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  perfect....   [laughing4]

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happy hour half off stomach pump special

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was Benedict Collins - who tried to convince Joshua to turn Collinwood into a British Bed and Breakfast.

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My copy arrived today. Skimpy would be a major understatement. I'll try to describe it structure wise and content wise (such as it is.)

It really is a booklet about 8.5 " X11", so about letter size. There is a 3 page introduction and a 1 page conclusion mostly on his remembrances and thoughts about Dark Shadows.

There are 9 chapters for each fest he attended. He only went to the East Coast festivals. Descriptions as follows:

1. 93 NYC Fest 2 1/2 pages. He described the dealer room, Q&A's, who was there and who he got autographs from.

2. 95 NYC Fest  1 1/2 pages. Again described dealer room, Q&A's and autographs.

3. 2001 NYC Fest 4 pages.  1st page recap that it took place 3 weeks before 9-11. The other 3 pages was on the In  Remembrance the fest did on the actors who had passed. He did a paragraph each for Grayson Hall, Joan Bennett, Joel Crothers, Thayer David and Robert Gerringer.

4. 2004 Tarrytown Fest 1 1/2 pages. Mostly on his trip to Tarrytown.

5. 2006 Brooklyn Fest 1 page. Mentions about the video clips to Dan Curtis passing.

6. 2007 Tarrytown Fest 3 pages. Pretty much just a recap of Dan Curtis starting the show, bringing in ghosts, a Phoenix and Barnabas.

7. 2009 Newark Fest 1 page. Basically nothing on the Fest - I'll comment at the end.

8. 2012 Tarrytown Fest. 1 page. Pretty much sadness over Jonathan Frid's passing.

9. 2016 Tarrytown Fest 1 page.  Just mentions this was DS 50th anniversary.

Besides the cover, , there were 5 pages of pictures. As Unc said, the house on the cover has nothing to do with DS. (Don't know where it is from but apparantly Mr. Taylor liked it because it is printed again - badly - on 2 more pages. 1 page of another unknown house, 1 page of some unknown chair and 1 page identified as Edinburgh Castle  ??????)

The skimpiness could be attributed to the fact he admitted the only Fest he attended all 3 days was in 2009 Newark. He made a bigger to do about being made member of board of trustees of his church and somehow that prevented his doing autographs?  His 1 page on the 2016 Fest was mostly bragging on himself .... he had gotten a Masters Degree from Jones University and and  being driven to Tarrytown in a stretch limousine.

I was hoping to have a book I could refer to all in one but this ain't. it. Save your money.

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he hasn't tried to kill anybody lately ...

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I came across the book doing my usual ebay DS search and purchased a copy last week ...it is still in transit. My initial thoughts are the same as yours Unc, ... never heard of him and considering it is more of a booklet rather than book, my expectations are pretty low. Still curiosity won out. I will post my review once I have it in hand.

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Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I / Re: Suspiria
« on: June 28, 2021, 02:01:37 AM »
Guess I was one of the few who actually saw Susperia in the theatres and contributed "absolutely nothing" to the box office . Lol. It only played 1 week in Orlando. I went basically beacuse of Chloe and Dakota Johnson. Chloe only had a couple scenes - one with a very heavy accent. I didn't even know it was her at first. The other as some sort of cursed troll with hideous FX makeup. Although I made it, it was a really tough movie to sit thru all the way to the end. It had some moments but I considered it muddled and very difficult to follow. Would hardly call it a classic and seeing it once was plenty for me.

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I like the capture of the aerial shot with the large tent and the breed judging tent next to it. I had an idea where they where but it confirms they were across from the greenhouse. Cool. I wonder how many people read our Dark Shadow club commemorative bricks we have in the courtyard while taking the dogs for walks. I also chuckled over the shot of the dog sitting on the bench in front of the mansion. I believe it's the same bench Roger Davis stood on when he was giving us a talk about the property so we could hear him better ... and him being chastised by a Lyndhurst volunteer for doing so. LOL.

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V: If that's from David, I would soak it in water first.