That's actually not Dr Smith from Lost In Space - it could be his twin though. Hans Conried said this movie more or less nipped his career in the bud.

Dude…talk about weird sexual chemistry between Zabladowski and the boy…how 'bout that love duet? "Dream Stuff"???? The first time I saw it I was like - oh no, they're not going to go there - then they went there!

Personally, I'd like to go with Reba McEntire

Really
I'd heard of Lee Hazlewood, mostly in connection to Nancy Sinatra, but I had no idea of the country music connection - guess I don't know as much as I thought. I'm interested now…

Connie Smith.

Very awesome
Nathan, I think you've turned some people on to Keith Whitley - that's really awesome. "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" came out at a time when I really needed it. I was very shocked and saddened when he died, even more so because that song was a big hit at the time. I sent a card to Lorrie Morgan.

We associate these gaffes with "Dark Shadows" because DS is the only soap from that era that is still watched, and discussed. I'm sure "The Secret Storm" was plagued with the same issues :)

Joan Bennett
By the way, if Joan Bennett/Elizabeth Collins Stoddard interests you at all, check out some of her movies from the forties, especially "Scarlet Street". She was very beautiful, and a very intriguing screen presence.

I just rented and watched it on DVD (totally missed it the first time). You might give it another try - the only thing I didn't like about it (very minor) is the LIGHTING was consistently BRIGHT!!! lol - that was weird - but it is very exciting in a way that the original couldn't have been.

We were convinced that Joan Bennett was either drunk all the time or had had a stroke. Then found, alas, that she was just nearsighted and didn't wear her glasses onscreen…

Yes, this is VERY true. It was videotaped live, and re-takes were extremely rare. Doors wouldn't open, the lead female character was very notoriously near-sighted and was always squinting at the cue cards, boom mikes were often in the shot (and their shadows even more so). This was just one of the elements that…

You know, there was a TV revival
In 1990, it was revived as a prime-time soap. It replaced Twin Peaks, which was only fitting, as David Lynch has said Dark Shadows was an influence on Twin Peaks. It only ran for 12 episodes, but it was FREAKIN AWESOME! The different, weekly format and much larger budget allowed it…

When Mountain Dew was first introduced, Ms. Crawford was in a television commercial for it. It used to be on YouTube. Pretty ridiculous. And wonderful.

One worthy thing about this movie
Joan Crawford's commitment and professionalism are very impressive. She produced the movie. Her dressing room was her car!

I laughed out loud a lot too. The pilot wasn't really funny, but it was interesting enough to make me watch this second episode and I really liked it. I especially like how Chevy Chase's character is something other than his usual smug onscreen persona - I actually found him kind of touching.

Oh yeah. There was that idiocy too. Supposedly he was able to do that because he went up above the atmosphere and - um - supercharged himself from the sun…like Nuclear Man, I guess…um…yeah. Stupid.

"Superman Returns" - I could have gotten behind the costume, but it looked so freakin DIRTY! Grubby and oily, I mean. Plus I made the mistake of rewatching the 1978 movie a couple nights later…totally killed "Superman Returns [AND HE'S A PHONY CREEP]" for me.

You know who it sounds like he's channelling? Robert Preston in "Victor/VIctoria". Preston says the word "meatball" several times in that movie and it's oddly wonderful.

TWO John Updike novels
I'm kinda impressed you know about The Widows of Eastwick - somehow it got overshadowed, maybe by his death. He's my favorite author and when I came across it at the library I actually thought it was a typo.

Lol, he does? That's hilarious. Even makes it better.