re: #193 steve_davis

I’m a bit ahead of you in the DVD set, so I won’t spoil the plot for you.

“Dark Shadows” had a different problem all soap operas have to deal with: Daily taping means there isn’t a whole lot of time to retape flubbed scenes. They only do it in a soap opera if it is some sort of catastrophic failure.

The DVD version shows the slate board at the beginning of each episode; nearly all of them are “Take One.”

Additionally, the show has the nickname of “Boom Shadows” for the frequent shadows of mike booms and equipment which appear in scenes, along with stage hands walking through sets, noise off the side of the stage, &c.