I remember seeing Frederic Forest in that DS episode; Mr. Forest left an indelible impression on me after his appearance (and gruesome death) in “Apocalypse Now.”

It’s cool to spot young actors at the beginning of their careers during those first year episodes of DS. KLS wrote that Susan Sullivan appeared as a ghost on DS. Although, I don’t remember seeing her on DS.

Of course, actor Alan Feinstein appeared on DS as that obnoxious jerk who tries to bird-dog Joe Haskell by dancing very passionately with an all-too-willing Carolyn Stoddard in the Blue Whale, just before Joe very understandably punches the creep in the labanza and knocks him on his keester. 

And, it was great fun seeing the lovely and talented Marsha Mason as a Leviathan/vampire very early in her distinguished acting career.

Requiem aeternam, Mr. Forest.

That’s good news glad she’s coming .
Anne

Anne,

That’s great news for longtime DS fans, who are calling for some DS-related event after so long.

I think we longtime DSF cousins on the East Coast should all make an effort to be there at Lyndhurst in
beautiful and historic Tarrytown, NY on Halloween to acknowledge the beautiful and lovely Kathryn Leigh Scott.

Anne, if you’ll make it down from central New York, Uncle  Roger makes it down from Connecticut and I drive up from the enchanting “Joisey” shore, we can all meet with, hopefully, DS cousins from all over the USA and discuss such recondite DS topics as to whatever happened to Adam after he entered Professor Stokes’ closet; is Susie-the-Silent Waitress actually related to Darryl and Darryl from “Newhart” and is the immortal Buzz Hackett now the beloved choir director for Up with People?

Yes, we can all explore the grounds of Lyndhurst to see where Jeff Clark found a bloodied and unconscious Daphne Budd on a tree-lined road on the former Jay Gould estate, we can look for the remnants of the railroad trestle, on which Quentin Collins and Gerard Stiles fought it out to the death over the New York/Connecticut commuter trains and look to see if we can still find the stone foundation of the building at Lyndhurst, which served as Barnabas’s ancestral home, the Old House.

No doubt, Ms. Scott will regale us all with her reminiscences of filming “House of Dark Shadows” during the remarkable “Blizzard of April 1970” with her fellow DS actors.

Who knows, maybe such all-time DS favorites as even Al Lust, David Jay and Christine Domaniecki will make it to the event? We can only hope!

So, I look forward to finally meeting my many DS cousins this upcoming Halloween!

Bob

Quote from: Bob_the_Bartender on May 26, 2023, 10:07:26 PM

Anyway, “American Gigolo” is a very enjoyable film featuring great shots of Los Angeles and artfully conveying the erotic zeitgeist of the early 1980s in America. In other words, a film that both Abigail Collins and the original Reverend Trask would have highly approved of. 

Something makes me think neither would enjoy the actual film - though maybe Abigail would secretly enjoy all of Richard Gere's nudity - and hey, maybe Trask would secretly enjoy it, too. 

Yes, I always thought that must have been more going on with the repressed Ms. Abigail Collins; she was
always so concerned with the alleged Satanic goings-on at Collinwood. And, yet, she never displayed an equal  degree of concern for the illicit carnal activity going on nightly on the docks and at the Eagle Tavern in Collinsport. I guess the unfailingly prim-and-proper Ms. Collins always avoided the seedier parts of town? However, as you have suggested, Abigail must have thought about the other “aspects” of human existence from time to time? 

As to the original Reverend Trask and his possible obsession with the handsome Richard Gere, I just don’t know.  When the shifty Nathan Forbes was pleading with the righteous Reverend to help him get back together with the wealthy and ditsy Millicent Collins, Trask responded by saying that, “physical love is beyond comprehension.” What the heck does that mean and just how then did little Lamar Trask become a gleam in his
witch-hunting father’s eye in the first place!?! 

Clearly, the Reverend Gregory Trask was NOT a sexually-repressed individual like his great-great (?) grandfather apparently was. In fact, Gregory Trask could take his rightful place in that “pantheon” of religious hypocrites, including Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker and Theodore McCarrick.

As to Miss Abigail flipping out over the lyrics to Debbie Harry’s hit song, “Call Me,” I certainly agree with that comment! Imagine if Abigail had also been able to listen to the late, great Wilson Pickett’s 1965 hit record, “In the Midnight Hour,” an especially salacious song, or the Rolling Stones’ “somewhat” sexist and misogynistic 1978 song, “Some Girls”? Abigail would have had an apoplectic fit upon hearing those controversial hits of the
past! 

Come to think of it, it’s too bad that Bob Rooney apparently never added those lively songs to the playlist of the songs on his juke box in the Blue Whale. I think they would have livened things up considerably at his popular watering hole. 

Wonderful photo!

Quote from: Bob_the_Bartender on May 19, 2023, 12:20:47 AM

And, like DS’s own Ezra Braithwaite, Mr. Zacherley lived to the
ripe old age of 98.

