Dallas - What/if...?

Laurie Marr

Telly Talk Well-Known Member
Victoria was not invited to return to the role, Cynthia told me that herself.
Then, at the very least, it was discourteous of Cidre to tease Principal’s return if that is the case. By that time, though, the show was on its ass and Cidre was desperate to drum up any kind of publicity, no matter how disreputable the method . Principal was angered by such a shabby little ploy and I can see why.
 
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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Telly Talk Champion
Then, at the very least, it was discourteous of Cidre to tease Principal’s return if that is the case. By that time, though, the show was on its ass and Cidre was desperate to drum up any kind of publicity, no matter how disreputable the method . Principal was angered by such a shabby little ploy and I can see why.

That's why Victoria Principal issued that statement. She knew that the Producers were doing that as a marketing ploy to tease the fans that Pam would be coming back. I'm glad it backfired on Cynthia Cidre. She completely underestimated Victoria Principal's love for the shows fans. :)

Believe it or not one of the tabloids did suggest at one point an affair between Sue Ellen (yes my Sue Ellen), and Angelica Nero. Talk of a scene in the bath and being caught by JR…!
That would've been a terrible boob!

In fact the camera would've had to show them from the side or the back to avoid too many other boobs on-screen! :D
 

Mustard

Telly Talk TV Fanatic
Did anyone else have a sense Angelica Nero and Grace were something more?...just me then?
Yes, it was there, very subtlely, and most probably wouldn't notice. It was not open flirting where it was obvious.

Oh yeah, since minute 1!!!! Merete Van Kamp said to Dallas Fanzine that it was the original plan but was eventually scrapped.
Subtle flirting is the most that would have been seen at that time, though. There would never, in the mid 1980s, have been a storyline where a young woman (played by someone like Brooke Shields) is seen on screen to be trying to seduce Sue Ellen so obviously in the way that Peter Richards lusted for her. Even in the mid 1990s, that would have been risque for a TV series, as when it was done on soaps at the time, like Beth Jordache/Margaret Clemence in Brookside, or Zoe Tate and her girlfriends in Emmerdale.
 
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Sarah

Moderator Emerita
That's why Victoria Principal issued that statement. She knew that the Producers were doing that as a marketing ploy to tease the fans that Pam would be coming back. I'm glad it backfired on Cynthia Cidre. She completely underestimated Victoria Principal's love for the shows fans.
Wasn’t the statement issued against the fact she wasn’t invited??


Sorry but I would have thought if she had real love for the fans she would have participated more?

I’m interested to know how you know that’s why she issued the statement? I go by what Cynthia told me in person, but has it ever been proven why Victoria issued the statement?

Again it’s really important to state facts, not to speculate.
 

Toni

Maximum Member
Wasn’t the statement issued against the fact she wasn’t invited??


Sorry but I would have thought if she had real love for the fans she would have participated more?

I’m interested to know how you know that’s why she issued the statement? I go by what Cynthia told me in person, but has it ever been proven why Victoria issued the statement?

Again it’s really important to state facts, not to speculate.
And never occurred to you that the Cider House might be lying to you...? It would not be the first time... :re:
 

Sarah

Moderator Emerita
And never occurred to you that the Cider House might be lying to you...? It would not be the first time... :re:
Again, proof? We can’t just throw out accusations like that here. Important to have that rather than just say something to defend your favourite…
 

cws

Formerly kcmimichar
If Dallas was never picked up I doubt we'd be talking about it at all. It would be just another one of Larry's failed 70s pilot.

If Dallas was never picked up I doubt we'd be talking about it at all. It would be just another one of Larry's failed 70s pilots.
I literally can't imagine the 80's without DALLAS. It was a phenomenon. Larry and Linda were the King and Queen of that time.
 

Sarah

Moderator Emerita
Have you both got proof of them being Queen & King, as I don't recall their coronation!! :p
No need for that really is there? I was just passing on a happy moment for me from a Dallas interview, quoted by Joan Van Ark and David Jacobs in Linda’s Intimate Portrait. I didn’t say they were coronated, and it’s a bit immature as well as out of line to throw a comment I made to you yesterday as a moderator of the site (to be mindful of our guidelines around liable) back at me like this.

I asked you with respect, please honour me the same. And be mindful that when a moderator asks you for proof in the context you said yesterday it’s not just to challenge your own beliefs, but to protect the site, as well as the people you’re referring to. Unless you can afford a Hollywood lawyer that is..

Thanks.
 

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Telly Talk Champion
No need for that really is there? I was just passing on a happy moment for me from a Dallas interview, quoted by Joan Van Ark and David Jacobs in Linda’s Intimate Portrait. I didn’t say they were coronated, and it’s a bit immature as well as out of line to throw a comment I made to you yesterday as a moderator of the site (to be mindful of our guidelines around liable) back at me like this.

I asked you with respect, please honour me the same. Thanks.

I was only kidding!! :(
 

cws

Formerly kcmimichar
I remember JVA saying in Lindas Intimate Portrait about them that it was as if the King and Queen has arrived anytime they went anywhere. And David Jacobs said anytime he talked to fans, Sue Ellen was always the one they wanted to meet. Makes me happy.:love5:
I remember her saying that too!! But honestly, I really did feel that way. I also remember that Larry had told Larry King in an interview that he and Linda were treated like the King and Queen of that time.
 

Sarah

Moderator Emerita
I was only kidding!! :(
To be honest it’s not the first time though and it does feel a bit personal now due to your sensitivity around the subject matter.

I get it! I’m sensitive too but I always try to back anything about real people up with evidence, it’s important. It’s important for the stars as well as the site.

It’s not about childish immature tit for tat based around what we were discussing, although perhaps I should have been more clear it was a moderator request.

I will do that in future! :gotcha:
 

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Telly Talk Champion
To be honest it’s not the first time though and it does feel a bit personal now due to your sensitivity around the subject matter.

I get it! I’m sensitive too but I always try to back anything about real people up with evidence, it’s important. It’s important for the stars as well as the site.

It’s not about childish immature tit for tat based around what we were discussing, although perhaps I should have been more clear it was a moderator request.

I will do that in future! :gotcha:

I'm sorry if I offended you, it was only intended as a bit of playful banter.
 

TheDeadBobby

Telly Talk Active Member
What IF, instead of Bobby coming back from the dead in the shower, Bobby's EVIL twin brother showed up after getting released from a Iranian prison and tries to claim his dead brothers fortune !! But in doing so, he falls madly in love with Pamela but is scheming and underhanded in everything he does including making her go back to driving that original crappy Corvette and setting all kinds of evil traps for JR so he can jump in the driver's seat at Ewing Oil to eventually take control of the world ! :eck: But first he has to find a way to make Miss Ellie look like she is crazy and needs to be put in a straight jacket and locked up to open up his access to the Ewing fortune to carry on with his sinister plan. Maybe he could drug her with horse tranquilizer so she could never put a sentence together any longer and she would be easier to haul away to the mental ward. He could do that too with JR... just spike his bottle of bourbon and he'd be an easy kill!

I think that would have worked. :popcorn:
 
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