Connie, this is a WONDERFUL idea.  I know many folks who have been greatly helped by such prayers.

hugs, Steve

How interesting, Doctor!  (btw--another Who fan here)  I've always wondered how they handled the taping schedule in scenes where elaborate makeup and costume changes were called for, such as the episodes where [spoiler]Cassandra ages, or where characters appear in sharply different makeup as Parallel Time alter egos.[/spoiler]

It's interesting to learn that they sometimes videotaped "before lunch"--according to one of Thayer David's interviews, the "lunch break" normally fell around 10:30 in the morning, which makes one wonder just how"before lunch" was to be interpreted in these cases.

Many thanks for sharing.  I really wondered just what treasures would come to light in that grey box...

G.

Happy Birthday Grayson!  We cherish every moment of the beauty, wit, cussedness and compassion you shared with us.

Here's to our fave "gutsy broad"!  (quoting one of her friends who was also a coworker on DS)

cheers, Steve

I feel indifferent at this point to the idea of a remake, although as a rule, I hate remakes.  I don't think it breaks down to those who were "original broadcast" fans (we used to use the term Ancient Blood, which I quite like) being anti and those of more recent vintage being pro.  The people I know who have been enthusiastic about the remakes come in various generations as to whether they were fans in the Sixties, started watching in 1970s or 1980s syndie, or first saw it on the Sci Fi channel in the 1990s.

I think one's reaction to the intrinsic notion of a remake has to do with a certain attitude towards culture in general.  I'm WAY too frazzled right now to articulate this, and in any event, it's not really germane to the topic of this thread.  I guess what I'm saying here is that I think you're going to find that people are all over the map in terms of Sixties fans/recent generation fans, and where they come down on remakes.

I still think the WB show's approach of having Barnabas be a very different character from the original portrayal worked much better than the DC 1990s version where they gave him a look and (attempted) feel that seemed patterned on the original.  It seems to me that the performances in the original, from the likes of Frid, Hall, Thayer David, et al., were so extremely idiosyncratic that you're dooming yourself to failure if you try to imitate--much better trying to take something from the original CONCEPT and making something aesthetically new from that.  Just my two drachmae.

G.

What has never been "officially" discussed is what I see as by far the most plausible scenario--that Dan Curtis himself pulled the plug.  The timing makes particular sense because they were gearing up to make movie #2 and I think DC simply did not want the bother of keeping the series going simultaneously once again.

In official histories, the event is always presented as ABC honchos pulling the plug on the series.  I believe MB found an article about the surprise and concern the trustees or other suits expressed when the cancellation was announced at the March 1971 board meeting in NYC.

It would be interesting to have seen DC write his own account of what he recalled from that period, but he and Norma are both gone now and that is why I feel the details will never be revealed.

Mods, if this post is inappropriate for board regs, please delete it.

G.

Dear Holly... I always think of her and that bottle in one of her sequences with Mr. Dallessandro in TRASH...

She is a TRUE artist.  I just love the moment in the Quentin Crisp documentary, RESIDENT ALIEN, when an English dowager who is a friend of Quentin's burbles on, "Oh, I ADORE Holly... she's such a LOVELY gell, and with such BEAUTIFUL skin!"

I've heard that DS was very popular in the Factory and generally amongst the Warhol crowd.

G.

My favorite line in that skit was when Barabas, or Willie, or somebody was saying, a propos of the Betty White character (sorry I don't watch that show very often--please don't make me turn in my gay card), "She will be my/your BEARD... er, BRIDE."  I about bust up every time I think of that.  The humor of this may be lost upon others (I have a notoriously eccentric sense of humor).

Great photos of the actors.  I don't think I had ever met them.  The skit was sooooo much better than I had expected.

G.