A laugh-out-loud moment.
Tag: jonathan frid
Episode 900: The Long Con
In which I argue that the opening of the Leviathan segment is “the gayest storyline the show has taken on yet.”
Episode 912: Blink
In which I identify the ultimate Dark Shadows supercouple- greater than Barnabas/ Julia, greater than Barnabas/ Angelique, greater than Quentin/ Whoever, is the immortal and unchallengeable love of Jonathan Frid and the TelePrompter.
Episode 928: Another Day in the Uncanny Valley
I praise Christopher Bernau’s work on The Guiding Light, where he spent his time imitating Jonathan Frid, and lament his work on Dark Shadows, where he spent his time imitating Jack Benny.
Episode 947: A Helping Hound
Why Jonathan Frid’s acting style and Malcolm Marmorstein’s writing were uniquely suited for each other.
Episode 1020: To Serve Man
Two comments from me this time. In the one linked above, I praise Elizabeth Eis and Kathryn Leigh Scott for playing romantic scenes so effectively that they make Jonathan Frid seem sexy. In the second, I point out that the television set in Buffie’s room is the first one we’ve seen in the entire series, and suggest that the lingering closeup it gets here is a sign of Buffie’s desperate loneliness.
Episode 1043: The Heat Death of the Universe
I express delight with an especially hilarious bit of unintentional comedy.
Episode 1066: This Is How We Do It
In which I wonder what it might have been like if Dan Curtis had had his way and Bert Convy, rather than Jonathan Frid, had played Barnabas Collins. I then try to imagine Jonathan Frid in Convy’s place as host of Tattletales.
Episode 1077: The Scent of Lilacs
Did Carolyn remember her time as Barnabas’ blood-slave? Nancy Barrett seemed to have one idea, the writers another.
Episode 1082: You Don’t Have to Put on the Red Light
Jonathan Frid’s single funniest line.
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