MT,

Yes, you're right, Peter Turgeon was the second Dr. Woodard; another actor portrayed the Doc Woodard, who treated both Roger Collins (after David Collins' impromptu "brake job" on Roger's car) and Willie Loomis after ol' Willie received a bite on his wrist from Mr. B.   (My memory is startng to be as "sharp" and "clear" as those of Ezra Braithwaite and the Eagle Hill Cemetery Caretaker, I fear.) 

As to really "unusual" first names for children, the late, great George Carlin opined on the absolute silliness of some of the many new given names for baby boys and girls in his book, "Brain Droppings," in a piece entitled "Whatever Ever Happened to All of the Shirleys and Ernies?," if I remember correctly.

Bob

 

petofi,

Thanks for the information regarding Ms. Powell.  (I wonder if the name, "Lovey" Powell, was the inspiration for "Lovey" Howell on "Gilligan's Island"?)

And, I was recently saw Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton in "American Gigolo" for the first time in over thirty years, and, there was actor Peter Turgeon (the second Dr. Woodard) portraying Richard Gere's defense attorney in the film.

Thanks again,

Bob

Is actor John Hamm's character on that show, "Mad Men's" own "answer" to "Dark Shadows'" own irrepressible character, Schuyler "Sky" Rumson? 

Gerard,

Regarding your selection of "Jeopardy" as one of Vicky's favorite shows, which Dark Shadows characters do you think would have excelled as a contestant on that long-running game show and which ones would not?

I think that Mrs. Stoddard, having spent eighteen years in Collinwood and reading, perhaps, a zillion books during that time, would have been Collinsport's proud answer to Frank Spangenberg or even the seemingly ubiquitous Ken Jennings, if the great lady of Collinwood ever appeared as a contestant on the show.

Bob

PS Both Roger and Sam Evans would have aced the "Potent Potable" category on "Jeopardy," imo!

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I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

Good heavens, I don't think that show has crossed my mind in forty years.

Lydia,

 Yes, "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," starring John Astin (of "The Adams Family" fame") and Marty Engels (the husband of the lovely Shirley Jones), if I haven't completely forgotten that show's stars.

How about?:

PT Angelique Stokes-Collins  - Cheaters

Gabriel and Edith Collins (and, for that matter Quentin and Samantha Collins) - The Honeymooners

Quentin Collins I - The Time Tunnel

PT Quentin and Maggie Collins - What Would You Do?

PT Dameon Edwards - Dance Fever (starring "The Fred Astaire of Disco Dancing," Mr. Denny Terrio!)

Mordecai Grimes and his chip-off-the-old-block-son, Jeremy - The Good Neighbors

Nelle Gunston - Deadwood and Hee-Haw

Lady Kitty Hampshire - Keeping Up Appearances

PT Pianist and Composer Bruno Hess - The Liberace Show

Dr. Eric Lang and his lab assistant, Jeff Clark - Get Smart and The Abbott & Costello Show

Sky Rumson - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

PT Alexis Stokes - The Patty Duke Show

PT Collinwood butler, Mr. Trask - Benson

Hey gang,

During Dark Shadows' run, I believe that we only got to see one or two television sets in any of the DS characters' homes or apartments; I think that Buffie Harrington had a portable tv in her apartment room, for example.

I would have liked to have seen some of the characters, enjoying some "quality time," watching their favorite shows on the boob tube.  For instance, it would have been fun to have seen Mrs. Stoddard, Carolyn and Vicky, sitting down in the Collinwood study (or perhaps the recreation room/den) and tuning into "Peyton Place" two nights a week on the local Collinsport ABC channel.  Perhaps David enjoyed watching "The Monkees" or "The Invaders" with Amy Jennings?  (Amy probably preferred "That Girl" to "The Invaders," imo.)

Then again, just once on the show, I would have liked to have seen a large tv set, hanging over the bar at The Blue Whale.  Can you imagine Barnabas and Willie (on an extremely rare occasion when Barnabas accompanied Willie out for a night on the town) watching Monday Night Football on ABC?  Oh, to see Willie trying to explain the arcane rules of professional football to Barnabas, a man of the 18th century!  I suspect that Barnabas might have opined about sportscaster Howard Cosell to Willie: "That fellow, Cosell, is just the 'least' bit, aureate in his comments, I must say."

Anyway, here a some shows, I think that DS characters might have enjoyed tuning into:

Adam - The Munsters and Maury

Alexander, the Leviathan child - Dennis-the-Menace

Angelique - Bewitched

Barnabas Collins, and his servant, Willie Loomis - This Old House and The Odd Couple

Nicholas Blair - Tales from the Crypt and Playboy After Dark

Ezra Braithwaite -  The Lawrence Welk Show and Waiting For God

David Collins - The Wonder Years

Olivia Corey (a/k/a Amanda Harris) - How Do I Look?

