"David", SONUFAGUN!!!! An honest-to-goshers "DS" Castmember actually posted here! Johnny Depp, Ben Cross, they'll NEVER, EVER be Barnabas; only your good friend from The Cast, Jonathan Frid, WAS Barnabas, just as J.G. Levitt and others, will NEVER be all of the "David Collins" reiterations, there's ONLY YOU! You have my profoundest gratitude, for playing such an ANNOYING twerp, so perfectly! I rank your child-actor talent, right up there, with Patty McCormack, Brittany Tiplady, Skip Homier, and Shirley Temple. PLEASE, my friend(?) don't be a STRANGER to UA-cam!
In a TV interview, Jonathan Frid said this was one of his favourite scenes in the series and I can see why. It's very well written and well acted -- both characters being very polite to each other, and yet the dialogue is about a fight to the death, full of sinister intent and undertones. And of course the audience, knowing Barnabas's true nature, are thinking "man oh man, Burke, you don't know what danger you're putting yourself in right now!"
LOVE Barnabas! I graduated from college with a 3.6GPA, but listening to Barnabas speak, he'll make you feel like you can't get past kindergarten. LOL Highly intelligent and educated. Love the way he chooses his words. I agree that you won't find characters this sophisticated on tv anymore.
@@kevinpyne5808 It was very much scripted, and cue cards were often used. The shooting schedule was so tight, it would have been exceedingly difficult to achieve what needed to be accomplished in a scene with improvisation.
Jonathan Frid once said that some of his favorite scenes were with Anthony George due to the word play between the two characters. This scenes is a very good example of that!
Loved watching Dark Shadows as a preteen and teenager ! Was 10 when it came on 14 almost 15 when it went off the air ! Barnabas was my very favorite on the show also Lara Parker David Selby !
Now and then one finds a complete list of these great jewels and even entire episodes. Why do they disappear suddenly? Any true DS fan loves to see them. I pray to God that those good souls will re-post them in future for ALL to love and enjoy.
Jonathan Frid as Barnabas captures perfectly the late 18th century demeanor of an educated person at that time. I half expected him to challenge Burke to an old-fashioned duel. "Swords, or pistols".
I was thinking the exact same thing...wishing and also imagining the original (and in my opinion, the best) Burke Devlin having this conversation with Barnabas.
Thanks for remembering...and to the scared person who is worried whether there were "gay" actors or not, it made no difference to myself or others in the cast, We were like family, I was an only child growing up and the cast and crew were all my very good friends, and I treasure them all to this day. David Henesy (David Collins on Dark Shadows)
I totally agree... Kudos to the actors for their near-perfection... gotta say, I don't think I would've been that good with the lack of time they had to shoot. Today's runthroughs were called 'stumble throughs' back then. Amazing thing I learned from Katherine Leigh Scott!!!
The funny thing is that Burke basically takes what was such a fantastic subtext of the show from the beginning -- intimation, allusion, metaphor, saying something without saying it -- and makes it the text of their conversation.
@@mist_letum would be sad if it was because of that . Alcoholism is a terrible illness...truly devastating...I'm no addict but I feel bad for people who are it's not their fault
@@ernestinemaloy6752 I suffer from alcoholism and will be an alcoholic for as long as I live, as it is a progressive illness. I can attest that AA is a terrific program that gives people back their lives and sheds a lot of light on the disease of alcoholism. Even if you think that you might have a drinking problem, you will benefit from the program.
+Hollywood Andy - Picture this: A vampire walks into a bar and orders a Bloody Mary. The bartender replies, "Sorry pal, but Mary don't work here no more." I just couldn't resist that. ;-) Lol
@@lindalcoomes Yes Linda but he does pretend to drink but only waves the drink near his shut Mouth............In a similar way that Roger Moore In Octupussy places the Faberge Egg under the table waits a second Places the Same Egg back on the Table Making it look Like his swapped the real egg For a Fake.......... I believe that Professional Magicians refer to this as a "Slide Of Hand" Its surprising how often things like this are used in film once you know what to look For Cheers
@@colinadams4802 I wonder if it has more to do with Barnabas being a vampire and drinking only Blood. I'm curious now if we ever see him drink anything else, but BLOOD throughout the run of the series (when he is a vampire).
thats awesome. it must be nice to see yourself on film after all these years. this was my fav show growing up besides star trek. i even wrote a few DS stories but never tried to have them published. it was just for my own fun
I remember my dad telling me when this show was on all the girls in the area from ages 8 to 16 would be gone from sight and would not be around until the show was over. It was such a popular show that so many people would go home to watch it.
