Dallas Top Ten Top Ten

[Ome]

Ome, can we post more quotes on this thread? Maybe our "second best" quotes?

Do you mean have a part two quotes some time next year?

 

[Barbara Fan]

I agree with @Merry Toni and Hap-Pig New Year

in this section you could have a section for JR quotes only, there are so many great ones to choose from, he was the king of one liners
and then maybe other Dallas males and females etc
Dallas has so many good quotes its hard to narrow them down
:hb:

 

[Presea]

I'm not sure if all of these are worded exactly right, but here goes:
1. "You and JR truly deserve each other." (Bobby to Katherine.)
2. "Because if I can't have him, NOBODY can!" (Katherine to JR.)
3. "I don't give a damn about you or your happiness." (JR to Pam.)
4. "I would say that the moon is in Ewing, with JR ascending." (JR to Katherine.)
5. "You are a woman. And a damn good-looking one. If you can't get Bobby into bed, nobody can!" (JR to Katherine.)
6. "This is what you wanted, isn't it? Now what about what I want!?" (Katherine to JR.)
7. "Jock Ewing's grandson, jail baby! I should write that in my memoirs!" (Kristin to JR.)
8. "Hold on to your seat, JR! I'm about to tell the world the real story about Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes!" (Cliff to JR.)
9. "What's replaceable is a secretary who does most of her work on her back!" (Alan to Kristin.)
10. "Marriages are like sinking ships. Call me if you ever need a life boat." (Mark to Pam.)

 

[James from London]

1. “The Barnes/Ewing feud is a whole other beast. And it doesn’t involve you. You want to take that dog for a walk? Fine -- but if it bites somebody, it’s because you let it.” - Bobby to Elena

2. "The answer's yes, JR." - Sue Ellen at JR's graveside

3. "I just wanted to see if you rich girls hurt as much as us poor girls and I am damn pleased to see that you do" - Betty the waitress to Lucy

4. "I am not my father!" - John Ross to Sue Ellen

5. "You're my son from tip to tail" - JR to John Ross

6. "I wouldn't give you the dust off my car" - JR to Walt Driscoll

7. "She's my wife! Isn't anybody gonna defend her?" - Bobby to the rest of the family (For some reason, during the last job I did, whenever anybody mentioned their wife, I would automatically shout out this line. It caught on and pretty soon everyone was doing it)

8. "Now you start singin', Miss Texas, because I like to be entertained!" - Luther Frick to Sue Ellen

9. "The poets were wrong. Love doesn't conquer all" - Donna to Ray

10. "Like I told Lucy, you were the prettiest man I ever saw" - Val to Gary

 

[Victoriafan3]

My favorite Dallas quotes always have to do with J.R. and Sue Ellen. The writers knew what to give them, and they certainly knew how to deliver it!

I particularly like this one:

(As Sue Ellen walks in the room) J.R. (looking at her) sarcastically says: "Well, are the bars closed, or were you just eighty-sixed?" Loved it! ​

I don't understand what eighty sixed means?

 

[Victoriafan3]

I love you so much my heart hurts. Pam to Bobby

Pamela you are a disgrace to this family. Sue Ellen with a drink in her hand (and was she pregnant her too? Lol)

I hate that woman. JR about Pam

What are you going to do for her now, fix her teeth? JR to sue Ellen about Jamie

Have you considered a round the world cruise? Pam to JR

Get them at plastic surgeon to design you a face, preferably one without a mouth JR to Lucy

We use knives and forks around here. JR about Ray

That slut and the Italian. Katherine

I'm jocks woman. Miss Ellie

Your a drink, a tramp and an unfit mother. JR to sue Ellen

Which slut...JR and sue Ellen

Joan of ark would've been a drunk married to you. Sue Ellen to JR

You miserable little worm. Pam to cliff

You louse. Slap. Pam to JR

That's way more than 10 and there are others I can't think of now. So many good lines!

 

[Jock Og]

Most of my favourite DALLAS ‘speaks’ are from Jock. Probably because he was my favourite character and although JR clearly became the focal person globally IMHO the show had a massive void when the first patriarch died. His oil painting (portrait) then took over and if only the painting could have uttered a few words, without JR’s occasional comment of “like my daddy used to say….” What memories!

