I agree.  He's like Blanche and Jane Hudson, all rolled into one.

Gerard

They (KLS and her husband) sailed from New York aboard the luxury liner S.S.  France (now the cruise ship Norway of NCL).  They had a bon voyage party in their stateroom while still docked, and I think some of the cast and crew attended.  Those were the days when visitors were not only permitted on board until just before sailing, but encouraged to come on board - prospective future passengers.

Gerard

I'd have to say that one of my favorite scenes was when she confronted her father over his duplicity in covering up Roger Collins' framing of Burke Devlin.  She wanted - and didn't want - the truth.

Although Virginia Vestoff did marvelous as Samantha Collins, it would've been immensely interesting to see TKATKLS in the part, originally designed for her.  Finally, she would get to play a totally despicable, nasty person, with everyone cheering for her com-uppance.  Even the fun of seeing her, as Samantha, playing an "older woman" (she'd have to be, with a 14-year-old son).

Gerard
PS - Absolutely fantastic farewell montage, MB!

Gregory and Minerva Trask doing..........that?  Oh, Bob, they would never have done..........that.  That's like saying our parents would've done...........that.

Gerard
PS - And don't ask me where Charity Trask came from.  I'm sticking with the stork theory on that one.

Clarice was the best.  I really wished they had made more of her Minerva character, or at the very least after Minerva was killed off, bringing her back as another character.

Gerard

Can you imagine if  Mrs. Johnson looked out below her bedroom window and saw Mr. B. working his way up the back wall of Collinwood?

I'm just trying to picture it, Mrs. Johnson opening and looking out the window at that precise moment, both of them confronting each other, Mrs. Johnson with her mouth, as usual, agape, her hands pressed against the sides of her face, Barnabas with an embarrassed smile, his eyes shifting from side to side as he tries to think of some sort-of explanation:

"Um, David's kite got stuck on the roof?  No?  Well, um, winter's not that far off and Willie's busy at the Old House doing some caulking, and the screens need to come down and the storm windows go up, so I thought I'd give a hand and.... No?  Well, you see, Elizabeth was complaining that the TV reception is getting bad, and she wanted to watch Gunsmoke, so I thought I'd check and see if the TV antenna on top of the tower was...  No?  Well, how about I've always had this interest in becoming one of those human flies, and they're building that John Hancock Tower in Chicago, so I thought I'd practice and...  No?  Oh, I've got it.  You see, there's this...."

Gerard

I wanted to add this to Cassandra's post about John Ritter passing away, but the response icon for some reason didn't appear.

Legendary performer Johnny Cash also passed away last night, the result of a long battle with diabetes.

RIP to both gentlemen.

Gerard

Let's be thankful, Bob, this wasn't happening parallel time.  The kids might've raided Auntie Hannah's closet!  But then, I guess, the old girl was rather hip for her age.  She was one of the few who consistently wore women's flared pants.

Gerard