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Current Talk '02 II / Re: I don't get the clothing!
« on: September 04, 2002, 07:58:56 PM »
At least Maggie's wardrobe will improve immensely once they start getting her duds at Junior Sophisticates.

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: NOt AT STAKE
« on: September 04, 2002, 07:56:30 PM »
For me, it was Randall putting his sister to final rest in 1840.  Very well done scene, from acting to special ef-ex.  It worked perfectly.

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Hell's Waiting Room.........
« on: September 04, 2002, 11:41:32 AM »
The waiting room in every dentists' office also seems to have the same ambiance.

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: BACK TO THE FUTURE
« on: September 01, 2002, 03:14:50 PM »
I would say the I Ching.  Only your consciousness is teleported back (unless you're Barnabas, then you can find your bod getting sucked back as well and end up in a whole lotta trouble), so you're rather impervious to injury (ala Julia), but can still have all the fun.  If things get real hairy, you can zoom right outta there.  Of course, you don't have total control over it; for example, you can inadvertenly get yanked out when you don't want to, but then no method of transportation is perfect.  Just try flying United.  You can end up going where you don't want to, not go at all, or your luggage could find itself in worlds yet to be discovered.

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Wishes for the people of the 70s
« on: August 29, 2002, 09:14:48 PM »
How about Barnabas just bringing the Old House into the twentieth century.  Okay, when he was vamped, I can see him wanting to keep things the way he remembered them.  Wax him nostalgic.  But after he was cured and knew he was going to live a normal life with Ford Mustangs instead of horse-and-carriages, and the evenings could be spent watching Gunsmoke rather than sitting in candlelight playing whist for entertainment, one would think that he would prefer to have the convenience of hitting a switch instead of firing up candles, or let Willie just set the knobs on the stove rather than chucking wood into some brick-and-iron oven (let alone having to beat their clothes on a rock instead of just tossing them into the washer).  I mean, c'mon Barnabas.  For cryin' out loud, you even learned how to drive a car!  Get with the times!

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: If I'm really Peter Bradford....
« on: August 29, 2002, 05:48:41 AM »
I can't figure that out, either.  Didn't he say he'd cross centuries to find Vicki?  And when he does, what does he do?  Sheesh!  If Eve/Danielle Roget wants a guy like that, she may be the most evil woman who ever lived, but also the dumbest.

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Memorable DS Bridal Wedding Gifts
« on: August 29, 2002, 05:44:24 AM »
If Elizabeth ever tied the knot again, I'd give her a video copy of Father of the Bride.  She might get a kick outta the dame who played the wife of Spencer Tracy.  Of course, it would be the original version, not the colorized Ted Turner thing.

Carolyn?  A gift certificate from Bloomingdales.  What do you get for a rich girl who's got everything?  She'll probably have at least half-a-dozen blenders and toaster ovens to return anyway.

Sarah Johnson?  Definitely a gift certificate from the local hair salon.  If the tension gave out on that bun during her wedding, half the guests would be taken to emergency.

Magda?  Well, if anyone could use a food processor, it would be her.  She could whip up a whole lotta things in that.

Julia99 already got Eve the Woolite.

As for Dr. Julia Hoffman, for her wedding present I'd get her a husband.

Gerard

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In the very end, I'd say Angelique, especially after her turn-around at the very end.  But then, I'd be interested in seeing what a little night music with Auntie Hannah from 1970PT would've been like.

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: SHARING THE SHADOWS
« on: August 28, 2002, 11:22:31 PM »
Alexander Bouchard.  He would arrive at Collinwood during a time in which Angelique is again trying to re-vamp Barnabas, but has a limited amount of time in which to do it.  Alexander Bouchard identifies himself to Barnabas and Julia as Angelique's modern-day descendent and wants to ally himself with them against her.  He explains that his family for generations has been cursed and harmed by her legacy, and he is bound and determined to destroy her once and for all and free her progeny.  He reveals to them what he knows of her weaknesses and does assist them.  However, at the end, Angelique wins because Alexander was not whom he appeared to be.  He wasn't Angelique's descendent - he was her ancestor and mighty proud of all she did, and wanted to make sure she wins.  You should see their family reunions.

