and lets not forget the benevolent Dr. Dave Woodard and his admirable bedside manner when Haskell and Sam came to the hospital to demand info on Maggies condition after her ordeal as Barn captive........he had just delivered twins in adjacent operating room but still managed to keep his cool.........just think......twins in collinsport......

ok the one i really hoot over is when he picks up the rifle and holds adam at bay while trying to tell Julia to go and get some help......he stumbles over 3 or 4 other names before he locks on Julia......then after Julia leaves, adam and barnabas fight and the rifle barn has gets the barrel knocked off of it......just funny stuff

Speaking of Stokes-----i always thought his laugh was the most realistic and funny------followed a close second tie between angelique and her evil little chuckle laugh and quentins roarasly evil and taunting laugh

IMO, and i have seen the series back and forth all the way through.....if one really wants to see what makes Roger, Liz, and to a large extent Carolyn also tick, you have to watch the collectors series-i.e. pre barnabas......i feel like some of the prior posters that due to plot incentives for viewership numbers that each of those above mentioned characters loses some identity, whether it was from the fact we would go weeks without seeing Roger, or Liz being buried alive, or Carolyn trying to care for Adam...etc.....i appreciate MPI for having the foresite to release all the early eps just for that reason.......to truly appreciate those early characters and really seeing gothic drama at its best......still unequalled over all these years.

At the old house, barn is throwing the costume party and he is serving some refreshment...and its not sherry......anyone know what it was he was serving...i know roger had some!

being a newbie i just got around to this thread and i have had a few (big) belly laughs.........and then i thought of maybe the only time Barnabas looked happy......when he had that ear to ear grin after watching warlock blair go up in flames............i dont ever remember Barnabas being that happy in any other episode......

thanks for the update Josette------i am surprised that scene at the hotel regarding the cannery isnt on the bloopers tape..........something fishy going on?

hey gang......does anyone recall the 1st season gaff where mitch ryan as burke goes blank on one of his lines and just tells another one of the characters to take it from there......as he walks off the set.......i think it is at the cannery and some character named amos is left to recite ryans line........i am going over the vhs versions from mpi, and i cant seem to locate it.......any help would be appreciated.......btw.....vid caps and wav files from season one are posted on yahoo groups/ds......for all to share