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Vicki's Ideal Guy
« on: August 26, 2006, 10:25:51 PM »
Who do you think would have made Vicki the happiest out of her prospective boyfriends?  I'm going with Burke Devlin for this one.  I've been watching the summer of 1967, and they're just so great together.  I get all tingly when the "Missy" music plays and they're out on the terrace.  So romantic.

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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2006, 01:52:48 AM »
I definitely thought that she seemed to be way more "star-crossed" with Burke than Peter/Jeff. I never thought that Alexandra and Roger had that much chemistry on screen. Maybe it's just me. o_O

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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2006, 07:19:13 AM »
Burke was certainly a good match for her, but once I finally had a chance to see the earlier episodes, I was kind of hoping she'd get together with Frank Garner.
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2006, 03:40:57 PM »
I also tend to lean towards Frank.  They were closer in age than she was with Burke, and you could tell there was a spark there.

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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2006, 08:45:51 PM »
I too think Burke and Vicki would have been happy together. Jeff/Peter and Vicki just didn't seem to hit it off.
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2006, 09:22:20 PM »
i always prefered her with Frank Garner they just had a good chemistry. Followed by Burke

Jeff/Peter was dumb and felt that the writers just did it so 1897 could have a more natural soap opera angle/story

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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2006, 04:35:50 AM »
Frank Garner.  He was very cute, a lawyer and was around her age.  Besides, he was always at Collinwood and needed "some papers" signed or,and looked over by Mrs. Stoddard.

Burke was to old, a loud mouth and the type of guy that when he say something and you didn't do it, you "never loved" him.

Peter/Jeff came up to bat and after three balls, well, he struck out.  He was annoying, hair-feeling weiner. 
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2006, 05:00:59 AM »
I have never seen the pre-Barnabas episodes, well 99% of them anyway, so I am looking forward to a smarter Vicki.

As much as I like Burke (the REAL Burke) I don't think he and Vicki were a good match at all. She was so very innocent and he had just finished doing a five year stint in the big house. I think her innocence may have been refreshing to him at first, but it may have worn thin after a while.

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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2006, 06:20:33 PM »
Who do you think would have made Vicki the happiest out of her prospective boyfriends?  I'm going with Burke Devlin for this one.  I've been watching the summer of 1967, and they're just so great together.  I get all tingly when the "Missy" music plays and they're out on the terrace.  So romantic.

i totally agree andre,

i love the 1967 episodes.vicki was at her absolute most radiant on that terrace.i love the scenes where vicki and burke describe their childhoods.these two were meant to be togther.i spotted it from episode one.with burke you get the sense that vicki was protected.with peter/jeff/whoever she was toast!

like you said very romantic but not without an element of suspence because you-know-who was generally lurking in the shadows during these scenes. >:D
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2006, 06:45:44 PM »
I didn't see much of the original Burke, he was replaced before I got a real chance to form a proper opinion on him, but from what I saw, I prefer the second burke. He was more gentle and kind, not so hard and cold. So I can see Vicki with the second Burke rather than with the original.

So now is everyone completely confused?  ;D
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2006, 02:51:22 AM »
Actually, I could also much more see Vicki with the Second Burke than the first.  He was calmer, milder man and appeared to be a tad, bit younger.

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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2006, 04:28:00 PM »
Frank Garner, hands down.  Burke, both of them, were too OLD.  ;)
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2006, 01:50:24 AM »
speaking of "vicki" and "frank" how's this for a priceless exchange...

on the first night of the fest one of the coordinators was attempting to "reaquaint" the actors.some of whom had not seen each other in nearly forty years.

so he brought conrad fowkes(frank garner)over to see besty durkin(vicki#2)who of course never actually worked together on the show and the two exchanged awkward pleasantries as if they had.

perhaps she got him mixed up with roger davis. ::)

i suppose it's possible that they worked together elsewhere but the tone of the coversation was specific to d.s..

i actually ended up having rather a nice chat with "fake-vicki".she and my boss are neighbors on shelter island so we chatted about that and she signed a picture for me to give to him.perhaps i'll give her episodes a try. ;)
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2006, 02:55:45 PM »
i actually ended up having rather a nice chat with "fake-vicki".she and my boss are neighbors on shelter island so we chatted about that and she signed a picture for me to give to him.perhaps i'll give her episodes a try. ;)

Was Betsy just AWESOME or what??!!  ;)  She was SO sweet!  I hope she comes to more Fests!  I really enjoyed meeting her and I agree w/her that it's too bad DC didn't wrap up Alexandra's run more quickly and then bring Betsy on as her long lost sister or something, instead of as the new Vickie.  I would have enjoyed seeing her in other plotlines too.  ;)
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Re: Vicki's Ideal Guy
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2006, 02:00:12 AM »
Frank Garner, yes.

Burke (the 1st), possibly.

But no way Jose Barnabas.

Talk about too old/totally not believable.....ICK!!

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