camp David" column; WARNING--page includes a photo of Herve Villechaize posing with a naked lady (his wife, I think?) who is turning her very shapely backside to the camera:

http://www.filmsinreview.com/2006/11/01/camp-david-november-2006-freaks/4/

I somehow wish the original marquee billing proposed of "Jonathan Frid in QUEEN OF EVIL" had come to pass, but then, I have a wicked sense of humor...

G.

Fans,

While running my usual every-so-often search for Grayson Hall items on YouTube, this clip popped up from Elvira's airing of hoDS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_ilhP1L7A&feature=related

(this is part one of two)

Warning:  not only are there some really excruciating jokes ("being grounded is no big deal if you've already been buried!"), but only intermittent clips of the movie are shown.  I'm guessing that whoever put the footage up on YouTube did this themselves, because the main intent was to showcase Elvira's unique ... um, humor?

holiday cheer to all,

G.

There are a couple of fun mentions of Joan Bennett in this tribute written by David del Valle honoring the late, great Natalie Schafer:

http://www.filmsinreview.com/2009/07/02/camp-david-july-2009/

I do love the line:  "Joan Bennett does not have best friends."  Fun stories about Joan Crawford, too.

G.

Not that I'm into lists or top tens, but out of idle curiosity, what were the top three "all time best" scenes chosen in Jonathan Frid's "Game"?

I view this sort of thing as completely subjective, and my own list would change depending upon what I had been watching lately.  Having Mrs J hand an open-mouthed Maggie Evans a ten cent tip because "you're a nice girl" would definitely be on my top ten list, for example...

G.