When I saw the show the first time around, in the 60's and early 70's, and Barnabas joined the cast, I constantly used the word "loathe," as Barnabas did. My friends looked at me so oddly when I did that, but I kept right on using it.
I walk 3-4 miles daily, always with my Sony Walkman clapped arouny my ears, and CD's that I've burned myself blasting through my brain. I find myself adding songs to the CD's that remind me, overtly or otherwise, of DS characters. For instance, "Stairway to Heaven," by Led Zeppelin, always sounded to me like Angelique's song. As bad as she was, she seemed to long for a Samantha Stepens-like existence with Barnabas. "Take On Me," (can't recall the group) is Julia's song. Nearly every character on the show has several songs that put me in mind of DS, and as I walk along, I remember scenes, kisses, lines that resonate with me. It helps make the walking go by very quickly.
I lived and dreamed DS during its first go-round (some said obsessively and unhealthfully), but I was a sad teenager and DS helped me through my difficult days. Now, I wife and mother, postal worker and free lance writer, I have other interests and concerns--but DS is always there, somewhere.
That crazy show has influenced me so greatly, I suspect it will be amongst my last thoughts on the day I die, many years in the future, I hope!
Love, Robin
