On this date in 1966
Dark Shadows premiered. Although it was a while before
Jonathan Frid made his first appearance as vampire
Barnabas Collins, it was Barnabas I watched it for. Every afternoon I made sure I was parked right in front of the TV, even in the summer when the back yard wading pool was a major attraction.
Dark Shadows lasted about 5 years. There were some plots I liked better than others, but Barnabas was there through it all.
There are a couple of video clips
here. There has been
talk of a remake with Johnny Depp in the role Frid created.
The picture above is from the
Barnabas Collins page at
CollinWiki.
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