Jock Og
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Imho this is a wonderful interview with the late great Ken Kercheval. He nearly always was playing second fiddle as Cliff to Larry Hagman's J.R. character, his big strike with Gold Canyon 340 was the notable exception. Barnes junior was very evil in the NEW DALLAS, which I didn't agree with because Cliff was a master at comic relief. In this interview he talks about the much missed Barbara Bel Geddes, Victoria Principal, daughter of the late producer Leonard Katzman, Sherril Lynn Katzman Rettino R.I.P. (Cliff's dutiful secretary Jackie Dugan) and the two actors who played Digger Barnes; David Wayne and Keenan Wynn in order of appearance, who have also went to the magnificent heavenly oil field.
Pamela and Cliff go looking for Digger, to break the news of his daughter’s recent marriage. Cliff finds him in one of his usual bars, surrounded by people and talking about when he and Jock struck oil, (a scene from the 1st episode; the mini-series, DVD-1, 1978):
Bar patron (slurred speech): “Pour my old buddy another drink here.”
Digger: “Thank you….thank you sir! That’s mighty nice of ya, now 1930 was my year. My partner and I walked out right here in Texas and I just followed my nose and I said here and he went back to register the claim and I stayed there and I drilled, until I thought we had enough. We owned 10 times more than we could ever spend. I said that’s a plenty and he looked at me and laughed in my face and said that I owned nothing, nothing at all. I even owed him some money. Well I tried to kill…I tried to kill Jock Ewing, once or twice but I bundled it. You see I can drill but I can’t kill.”
Cliff: “There you have it Pammy, the product of Jock Ewing’s ethics.”
They decide to interrupt Digger’s craic.
Cliff: “Excuse me…excuse me!”
Bar patron (slurred speech): “Listen don’t take him away. We’re having a good time here. What’s going on?”
Digger opens his arms to greet Pam and says, “Pammy.”
Pamela: “Hi daddy! You ok?”
Digger: “Sure…..sure.”
Pamela: “Daddy I came…….”
Digger: “Uh?”
Pamela: “I came to tell you……”
Digger looks at her drunkenly.
Pamela: “Daddy I came to tell you that I got married.”
Digger smiles and replies (slurred speech): "Well now what do ya think of that?”
Pamela: “Daddy please don’t be mad or hurt. I love my husband daddy.”
Digger smiles and says (slurred speech): "Sure you do!”
Pamela: “…..But he’s Bobby Ewing.”
Digger replies, while not registering who it is: "A ha!”
Cliff looks at Pam.
Pamela: “Daddy the boy I married is a Ewing.”
Digger nods.
Cliff: “Jock Ewing’s boy.”
Cliff then looks down at the table.
Digger then just stares at Pamela and gives her a look that says it all. Pamela then gets emotional.
She leaves the bar. Digger still has the shock stare, with Cliff beside him.
Pamela and Cliff go looking for Digger, to break the news of his daughter’s recent marriage. Cliff finds him in one of his usual bars, surrounded by people and talking about when he and Jock struck oil, (a scene from the 1st episode; the mini-series, DVD-1, 1978):
Bar patron (slurred speech): “Pour my old buddy another drink here.”
Digger: “Thank you….thank you sir! That’s mighty nice of ya, now 1930 was my year. My partner and I walked out right here in Texas and I just followed my nose and I said here and he went back to register the claim and I stayed there and I drilled, until I thought we had enough. We owned 10 times more than we could ever spend. I said that’s a plenty and he looked at me and laughed in my face and said that I owned nothing, nothing at all. I even owed him some money. Well I tried to kill…I tried to kill Jock Ewing, once or twice but I bundled it. You see I can drill but I can’t kill.”
Cliff: “There you have it Pammy, the product of Jock Ewing’s ethics.”
They decide to interrupt Digger’s craic.
Cliff: “Excuse me…excuse me!”
Bar patron (slurred speech): “Listen don’t take him away. We’re having a good time here. What’s going on?”
Digger opens his arms to greet Pam and says, “Pammy.”
Pamela: “Hi daddy! You ok?”
Digger: “Sure…..sure.”
Pamela: “Daddy I came…….”
Digger: “Uh?”
Pamela: “I came to tell you……”
Digger looks at her drunkenly.
Pamela: “Daddy I came to tell you that I got married.”
Digger smiles and replies (slurred speech): "Well now what do ya think of that?”
Pamela: “Daddy please don’t be mad or hurt. I love my husband daddy.”
Digger smiles and says (slurred speech): "Sure you do!”
Pamela: “…..But he’s Bobby Ewing.”
Digger replies, while not registering who it is: "A ha!”
Cliff looks at Pam.
Pamela: “Daddy the boy I married is a Ewing.”
Digger nods.
Cliff: “Jock Ewing’s boy.”
Cliff then looks down at the table.
Digger then just stares at Pamela and gives her a look that says it all. Pamela then gets emotional.
She leaves the bar. Digger still has the shock stare, with Cliff beside him.
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