Regarding the End Credits of the "Dark Shadows: The Beginning" DVDs

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Hey gang,

I get a big kick out of hearing the announcer at the end of the "pre-Barnabas" episodes, mentioning some of the ABC shows that were being broadcast back during 1966/1967 while watching the final DS credits on those first year, black-and-white episodes.

That wonderfully resonant-sounding announcer (who initially intoned the immortal words: "Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis Production" at the end of each show before the DS cast members eventually did the honors)  might say something like: "Tonight, on ABC see 'Bewitched' and 'Combat' in  Color!"  (Yes color was a big deal in 1966!)

Wow, do those promos bring back wonderful memories of such 1960s' ABC night time classics as "Peyton Place," the aforementioned "Combat" (which my brothers and I loved to watch with our late, World War II US Army veteran father) and the cool and thought-provoking sci-fi series, "The Invaders," featuring the always terrific Roy Thinnes, the future Roger Collins of NBC's 1990 Dark Shadows revival series.

Ah, yes, the halcyon days of Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Combat and so many other superb series on ABC during the 1960s.  Sadly, we'll never see their great likes again....

Bob

PS Does anyone know the name of that silver-toned ABC announcer on the Dark Shadows episodes?

[joe integlia]

the name of the announcer has been mentioned here before but i cant remember it. the answer is probably in one of those books by kls. but if u wait long enuf someone will post the name. i love hearing those promos also and grew up watching all those shows as well.

[Joeytrom]

Why did the announcer leave during the summer of 1967?  Did they get another on for the commercials?  I know they didn't get a replacement for the DS show itself.

[Midnite]

Bob Lloyd ...

Lloyd's voiceover promos could be heard on ABC-TV through the early 70s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoBMulTGszc and he became a voiceover agent in New York (one of only a handful back then), and in 1975 switched to voice casting, earning the nickname The Voicecaster and starting the company Voicecasters, which to date is the largest voice casting studio in the country.

[Lydia]

Some non-classics also get mentioned.  I remember The Monroes, a very short-lived Western with attractive orphaned teenagers and a faithful Indian friend.  There may have been a dog, too.  With such a lot of crowd-pleasing ingredients, how could it have failed?

[loril54]

I really like the Monroes.  OT, another short lived on the Young Rebals. I believe it was also on ABC.

[joe integlia]

the young rebels was on ABC for sure. i remember because our teacher wanted us to all write letters to ABC after it was cancelled. no such request after DS was cancelled. lol

[Miss_Winthrop]

I loved Peyton Place!  Having secretly read the book (my Mom would've killed me if she knew) I lived for the show which my Mom surprisingly approved of. 

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Lydia,

I think that Barbara Hershey (before she eventually hooked up with David "Kung Fu" Carradine) was on "The Monroes."

And let's not forget Bob Lloyd (Thank you, Midnite!) intoning those immortal words at the end of a Dark Shadows episode:

"Tonight on ABC, tune in to see 'The Rat Patrol' and 'Love: American Style'  IN color!" 

Bob

[Lydia]

Love, American Style?  They showed the segment with Joan Bennett in it at the 2009 East Coast Fest.

[joe integlia]

KATHY CODY was also in an episode of LOVE AMERICAN STYLE and they showed a clip of that at the 2010 festival.