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Dallas - The Original Series
Dallas and Texas History Part One
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<blockquote data-quote="Lastkidpicked" data-source="post: 362073" data-attributes="member: 237"><p>You describe it perfectly, [USER=55682]@LMLDallas78[/USER] Everything that is the best (and worst) of America at the time. And perfect escapism.</p><p></p><p>Here is how perfectly it captured the Texas spirit:</p><p></p><p>Nicolae Ceausescu was shown the TV series <em>Dallas</em>. He figured "Now's my chance. I'll show our people the despicable J.R. Ewing, and they will realize how good they have it over here."</p><p>As you know, the plan backfired! People might have hated J.R. Ewing, but they wanted to <em>be</em> J.R. Ewing. Showing <em>Dallas</em> only made people clamor for American capitalism.</p><p>How did Larry Hagman react? With his usual modesty. According to Patrick Duffy: "For years, Hagman would tell me how he took personal credit for defeating communism. . . I took that with a grain of salt."</p><p></p><p>BHAHAHAHAHA! Good ole Texan modesty.</p><p></p><p>Here's another story that hits close to home because as you know, I'm much more like Ray Krebbs than J.R. Ewing:</p><p></p><p>Others tried to use <em>Dallas</em> to show that American ideals were based on greed and corruption. That also backfired often as people would be interviewed after watching the show and they would say,</p><p></p><p>"You mean to tell me that in Texas, the lowest paid person (Ray Krebbs) drives a brand new pickup? Sign me up!"</p><p></p><p>And this is true, by the way. If you drive into Texas oil towns you can go into the working class neighborhoods and see new pickups in front of about half the houses. Why? Because if you work for an oil company, one of the benefits is you can take home your company truck.</p><p></p><p>Want a personal story about your buddy, the Last Kid Picked?</p><p></p><p>When I had kids at home, I asked for a Suburban instead of a pickup for my company truck. At the time, I was a security guard and worked in one of those little security huts.</p><p></p><p>I could never post pictures on line because my friends would tease me:</p><p></p><p>"Your truck is bigger than the place you work!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lastkidpicked, post: 362073, member: 237"] You describe it perfectly, [USER=55682]@LMLDallas78[/USER] Everything that is the best (and worst) of America at the time. And perfect escapism. Here is how perfectly it captured the Texas spirit: Nicolae Ceausescu was shown the TV series [I]Dallas[/I]. He figured "Now's my chance. I'll show our people the despicable J.R. Ewing, and they will realize how good they have it over here." As you know, the plan backfired! People might have hated J.R. Ewing, but they wanted to [I]be[/I] J.R. Ewing. Showing [I]Dallas[/I] only made people clamor for American capitalism. How did Larry Hagman react? With his usual modesty. According to Patrick Duffy: "For years, Hagman would tell me how he took personal credit for defeating communism. . . I took that with a grain of salt." BHAHAHAHAHA! Good ole Texan modesty. Here's another story that hits close to home because as you know, I'm much more like Ray Krebbs than J.R. Ewing: Others tried to use [I]Dallas[/I] to show that American ideals were based on greed and corruption. That also backfired often as people would be interviewed after watching the show and they would say, "You mean to tell me that in Texas, the lowest paid person (Ray Krebbs) drives a brand new pickup? Sign me up!" And this is true, by the way. If you drive into Texas oil towns you can go into the working class neighborhoods and see new pickups in front of about half the houses. Why? Because if you work for an oil company, one of the benefits is you can take home your company truck. Want a personal story about your buddy, the Last Kid Picked? When I had kids at home, I asked for a Suburban instead of a pickup for my company truck. At the time, I was a security guard and worked in one of those little security huts. I could never post pictures on line because my friends would tease me: "Your truck is bigger than the place you work!" [/QUOTE]
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