.....that is our latest montage is quite the collection of interesting faces! 

Who, pray tell, is that 'lovely' man directly across the tombstone from John Karlen's character?

He bears a striking resemblance to John Zacherly....but only cousins who grew up in the New York metro area (and are pushing 50) would know that. 

Ahh, yes, the great Zacherly!!!  He sort of looked like the ghoulish Sheriff Davenport.  (However, Zacherly was much better looking than the late sheriff, IMHO!)

By the way, Zacherly was probably the first TV personality to make caustic remarks (and, to actually interject himself into) such classics/clinkers as "Plan 9 From Outer Space," and  "Frankenstein's Daughter," long before the creators of Mystery Science Theater came along.  (But, of course, you already knew that,  didn't you, Raineypark?)

I would have loved to have heard the great Zacherly "opine" on Dark Shadows.  Who knows, maybe he's on this web site, commenting on Dark Shadows even today!?!

Bob the Bartender

PS What was Zacherly's "wife's" name, the unseen lady in the box ?  (I think it might have been "Fang.")

Hey gang,

During the infrequent times that we've gotten to see Gerard actually crack a smile, with that thick head of hair of his and his sharp facial features, I swear that Gerard (as portrayed by actor James Storm) sort of reminds me of a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. (albeit not nearly as likeable or admirable as President Kennedy's son, who died much to young).

Bob the Bartender

CastleBee,

In Bram Stoker's "Dracula," didn't the count occasionally crawl up the side of his castle?  (I remember seeing Louis Jordan (who played the Transylvanian nobleman ) crawling up the castle wall  in the British TV production of "Dracula" many moons ago.)

Can you imagine if  Mrs. Johnson looked out below her bedroom window and saw Mr. B. working his way up the back wall of Collinwood?  Heck, I'll bet Mrs. Johnson hadn't been so excited and worked up since Ted Williams won the American League Triple Crown in 1947!  ("Right this way, big boy.  Keep on crawling.  Come to Mama Johnson, you devilish rascal, you!")

Bob the Bartender, who urges everyone to keep those bedroom windows locked and shuttered every night!

Hey gang,

I kind of like Willie's new "mod" hair style.  Friend Willie sort of looks like a cross between Prince Valiant and Buster Brown with those bangs, IMHO.

By the way, since most of us were getting on the late, unlamented PT Bruno Hess for his "unruly" head of hair, isn't it about time that RT Quentin got a haircut or, at least, used a comb on that mop of seemingly unkempt hair on the top of his coconut?  (Sorry, Annie!)

Bob the Bartender

Hey gang,

That was really quick thinking on David and Hallie's part, err, I mean, Tad and Carrie's part, in getting some of Vicky Winters' old clothes for the reincarnated Daphne Harridge to wear today.  Ms. H. was looking particularly good in that red dress, IMHO.  (Although, I would like to know if the 19th century governess thought that that 20th century miniskirt was the least bit provocative and, I daresay, indecent for her conservative tastes?)

Nevertheless, I also wonder what would have happened, if, in the rush to get Daphne some contemporary threads, the kids had "borrowed" some clothes from some of the other fair ladies of Collinwood?

For example, what if Tad and Carrie had lifted Maggie's long, floral-print quilt/skirt?  (Perhaps Daphne would have enjoyed wearing that warm dress while she was hiding out in the damp and chilly Rose Cottage?  And, I hardly think that Maggie would have missed that dress, considering her current "condition.")

The kids might have also borrowed one of Mrs. Johnson's black housedresses.  (Daphne might have looked like a young Sophia Loren from the flick, "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," attired in that "sexy," black dress.  Then again, Daphne might have looked a lot more like the beloved Mama Celeste from the cover of one of those frozen Celeste pizzas, decked out in Mrs. Johnson's dress.  "Abbundanza!")   

