Happy Birthday Dark Shadows!!!

Yes, 'twas on this date in '66 that someone had the bright idea of introducing a vampire to a soap opera. Everybody had to rush home from school so as to catch at least part of the 3:30 broadcast. Vampirism, lycanthropy, witchcraft, and ghosts were all the rage, (It didn't hurt having a young Kate Jackson or Lara Parker to stare at...). Of course the plots were cheesy, the action was lame and plodding, the dialogue was so stilted it could have been featured in a circus act; but it was neater than anything that had come before it in daytime TV. It solidified the vampire as a creature of pity and romance in an entire generation of kids, and gave me something to do after school. So, for those of you who remember, I'll see you at the Blue Whale tonight...

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