In which I say that watching Dark Shadows always of necessity involves rewriting Dark Shadows. I also list cast members in common with 1776, so it’s not all fancy-pants theory.
Tag: trivia
Episode 969: PTED
In which I show that the Collinses of the usual continuity must have been Episcopalians.
Episode 1018: Diagnosis Murder
I notice a bit of trivia that Danny Horn had overlooked, he responds by calling me “brilliant.” Be still my heart!
Episode 1021: Five Things
I notice some interesting things about the closing credits.
Episode 1063: Wonderwall
I point out that this episode answers a question many of the commenters had raised on the blog when Barnabas says that Elizabeth put The Old House in the name of Barnabas Collins in the late 1960s.
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 1073: Steer the Stars
When “Ohrbach’s” is misspelled “Orhbach’s.”
Episode 1099: Damsel of the Damned
When the unforeseeable works to the advantage of the weaker party in a negotiation.
Episode 1104: The Burning
Fans of Dark Shadows sometimes claim that there is a spooky coincidence about the death of actress Clarice Blackburn. If you look more closely, you will see that the coincidence is even spookier than generally realized.
Episode 1124: We Had Faces
I list a bunch of Dark Shadows cast members who were more famous for things they did after Dark Shadows.
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