Gabriel, your'e the man!

I think Chris Pennock is just wonderful in that role of Gabriel Collins   

He wheels around the mansion in that wheelchair, creating havoc,sometimes, bringing others to tears because of the constant belittle them......then he wants you to fell sorry for him.

I would say this is his best role.   

I agree.  He's like Blanche and Jane Hudson, all rolled into one.

Gerard

I agree.  He's like Blanche and Jane Hudson, all rolled into one.

Oh that's Perfect!!

c'ya

Franimal

where's the LMAO icon??

I agree.  He's like Blanche and Jane Hudson, all rolled into one.

Oh.  My.  Goodness.

Good one, Gerard.

My question about Gabriel is this.  How the heck is he getting up and down the stairs in a wheelchair?  You know there is no way Collinwood had an elevator in the pre-electricity 1840's.

Well, they could have had a manual lift (sort of a large dumb waiter, if you will).  But I imagine he was carried up physically by the staff. Or maybe his immediate family members, which would give them all the more reason to hate him. It's one thing to help a handicaped relative, but an ungrateful and ungracious one, well, you know...Oops, sorry, Gabe, it's as if my hands were greased with butter!

d.

...Oops, sorry, Gabe, it's as if my hands were greased with butter!

     I was going to say shame on you, dom, but the mental image made me burst out laughing.

My question about Gabriel is this.  How the heck is he getting up and down the stairs in a wheelchair?  You know there is no way Collinwood had an elevator in the pre-electricity 1840's.

And yet, have you noticed he seems to be all the place too?!  For someone in a wheel chair I'd say he gets around more than anyone else does in that house.


Cassandra

  I imagine he was carried up physically by the staff. Or maybe his immediate family members, which would give them all the more reason to hate him. It's one thing to help a handicaped relative, but an ungrateful and ungracious one, well, you know...Oops, sorry, Gabe, it's as if my hands were greased with butter!

LOL!!  dom, could you just imagine him sitting up there at the top of those stairs & yelling down to some poor servant,  "Hurry up and get me down here!!  It's time for me to eavesdrop!!!"


Cassandra

I think the idea of a 'dumb waiter' thingy is possible in 1840. Afterall, Thomas Jefferson invented it earlier to have wine delivered up from the basement of his house to the dining room.  I pity the poor staff that had to hoist him up to a different floor or lower him down.

I think the idea of a 'dumb waiter' thingy is possible in 1840. Afterall, Thomas Jefferson invented it earlier to have wine delivered up from the basement of his house to the dining room.  I pity the poor staff that had to hoist him up to a different floor or lower him down.

I believe you are right as dumb waiters were a common usage during the 19th century and if you were lucky enough to be wealthy, they you most likely had use of one in your home.
But Im sure that Gabriel probably wore that one out!

Deb

I just got back from a trip to Hyde Park, N.Y., and FDR used what they called a truck elevator, sort of like a dumb waiter but bigger and with the same type pulley system.  I can see Gabriel doing this.  He would have incredible upper body strenght.

Birdie- if any of you ever get the chance I would recomment the trip