FINAL EPISODE

[Paul]

Does anyone recall seeing the final broadcast of DS when it first was
broadcast?? A poster at You Tube has posted a video of what he SAYS is
the final end credits for the episode but another poster is saying that
what he has posted is wrong and is in fact NOT the way ABC broadcast the
show.

The video can be viewed by looking for Dark Shadows finale.

[Wiseguy]

Post by Paul
Does anyone recall seeing the final broadcast of DS when it first was
broadcast?? A poster at You Tube has posted a video of what he SAYS is
the final end credits for the episode but another poster is saying that
what he has posted is wrong and is in fact NOT the way ABC broadcast the
show.
The video can be viewed by looking for Dark Shadows finale.

Our local station stopped broadcasting DS around Dec 1970 and since they
had been showing it at an earlier time I wouldn't have been able to see it
in April anyway because of school.

I do have the VHS #200 and saw it on the SCI-FI channel (the only
difference was SCI-FI stuck a commercial break in between the last scene
and Thayer David's narration) so I assume that was what was broadcast
originally. Don't see any reason why it would have been changed for the
reruns/VHS.

[Paul]

Post by Wiseguy
I do have the VHS #200 and saw it on the SCI-FI channel (the only
difference was SCI-FI stuck a commercial break in between the last scene
and Thayer David's narration) so I assume that was what was broadcast
originally. Don't see any reason why it would have been changed for the
reruns/VHS.

I will have to check my tape of the final episode from Sci-Fi.... I
don't recall them splitting the final segment as you've described
unless they did that much later in the repeats of the series. My
recording is from around 1994 or so. I too have the VHS tapes from MPI
and it matches the you tube video....

[D***@webtv.net]

I very clearly remember watching the final episode - and crying over
these dear friends I was losing.... :)

Diva

[Kishin]

Post by D***@webtv.net
I very clearly remember watching the final episode - and crying over
these dear friends I was losing.... :)
Diva

That's the beauty of DVD. You're feeling all sad about the end, but then,
Hey! you get to start all over again. It's like getting a new puppy after a
beloved dog dies.

--

Kishin

[John]

Group: alt.tv.dark_shadows Date: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 4:31pm (EDT-1)

Post by Paul
Does anyone recall seeing the final broadcast
of DS when it first was broadcast?? A poster
at You Tube has posted a video of what he
SAYS is the final end credits for the episode
but another poster is saying that what he has
posted is wrong and is in fact NOT the way
ABC broadcast the show.
The video can be viewed by looking for Dark
Shadows finale.

You are not telling us exactly what was difference between the DVD
version and the broadcast version. Having seen both, and still the owner
of an audio tape I made of the show when it first aired in 1971, I don't
think there is any difference at all.

[Paul]

Post by John
You are not telling us exactly what was difference between the DVD
version and the broadcast version. Having seen both, and still the owner
of an audio tape I made of the show when it first aired in 1971, I don't
think there is any difference at all.

the DVD and broadcast versions of the show are identical from what I
can tell. There is no difference at all... however, this other person
claims that DS ended with a full credit crawl with FULL cast and crew
and was ran over a brick wall background and displayed the words 'THE
END?' at the end of the credits running. Given the expense involved in
video tape back then, there's NO WAY Dan Curtis would have produced 2
different closes.

[Wiseguy]

Post by Paul

Post by John
You are not telling us exactly what was difference between the DVD
version and the broadcast version. Having seen both, and still the owner
of an audio tape I made of the show when it first aired in 1971, I don't
think there is any difference at all.

the DVD and broadcast versions of the show are identical from what I
can tell. There is no difference at all... however, this other person
claims that DS ended with a full credit crawl with FULL cast and crew
and was ran over a brick wall background and displayed the words 'THE
END?' at the end of the credits running. Given the expense involved in
video tape back then, there's NO WAY Dan Curtis would have produced 2
different closes.

This other person is thinking of a different series.

[John]

No, there was never, ever any title card that ended any "Dark Shadows"
episode with the words "The End." What you see on DVD is just the was it
was shown in 1971. And yes, the bite marks were indeed cause by a wild
animal. WHO WHOULD HAVE GUESSED!

[Paul]

Post by Wiseguy
This other person is thinking of a different series.

That's my thought as well.