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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 176575" data-attributes="member: 102">It&#039;s been years since I&#039;ve seen this thread.Karin, you always bring an interesting perspective to your posts, enough that even without your name attached to them I&#039;d be able to tell you wrote them.I think a lot of people were thrilled to see Bobby return. For whatever reason, the fans who felt that way don&#039;t seem to be represented here in numbers that are proportionate. That decision to bring him back would never have been made if there hadn&#039;t been a very good sized part of the audience who would feel the same as you did. After all, nobody wants to put their show in a situation where they have to explain the return of a character they&#039;ve already killed.That they were willing to go through that much difficulty and the problems that go along with telling the audience the previous season was just a dream, gives us a measure of just how popular Patrick Duffy was in the role of Bobby Ewing. Sometimes Patrick Duffy gets blamed for the downfall of the whole series, just because the executives in control at the time offered him the opportunity to return to play what was one of the most popular roles on TV and he said yes.If the situation had been reversed and it had been Pam who had been killed by Katherine instead of Bobby, what do you suppose the reaction would have been if they&#039;d had Victoria Principal return to play the role of Pam and had told the audience the previous season had just been Bobby&#039;s dream?&nbsp; It would have been just about the same thing. The only difference is that the same people blaming Patrick Duffy for the downfall of Dallas would be blaming Victoria Principal instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 176575, member: 102"] It's been years since I've seen this thread. Karin, you always bring an interesting perspective to your posts, enough that even without your name attached to them I'd be able to tell you wrote them. I think a lot of people were thrilled to see Bobby return. For whatever reason, the fans who felt that way don't seem to be represented here in numbers that are proportionate. That decision to bring him back would never have been made if there hadn't been a very good sized part of the audience who would feel the same as you did. After all, nobody wants to put their show in a situation where they have to explain the return of a character they've already killed. That they were willing to go through that much difficulty and the problems that go along with telling the audience the previous season was just a dream, gives us a measure of just how popular Patrick Duffy was in the role of Bobby Ewing. Sometimes Patrick Duffy gets blamed for the downfall of the whole series, just because the executives in control at the time offered him the opportunity to return to play what was one of the most popular roles on TV and he said yes. If the situation had been reversed and it had been Pam who had been killed by Katherine instead of Bobby, what do you suppose the reaction would have been if they'd had Victoria Principal return to play the role of Pam and had told the audience the previous season had just been Bobby's dream? It would have been just about the same thing. The only difference is that the same people blaming Patrick Duffy for the downfall of Dallas would be blaming Victoria Principal instead. [/QUOTE]

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