For some strange reason, this always reminded me of the tavern meeting between Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton in "A Tale of Two Cities". Not so much sparring there, but the mood was rather intense, with a clear disdain on the part of Carton for the other fellow. Barnabas and Devlin, by contrast, have an equal animosity for one another. Brilliant dialog in a memorable scene with two great actors, Frid and George, to carry it off.
my grandma has every episode on tape ! I have seen every epidode and I love it . I think Barnabas is kinda cute really I have seen this show a lot since I was 6 like every year we watch it I know it enough that sometimes I can say the lines LOL I am 15 now
I may be wrong, but I read on Jonathan's website that this is the scene from DS that he is most proud of! He says on his site something like: "What with the nervous tension in the air with Barnabas's lying and Frid's line memorization it brought believability to the scene." I know that is not exacttly what he said, but he was proud cuz he made no mistakes and thought the scene came off great. Jonathan is 84 and doing GREAT. He is looking forward to going to this summer's DS festival!
i think Jonathan Frid directly referenced this scene in an interview he gave some years ago, said it was a personal favorite of his... that interview, BTW is here on YT, if you guys wanna see it...
Killer or not, he was one gracious, cultured, wish there were more like him, kind of guy! I don't see why Depp took the part, ( ok, it the money) because Jonathan played a perfect role......can't be duplicated!!
I watched the reruns in the mid 70's after school and had THEE biggest crush on Barnabas.... Never under estimate the power of a good vocabulary. Sexy!
I always thought that Tim would make a great vampire film, too. It's exactly his style although I can see why he has avoided up until now since it was expected of him. Dark Shadows isn't entirely monopolised by vampires, too so it isn't entirely playing up to everyone's expectations. I look foward to it greatly.
@TheOrderoftheOwl Character acting - a truly lost art indeed. Character acting is what helped make movies of the 60s, 70s, and 80s so rich and amazing as opposed to today's overusing of reality TV stars and the same bunch of lead actors over and over. And this is coming from a 26 year old. Keep the spirit alive, good sir!
I was a teenager when this aired,and I knew right away what the scene was about- I'd been following every episode prior .I'm with the commentor on down the page it's not that hard to figure out,that ,they both have the hots for VICKY.
This is the scene I most remember. Barnabas being jealous and dangerous. One of the best scenes of Dark Shadows. You knew something bad had to happen. The intentions are not explícit but you know the story and you know him. Wonderful actors.
@CelticRebel100 I just started watching the series from the beginning a few weeks ago and now with the episodes being pulled I'll have to find them elsewhere but I agree. Mitch Ryan had a more rugged and youthful bearing while the other guy (Anthony George) seems like a high school principal.
Love how barnabas orders a brandy then takes drinking it....he does this numerous times throughout the series...easy to miss if ur not paying attention !! LOLOLOL laughing because nonebof his guests at the table EVER seem to notice it either...could be he's using vampire hypnosis on them so they don't notice , maybe ?? Anyone else think so ??
Brilliant! Burke might as well have said "My simile is biggerthan yours, Barnabus!"...Mitch Ryan was good but Anthony George is superb (almost fluffed lines notwithstanding!). "I think we've played ourselves into a stalemate" - classic! I'm just buying the dvds now so I have all this to look forward to yippee!
I believe at this time that the character of Burke Devlin was being phased out simply because he had been mellowed out. The whole purpose of Burke was his obsession with bringing down the Collins family, but he would then become endeared to them in the wake of his engagement to Vicky. Suddenly, his relevance was gone.
Also, a change in actors. Mitch Ryan was originally Burke Devin until shortly after the introduction of Barnabas and they did meet on screen once. Had he stayed, although this scene is powerful as it is, it would have been more so, as Mr. Ryan's Burke would have stared Barnabas down without a hint of hesitation.
He got fired due to his alcoholism, check his wiki. He's clearly extremely well lubricated for this scene. It might be just the right amount for this scene here but is what ultimately ended his role.
STILL LIVING AND WORKING IN Panama
....AM TRAVELLING...
And hope to be at the next big DS convention, fans..
I LOVE YOU ALL.
David Henesy.
"David", SONUFAGUN!!!! An honest-to-goshers "DS" Castmember actually posted here! Johnny Depp, Ben Cross, they'll NEVER, EVER be Barnabas; only your good friend from The Cast, Jonathan Frid, WAS Barnabas, just as J.G. Levitt and others, will NEVER be all of the "David Collins" reiterations, there's ONLY YOU! You have my profoundest gratitude, for playing such an ANNOYING twerp, so perfectly! I rank your child-actor talent, right up there, with Patty McCormack, Brittany Tiplady, Skip Homier, and Shirley Temple. PLEASE, my friend(?) don't be a STRANGER to UA-cam!
