Originally posted by Gerard on the Dark Shadows: General Discussion Forum on February 13, 2002 at 14:44:02:

It's now November along the rocky, windswept coast of Maine. Granted, there might be an Indian Summer day or two left, but it's pretty much already wintery. Yet, we still see the denizens of Collinwood and even Collinsport go outside with only the leanest of coats, if any at all. And during the summer, there were those times when they were bundled up against an Arctic blast.

It reminds me of a woman who once prowled the streets of my home town. She was known as "Crazy Annie". She would use only public telephones because she believed that the government was bugging her, and once donated her Bible to the public library because she was convinced that space aliens, in cooperation with the government, were using it to spy on her. But the one thing Crazy Annie always did was to wear layer upon layer of winter clothing during the hottest days of summer, and in winter, when temps would drop even below 0, she would walk around town as if she lived on Fiji, loud blouses with palm trees, shorts and straw hats with plastic daisies stuck in the rim. Don't forget the sunglasses.

I'm waiting to see somebody like Liz or Mrs. Johnson start walking around the hallowed grounds of Collinwood dressed like that, now that the cold winds of the north are blowing.

Gerard

Originally posted by Gerard on February 12, 2002 at 16:01:03:

That's incredible, Bob! Howdjya do that?

Gerard

Posted by Gerard on February 12, 2002 at 09:43:09:
In Reply to: Liz and Roger Clueless posted by Joeytrom on February 12, 2002 at 07:56:36:

Well, whaddya expect from two people who spook around at two-thirty in the morning, one still in tie while donning a smoking jacket? Ah, the idles of the rich.

Gerard

Posted by Gerard on February 09, 2002 at 04:39:39:
In Reply to: Re: Wondering....... posted by Minja on February 08, 2002 at 18:48:39:

Jonathan Harris, aka the notorious Dr. (Colonel - a good trivia question; what was his rank?) Zachary Smith, was the one responsible for changing the character, basically to save his own skin from being released from the show. After all, it was a paycheck. His character was to be temporary, to cause "tension" amongst the characters (Robinson family) to flesh them out more. Once accomplished, he was to be offed. As it turns out, he received a rather good paycheck because he was not, nor ever, a member of the cast (that's why he was billed as "Special Guest Star"); he was paid more per episode than they. All guest stars were. Let's say they shot ten episodes per season, and the cast each received a hundred bucks for the whole shebang. However, a guest star got fifteen bucks for an episode. I guess we can figure out the math. He made his character, now changed from an evil murderer (kinda like Barnabas), to a bumbling, loveable troublemaker, popular among the kiddies and their parents who better appreciated a goofus than a homicidal maniac, and gave him power at the bargaining table. Here he was, a "Special Guest Star" for the entire series, technically never a member of the cast, and he got paid more than the stars (Lockhart and Williams). Don't think that didn't cause some real tension on the set.

Gerard (Waiting for the storm, but so far nothing, so I'm gonna go jog first)

Posted by Gerard on February 08, 2002 at 07:59:22:
In Reply to: Re: Nominees-Most Poignant Moments on DS posted by Linda on February 07, 2002 at 17:36:47:

[spoiler]I think the 1795 scene in which Sarah dies is the most heart-wrenching in the entire series, and the one in which Joshua realizes that he has to lock up his son forever is right behind it.[/spoiler]

I second that nomination.

Gerard

Originally posted by Gerard on February 07, 2002 at 09:43:35:

They bring the subject up in one of the books, Joeytrom. The reason why they didn't change the copyright date until late in '67 was because......they forgot!

Gerard

Posted by Gerard on February 06, 2002 at 19:49:17:
In Reply to: curiosity, josette and ghosts posted by Julia99 on February 06, 2002 at 19:24:28:

You forgot, Julia99 - Dr. Julia Hoffman WILL have her ultimate revenge for the way Barnabas has treated her, despite her medical treatment of him...........she's going to send him the bill.

Gerard