I just love Grayson's look as Julia in today's photograph.  Such understated, distinctive glamour.

G.

The new TV Guide article (from their soaps column) has a line about Frid still playing Barnabas 39 years after the show went off the air on the Big Finish recordings.

My guess is that this statement, which is completely untrue, came out from the reporter visiting a website and looking at the first CD, which I think did have a picture of Jonathan (as Barnabas, of course) on the cover, even though his voice did not appear on the recording.

We do live in the age of spin but implying, as the statement does, that Jonathan Frid has continued on playing Barnabas for the last 39 years is extreme, even by the standards of today.

cheers, G.

Unfortunately it is by the dreadful Dan "Marilyn" Ross... as I recall it, this one does actually have some decent bits, such as the scene under discussion--all no doubt cribbed from Sam and Gordon.

G.

The capture that was posted during the day on Tuesday was really quite delightful.  You didn't need a caption to see that Mrs. Johnson thoroughly disapproved of Jason Maguire from the get-go.

It doesn't get much better than Clarice Blackburn and Dennis Patrick... one of the many marvelous moments from the first year of DS, as was discussed recently in another thread.  In many ways year one was the absolute pinnacle for the series--certainly insofar as the skillful management of dramatic tension and subtle unfolding of characterizations and plotlines goes...

G.

Ah, here it is--the fateful first glimpse of the REAL star of the show in 1970, Hoffman!  I just adore every snide, sinister, sardonic word that drips from those sublimely bitter lips of hers.  Yes, Hoffman is one jive mo-fo, and indigent female pensioner-relatives in hand-me-down sweater sets better not forget it.

Love the line--I think it's actually in a subsequent episode--where Hoffman is orgasmically crooning over the late lamented Angelique "let them remember HER" and Liz snaps, "How could anyone EVAH forget her?" 

Hoffman and Liz don't get too many scenes together in the later body of the PT 1970 storyline, which is a pity.  I love how the two characters play off one another.

G.

This is fascinating, Brian.  I've thought about purchasing the hoDS and NoDS dls for my laptop but just haven't gotten around to it yet. 

It's disturbing to think there are further cuts on the NoDS dl.  I hope they fix it but doubtful that they will bother.

G.

My condolences to you and your family, Annie.

G.