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Title: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: jf on April 17, 2008, 04:13:40 PM: Hi, Jonathan Frid here. How are things going at DSBOARDS.com, I hear lots about you. Come and take a look at my website at www.jonathanfrid.com and have a ball…I think you’ll like this site with a difference, and it’s multitude of avenues to explore.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Gothick on April 17, 2008, 04:53:30 PM: A very warm welcome, Jonathan! You won't get any argument here about how wonderful your own site is. It's unquestionably a fan favorite!

cheers, Steve
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: bluefielder on April 17, 2008, 07:05:51 PM: Welcome Jonathan. I enjoy your website very much. It is one of my favorites.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 17, 2008, 07:19:23 PM: Well, sir, you must be busy with your own site, but I hope very much that you will post some more here. Your site is great... I'm over there occasionally.

I feel odd calling someone "sir"-- I never do. Well, "Your Worship" would probably have just been silly.... seriously, it's an honor, your coming here!
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: IluvBarnabas on April 17, 2008, 09:34:08 PM: Hi Jonathan! It's great to have you here! You are my favorite actor on DS.

I most certainly will check out you website.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Charles_Ellis on April 17, 2008, 09:59:20 PM: Oh wow: first the Pope comes to America and now this! Welcome aboard!! [blob6] [crowdhappy]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Gerard on April 18, 2008, 01:29:57 AM: We are very honored to have you here, Mr. Frid. All I can say is thank you for all the enjoyment in my life, as a DS fan from the first day it aired, you have brought!

Gerard
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Maggie Babe on April 18, 2008, 01:38:30 AM: How Cool! [ghost_smiley]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: borgosi on April 18, 2008, 02:22:23 AM: Welcome, it's great to have you here. I'll take you over the Pope anyday. You have brought me so much joy over the years. I thank you so very much.

I have been to your site and I love it.

I look forward to seeing you in Burbank.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: EmeraldRose on April 18, 2008, 02:37:46 AM: WOW! It's great to have you here, Mr. Jonathan Frid! [cheer] It's a great honor. [first] I have enjoyed your portrayal of Barnabas immensely over the years. [Bat] I was really excited meeting you last year for the first time and look forward to seeing you again this year. [ghost_grin] I have been to your website, and it's fabulous! [clap2] I hope you can find the time to post here many times. [ghost_wub]

----- Sally -----
[coolg] [hippy2]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: loril54 on April 18, 2008, 04:01:45 AM: Thank you, Mr. Frid, for coming to visit us here. We have a great site here. please look around.
Come back often. Your acting as Barnabas, gave me great comfort when life was hard. I have
already seen the new opening to your site, great. I hope to see you down in LA.

Take Care
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Jackie on April 18, 2008, 05:04:01 AM: Welcome to the board, JF!!! Love your web site and will spread the word on other groups that you have new things going on. Keep up the great work. It's fun to dabble on the web and meet new people.

Your fan
Jackie
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/dsbarnabasfan/sigtags/fridiculousness.jpg)
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Lydia on April 18, 2008, 09:47:33 AM: Welcome, jf! I enjoyed listening to your reading of The Cask of Amontillado.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Janet the Wicked on April 18, 2008, 12:20:42 PM: Jonathan who?
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: madscntst on April 18, 2008, 12:38:31 PM: Thanks so much for stopping by, Mr. Frid! [ghost_smiley] I loved running home from school every day to see what you and the DS gang were up to, and loved rewatching it for a time while I lived in NJ and again on Sci Fi Channel. Love your website too! Best wishes, and I hope you can visit again!

Cathy
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Raycheetah on April 18, 2008, 01:15:17 PM: Welcome, Mr. Frid!

I would like to thank you for being so warm and accommodating to your legion of fans; many others might write us off as a bunch of kooks, but you have always been nothing but kind and gracious!

Be well, and join us, here, whenever you care to!

-Raycheetah =^[.]^=
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: 4everfridean on April 18, 2008, 02:35:09 PM: I haven't posted here in FOREVER, but I couldn't miss this, I mean, my member name says it all. Thank you for coming over, and I hope you'll post every so often as we get closer to the Festival dates.

(http://www.lightintheshadows.com/4everfrid42.jpg)
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: adamsgirl on April 18, 2008, 02:55:51 PM: This is certainly a wonderful surprise! Welcome, Mr. Frid! May I see how much I enjoyed seeing you in Tarrytown last year? I look forward to Burbank and seeing you again! This is certainly an honor.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Cassandra Blair on April 18, 2008, 04:43:44 PM: A warm welcome to Jonathan Frid! We're really happy and honored to have you here!!! I've visited your website and it's really great - as were your portrayals of Barnabas and Bramwell Collins. To echo others here, you've truly given me many hours of chills, thrills and enjoyment!
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: michael c on April 18, 2008, 06:43:13 PM: welcome mr.frid!

you'll see it's a fun,nice group here at this board with great mods who really care about the work you and your castmates did on this show.

again welcome.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: mspeel007 on April 18, 2008, 08:01:25 PM: I am a regular visitor to your website, and have been for several years! [blackbat] It was GREAT meeting you last year!! Am SO looking foward to meeting you again this year. In case you didn't know, your a VERY loved person! [love2] Sending you a Biiiiiiiiiiiiig hug!! [love7] [vampsmiley]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Alondra on April 18, 2008, 09:30:47 PM: Hello Mr. Frid. I haven't posted here for over a year and I am an infrequent visitor to your site but I've been a fan of DS since I was a kid running home to see it every day. I own and moderate many DS groups on yahoo. I haven't ever posted to your website either but I did want to take the opportunity to thank you for your portrayal of Barnabas. It looks like today April 18 is the 41st anniversary of your first appearance on the show. DS is my favorite show of all time. Your friend Nancy Kersey is a good friend of mine.

