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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #30 on: October 07, 2005, 12:05:51 PM »
Quote from: CyrusL on October 05, 2005, 08:37:15 PM
"Mr. Barnabas...you gonna finish those fries"  (done in Ben Stokes voice, okay its not an actual series line, but when you say it like Stokes, it sounds right)

That one's certainly going to stick in my head, forever!    Like, maybe every other time Ben appears on the screen!

I'm the Antichrist, because I skip entire storylines.   After getting the tapes and watching twice or so, the Leviathans, parallel time in particular became things to have on in the background when at the computer.    I suspect Dan Curtis came up with the ones I don't like so much.   I have to say that parallel 1970 improves after they get "Jeckyl and Hyde" and Hitchcock's "Rebecca" out of their systems.    I've seen those movies.
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #31 on: October 07, 2005, 03:00:48 PM »
Quote from: PennyDreadful on October 07, 2005, 03:52:33 AM
LMAO!  Very amusing!  Have you ever listened to Ron Barry's Dumb Shadows?  I can easily imagine Ron Barry doing that line with his great Stokes impression.
[hall_grin] I have the Ron Barry interview CD that Bobubas put out a few years back, which I love. I've never actually heard any episodes of "Dumb Shadows", but I got a feel for what they might be like. Are there tapes around? Bet i would like them.

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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #32 on: October 07, 2005, 09:54:26 PM »
Quote from: CyrusL on October 07, 2005, 03:00:48 PM
I have the Ron Barry interview CD that Bobubas put out a few years back, which I love. I've never actually heard any episodes of "Dumb Shadows", but I got a feel for what they might be like. Are there tapes around? Bet i would like them.

 Get in touch with Bobubas.  He can probably hook you up with Dumb Shadows if he has any left.
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #33 on: October 08, 2005, 02:56:34 AM »
I'd like to hear those sometime.   I keep wanting to do a parody (crossover with "The West Wing"?), but can't manage it yet.     I always thought a good title though would be "Dark Boom Shadows".
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #34 on: October 08, 2005, 04:36:33 AM »
Quote from: MagnusTrask on October 08, 2005, 02:56:34 AM
........ I keep wanting to do a parody (crossover with "The West Wing"?),

THE WEST WING??!!!  Good Goddess!!  The dialogue on "West Wing" flies so fast Hummingbirds would have trouble keeping up!!  Can you imagine the actors on DS.....(no, I will NOT name names!!)..... trying to get their lines out that quickly?  [hall2_rolleyes]
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #35 on: October 08, 2005, 04:25:08 PM »
Quote from: Raineypark on October 08, 2005, 04:36:33 AM
Can you imagine the actors on DS.....(no, I will NOT name names!!)..... trying to get their lines out that quickly?

...gee, I wonder who Rainey means? [hall2_grin]

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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #36 on: October 09, 2005, 03:21:35 PM »
Quote from: Raineypark on October 08, 2005, 04:36:33 AM
Quote from: MagnusTrask on October 08, 2005, 02:56:34 AM
........ I keep wanting to do a parody (crossover with "The West Wing"?),
THE WEST WING??!!!  Good Goddess!!  The dialogue on "West Wing" flies so fast Hummingbirds would have trouble keeping up!!  Can you imagine the actors on DS.....(no, I will NOT name names!!)..... trying to get their lines out that quickly?  [hall2_rolleyes]

Tonight I did a bit more on a Dr Who/West Wing thing.    I love the sarcastic banter of (Sorkin) WW and it's very similar to me to Gilmore Girls... never considered that as a crossover until that very second, but well hey, it's available to be done too ain't it.

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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #37 on: October 10, 2005, 09:36:10 PM »
Rewatching Ep #337 for today I was reminded of one of my favorite expressions used on DS: seemingly doing everything you can for everyone only to be "rewarded with one slap in the face after another" for it. I love that scene between Barnabas and Dr. Woodard - and even though the expression isn't unique to DS, I always associate it with Barnabas whenever I hear it.  :D
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #38 on: October 12, 2005, 08:24:43 PM »
Quote from: AndreDuPres on September 25, 2005, 11:29:16 PM
Maybe we should just have a list of Julia-isms.  I swear, she's probably the character with the most personality traits:  her flickering, heavily-lashed eyes, the ever-present cigarette and smoker's cough, her catchy little phrases, her patent scream, her vast array of sedatives, her trusty black medical bag, her emphatic way of speaking, etc.

Regarding her "emphatic" way of speaking, I was watching my DVD's at lunch today and was thinking of the time when she was trying to convince Barnabas she could cure him and kept saying, "I KNOW, I *will* SUCCEED!!"  It was almost as if she was trying to convince herself as well as him, LOL!   [hall_rolleyes]
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #39 on: October 12, 2005, 08:28:43 PM »
Quote from: Misa on September 25, 2005, 11:43:52 PM
People never going "what?" when someone says something weird: "That night must go nothing wrong"

LOL about saying "what?"  If I recall correctly it was Barnabas who said that, and to Julia, was it?  Anyway, it makes me wish that they COULD have had multiple takes, so that we'd have a blooper reel like other shows have.  Then maybe we would have seen/heard Grayson laughing at Jonathan and saying, jokingly, "Jon, are you drunk?!"   [hall2_grin]
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #40 on: October 12, 2005, 08:38:58 PM »
Quote from: PennyDreadful on October 07, 2005, 09:54:26 PM
Quote from: CyrusL on October 07, 2005, 03:00:48 PM
I have the Ron Barry interview CD that Bobubas put out a few years back, which I love. I've never actually heard any episodes of "Dumb Shadows", but I got a feel for what they might be like. Are there tapes around? Bet i would like them.

 Get in touch with Bobubas.  He can probably hook you up with Dumb Shadows if he has any left.

Hell Michael, I'll sell you mine, cheap!  LOL!  I think I'm too young to truly appreciate Dumb Shadows.   [hall2_rolleyes]
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #41 on: October 12, 2005, 11:22:09 PM »
Every character on DS chronically said "must" instead of "have to", which Americans don't do.    Especially Julia, who would tell someone he/she has to do this or that... the other person asks why, then Julia replies, "Because you must!!!"    Well, Julia, as long as there's a good reason... all you had to do was explain...
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2005, 12:30:10 AM »
Quote from: MagnusTrask on October 12, 2005, 11:22:09 PM
Every character on DS chronically said "must" instead of "have to", which Americans don't do.
Apparently, you live in a part of the country that is free of those annoying advertisements on television and radio informing you of "special limited time offers" for which you "must act now." I envy you.  [hall2_wink]
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #43 on: October 13, 2005, 03:17:07 AM »
Quote from: BuzzH on October 12, 2005, 08:38:58 PM
Hell Michael, I'll sell you mine, cheap!  LOL!  I think I'm too young to truly appreciate Dumb Shadows.   [hall2_rolleyes]

 Indeed they are horrifically corny & really pretty bad.  BUT, Ron Barry does a pretty hilarious Thayer David impression. 
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Re: the "language" of d.s.
« Reply #44 on: October 14, 2005, 03:49:25 PM »
Quote from: MsCriseyde on October 13, 2005, 12:30:10 AM
Apparently, you live in a part of the country that is free of those annoying advertisements on television and radio informing you of "special limited time offers" for which you "must act now." I envy you.  [hall2_wink]

LOL MsCriseyde, I envy them too.   [hall2_wink]
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