i'd imagine it's value was on par with Julia's "heirloom" medallion. that is priceless!

is anyone watching on Hulu?

i have not but i keep seeing people refer to it in terms of "seasons". that they are watching "season 13" or "season 8" and so forth.

in addition to it being a daily soap that doesn't have "seasons" it only ran for five years. so how are they getting into such high numbers? i'm wondering if they are trying to coordinate each episode block with corresponding DVD number? in effect the episodes in DVD volume 13 being "season 13". i really can't think of any other way they are determining these numbers. 

all the assorted and sundry "Trasks" that came after 1795 were "problematic" because, as pointed out, the original character had no children.

but like many plot inconsistencies of course this can get chalked up to the fact these episodes were only supposed to be seen once and not cross referenced. maybe viewers wouldn't remember a plot detail from 3 years earlier.


besides the various Trasks were essentially the same character. or at least they were supposed to "represent" the same thing to the viewer. he was similar to Quentin in that regard. although they are all technically different people the viewer is supposed to equate on with the other. they are spoken of in the fandom as if it was the same character.

Mitch was a no-show on the east coast too...

sorry but this little group of actors is hardly in "high demand". so the vague "scheduling conflicts" always sounds evasive. they really shouldn't agree to come if they're not going to show up.

if Nancy's husband is ill i'll cut her a pass but she's been a last minute cancellation before as well. 

i also thought the "pay-at-the-door" option was telling...


it implied advance ticket sales were not strong. perhaps two "fests" withing the span of a few months was an overreach. i doubt many fans would travel extensively for both.

i just watched an historical horror documentary series called 'Monsters Among Us'. there was a two episode segment on vampire history and lore that covered the mythology over the centuries. there was a brief, but detailed, bit about DS. it (of course) focused largely on Barnabas/Frid but it was nice to see it has an important place in the history of the whole thing. 

i think Ryan was originally part of this year's East Coast festival lineup but joined Donna Mckechnie and Kathy Cody on the "scheduling conflicts" train of last minute bailouts.