Delightful!  Thanks again, MB.

G.

Enter Roger, as played by Martin Donovan.  I have no memory at all of Donovan's work in this, so color me fascinated all over again.

Thanks MB!  Good luck with our latest Winter Wonderland!  Tonight I am going to see a one night only showing of Stranger by the Lake, a new French film that I am quite intrigued by.  I doubt it would be of interest; it only features copious full frontal male nudity in a gorgeous natural setting... a cottage by the lake that seems reminiscent of where I tend to vacation every August...

cheers, G.

I think the photo today shows Blair Brown who played Liz.  I'm not familiar with Miss Brown's work... she might have been on the West Wing, which seems very appropriate for DS (cheesy joke I know but I couldn't resist it).

I have no idea what the director had in mind with how they chose to play the scene where Liz welcomes Vicki to Collinwood.  She comes across as a babbling idiot.  One of the moments in the pilot that still makes *me* wince whenever I recall it.

It almost plays as if Miss Brown was improvising how SHE would have written or done the scene and the director liked it so much he decided to keep it.

Other than that, I liked Miss Brown as Liz, and I look forward to continuing with the series.  Thanks again to everybody who worked on this, and special thanks to MB for your posts--truly awesome work!

G.

Josette I think you will be very happy to have made the extra effort.  Our Thayer really shines as Nero Wolfe.  The only thing that upsets me whenever I watch it is I think how young he was when he died...

G.

Fans,

Donna McKechnie is interviewed by Celebrity cruise lines Cruise Director Alexander Yepremian in 2013 when Donna was doing a one woman show on the Celebrity Summit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zItK3aGbv4

I met Alexander briefly last week when I was on another Celebrity vessel with my family.

Donna mainly talks about A Chorus Line in the interview, and DS is not mentioned, but I thought for Donna's fans this might be a fun clip to watch.

G.

Belated Birthday wishes to the incomparable Penny Dreadful!  Hope your day was as spooktacular as you are!

Best,

G.

There is a video interview with Sam on one of the DVDs (and thus, the interview pre-dates the inception of the Burton/Depp film project) where he takes credit for the creation of Angelique Collins.

G.