I checked the link my friend sent me for Tom Ellis's nudie cutie bits on LUCIFER. It does work. Note that this is technically NSFW although there is no frontal nudity. I guess it involves some kind of "spoiler" if you think seeing a fine slice of male derriere is a "spoiler."

https://alphalewolf.tumblr.com/post/184772017541

There's a delightful edit on you tube of somebody's compilation of clips from an earlier season of this show. The storyline seems to involve Lucifer and the ex-husband of his female cop partner having to pretend to be living in the suburbs as a gay couple. Very slashy and of course... delicious!

I can post the link if interested.

cheers, GothEEEEEK

The video viewable on this page promoting a new release of a trio of episodes from the classic 1960s British series THE AVENGERS is quite cool:

https://networkonair.com/coming-soon/3044-the-avengers-the-cybernauts-trilogy-blu-ray-

G.

I saw some very hot photos today of a nude scene Tom Ellis did in one of the season 4 Lucifer shows. He only showed his derriere in the shots I saw but... Goddess, WHAT a derriere!

The link my friend sent me was to a "Tumbler" blog and may have since been deleted, since that site has been taken over by arch prudes... pity!

This show sounds like a lot of campy fun in addition to some highly gratifying eye candy from star Tom Ellis.

G.

THE INVADERS was offbeat and unusual. I think it was a "Quinn Martin" production and the last time I watched some of the shows, on VHS tapes back about 20 years ago, I did notice typical elements of standard police procedural/action adventure TV fare of the late Sixties period.

That's also nice to hear they're bringing that old Apes series out of the mothballs. I never watched that one.

G.

The 1990s series FOREVER KNIGHT involved a centuries-old (but, of course, still quite dishy) vampire being helped by a woman police doctor who was in love with him and searching for a medical cure for his condition. Sound familiar?

Perhaps the best feature of the show was Lacroix, the lead character's vampire sire, played by the fabulous Nigel Bennett--I have an entire CD of Lacroix's darkly acid witticisms compiled years ago by a fan. I also loved Janette, who had been married to the lead vampire back in the Renaissance. She runs a nightclub in the first two seasons and is wonderfully played by Deborah Duchene (who retired from acting soon afterwards).

New DVD set out from budget label Mill Creek. They're not exactly known for quality releases.

https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3558550/mill-creek-bringing-90s-series-forever-knight-dvd-complete-collection-set

I'm a bit surprised that this release is happening since I am not sure the show has been on the air recently. At one time, it was regularly shown on the Sci-Fi network.

G.

There's a rather remote DS connection here in that at least two DS actors (Don Briscoe and Christopher Bernau) appeared in the Broadway production of Boys in the Band in 1969 (when the original cast were doing the film version). That play was written by Mart Crowley, who wrote this script for an unsold, unaired pilot starring Bette Davis and Mary Wickes. I think Mary Wickes would have been perfect on DS, perhaps as Mrs Johnson's cousin who comes to help out in the kitchen at Collinwood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2UCnpakMc&t=8s

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Hi Philippe,

From what I have read, the DVD and the Blu Ray have identical content, EXCEPT for some extras. I thought the half hour version of "The House" from The Web was included in both formats, but I guess it is something to check. I have to wonder if Blu Rays can hold more content than DVDs which is why we've seen these "Blu Ray only" extra situations in some releases over recent years.

The half hour version of "The House" dates to around 1954. On websites, it's been specified that Art Wallace based his original treatment for the 1966 launch of DS on a 1957 re-write of the play, which expanded it to an hour running length:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0591214/

An incredible feature of this one is that it would appear that the offbeat character actress Hope Emerson (who I loved as "Mother" on the original PETER GUNN series of the late 1950s) starred in what was to become Joan Bennett's role--somewhat unexpectedly, in "The House" the mother was named Caroline, while the daughter was named Elizabeth (I hope I've got that right). I don't think anyone has found a copy of this 1957 show to date, and I suppose it might be lost. A lot of TV from the 1950s and 1960s is in various stages of missing in action. Some of it is supposed to be preserved in studio vaults but at this stage in the scheme of things, if a film conservator hasn't worked on the material, the condition might be dubious.

It was stated long ago that somebody did have a copy of the 1957 show "The House," and it was going to be screened at a Festival, but initially that did not happen. It may be that what had been found was the same as the one included on the new home video release.

As for Grayson's Playtex commercial, fans have recalled that it was shown as a DS commercial break a few times in 1970, and I think I did see it back then (though that's a vague memory and I question whether I might not be remembering something I never saw). If the original DS videos kept in storage do have all the original commercials, it's on those tapes. Of course somebody would have to go into a screening room and watch a bunch of them to find it.

I'd happily volunteer but of course nobody has asked me...

Best, Gothick

I think this interview with Joe Caldwell from 2013 was most likely posted before. Of course he claims to have created Barnabas. LOL

https://www.tor.com/2013/03/21/dark-shadows-writer-joseph-caldwell-interview/

G.