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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 294754" data-attributes="member: 22">My guess is the actors, Hagman especially, were sometimes called upon to add some filler dialogue when what&#039;s scripted doesn&#039;t quite cover what&#039;s happening on screen. When we join the Ewings in a restaurant scene and the conversation is already underway, you&#039;ll often hear JR rambling on about something or other before the dialogue proper begins. I&#039;d say those kind of lines are ad-libbed. Hagman always seemed very respectful of Uncle Lenny though, so I&#039;m not sure he&#039;d try and &quot;improve&quot; on his dialogue otherwise, but I could be wrong.&quot;You&#039;re just like your mother: a scheming, blackmailing little tramp.&quot;The same episode has a great exchange between JR and Leanne Rees where she gives as good as she gets, but he&#039;s still the one who ends up drawing blood:&quot;All I ever did was sell myself. But you, you&#039;d sell yourself, your family, your friends -- for power. .JR, you&#039;re a prize pimp.&quot;&quot;You know, coming from an expert, I consider that a compliment.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 294754, member: 22"] My guess is the actors, Hagman especially, were sometimes called upon to add some filler dialogue when what's scripted doesn't quite cover what's happening on screen. When we join the Ewings in a restaurant scene and the conversation is already underway, you'll often hear JR rambling on about something or other before the dialogue proper begins. I'd say those kind of lines are ad-libbed. Hagman always seemed very respectful of Uncle Lenny though, so I'm not sure he'd try and "improve" on his dialogue otherwise, but I could be wrong. [I]"You're just like your mother: a scheming, blackmailing little tramp."[/I] The same episode has a great exchange between JR and Leanne Rees where she gives as good as she gets, but he's still the one who ends up drawing blood: [I]"All I ever did was sell myself. But you, you'd sell yourself, your family, your friends -- for power. .JR, you're a prize pimp." "You know, coming from an expert, I consider that a compliment."[/I] [/QUOTE]

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