marc@pyuxn.UUCP (11/06/83)
Rich's article on Uncle Floyd briefly mentioned the rebirth of
Dark Shadows, that 1960's gothic horror soap opera. Any Dark Shadows
Fans out there. I am particularly interested in a segment of the
show that lasted about a month. The main storyline was a
dream, in which the dreamer would be forced to open a door, and face
some incredible danger within. This dream was truely disturbing to
all the people who had it, and the dream would re-occur until
the dreamer told someone about it, at which time, the 'someone' would
have the dream. This was supposed to terminate when a main character
had the dream. This is as much as I remember about this
sequence, and I'm wondering if someone could fill in the details, i.e.
why the dream, whose plot etc..
The second sequence I need clarification on, is when Barnabus was
being 'cured' of being a vampire. On the critical day when he
could finally face the sun again, Dark Shadows was pre-empted.. Anyone
remember why?
Thanks.
Marcfeatures@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) (03/01/85)
Does anyone know if that supernatural soap opera of the late 60's- early 70's, _D_a_r_k _S_h_a_d_o_w_s, is being rebroadcast anywhere? -- aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features "Uh-oh, now the cat's out of the bag!" -- Prudence
waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (03/03/85)
> Does anyone know if that supernatural soap opera of the late 60's- > early 70's, _D_a_r_k _S_h_a_d_o_w_s, is being rebroadcast anywhere? > -- I know if was in syndication at least a couple of years ago. The local Portland station used to carry it in the late night 12:30 or 1:00 AM slot. They had it on for about a year. I caught a few episodes, but not many. I remember when it came out originally in '66 or '67. Used to scare the pants off me as a little kid. Seems there were two plot lines (different seasons). One was the Collins family in modern day New England. Then someone killed off Barnabas and somehow went back in time and was living with the Collin's in the 1750's. I don't remember much of the plot, but something like that. -- I'll meet you at the Blue Whale for a beer after work, Walt Tucker
broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) (03/04/85)
It was being re-run for a few weeks on a station out of Buffalo, NY, but
they discontinued it. They started with the some really early ones, before
Barnabas showed up (!); they ended with the first appearance of Barnabas.
I don't know why they stopped showing them, but two things are worth noting:
(1) they were in black and white (!), (2) they were not in great shape. At
least one or two were shot on film instead of tape, and the film was scratchy
and blurred.
I hope they re-run it some day soon; I really enjoyed it when it was at its
best. Very campy, very spooky, lots of fun.
--
-Bernie Roehl (University of Waterloo)
...decvax!watmath!wateng!broehltechpub@mhuxt.UUCP (mcgrew) (03/04/85)
> Does anyone know if that supernatural soap opera of the late 60's- > early 70's, _D_a_r_k _S_h_a_d_o_w_s, is being rebroadcast anywhere? > -- > > aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features > > "Uh-oh, now the cat's out of the bag!" -- Prudence DS is shown here in north Jersey on a local cable channel (WNJM) at 6:30 pm. At this time, unfortunately, they're showing the newer episodes, which really were kinda shitty (compared to the earlier ones). I still watch it though. Melanie ihnp4!mhuxt!techpub
broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) (03/06/85)
The two time periods were *not* in different seasons of the series, but
rather were interspersed; time travel was just part of what made the series
so neat. Most of the actors actually played two different characters, their
contemporary selves and their ancestors (Dr. Julia Hoffman and her ancestor
Magda (a gypsy!), Maggie Evans and Josette Dupres, etc). Notable exceptions
to this rule were Barnabas and Angelique, neither of whom aged (and so they
were the same person in the 1750's and the 1970's, though dressed slightly
differently).
All in all, a very fun series.
(Incidentally, David Selby (who played Quentin Collins) has gone on to other
work now; he's apparently on one of the late-night soaps (Dynasty?).
Also, Kate Jackson has gone on to do two prime-time series (Charlie's Angels
and Scarecrow and Mrs. King).
Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie/Josette) appeared a while back in an episode of
a cop-show parody whose name escapes me; it was by the same guys who did
"Airplane" and featured Leslie Neilsen.
(It's *amazing* how much I remember!)
--
-Bernie Roehl (University of Waterloo)
...decvax!watmath!wateng!broehlpercus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (03/08/85)
YES!!!! On the New Jersey Network Channels, weekdays at 6:30 PM.
They're almost half-way through the second season now.
[By the way, I've always been anxious to brew up a discussion
about this. Net.tv.soaps is pretty empty now -- shall we start
Dark Shadows discussion there? -- I'll be glad to give summaries
every now and then...]
A. G. Percus
(ARPA) percus@acf4
(NYU) percus.acf4
(UUCP) ...!ihnp4!cmcl2!acf4!percusweiss@gondor.UUCP (Michael S. Weiss) (03/12/85)
> Does anyone know if that supernatural soap opera of the late 60's- > early 70's, _D_a_r_k _S_h_a_d_o_w_s, is being rebroadcast anywhere? > -- > > aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH a vampire! *** Yes, it is being rebroadcast (& has been for sometime) on PBS Channel 12, WHYY, in Philadelphia. My mother is a nut on the show and is taping the entire series. At 8 shows/tape, she is now on tape number 30. -- ...then again, maybe not. -Michael S. Weiss BITNET: weiss@psuvaxg.bitnet