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... Why is it that, even though I still love both Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland dearly, I seem to have flipped from crushing the most on Darren to crushing the most on Simon? dangelos_song had it right when she said I had it bad for Simon.

Actually, I can pinpoint when and how it mushroomed (even though it had already been heading in that direction). It was the second time I watched The Night Strangler and realized how much Tony was trying to do for Kolchak when Kolchak just didn't seem to recognize or appreciate it. From that point, I never could quite feel the same about Kolchak. And though I'd liked Tony for ages before that, he grew in my admiration and esteem afterwards. That seems to have expanded into a huge crush on his actor.

I do think Kolchak changed by the time he and Tony got to Chicago. He was still aggravated by Tony, but somehow he seemed more appreciative than he did in the movies. And in the comics, he has flat-out acknowledged that Tony has tried to help him many times. In the story Pain Most Human, after Kolchak ends up absolutely devastated by something that happened to him, he tells Tony that he's been a "good, decent, and much misused friend." He also says that he's tired of getting Tony fired and for Tony to get away from him while he still can. Tony outright refuses, exclaiming, "Have you lost what little sense I thought you had?!" He goes on to say that he hates it when Kolchak gets human and tells him to sit back down; they can't have all of New York thinking they're having a lovers' quarrel. (I giggled so much over that.) And it's a comfort to Kolchak when Tony is adamant about staying with him. Eeee, that story has such wonderful friendship squee! Sometimes Moonstone really pulls off some amazing things.

One thing is certain: you can't have one without the other. Their dynamic is awesome and unmatched. Darren and Simon brought those characters to life as no other actors could hope to do. And even though I've switched to crushing the most on Simon, I still adore them both and thrill to watch things that either of them are in.

... And the Black Sheep Squadron episode Forbidden Fruit is awesome and squeeable. Yes.

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[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

I've loved that song since ... whenever it was I first heard it (probably 1999)! It's so bittersweet and intriguing and creepy all at once.

I'm glad I got the right spelling! I wasn't fully sure on it.

Have you seen that Black Sheep episode I mentioned?

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I don't think so. I only heard what was played on the oldies station, which was, I think, Laurie, Tell Laura I Love Her, and maybe Patches and the Tears one. I was going to look up those and some others, though!

It was the one where General Moore's daughter arrives.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That one sounds familiar, but I can't place what it's about.

It just went up on YouTube last week. I'm thrilled with it; I've been waiting for weeks to see it! It's everything and more that I'd hoped.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I've heard it before after all! That's a really interesting song. And the 45 record sounded very good! I was expecting something a bit tinny.

Yes, library things should definitely come first, since they have to go back!

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

My record player sometimes makes things sound somewhat tinny (unless it's the sound quality of the records themselves), so that's why I was expecting something similar. It's neat that records are coming back into style!

I found Patches on YouTube and listened to that too (and then went off an entirely other path, listening to novelty songs). I've definitely heard that one before! The double-suicide shot my eyebrows up, but it is a sweet and sad song overall.

Did you mention what Lazarus Man is about? I vaguely seem to recall that.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

F.Y.E. is filled with new vinyl records now! Even new artists are releasing LP versions of their albums. It really is neat!

Was he the one who did The Purple People Eater? LOL.

I just looked up the lyrics for The Pickup. It does look like a sweet and sad song too ... although I find it a bit hard to wrap my mind around the girl killing herself after being rejected on one date. It made more sense to me in Patches. The only way I can really make sense of it in The Pickup is if it was the last straw after a series of rejections and jeers and snubs, which was kind of the impression I got of what her life had been like.

Ah yeah, I think I saw the icon set, but I hadn't clicked on that one. I looked at the Twilight Zone and Outer Limits ones (which were very nicely done and captured exciting and intense moments, by the way).

That's neat that you like it as well as the original! I remember you telling about the original. Wow, that would be so creepy to find someone in a cemetery who had been buried alive. Awesome to be able to rescue him, though.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Ahh, a singer and an actor! A lovely combination.

Yeah, that song doesn't make much sense, but he certainly sings it beautifully! (Actually, Teen Angel doesn't make much sense either, but he puts so much feeling into it it's hard not to like it.)

I think my favorite romantic tragedy songs are probably The Last Kiss and Honey. And maybe Tell Laura I Love Her. And I always have had a fondness for Leader of the Pack, too. (And its parody Leader of the Laundromat. LOL.)

