Quentin Tarantino admits he's a DS fan...

[Julia99]

i've often wondered too. . .

[Midnite]

i've often wondered too. . .

If you read Darren's main topic you'll wonder no more.

[Julia99]

huh?? I saw the Tonight Show mention . ..  but did he say he was named after the show, i don't recall Darren saying that was brought up?

[Midnite]

By the way, he was born prior to DS and he was named from a Burt Reynolds TV show character named Quint...

[Julia99]

ahhhhhhh. . see I Evelyn Wood spedread and missed the quintessential element. .

[Midnite]

missed the quintessential element. .

Cute pun.   

[jennifer]

Wow funny post but i also think quite a few people have gotten drunk in that open bar before the show!

jennifer
i think the cane looks too big too!

[MaineGirl]

Hmmm...  It looks just a little different from the cane on the show.  It might be a little taller if it isn't the exact one from the show.

One way to know if it's THE cane is if it doesn't have the little, er, rubber grommet on the bottom of it, where the cane strikes the floor.  In "those" days, they didn't have regulations for men's walking canes. However, a friend bought me a wolf's head cane as a gift, and it was obviously not "the" cane because the bottom had a little rubber seal on it. For protection of the cane? The floor? To keep it from skidding? The man who sold it to her said I could take it off and paint the bottom inch of the cane black.

All I could think was, "If there was a rubber grommett on Barn's cane, then maybe it might not have hurt Willie so much!"

But, to get back to the subject, I'll bet Quentin T's cane had a rubber grommet on it. Definately not "the" cane, tho, I think.

Also, JK once indicated that at some awards (perhaps the Emmy's last year?) that Quentin T came up to him and said, "Mr. Karlen, I love your stuff."   

Maine Girl

[Julia99]

Also, JK once indicated that at some awards (perhaps the Emmy's last year?) that Quentin T came up to him and said, "Mr. Karlen, I love your stuff."   

I hope John quipped something about needing a * J.O.B.* ---

[Darren Gross]

It's not the original cane- just a Barnabas Collins-style cane.

I believe Frid has the cane and his costume as well.

[Stuart]

Jonathan Frid still has his cane from the show, but none of his costume.  When DS ended, he kept the cape, a ring and bought one of his suits (the brown one, I think). His secretary threw out the ring and cape during the 1970s, and the suit was eventually auctioned off at a convention, I believe.

[Nancy]

That's all correct, Stuart.

Nancy

Jonathan Frid still has his cane from the show, but none of his costume.  When DS ended, he kept the cape, a ring and bought one of his suits (the brown one, I think). His secretary threw out the ring and cape during the 1970s, and the suit was eventually auctioned off at a convention, I believe.

[CastleBee]

I remember seeing replicas of that gorgeous cane on sale a few years ago and having to fight with myself not to buy one.  With car payments, rent, food, and boring stuff like that -  I could never quite justify it so I passed.  I just did a quick search on Google and found one currently up for grabs on Ebay incase anyone wants to have a look at it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3357546179&category=790

From what I can tell, this one looks like a match for the one Quentin Tarantino had on the Tonight Show.

I've always thought that a bracelet based on the handle of the cane would be really beautiful.