interesting that shadowgram made no mention of the nice dinner the local southern california fan club had last week with lara parker. marcy and jim both attended. has anyone submitted photos from the dinner to her? at this dinner i sat next to jim and asked him about the videotape restrictions. i heard rumors about this long before this shadowgram update came out. hes saying the stars object! this i have a hard time believing! i think he is going to have mpi release a video of the event so he wants to eliminate the competition. ive been taping/selling the festivals since 1983. jim never had a problem with this before as long as no episodes were being sold or performances by the stars. today i got a mailing from the festival. it makes no mention of videotape restrictions. so is he planning a special mailing to announce this. what about the people who dont subscribe to shadowgram? i and others would be ticked if they bring their camcorders all the way from wherever only to find out they can only tape the skits and costume contest.

yesterday i went to the DARK DELICACIES bookstore in burbank. i purchased the new book, "DARK SHADOWS:THE SALEM BRANCH". LARA PARKER was signing for a group of about 20-30 fans. not a big turnout but Lara said it was better than the 6 fans that showed up in San Diego! Laura a.k.a. victoria winters and louis wendruck arranged a dinner with Lara and her husband at a nearby Marie Callenders. we were a group of 15 and had a great meal and great time.

thats a great offer and ive bought many ds volumes from them and have had no problems with the products or service. however i just found a website  http://www.coyotego.com  i cant believe the prices! $30.00 for ds dvd volumes! the shipping is free if u pay with paypal. i have not ordered from them but plan to order ds volume#25 next month. their prices beat deepdiscountdvd even with the discount offer.

i said it before and i will say it again, the festival is backwards. first they sell out the hotel and then they announce and have everyone register for the festival.

i got tons of stuff! email me at JTVIDEO@WEBTV.NET
talk shows with ds stars and festival stuff etc thats not commercially available.

i think the episode that ends with barnabas coming to the door and mrs. j lets him in is in kinescope format. the episode before it that ends with the hand coming out of the coffin is on videotape and that technically is barnabas 1st appearance but not jonathan frids. timothy gordon was the hand!

it all seems backwards to me.first they sell the hotel out, then have everyone register then release a schedule of events!

i attended the memorial service. jim pierson spoke as well as kls. kls talked about the 1st and last time she saw dc. the last time being shortly b4 he died and he couldnt talk but looked thru photos from the book,PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY DAN CURTIS with her and held his hand. other speakers included abc exec BRANDON STODDARD and writer RICHARD MATHESON and actor DEAN JONES. other DS allum in attendance were LARA PARKER, DAVID SELBY, CHRIS PENNOCK and BARBARA STEELE but they did not speak. a video tribute was shown compiled by tracy curtis.  the tribute included short clips from the original ds and other dc produced films including winds of war. lots of behind the scenes photos from w.o.w. and behind the scenes footage of dc marching and singing with the actors that were playing soldiers. they also showed the emmy award segment when dc won and barbara steele was standing next to him. everyone received a FREE copy of the book, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY DAN CURTIS.