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Dark Shadows: Live or Taped?

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For a long time I have been hearing that the original DS was broadcast live. However, I just watched an interview with Laura Parker and she basically said that it was taped two weeks or so in advance.

Which is true? was it Live or Taped?

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It was taped, but it might as well have been live, since re-shoots and second takes were extremely rare. Unless an actor dropped dead in the scene, that was what you saw on camera. I can't tell you how many times I saw overhead microphones clearly visible in the scenes, or crew members accidentally walking into camer view, or actors (mostly Jonathan Frid) forgetting their lines, straining to find a cue card.

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One of the few times they (mercifully) retaped a scene was when Joan Bennett's Liz referred to Collinwood as "Hollywood."

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I read some recently that the actor who played Barnabas actually paid the show to edit out some serious mistake (or acting blunder) he made.

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