it sounds awsome DStoDA.i can't wait.
i am somewhat surprised to see the leviathan story up as a category.i havn't seen it yet but everyone says it's the worst!

i'm very intrigued...and love the advertising.is miss victoria winters a "presenter" or a "nominee"?

who's gown will she wear? i see vicki in a classy but conservative look...maybe oscar de la renta.nothing too risque'.and a tasteful scattering of dark-toned jewels would play off her black hair beautifully.

the new board looks great...but i've had one odd thing happen lately.in the "current talk" section,the little icon of collinwood that means there are new posts is always lit-up(as opposed to black when there are no new posts).is that just me?

and mysterious...you lost part of your "quote"(fog that can...).

again luciaphil,awsome read.i would love to watch these episodes again but i leant my "collector's series vol/2" to a co-worker who as they say in the human recources dept. has "left the company".i might have to order it again if i really get the yen.

i reading this chapter and the previous one i was pleasently reminded of vicki's all-day phone call at the inn.the show's first two weeks covered less than a twenty-four hour period!the mail in collinsport must have been delivered at a speedy rate since vicki recieved her first letter less than a day after she left new york.and didn't mrs."at a very fair rate of pay"hopewell tell vicki how much she was missed once she got her on the phone(again,next day)?
maggie was so saucy!everyone was sooo mean to vicki!and as has been pointed out,carolyn was not the most ambitious of girls in terms of schooling or occupation....what would she have done with herself if her "home-situation" hadn't drastically changed a few months down the road?

Yeah, the jokes in that book are pretty lame.    But, hey, it was the '60s - a much more innocent time. Who knows what sort of jokes they might have put out today? 

it's true...the 1960's were a more innocent time.and the book seems to have been marketed at kids.

but claude...how could you ever pick a favorite?there are so many gems.how about "you should hear barnabas talk about gore vidal.he says he'd like to drain gore of his vidality".

alot of the "jokes" aren't even specific to b...they could be "re-cycled" vampire jokes from anywhere.

i remember very little about the character...wasn't she just on an episode or two?what was this blooper?

a "funny" thing happened this morning...i went to check my e-mails and,as i often do out of habit,take a peek at the forum.then something unexpected happened.instead of my usual welcome screen the "guest" welcome screen popped-up.i had somehow logged myself out(which i never do).
momentarily startled i knew i just needed to log in again.no big deal.then came the time to type in my password and i realized i couldn't remember it at all...i hadn't used it in several months.i stay logged in.
confused(this was early morning after all) i tried to conjure up the long forgotten password to no avail.i thought to click the "forget password" option which would just e-mail me a new one.then i remembered that for awhile the forum was unable to generate new passwords.was i going to get locked out?!?
a current of low-level panic ran through my blood.what would i do?where would i go to discuss governesses?seances?sleeveless dresses?i was about to e-mail midnite.and all this drama before i even had my first cup of coffee.
then the long forgotten phrase began to visualize itself to me...and with sweaty palms typed the letters in.i breathed a hearty sigh of relief when my own welcome screen popped-up and the morning was as good as new!

anyhow...it's funny how we react when our little routines are thrown out of whack.

The more you remind me of what the original episodes were like, the less I can comprehend the failure to "catch on" with a significant audience sooner than it did. 

And the more we see of the original character of Victoria, the more infuriating it is to recall the simpering idiot to which she was reduced, before she vanished.

i've said this before too...i can't understand why THIS show as opposed to what it became(essentially a different show with the same cast)didn't find it's own audience.imagine what dreck it's afternoon competition was in 1967(when b. was introduced).it had too have been more interesting.
and early victoria was so good too(although i always like her).it's hard to believe just two years later she was being held hostage by an artificial monster .

anyhow...thanks again luciaphil...these make a great read!i love the fashion comentary.vicki's p.j.'s and slippers combo is way more practical than the billowing orange chiffon number she later wears for wandering through the woods and nocturnal visitations from you-know-who(but why is she wearing a fall to bed!?!).and hemlines certainly rose quickly from the knee-length frocks we see here to the mini's of a year or so later(although the show's costuming was so cheap that they just shortened alot of the same dresses rather than buy new ones) .
carolyn ironing was priceless...and that kitchen set was awsome too.i love that funky greenhouse area with all the fake palms and such.it's too bad they eliminate that set.funny,it disappears around the same time that the diner set does.when the show becomes so heavily focused on the supernatural mundane chores like eating food(as oppsed to drinking blood)fall by the wayside .