Dallas Spinoff

Kenny Coyote

Kenny Coyote

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Taylor Bennett Jr. said:
seriously, Ray could always be counted on to angrily command a doctor who'd used a common medical term of over one syllable to "speak English"
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It wasn't as if Ray were a monosyllabic man. I love that term: Monosyllabic man. It applies to some people so well, but Ray did pretty well for a man with a 9th grade education. It's just that Ray was in a highly emotional state then. His nephew was in a coma! Ray didn't want to hear a technical explanation of how the spinal cord works. He wanted the doctor to get to the bottom line: What can we expect to happen with Mickey and what are his chances for recovery?
 
Taylor Bennett Jr.

Taylor Bennett Jr.

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Kenny Coyote said:
It wasn't as if Ray were a monosyllabic man. I love that term: Monosyllabic man. It applies to some people so well, but Ray did pretty well for a man with a 9th grade education. It's just that Ray was in a highly emotional state then. His nephew was in a coma! Ray didn't want to hear a technical explanation of how the spinal cord works. He wanted the doctor to get to the bottom line: What can we expect to happen with Mickey and what are his chances for recovery?
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I feel like there was another instance where he did the same thing to a doctor, or perhaps even a lawyer. Maybe it was just that one time with Mickey though.
 
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Chris2

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Europe made zero sense for Ray and not that much more sense for Lucy. Why couldn’t Ray move to Abilene or Amarillo or Odessa or some other place where he would fit in? And Lucy - maybe LA to be nearer her parents (but not so near that she’d have to appear on KL). Or maybe New York or something.
 
Toni

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Taylor Bennett Jr. said:
seriously, Ray could always be counted on to angrily command a doctor who'd used a common medical term of over one syllable to "speak English", and now he's going to be traipsing around Europe? As someone mentioned above, it would have been a hilarious spinoff!
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Kenny Coyote

Kenny Coyote

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Taylor Bennett Jr. said:
I feel like there was another instance where he did the same thing to a doctor, or perhaps even a lawyer. Maybe it was just that one time with Mickey though.
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I just happened to see that scene about Mickey. Lucy asked if Mickey's spinal cord was severed and the doctor replied: "Well, we don't like to use that term exactly... medically, it's not uh, completely accurate."

Ray: "Will you just forget the words and tell us something we can understand please?

Doctor: "If Mickey does regain consciousness, it's my opinion that he'll be paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of his life."
 
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Lastkidpicked

Lastkidpicked

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The whole Mickey Trotter storyline is a good one. He was the only one who really made Lucy happy.

I'll even go one step farther and make this bold statement-- Even spoiled rich girl Lucy would have been very happy in Emporia, Kansas. At least she would have the satisfaction of knowing her and Mickey made it on their own.

It's sad to see Mickey die, especially knowing the actor died young. But they had to do it to make the storyline even stronger.
 
stevew

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Lastkidpicked said:
The whole Mickey Trotter storyline is a good one. He was the only one who really made Lucy happy.

I'll even go one step farther and make this bold statement-- Even spoiled rich girl Lucy would have been very happy in Emporia, Kansas. At least she would have the satisfaction of knowing her and Mickey made it on their own.

It's sad to see Mickey die, especially knowing the actor died young. But they had to do it to make the storyline even stronger.
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Lucy should have went with Bobby to D.C. in a spin off. She’d have been great as the girlfriend of a young Congressman, maybe a young LBJ type. D.C. is a young town after all.
 
Lastkidpicked

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Chris2 said:
Why not a spinoff for Harv Smithfield - a la Perry Mason or Matlock. Would have fit right in on CBS.
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By then, George O Petrie was getting older, and I'm not sure he would have the stamina.

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I do like your idea, and there is one way it could have worked. Back then, CBS was famous for it's Sunday Night Movie.

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It would be great to see a Sunday night movie with Harv Smithfield!
 
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Chris2

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Great point - those were the days of the TV movie franchise (Perry Mason, Richard Crenna as Janek, and others).

They could have done the “Dallas Sunday Night Movie,” a la the NBC Mystery Movie wheel. The spokes could have been George O Petrie as “Smithfield”, the elderly lawyer who solves crimes in his spare time; James Brown as “McSween”, the corrupt detective who solves crimes in his spare time; Rosanna Christensen in “Maid To Solve Mysteries” as the Southfork housekeeper who solves crimes in her spare time; and Barry Corbin as “Washburn”, the Braddock county sheriff who solves crimes in his spare time.

I would have also given a try to “Simon Ellby, MD”, with Jeff Cooper as the psychiatrist who solves…well, you get the idea.
 
Taylor Bennett Jr.

Taylor Bennett Jr.

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Lastkidpicked said:
By then, George O Petrie was getting older, and I'm not sure he would have the stamina.

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It could have been an ensemble cast: Smithfield and Bennett

Harv could have been the Jock-like patriarch figure, with the formidable, charismatic, flamboyantly philandering Kyle Bennett as the breakout character ala JR

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Young associates like John Baxter and hotshot young environmental law wizard Alan Beam could provide energy and drama. A grittier, Texas version of LA Law - a sure hit!

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Lastkidpicked

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Taylor Bennett Jr. said:
It could have been an ensemble cast: Smithfield and Bennett
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Taylor Bennett Jr. said:
Young associates like John Baxter and hotshot young environmental law wizard Alan Beam could provide energy and drama. A grittier, Texas version of LA Law - a sure hit!
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I think you are on to something. We could even have some cameo appearances from Dallas characters. I can never get enough Punk and Mavis Anderson.


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