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Which was exactly my point about Hall and Moltke filling in.  The ABC announcer no longer did it live, so if you heard his voice, I doubt it was there originally.  Since he had stopped in 1967, I can't imagine the announcement being picked up later on especially just for one episode.  Maybe they added it just for fun at the fest, but idk. 

I was watching DVD Collection 4 when I noticed something truly interesting.  At the end of Episode 357 I heard something I hadn't heard in years.  The screen went black and I was waiting for the next episode to start when this strange synth-like sound emitted from the blackness.  I recognized it immediately.  It was the first note of the Worldvision Enterprises theme, the distribution company that was in charge of Dark Shadows' syndication. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkZGfkCGS_k&feature=related

I had never heard it before on my DVDs and was quite taken aback by it.  So, I guess when putting together the DVDs, MPI used copies of the episodes (or at least certain episodes) that are tagged with the Worldvision jingle and logo.  Has anyone else noticed this?

So, apparently, this new take that Burton and Depp are referring to is this:  They aren't going to do a Dark Shadows story, they are going to do a story about the making of the original Dark Shadows, a la Ed Wood.  It's going to be just like that Bewitched remake a few years back...  This is why Burton so happily shared his vision of swarms of flies being thrown at actors.  Now to cast Bennett and Hall...  

 

Just kidding about this...  I think.  I hope...  But it would be interesting, just not what I want to see from a DS remake at least this time around.  Let's hope that that "new take" they are referring to isn't something this drastic.

Hey everybody,

Guess who has just shown up at Toy Fair 2010...  That's right!  Barnabas Collins! 

http://toyfair10.asmzine.com/gallery/bif-bang-pow/slides/IMG_4281.html

He looks a lot like the 12" version, but this guy is supposed to be 8".  Hopefully this means more characters down the road.  No word yet on pricing or availability, at least that I can find. 

Yes, that is Mrs. Johnson.  Clarice Blackburn was unavailable at the time, so Barbara Cason took her place.  She was the wife of Dennis Patrick (Paul Stoddard, Jason McGuire), who played Sheriff Patterson in the movie. 

Forget Shadows...    I want to see MALEFICENT!  Seriously, that sounds amazing, so long as Burton sticks to the Disney version of the story.  Okay, that was my initial reaction.  Now that I have had time to think about it, I still desperately want Shadows, but I also want Maleficent (if the project is actually in the works), so let's compromise.  Let's forget Frankenweenie and simply shoot Shadows followed immediately by Maleficent.   

Doesn't Mitch Ryan leave shortly after this episode?  I really can't remember to be honest.  That's why I'm asking.

But, if that's the case, I would assume that the writers wanted to wrap up the plot quickly so that Ryan could play out his character to an end.  I  never saw Anthony George playing the same Devlin that Ryan played.  Ryan's character was outright vicious whereas George's was much more laid-back and less likely to fly off the handle.  With George in the role, I could never see the Burke-Roger plot continuing the way it had in the first year of the show.