Watching the original Dallas(1978-1991)

[ScWildthing61]

This show ran a little before my time, but have heard about it for years from friends and relatives, my observations though:

1) Jock Ewing was the man!
2) What will JR come up with next, and who gets the next verbal barb shot at them.
3) That pool has hosted more fights than the MGM grand in Las Vegas
4) was Cliff Barnes really that obnoxious
5) seriously they must've single handedly kept the alcohol industry in business, when do you not see a main character with a drink in their hands
6) Pam may have been petite but she packs one hell of a slap
7) Ms. Ellie, nice lady, but don't think you're gonna run over her
8) Bobby's first punch in fight will always be an undercut to the gut
9) Lucy's a real smart-@$$, verbal jabs almost as good as JR's
10) Sue Ellen, seriously, put the bottle down

They don't make 'em like this anymore, the acting is spot on, the storylines are well written also.

Anyone else notice that you don't see good old fashioned drag out bar fights like that on tv or in the movies anymore.

 

[winloseortie]

Welll you are just going to love this......

Brianna Behm(pronounced beam) who is a sophomore on the Women’s soccer team and a probable starter next year. Just so happens that her

Great grandpa, Joseph C. Behm, was a movie producer in the 1930s and 1940s producing the Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra...

Grandpa, John Behm, produced the original Wonder Woman movie and the television series Dallas..

 

[atl-cock]

Over the past few years, I've watched reruns of Naked City, which ran on ABC in the late 50s-early 60s. Dallas was during my time, but not Naked City. It too was well written with good storylines. Can't provide a rundown like Wildthing did for Dallas (oddly enough, its popularity and the hype surrounding "Who Shot JR" was a turnoff for me). But I do appreciate Widthing's assessment of Dallas.

 

[Uscg1984]

My wife and I have been watching a lot of the 1980s Magnum PI and Columbo shows. Both are great and I've found a new appreciation for them. The Magnum shows have aged a lot better than most 80s programs. I guess so much of it was exotic (Hawaii location, sprawling estate, the Ferrari, a friend that owns a helicopter, etc) that the factors that made it cool in the 80s remain cool today.

 

[GamecockMike]

Watching Dallas was a must see in the 80s for me.I loved the theme song.If I’m not mistaken,they came up with the 1st ever cliffhanger “who shot jr?”

 

[KingWard]

My wife and I went to Southfork one time. Nice place but the house isn't nearly as big as it appears in the opening. Wide-angle lens, I suppose. My wife was addicted to the show, absolutely addicted.
One mistake the producers made was bringing in Donna Reed to play Miss Ellie while Barbara Bel Geddes recovered from a heart attack. I loved Donna Reed, but substituting anyone for a key character never quite works out, in my opinion. It just reminds people of who is missing. Better to alter the plot.

 

[GamecockMike]

I remember the ‘dream season’. That shocked a lot of people.

 

[ScWildthing61]

Gotta have that shot of Cowboys stadium in the opener though. Used to be "the house of Landry" in the original, now in the reboot it's just "jerryworld".

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

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I remember the ‘dream season’. That shocked a lot of people.

That's when I stopped watching.

 

[atl-cock]

My wife and I went to Southfork one time. Nice place but the house isn't nearly as big as it appears in the opening. Wide-angle lens, I suppose. My wife was addicted to the show, absolutely addicted.
One mistake the producers made was bringing in Donna Reed to play Miss Ellie while Barbara Bel Geddes recovered from a heart attack. I loved Donna Reed, but substituting anyone for a key character never quite works out, in my opinion. It just reminds people of who is missing. Better to alter the plot.

The only TV series I can think of off the top of my head where that worked was when Dick York was too ill to continue in Bewitched and they brought in Dick Sargent to play Darrin.

 

[KingWard]

The only TV series I can think of off the top of my head where that worked was when Dick York was too ill to continue in Bewitched and they brought in Dick Sargent to play Darrin.

It didn't kill the show because fans were devoted to Samantha. But to me, it was always York's role. I understand what they did. You couldn't make Samantha into a young widow.

 

[atl-cock]

It didn't kill the show because fans were devoted to Samantha. But to me, it was always York's role. I understand what they did. You couldn't make Samantha into a young widow.

Or have her marry another mortal.

 

[KingWard]

Or have her marry another mortal.

I would have risked it.

 

[Sparklecity]

My wife and I went to Southfork one time. Nice place but the house isn't nearly as big as it appears in the opening. Wide-angle lens, I suppose. My wife was addicted to the show, absolutely addicted.
One mistake the producers made was bringing in Donna Reed to play Miss Ellie while Barbara Bel Geddes recovered from a heart attack. I loved Donna Reed, but substituting anyone for a key character never quite works out, in my opinion. It just reminds people of who is missing. Better to alter the plot.

My best friends house growing up was the exact Floorplan to Southfork. You couldn't go in a room without thinking of a scene from Dallas. lol

 

[ScWildthing61]

Finally went through the whole "who shot J.R." stretch, god it must've drove y'all nuts waiting to find out who did it back in the day!

 

[GamecockMike]

Finally went through the whole "who shot J.R." stretch, god it must've drove y'all nuts waiting to find out who did it back in the day!

I believe it was the 1st ever cliffhanger.I could be wrong tho.