The Dark Shadows Alphabet Game

B is for Bellboy (in tight uniform), memorably played by Brian Sturdivant.  

(I've been waiting for this letter...for a very long time.  )

C is for Central Venous Pressure, the procedure Julia performs on Daphne in HODS, and an endless source of fascination for me ever since I first saw the movie.

D is for Discombobulated - having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion.  Many (if not all) characters on DS have been discombobulated at one time or another.

Discombobulated is one of my favorite words.  I often use it in reference to myself!   It's a fun word to say.

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E is for "Edge of Night," on which many of the DS actors appeared, including Joel Crothers, Donna Wandrey, Michael Stroka, Kathy Cody, Conard Fowkes, Robert Gerringer and HAA.

F is for Forty-One years of Dark Shadows!! 

G is for General Hospital (GH) - another ABC soap opera, which premiered in 1963 (before DS) and is still going strong.  Mitch Ryan (Burke Devlin #1), Chris Pennock (Jeb Hawkes, et. al.), Geoffrey Scott (Sky Rumson), and Peter Turgeon (Dr. Woodard #3) all appeared on GH.

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H is for Halloween, something that was never shown on DS (on second thought, with all those monsters and ghosts roaming around Collinwood, everyday WAS Halloween!)

I is for I've Got a Secret - Jonathan Frid (Barnabas) and Alex Stevens (The Werewolf) were Mystery Guests on I've Got a Secret.

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J is for Jitter (verb - to tremble or shake) or Jitters (noun - nervousness or fear) or Jittery (adjective - high strung).  Poor Willie jittered, had the jitters, and felt jittery often - especially around Barnabas!

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K = Marlene Kathryn Kringstad, Kathryn Leigh Scott's real name.

ProfStokes

L is for Love, American Style - Kathy Cody guest-starred on that show in 1973 - the segment was "Love and the Model Apartment".

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M is for mummy, a monster from the novel "Barnabas, Quentin, and the Mummy's Curse" that also shows up in the DS Gold Key Comics.

N is for N.Y.P.D. - a TV show that aired on Tuesday nights on ABC from 1967-1969.  John Harkins (Garth Blackwood; Horace Gladstone; et. al) and Hugh Franklin (Richard Garner) appeared on two episodes of N.Y.P.D. (not together) in 1967 and 1968.

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O is for Oligarchic - The wealth and influence of the Collins clan were so great that local politics/government in Collinwood must have been Oligarchic.

P is for photograph, like the one David took of Barnabas and Carolyn, with an unexpected 'addition' to it.