Found this in Robin's summary of #685:

Quote from: ROBINV on October 09, 2002, 11:34:59 PM

Ezra pages through the ledger, mumbling to himself. He finds an entry, "April 16, 1897" and writes something down on a piece of paper.
Quentin enters. Ezra greets him. I know you aren't Barnabas Collins, says Ezra--I assume you're the friend he
spoke of. Quentin nods agreement. I got that information you and Barnabas wanted about the pentagram--I
should have remembered it first thing--I made it myself! Quentin smiles and nods. I made it when I was 15 and
a half, and engraved the quotation on the back--how could I forget the first piece of silver jewelry I made?--it's
all in the ledger, in my own handwriting, one star medallion, engraved with quotation, "To guard you from the
wrath of Cerberus," ordered by Miss Beth Chavez and charged to the account of Quentin Collins.

So that makes Ezra 87 at his death in 1969. ♥  (Don't get me started on Otis Greene's age, but that's for
another topic anyway.)

Ezra was only 87, when he made that fateful, last drive to Collinwood, you say?

Well, as my late grandpa Bill would have said: “87, why Ezra Braithwaite’s still a kid!”   

I would see Zacherley whenever I went to Chiller Theater. He was quite a character. I have pictures of him with Johnny Ramone of The Ramones. And a couple of pictures of him reuniting with fellow WPIX alumni Chuck McCann.

John Zacherley (or Zacherle) was quite a guy, in addition to hosting horror movie shows, he was the emcee at many rock & roll concerts. I remember seeing Mr. Zacherley at a concert, where he introduced the Canadian rock band, Lighthouse. He also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and served as a US Army officer in North Africa and Europe during World War II. And, like DS’s own Ezra Braithwaite, Mr. Zacherley lived to the
ripe old age of 98.

Chuck McCann was another great NYC tv host on Channel 11. Mr. McCann hosted an afternoon show, featuring the legendary comedy team of Laurel & Hardy. Chuck McCann, being a big man physically, would often dress up like Oliver Hardy and do a great impression of him with another actor portraying Stanley Laurel. When the NYC newspapers went on strike, Mr. McCann would dress up like the little Italian boy, Dondi, detective Dick Tracy and even Little Orphan Annie and read each day’s comic strips to all the kids that were missing their favorite comic strip characters during the newspaper strike.

In addition to John Zacherley, there were many other terrific horror hosts across America. Vampira was another of the early tv horror hosts in Los Angeles during the 1950s. Vampira (actress Maila Nurmi) also appeared in the “legendary” film, “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”

I remember former Saturday Night Live performer Dennis Miller speaking of a tv horror host in the Pittsburgh area he watched as a kid on tv. Dennis Miller said this host wore one of the worst toupees he ever saw. I can’t remember the guy’s name. Maybe our DS cousin, Josette, remembers who that Pittsburgh-based tv horror host was?

Of course, there have been other excellent tv horror hosts since the 1950s/1960s, including Elvira, Mistress of the Dark on Los Angeles tv and the irrepressible Svengoolie, who started out in Chicago and is now seen
nationally on MeTV on Saturday night. I believe Svengoolie aired Grayson Hall’s “Gargoyles” not long ago.

I wonder if David Collins and Amy Jennings watched a similar tv horror host on Saturday nights at Collinwood back during the late 1960s? Although, after their own personal adventures in the great house, watching old horror and sci-fi films on tv must have seemed pretty tame. 

I don't know if anyone here is a rabid fan of Scarecrow and Mrs. King but the Hollywood Show is now offering to add Kate Jackson's signature to photos that were previously signed by Bruce Boxleitner. The price? $124.99

I wonder if there are any Toppik Hair Thinning Products boxes, autographed by their celebrity spokesperson, Mr.  Bruce Boxleitner? DS’s own Gerard Stiles absolutely swore by Toppik’s “cover-up” efficacy, indeed, even better than the late Ron Popeil’s famous GLH-9 hair “cover-up” product. 

In defense of the $499.00 asking price for an autographed photo of actor Robert De Niro, I think we all have to remember that the 79-year-old legendary actor has, almost remarkably, just become a father for the seventh time. And the poor man probably needs all the money he can get at this late stage in life to support all of those bambinos of his.

It would be kind of like how the venerable Ezra Braithwaite would probably also want to leave a nest egg for all of his progeny, residing throughout the great state of Maine.           

Hi, Penny,

Congratulations on your induction into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Monster Kid Hall of Fame. I remember seeing the late Rondo Hatton as “The Hoxton Creeper,” in the Sherlock Holmes film, “The Pearl of Death.” Mr. Hatton would have been great on DS as a either a Leviathan or one of Judah Zachary’s zombie pirates, that trashed the great house of Collinwood! 

I especially enjoyed your discussion on DS with Guy Haines, Bob Issel and Nina Ogle. Their memories of watching DS as kids and their recollections of both attending and volunteering at the Dark Shadows Festivals were terrific. I also enjoyed hearing them relate their personal interactions with several of the DS actors.

I have seen several of the excellent videos that Guy Haines recorded at several of the DS Festivals. And, I believe that Bob Issel used to post here on the Dark Shadows Forums. I agree with Guy, Bob and Nina that it would be great if a possible new DS series also helped to bring back the Dark Shadows Festivals on a regular
basis.

I look forward to watching your next insightful DS discussion on your superb podcast.

Bob