As for Ned, I think it's a knickname for Edward. The only other Ned I can think of offhand is from the tv show The Lost World.

Actor Ned Beatty, character Ned Flanders?  And that infamous DS Forum member damNEDrodan, lol.

There actually was another Ned on DS-- the unseen Ned Calder, Liz's admirer and recent general manager, whose name came up in at least a dozen eps early in the series.

Thanks, MB!

I'm about to begin watching DS from the beginning, decided to post my thoughts about it in this old thread.

Hope that's okay, figured it's better than starting multiple threads about each episode.

That's fantastic!  I'm looking forward to reading your comments, though I suggest the corresponding Robservations topic for your posts.  Each discussion thread in the Watching Project links to a Robservation, so once the WP gets to the early episodes, your comments for each ep can be easily referenced.  The topic for #1 and #2 is currently on the last page of the Robservations board, which starts out in order, though as soon as you've posted in a topic, it will move to the first page.

Couldn't find any threads about the pilot, after repeated searches.

Here's the most current one:

WB 2004 Pilot Redux

(Using the Advanced Search feature, I limited the search to topic titles from the last few years that contained the words "WB Pilot")

An Official Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM - The Official "Dark Shadows" Published Newsletters

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Number 225. October 3, 2010

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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,

ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following breaking news in this Online News Update "bulletin."

--- DAVID SELBY – NEW MOVIE RELEASE & FALCON CREST TRIBUTE
--- DONNA WANDREY – STARRING IN "THE GLASS MENAGERIE"
--- JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT – SPECIAL EVENT
--- ROY THINNES – CONVENTION APPEARANCE
--- ANNOUNCING: PLANNED NEW DS MERCHANDISE

**** DAVID IN "THE SOCIAL NETWORK"
**** DAVID & SUSAN SULLIVAN TO ATTEND "FALCON CREST" TRIBUTE

--- SG previously reported David's (Quentin) role as "Gage" in THE SOCIAL NETWORK, which opened nationwide Oct. 1. Industry, critical, and public interest has been very high for the movie.

David's wife Chip tells SG: "David has a small but very nice role in the big film opening on Oct. 1st, The Social Network. We saw a screening - very well made morality study of the beginnings of Facebook."

Written by the acclaimed Aaron Sorkin (THE WEST WING), the movie follows the development of Facebook by two Harvard undergrads in 2003, tracing as the internet network explodes into a worldwide phenomenon worth billions within a few years. LA Times 9-26: Star Andrew Garfield: "The themes are universal: friendship, betrayal, power, greed, filial obligation, differing value systems, success, money. It's all very Shakespearean. It's Greek" in its personal and professional tragedies. "Everyone's right and everyone's wrong. It's all gray."

The new SG #119 print issue will feature interviews, articles, reviews, and other media coverage for the film.

--- SG just received confirmation that DAVID will participate in FALCON CREST: A LOOK BACK at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles on 10-12 at 7:00 pm. SUSAN SULLIVAN (DS Ghost), who played his FC wife "Maggie Gioberti Channing," also is scheduled to attend.
David starred as "Richard Channing" in the primetime drama from its 2nd season (1982) through 1990. That complete 2nd season DVD now is available from www.wbshop.com

The prestigious Paley event hosts other cast members and series creator Earl Hmaner, who all will discuss the series and comment on selected FC episodes/scenes to be shown.

Paley publicity: "Ah, the decadent eighties. America exhibited an unquenchable thirst for nighttime soaps; witness the phenomenal success of Dallas, Dynasty, Knots Landing, and this Napa Valley–set CBS sudser, pivoting on the battle for control of Falcon Crest Wineries between the virtuous Chase Gioberti (Robert Foxworth) and the conniving Angela Channing (Jane Wyman, Oscar-winner and Ronald Reagan's ex). Falcon Crest was created by—of all people—Earl Hamner, whose previous foray into family drama, The Waltons, was the anti-prime-time soap: wholesome, chaste, and poor. Falcon Crest, by contrast, was all about money, power, sex, and wine. Come relive the Reagan years as Hamner and the cast look back on one of the most popular and exemplary shows of the decade."

Tickets are $10 for Paley Center members, $15 for non-members.
The Paley Center for Media is located at 465 North Beverly Dr. in Beverly Hills, CA.

http://www.paleycenter.org/2010-fall-falcon-crest-a-look-back

**** DONNA WANDREY STARS IN CLASSIC PLAY

Donna (Roxanne Drew) tells SG she stars as "Amanda Wingfield" in Tennessee Williams' tragic play THE GLASS MENAGERIE, 10-6/24 at the Vermont Stage Lake Champlain Regional Theatre. Performances are Wed.-Sat. at 7:30pm and Sat.-Sun. at 2pm.

The Vermont Stage Company offers "professional theatre in an intimate setting." http://www.vtstage.org/

Theater publicity: "Vermont Stage Company presents Tennessee Williams' autobiographical masterpiece at FlynnSpace in Burlington. The story of Tom, a young writer, his fiercely optimistic mother Amanda, and Laura, his beloved and broken-hearted sister, this delicate and haunting memory play is a true classic of the American theatre."

