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Oh I liked him! He has the insult competition with George.

AITF was great until Mike and Gloria left. The Jeffersons had a very talented cast and it was a funny show, but often became a little silly. (That doorman who always had his hand out was a waste, but Tom and Helen were perfection while the second Lionel just was dull). Maude I don't recall ever being all that funny, even though I watched it sometimes. Not being a fan of Maude to any great extent I didn't bother following Florida to Good Times. Gloria was a total dud of a show, as was AB's Place.

this is actually something really cool, a salute to the musical genius of Mel Brooks

Brideshead is the best and it just gets better and better as the episodes go on. AW fans may want to check out Charles Keating in it. It's a dramatic but not a melodramatic soap. But it has everything you need, including an impossibly rich family where everyone is miserable.

The best serialized drama you will find

I liked Gary and Val. Part of what makes them right for each other is the fact that they were not right for each other. She was 14, he was a drunk, but they wanted it to work out even though everything was against them. The only thing I like about Abby in this equation is she represents his fall from grace. Well ok, he was perpetually off grace from falling so often he could not get back on, but he did love Val and Abby basically stole him. I like that they both tried to move on but in the end true love conquers all. After 15 years of them suffering, they deserved the happy end.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/28/amy-locane-melrose-place-drunk-driving-death/

whatever happened to Josh Duhon. Did he ever act again after GH?

Bert Convy as Barnabas is tough to picture. He died so young it is tough to see him as anything other than a game show host or a guest on Fantasy Island.

and one more

There was never anyone like Phillipe Candeloro. He just knew how to put on a show

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Shatner ruled and rules all.

Sid's death shocked me. That was the most memorable moment for me out of the entire show, I have to say. He was one of the main stars and then it happened, and I never really saw that on a TV show before. I am the rare KL watcher than prefers the cul-de-sac early years. It wasn't a full soap, but it was like watching Eight Is Enough or a show like that, but with adults.

I started to rewatch DS on netflix and after six or seven episodes I have to say it still holds up. It is slow, amateurish, and all the rest, but it is true to its world. I can honestly recommend this for anyone looking for a soap to watch at night. It's sort of fun.

Netflx users, Dark Shadows is now available for streaming right to your computer. They have already converted the first two collections with Barnabas and to stream you start with Willie Loomis opening the coffin.

Season 9 was horrible. I actually skipped whole weeks at a time. First they ruined the credits, and even the font became chintzy. They ditched the melodramatic music too that used to accompany every scene. Then they brought on that italian cop from Brooklyn, and I am sorry, that just isn't Dynasty. It was awful and deserved its collapsing ratings. I don't know what moving out of the 80s and into the 90s means except "it became dull". Your statement sort of implies that to enter the 90s there needed to be no merit to the show and everything fun had to be stripped away. I see that in the daytime threads too, "OLTL entered the 90s"...in other words it became dull!

:o Sammy Jo is great for the first few years. She is so trashy and lacking in anything refined or cultured. There is some episode somewhere where after trying to be haughty and on her high horse, she demands a ham sandwich I think. You gotta love it. Plus, I love that little theme song she has that plays whenever she appears. They ruined her midway through the show when they softened her up. I guess they figured she had been rotten to so many people if she didn't start making nice there would be no realistic way to have anyone continue to talk to her. Sammy Jo is easily top 5 Dynasty characters for me.

Recently I was listening to this, and I don't remember what link to link to link brought me to it. People get the label of "diva" just because they tell people they are fab, but Kathleen Battle is/was a true diva and rumored to be hell on wheels to boot. However, she had the talent to back up her diva rep. I don't think any other name ever written on this site compares to Kathleen Battle for the diva crown. She was so difficult I think the Met let he go at the height of her powers even though she was better than everyone else. And here is another side to her, in a gown that probably costs $10,000 but being the supreme diva she looks like she belongs in it:

http://www.bigfinish.com/13-Dark-Shadows-The-Night-Whispers-Audiobook

Jonathan Frid is returning to the role in some sort of podcast radio drama for sale.

is everyone aware the entire series is being shortened into minisodes and streamed on youtube? Hundreds and hundreds of DS minisodes are up.

<lights a candle for Diahann Caroll>

He was good on Dynasty; I never saw him act again unfortunately. Such an untimely death at 64.