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Title: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: retzev on April 07, 2008, 07:52:31 AM

[drunk22] Quentin comes to mind immediately, but I think Liz and Roger both might be able to drink him under the table. Quentin and Carolyn both fall apart like a couple of amateurs after a few drinks, but the elder Collins's seem much better at handling their liquor. Practice makes perfect I suppose.  I also get the impression that Roger and Liz drink quite a bit more than they let on, but of course they have to keep up appearances. I'm sure even David dipped his little beak in the decanter from time to time when nobody was looking. Hell, who didn't drink in Collinsport? [drunken_smiley] 

 

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Gerard on April 07, 2008, 12:33:11 PM

I'll bet Mrs. Johnson didn't.  Well maybe only on occasion for medicinal purposes.

Gerard

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Garth Blackwood on April 07, 2008, 04:14:54 PM

Quote from: Gerard on April 07, 2008, 12:33:11 PM

I'll bet Mrs. Johnson didn't.  Well maybe only on occasion for medicinal purposes.

Clarice Blackburn's characters were pretty straightedge. I doubt Abigail Collins or Minerva Trask ever embibed spirits

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: adamsgirl on April 07, 2008, 05:41:57 PM

Well, we all know Sam Evans was a lush, but Burke Devlin sure could wash 'em down, too! I love the scene where (spoiler alert) he, Joe and Sam are at the Blue Whale talking about the deceased Bill Malloy. They all got so loaded, they began singing, "What do you do with a drunken sailor?". That was hilarious!

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Raineypark on April 07, 2008, 06:53:33 PM

Quote from: Garth Blackwood on April 07, 2008, 04:14:54 PM

Quote from: Gerard on April 07, 2008, 12:33:11 PM

I'll bet Mrs. Johnson didn't.  Well maybe only on occasion for medicinal purposes.

Clarice Blackburn's characters were pretty straightedge. I doubt Abigail Collins or Minerva Trask ever embibed spirits

I don't know about that......I suspect she was exactly the type to shout the horrors of  Demon Rum in church, and then go home and get snockered...... [8285]

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: sallycollins on April 07, 2008, 06:58:48 PM

Jason put a few away in the Blue Whale too, but he was too smart and shifty to ever let himself get drunk.

Sally

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: IluvBarnabas on April 07, 2008, 07:04:41 PM

Professor Stokes was known for his love of sherry, but he never seemed to get smashed either. Good for him! [ghost_wink]

I also remember Joe, very much drunk, going up to Collinwood and told off Carolyn and Elizabeth in one speech. He didn't remember any of it, either. But I bet the those two ladies would never forget it! [ghost_wink]

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Garth Blackwood on April 07, 2008, 07:04:56 PM

Parallel time Gabriel Collins were a major drinker. Also don't forget Count Petofi-- he liked his sherry and an occasional serving of chartruse (sp?), which Aristede ordered for him in the bar at one point.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: sallycollins on April 07, 2008, 08:03:03 PM

Since DS copied so much from the classics, the writers should have given Barnabas the classic line from Dracula, when the Count is offered a drink: "I never drink... wine."

Sally

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 07, 2008, 09:43:29 PM

Quote from: adamsgirl on April 07, 2008, 05:41:57 PM

I love the scene where (spoiler alert) he, Joe and Sam are at the Blue Whale talking about the deceased Bill Malloy. They all got so loaded, they began singing, "What do you do with a drunken sailor?".

I love that singing scene too, but it was only Burke and Sam who sang:

(http://www.dsboards.com/eventimages/1021ds_1.jpg)
1966: Ep #85 - A drunken Burke and Sam bond by singing Bill's
favorite song: 'What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor?'

Believe it or not, Joe wasn't in Ep #85.  [ghost_smiley]  I guess he wasn't allowed to sing with the big boys.  [ghost_cheesy]

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: borgosi on April 07, 2008, 10:02:25 PM

I just went to i-tunes and found that song. I'll have to learn all the words just in case I have a few to many drinks at the fest. [ghost_wacko]

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Gerard on April 08, 2008, 01:23:21 AM

Quote from: Raineypark on April 07, 2008, 06:53:33 PM

I don't know about that......I suspect she was exactly the type to shout the horrors of  Demon Rum in church, and then go home and get snockered...... [8285]

Come to think of it, while we never saw Mrs. Johnson bend her elbow, she did smoke.  So maybe when she was alone at night, after all her work was finished, she enjoyed a cigarette with some coffee......with just a tad - a tad, mind you - of an inebriate added.  For medicinal purposes, of course, to help her get a good night's sleep.

Gerard

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 08, 2008, 03:00:02 AM

I've never found an appropriate place to say this--

Quentin Collins.... the wolf that walks like a man.... and the rest of the time, the man that drinks like a fish...

