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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 383151" data-attributes="member: 8">Yes they did.[ATTACH=full]49921[/ATTACH] <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Maybe because Southfork didn't have enough rooms to accomodate them?But make no mistake, the Ewings didn't shy away from shameless celebrity name-dropping, as we saw it in the GUZZLER episode.At that time she wasn't a star but a celebrity, and in that regard DALLAS out-guilty-pleasured DYNASTY.Besides, Howard Keel and Alexis Smith and Mel Ferrer were all big names to appear in a soap opera. The difference is that they didn't appear in the opening credits and - more importantly - were usually better used than their DYNASTY counterparts.DALLAS was about power, DYNASTY was bout wealth, privilege and snobbery - which worked very well in its semi-satirical and criticizing first season. But when the 80s zeitgeist overtook DYNASTY (and vice versa) a lot of it got lost in translation.DALLAS could be repetitive sometimes but their plot twists were always the best when it mattered (well, almost as good as KNOTS LANDING).DYNASTY played the most significant part in my formative soap-loving years and as others have pointed out this is impossible to ignore. I also like the main cast a little bit more than the cast of DALLAS.[ATTACH=full]49924[/ATTACH]I'm still undecided.</blockquote>