Laura Collins - Divorce Court and Desperate Housewives

Roger Collins - To the Manor Born and Father Knows Best

Burke Devlin - Bonanza and Executive Suite

Roxanne Drew  - The Vampire Diaries

The Eagle Hill Cemetery Caretaker - Six Feet under and Keeping Up With the Kardashians

Maggie Evans - Alice and Our Miss Brooks

Sam Evans - Sister Wendy's History of Art and Dark Passages

Buzz Hackett - The Mod Squad and Then Came Bronson

Bruno Hess - Have Gun, Will Travel

Dr. Julia Hoffman - The Elevnth Hour and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Ms. Julia Hoffman -  Downton Abbey

Chris Jennings - Being Human

Tom Jennings - Also, Being Human and Ask This Old House

Harry Johnson - It Takes A Thief

Mrs. Sarah Johnson - Hazel and Upstairs, Downstairs

Dr. Eric Lang - Nip-and-Tuck

Jason McGuire - Ballykissangel and Who Want's To Be A Millionaire?

Sheriff George Patterson - The Andy Griffith Show and Car 54: Where Are You?

Bob Rooney - Cheers and Ryan's Hope

Carolyn Stoddard - The Young and the Restless

Paul Stoddard - Run For Your Life and Make Room For Daddy

Hallie Stokes - Fear Factor

Prof. T. Elliott Stokes - The X-Files and Bachelor Father

Charles Delaware tate - Learn to Paint with Bob Ross and One Foot in the Grave

Phillip and Megan Todd - Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers

Mr. Wells - Fawlty Towers

Vicky Winters - Anne of Green Gables and Super Nanny

Dr. Dave Woodard - Marcus Welby, M.D. and Diagnosis Murder

John Yeager - What Not To Wear

Can you think of any other shows, which the DS characters might have enjoyed watching?

Bob

although I could have done without the zombie pirates.

DarkLady,

Regarding those zombie pirates, didn't that one slightly rubenesque pirate with the "chrome-dome" hair style,  resemble the great wrestler/actor Tor Johnson, who appeared as another kind of space zombie (I guess?) in Ed Wood's film, "Plan 9 From Outer Space," considered to the "Citizen Kane of truly lousy films"?  (By the way, I thought it was hilarious, when one of the husky pirate's comrades apparently became overenthused, and accidentally threw a tapestry over his Telly Savalas-like head during the destruction of Collinwood!)

At one of the Dark Shadows Festivals in NYC, a number of years ago, I had the great pleasure of meeting Dale Clark, creator and publisher of the Dark Shadows magazine, "Inside the Old House."  In addition, Dale has written a series of superb Dark Shadows novels, which I recommend very highly to everyone.

Dale and I discussed the odd fact, that while the estimable Prof. Stokes was extremely knowledgeable about such arcane subjects as witchcraft, the I Ching and Parallel Time, the good professor was curiously uninformed about the subject of vampires.  We both got a good laugh out of that oddity. 

Concerning the possibility that David might have attended Collinsport High School, I always thought that David must have had a difficult time of it, when he ran into other kids during his frequent trips to Collinsport.  I mean, the other kids must have been either intimidated by him (being from Collinsport's most important family) or the other kids may have wanted to throw snowballs at him.  Of course, if David did inherit his mother's "talent" with fire, David might have just given any potential bullies a rather pronounced "hot foot," if they tried to mess with him! 

Bob

Hey gang,

While watching the summer of 1970 Dark Shadows episodes recently, I wondered if the normally sage and perspicacious Prof. T. Elliott Stokes really screwed up royally with his decision to bring his young niece, Hallie Stokes, to stay at Collinwood so soon after the tragic death of Hallie's parents in a car accident?

After all, if Amy Jennings' prior experiences were any indication, Collinwood was hardly a safe and serene setting for a young person to live and develop emotionally in.

And, could Maggie Evans have been all that thrilled, that she would now have to be responsible for the education and guidance of two teenagers, both on the cusp of burgeoning adulthood?

I tell you, what bothers me most about the usually wise Prof. Stokes' decision to bring his niece to Collinwood, is that we all had to sit through dozens of Dark Shadows episodes in which we had to listen to the young Ms. Stokes' incessant moaning, whining and kvetching.

(Maybe Prof. Stokes should have asked just Dr. Hoffman to supply Hallie with some apparently much-needed prescriptions for Xanax and Remeron in order to help his jumpy niece with her seemingly unending anxiety attacks, while Hallie stayed with the professor at HIS home?)

Bob the Bartender