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Dallas News Happy 45th Birthday Dallas

Barbara Fan

Barbara Fan

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April 2nd celebrates the 45th anniversary/birthday of Dallas TV show made by Lorimar Productions and its scary to think where the years have gone and the money I have spent on it over the years, so I wont!!
Im glad I am the age I am to have enjoyed it and grown up with it from day 1. And i never thought that I would still be talking Dallas when I first watched it in 1978.

1980 will always be the Special year for Dallas as it was the year that JR got shot and it dominated the headlines and news for that year with speculation , intrigue and it really did put Dallas on the map and made Larry Hagman above anyone else a huge global star. It was the year i turned from a viewer into a fan - no make that addict.

Dallas (original) has dominated my life and Im not sure of thats a good thing with hindsight but i treaure my Dallas memories like no other TV show and Im grateful to have got on the Dallas set in 1983 and to have met a lot of the cast then, and since then. Its also been great to have met so any Dallas fans at events over the past few decades

To the cast members no longer here, you will never be forgottten, and thanks to DVD you will live on in our hearts and memories. Larry, Barbara, Howard, Jim, Ken et al - you were part of something very special

And to a wee blonde lady called Barbara from NY, I didnt get to meet you and will always regret that, so maybe in my next life!! PLEASE!! And I still live in hope of meeting Victoria Principal, the one star Id love to meet and wished I looked like as a teenager.

Ive been a member of several (4) Dallas fan clubs over the years and used to get so excited when the paper copy dropped through the letter box - its lovely to look back on old issues of Dallas fanzine etc and it was so exciting in 2000 to get online and realsie that there were other people (like Luke) out there like me - who were serious Dallas collectors and my pride and joy will always be 3 of Barbaras own scrapbooks which I collected from her grandaughter in NY
 
Rove

Rove

Telly Talk Warrior
Well said @Barbara Fan

I'm not a religious man but I thank a higher being I and the creators of Dallas collided when we did. I spoke personally in another thread how Dallas saved my life. Early teenage years for me wasn't a joy sometimes due to a parents unhappy marriage but if there was something I looked forward to every week it was the drama of the Ewing family as I could escape into another world.

To this day when I fire up my computer the Dallas intro music plays and it brings a smile to my face no matter what is happening in my life or the world in general. The casting agent for Dallas struck gold with Jim, Barbara Bel, Larry, Linda, Patrick, Victoria, Charlene, Steven and Ken. Who knew that a simple story of a boy meets girl, marries, then introduces her to his family would set off a chain of events still spoken 45 years later.

I bow to the legendary David Jacobs, the actors - past and present - and the crew for bringing joy to my world.

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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Telly Talk Champion
The original run of Dallas was very special. My parents watched it so I came to enjoy it too.

I grew up with Dallas so it will always hold a very special place in my heart. :)
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Telly Talk Champion
The shows Anniversary date on Monday thankfully coincides with me being off work so I'm going to get some drinks in, Vodka of course and maybe some Bourbon.

I'm going to watch some selected episodes starting with Diggers Daughter, some Wes Parmalee Jock Ewing episodes from season ten and a few others like Swansong and Blast from the Past.

I shall get a bottle of wine in order to toast the show and every single one of the shows stars, even Priscilla Presley!

To round off the evening if my boyfriend is still here when I head upstairs to bed I'm going to say to him "Call me her name, Ray!"

Happy Birthday Dallas :ck:
 
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LMLDallas78

LMLDallas78

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I'm so happy to be reading these posts. Dallas has always been my guilty pleasure and I missed a lot of sleep overs and time with friends so I wouldn't miss an episode. Now I'm older and wiser I have no problem admitting to my obsession (53 now yikes)
Watching the dvds at the mo in my spare time brings me so much joy. Bless my husband who's never watched it but listens when I talk non stop about it and my 15 year old son who chats about it and shows enormous interest.
Dallas, I've always loved you from 9 years old and probably always will.
 
southfork88

southfork88

Telly Talk TV Fanatic
Dallas has always magically characterized my life, for better or for worse. Whenever there were major breakthroughs in the show, I too had positive breakthroughs in my life. And when tragedies happened to actors, strangely I also endured personal or family drama. This 2023 is the year of yet another rebirth of Dallas that really looks like a phoenix, so everything will be positive in my life ... at least I hope!
 
K

Karin

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Staff Member
:balloon: DALLAS!
Happy Anniversary to all the fans, cast and crew! :dance1:
I wasn't born when Dallas premiered so I will always be younger than the show. Still time flies and I am not young anymore like I was when the show celebrated it's 30th anniversary.

