No, but there is precedent on TV:  The Patty Duke Show predates the premiere of DS by three years.  Patty Duke played identical cousins ( ) Patty and Cathy Lane.

Now I keep humming the theme song from "The Patty Duke Show," with lyrics applicable to the Jennings brothers.

They bite alot;
They claw alot;
They scare alot;
They kill alot -
You can lose your mind!
When brothers are two of a kind!

Gerard

I couldn't understand Eve's obsession, thought process and motivation at all, which was probably another reason why I never liked that whole Adam story line.  She was obviously an intelligent, highly self-serving woman, so instead of hanging around there, allowing herself to be put through all the crappola she had to endure in order to find some way to make things work for her favor, why didn't she just pack a bag, snitch some money from under Nicholas' mattress, and catch the first bus out of there?  I mean, would you put up with having to pretend you like some guy that would cause the cast of Extreme Makeover to scream, take the condescending attitude and bullishness of Nicholas, and why-oh-why would you want to get some wus to like you?

Gerard

I think they just had the actor as a "left-over" from the 1795/96 storyline and weren't sure what to do with him.  When they couldn't get any real use out of the character, they simply dumped him.

Gerard

Sometimes I am amazed at the poor manners people use at these fest. I've volunteered and just watched on several occasions. People in the lines willl go on forever and ask really strange questions. I've heard people comment directly to the person about weight gain, drinking, and within ear shot say something rude.

I've witnessed some of the rudeness at the 2003 convention in Brooklyn, the only one I've ever attended.  I and some friends were there just for a few hours on Saturday.  I got in the line to meet The Lovely and Talented Kathryn Leigh Scott, and when it was finally my turn, I didn't want to take up her time.  I simply told her about how much I appreciated all the joy she brought to me, and ask her to quickly autograph two things (my program, and the box containing Josette's Music Box which I had purchased), and for a photograph.  She was so obliging.  But while I was trying to rapidly "do my schtick" and move on, the guy next to me kept interrupting, adding his own two cents, not wanting to wait his turn.  Not only was I becoming perturbed, but I could tell Miss Scott was uncomfortable.  Finally I turned to him and sternly asked him to be quiet.  He quickly hushed up, and I saw Miss Scott give a sigh of relief.

Gerard

Spooky Crap.

(That's what my mother called it when I'd watch it growing up.  "Are you watching that Spooky Crap again?")

Gerard

I remember when I watched The Night Stalker in its original airing and heard Dark-Shadowish music and started to scream:  "It's from Dark Shadows!  It's made by the same people who made Dark Shadows!"  I pulled out the huge, clumsy cassette tape recorder I got for Christmas (this was 1971, and electronic gadgets were big and clumsy then) and started to audio tape virtually the entire movie right off the TV, holding the microphone up to the speaker.  Of course, I have no idea whatever happened to that tape.

Gerard

When I saw the Dream Curse during the original run as a child, it had elements which absolutely scared the zaboombas out of me.  But then, I was a ten-year-old kid, and things were scarier back then.  I remember, for example, watching the scene where the spook of Jeremiah tries to do in Angelique in the cemetery and I watched it with my fingers covering my eyes.  By today's standards, of course and probably unfortunately, the scary stuff is gone and it is repetitive.  I mean, how many times can you look at that stuffed animal head?  But I still love their effort, and everything they were trying to achieve and quite often successfully did.

Gerard