MB, honey, you really and truly blow my mind!  I loved the Governor and JJ, one of those forgotten series, but to actually be able to remember what Joan wore... I must have missed her appearance on the show because I am sure I would have remembered at least the fact of her being on it.

If she wore it on that show, presumably it was from her personal wardrobe. 

G.

The ensemble you mention for Julia was new, and never worn by her on the series.  I think the other clothes she wore were recycled from the show.  I still don't understand why they made Joan wear the infamous lurid chartreuse shroud dress--it dated to 1966!  I would have thought she would have put pressure to get it changed but perhaps at that point in the proceedings she no longer cared.

hoDS set flunky to Joan:  "Hey, aren't you Joan Bennett?"

Joan:  "I used to be."

G.

Wow, that's cool.  Also in the 1950s and 1960s there were isolated cases of cemeteries being vandalized, reputedly by Satanist cultists digging up skulls for use in the Black Mass--this in England rather than Scotland.

G.

Superb work.  A really excellent re-design for the site!

An interesting snippet of Grayson news:  Grayson's episode of Kojak (episode three from season 2 of the series) is finally going to be available on DVD, albeit from a company based in Australia. The set is being released in April.  Check out www.amazon.co.uk for details.  Unfortunately, that wreteched Universal has stated they have no interest in releasing the remainder of the series here in the US.

The overseas companies such as Network really do justice to these classic series much better than most of our domestic firms (I will make a strong exception for MPI, which not only did wonderful work with their DS sets, but has kept them in print--hooray!).

G.

This is very cool!  I am thrilled to see the Klein film getting this kind of exposure.  And, of course, our beloved Grayson.

Thanks, Julia!

G.

That whole psychic strength business always makes me let loose a good cackle.  I just keep thinking "Petunia Marshmallow."  Granted, Ben Martin was thinking of Josette there, but at this point as KLS herself commented her character is little more than "Paging Maggie Evans... Victim needed, front and center.  Now scream into camera 3."

G.

Thanks to the kindness of Julia99, I had a brief look this evening at this new page on Facebook for our beloved Thayer. (You can find the link easily enough if you are on F-book just by searching "Thayer David".)  The page was started by a nephew of Thayer's.  He posted this note in late December shortly after inaugurating the page:

So in just a week we have 14 members. Please invite your friends. My mom, David's sister is elderly and I'm sure hearing that people remember her brother makes her smile. My family is going to put together some fun stories. The IMDB bio is pretty well researched, although my family never rebuked David or his career choice. He was a character and had a rich, baroque demeanor. His wife, Valarie was a lot of fun, too. Having dinner with them was like being on a TV show. They were friends with people like Sorrel Brooke, (Boss Hog from the Dukes of Hazzard) and Fred Gwynne. When I was a kid, having my uncle tell stories about carousing with Herman Munster always left me wide eyed. Years later, I would discover that my uncle had been quite a character in Provincetown and Oqunquit on the theater scene. Once in a while I'll meet someone who knew him and they will go on about drinking with Tennessee Tom Williams and Marlon Brando. It's very cool.

(end of quote)

I wonder on what project beyond "carousing" Thayer worked with Fred Gwynne (TV's Herman Munster)?

There don't seem to be all that many Thayer David fans here but I thought any of them who might be around would definitely want to check this out.  Unfortunately there is not much there yet--no photos beyond a very nice "avatar" shot of our fave rave, and no stories beyond the above and one or two other snippets.

Best,

G.