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Current Talk '02 II / Re: 1969 DS "green" bubblegum cards!
« on: November 08, 2002, 06:14:11 PM »
Hi Ron,  We never got the green cards in my town.  If they had appeared anywhere in the area, I"m sure I would have snapped them up, since I collected ALL of the pink ones and just about anything that had Dark Shadows written on it.

I bought all the pink ones at this little store owned by my great aunt.  At some point she closed the store, and the building wounded up being demolished.  I wonder now whether that might have happened in 1968 or early 1969, which is why I never saw the green cards. I don't remember the DS bubble gum cards showing up in other stores, which is strange, because we lived a little over an hour's drive away from Philadelphia in Maryland (Harford County).

Best wishes,

Steve

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Jenny's Song
« on: November 08, 2002, 12:43:01 AM »
Well, I like her singing, myself.  There is something so unbearably poignant about these scenes.  Jenny and her babies ...

The character was supposed to have had something of a career as an entertainer before a certain dark eyed stranger walked fatally into her life, and I'm glad that Marie made Jenny's backstory so believable in this respect.

Gothick

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: The Queen
« on: November 07, 2002, 11:52:52 PM »
Talking of strong younger women--I think Carolyn did a wonderful job running the house in 1968 when Liz was confined to Wyndcliffe.  Those scenes with Harry, in particular, are just priceless.  Contrast how Carolyn dealt with Harry, with how intimidated she was by shifty, sexy original Willie Loomis in 1967, and it shows just how much she had grown up (of course, she DID pull a pistol on Willie, which showed just what grit that gal had).

Alexis Stokes (I mean the real Alexis) also seems to be a young woman with a decent head on her shoulders.

Gothick

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Blue Sheets & Green Blankets
« on: November 07, 2002, 11:45:00 PM »
Thank you, Luciaphil, for that delightful comment. You read Judith the same way I do (and I think that NOW is the time for me to read your fabou fanfic, that I've heard so many people raving about--The Education of Judith Collins--care to post a link here?)

Raineypark, I have been having my most intense Samhain ever, but I thank the gods I have not yet (may it please Her Croneship) suffered a bereavement, as many people of my acquaintance have done this season. I do feel that Samhain is still going on. The veil feels very thin these days; there's a crispness in the air borne not only of the chilly weather, but of the whrring of the Reaping Crone's scythe along the fields in which we dwell.  Everybody has been feeling the energy around here.  It seems to extend to England, too--She suddenly appeared in the midst of a tarot reading a friend of mine was doing yesterday, "disrupted all transmissions" as he phrased it, whirled cacikling around the room, and then was gone.

sorry if that was more than you bargained for--life is often like that ...

Blessings,  Steve

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Blue Sheets & Green Blankets
« on: November 07, 2002, 08:47:13 PM »
Hi RP,  I'm not familiar with that Sicilian saying or custom.  Whenever the topic of "red is the DEVIL's color!" comes up, I always remember the hysterical sequence around that line in Die, Die, My Dahling with the immortal Tallulah Bankhead tormenting poor feckless Stef Powers.

So, RP, what do you make of Judith's abrupt wardrobe switch today?  I can't wait to see Luciaphil's comments about that dress!

Steve

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: DS DVD's:  Changing Bad Story Elelment?
« on: November 07, 2002, 08:44:34 PM »
Hi Marsha,

The ghost in that part of Leviathan was supposed to be Paul Stoddard.  They had to change it because Dennis Patrick suddenly had to do a film shoot before his DS storyline had wound up.  That is also the reason for the incredibly silly use of an inserted still photo for a certain scene in which Paul Stoddard was supposed to appear. The comments of Nicholas shortly after this scene set the stage for Paul's return as a ghost, and so do Carolyn's series of prophetic dreams.

I think the lines about Vicki's death were sheer malice on the part of Dan Curtis, but perhaps one of the writers came up with it as the only plausible reason why Peter would bear a grudge against Jeb.

Luv ya (and you know your avatar makes me sca-REAM!)