Classic scene, great acting, the tension between the lines. You will not find this in any TV show of today. Bravo!
A true classic. Watched it every day after school when I was a child.
I used to watch this every day after school. WOW, some good memories! Thanks
Frid was great! The one and only Barnabas Collins. RIP.
In a TV interview, Jonathan Frid said this was one of his favourite scenes in the series and I can see why. It's very well written and well acted -- both characters being very polite to each other, and yet the dialogue is about a fight to the death, full of sinister intent and undertones. And of course the audience, knowing Barnabas's true nature, are thinking "man oh man, Burke, you don't know what danger you're putting yourself in right now!"
LOVE Barnabas! I graduated from college with a 3.6GPA, but listening to Barnabas speak, he'll make you feel like you can't get past kindergarten. LOL Highly intelligent and educated. Love the way he chooses his words. I agree that you won't find characters this sophisticated on tv anymore.
Hollywood needs to retain their lexicons & linguistics; It would be advantages if they did.....RMA; Bakersfield....
Guess we wont be seeing him on bad girls club or on i want to marry a millionaire...
I often wondered if Barnabas's eloquent vocabulary was scripted by the writers, or if he improvised the script.
@@kevinpyne5808 It was very much scripted, and cue cards were often used. The shooting schedule was so tight, it would have been exceedingly difficult to achieve what needed to be accomplished in a scene with improvisation.
R.I.P. Jonathan Frid.
You were the one and only.
One of the greatest scenes in tv history.
Rest in Peace, Jonathan Frid. A great character he was!
Jonathan Frid once said that some of his favorite scenes were with Anthony George due to the word play between the two characters. This scenes is a very good example of that!
Barnabas was as slick as oil. I love it!!!
Barnabas had everyone under his control. He had a very bigger-than-life, charming and yet very frightening presence.
I love the original Dark Shadows!
Loved watching Dark Shadows as a preteen and teenager ! Was 10 when it came on 14 almost 15 when it went off the air ! Barnabas was my very favorite on the show also Lara Parker David Selby !
I will always love Dark Shadows.
Thank you.
George Vreeland Hill
loved you then and now. rip dear sir.
Now and then one finds a complete list of these great jewels and even entire episodes. Why do they disappear suddenly? Any true DS fan loves to see them. I pray to God that those good souls will re-post them in future for ALL to love and enjoy.
Frid said in an interview this was one of his favorite scenes from the show.
Rest in peace Jonathan Frid. I love Dark Shadows and always will !!!
Wonderful scene, as my Dark Shadows DVD Library starts to grow !!!
It's the only way for me to see the series again!!!
That 5 mins was 1000's of times better than the whole POS movie that just came out and I never even watched this show.
These soap actors were so good looking in that time period back in the day 50-70's.
Not all but Frid was and David Selby.
@belle mcellis So right. I NEVER though Frid was attractive.
Jonathan Frid as Barnabas captures perfectly the late 18th century demeanor of an educated person at that time. I half expected him to challenge Burke to an old-fashioned duel. "Swords, or pistols".
I like how they both bow to each other at the end.......
Love this scene too. Excellent dialogue.
JONATHAN ROCKS!!! ALWAYS DID, ALWAYS WILL. U WERE MARVELOUS!!!
Dark Shadows was the best~ Barnabas was my favorite!
Johnathan Frid's favorite scene.
Man, I used to live Dark Shadows and Barnaby Collins. Believe it or not, he made a lot of women's hearts flutter at the time.
+ohsnapiam59 I can personally vouch for that; I think history has documented this quite well. :-)
Just imagine this scene with Mitch Ryan, the original Burke Devlin. It would of been even greater. Dark Shadows lives on!
I was thinking the exact same thing...wishing and also imagining the original (and in my opinion, the best) Burke Devlin having this conversation with Barnabas.
Thanks for remembering...and to the scared person who is worried whether there were "gay" actors or not, it made no difference to myself or others in the cast, We were like family, I was an only child growing up and the cast and crew were all my very good friends, and I treasure them all to this day.
David Henesy
(David Collins on Dark Shadows)
this was the best freak'n soap opera horror on tv ever! 'x0]
When conversation truly was an art.....
They are having a duel with words.For Burke to say outright that he and Barnabas are wary of each other.Great scene
This show is GREAT!!!!!!!!
He didn't take a drink...he raised the glass to his mouth, then set it down
As most vampires would... ;)
Burke is dancing on the edge here! LOL
Awesome scene, love the dialog!