Of course, Tad and Carrie could have stolen one of Dr. Julia Hoffman's outfits.  No doubt, that lovely lime green suit dress of Dr. Hoffman's, which the doctor wore quite frequently, must have come back from Ye Olde Collinsport Dry Cleaners by now.  (And, I seriously doubt if the good doctor would be wearing THAT particular outfit anytime in the foreseeable future.  I think that Julia99 will concur with me on that fashion prediction. )

What about Mrs. Stoddard?  Well, considering the fact that the mistress of Collinwood probably buys the latest French fashions from such fine stores as Jordan Marsh and Filene's Basement, I hardly think that Daphne would "blend in" with the "regular folk" of Collinsport, wearing the latest haute couture.)

I'm just thankful that the kids did NOT purloin any of Carolyn's clothes.  Don't get me wrong, Carolyn has wonderful and exquisite taste in clothes.  It's just that if the rather statuesque Daphne wore one of the diminutive (but delightful) Mrs. Stoddard-Hawks' miniskirts, the dress would have looked like a short (and I mean bare-midriff short) blouse on Quentin's ethereal love!

Bob the Bartender, fashion columnist for The Collinsport Star.   

Dr. Eric Lang,

You've made some very insightful observations on: (1) the conversion of the Collinsport Inn into the town hall and Mr. Wells' ultimate "fate," (2) the 1995 price of a pack of cigarettes vis-a-vis 1970, (3) the seeming ageless Blue Whale bartender, and (4) the unremitting "agony" of sitting through a Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck movie!

(1) As to the untimely demise of Mr. Wells, Ill bet that Chris Jennings would say that "Mr. Wells tasted even more dee-licious than a whole bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Yummy!"

(2) You're so right here about the high cost of tobacco.  (I'm glad that I never "acquired" the taste for cigarettes.)  However, what if Dr. Hoffman also got a look at the price of a gallon of gas at the local  Amoco station?  I tell you, she'd really flip!

(3) The "Dick Clark 'Lookalike' Saloon Keeper."  Maybe he's also got an original C. D. Tate portrait of himself hanging somewhere in the back room of the Blue Whale?

(4)  Yes, sitting through "Gigli," in its entirety, a fate truly worse than death!  But, what if it had been a 1995 Collinsport Cinema film festival,  featuring such classic, golden movie hits as "Ishtar," "Shangri La," "Waterworld," and any (and all) films starring Pauly Shore, Jim Belushi or Wesley Snipes?  (Heck, I think that Barnabas and Julia, after being subjected to all of that, would have desperately wanted either Stokes or Quentin to chain them BOTH up, inside of that coffin in the secret room of the Collins Mausoleum for the next 170 years!)

Bob the Bartender

When Quentin walked up on the picnic today, for a split second I thought he was wearing a sweater. The first thing that popped into my mind was Bing Crosby.

Arashi,

Yes, I was glad to see that although Quentin was wearing a sports jacket at the picnic, he, at least, was NOT wearing a tie, especially in this heat!!!  (Somehow, I think that Mrs. Hyacinthe Bucket, that paragon of decorum and good taste, would have been appalled at seeing the Q-Man sans the necktie, even at an informal family outing.)

Today's picnic sequence was one of the few times that you don't see DS male characters formally attired.  The other day, as Quentin was ruefully telling Barnabas and Julia, about Chris Jennings' sudden departure, Barnabas had on a very conservative navy blue three-piece suit, and the Q-Man was sporting that light grey, albeit funky-looking, suit.  The clothes helped to set the right melancholy tone for that scene.

Can you imagine if Mr. B. and Quentin had been wearing a more informal and casual style of clothes in that scene?  For example, if Barnabas had been sporting loafers, knee-high socks, bright red Bermuda shorts and a loud Magnum PI Hawaiian shirt, and, Quentin had been wearing sandals, faded jeans and a psychedelic dashiki (sort of like Sebastian Shaw's shirt), the somber tone would have been impossible to achieve, IMHO.

Nevertheless, I was glad to see that Dr. Hoffman was finally out of that seemingly ubiquitous light green suit dress of hers.  She looked very smart and professional in that light grey suit dress with the wide-check pattern she had on.  Maybe we'll finally see the good doctor wearing ladies' white deck sneakers, clamdigger pants and a silk blouse before the end of this now sweltering summer?

Tastefully yours,

Bob the Bartender, Collinsport Star Fashion Editor.