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<blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 182583" data-attributes="member: 130"><p>I like this idea. People could watch the Early Years to get some back ground or Dallas ‘78 to find out what happened - with a new awakened interest. The house could be the same (though in the pilot it was different) but decorated for the time period. </p><p></p><p>Year 1959. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">February 3 – A chartered plane transporting musicians <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly" target="_blank">Buddy Holly</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Valens" target="_blank">Ritchie Valens</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper" target="_blank">The Big Bopper</a> crashes in foggy conditions near <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Lake,_Iowa" target="_blank">Clear Lake, Iowa</a>, killing all four occupants on board, including pilot Roger Peterson. The tragedy is later termed "<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died" target="_blank">The Day the Music Died</a>", popularized in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McLean" target="_blank">Don McLean</a>'s 1972 song "<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(song)" target="_blank">American Pie</a>". JR us struck by this event. </li> </ul><p></p><p>Jock - celebrates his 50th birthday (think Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), runs Ewing Oil, while interested in the ranch, he’s a company man, ruthless, hiring the best of the best to take on big oil. </p><p></p><p>Ellie - a homemaker, mother and wife with a bit of a pretentious side, a leader in the DOA, known for riding horses, shooting guns, yet being very well dressed and her house incredibly decorated, she oversees the employees of Southfork including the cattle ranch business. </p><p></p><p>JR - 28, Director of Special Projects for Ewing Oil, meaning his father’s go to man in the company, very handsome, a whore of a young man, the most illegible bachelor in Dallas, bent on being more ruthless than his father and more pretentious than his mother. </p><p></p><p>Gary - a high school kid, nerd, loner, loves the ranch, story lines which have nothing to do with business, focus on his becoming an alcoholic. </p><p></p><p>Bobby - high school kid, popular, football jock, story lines which have nothing to do with business, lots and lots of girlfriends including occasional appearances by Jenna Wade and other girls the family (Jock, Miss Ellie and Bobby feel are suitable). </p><p></p><p>(Ray won’t show up until later in the series) </p><p></p><p>Val - Gary’s secret girl friend from the wrong side of the tracks, the Ewing’s find our she’s pregnant from the start of the series. </p><p></p><p>Other part time roles: Digger (and his kids), Lucy (as a baby), Punk and Mavis, Jordan Lee, Lucas Wade and other members of the cartel, Smithfield’s dad as the family’s old lawyer with Harv up and coming, Demarest as a young man just out of college as their criminal lawyer, Leland’s dad as their banker, Danvers as their physician, Sheriff Washburn (the dad of Fenton) in Jocks pocket, Eugene Bullock as Jock’s international contact with dreams of growing Ewing Oil the size of Standard Oil, Herbert Wenworth. </p><p></p><p>Ewing Oil at this time is based on Humble Oil, creating a partnership with NYC giant Encor, getting into petrochemicals and focused on a Libyan oil deal - though the partnership never goes as far as Humble Oil and Standard Oil of New Jersey and West Star is spun off of the attempt. </p><p></p><p>Reginald “Reggie” Gillis - EnCor V.P., bringing his family from out east to Texas (based on the Bush family) to oversee EnCor and Ewing Oil’s 50/50 ventures, including exploration in Texas, Libya, Venezuela, etc. EnCor is the giant refinery and gas station business. Gillis eventually founds the Estrella Corporation, a oil services business which eventually become a major part of West Star. His youngest daughter, Muriel, is a late in life baby, but his older boys are in their early twenties. </p><p></p><p>Sue “Elliot” Sheppard - lawyer, President of the West Oil Company (later merged with Estrella to form West Star). A major rival of Ewing Oil. He is the father of Sue Ellen and Kristian. </p><p></p><p>Kris Sheppard - lawyer, Elliot’s older brother, founder of West Oil. </p><p></p><p>J (Jeremy) Peter” Wendell - son of a lawyer and independent oil man and father of Jeremy Wendell (early ‘30’s V.P. of Wendell Oil). Hi Peter is Jock’s main business rival, based on J Paul Getty. </p><p></p><p>I can’t remember the Early Years but maybe include Miss. Ellie’s mother (I’m sure by this time her brother and father are not around) and explore Jock’s family, parents, brother Jason, maybe add a sister.