Alondra
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 19, 2008, 12:52:05 AM: Quote from: Janet the Wicked on April 18, 2008, 12:20:42 PM
Jonathan who?

Explosive snorts of laughter nearly resulted, but I nipped them in the bud. I don't know why, no one's around....!
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Angelique Wins on April 19, 2008, 06:39:27 AM: Hi Jonathan Frid! Thanks for coming to visit! You picked an auspicious day for your first post! The anniversary of the very first day that arm came up out of the coffin and got poor Willie!!! AND...are you ready? (Of course, you are)...TA DAH!!!!! My BIRTHDAY!!!!! Yay!!!! [cheer] Hmmm...the NEXT year on the very same day on the show, Roger brought home his lovely wife Cassandra...

Hmmm...must be a cosmic date...

Ok, everybody! DS Wave for Jonathan Frid!!!

[thewave]

Judy
[9366]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Nightwolf on April 20, 2008, 06:24:51 AM: Well a warm welcome and greetings to you Mr. Frid. I enjoy visitng your website. I frequent your site whentime allows me too. Ienjoy your readings of Poe and Shakespere. You do a marvelous job with your website. Since I first your site years ago, I now read Shakespere. I thank you for opening up another literary door to me. Nightwolf
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: jf on April 21, 2008, 03:44:42 PM: Thankyou for all of your wonderful greetings.
Title: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: jf on April 21, 2008, 03:48:40 PM: Hi, Jonathan Frid here. How are things going at DSBOARDS.com, I hear lots about you. I look forward to all of your wonderful comments and encourage you to come and take a look at my website at www.jonathanfrid.com and have a ball…I think you’ll like this site with a difference, and it’s multitude of avenues to explore.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Phil on April 21, 2008, 05:11:32 PM: Greetings to THE MAN. It's great to see you still going strong, and when you stood onstage last year and said something to the effect of "I never really appreciated these scenes until I saw them here with all of you", it was a pretty great little moment to see. Good luck in LA this summer!
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Positivenergyone on April 21, 2008, 10:08:29 PM: Hi JF,

It's great to have you participate in chatting online. Hope to hear from you often.

Positivenergyone
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Doug on April 21, 2008, 11:49:50 PM: Hi JF! Welcome to the board.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: IluvBarnabas on April 22, 2008, 12:33:17 AM: Hello, Jonathan! I checked out your website and I loved it!

You were and still are my favorite actor on DS.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: loril54 on April 22, 2008, 09:19:13 PM: Just visited. Can't wait for the next update. Still looking good.

Take Care,
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Brandon Collins on April 23, 2008, 05:03:42 AM: Somehow, I knew, when I saw in the Key Stats box at the top of the page, that there was a new member simply named "jf" that it was the real deal.

Welcome. Lollygag for a bit.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: acejito on April 23, 2008, 12:34:01 PM: Hello Mr. Frid: [ghost_grin] Nice to see you here.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: retzev on April 24, 2008, 03:22:50 AM: Quote from: Brandon Collins on April 23, 2008, 05:03:42 AM
Somehow, I knew, when I saw in the Key Stats box at the top of the page, that there was a new member simply named "jf" that it was the real deal.

How do you know?
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Nancy on April 24, 2008, 06:53:23 AM: And it's said the days of miracles no longer exist! Here is a perfect example of how false that is . . . . [ghost_wink]

Nancy
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Josette on April 24, 2008, 07:12:55 AM: Sorry, I'm so late in joining in on this, but I've got to admit that I was skeptical. I figured anyone could sign on and claim to be anyone. However, now that Nancy has chimed in, I have to assume it's for real!!

WOW!!!

A very big

WELCOME!!!!!
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 24, 2008, 07:15:30 AM: Given the fact that this forum was primarily created to give DS fans a safe place to discuss the show we love without interference from trolls, impostors and whatnot and that we take that safety very seriously, Midnite and I felt confident that people would know that if we discovered or even suspected that there was the slightest possibility that jf's account was not legit, it would have been instantly muted and then removed entirely - that is if it had even somehow gotten past the initial vetting process that all potential members go through before their accounts are approved (many registrations are never approved for the simple fact that they can't be verified (in which case people are often politely asked to please reregister using verifiable info)). For obvious reasons, the jf account went through an even more intense level of vetting. So, the fact that jf has been active for almost a week already should have indicated to all that the account is legit - which is why neither Midnite nor I had felt the need to come forward to state as much publicly. :)
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Nancy on April 24, 2008, 07:21:48 AM: It is the real deal. However, I would direct comments about his website to the visitor's corner of JF's website where he will be sure to read it. It's great that he wants to promote his website himself and it's definitely worth visiting. There's a little bit of Josette action going on there right now . . . [ghost_rolleyes]

Nancy

Quote from: retzev on April 24, 2008, 03:22:50 AM
Quote from: Brandon Collins on April 23, 2008, 05:03:42 AM
Somehow, I knew, when I saw in the Key Stats box at the top of the page, that there was a new member simply named "jf" that it was the real deal.