I remember watching this
i remenber coming from school watching dark shadows wow it make me feel old.
I totally agree... Kudos to the actors for their near-perfection... gotta say, I don't think I would've been that good with the lack of time they had to shoot. Today's runthroughs were called 'stumble throughs' back then. Amazing thing I learned from Katherine Leigh Scott!!!
Those were the days...
A fly by night, that Barnabas.
The funny thing is that Burke basically takes what was such a fantastic subtext of the show from the beginning -- intimation, allusion, metaphor, saying something without saying it -- and makes it the text of their conversation.
Great scene!!
Just loved how Barnabas said things.. very clever
Mitch Ryan WAS Burke Devlin.
Also this episode was broadcast on August 21,1967, very soon after the series started taping in color.
Until he was fired from his alcoholism
@@mist_letum would be sad if it was because of that . Alcoholism is a terrible illness...truly devastating...I'm no addict but I feel bad for people who are it's not their fault
@@ernestinemaloy6752 I suffer from alcoholism and will be an alcoholic for as long as I live, as it is a progressive illness. I can attest that AA is a terrific program that gives people back their lives and sheds a lot of light on the disease of alcoholism. Even if you think that you might have a drinking problem, you will benefit from the program.
REPLACED BY ANTHONY GEORGE.
Mitch rules!
Our very own Barnabas Collins, of course. :)
The best scene between Barnabas and Burke. RIP to both.
That cool to see a vampire coming into a bar.
+Hollywood Andy - Picture this: A vampire walks into a bar and orders a Bloody Mary. The bartender replies, "Sorry pal, but Mary don't work here no more." I just couldn't resist that. ;-) Lol
Notice how Barnabas leaves his drink untouched...................
@@colinadams4802 Yes and wondered why unless that was his way of dissing the toast.
@@lindalcoomes Yes Linda but he does pretend to drink but only waves the drink near his shut Mouth............In a similar way that Roger Moore In Octupussy places the Faberge Egg under the table waits a second Places the Same Egg back on the Table Making it look Like his swapped the real egg For a Fake.......... I believe that Professional Magicians refer to this as a "Slide Of Hand" Its surprising how often things like this are used in film once you know what to look For Cheers
@@colinadams4802 I wonder if it has more to do with Barnabas being a vampire and drinking only Blood. I'm curious now if we ever see him drink anything else, but BLOOD throughout the run of the series (when he is a vampire).
Barn is SOOOO HANDSOME
thats awesome. it must be nice to see yourself on film after all these years. this was my fav show growing up besides star trek. i even wrote a few DS stories but never tried to have them published. it was just for my own fun
I remember my dad telling me when this show was on all the girls in the area from ages 8 to 16 would be gone from sight and would not be around until the show was over. It was such a popular show that so many people would go home to watch it.
Teenage boys, too. I remember running home to see it. I remember the scenes between Barnabas and Julia the most.
Everybody RAN home to watch this fantastic show
wow I used to have to endure this soap when I was being baby sat and I had to sit and watch this and it scared the crap out of me I was only 3!
I saw Jonathan Frid live once in 1987. In Arsenic and Old Lace. In Baltimore. Great performance
one of the vary few soap opera's that guys can watch.
I love him!
Iconic BARNABAS COLLINS 🔥😍💯
For some strange reason, this always reminded me of the tavern meeting between Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton in "A Tale of Two Cities". Not so much sparring there, but the mood was rather intense, with a clear disdain on the part of Carton for the other fellow. Barnabas and Devlin, by contrast, have an equal animosity for one another. Brilliant dialog in a memorable scene with two great actors, Frid and George, to carry it off.
This brings back alot of memories of when i was in 2nd, 3rd grade.
I have the whole sries on dvd. Just finished watching all of them a while back, took over a year!
The music makes this HILARIOUS.
my grandma has every episode on tape ! I have seen every epidode and I love it . I think Barnabas is kinda cute really I have seen this show a lot since I was 6 like every year we watch it I know it enough that sometimes I can say the lines LOL I am 15 now
I may be wrong, but I read on Jonathan's website that this is the scene from DS that he is most proud of! He says on his site something like: "What with the nervous tension in the air with Barnabas's lying and Frid's line memorization it brought believability to the scene." I know that is not exacttly what he said, but he was proud cuz he made no mistakes and thought the scene came off great. Jonathan is 84 and doing GREAT. He is looking forward to going to this summer's DS festival!
It's nice you have shared it in this sad moment,
Love,
Silvia
i think Jonathan Frid directly referenced this scene in an interview he gave some years ago, said it was a personal favorite of his... that interview, BTW is here on YT, if you guys wanna see it...
