That's supposed to be Angelique?  Who is the artist--the guy who used to do those awful Gold Key comic books?

They could have at least gotten the colors on her dress right.  I suppose they're following a specific color scheme for the whole series.

Feeling better every day that MPI isn't doing a Julia bobblehead,

Steve

For a Grayson fan, Satan in High Heels is a *must*.  I think Pepe may be my all time favorite Grayson performance.  The script isn't Shakespeare but our gal gets some great one liners, and some marvelous world-weary expressions.  One of my favorites is when the eponymous heroine is commending Pepe (Grayson's character) upon her cooking and G says something about her housekeeper usually comes in and does the cooking but today's her day off.

Stacey:  "She's better than you?"
Pepe: *beat, lowers eyes, looks up, smiles provocatively* ... In the kitchen.

There used to be a site that had a clip from the movie available for free download. And our very own Claude North designed a gorgeous page with wonderful photos of Grayson in this.  I'll see if I can find the URL.

G.

Hi Gerard, gosh, I hope for your sake, Roger Davis *doesn't* crash your wedding.

If he does, you can bet on the "bizarre" and "terror" aspects being maxed out.  Especially if anyone is unfortunate enough to get between RD and Camera One!  lol!

G.

Just logging on here and WHOA! got a gander at the new Montage--truly fabulous work, my darling Maestro Mysterioso!

There are so many brilliant moments captured here, and *so* *many* of them involve Dr. Julia Hoffman AND Tom Jennings!!!

I love how you captured the moment in Julia's colloquy with Roger where we see Nicky Blair eavesdropping in the background.  3 of my absolute favorite actors of ANY time or place together!

And the scene between Clarice and Humbert, which was captured in a memorable gumcard snap, is great to see here, too.

I always loved the brief scene where Liz "on the lam" is frightened by Tom in the cemetery. It's such a marvelously spooky moment, and underlines just how turned on that Jennings stud is by women of a certain age!

But you get a platinum star for the Tom/Julia superimpose. WOW.  It looks fabulous on a psychedelic scale!  *cue Tommy James and the Shondells:  Crimson and Clover, over and over over...*

all agog Gothick

How interesting.  I hope a transcript of Mr. Curtis' talk will be published.  This also sounds like an appropriate item to archive on videotape in the Museum of Television.  I found Lela Swift's interview there very illuminating.

Nice for us fans, too, that he now acknowledges the significant role of both Dark Shadows and the Night Stalker in his oeuvre.  I happen to be very fond of his telefilm Dracula with Jack Palance, as well.

G.

I'd love to be able to donate blood.  Unfortunately, under the Red Cross archaic regulations, I would have to lie about my sexual preference to be allowed to perform this civic service.

G.

Well, Joan always described herself as being blonde in her early years.  I have no doubt that she had help from beauty products in the films in which she appeared as a blonde--this was the 1930s when artifice ruled.

In all seriousness, I think the only way folks are going to be able to enjoy the New WB Dark Shadows is to forget about every previous version of the series and just take it as a brand new product.  As far as I was concerned, even though she was dark and pretty, the only thing the Vicki of the 1991 redaction had in common with the 1966 character was the name.  (It was rather sweet that someone had the idea of having Victoria Winters in that series *born* in the year 1966--definitely a nod to the fans.)

I think it would be interesting to cast totally AGAINST the expected type for some of the roles. For instance, I always thought it would have added extra dimension to have had Angelique played by a dark skinned actress with a Caribbean flair to her.  That would have been very controversial in 1967, but it would add all sorts of plot stuff to play with in the new series, particularly if the series incorporates a more realistic view of US society in the 1790s (lol did I just write "realism" in connection with a WB show?  quick, MB, hand me the smelling salts, I must be poor in the head!)

G. 

Happy Birthday, Darling!  May the Divine One favor you with a tap dancing rendition of the "Ballad of the Lily in Hell" in your honor!

I must have been tuning in to your birthday this past weekend--kept spotting photos and videos that made me think, "oh, John would enjoy that!"

So how many birthday spanks didja get this year, hmmm?

G.