How do you know?
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 24, 2008, 07:21:52 AM: Quote from: retzev on April 24, 2008, 03:22:50 AM
Quote from: Brandon Collins on April 23, 2008, 05:03:42 AM
Somehow, I knew, when I saw in the Key Stats box at the top of the page, that there was a new member simply named "jf" that it was the real deal.

How do you know?

Maybe Brandon is psychic. [ghost_wink] Or maybe he just trusts us. [ghost_smiley]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Josette on April 25, 2008, 07:27:47 AM: Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on April 24, 2008, 07:15:30 AM
Given the fact that this forum was primarily created to give DS fans a safe place to discuss the show we love without interference from trolls, impostors and whatnot and that we take that safety very seriously, Midnite and I felt confident that people would know that if we discovered or even suspected that there was the slightest possibility that jf's account was not legit, it would have been instantly muted and then removed entirely - that is if it had even somehow gotten past the initial vetting process that all potential members go through before their accounts are approved (many registrations are never approved for the simple fact that they can't be verified (in which case people are often politely asked to please reregister using verifiable info)). For obvious reasons, the jf account went through an even more intense level of vetting. So, the fact that jf has been active for almost a week already should have indicated to all that the account is legit - which is why neither Midnite nor I had felt the need to come forward to state as much publicly. :)

MB, I was sure you would check it out, but I figured if someone said "such and such" is my name, how could you know for sure. So, when neither of you nor Nancy said anything, I still wasn't sure.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 25, 2008, 07:47:01 AM: Quote from: Josette on April 25, 2008, 07:27:47 AM
I figured if someone said "such and such" is my name, how could you know for sure

Oh, we have our ways. But explaining how would not only be telling, it would be revealing some of the behind the scenes methods that are best kept, well, behind the scenes. [ghost_wink] And as I said, if we have our doubts, then a registration is simply not approved and a request is made to please register again with verifiable info.
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: retzev on April 25, 2008, 08:16:17 AM: Quote from: Josette on April 25, 2008, 07:27:47 AM
MB, I was sure you would check it out, but I figured if someone said "such and such" is my name, how could you know for sure. So, when neither of you nor Nancy said anything, I still wasn't sure.

Me too. No offense intended, M and MB.

Long Live Jonathan Frid!!!
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 25, 2008, 03:27:58 PM: I'm very glad Mr. Frid came by a second time, but he probably has his hands full with his own site and wanted more people to know about it. When Marie Wallace joined and made just one post, I hoped for more but I understood, I think.

MB and Midnite-- For what it's worth, if it helps, I did trust you to have done some cyber-thing I would know nothing about, to make sure there are no frauds. I'm not criticizing those who weren't sure.

I'm guessing midnight abductions and DNA screening, am I right?
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: MsCriseyde on April 25, 2008, 03:30:22 PM: Quote from: MagnusTrask on April 25, 2008, 03:27:58 PM
I'm guessing midnight abductions and DNA screening, am I right?
They practically invented extraordinary rendition. [ghost_tongue2]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: sallycollins on April 25, 2008, 04:34:47 PM: What a big thrill to have Jonathan on this board! I understand he is still very vigorous and active. I hope he takes the time to involve himself in some of the plot points discussed here, and maybe offer an alternative that he wished would have been adopted.

Sally
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Jackie on April 25, 2008, 05:42:00 PM: WELCOME Jonathan Frid !!!!
Keep up the great work on your website.
[computer]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 25, 2008, 09:01:12 PM: Quote from: MagnusTrask on April 25, 2008, 03:27:58 PM
I'm guessing midnight abductions and DNA screening, am I right?

Yes, it can now be revealed. UFOs? That's just a cover story. They've always been sightings of Midnite and I in our super secret craft checking out potential members - even venturing back in time to fully research their backgrounds.

Another myth dispelled. Sorry to all you I-Want-To-Believers.

Quote from: MsCriseyde on April 25, 2008, 03:30:22 PM
They practically invented extraordinary rendition. [ghost_tongue2]

You've got that right! [wink2]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Misty on April 26, 2008, 05:20:40 PM: What a treat!!! So glad to have you aboard, Mr. Frid. I never doubted your joining this board was authentic! I've found this site to be trustworthy. Wow! I'm looking forward to checking out your site.

Misty [ghost_grin]
Title: Re: Jonathan Frid joins dsboards.com
Post by: Miranda on May 10, 2008, 06:43:59 PM: This is so neat that Jonathan joined the boards here!!