RIP Jonathan.
I love this show
"and the last thing he said to her was, 'but I'm calling you from Paris!'" -such a classic
Frid is AWESOME!
I remember this scene in 1967, I was 10 years old.
@CelticRebel100 I agree, Frid was always at his best when he was more evil and menacing
thank you for posting this
Thank you for playing!
Killer or not, he was one gracious, cultured, wish there were more like him, kind of guy! I don't see why Depp took the part, ( ok, it the money) because Jonathan played a perfect role......can't be duplicated!!
I watched the reruns in the mid 70's after school and had THEE biggest crush on Barnabas.... Never under estimate the power of a good vocabulary. Sexy!
I always thought that Tim would make a great vampire film, too. It's exactly his style although I can see why he has avoided up until now since it was expected of him. Dark Shadows isn't entirely monopolised by vampires, too so it isn't entirely playing up to everyone's expectations. I look foward to it greatly.
No one can replace Mitchell Ryan!
@TheOrderoftheOwl Character acting - a truly lost art indeed. Character acting is what helped make movies of the 60s, 70s, and 80s so rich and amazing as opposed to today's overusing of reality TV stars and the same bunch of lead actors over and over. And this is coming from a 26 year old. Keep the spirit alive, good sir!
@greenrangerv1 Mitch Ryan WAS Burke Devlin; the show suffered when he got fired and most of all when the character was killed off.
I was a teenager when this aired,and I knew right away what the scene was about- I'd been following every episode prior .I'm with the commentor on down the page it's not that hard to figure out,that ,they both have the hots for VICKY.
crowleysridgegirl well lets let these twisted little brains enjoy their homoerotic vampire fantasies...it's all in their heads anyway...
Love those mid Atlantic accents.... Roger Collins had it down perfectly!!!
oh i love the way they word themselves...
Thanks for your reply Colonel Green. I certainly wish Scott the best. As a fellow Dark Shadows fan, I do appreciate his enthusiasm.
Peace!
This is the scene I most remember. Barnabas being jealous and dangerous. One of the best scenes of Dark Shadows. You knew something bad had to happen. The intentions are not explícit but you know the story and you know him. Wonderful actors.
Yes, in the B&W eps, Burke is played by Mitchell Ryan... this Burke is played by Anthony George
Thanks for sharing this, Mr. Plimpton.
@CelticRebel100 I just started watching the series from the beginning a few weeks ago and now with the episodes being pulled I'll have to find them elsewhere but I agree. Mitch Ryan had a more rugged and youthful bearing while the other guy (Anthony George) seems like a high school principal.
This deep conversation occurs as Herb Albert is playing on the juke box...
They don't make 'em like this any more
I read he died in LA and buried out there.Frid was cremated.I bet he didn't want fans finding his grave.
The background band rocks. Perfectly schmaltzy.
Thanks Phil, B'seein you and Susan for the Holidays!
Scotty, here at the DavidHenesy youtube Tribute page!
There's soo much Innuendo here. Bravo!
Love how barnabas orders a brandy then takes drinking it....he does this numerous times throughout the series...easy to miss if ur not paying attention !! LOLOLOL laughing because nonebof his guests at the table EVER seem to notice it either...could be he's using vampire hypnosis on them so they don't notice , maybe ?? Anyone else think so ??
They always seem to look away at the toast and B never drinks it.
Its been remade once, in the early 90s, with Ben Cross (from Chariots of Fire fame). That lasted for about 10 weeks.
Brilliant! Burke might as well have said "My simile is biggerthan yours, Barnabus!"...Mitch Ryan was good but Anthony George is superb (almost fluffed lines notwithstanding!). "I think we've played ourselves into a stalemate" - classic! I'm just buying the dvds now so I have all this to look forward to yippee!
I believe at this time that the character of Burke Devlin was being phased out simply because he had been mellowed out. The whole purpose of Burke was his obsession with bringing down the Collins family, but he would then become endeared to them in the wake of his engagement to Vicky. Suddenly, his relevance was gone.
Also, a change in actors. Mitch Ryan was originally Burke Devin until shortly after the introduction of Barnabas and they did meet on screen once. Had he stayed, although this scene is powerful as it is, it would have been more so, as Mr. Ryan's Burke would have stared Barnabas down without a hint of hesitation.
As. Quite as it was kept Vickey. Is a Collins Ms Elizabeth Collins Stoddard daughter
He got fired due to his alcoholism, check his wiki. He's clearly extremely well lubricated for this scene. It might be just the right amount for this scene here but is what ultimately ended his role.