The Generation thing!

[Jackie]

LOL I guess we'll never be rid of labels!  Our minds want to wrap around something, I suppose.    In terms of Dark Shadows, I never thought of "first generation" as much as I thought of "original" fan.  Oh well. 

[Taeylor Collins]

I hate labels too.  Maybe I should delete!!

[Doug]

I was 4 years old when the original series started in 1966. Would that make myself a 1st Generation
fan?

[bluefielder]

I rushed home from school during the original run.  It was syndicated here in 1977 and I tuned in again for that run.  I guess that is first and second generations.

[GooberCollins]

I believe that makes you part of the Ö generation.

[Pansity]

Ok, here's one to give everyone even MORE of a calculation headache  (Norman, Coordinate, anyone?).  Not only are there generations of fans, but there are generations of when one became involved in FANDOM. 

For instance, I started watching the show as a kid with the Chris Jennings werewolf/beginning of the Ghosts of Quentin and Beth storylines.  That makes me an original "run home from school to watch" fan.  BUT, I got involved in Science Fiction and Media fandom startiing with discovering Star Trek zines in 1975 -- but didn't rediscover Dark Shadows until many years later.  In 2001 I was jobhunting and caught the show from the last ep, knowing that the next day would be the first episode.  By the time 1897 rolled around I had gone from "it'll be nice to see this from the beginning and see what I missed" to, at a certain point in the 1897 storyline, getting on line after watching the timeshifted eps, desperate to fiind more fanfiction and discussion groups. 

Hmm, that might be an idea for its own thread.....

Jeannie

[GooberCollins]

Pansity, based on my calculations, you are Generation Ü.

[IluvBarnabas]

I first started watching the show around 1982 or 1983, I was 8 or 9 years old at the time.

I guess that makes me a part of the second generation.