Here are my top ten:

1. Jock to Bobby: “Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take!”

2. Jock to his family: “I am Takapa!”

3. Digger to Jock: $10,000.” Jock to Digger, after another infamous spat between the two former oil drilling partners, over Pamela: “There’s $100.”

4. A teary eyed JR, just as his brother flat lines: “Don’t do this to me Bobby. Don’t leave me!”

5. Ellie to Jock post mastectomy: “Jock I’m deformed!”

6. Ellie to Wes (Jock’s impersonator): “These are my husband’s things. His knife, buckle and letters. What are you doing with them?

7. JR to Jock’s oil painting (portrait): “I’m back daddy and nobody is going to take Ewing Oil away from me, my son or his son.”

8. Ellie (Donna Reed) insisting to Bobby and JR, about moving her first husband’s portrait: “Taking this painting down is the right thing to do. I’m sure even Jock would agree!”

9. Angelica to JR, before the bomb explodes: “It’s too late JR. It’s too late!”

10. Jock: “What in the hell as JR done now?”


Jock is talking to Ray, at the stables. They initially talk about Lucy's compatibility or lack of it, with Mitch. Little does Jock know that his recently discovered love child had a roll in the hay at the start of the series, with his spoiled granddaughter?

They finish talking about their concerns about Lucy marrying Mitch but move onto something which becomes much more controversial in later episodes, (a scene from season 3, DVD-4, 1980 – ‘81):

Jock: - "Are you coming down to the bank today?"

Ray: - "No I can't make it Jock. I have all that new stock coming in."

Jock: - "Hey you know I feel 10 years younger, since I decided to make that deal. Man I feel like I am part of things, again."

Ray: - "Did you discuss that with Bobby yet?"

Jock: - "What the hell for?"

Ray: - "Bobby is running Ewing Oil. You are drawing money, out of the company. I just think he ought to know about it."

Jock: - "Let me tell you something Ray. Ewing Oil is mine! I started it. I worked it. I made it what it is today. And if Bobby or anybody else don't like the way I do things they know what they can do."

Ray: - "Hey Jock I didn't mean anything."

Jock: - "Oh I know that its not you. It’s just that things don't seem like they used to, that’s all."

Ray: - "Bobby"

Jock: - "Yeah!"

Ray: - "Bobby is a good man! He'll do right by Ewing Oil."

Jock: - "He has got a lot to learn Ray. Trouble is he don't know it yet!"

 

[James from London]

I don't understand what eighty sixed means?

It's an Americanism for when you've been thrown out of somewhere.

 

[Victoriafan3]

It's an Americanism for when you've been thrown out of somewhere.

Thank you oh dear lol

 

[Mel O'Drama]

I don't understand what eighty sixed means?

It's an Americanism for when you've been thrown out of somewhere.

And here's me thinking it was rhyming slang.

Which now I think about it would be a little odd from the mouth of a Texan.

 

[James from London]

And here's me thinking it was rhyming slang.

Which now I think about it would be a little odd from the mouth of a Texan.

Ha!!

 

[Ome]

Another week passes on the Dallas forum and another week of votes have landed

9 voted on 69 Quotes​

1. Jock: – “Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take” – 34

2. Ellie: - “We may be wrong, we may be right, but we're Ewings and we stick together, that's what makes us unbeatable.” / J.R. - "Ray never did feel comfortable eating with the family; after all we do use knives and forks."= 20

3. J.R.: - “Sue Ellen, you’re a drunk, a tramp, and an unfit mother” / Katherine: - "You can´t marry that slut with a child with that awful Italian, I won´t let that happen!" / Pam: - “I love you so much my heart hurts.” = 18

4. Ellie: - "Do you know what we do to vultures out here? Ray, get me the shotgun out of the hall closet!" – 16

5. Sue Ellen: - “Joan of arc would have been a drunk if she’d been married to you” = 14

6. J.R.: - "Say, why don't you have that junior plastic surgeon you married design you a new face: one without a mouth!" = 13

7. Jock: - “I am Takapa!” / Pamela: - "Your folks are gonna throw me right off that ranch" / Sue Ellen: - Which slut are you going to stay with tonight, J.R.? / J.R.: - "There's nothing like the smell of money to get the relatives out of the woodwork." / Bobby: - "You and JR truly deserve each other." / Bobby: - “The Barnes/Ewing feud is a whole other beast. And it doesn’t involve you. You want to take that dog for a walk? Fine -- but if it bites somebody, it’s because you let it.” = 10

