Dallas

[ann22]

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I too remember Dallas well and loved it. I'm watching the repeats on CBS. Katherine Wentworth has just joined the cast. JR has to be one of the best characters ever.

[darren]

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After that whole series was just a dream, I seem to recall they had to re-introduce in the following series characters they wanted to keep.

yep sure did.

from what i remember there was an outcry for bobby to be brought back thats why they did it.
But after they did it they said its ruined the previous season/series.

[Marine Boy]

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Dallas was ruined when bobby returbed ager dying in the previous series.
tha whole series was about the lead up to his death.

After that whole series was just a dream, I seem to recall they had to re-introduce in the following series characters they wanted to keep.

[darren]

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Dallas was ruined when bobby returbed ager dying in the previous series.
tha whole series was about the lead up to his death.

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It was Kirsten. Sue Ellen's vile sister whodunnit.

She then died. Lol. Cliff Barnes finds a body in the Southfork pool, dives in. See's J.R. appear on the balcony above and says JR killed her....that was the next season cliffhanger. The writers were a bit weak saying she was high on methamphetamine and fell in and drowned; weird because at no point had Kirsten ever been written as a drug user...

[victorbrunswick]

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What about the who shot JR inscident.I hate those scenes when it all happens in the last programme,you have to wait months before the new series started

Didn,t they bring out tshirts with who shot JR on it

There was even a song about who shot J.R. I actually had the 45 record!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQqFQ5iPH0

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The prog wasn't the same once Jim Davis sadly died. I found him funny to watch. I series 1 - 3 he had a really relaxed style of acting. I liked how he was actually better dressed than J.R. ever was but wished he was still in charge of Ewing Oil instead of J.R. He could be a bit of an obstinate and stubborn man but he was cool. Had some funny sayings like 'how about a little spot?' i.e. a large Whisky or to 'tie one on!' meaning drink a lot with friends. I can see how he contracted the skin cancer that would sadly lead to the end of his life as he was incredibly tanned during series 1 - 3.

His best line ever was when he put Bobby in his place in front of J.R. saying:

'Real power isn't something you give....You TAKE it!'. Summed him up perfectly.

I can see how after his death the show slowly introduced Howard Keel to take over the role in a sense, the tough cowboy turned oil baron. Still, he was a class actor on the show and it would have been good if J.R. had been more closely modelled on him so that once Davis had gone Hagmans character could have filled that role not only as the ruthless, evil, coniving businessman but as the uses his fists if he had to type too.

[shilton dipper]

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I loved watching 'Dallas' and then there was the spin off as well 'Knots Landing'........lip gloss, big shoulders, hairdo's that took a whole can of hair spray, teeth that were so white you had to turn the brightness down on your set..........ohhhh heaven

[victorbrunswick]

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Sighhhhh.... Friday night was not Friday night without a Hungry Man dinner and Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas on the tube. And besides, Victoria Principal (Pam) was such a babe!

[darren]

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The Dallas theme was my signal to get to bed, so I never got to see it in its heyday.

But have you managed to see it since mate.
here is the link.
http://youtu.be/YA0SRx9NfaM

[darren]

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CBS on sky are repeating the ENTIRE series of the original Dallas. Loving it.

Tonights episode was hilarious! Lucy had her birthday party and Sue Ellen chose the music, which annoyed her, Pam chose her frocks and this upset her, J.R. and Jock decided to use the party to knock two influential types-a politician and a businessman-for the up-coming Senate seat and prevent Cliff Barnes from getting into Congress-which also upset Lucy...The only thing our pint-sized dwarf wanted was for Valeene to turn up which Jock and J.R. didn't want...so what did Lucy do?






Lucy then stole J.R.s Mercedes - Benz and his wallet....Basically, she ended up being taken hostage on the road by a drifting psycho in his Hot Wheels custom Dodge Van!

Bobby went after her and eventually tracked her down with the Cops who surrounded a bar, there was a stand off and eventually Bobby decks the psycho!

News reaches Miss Ellie et all that 'they'll be comin' home tomorrow!'

Jock then muses he 'never got to dance with ma Gran' Daugta'

Miss Ellie then says, 'Well, you can dance with her tomorrow...!'

Pam looks on a tad moved by Jock and Ellies affection for one another....

Oddly, it seems its a nice period in the tumultous marriage J.R. and Sue Ellen too...


I kid you not..that WAS the plot....My Mum used to bemoan how naff Dallas got by the later 80s/90s, and watching the earlier episodes it has a totally different feel to it....Less sleaze and sex. Refreshing really...I expect the new series will do extremely well, but without the original cast as young as they once were, it won't really be the same will it....?

More Dallas all this week at 11pm on CBS Drama. Beats watching the 1980s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE on CBS Action any day. And Linda Gray is really hot.

great show aint it.
feuding families big shoulder pads big hair its a great show.
i watched back in the eighties on rte its an irish channel was on from nine till ten every saturday.
She ran away!

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Tonights ep had Cliffs senate campaign ruined by Jock and J.R....the weirdest bit was when Jock thanks Miss Ellie for supper - yeah, as if she MADE it with all the servants in the ranch!

[Trickyvee]

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The Dallas theme was my signal to get to bed, so I never got to see it in its heyday.

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My Mum and Dad found Cliff played by Ken Kerchaval (his name did it for them and they used to make fun of it) really funny in a 'isn't he unattractive and stupid' kind of way so I never could take him seriously. I also remember it was Terry Wogan who coined the nickname 'The Poison Dwarf'...He also made Dallas popular in the UK when he used to chat about it the morning after on his radio show-best observation of his was about the ONE single phone the Southfork Ranch seemed to have, all that money he'd say and they all go to answer the phone in the hallway!

Its on again tonight, CBS DRAMA 11pm, watch that, then bed. Also, I saw a 'lookalike' pic on the net of Jock.....and a Mystic from The Dark Crystal, was well funny.

Dallas!

CBS on sky are repeating the ENTIRE series of the original Dallas. Loving it.

Tonights episode was hilarious! Lucy had her birthday party and Sue Ellen chose the music, which annoyed her, Pam chose her frocks and this upset her, J.R. and Jock decided to use the party to knock two influential types-a politician and a businessman-for the up-coming Senate seat and prevent Cliff Barnes from getting into Congress-which also upset Lucy...The only thing our pint-sized dwarf wanted was for Valeene to turn up which Jock and J.R. didn't want...so what did Lucy do?



She ran away!

Lucy then stole J.R.s Mercedes - Benz and his wallet....Basically, she ended up being taken hostage on the road by a drifting psycho in his Hot Wheels custom Dodge Van!

Bobby went after her and eventually tracked her down with the Cops who surrounded a bar, there was a stand off and eventually Bobby decks the psycho!

News reaches Miss Ellie et all that 'they'll be comin' home tomorrow!'

Jock then muses he 'never got to dance with ma Gran' Daugta'

Miss Ellie then says, 'Well, you can dance with her tomorrow...!'

Pam looks on a tad moved by Jock and Ellies affection for one another....

Oddly, it seems its a nice period in the tumultous marriage J.R. and Sue Ellen too...


I kid you not..that WAS the plot....My Mum used to bemoan how naff Dallas got by the later 80s/90s, and watching the earlier episodes it has a totally different feel to it....Less sleaze and sex. Refreshing really...I expect the new series will do extremely well, but without the original cast as young as they once were, it won't really be the same will it....?

More Dallas all this week at 11pm on CBS Drama. Beats watching the 1980s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE on CBS Action any day. And Linda Gray is really hot.