World Cup Tournament The World Cup of Dallas

Angela Channing

Angela Channing

Telly Talk Veteran
You still have just over 4 days to vote for the characters you want to go through to the quarter finals of The World Cup of Dallas. Vote for your winner between Ray vs Katherine and Clayton vs Donna by Monday midnight.

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Jock Og

Jock Og

Telly Talk TV Fanatic
1) Ray Krebbs
2) Clayton Farlow


Jamie and Cliff’s claim on Ewing Oil might soon be scuppered, after a meeting with Mr. Windham. Night descends on Southfork and Ellie (played by Donna Reed) is on the telephone, (a scene from season 7, DVD-8, 1984-‘85):

Ellie: “Yes….yes. Oh that’s wonderful news I’ll be sure to tell them. Good bye JR!”

Clayton goes into the living room. Sue Ellen is standing at the drinks cabinet.

Clayton: “How you feeling Sue Ellen?”

Sue Ellen: “I’m just fine, thank you!”

Ellie: “That was JR on the phone. He has some wonderful news. Evidently Jock left some documents with his 1st wife.”

Sue Ellen: “Amanda…really!”

Ellie: “Yes and if she still has them JR thinks he will be able to save Ewing Oil.”

Clayton: “Jock was married before?”

Ellie: “Yes but she’s in a mental institution. She’s completely out of touch with reality.”

Clayton: “In what way?”

Ellie: “Well, it’s as if time just suddenly stopped for her.”

Clayton: “In other words she thinks she’s living in the past.”

Sue Ellen takes a sip from her drink and says, “She is living in the past.”

Ellie: “Poor woman. The last time the family went to visit her she mistook Bobby for Jock.”

Clayton: “She did?”

Ellie: “Yes it was very sad. Bobby was so sweet. Ye know he played along with her and made her feel comfortable.”

Clayton: “That most have been very difficult for him.”

Ellie: “Yes it was.”

Ellie then looks sadly at Clayton and Sue Ellen.

Ellie: “It’s a pity we can’t do more for her.”
 
Kenny Coyote

Kenny Coyote

Telly Talk Star
Ray and Clayton are my choices.

Ray is one of the 4 Ewing boys, and one of the only 3 that appear regularly. He's the foreman of Southfork, he's Bobby's best friend as well as his older brother, and Ray is an interesting character because he grew up in very difficult circumstances: Imagine growing up in a small town where everybody knows that your father is the town drunk , Amos Kreebs - a total loser! He goes from having a father like that to having such a great, heroic man as Jock Ewing be his father and it changes his life - for the better! Ray was incredible during the Mickey Trotter storyline - possibly Ray's finest performance.

Clayton is amazing because he, in a way, sort of replaced a man who was practically looked up to as a God by Miss Ellie, J.R., Bobby, and Ray! It would have been a massive mistake to recast the character of Jock Ewing with anyone. What Clayton did do is become the new husband of Miss Ellie and he did a better job at it than anyone could have expected.. I also like Clayton because he has a quiet kind of strength and that was illustrated in the storyline where JR tried to make him throw Sue Ellen off The Southern Cross but Clayton refused even though he had to lay off hundreds of workers. Ultimately he saved his refinery by making a good business deal with Ellie. Clayton managed to get out of dire situations without ever lowering his principles.
 
Angela Channing

Angela Channing

Telly Talk Veteran
The poll has now closed and the votes have been counted and verified and the totals are as follows:

Match 1:
Ray - 11
Katherine - 4

Match 2
Clayton - 7
Donna - 8

The 2 characters going through to the quarter finals have been confirmed as:

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Thank you for all those who voted in this round.
 
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Sarah

Sarah

Moderator Emerita
Wow, well done Ray.:bravo1:

Thought Katherine would have beat him easily. Well done and looking forward to the next round.
 
Angela Channing

Angela Channing

Telly Talk Veteran
So we say a sad farewell to Katherine Wentworth and Clayton Farlow. The following characters remain in the contest:

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Details of the next two round 1 matches will follow later today.
 
Angela Channing

Angela Channing

Telly Talk Veteran
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This week's matches will be Match 3 between J. R. Ewing and Sue Ellen Ewing and Match 4 will be between Bobby Ewing and Afton Cooper.

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You are voting for the character you would like to win each of the two matches.

Please post the name preferred winner of each match that you would like to go through to the quarter finals. You may give reasons for your votes but this is entirely optional and you can just post the names if you prefer.

Voting will close at Midnight on Monday 29nd January 2018.
 
Angela Channing

Angela Channing

Telly Talk Veteran
Match 3 - J.R Ewing.
It's a real shame these 2 were drawn against each other so early on in the competition as they were both potential finalists and it's difficult to chose between them. I found JR to be the more compelling character until he became shuffling loser in the last few season who would let someone like Cally get the better of him. Sue Ellen at her lowest was more interesting than JR at his lowest but at their peaks JR was the stronger character for me and gets my vote.

Match 4 - Bobby Ewing
As much as I liked Afton, Bobby wins this match even though his return in the shower damaged the credibility of the show and in the final seasons his role in the Sheila Foley and Jory Taylor rubbish was beyond boring but he still beats Afton and her push up bras.
 
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