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

When I was younger I didn't even notice how preposterous the story for Teen Angel is. When I got older it dawned on me that Why in the world did the girl go back to the car for a material possession when she and her boyfriend were both safe?! It just doesn't make sense to me. But I still love how Mark sings the song.

I'll have to look up those other songs!

I just looked up the lyrics for Billy and Sue. That really is tragic. I'm puzzled by the line that they "do unto others what you wouldn't want done to you", though. That makes it sound, to me, that they weren't exactly on the up and up.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true.

Ahh, that's interesting. I thought the song said that both of them were doing what you wouldn't want done to you, not just Sue.

(Nope, the discs haven't made their way to the top of the list yet. Right now I'm on another Daniel Boone one, and am squeeing over the fact that some of The Mound Builders looks like it was filmed in the Southern part of my state, as I heard that some of the series was filmed there.)

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

I'd rather not say on a public place, but if there was a way to tell you privately I would! I will say it's a state with beautiful red rocks.

Eeee, if it was filmed here, then Simon was here!

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yep, we do! It's awesome.

I made it when I watched the episode the first time and realized the rocks looked very familiar, buwahaha. I already thought it was cool in general to learn that some of the series was filmed here, but I hadn't known whether any of Simon's episodes were, so that made me ecstatic.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Eeee, that's so cool!

Most of the TV series Touched by an Angel was filmed in my state. I loved that show to bits, although I think the writing wasn't as good in later years. (Actually, the angel who helps Kolchak in my one fic is supposed to be one of the angels from that series.)

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked that one! I definitely recommend seeing more if you get the chance. The first four, five seasons are the best, I think. And Darren was in an episode in the third season.

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Ha, if you've got it bad, what does that make me? I was trying to explain to a cousin yesterday that I have a fangirl crush on an actor who passed away four years before I was even born...

For me, it started with Tony, too, and then mushroomed after hearing him sing... I'm a sucker for a good singing voice. Oh, and I did skim through that Virginian ep--exceptional acting from Simon there, especially at the end. ♥

Yes, that scene in "Pain Most Human" makes it worth it all. **pets the scene** I squeed so much (quietly, since I was reading in public...XD) when I saw him outright call him his friend and feel regret for getting him fired--and then Tony not leaving. Eeeee, indeed!

One thing is certain: you can't have one without the other.

Indeed, which makes me wonder what the post-Tales of the Night Stalker ones are going to be like...

And yes, when it comes to Simon and Darren, accept no substitutes!

And even though I've switched to crushing the most on Simon

Good, we'll be on the same mental wavelength!

And I'm definitely looking forward to that Black Sheep Squadron ep. Yes...

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Simon singing is definitely an awesome thing.

I adore that Virginian episode. That ending scene is just wonderful. And I love how the sheriff puts the clock back at the right time, which said to me that he developed some respect for Simon's character.

It would have been so wonderful if the TV show had ever done something like that. As much as I love the TV show, it pretty much followed a formula and didn't want to branch out. Which is one of the things Darren was upset about, actually. I often wonder what he thought of the Moonstone revival. It started several years before he died.

Honestly, I really don't know that there will be any post-Tales of the Night Stalker stuff. There's another comic series started now called The Night Stalker Tales, but from the little I know I figured it was either in the same timeline, before he got fired (or else re-hired), or that he and Tony are working somewhere else. After the wonders Moonstone has done, I really don't think they would separate Kolchak and Tony, at least not for very long. And I'm pretty sure Jeff Rice, the creator, would frown on it. He's the one who insisted that Kolchak would be timeless and that the period would move to the present day without aging anyone.

I've been on that wavelength for quite some time now. But I still love stuff that Darren's in too; I catch new Riverboat episodes whenever I can find them (and I got the best episodes boxset), and I badly want to see more of Mike Hammer and all of The Outsider.

It is squeeful.

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Yes. I hope there's something out there where he sings again...

Yeah, I had heard that Darren was getting a bit frustrated with the formula--I wonder if that's why he never reprised the role, even when the X-files creator asked him to as a guest appearance--so they made the new character Aurthur Dales for him to play. I do wonder what he thought of the Moonstone revival, too. Hmm...

**nods** Well, that's good that they would never separate them, at any rate!

LOL. Yeah, I really want to see the Outsider--especially since there's an ep with Simon in it.

Awesome.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

There probably is. Somewhere.

That could be. Or maybe he even thought it would be better for the character to stay timeless too, although I kind of doubt that.

Yeah, I just can't believe they ever would.

It was also on The Outsider where Darren met Kathie Browne.