8. Ellie: - “I’m Deformed” / Katherine: - "Because if I can't have him, nobody can!" / Sue Ellen: - "The answer's yes, JR." / Sue Ellen: - “Pamela you are a disgrace to this family” = 9

9. J.R.: - "It takes brains to know when to be scared, honey. And since that´s something in short supply around here, I´m gonna help you: now is the time to be scared." / J.R.: - "You're my son from tip to tail" / Ellie: - “You're power hungry. You're like your daddy in that. But he has redeeming qualities. His love for his sons, for one. I don't know that you have any redeeming qualities, J.R. Is there anyone you love?” / J.R.: - "I don't give a damn about you or your happiness." / Betty: - "I just wanted to see if you rich girls hurt as much as us poor girls and I am damn pleased to see that you do" / J.R.: - “I hate that woman.” / Digger: - $10,000.” = 8

10. Bobby: - "All that wasted time, we could have been married" / Sue Ellen: - “I'm cutting you off you viper. Came back to help me? You came back to help yourself to my husband” / J.R.: - "Why don't you ask the parking attendant to fetch your broom and you can just fly on home" / J.R.: - "I would say that the moon is in Ewing, with JR ascending." / John Ross: - “I am not my father” / J.R.: - “What are you going to do for her now, fix her teeth?” / J.R.: - “Don’t do this to me Bobby. Don’t leave me!” = 7

11. J.R.: - “Once you get rid of integrity, the rest is a piece of cake” / Cliff: - "You´re one of them now. You live with vipers, you become a viper!" / J.R.: - "You are a woman. And a damn good-looking one. If you can't get Bobby into bed, nobody can!" / Pamela: - “Have you considered a round the world cruise?” = 6

12. J.R.: - “I'm J.R. Ewing, I don't get ulcers, I give 'em” / Sue Ellen: - “You’re nothing more than a disposable piece of facial tissue” / Bobby: - "There are some people who would like nothing better than to see us apart. They don't understand what we have and they never will." / Donna: - "The poets were wrong. Love doesn't conquer all" / J.R.: - "You should go to sleep Sue Ellen, you know how haggard you look when you don't get your full eight hours” / Katherine: - "This is what you wanted, isn't it? Now what about what I want!?" / J.R.: - "I wouldn't give you the dust off my car" / Ellie: - “These are my husband’s things. His knife, buckle and letters. What are you doing with them?” = 5

13. J.R: - "Her father is no relation at all and her real father is a saddle tramp and a thief. And her mother´s a whore! Now who could find it in their heart to hate, that poor girl." / Jock: - “When your back is to the wall remember that a cornered animal is the most dangerous.” / J.R.: - "We're the same kind. We have our shortcomings and faults but we look at the world the same way. There are no two people who are meant for each other more than you and I" / J.R.: - "Marilee, if you don't hurry, someone else is gonna get your street corner" / Kristin: - "Jock Ewing's grandson, jail baby! I should write that in my memoirs!" / Bobby: - "She's my wife! Isn't anybody gonna defend her?" / J.R.: - “I’m back daddy and nobody is going to take Ewing Oil away from me, my son or his son.” = 4

14. Jock: - "Your husband may be dying and you´re out gallivanting around someplace." / J.R.: - “Don’t forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves.” / J.R.: - "Why don't you go home, diaper your baby and take care of that nutty wife of yours?" / Cliff: - "Hold on to your seat, JR! I'm about to tell the world the real story about Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes!" / Luther: - "Now you start singin', Miss Texas, because I like to be entertained!" / Ellie: - “I'm jock’s woman” / Ellie: - “Taking this painting down is the right thing to do. I’m sure even Jock would agree!” = 3

15. Donna: - “It's easy to say yes with a crowd but it takes a real man to say no alone” / Ellie: - “A long time ago, you walked out on a sick woman. If I get sick, are you gonna walk out on me?” / Alan: - "What's replaceable is a secretary who does most of her work on her back!" / Angelica: - “It’s too late JR. It’s too late!” = 2

16. Lucy: - "Kristin is a witch. She´s gonna cause trouble the first chance she gets, you just wait and see" / Lucy: - "Anyhow it's bad luck to get married at Southfork." / J.R.: - "The only place your daddy's nose ever led him was to skid row" / Mark: - "Marriages are like sinking ships. Call me if you ever need a life boat." / Val: - "Like I told Lucy, you were the prettiest man I ever saw" / Jock: - “What in the hell as JR done now?” = 1

 

[Ome]

We will be taking a break until after the festive period.

