I think I've mentioned somewhere in passing here that I'm a loyal PCH (Publishers' Clearing House Sweepstakes) player - you know, the one that gives away $7,500 a week for life along with lots of other prizes. It's free and when, once upon a time, players had to fill out all sorts of paperwork and mail it in (they still do that for those who prefer it that way), most now just go on-line, register, and start playing.
One of the ways to win is to earn tokens which can then be used to bid on various prizes (one can also just automatically win something). To date, I've won over $1,700 playing PCH (yes, people do win). There are several ways to win tokens. One is through "quizzes," where one answers questions on all sorts of topics.
Just recently, one of the quizzes was "Can You Finish the Name of This Soap Opera?" I guess you know where this is going. Of course, one of the slides had a picture of the fang-baring Barnabas with the question: Dark _____.
And then they have something called slideshows. It's just ten things concerning certain topics, such as "Interesting Egg Dishes From Around the World." In honor of Halloween, there have been plenty about sundry spooky things, including "Famous Vampire Movies and Shows." Yes, one slide had DS, but - get this - the 2012 movie with Johnny Depp, although it did say that while he played Barnabas, it was based on the TV show with a mention of Jonathan Frid originating the role.
Last but not least, I also saw an MSN slideshow listing movies that had important scenes after the final credits rolled. (Think the scene of the guy in the taxi following the end credits in Airplane which was included in the list.) To my shock and pleasant surprise, it listed HoDS stating that the staked-and-redead Barnabas changes into a bat and flies away allowing for, as the slide stated, a sequel.
You never know where we're going to pop up.
Gerard