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Episode 543: The Trouble with Harry

In which Adam learns something Barnabas and Julia would never have taught him. 

Episode 543: The Trouble with Harry

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 28, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags adam, barnabas collins, carolyn stoddard, danny horn, dark shadows, intentional comedy, julia hoffman, monster mash, nancy barrett, robert rodanLeave a comment on Episode 543: The Trouble with Harry

Episode 564: Dig Dug

A discussion about which of the Three Stooges Julia, Barnabas, and Willie are most like. 

Episode 564: Dig Dug

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 28, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags barnabas collins, curly howard, danny horn, dark shadows, julia hoffman, larry fine, moe howard, the three stooges, willie loomisLeave a comment on Episode 564: Dig Dug

Episode 565: Weird Science

The first time I discuss my idea that the relationship between Bossy Big Sister and Bratty Little Brother is central to Dark Shadows. 

Episode 565: Weird Science

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 28, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags barnabas collins, bossy big sister bratty little brother, carolyn stoddard, danny horn, dark shadows, david collins, elizabeth collins stoddard, julia hoffman, roger collinsLeave a comment on Episode 565: Weird Science

Episode 572: Junior Detectives

I refer to my thing about the “bossy big sister/ bratty little brother” relationships on the show. 

Episode 572: Junior Detectives

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 28, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags barnabas collins, bossy big sister bratty little brother, danny horn, dark shadows, Grayson Hall, jonathan frid, julia hoffman, monster mashLeave a comment on Episode 572: Junior Detectives

Episode 592: And The Walls Fell Down

In which I opine that Barnabas really should have had a telephone installed in The Old House once he stopped holding girls prisoner in his basement. 

Episode 592: And The Walls Fell Down

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 28, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags barnabas collins, danny horn, dark shadows, The Old HouseLeave a comment on Episode 592: And The Walls Fell Down

Episode 643: Interceding with Oscar

In which I point out that the Barnabas who kidnapped Maggie had far more in common with Boris Karloff’s Mummy than with any previous vampire story.

Episode 643: Interceding with Oscar

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 27, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags barnabas collins, boris karloff, maggie evans, meet barnabas, the mummyLeave a comment on Episode 643: Interceding with Oscar

Episode 673: The Shambles

In which I observe that Chris knows how he’s supposed to pay his rent. 

Episode 673: The Shambles

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 27, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags barnabas collins, chris jennings, danny horn, dark shadows, don briscoe, jonathan frid, meet amy, queering the narrative, werewolfLeave a comment on Episode 673: The Shambles

Episode 706: The Cliffhung

I enjoy the contrast between the haughty, paranoid Collinses who treat Barnabas so coldly in 1897 and their isolated, helpless descendants who clamored to welcome him to the estate in 1967. 

Episode 706: The Cliffhung

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 27, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags 1897, 1967, barnabas collins, danny horn, dark shadows, meet barnabas, meet quentinLeave a comment on Episode 706: The Cliffhung

Episode 712: The Neverending Story

In which I say that Angelique’s hatred of Josette makes the two of them more of a supercouple than are Barnabas and either woman. 

Episode 712: The Neverending Story

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 27, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags 1897, angelique, barnabas collins, danny horn, dark shadows, josette du pres, kathryn leigh scott, lara parker, supercouple, the ghost of josette collinsLeave a comment on Episode 712: The Neverending Story

Episode 724: Exquisite Corpse

In which I say that Dark Shadows did, contrary to what people keep saying, reboot The Mummy. 

Episode 724: Exquisite Corpse

Unknown's avatarAuthor aciliusPosted on June 27, 2021Format LinkCategories DSED CommentsTags barnabas collins, boris karloff, danny horn, dark shadows, jonathan frid, josettery, kathryn leigh scott, maggie evans, meet barnabas, the mummyLeave a comment on Episode 724: Exquisite Corpse

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