THE DRAWING ROOM #38: DS EPISODES 396-400

Posted on May 4, 2013 by chrissy

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These episodes of Dark Shadows originally aired January 1 – 5, 1968.

In this installment of The Drawing Room:

  • Fire! Fire! Faked by the liar!
  • The reluctant bridegroom and the insecure bride: is this marriage doomed?
  • Haunting melody…or haunted music box?
  • The Great Collinsport Women’s Prayer Meeting
  • The Great But Extremely Temporary Graveside Conversion
  • Witchcraft? Not a chance! Time travel? No problem!
  • How is Dark Shadows like Plan 9 From Outer Space?
  • How is Dark Shadows like Snow White?
  • The Joss Effect

Also:

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joyousoccassionThe reluctant bridegroom…

havewitch“I have the witch!”

what“Are you SURE you’re from the future?”

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THE DRAWING ROOM #37: DS EPISODES 391-395

Posted on April 6, 2013 by russ

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These episodes of Dark Shadows originally aired December 26-29, 1967.

In this installment of The Drawing Room:

  • Push comes to shove: a tale of motherly love
  • St. Josette, the tragic widow martyr
  • Is Abigail a better detective than Rev. Trask?
  • Beware…the uninteresting child
  • Russ exercises his stock options
  • The Commotionless Motion of the Collins Moving Day
  • Haunted houses…or haunted people?
  • The Serendipitously Bandaged Ghost

Also…

  • Good, Bad, Ugly, Ice Bowl & Tribbles
  • We say goodbye to 1967

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downoutKathryn Leigh Scott’s new novel, Down and Out in Beverly Heels, is now available on Amazon.

From her website: The novel is a fun, light-hearted romance, taking us into the Hollywood social swirl, but also delves into the gritty truth of what it is to be “homeless and hiding it” in one of the most glittering, fashionable cities in the world.

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OUR GUEST APPEARANCE ON THE COLLINSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S PODCAST

Posted on March 19, 2013 by chrissy

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We recently joined Wallace McBride and Patrick McCray on the Collinsport Historical Society’s podcast for a lively discussion about the pre-Barnabas episodes of Dark Shadows. Click the banner above to go to the podcast, but before you do, you might enjoy this short recap of the first 209 episodes, when Dark Shadows was a lot less supernatural, a lot more soap opera-ish, and fabulously gothic!

Here’s another nice look at the early episodes, shorter and more dramatic, with cool music:

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THE DRAWING ROOM #36: DS EPISODES 386-390

Posted on March 2, 2013 by chrissy

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These episodes of Dark Shadows originally aired December 18-22, 1967.

In this installment of The Drawing Room:

  • Do the ends justify the means?
  • I love her! I hate her! I love her!
  • Fabulous Liars
  • A secret engagement! Oh, what fun! (Or…NOT…)
  • Barnabas rewrites his romantic history
  • Stupid Suspense
  • The dreaded “Let’s Be Friends” makes another appearance

Also…

  • How talking to the animals made George Lucas a very wealthy man
  • Introducing: The Drawing Room Forum

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Trask practices his frontiersman skills


Lara Parker gives a tour de force performance

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THE DRAWING ROOM #35: DS EPISODES 381-385

Posted on February 9, 2013 by chrissy

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These episodes of Dark Shadows originally aired December 11-15, 1967.

In this installment of The Drawing Room:

  • Dueling Fools
  • Nathan Forbes, Victorian superhero! (At least he’s trying to be…)
  • How to hide out in a small town
  • The kooky spinster meets the Zodiac
  • Does Barnabas have free will…or will Angelique set him free?
  • Dark Shadows 1st Super-Villain: Acerbic to the extreme!
  • The devil is in EVERYTHING…
  • The tree, the bear, and frostbite: so, who’s a witch now?

And…

  • Guess who’s coming to dinner?
  • Forum, anyone?

NOTE: This week, Chrissy’s synopsis is accompanied by Intermission, by Panic! at the Disco.

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The first exploding cat in Dark Shadows history

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