barnabas on WHAT'S MY LINE?

vince garcia

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Mar 3, 2009, 9:03:34 AM3/3/09

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At work yesterday, the subject of JF's appearance once on WHAT'S MY LINE
came up. Did anyone here ever see it?

DivaM...@webtv.net

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Mar 3, 2009, 10:45:02 AM3/3/09

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Yes, it's on the DVD "Dark Shadows: Bloopers and Treasures."

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dbwindhorst

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Mar 4, 2009, 7:43:41 AM3/4/09

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On Mar 3, 10:45 am, DivaMage...@webtv.net wrote:
> Yes, it's on the DVD "Dark Shadows: Bloopers and Treasures."
>
> Diva
>

It was up on youtube, OUAT.

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Oberon

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Mar 5, 2009, 9:13:05 AM3/5/09

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Oberon:

Does anyone remember this:

Back during the heyday, Frid appeared, as Barnabas on a game show, I
can't recall the name but Dennis Wholey (sic?) was the host. They
had a great opening, where in full Barn-drage he comes out onto a
foggy stage, walks up to Dennis and says something like "What is your
blood type".

I also believe that David Hennesy (David on DS) was one of the
contestants.

I just can't recall what the show 's name was...

DivaM...@webtv.net

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Mar 6, 2009, 1:39:14 AM3/6/09

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According to a Wlkipedia article about Dennis Wholey, "In 1969 he was
the emcee of a short-lived game show, The Generation Gap, on ABC."

Does that sound like the one you're thinking of? Sounds like the right
time period at least.

Joe

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Mar 6, 2009, 6:37:14 AM3/6/09

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On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 06:13:05 -0800 (PST), Oberon <Ol3...@hotmail.com>
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Do you remember the network or time of day that it was on?

back then games shows were on morning and afternoon. that might help
to narrow it down

dbwindhorst

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Mar 6, 2009, 7:56:26 AM3/6/09

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On Mar 6, 1:39 am, DivaMage...@webtv.net wrote:
> According to a Wlkipedia article about Dennis Wholey, "In 1969 he was
> the emcee of a short-lived game show, The Generation Gap, on ABC."
>
> Does that sound like the one you're thinking of? Sounds like the right
> time period at least.
>
> Diva
>

I've seen that clip on Youtube also; it was "Generation Gap."

dw

Oberon

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Mar 10, 2009, 2:26:23 PM3/10/09

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Sorry to take so long to get back to everyone,

I think Generation Gap is it. It was prime time and on Fridays I
believe.

It did pit different ages of contestants against each other; thats why
Hennesy was on with other adult contestants.

Dennis Wholey had this horrible bangs haircut, sorta like the Beatles,
but.... NOT!

Oberon

Terry Willett

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Mar 10, 2009, 5:43:44 PM3/10/09

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I believe this is also on the Dark Shadows: Bloopers and Treasures DVD.
They have Jonathan Frid's appearance on the Generation Gap where he asks the
host what his blood type is and then the host asks the contestants what show
Jonathan was from or something like that. They also have David Hennesy and
his mother on a different episode as contestants. It's a pretty good DVD.

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Ubiquitous

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Oct 14, 2009, 5:07:40 AM10/14/09

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In article <49AD38...@ix.netcom.com>, vggar...@ix.netcom.com wrote:

>At work yesterday, the subject of JF's appearance once on WHAT'S MY LINE
>came up. Did anyone here ever see it?

Did he appear as Barnabus?

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Oct 15, 2009, 11:45:59 AM10/15/09

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On Oct 14, 5:07 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> In article <49AD38B6.1...@ix.netcom.com>, vggarci...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >At work yesterday, the subject of JF's appearance once on WHAT'S MY LINE
> >came up. Did anyone here ever see it?
>
> Did he appear as Barnabus?
>
> --
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Oberon: Refer to my comment above (March 10), but yeah. At that time
DS was at the height of its popularity, so they wanted that. David
Hennesy was even on Tiger Beat and other 'teen mags' as 'a boy of
interest'. People don't believe how popular they were, at a time of
no Internet. Frid received, supposedly, 1000 fan mails - - a week!

Will Dockery

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Oct 17, 2009, 2:37:47 PM10/17/09

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On Oct 15, 11:45 am, Oberon <Ol3e...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 5:07 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <49AD38B6.1...@ix.netcom.com>, vggarci...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > >At work yesterday, the subject of JF's appearance once on WHAT'S MY LINE
> > >came up. Did anyone here ever see it?
>
> > Did he appear as Barnabus?

>

> Oberon: Refer to my comment above (March 10), but yeah. At that time
> DS was at the height of its popularity, so they wanted that. David
> Hennesy was even on Tiger Beat and other 'teen mags' as 'a boy of
> interest'. People don't believe how popular they were, at a time of
> no Internet. Frid received, supposedly, 1000 fan mails - - a week!

Oh, yeah... Selby's appearance was like one of The Beatles were in
town!

When Frid came for a short appearance at the Georgia Theatre around
the time the first DS film was playing, there was chaos in this sleepy
little city in the hinterlands of the deep south. Girls fainting, the
works!

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