Who knows who produced the Sci-Fi commercial for them to have given the wrong address for SG? It would seem like anyone actually connected to DS knows the difference between the SG address and the Fest address. Though at least they should.
This was actually a more confusing situation than I'd originally thought. I tracked down my VHS tape of DS on Sci-Fi from 10-26-95 expecting to simply see the wrong address or to hear KLS simply say something like, "You can subscribe to ShadowGram by writing to P.O. Box 92, Maplewood NJ 07040" - but that's not how things play. SG claimed the Fest address was "accidentally" given - but when you watch the video below you'll see that it's clear that the Fest address was specifically given, even going so far as to state it is the address for the "official Dark Shadows fan club." Very strange.
But before I post the actual video, I have a story that goes along with it. Unfortunately I had to use my phone to shoot a video off of a TV screen to share the SG commercial. I have video capturing software for my computer (obviously, since I've shared videos), but for some very odd reason when I tried to capture video from the VHS tape the commercial is on, the video portion of the capture jumped all over the place. At first I figured it was because the VCR I'd used when I'd taped the 10-95 eps was experiencing tracking problems that I was unaware of at the time and the tape simply wasn't compatible with my current VCR. However, when just for the fun of it I checked to see if the VHS tape played fine on a TV, much to my shock, I discovered that it did. And that made the fact that it didn't play correctly through my video capturing software even odder than I'd originally thought. Why things should work on the TV and not through the video capturing software, who knows (especially when I tested other VHS tapes just to make sure it wasn't the software and they worked fine)? But anyway, the phone video is fine enough, through the image does move a bit from side to side because holding a phone to shoot off of a TV screen isn't the steadiest of actions. But if I'm ever able to figure out how to get a better quality video, I'll just make a new version. But for now, here's what I shot:
Now, what gets even more interesting regarding the commercial, SG #75 indicated that "a new revised" version would "tentatively" air on Sci-Fi on 2-15 or 2-28. But guess what? That's right - I checked the VHS tapes from those dates and there's no SG commercial to be seen. Perhaps SG #76 will have an explanation for that. But the good thing is that I checked the entire VHS tapes for that period and what I did discover was two Lara Parker commercials had aired. So, I used my phone to also shoot video of those and I'll be sharing them as soon as I finish formatting them for the forum...
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ADMIN: Actual video has replaced the phone/TV video)