Thanks for posting that.  I had no idea it was Grayson's voice though I had heard this many times before.

Nancy

Nancy.. i'm shocked! shocked!

I had to laugh when Julia said "Willie shut up and get to work!"  sooooo funny . . !

I didn't see it posted here but on another list, the following site was noted, you can hear Grayson's uncredited Haunted House work for Disney that she did while apparently making That Darn Cat:

http://www.doombuggies.com/audio.htm

One of our own is mentioned.  ..

Robin you the one who founds this?

Good old Julia- performing the DS equivalent of BASIC INSTINCT for old bachelor Elliot. What a trouper!

Oh Darren!  I laughed so hard I nearly choked on my morning oatmeal!

I agree, MikeS.  His portrayal of the learned professor may have influenced the writers during the 1968 storyline, but

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his inspiration seems to have been forgotten during the 1840 storyline (he, like Barnabas and Julia, was a time-traveler from the present), for although he did arrive in 1840, the writers gave him precious little to say or do.  Pity.  ?!?

Ben

I agree Ben . .what was his arrival in 1840 about?  First off Julia was so glad to see someone she knew after Ben died and then . ..Eliot doesn't do anything. . .pops in and out, says he's off to do something, which we never see the results of. . .he's around when Julia disappears too, isn't he . . ?? All we see is Barnabas lamenting her loss. . but where's Eliot to try and help find her?  Strange writing choice they made there.  .very strange. . .

Catchin' up on this weeks DS. . and I noted when Julia was at Eliots house, sitting on the couch, you could totally see up her dress. . .she's a nylon stocking gal with garter belts no pantyhose for her . . my my Eliot got an eyefull.  

Now what other clothing snafus happened on DS?? We've done props galore . . anyone have an obviously unzipped fly or anything?  

because every morning Lela Swift (who was sitting further down on the panel from him) would tell him, "We need more.  More."  He said that one day he decided to let her have it by really pouring it on for her and she reined him in, saying he should save it for later when they'll need it again, and that's when he knew what she wanted.  Lara Parker agreed with him that directors always wanted more theatricality, saying that Hank Kaplan used to give out grades for it.  She said he'd open the dressing room door and say, for example, "B minus".

Unfortunately, no one thought to pose a question about it to Lela directly.

That's an interesting commentary because I have posted before that the Henry Kaplan directed episodes seem more nuances and "less stagey" than the others, particularly Lela.  And in particular, under Henry's direction, Grayson seemed more restrained.  I always assumed it was because Lela was intimidted by Grayson and didn't give her **any** direction. . .but my take on whats been said here, is that these actors were constantly told to go over the top. ..hmmm, interesting tidbit.