early Dallas Promo

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I was watching some vintage Dr. J on Youtube (as one does) and who should pop up on a commercial break but the dastardly Luther Frick and Peyton Allen?!

https://youtu.be/Uf10vjAwihs?t=5362

(it's at the 1:29:22 mark if the embedded video doesn't start at the right place... check out the ad right before, too, to see the man Bobby patterned his left hook after in a rare song and dance routine... the game was broadcast on April 23, 1978, a Sunday, so the episode aired at 10pm that evening)

(edit: heh, the video doesn't work inline here and I couldn't figure how to paste just the link, so there it is, as a 'line of code'!)

 

[Lastkidpicked]

If you copy and paste the line of code, the video pops up and in just the right spot to see the promo. Thank you for posting it!

This is one of the themes that I wish they had explored further as the show went on. That J.R's dastardly deeds could lead people to become angry enough to show up at Southfork looking for revenge. This idea was forgotten about until many years later when BD Calhoun came after J.R.

Finally, after years had passed and BD was a threat, J.R. pointed out that Southfork would be an easy target. The security system didn't even work anymore!

One irony of the BD Calhoun character-- When J.R. was going on about needing extra security, it is Sue Ellen who says, "I guess I never thought about it. I've always felt safe here on Southfork."

I guess she forgot about Luther Frick and Peyton Allen!