DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '26 I => Current Talk '02 II => Topic started by: TERRY308 on November 30, 2002, 09:47:13 PM
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Thanksgiving Night I was watching "The Wizard Of Oz", and they have these questions between commercials. There was one that started me to think. They're question was 'What item do you think is the Holy Grain, according to the Wizard of Oz?'
So, my question is quiet simple.
"What item do you think is the Holy Grain, according to Dark Shadows?
The one for the Wizard of Oz, was the ruby slippers, what do you think it is for Dark Shadows? [peace]
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it must be Barnabas' cane or Barnabas himself. ;)
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Josette's Music Box!
I also watched the broadcast of TWOOz and got every trivia question correct. I had the opportunity to meet Margaret Hamilton about a quarter-century ago when she was doing summer stock in Paint Your Wagon. A friend of mine was in the cast and got me backstage to I could shake hands with Elvira Gulch. She was the sweetest woman, a teeny, little thing, and we talked for about an hour. She told me of the many things that went wrong while making the film (such as Buddy Ebsen having to bow out when he became ill from the makeup, etc.), and then she proceeded to push back a tuff of her hair, revealing some scar tissue. As she related to me, in the scene where she departs Munchkinland in that blaze of fire and smoke, she had slightly mis-stepped on the platform. As it dropped, with her on it, she bumped her head on the side of the flooring, right where the gas jets were located. Picking herself up, she started to walk away when she felt something dripping off of her. Just as she noticed that it looked like little drops of liquid, colored flames, a stagehand called out: "Margaret! You're on fire!" When she bumped the floor, her head grazing against the gas jets, her green makeup caught fire. They got it out quickly, but not before she suffered small but severe burns, the scalp-line scars remaining forever.
She also told me how Judy Garland's mother would sit and talk with her on the set, at times very distraught, because of the prescription drugs the teenager was already compelled to take by the MGM moguls to control her weight. Mrs. Gumm (Garland's mother) felt the only one she could talk to was Margaret Hamilton, since Miss Hamilton was originally a school teacher before making her mark on Hollywood.
Gerard
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I was watching The Wizard of Oz the other night too! I was mad though because they asked the same questions twice; I wanted more! :) I love that movie; I hadn't watched it forever. I started crying when Dorothy sang Over the Rainbow and when that lady on the bicycle tried to take Toto away.
-Lindsey
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i guess it would have to be that box that eventually contains the hand of Petofi, its everywhere...but a close second would probably be the portrait of the Barnster.
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I agree with Sarah. It's Barnabas himself. :-)
Cassandra[/font]
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If we're talking a human being, yes, Barnabas himself, or Jonathan Frid.
If we're discussing an inanimate object, I'd call Barnabas' ring the signature item, followed closely behind by Josette's music box or Barnabas' cane.
Love, Robin
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I'd say that it's Collinwood, the house itself.
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It's got to be that damn afghan! ;-)
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Robin Wrote:
If we're discussing an inanimate object, I'd call Barnabas' ring the signature item, followed closely behind by Josette's music box or Barnabas' cane.
Another good choice would be the Grandfather clock in the foyer. That clock is in just about every scene in every storyline. ;-)
Cassandra[/font]