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: DS DILEMMA
« on: August 26, 2002, 02:34:43 PM »
I learned to become a marathon runner.  At first, it was easy.  DS came on at three, and St. Mary's School let out at 2:55.  I and my friend would high-tail it to his house which was only a block away, so we made it in plenty of time.  However, when I switched to Washington Junior High, freedom came at 2:57, and it was a little less than a half-mile from home.  However, I would make it just in time.  

As a matter of fact, because of DS and the distance from Washington Junior High, my parents eventually had to put in new carpeting in the living room.  Just as three o'clock was ready to sound, I would come rushing in the back door (everyone knew to clear outta the way, or risk becoming flattened design patterns on the floor), leap up the steps, pull off my jacket as I tore through the kitchen, enter the corridor which connected the kitchen to the living room.  To the right was the dining room, to the left my bedroom, and in one motion I would throw my jacket through my bedroom door and onto my bed.  As I entered the living room, I would fall to my knees and slide across the carpet to the old black-and-white Admiral TV set and turn it on, just in time to see the opening slide of Collinwood.  After doing that so many times, I literally wore all the material off the carpet, right down to the padding.  After April 1971, there no longer was a reason for me to engage in that athletic event, so in May my parents had new carpeting installed.

Gerard

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 II / Re: FABULOUS NEWS ALL /OT
« on: August 23, 2002, 11:56:41 AM »
We all knew it would be, Annie!  Good for you!  Make sure you do something to celebrate!

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Things could be so much worse.  We could still have Miss Cleo on our airwaves.

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: MEMORABLE MEMORABILIA
« on: August 22, 2002, 12:46:44 AM »
There ya go, Misty.  You can anything you want!  And a stick-shift is not only far better for snow-driving, but if you ever need to drive a car in Europe, you'd better know how to drive one, because 99.9999999999999% of them are manual, including the rentals.

I learned my music lessons from the good Sisters (or strs, as properly pronounced), too, Vam.  The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.  They had their own conservatory, the Holy Family Conservatory of Music, situated in a large, red-brick Victorian house where much of the original decorations - including Tiffany windows - were still intact.  All the classrooms were on the first floor; I remember one of them being the old breakfast room of the mansion with the original sliding French doors.  The strs resided on the second floor.  There was an addition in the back of the structure, allowing for a lobby/waiting room, a few more classrooms and an auditorium where we performed our recitals three-or-so times a year.  That's where I did Quentin's Theme for my little diddly.  When I first brought the sheet music, my teacher, Sr. Mary Grace, looked at the "From the TV Show 'Dark Shadows'" on it and asked me:  "Isn't that suppose to be a silly program?"  I told her I never missed it.  She shuddered and said:  "Ooooo, I don't like things about spooks and such."

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: MEMORABLE MEMORABILIA
« on: August 20, 2002, 03:33:40 PM »
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Do you still play the organ Gerard?

Although I haven't played in years, Vam, I still could tickle some ivories in a rusty sorta way.  It's like riding a bike - you may wobble a bit if it's been awhile, but you never forget how to do it.  I am glad that my parents made us take music lessons.  At the time, of course, we hated it, but now I really appreciate being able to read music and applying it to certain instruments.  There are certain things everyone should learn how to do:  read music; swim (just enough at least to keep from drowning), and drive a stick-shift.  Once you know how to do all those, the world's your oyster!

As for the organ on which I took lessons (and learned how to play Quentin's Theme), it is now sitting in the garage, covered with dust and cobwebs, half the keys shorted out, the wiring frayed, and I will be putting an ad in the paper telling anyone who wants it can have it for free - just haul it the heck outta here.

Gerard

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: MEMORABLE MEMORABILIA
« on: August 20, 2002, 06:15:54 AM »
I forgot to say that I also have the sheet music for Quentin's Theme for the organ.  I got that as a Christmas present from my parents back in 1969.  I played it for a recital when I was taking lessons at a local conservatory.

Gerard