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevew, post: 182583, member: 130"] I like this idea. People could watch the Early Years to get some back ground or Dallas ‘78 to find out what happened - with a new awakened interest. The house could be the same (though in the pilot it was different) but decorated for the time period. Year 1959. [LIST] [*]February 3 – A chartered plane transporting musicians [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly']Buddy Holly[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Valens']Ritchie Valens[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper']The Big Bopper[/URL] crashes in foggy conditions near [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Lake,_Iowa']Clear Lake, Iowa[/URL], killing all four occupants on board, including pilot Roger Peterson. The tragedy is later termed "[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died']The Day the Music Died[/URL]", popularized in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McLean']Don McLean[/URL]'s 1972 song "[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(song)']American Pie[/URL]". JR us struck by this event. [/LIST] Jock - celebrates his 50th birthday (think Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), runs Ewing Oil, while interested in the ranch, he’s a company man, ruthless, hiring the best of the best to take on big oil. Ellie - a homemaker, mother and wife with a bit of a pretentious side, a leader in the DOA, known for riding horses, shooting guns, yet being very well dressed and her house incredibly decorated, she oversees the employees of Southfork including the cattle ranch business. JR - 28, Director of Special Projects for Ewing Oil, meaning his father’s go to man in the company, very handsome, a whore of a young man, the most illegible bachelor in Dallas, bent on being more ruthless than his father and more pretentious than his mother. Gary - a high school kid, nerd, loner, loves the ranch, story lines which have nothing to do with business, focus on his becoming an alcoholic. Bobby - high school kid, popular, football jock, story lines which have nothing to do with business, lots and lots of girlfriends including occasional appearances by Jenna Wade and other girls the family (Jock, Miss Ellie and Bobby feel are suitable). (Ray won’t show up until later in the series) Val - Gary’s secret girl friend from the wrong side of the tracks, the Ewing’s find our she’s pregnant from the start of the series. Other part time roles: Digger (and his kids), Lucy (as a baby), Punk and Mavis, Jordan Lee, Lucas Wade and other members of the cartel, Smithfield’s dad as the family’s old lawyer with Harv up and coming, Demarest as a young man just out of college as their criminal lawyer, Leland’s dad as their banker, Danvers as their physician, Sheriff Washburn (the dad of Fenton) in Jocks pocket, Eugene Bullock as Jock’s international contact with dreams of growing Ewing Oil the size of Standard Oil, Herbert Wenworth. Ewing Oil at this time is based on Humble Oil, creating a partnership with NYC giant Encor, getting into petrochemicals and focused on a Libyan oil deal - though the partnership never goes as far as Humble Oil and Standard Oil of New Jersey and West Star is spun off of the attempt. Reginald “Reggie” Gillis - EnCor V.P., bringing his family from out east to Texas (based on the Bush family) to oversee EnCor and Ewing Oil’s 50/50 ventures, including exploration in Texas, Libya, Venezuela, etc. EnCor is the giant refinery and gas station business. Gillis eventually founds the Estrella Corporation, a oil services business which eventually become a major part of West Star. His youngest daughter, Muriel, is a late in life baby, but his older boys are in their early twenties. Sue “Elliot” Sheppard - lawyer, President of the West Oil Company (later merged with Estrella to form West Star). A major rival of Ewing Oil. He is the father of Sue Ellen and Kristian. Kris Sheppard - lawyer, Elliot’s older brother, founder of West Oil. J (Jeremy) Peter” Wendell - son of a lawyer and independent oil man and father of Jeremy Wendell (early ‘30’s V.P. of Wendell Oil). Hi Peter is Jock’s main business rival, based on J Paul Getty. I can’t remember the Early Years but maybe include Miss. Ellie’s mother (I’m sure by this time her brother and father are not around) and explore Jock’s family, parents, brother Jason, maybe add a sister. [/QUOTE]
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