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: michael c on April 08, 2008, 03:11:58 AM

in general i didn't get the impression that liz was a big drinker.

but i recall one episode during the leviathan storyline where barnabas asks liz if the consumption of sherry was calming to her nerves.it left the vague impression that at least at this point in time she was self-medicating a bit.

this scene was i believe followed by liz having the most bizzare dream in the show's entire run(and you all know what i mean!).

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: IluvBarnabas on April 08, 2008, 03:41:31 AM

I don't recall Elizabeth doing a whole lot of drinking on the show, either. I suppose she could have, though, we just didn't get to see it on screen. [ghost_wub]

Her ancestor, Naomi Collins, on the other hand....she turned to the bottle most of the time....but then, who wouldn't with Abigail for a sister-in-law? [ghost_grin]

I recall Quentin saying Judith nipped at the brandy frequently too.


Man, I would have loved to have seen Barnabas smashed just ONCE during the show...but I suppose he's above that sort of thing, or thinks he is anyway.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Midnite on April 08, 2008, 04:11:01 AM

Quote from: MagnusTrask on April 08, 2008, 03:00:02 AM

I've never found an appropriate place to say this--

Quentin Collins.... the wolf that walks like a man.... and the rest of the time, the man that drinks like a fish...

 [laughing4]

I'm glad you finally said it!

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: retzev on April 08, 2008, 04:21:20 AM

Quote from: IluvBarnabas on April 08, 2008, 03:41:31 AM

I don't recall Elizabeth doing a whole lot of drinking on the show, either. I suppose she could have, though, we just didn't get to see it on screen. [ghost_wub]

That's what I was thinking too.

Was Julia much of a drinker? She was probably more into pills.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: MsCriseyde on April 08, 2008, 06:03:53 AM

Early on in 1897, Judith accuses Quentin of being drunk. He isn't, but his reply is priceless: "That's never been one of my bad habits. Never could be."

Either he's lying like a politician, or, based on what we actually see of his drinking, it was prompted by everything going to hell in his life.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: adamsgirl on April 08, 2008, 05:08:09 PM

Oh, thanks, MB! In the fog of what I call a memory, I somehow pictured Joe there. Of course, he wasn't. I suppose I confused that scene with the one where Joe went up to Collinwood, smashed beyond words, which someone else mentioned. [ghost_grin]

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 08, 2008, 10:17:49 PM

Believe me, I can relate, adamsgirl. More than once I've checked out a scene in which I was almost positive a certain character had been or had said something and it turned out that I was confusing it with a completely different scene. It's funny how our minds sometimes play tricks.  [ghost_wink]

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 09, 2008, 05:40:12 AM

My thinking that Petofi had a whole storyline in the 'present' beats all that I think.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Garth Blackwood on April 09, 2008, 07:03:34 AM

Quote from: MagnusTrask on April 09, 2008, 05:40:12 AM

My thinking that Petofi had a whole storyline in the 'present' beats all that I think.

Well, Petofi (in Quentin's body) visited the present for approximately 10 seconds. During his stay there Maggie Evans walked into the room. Does that count as a storyline?

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: jennifer on April 09, 2008, 06:21:13 PM

I think it was Judith who drank more than Liz but
what else was there to do in that town always
wondered what Liz did all day all those years as
a shut in [ghost_cheesy]

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Garth Blackwood on April 09, 2008, 06:40:17 PM

Quote from: jennifer on April 09, 2008, 06:21:13 PM

I think it was Judith who drank more than Liz but
what else was there to do in that town always
wondered what Liz did all day all those years as
a shut in [ghost_cheesy]

* Spoiler *
I don't remember Judith ever drinking very much. The only scene I can even remember her drinking at all was when she was just trying to lure Gregory into drinking so that she could drug him and subsequently wall him up in Quentin's room

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Midnite on April 09, 2008, 08:30:24 PM

Spoilers:

Judith gulped down a brandy when Minerva's ghost was dogging her, and I'm pretty sure she had a drink to celebrate her inheritance,  And was going to have one to celebrate getting rid of Gregory-- all good reasons, lol.  But through most of 1897 she was a spinster who nagged others for their drinking.  Jennifer, could you have meant Naomi?

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: LeFanu on April 20, 2008, 04:54:06 PM

Not sure I remember a specific episode in which he was drinking, but wasn't PT1970 Roger Collins a lush, in addition to being kind of a psychopath?  [ghost_embarrassed]

And I also got the impression that the Carolyn of that storyline was a bit of a drinker, along with her hubs, William H. Loomis.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: MagnusTrask on April 20, 2008, 06:22:50 PM

Only after WHL was out of the picture, I think.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: Doug on April 20, 2008, 10:40:48 PM

What about Ben Stokes? The only time I remember seeing him drink was at the Blue Whale, demanding
more rum.

Title: Re: Drinking in Collinsport
Post by: retzev on April 21, 2008, 11:59:21 AM

Quote from: Doug on April 20, 2008, 10:40:48 PM

What about Ben Stokes? The only time I remember seeing him drink was at the Blue Whale, demanding
more rum.

Canned heat.