DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '12 I => Topic started by: Bob_the_Bartender on March 10, 2012, 09:36:06 PM
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Hey gang,
During Dark Shadows' run, I believe that we only got to see one or two television sets in any of the DS characters' homes or apartments; I think that Buffie Harrington had a portable tv in her apartment room, for example.
I would have liked to have seen some of the characters, enjoying some "quality time," watching their favorite shows on the boob tube. For instance, it would have been fun to have seen Mrs. Stoddard, Carolyn and Vicky, sitting down in the Collinwood study (or perhaps the recreation room/den) and tuning into "Peyton Place" two nights a week on the local Collinsport ABC channel. Perhaps David enjoyed watching "The Monkees" or "The Invaders" with Amy Jennings? (Amy probably preferred "That Girl" to "The Invaders," imo.)
Then again, just once on the show, I would have liked to have seen a large tv set, hanging over the bar at The Blue Whale. Can you imagine Barnabas and Willie (on an extremely rare occasion when Barnabas accompanied Willie out for a night on the town) watching Monday Night Football on ABC? Oh, to see Willie trying to explain the arcane rules of professional football to Barnabas, a man of the 18th century! I suspect that Barnabas might have opined about sportscaster Howard Cosell to Willie: "That fellow, Cosell, is just the 'least' bit, aureate in his comments, I must say."
Anyway, here a some shows, I think that DS characters might have enjoyed tuning into:
Adam - The Munsters and Maury
Alexander, the Leviathan child - Dennis-the-Menace
Angelique - Bewitched
Barnabas Collins, and his servant, Willie Loomis - This Old House and The Odd Couple
Nicholas Blair - Tales from the Crypt and Playboy After Dark
Ezra Braithwaite - The Lawrence Welk Show and Waiting For God
David Collins - The Wonder Years
Olivia Corey (a/k/a Amanda Harris) - How Do I Look?
Laura Collins - Divorce Court and Desperate Housewives
Roger Collins - To the Manor Born and Father Knows Best
Burke Devlin - Bonanza and Executive Suite
Roxanne Drew - The Vampire Diaries
The Eagle Hill Cemetery Caretaker - Six Feet under and Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Maggie Evans - Alice and Our Miss Brooks
Sam Evans - Sister Wendy's History of Art and Dark Passages
Buzz Hackett - The Mod Squad and Then Came Bronson
Bruno Hess - Have Gun, Will Travel
Dr. Julia Hoffman - The Elevnth Hour and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Ms. Julia Hoffman - Downton Abbey
Chris Jennings - Being Human
Tom Jennings - Also, Being Human and Ask This Old House
Harry Johnson - It Takes A Thief
Mrs. Sarah Johnson - Hazel and Upstairs, Downstairs
Dr. Eric Lang - Nip-and-Tuck
Jason McGuire - Ballykissangel and Who Want's To Be A Millionaire?
Sheriff George Patterson - The Andy Griffith Show and Car 54: Where Are You?
Bob Rooney - Cheers and Ryan's Hope
Carolyn Stoddard - The Young and the Restless
Paul Stoddard - Run For Your Life and Make Room For Daddy
Hallie Stokes - Fear Factor
Prof. T. Elliott Stokes - The X-Files and Bachelor Father
Charles Delaware tate - Learn to Paint with Bob Ross and One Foot in the Grave
Phillip and Megan Todd - Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers
Mr. Wells - Fawlty Towers
Vicky Winters - Anne of Green Gables and Super Nanny
Dr. Dave Woodard - Marcus Welby, M.D. and Diagnosis Murder
John Yeager - What Not To Wear
Can you think of any other shows, which the DS characters might have enjoyed watching?
Bob
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Those are inspired choices, BtB! [thumb] [lghy]
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I would like to see Mrs. Johnson, Jenny Collins and the aged Cassandra compete for make-overs on RuPaul's Drag U.
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I think PT Roger might have peeked in on Queer as Folk every now & then, while Mrs. Johnson was an avid viewer of The L Word.
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PT Roger might also have watched the old game show Queen For a Day!
Dr. Julia Hoffman: What's My Line?
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Maybe it's not a series but I'm sure that Nicholas Blair would have been watching Satan's School for Girls.
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Amy Jennings would watch The Electric Company, thinking "I wish I could be on that show."
Gerard
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Vicky would watch Family Affair all alone, because nobody would want to listen to her go on and on about how she wished she'd had an Uncle Bill to take her away from the foundling home.
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Hey, how about these tv show suggestions?:
Aristede - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Bathia Mapes and Grandmama Edith Collins - The Golden Girls
Quentin and Jenny Collins, Judith and the Rev. Gregory Trask, and Edward and Laura Collins and Sandor and Magda Rakosi - The In-Laws
Carl "The Comedian" Collins (a/k/a "Shecky" Collins) - The Soupy Sales Show
Madame Janet Findley - One Step Beyond
Joe Haskell - The American Sportsman and Sarah Palin's Alaska
Buffie Harrington - It's a Living
Wyndcliff Hospital nurse, Miss Jackson - Nurse Jackie
Matthew Morgan - Home Improvement and I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
PT1970 Landlady Mrs. Purdy (I think?) - Tales of the City
Aunt Hannah Stokes - John Edward Predicts and The Virginia Graham Show
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Joe Haskell would also appreciate The Deadliest Catch.
