VAM,
How could Tom's parents name him "Tom Collins"? That's almost as bad as a "Boy Named Sue," from the Johnny Cash song. Actually, my mother knows a man (a teacher) who is named Frank Sinatra! I kid you not.
I imagine that if you have the same name as ol' blue eyes, people always want to buy you a drink, get your autograph, and introduce their sister to you (then again, maybe they don't want to introduce you to their sister!).
Gerard,
I see a definite resemblance between innkeeper Mooney and Mr. Mooney, the parsimonious banker, a/k/a/ "Mooney the Shylock." However, innkeeper Mooney does not display the cultured patois of Mooney the banker.
It wasn't till I heard innkeeper Mooney on Dark Shadows, that I learned that the traditional New York guttural accent made it up all the way to colonial New England.
Ringo,
You know, it's too bad that Sebastian Cabot never appeared on Dark Shadows. You probably know that Sherlock Holmes' brother, Mycroft, occasionally appeared in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. Well, I would have liked to have seen Mr. Cabot appear as Richard Stokes, Professor Stokes' neer-do-well, younger brother. It would have been great fun to see the learned Stokes "contend" with a slightly older version of Buzz Hackett. Oh well...
Jennifer,
I hope your doctor who looked like Mr. Mooney, practiced medicine as well as Mr. Mooney prepared martinis, toddies and sea breezes (Bathia Mapes' favorite drink).
Bob the Bartender, who gave up cervesa for Lent.