Hi Patti,

George Dicenzo is one of my favorite DS production people.  I believe he's the one who once described Grayson as a "gutsy broad" that he loved a lot.  I think he might have gone into acting after DS went off the air... gods, I'm probably conflating two or three different stories here... I'd love to see that interview, and they are now getting into episodes that I run at least a couple times per year, so I just may invest in the new set.  (I've already been pondering getting the Tom Jennings storyline, and in my dreams I would love to own all of the Cassandra Collins story--I DIG Cassandra!)

J. J. Lupatkin worked fairly steadily throughout the series, I believe, but I am not sure just what he did.  Would be fascinating to see an interview with him.

G.

Well, chacun a son goo.  I don't agree that Magda's accent was "terrible" (though it was sometimes terrifying), it was larger than life, just like the character herself (the concept of theatricality appears to be lost upon today's audiences).  I also do not agree that Leviathans was as boring as Liza with a Z or whatever that pathetic woman said.

I don't think Judge Cullum was paying much attention while watching these shows.  Evan's spell to drive Petofi out of Quentin's body failed, and the Leviathans were from Earth's own Underworld, not from an alien planet.  But then, what can you say about someone who finds a minor blooper to be the most exciting moment of the set???

Damn, I wish *I* could find someone to send me DS DVDs for free...

G.

Your line about Dim George's intemperate outburst being like that of a cocker spaniel made me smile.

These are rather dreary episodes, and Vicki's dinner chez Evans is just plain weird.  But I believe the ascetic silhouette of Mrs Sarah Johnson looms on the horizon.  You were inquiring about Maggie's tip earnings? *smirk*

G.

I haven't read those, but, more years ago than I care to recall (has it really been THAT long?) I read the beginning of a wonderful series by fan writer M. F. Miozza that was his version of how 1971 might have transpired, had the original series not been axed.

Unfortunately he never finished it, adding to the list of fan projects we've yet to see completed (my own bio of Grayson Hall among them!)

Connie's unfinished novel Divine Awakening is a very different take--to me, fascinating--on what might have happened to the characters had Barnabas been cured and Julia instead hooked up with Quentin.  The emotional dynamics of this are beautifully described.  It's very much adult fiction (and I'm not using "adult" as a synonym for "sexual infantilism" as is popular in our culture).

G.

Hey, Happy Birthday!

Many happy returns!

(I'm trying to think of something naughty and fun to write, but for some reason, all that comes to mind is Count Petofi screaming "that's right, boy, take it ALL off!" while Tim Shaw does a hootchie-kootchie dance.  And that's just NOT RIGHT!)

oh well... Happy Birthday again!

Steve

I've wondered this for years--whether Roger Davis and/or his characters have any fans.

I figure there must be at least a few, somewhere.  But where?

G.

Thanks for these notes.  Even when the episodes border on boring, you NEVER do.

I've been reading the Francis Swann book. It hasn't exactly knocked my socks off, but it strikes me that it's *tres* DS.  I wonder whether Art Wallace had read this particular book when he was working on the original Shadows on the Wall draft?  I figure somebody on the staff must have known Francis Swann.

G.