DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '02 II => Topic started by: Philippe Cordier on October 09, 2002, 05:35:13 AM
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Today's first episode was the scariest one I remember in a long time ... I actually jumped in the last scene when Maggie opened the storeroom door! (Can't wait to view the second episode later tonight -- it's such a thrill having three weeks' worth of episodes I've never seen!)
I wish I could make out better what some of the knick-knacks are in David's room. For the last couple of days I've been seeing something that says "Chicken Little Was Right." Any ideas as to what this is? There's something that used to be on the wall, an orange drawing, that may be on the dresser now, that looks like a picture of "Garfield" (the cat). Don't think that's possible, though. And is that the crystal ball on a bedside table?
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Hi Vlad, That's funny you should mention this because the other day I was also trying to figure out what the heck David has there in his room. I didn't notice the Chicken Little drawing but I also thought that the other picture may have been Garfield, but thought to myself, Naa, that can't be, I don't think Garfield was around back then, was he?
I did happen to notice that he has some kind of miniture car collection up there on what appears to be a book shelf of some kind. And yes, I believe that is a crystal ball that David has there on the table. I think Burke may have given it to him sometime ago.
You know what I find strange is that David has everything that a kid from a wealthy family would probably have except a TV! Come to think of it though, I have yet to see a Television set anywhere on the show.
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You know what I find strange is that David has everything that a kid from a wealthy family would probably have except a TV! Come to think of it though, I have yet to see a Television set anywhere on the show.
They seem to do a good job of entertaining each other.;D
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I wish I could make out better what some of the knick-knacks are in David's room. For the last couple of days I've been seeing something that says "Chicken Little Was Right." Any ideas as to what this is?
No idea if this is related, but The Turtles released a single in 1967 whose B-side was "Chicken Little Was Right."
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Come to think of it though, I have yet to see a Television set anywhere on the show.
The only time we ever see a television set on Dark Shadows is in 1970 Parallel Time. Buffy Harrington has one in her boarding room.
RE: David's ornaments - notice the toy robot that was sitting on his bedside table. We saw this robot in the very early pre-Barnabas episodes when David was still a wee lad. (It's amazing how much he's grown since the start of the series.)
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You can see a TV in Stuart Bronson's hotel room, too, when Burke went to meet with him.
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As rich as the Collin's family were, it's sad to see only a few toys scattered here and there in David's room.
The "Chicken Little" item looks like one of those "Rub On's" that were popular back then. You would rub on various characters to a stiff piece of cardboard, and they would come with various phrases. I had a Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In one. As for the posters on David's wall, I can tell you exactly what they are. They are not Garfield, but are Rock and Roll Fillmore West Posters from 1967. At that time, Bill Graham ran two Rock clubs on the west and east coast. Those Rock posters are highly collectable today. I have reproductions on both of those posters that David has in his room. Some of the groups featured on them were, Cream, Paul Butterfield Blues Band and others. What in the world David is doing with them, I haven't a clue!! I guess Sy Thomasoff thought they looked kind of spooky with one depicting a wizard, so he thought they would be perfect for David.
In 1967, David had the Major Matt Mason Space Station in his room as well.
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I've always noticed that David's room looks really bare. Hardly any books, or anything. Besides TVs, they also don't seem to be fond of any animals. Except, of course, when Roger was a cat! latisha
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At the end of yesterday's second episode (the scene must have been David's room, but I can't remember what the scene was about) you could see that "Garfield" picture I was talking about -- it looks like a drawing of a big, orange cat. It's framed and hanging high on the wall to the left of David's bed.
I'm assuming, then, that this is the "Rock and Roll Fillmore West" poster that doombuggy mentions, though it's still unclear to me if this depicts a big cat.
Well, I may have to eat my words from a month or two ago when I voiced my doubts that David's room is located in the tower. MB, I think, stated that David's room is the second floor of the tower. Today's opening shot of the tower, then shot to David's room, did imply that. The windows do look the same and the walls of David's room do appear to be curved.
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One of the strange 1967 Rock posters hanging in David's room, can be seen at this website that I found! I will look for the other one.
http://www.dking-gallery.com/posters/sale/BG/-79.html
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I found it! Here is the other 1967 Fillmore rock poster that David has in his bedroom. This one always spooked my out. I always thought it was a picture of Quentin.
http://www.dreamscape.com/posters/posters/bg-080.jpg
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Interesting how you tracked those posters down, doombuggy. The second one looks familiar.
Still would like to know about the "Garfield" painting in the frame, though.
