I'm sure this dates to the 1970s but I know nothing about it beyond that. Lovely to see Humbert again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkuxjfPlqA

Best, Gothick

It was during 1840.

David got some real zingers during the "Summer of 1970" storyline. I loved this one episode where Barnabas and Julia (who today would be said to be in full "helicopter parent mode") are discovered by David in his room with, I think, Carolyn, and he angrily blurts out: "What is this, a convention?" I sometimes wonder if he improvised some of that dialogue.

I've never read just exactly why David left. I think it was some kind of dispute with the "Master of Dark Shadows" (i find it hard to type those words without laughing).

G.

I am LOLing at today's quote. "Miss Vicki" makes it sound like Barn is going to ask her to "tiptoe through the tulips" with him on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show (only people of a certain age will get this, I guess).

cheers, G.

Ah, OK, now I see that there IS a slide show, but the one that's on display doesn't feature the captures you included in this post from last month. I imagine you simply haven't had time to do captures from the actual episode. And that's entirely understandable given how very heavily laden your plate is, MB!

All the best, G.

That's such an absurd episode of THE GIRL FROM UNCLE. It actually had a feature article in TV Guide because of the amazing giant toaster prop. The most absurd sequence in that particular story does not involve the giant toaster, however--at least, not directly. It has to do with a bouncing ball that just won't stop bouncing. Hilarious.

I also love the episode guest starring incredible British theater legend Margaret Leighton as another vicious THRUSH agent. The THRUSH ladies really left the men in the dust when it came to unbridled evil at its most ruthless and inventive.

SWEET SWEET RACHEL is a really good movie. Most of the episodes of THE SIXTH SENSE were bland and listlessly plotted, but I still enjoy watching the show. As is well known, several of the shows were edited down to 25 minute length to be shown as episodes of NIGHT GALLERY when the latter went into syndication. The irrepressible Harlan Ellison, who was involved either as a script writer or story editor on SIXTH SENSE, claimed that cutting the shows down 50 percent improved them considerably. Dear Harlan--what a laugh riot he was. And he wrote my personal episode of MAN FROM UNCLE, guest-starring Grayson Hall and Theo Marcuse.

cheers, G.

Eccentric and very old artist Harrison Monroe showed his eccentricity in his elaborate home security system, complete with life sized dummy of himself as he looked in 1897 sitting in a chair in the receiving room. One of the more bizarre DS sub-plots.

G.

As Grayson used to say: "Who can figure anything?"

Trailer is up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kevjwzLxU4

It's pretty obvious that the documentary will continue to promote the myth that Dan Curtis was somehow responsible for the success of Dark Shadows. I really think he had very little to do with it. I hope they do mention that Bert Convy was Dan's choice for the casting of Barnabas, but I am not holding my breath.

Rather scary that Roger Davis was interviewed. Also, apparently recent interview footage with a heavily bearded John Karlen.

G.