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43 years ago today JR shot on UK TV

Barbara Fan

Barbara Fan

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Another year goes by....

Its hard to believe it was 42 years ago tonight that the late, great Larry Hagman was shot on UK TV.

It was a Bank holiday Monday and it was probably the most exciting and thrilling time to be a Dallas fan.

Dallas was red hot, it was in the press, on the TV, and in the media. You couldnt get away from it, with Bookies taking bets on Who shot the biggest, baddest guy on TV. The next day the papers went wild with Dallas and Larry on all the front page headlines, it made the main news on the BBC and it was just wonderful.

No other Dallas moment captured the same headlines as the shooting of JR and all the speculation of Who might have done it!

Dallas captured the imagination, Terry Wogan helped along the way, and the cast were in the papers and magazines on a daily basis

It was such fun and so exciting and Im so glad i lived thro it, was the right age for it and im so glad that it was 1980, no internet, no twitter or FB as they would never be able to keep a secret that it was Kristin now in todays world.

It was a wonderful time to be alive and be a Dallas fan, nothing ever topped it
 
Snarky Oracle!

Snarky Oracle!

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Poor ol' JR. He just keeps getting shot.... Four times, wasn't it? (Not counting that mirror with Joel Grey inside it).

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Monzo

Monzo

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I wish I could have enjoyed the cliffhanger and played the guessing game for all those months. Dallas premiered in West Germany in June 1981. It aired weekly, so seasons 1 through 7 aired back-to-back. These early season finales were never mentioned in the media. In May 1982, JR was shot and four weeks later German viewers knew who did it, there was no hype about it.

When Bobby was shot, there was a nine-month break. While magazines previewed some stuff about what would happen in season 8 (Bobby's blindness or Jenna in jail), they hid who shot Bobby, so I found out on tv who did it.
 
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LMLDallas78

LMLDallas78

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Barbara Fan said:
Hard to believe it was 43 years ago today that JR was shot in UK and on a Bank Holiday Monday
I was tidying a cupboard and found all my mugs and T shirts from that time and Stickers

Time flies .............................
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Just realised I've liked the posts from a year ago, silly me!
Wow can't believe that, I remember when it aired, my heart was in my mouth, seems like yesterday. I was so young, never believed it would still be my obsession years & years later.


:D:D the flag on my avatar is Spain, thats how obsessed I am, I'm on holiday in the Canaries and still taking part on this amazing forum!!
 
Toni

Toni

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LMLDallas78 said:
:D:D the flag on my avatar is Spain, thats how obsessed I am, I'm on holiday in the Canaries and still taking part on this amazing forum!!
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How lucky! Did you see the filming of Rings of Power?
 
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