 

[Victoriafan3]

Another week passes on the Dallas forum and another week of votes have landed

9 voted on 69 Quotes​

1. Jock: – “Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take” – 34

2. Ellie: - “We may be wrong, we may be right, but we're Ewings and we stick together, that's what makes us unbeatable.” / J.R. - "Ray never did feel comfortable eating with the family; after all we do use knives and forks."= 20

3. J.R.: - “Sue Ellen, you’re a drunk, a tramp, and an unfit mother” / Katherine: - "You can´t marry that slut with a child with that awful Italian, I won´t let that happen!" / Pam: - “I love you so much my heart hurts.” = 18

4. Ellie: - "Do you know what we do to vultures out here? Ray, get me the shotgun out of the hall closet!" – 16

5. Sue Ellen: - “Joan of arc would have been a drunk if she’d been married to you” = 14

6. J.R.: - "Say, why don't you have that junior plastic surgeon you married design you a new face: one without a mouth!" = 13

7. Jock: - “I am Takapa!” / Pamela: - "Your folks are gonna throw me right off that ranch" / Sue Ellen: - Which slut are you going to stay with tonight, J.R.? / J.R.: - "There's nothing like the smell of money to get the relatives out of the woodwork." / Bobby: - "You and JR truly deserve each other." / Bobby: - “The Barnes/Ewing feud is a whole other beast. And it doesn’t involve you. You want to take that dog for a walk? Fine -- but if it bites somebody, it’s because you let it.” = 10

8. Ellie: - “I’m Deformed” / Katherine: - "Because if I can't have him, nobody can!" / Sue Ellen: - "The answer's yes, JR." / Sue Ellen: - “Pamela you are a disgrace to this family” = 9

9. J.R.: - "It takes brains to know when to be scared, honey. And since that´s something in short supply around here, I´m gonna help you: now is the time to be scared." / J.R.: - "You're my son from tip to tail" / Ellie: - “You're power hungry. You're like your daddy in that. But he has redeeming qualities. His love for his sons, for one. I don't know that you have any redeeming qualities, J.R. Is there anyone you love?” / J.R.: - "I don't give a damn about you or your happiness." / Betty: - "I just wanted to see if you rich girls hurt as much as us poor girls and I am damn pleased to see that you do" / J.R.: - “I hate that woman.” / Digger: - $10,000.” = 8

10. Bobby: - "All that wasted time, we could have been married" / Sue Ellen: - “I'm cutting you off you viper. Came back to help me? You came back to help yourself to my husband” / J.R.: - "Why don't you ask the parking attendant to fetch your broom and you can just fly on home" / J.R.: - "I would say that the moon is in Ewing, with JR ascending." / John Ross: - “I am not my father” / J.R.: - “What are you going to do for her now, fix her teeth?” / J.R.: - “Don’t do this to me Bobby. Don’t leave me!” = 7

11. J.R.: - “Once you get rid of integrity, the rest is a piece of cake” / Cliff: - "You´re one of them now. You live with vipers, you become a viper!" / J.R.: - "You are a woman. And a damn good-looking one. If you can't get Bobby into bed, nobody can!" / Pamela: - “Have you considered a round the world cruise?” = 6

12. J.R.: - “I'm J.R. Ewing, I don't get ulcers, I give 'em” / Sue Ellen: - “You’re nothing more than a disposable piece of facial tissue” / Bobby: - "There are some people who would like nothing better than to see us apart. They don't understand what we have and they never will." / Donna: - "The poets were wrong. Love doesn't conquer all" / J.R.: - "You should go to sleep Sue Ellen, you know how haggard you look when you don't get your full eight hours” / Katherine: - "This is what you wanted, isn't it? Now what about what I want!?" / J.R.: - "I wouldn't give you the dust off my car" / Ellie: - “These are my husband’s things. His knife, buckle and letters. What are you doing with them?” = 5