FlynnSpace is located at 153 Main St.,Burlington, VT 05401. 802-863-5966.

Tickets range from $24.30 to $32.50 and can be purchased through the Flynn Box Office at 86-FLYNN. www.flynntix.org.

*** JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT & HitRECord.org PRESENT CREATIVE EVENT

Joe (1991 DS' David, Daniel) is an acclaimed actor for his roles in popular films like the summer box office smash INCEPTION, the 2009 award-nominated (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, and numerous, sometimes controversial, independent movies. Yet he's also "Regular Joe," the encouraging face and voice of HitRECord.org

Website welcome: "HITRECORD.ORG is a project I started almost 5 years ago now, and in 2010, we've evolved into a professional open collaborative production company. We create and develop art and media collaboratively here on our site. Even this introductory video is the remixed result of a great many contributions. So rather than just exhibiting and admiring each other's work as isolated individuals, we gather here to collectively work on projects together. Videos, writing, photography, music, anything -- we call them all RECords. "
Their FALL FORMAL event is planned for 10-28 at 8:00. Publicity follows.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of New York! Summer is gone and Autumn has come - you know what that means... It's time to put on a show!
"Join me, RegularJoe, and fifteen hundred plush seats full of hitRECorders for the hottest ticket in town, the dope Date of the Season, the good-looking night out for all ages!

"THE HITRECORD.ORG FALL FORMAL!
"Vivacious live performance, Sensational cinema and of course, we'll all record the whole thing together. So, dust off your camera and shine your shoes. Ladies, call up that sweetheart of yours and bring 'em on down to the hitRECord.org FALL FORMAL!

"Joseph Gordon-Levitt & the Hitrecord.org Fall Formal – Oct. 28."
The Town Hall is located at 123 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036. Prices range from $29.90 to $65 (+ fees if applicable).

**** ROY THINNES HORROR CONVENTION APPEARANCE

ROY (1991 DS Roger, Trask) is announced to attend the Chiller Theater Convention 10-29/31 at the Hilton in Parsippany, NJ. http://www.chillertheatre.com/

**** SHADOWGRAM PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT

--- NEW DS MERCHANDISE PLANNED:
AUTHORIZED APPAREL, RE-CREATED PROPS, MODEL KITS

Dan Curtis Productions (DCP) asks SG to announce there are "2 new DS licensing agreements based on the original 1966-71 series. One calls for apparel and prop reproductions such as a Barnabas cape, wolf's head cane, fangs and ring. The other covers model kits of Barnabas and other characters and/or set pieces from the series." SG in print and online will update and report as "more details will be announced soon."

DCP continues: "These items follow the newly-issued first round of DS dolls available from Spectre Toys – http://www.spectretoy.com/ – who currently offer Barnabas, Angelique and werewolf figures.
Additionally, Hermes Press has published the first hard-cover, full-cover volume of DS Gold Key Comic Book reprints, featuring the original magazines that were issued from 1968-76. Go to http://www.hermespress.com/ for ordering information or http://www.amazon.com/

*** MESSAGES FROM SHADOWGRAM

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Please include your full name so I can list you as a Contributor in the published SGs. You also may receive a complimentary Contributor's Copy for major donations of information, funds, postage stamps, supplies, photos, publicity, assistance, etc. Thank you in advance for sharing!

Please also send - at any time – any mentions you may find about the DS personnel and their projects, the planned new film with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, the FALCON CREST dvd release, the upcoming new DS merchandise, or other DS-related news and references. Please send all materials to the SG addresses below.

The latest print issue SG newsletter is the HUGE Double SG #117-#118 and the new SG #119 is underway. Future SGs and the SG Online DS News Updates via the SG Yahoo Group will report all the latest official DS-related news.

Subscription information for the ShadowGram Newsletter print issues follows. When your order arrives, I will mail you the new SG #117-#118 Double Issue newsletter to begin / renew your subscription. SG #119 and subsequent issues will be sent to you and all postal-mail subscribers as they are published.

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As David and Hallie talked in the gazebo, I thought: "David's old enough to know he should get some help on this."  But then, as David talked about wanting to wait and see who would come, I imagined David going to Barnabas, and it didn't compute.  David wants to believe he's big enough to handle these things himself.  And it's not at all certain that Barnabas would be any help.  I mean, I'm assuming David doesn't want to see all his friends and relations dropping like flies.

I'd be miffed and frustrated too if I overheard the grownups fussing about some terrible thing that would center around me, but no one would talk to me directly about it.  So if I were David, I might decide to keep my own secrets from them too.

Liz's reading material-- Astrology by Louis MacNeice-- is a real book:  http://www.amazon.com/Astrology-Louis-MacNeice/dp/0385052456
But according to on-line biographies, the author was drinking heavily and viewed that work (published posthumously) and other free-lance projects written during that time as "hack work."

Or it dislikes lunar eclipses.