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Gawd! sorry to sound like a broken record, but this is one scene I don't recall at all.

I did enjoy very much revisiting MB's brilliant ad for the series featuring Mr. Shaw in nearly all of his glory...

Can't wait to see how this scene develops!

Thanks so much again MB!

G.

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Current Talk '14 I / Re: Dr. Guthrie: Actor John Lassel Annoys Me

« on: April 07, 2014, 02:28:18 AM »

I love the idea of a Julia vs. Laura showdown.

IMO one of the best scenes 1897 Laura had was the memorable episode where Magda shows up to "help out" at Laura's cottage.

Grayson and Diana knew one another socially for years before DS and I thought they played off one another so memorably in their brief, but pungent moments together.

G.

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Current Talk '14 I / Re: Dr. Guthrie: Actor John Lassel Annoys Me

« on: April 07, 2014, 01:03:56 AM »

He did initially annoy me, but over time he grew on me.

I have to say I'm so glad the great, incomparable Thayer David was cast as Professor Stokes. For me, Stokes is THE iconic occultist detective.

G.

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Current Talk '24 I / Re: And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

« on: April 06, 2014, 08:21:22 PM »

So, Joe is going to seduce Willie??? Hahahahaha! you just KNEW I had to go there darlingest Misterioso.

Hope you feel better. Take it easy and be kind to yourself till then!

Best,

G.

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Current Talk '24 I / Re: And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

« on: March 30, 2014, 08:19:42 PM »

I wonder if the character of Kelly was invented in part to explain how Willie, not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, was able to figure out the clues about the hidden Collins "legacy."

She's clearly got the brains between the two of them...

G.

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Current Talk '24 I / Re: And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

« on: March 30, 2014, 04:21:28 AM »

Thanks again for your fascinating notes, MB. I know I'm going to enjoy catching up on this when I get back from my trip, though it's possible I will have some Net access while I am away. I have to confess it is not a very high priority for me--but getting to follow this thread would definitely be a treat.

Best, G.

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Current Talk '24 I / Re: And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

« on: March 27, 2014, 04:12:04 AM »

Thanks again for these notes, MB. I somehow missed yesterday's quote about Kelly being asked by Stokes to index Collins family correspondence. So when I saw today's quote, I was thinking that she must be talking about Ben's diary--wrong!

I'm on vacation next week and will most likely miss most if not all of the posts here, but I really am enjoying this presentation very much--in fact, so far I've enjoyed it much more than viewing the actual pilot tape all those years ago!

Hard to believe that 2004 was ten years ago now...

Best, G.

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Current Talk '24 I / Re: And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

« on: March 24, 2014, 04:07:12 PM »

Many thanks again for the fascinating notes, MB. I wonder what stage in the project the screenplay copy you're working from represents. It almost sounds as if this screenplay might have been written for a 90 minute or even two hour TV film... too bad they didn't go for that length with the pilot. I still wonder whether they would have wound up doing a re-shoot given some aspects of the "finished" pilot we have seen...

Best, G.

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Calendar Events / Announcements '14 I / Re: NBC releases 'Rosemary's Baby' teaser

« on: March 23, 2014, 01:56:30 AM »

And they've set it in ... Paris??? It was so much about the New York setting and the ominous world of the Dakota that if Ira Levin were still alive, I wonder if he would sue for false advertising.

As I posted at the time, I attended a repertory screening of Roman Polanski's classic film in Cambridge's Brattle Theatre (originally founded by a group including our own Thayer David!), and I was very tickled to learn that the Witches Coven in the movie acclaimed 1966 as Year One of Satan. Given that that was also the founding of our favorite show, the coincidence amused me very much. (Especially given that a few fundamentalist religious groups targeted DS back in the day as "Satan's favorite TV show." LOL!)

G.

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Calendar Events / Announcements '14 I / Re: John Karlen On Kojak

« on: March 19, 2014, 11:12:13 PM »

Cool. Too bad it seems nobody on here caught it. Wonder if Johnny had much of a role.

G.

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Current Talk '24 I / Re: And Even Yet Another New Slideshow

« on: March 19, 2014, 05:07:37 AM »

Oh wow. I really wish we had gotten at least a glimpse of Stokes, "the freak with the beret."

Loving this...

G.