JR Ewing - Dallas

I was in my mid teens when Dallas came out and it was must see TV. Night time Soaps (which is what it was) was a new thing and JR was the GOAT of villains. I was a huge JR fan. That show would have sucked without him. I also had a major crush on Victoria Principal. (Thank goodness for her Playboy pictures..Ha)

I’m your huckleberry. Dallas is a national treasure. I’ve done a rewatch and a partial fairly recently. It’s amazing as a Time Capsule.

Another thing, Jock is a real a-hole. I remembered him being some benevolent patriarch (even kinda reminding me of my grandpas), but no he was pretty horrible.

Pamela. Damn classic and the wet bikini shots were frequent. the T&A was pretty wild even by todays network standards, maybe worse.

one of the best tv villains of all time.

the fact that JR was played by the same guy who played Tony Nelson in I Dream Of Jeannie is pretty wild.

We never said let’s watch Dallas, we always said “let’s watch JR.”

No one will ever be able to come close to being JR as Larry Hagman was THE JR Ewing.

But can you imagine a revised Dallas on HBO or AppleTV?

I think it could be similar to how the Shogun remake compares to the first Shogun miniseries. It doesn't take away of how good the original was, but is so much better in many ways.

Wife and I watched season one recently just for kicks. I loved the late 70s Texas aesthetic. The one season was enough. The theme song still pops.

One of the best cartoon villains ever.

Dallas established the standard for
prime time soaps.

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