I had never heard of "rubons" -- don't remember those from my youth -- or "The Turtles," for that matter!
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I had never heard of "rubons" -- don't remember those from my youth --or "The Turtles," for that matter!
Vlad, "The Turtles" were a popular group back in the 60's. They had hits such as "Happy Together" "She'd Rather Be With Me" and "Elenore."
Maybe this will ring a bell.
"Imagine me and you, I do,
I think about you day and night,
it's only right,
to think about
the girl you love,
and hold her tight,
so Happy together."
:-)
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Vlad, "The Turtles" were a popular group back in the 60's.
Maybe this will ring a bell.
"Imagine me and you, I do,
I think about you day and night,
it's only right,
to think about
the girl you love,
and hold her tight,
so Happy together."
:-)
Sure does Cassandra-You got me singing it!
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First the Moody Blues.....now the Turtles.
I think we need a new board just for dicussing rock bands that made music during the run of Dark Shadows.
Rainey....who misses Ringo Collins and wonders if he's coming to NYC with Cher next week?
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Ah, yes, I remember that poster. I never knew what it was for, but it looked pretty creepy. Still does.
Moody Blues... my favorite group out of the 70s. Can't count the number of times I saw them in concert. Raineypark, a rock topic... what a great idea. ;)
--M
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McCriseyde,
Ah, yes, the Turtles (also known as Flo and Eddie)!
I think that the other song on the flip side of the 78 RPM record (remember those?) of "Chicken Little Was Right" may have been "She's My Girl" (a song Willie Loomis, no doubt, played every night as he fantasied about Maggie Evans).
Doombuggy69,
Great information about the late and very talented Bill Graham of Fillmore West. Incidentally, the man depicted on of those posters, with the long, black hair and the dark sunglasses reminds me of the late, great Roy Orbison of "Pretty Woman" fame.
I remember when PBS aired a concert from the Fillmore West with an eclectic lineup featuring the Birds and ShaNaNa. We got to see the musicians "interacting" with one another back stage before the concert. Roger McGuin went up to the lean, mean and extremely articulate "Bowzer" of Sha Na Na and said: "Peace to you, brother." To which the "King of Slicked Back Hair" replied: "Get away from me, you 'expletive-deleted' hippie!"
The portrait of the woman holding the young child looks like, IMHO, a depiction of the Blessed Virgin with the baby Jesus.
Bob the Bartender, former busboy at the Bottom Line and CBGB's
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Vlad, "The Turtles" were a popular group back in the 60's. They had hits such as "Happy Together" "She'd Rather Be With Me" and "Elenore."
And don't forget It Ain't ME Babe - my favorite.
-CLC 8)
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Well, I may have to eat my words from a month or two ago when I voiced my doubts that David's room is located in the tower. MB, I think, stated that David's room is the second floor of the tower. Today's opening shot of the tower, then shot to David's room, did imply that. The windows do look the same and the walls of David's room do appear to be curved.
I'm assuming this was another continuity error. I remember in the first year of the show they showed David in the window of his room looking out, and it wasn't near the tower. Also I remember Vicki's room being across the hall from David's. I wish someone on the show had done a outline of where all the characters' rooms were located so they wouldn't change them midway through the series.
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There's something that used to be on the wall, an orange drawing, that may be on the dresser now, that looks like a picture of "Garfield" (the cat). Don't think that's possible, though. And is that the crystal ball on a bedside table?
In yesterday's episode we got to see David's dresser pretty close up so I was able to get a better view of what was on it.
It's definetely not Garfield but rather a cartoon picture of a dog. It looks familiar but I haven't a clue on where it's from.
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It couldn't be "Garfield" on David's dresser because that comic was not created until 1977 by Jim Davis. This is 1969. Unless Barnabas picked it up for David on one of his time travel trips to the future!
It's most likely one of those "funny little animal" type cards that were popular in the late 60's, with groovy sayings. I had a Laugh In cartoon kit around that same time that featured many characters with funny sayings, that you could stick onto them with "cartoon word" balloons.
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One of the posters from David's room (it might be the dog you mention) shows up later in Buffy's room. I remember thinking it seemed to be so out of place in relation to the rest of the decor. Perhaps the staff at DS would decorate the different sets with items that weren't' called for in order to have a good laugh on each other.
I'm not surprised that David didn't have a TV in his room back in those days. Mrs. Kennedy didn't allow her children (John and Caroline) to watch TV while they were growing up from what I've read. Just because a family is wealthy, they aren't necessarily open to new trends in society.