I thought Big Lou's character in PT 1970 was more inspired by the Divine Clifton Webb's character in the 1940s noir thriller Laura.

PT 1970 Roger ties with 1966 Roger for my favorite Big Lou characterization on DS.

G.

Quentin's search for Count Petofi was mentioned in Sam Hall's famous 1971 TV Guide article, derived from his own notes for possible ways the plot could have continued after the PT 1841 storyline.

Several fan fiction writers (including, I believe, Dale Clark in a well-known series of small press novels) have written scenarios that involved the Count's return.  I even started one (but failed to get very far with it).

I'm quite sure that Petofi would have survived the events at Tate's cottage.

G.

I think one of the best scenes, bar none, between Barnabas and Angelique is in the 1968 storyline when she comes to the Old House as Cassandra after Nicholas has punished her, terminally, for the failure of the Dream Curse and her unwillingness to be a Team Player in Nicky's domain.

It's such a poignant scene, and I think they were both being honest with one another.  One of the few times that was likely the case.

I can't agree with the idea of Angelique as a one-man woman.  I think she took her relationships with both Quentin and, subsequently, Sky, quite seriously.

Neither man was suited for the role she wished him to play in her life, anymore than Barnabas was.  Her problems began because she persisted in seeing these failures as blows to her own pride and ego, rather than incompatibilities that had at least something to do with the TYPE of man she persisted in choosing.

The end of her story and Barnabas' in 1840 is really upsetting, if I bother to think about it for more than about 5 seconds, because it's such a slap in the face of the richly established histories of the two characters up to that point.  Lela Swift tried to get around this by having the writers present an Angelique who had not yet lived any of the events subsequent to 1795, which was simply absurd, and again, insulting to viewers who had so much invested in the story at that point.

Sorry to natter on.  such a topic...

G.

Patti, your new avatar is utterly outrageous!  You devil-gal, you!

just showing my admiration!

G.

For fans who remember the old days, there's a very cute video clip featuring Steve Allen and Paul Lynde available here:

http://www.paullynde.info/clips.htm

It's near the top of the page and has a caption mentioning Pat Carroll and saying the clip is "guaranteed to make you laugh."

I gather stuff like this gets shown on that Game network.  Fabulous!

Best, G.

Oh my sweet Goddess, I just LOVE today's floaty!  I don't know, I usually don't have the time of day for that sort of thing, but there's something about that particular image that just ... jumps out at me, y'know?  I find myself really wanting to grab the goods everytime "it" floats by.  There's a warm toasty feeling to imagining my hand inside that buttoned seam gently laying fingers upon the deeply desired goal of Willie Loomis' dreams... somebody else's family jewels!

MB, you and the DS Boards are just FULL of surprises... and I salute you for it!

cheers, G.

Three Girls Three! and what glamorous girls they are!

Edie Adams is a name to conjure with; I'm thrilled she's still with us.  I will never forget seeing her in a touring company of Mame, ca. 1970?  (may have been 1969)  She was dazzlingly charismatic in the role.

That's just horrid about the destruction of those kinescopes.  Yes, we DS fans don't realize much of the time just how incredibly fortunate we are that only ONE episode of our show is missing outright.

Thanks for sharing, Midnite!

xo Steve

Hi Andre,

if memory serves, Frederick Thorne turns out to be one of the aliases Quentin had adopted over his century of perpetual youthfulness to forestall what might be called the "Dorian Gray syndrome."  I think Thorn was Quentin's persona during the 1940s.  There's an episode if you keep watching where Julia finds something, maybe a driver's license, that Q had when he was Thorne.

I just love the early Leviathan storyline.

G.