Flames ... flames on the side of her face...

[Gothick]

Fans, I knew when I first saw today's fabulous image of Mrs Johnson on a tear while Maggie seems to be in the middle of saying "talk to the hand" .... that there was something familiar about it.

I just now realized that it reminds me of this (in)famous clip from the movie Clue that has someone, maybe Madeline Kahn, talking about how another female character makes her so angry that "I can't breathe and ... I feel ... it's as if ... flames ... flames on the side of my face..."

Even without these references, the shot of the two women is pretty darn hysterical!  Way to go MB!

Another possibility is that Mrs J is complaining that nobody is paying HER extra money to model Junior Sophisticates ensembles...

G.

[Midnite]

it reminds me of this (in)famous clip from the movie Clue that has someone, maybe Madeline Kahn, talking about how another female character makes her so angry that "I can't breathe and ... I feel ... it's as if ... flames ...

...flames on the side of my face..."

 

[Gothick]

Midnite!  you found it!

"Breathing... heaving breaths" and the way her hands move--it's soooo KLS in that snapshot!

cheers, G.

[michael c]

this is the part of the show that i'm currently watching.it's such a treat!

mrs. johnson is one of those early characters that,unfortunately,often gets back-burnered during the full onset of the supernatural years but during the quentin hauntings she's returned to a position of prominence and given some supreme material.some of her scenes with those two "diabolical" children are too good for words.

and i've decided this...

i wish that mrs. johnson appeared in every single episode.she doesn't need to be a major player like barnabas or julia.she can even just answer a door or a telephone.but she lends such a distinctive note i wish that,like the opening voiceover,she had been a daily presence.

[Midnite]

this is the part of the show that i'm currently watching.it's such a treat!

It sure is!  Did you decide if you're going to keep watching into the 1897 flashback?  Inquiring minds and all that.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Here's the capture/quote from the slideshow:

1969: Ep #682 - Mrs. Johnson: 'There's nothing ordinary
about those two children.'