Tuffie

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: DS DVD's:  Changing Bad Story Elelment?
« on: November 07, 2002, 06:52:01 PM »
As someone with an interest in the archival preservation of our cultural heritage (and yes, DS IS a part of our cultural heritage--it's a part of the mythical lore I grew up with as a child) I have very strong feelings about tampering, in any way, with what has survived of the series.

I'm sure Mr. Spiel meant well with his revision of his own work.  But we all know what road is paved with good intentions.

Gothick

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To Rod and Brian, you both have my sympathy.  I tend to stay up late and often the house cat, Thumbelina (she's the real ruler in our house; we just live there because she enjoys our company) is often the only one around when it's empty and quiet.  Her tranquility and playful joie-de-vivre have beguiled many an otherwise dull hour.

I hope that your memories will bring you both some consolation.

Steve

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: HEY TURN OFF THE SECURITY ALARM!!
« on: November 06, 2002, 10:46:25 PM »
Connie, my dear,

Goodness, what an ... interesting photo of Mr. Collins. Why, wherever did you procure it?  I must order in one gross for the next Psychos for Selby ice cream social (DON'T wear your Sunday best for that cavalcade).

I'd speculate on what's happening to Quentin OUTSIDE the frame of the photo and specifically in his nether regions to, hmmm, STIMULATE such a GENEROUS smile from those rosebud lips of his ... but I really don't think stating the obvious is at all necessary in THIS room.

Heavens, how WARM it is in here.

Gothick

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Time Paradoxes--1795 & 1897!
« on: November 06, 2002, 02:25:56 AM »
Hi Cassandra,

Yes, in 1897 Angelique is aware of everything that happened in 1968, even though it was still in the future.  She knew Julia, and she recalled her life as Cassandra, too.

What happened to her is that she was sent backwards in time by Diabolos, to 1796.  After Barnabas put a torch to her during his changing of history in that time, the implication is that she remained in the Dark Realm until she was returned to this world through the incantations of Quentin and Evan.

I haven't read the rest of this topic yet, but this is my understanding of Angelique's current appearance in this story.

Best wishes,

Gothick

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Return to Collinwood in Autograph Collector!
« on: November 06, 2002, 02:21:12 AM »
Congrats on your publication.  I look forward to seeing it.  The tribute to Mr. Patrick sounds extra special. It is gratifying to see him remembered.

Steve

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Blue Sheets & Green Blankets
« on: November 06, 2002, 02:03:37 AM »
Those eyelashes are fabou, aren't they Rod?  I just imagine all the ladies crowding into their dressing rooms (I think most of them shared) glueing on their eyelashes every a.m.

The most important thing about Rachel Drummond's wardrobe is that it made KLS look divoon.  Any charter member of the TLATKLS club will tell you that that WAS the rationale behind costuming on the series.

So how many days before Don Briscoe shows up again?

Gothick

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Current Talk '02 II / Re: Help!-Missed Dark Shadows
« on: November 05, 2002, 09:58:25 PM »
Hi Gianni,

I'd be very surprised if there were such a site--I'd think that would be construed as copyright violation since the series is still under copyright (though I know it's very convoluted--I am under the impression that Dan Curtis ultimately has the final say in terms of ownership of the series, despite Worldvision having the TV broadcast syndie rights, and MPI the home video rights).

I hope your VCR got today's shows.  If memory serves, they're good ones!

Gothick

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Calendar Events / Announcements '02 II / Re: ** It's Official! **
« on: November 05, 2002, 06:22:36 PM »
Gurrrrlll!  git those pumps, we're riding SHOTGUN tonight!

putting on my red dress, puttin on my hi-heeled shoes,

we're gonna dig pataters,

we're gonna pick tomaters,

ooo--ooo!

Jamming away to celebrate the glory that is DOM (and note that name, girls and boys--get ready for some whip cracking around here!)

xo  Tuffie

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Hi Midnite,

One of the reports I read said that he just passed this morning (day of the New Moon ... how fitting), which would account for why the big media organs haven't picked it up yet.

About a week or so ago when the late Harry Hay (founder of the Mattachine Society, the Radical Faeries, and more or less grandfather of the Gay Liberation movement) passed over I heard it first from people who knew people who knew him.  The news did not get posted in the national news media until a day later.

Loe,  Gothick

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