13. J.R: - "Her father is no relation at all and her real father is a saddle tramp and a thief. And her mother´s a whore! Now who could find it in their heart to hate, that poor girl." / Jock: - “When your back is to the wall remember that a cornered animal is the most dangerous.” / J.R.: - "We're the same kind. We have our shortcomings and faults but we look at the world the same way. There are no two people who are meant for each other more than you and I" / J.R.: - "Marilee, if you don't hurry, someone else is gonna get your street corner" / Kristin: - "Jock Ewing's grandson, jail baby! I should write that in my memoirs!" / Bobby: - "She's my wife! Isn't anybody gonna defend her?" / J.R.: - “I’m back daddy and nobody is going to take Ewing Oil away from me, my son or his son.” = 4

14. Jock: - "Your husband may be dying and you´re out gallivanting around someplace." / J.R.: - “Don’t forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves.” / J.R.: - "Why don't you go home, diaper your baby and take care of that nutty wife of yours?" / Cliff: - "Hold on to your seat, JR! I'm about to tell the world the real story about Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes!" / Luther: - "Now you start singin', Miss Texas, because I like to be entertained!" / Ellie: - “I'm jock’s woman” / Ellie: - “Taking this painting down is the right thing to do. I’m sure even Jock would agree!” = 3

15. Donna: - “It's easy to say yes with a crowd but it takes a real man to say no alone” / Ellie: - “A long time ago, you walked out on a sick woman. If I get sick, are you gonna walk out on me?” / Alan: - "What's replaceable is a secretary who does most of her work on her back!" / Angelica: - “It’s too late JR. It’s too late!” = 2

16. Lucy: - "Kristin is a witch. She´s gonna cause trouble the first chance she gets, you just wait and see" / Lucy: - "Anyhow it's bad luck to get married at Southfork." / J.R.: - "The only place your daddy's nose ever led him was to skid row" / Mark: - "Marriages are like sinking ships. Call me if you ever need a life boat." / Val: - "Like I told Lucy, you were the prettiest man I ever saw" / Jock: - “What in the hell as JR done now?” = 1

Thank you for doing all that. Gosh that must have taken you AGES to type all that out. Thank you. Maybe favourite episodes in the new year??? And some time favourite scenes perhaps?? Have a happy Christmas and thank you again for all your time and effort put in to this OME

 

[Ome]

Gosh that must have taken you AGES to type all that out.

I'll admit, this one was quite a challenge.

favourite episodes

favourite scenes

Good suggestions, I'll add them to the list.




Anyone else have any suggestions ?

 

[Mel O'Drama]

Anyone else have any suggestions ?

Ooh! Ooh!

How about...

• Favourite cars.

• Best versions of the theme/opening titles (though we'd need to be clear on which numbering system people are using)

• Most iconic three way split actor credits (e.g. Linda Gray's Season Four credit). People choose the actor and the season(s) their favourite credit version appeared. With around ten actors per season and something like twelve seasons of credits that's plenty to choose from.

• Most memorable costume: from Bobby's spotty dressing gown to Lucy's wedding dress. Perhaps this could include most iconic accessories: from Jock's bling to Sue Ellen's shopping turban.

• Or we could be even more shallow and vote the most eye-catching haircuts (think of all those poodle perms, meringues, mullets and toupees).

• Favourite regularly-used set or location.

 

[Ome]

Some inspiring choices there Mel, thanks.

Or we could be even more shallow and vote the most eye-catching haircuts (think of all those poodle perms, meringues, mullets and toupees).

How would we do this?

If we go with who had the best hairstyles and listed characters from that, then I can do that.

But if we go a specific hair style I would find that confusing to differentiate, especially if someone lists 4 by Pam, two by Sue Ellen and 4 by Donna.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

How would we do this?

if we go a specific hair style I would find that confusing to differentiate, especially if someone lists 4 by Pam, two by Sue Ellen and 4 by Donna.

Oh gosh. You've got me.

Now I think about it, we already had an entire thread devoted to SoapLand's biggest hair. And that got a little confusing as I recall. Maybe we should scratch that suggestion and say we've already done it.

 

[Barbara Fan]

My top 2 for back soon lol

1. patrick Duffy - when the movie career didnt happen
2. BBG - when she recovered from heart surgery

:03:

 

[Willie Oleson]

Most memorable costume

And a sub-top ten for favourite Angelica Nero outfit.

Also: favourite voices.