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I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Good heavens, I don't think that show has crossed my mind in forty years.
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Mine neither.
Barnabas might like I've Got a Secret.
Bathia Mapes might also like One Step Beyond.
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Abigail Collins would watch the 700 Club, Jimmy Swaggart, & Little House on the Prarie
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Mrs. Johnson would watch The Gallopping Gourmet and The Dinah Shore Show (on the little, portable black-and-white set in the kitchen with aluminum foil over the rabbit ears, while taking a break with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a pad and pencil to write down recipes).
Victoria would watch the original Jeopardy, scribbling notes to use as her lesson plans for David.
David would watch Lost In Space, being envious of Will Robinson.
Matthew Morgan had an affinity for Gunsmoke and Bonanza.
Gerard
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Mr. Best would certainly also enjoy "Six Feet Under" plus "Pushing Daisies," "Dead Like Me," "Reaper," and he'd always make sure to catch "The Seventh Seal" whenever it was on.
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I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Good heavens, I don't think that show has crossed my mind in forty years.
Lydia,
Yes, "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," starring John Astin (of "The Adams Family" fame") and Marty Engels (the husband of the lovely Shirley Jones), if I haven't completely forgotten that show's stars.
How about?:
PT Angelique Stokes-Collins - Cheaters
Gabriel and Edith Collins (and, for that matter Quentin and Samantha Collins) - The Honeymooners
Quentin Collins I - The Time Tunnel
PT Quentin and Maggie Collins - What Would You Do?
PT Dameon Edwards - Dance Fever (starring "The Fred Astaire of Disco Dancing," Mr. Denny Terrio!)
Mordecai Grimes and his chip-off-the-old-block-son, Jeremy - The Good Neighbors
Nelle Gunston - Deadwood and Hee-Haw
Lady Kitty Hampshire - Keeping Up Appearances
PT Pianist and Composer Bruno Hess - The Liberace Show
Dr. Eric Lang and his lab assistant, Jeff Clark - Get Smart and The Abbott & Costello Show
Sky Rumson - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
PT Alexis Stokes - The Patty Duke Show
PT Collinwood butler, Mr. Trask - Benson
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Gerard,
Regarding your selection of "Jeopardy" as one of Vicky's favorite shows, which Dark Shadows characters do you think would have excelled as a contestant on that long-running game show and which ones would not?
I think that Mrs. Stoddard, having spent eighteen years in Collinwood and reading, perhaps, a zillion books during that time, would have been Collinsport's proud answer to Frank Spangenberg or even the seemingly ubiquitous Ken Jennings, if the great lady of Collinwood ever appeared as a contestant on the show.
Bob
PS Both Roger and Sam Evans would have aced the "Potent Potable" category on "Jeopardy," imo! [snow_wink] [snow_laugh]
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And, how about:
PT Roger Collins - The Dean Martin Show
Mr. Strak - Let's Make a Deal and The Price is Right (or is it?)
Dr. Julia "Collins" and Letitia Faye - Rosemary & Thyme
Jeb Hawks and Megan Todd - Californication and Joannie Loves Chachie
Buzz Hackett - Weeds
Donna Friedlander - The Dating Game and The Love Connection?
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I don't think these were mentioned. I scanned the list but didn't read carefully. I'm afraid if I wait until I have time to check thoroughly I'll never get around to it.
For Mr. Devlin-Burke's Law
For Ms. Harrington-Buffy the Vampire Slayer or maybe Family Affair
For Laura-Phoenix
Quentin might like to tune into Falcon Crest and comment on how much Richard looks like him!
Carl-Joker's Wild
Old Edith-I've Got a Secret
Sheriff Patterson-The Andy Griffith show (for research)
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Trask -- Diner's, Drive-ins and Dives (guilty pleasure!)
Willie and Barnabas -- Supernatural
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Sam Evans - Cheers
Richard and Frank Garner - The Defenders
Prof. Stokes - In Search Of
PT Will Loomis - Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Dr. Hoffman - St. Elsewhere, Emergency, The Doctors
Nicholas Blair - American Gothic
Quentin and Chris Jennings - The Dog Whisperer
Angelique - Tabatha, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Cassandra - Nightmare Cafe, Freddy's Nightmares
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How about:
Gerard Stiles (a/k/a "Ivan Miller," a/k/a "Judah Zachery") - I Led Three Lives and The Charmer
David Collins, Amy Jennings and Alexander, the Leviathan child - The Little Rascals
Istvan, the mute gypsy - ESPN's Body-Shaping and The Cosby Show?
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Jason McGwire - To Tell the Truth
Laura Collins - Rescue Me
Mr. Wells - Diff'rent Strokes
Ezra Braithwaite - Fish