After many years I am finally rewatching the show from start to finish and it's interesting how my perspective of some things have changed since my last rewatch when I was a young adult (24-25 yeras old). It's fascinating to have watched a show as a child, teenager, young adult and now in midlife.

I will watch the episode "Ray's Trial" tonight since that's how far I am in my rewatch, which I started last year.

But yes Dallas remains my favorite show and it's been one of the most significant fandoms in my life. :)
 
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LMLDallas78

LMLDallas78

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Karin Schill said:
:balloon: DALLAS!
Happy Anniversary to all the fans, cast and crew! :dance1:
I wasn't born when Dallas premiered so I will always be younger than the show. Still time flies and I am not young anymore like I was when the show celebrated it's 30th anniversary.

After many years I am finally rewatching the show from start to finish and it's interesting how my perspective of some things have changed since my last rewatch when I was a young adult (24-25 yeras old). It's fascinating to have watched a show as a child, teenager, young adult and now in midlife.

I will watch the episode "Ray's Trial" tonight since that's how far I am in my rewatch, which I started last year.

But yes Dallas remains my favorite show and it's been one of the most significant fandoms in my life. :)
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Oh yes I very much agree, seeing it through different age eyes can bring a whole new perspective.
Karin, I absolutely love your music videos on YouTube especially the JR and Sue Ellen ones. I still watch them regularly, thank you so much.
 
Laurie!

Laurie!

Telly Talk Fan
It was 45 years ago that 4 year old me, turned my Barbie and Ken dolls into Pam and Bobby dolls. My mother wasn't very happy with the mess I made from using the brown felt inside of permanent markers to make the dye for Pam (I personally thought it was genius lol).

For some inexplicable reason...maybe because of my impressionable age....the show has stuck with me my entire life. :)
 
southfork88

southfork88

Telly Talk TV Fanatic
Mustard said:
2 April 1978 was the US start on CBS. Not until 5 September 1978 on the BBC in Britain.
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In Italy Dallas aired from 4 February to 28 April 1981 on Rai Uno, which broadcast the miniseries and the first episodes of the first season, but the show went almost unnoticed also due to the incorrect airing of the episodes by Rai which it undermines the narrative.

A few months later the following episodes were bought by Silvio Berlusconi and broadcast by Canale 5, which made the series one of its strong points in the audience war of the eighties.

In my home February 4th was a date of sad memories because was the anniversary of the death of my paternal grandfather, never known, so there was not much interest in television programs.

Although very young, I decided to watch that ... Dallas.

My mother remembered that JFK had been killed there, my father was distracted and my little sister was running around the house.

Nonetheless, we were all impressed by the icy tragedy of the first episode, the cynicism of Lucy, the pride of Pam and the perfidy of J.R.

And I'm still here talking about it...
 
Laurie Marr

Laurie Marr

Telly Talk Well-Known Member
It’s inconceivable that Dallas is nudging towards its half century. I was 6 at the premier and I even remember the BBC promo.

I was captivated from the outset - and I’m still not entirely sure why. The big themes, the casting, the saga element all were contributing factors, I’m sure. And yet….. Dallas is one of those rare pop culture phenomenons where it finds its moment so effortlessly that it’s almost as though it sprung fully formed into the collective imagination. It was also brilliant television.

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FRedCarrington

FRedCarrington

Telly Talk Member
In France, seasons 1 to 9 were broadcast from January 24, 1981 to August 12, 1987 on TF1. I was 13 at the time and it was while going to spend a weekend with my aunt in Lyon that I came across it and that the passion would invade me without ever letting go...
In April 1987, the The rights to the series in France are acquired by Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian media magnate who owns the new 5th French channel, offering to pay 600,000 francs per episode (instead of 280,000 francs for TF1). A colossal sum at the time. In fact, the 10th season was broadcast from January 2, 1988 to June 26, 1988 on La Cinq with the original American credits.
After 7 years of absence, the series returns in full from April 3, 1995 to December 2, 1996 on TF1, which programs the seasons that have remained unpublished by finding its French credits signed Jean Renard and Michel Salva.
Happy BDay Dallas !! #Dallas45
 
southfork88

southfork88

Telly Talk TV Fanatic
It seems that Silvio Berlusconi bought Dallas for his mom who was a huge fan during the broadcast on national television networks.

Then he also broadcast Dallas for the Spanish and French networks.

However, when Twin Peaks was broadcast in the USA, Berlusconi put Dallas in storage and forgotten for years and broadcast in Italy only when certain that would been the last season ... in the season 1991-1992.
 
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