I was glad to buy and read the new revised book over the past month or so, but - with all due respect to the authors - I was very disappointed by the large number of inaccuracies I encountered. One example:  after HODS did so well at the box office, the book reports that Warner Bros. wanted a sequel.  Of course, it was MGM that wanted the sequel.  Another example:  the years in which actors performed on the show, or did other work, is often contradictory.  I'm sure this is due to bringing two books, by two different authors, together.  But, these are two examples of many incorrect bits of info in the book--as most die-hard fans will also realize upon reading it.  Is this a damnation of the authors  No.  Just a wish that more thorough proofing and editing will be done in the future.  JMHO.  Brian

You were an amazing Barnabas and I thank you for letting a young man from Kentucky who knew he was gay from a young age have someone to identify with; I had a secret just like Barnabas. A secret that could make me or break me.  A secret that a lot of people in my life have never understood. But you understood Barnabas.....thanks for understanding.

Taeylor, what a very moving tribute...one with which I, who grew up in Ohio as a young gay boy "with a secret" in the late 60s, can identify.  I always thought, in later years, that my empathy with Barnabas was my need early in my life to keep a part of my life secret, just like Barnabas.

FYI, David Selby's letter to Jon Frid brought tears to my eyes.  What a beautiful tribute from Mr. Selby.

The first feature was a western in which few were interested

I later saw HODS again as a second feature at a drive-in [the "Melody 49"] in Ohio (probably in Nov. or Dec, because it was COLD and we had those drive-in warmers that we brought into the car back in the day--LOL--and the first movie was a western starring Frank Sinatra titled "Dirty Dingus Magee." 

Brian

Aw, come on, Darren and MB.  I've seen DS in its original aspect ratio, i.e. the 1966-1971 videotape ratio of 1:33:1 since watching the show in its original run...and in sydication in the early 80s, and on MPI's videotapes from 1989...and finally on the DVDs.  Please, allow me to indulge in the modern technology that allows me to watch the show in 1:78:1 ratio on my HD TV. LOL

I'm curious to hear from others on our board if they "zoom" DS to a 1.78:1 aspect ratio on their HD, 16x9 TVs?  I find that I see about 98% all of the important action and close-ups when I do this, and, because of up-converting, the show looks great for a 45 year old videotaped soap.  Anybody else care to share?

Eerie, Indiana--great show.  I have it on DVD.  The others, not much to say about them.

I was so hoping to watch OLTL on internet...but now i can mourn its demise, much as I did DS in 1971, and move on...