Announcing the Coordinated Dark Shadows Watching Project!

[Mysterious Benefactor]

And BTW, has anyone figured out what's going to happen very soon?

I'm surprised that no one seems to have figured it out. But it's going to become much more apparent very soon. In fact, it should become more apparent with every day that gets closer to it happening...

[Watching Project]

Here's the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, June 6: Episode 1231, originally aired Monday, March 15, 1971
Tuesday, June 7: Episode 1232, originally aired Tuesday, March 16, 1971
Wednesday, June 8: Episode 1233, originally aired Wednesday, March 17, 1971
Thursday, June 9: Episode 1234, originally aired Thursday, March 18, 1971
Friday, June 10: Episode 1235, originally aired Friday, March 19, 1971
Monday, June 13: Episode 1236, originally aired Monday, March 22, 1971
Tuesday, June 14: Episode 1237, originally aired Tuesday, March 23, 1971
Wednesday, June 15: Episode 1238, originally aired Wednesday, March 24, 1971
Thursday, June 16: Episode 1239, originally aired Thursday, March 25, 1971
Friday, June 17: Episode 1240, originally aired Friday, March 26, 1971

What was being referred to last time should definitely be clearer. And people may feel a bit foolish if they don't figure it out before the next schedule is posted...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I'm surprised that no one seems to have figured it out.

Does no one have access to a calendar - nor is anyone able to visualize one in their mind?  

[Lydia]

It does seem to me that if we go right from the episode 1245 to episode 1 in the Watching Project without a decent interval for mourning, then we'll be watching episode 1 on the 45th anniversary of its original broadcast, but I'm not sure that qualifies as a Happening.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

we'll be watching episode 1 on the 45th anniversary of its original broadcast, but I'm not sure that qualifies as a Happening.

Qualifies as one for me because that's exactly what I was referring to (not to mention that the subsequent eps will all be coinciding with their original airdates as well until we decide to take some sort of a break at some point) - though I didn't actually say it was a Happening, only that it was something that was going to happen very soon. But what I find interesting is that it wasn't even planned - it's just working out that way completely on its own.

It does seem to me that if we go right from the episode 1245 to episode 1 in the Watching Project without a decent interval for mourning

As for an interval for mourning, there was never one when the Sci-Fi Channel ran DS - it always went right from Ep #1245 to Ep #1 on the very same day. At least with the Watching Project there will be three days in between.  

[DarkLady]

So we start all over again once the current cycle is over? I'm delighted, because I didn't sign on to this board until close to the end of RT 1840/1841.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

We haven't actually done the pre-Barn eps yet. A lot of people still didn't own them when the Watching Project began back in January of '07, so we kicked off with Ep #210. But a lot more people have indicated that they've gotten the pre-Barn eps since then and they're really looking forward to watching them as part of the WP (and perhaps even others will follow along with the Robservations). And the fact that the schedule for watching the pre-Barn eps is going to coincide with the 45th Anniversary of their original airdates is really too serendipitous not to do them.  

[DarkLady]

Cool! 

[Lydia]

We haven't actually done the pre-Barn eps yet. A lot of people still didn't own them when the Watching Project began back in January of '07, so we kicked off with Ep #210.

Well, sort of...

If I had my druthers, the Project would start with Episode 1, but I don't have Episode 1, and it would set a dangerous precedent if the Project Initiator didn't have a clue what was going on.

It's fun going back and looking at Current Talk from the first half of 2007: lots of interesting topics.  Thank you, moderators, for keeping them available!

[Watching Project]

Here's the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, June 20: Episode 1241, originally aired Monday, March 29, 1971
Tuesday, June 21: Episode 1242, originally aired Tuesday, March 30, 1971
Wednesday, June 22: Episode 1243, originally aired Wednesday, March 31, 1971
Thursday, June 23: Episode 1244, originally aired Thursday, April 1, 1971
Friday, June 24: Episode 1245, originally aired Friday, April 2, 1971
END OF SERIES/BEGINNING OF SERIES:
Monday, June 27: Episode 1, originally aired Monday, June 27, 1966
Tuesday, June 28: Episode 2, originally aired Tuesday, June 28, 1966
Wednesday, June 29: Episode 3, originally aired Wednesday, June 29, 1966
Thursday, June 30: Episode 4, originally aired Thursday, June 30, 1966
Friday, July 1: Episode 5, originally aired Friday, July 1, 1966

[DarkLady]

What a happy coincidence! Thank you, Watching Project! 

[Gothick]

That's uncanny--that we're repeating the same days of the week as in 1966--

Glad to see the Watching Project will continue!

G.

[loril54]

That is nice, maybe we can go through things again. Get more people involved from the very beginning.

[MagnusTrask]

That is nice, maybe we can go through things again. Get more people involved from the very beginning.

I've already posted on episode 1!   Come and emulate me in this matter, as all people should do in all things...

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I was frustrated today because I lost my Internet connection soon after I made a couple posts this morning. Then it came back, I made a couple more posts, and then I lost it again for several hours because, after calling my provider, I learned they were having trouble with their network. So, I wasn't able to post half the things that I had planned to (like the CTP/FITBs captures for Ep #1). Instead I decided to go out with a friend and make a day of it doing other things. I just got home a few minutes ago. But we had so much fun that I'm exhausted, so all the things I would have posted today will just have to wait until tomorrow.