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Month: July 2023

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Welcome to the Cavern of Abandoned Projects — A Very Frustrating Place

Posted on July 29, 2023July 29, 2023

Back in my early college days, I had it in my head that I would write a “making of” book to one of my favorite television shows ever, Dark Shadows, the Gothic horror daytime soap that starred Jonathan Frid as vampire Barnabas Collins. But a friend of mine at the time, Mike Pyne, looked at […]

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Harlan Ellison

It Pains Me to Say This, but Harlan Ellison Was Right: Pay the Writer!

Posted on July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

The late Harlan Ellison was a brilliant writer, but he could also be a cantankerous pain in the ass. I’d had a couple of encounters with Harlan that went great, particularly for a profile that I’d written for Cinescape magazine that looked at his career in general and writing Star Trek‘s “City on the Edge […]

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Return To Pepperland

‘Return to Pepperland’ Becomes a Beatles Track: Fab Song of the Day

Posted on July 23, 2023July 23, 2023

Let’s get one thing out of the way at the outset: even though this section of the blog is called “Fab Song of the Day,” the odds are pretty strong that it won’t be updated daily (I know myself too well). But you’ve got my promise that I’ll try. Now one thing I can say […]

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Barnabas Collins Board Game

Remember The Barnabas Collins ‘Dark Shadows’ Board Game? It Was Disgusting!

Posted on July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

When you really fall in love with a TV show, it’s more common than you’d think to want to connect to it on as many levels as you can. Maybe you want to read some fiction that branches the adventure off in a different way or (never admit that you) play with action figures based […]

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