As I wrote in previous blogs, the years tend to mesh as I possess few artifacts of that time... a couple of programs, a few pics from the Fargo Forum, some slides that are now digitized.
Among the pictures on the wall in front of my desk are four taken during summer theatre productions in Moorhead...one of these is of a silly, comedic version of Dracula - I'm not sure it was supposed to be that funny, but Les Sarnoff played Dr. Van Helsing. Enough said .
(Not positive Dr. Van Helsing is the character name - Wish I could find my old script. Probably donated years ago to the Los Feliz branch of the Los Angeles Public Library for one of their Saturday book sales.)
Anyway, Sarnoff's character was a vampire expert. And one of my favorite funny lines went something like this: "Here. Let me rub the juice of the batswort around these windows to ward them off."
It was hard to keep a straight face, but alas, as Mina, already bitten by Dracula, I was in a catatonic state, and not allowed to move a facial muscle.
In the pic above, Les is about to drive the stake into Dracula's heart. I believe the first name of the actor playing Dracula was Bruce. The character Jonathan (played by Kim Moerer, I think) is holding me back so I don't try to save the vampire. The actor in the middle of the pic is Jerry ver Dorn.
