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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 204972" data-attributes="member: 102">I agree. I&#039;d have liked for them to have made William Smithers a member of the main cast. He was much more interesting in the role of the man who ran Westar than George Kennedy was. He was a much more formidable adversary for JR than Cliff ever was. Cliff was so repellent that it was satisfying to see JR grind him out under his heel like a roach, even though just like a roach, Cliff kept on coming back. After a while though, seeing JR face a more serious adversary would have been a nice change.&nbsp; Smithers played Wendell perfectly. I think he provided a better adversary than Carter McKay did. George Kennedy could act too, but he wasn&#039;t even close to being on Smithers&#039; level in the role of running Westar. The only thing that comes to mind at the moment as to why they might have gone with McKay is he had a daughter, whereas Wendell didn&#039;t and they wanted to repeat that story of Bobby being in love with the daughter of a man who hated Bobby&#039;s family. The original is always the best. They would have been better of trying something they hadn&#039;t already done better before.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 204972, member: 102"] I agree. I'd have liked for them to have made William Smithers a member of the main cast. He was much more interesting in the role of the man who ran Westar than George Kennedy was. He was a much more formidable adversary for JR than Cliff ever was. Cliff was so repellent that it was satisfying to see JR grind him out under his heel like a roach, even though just like a roach, Cliff kept on coming back. After a while though, seeing JR face a more serious adversary would have been a nice change. Smithers played Wendell perfectly. I think he provided a better adversary than Carter McKay did. George Kennedy could act too, but he wasn't even close to being on Smithers' level in the role of running Westar. The only thing that comes to mind at the moment as to why they might have gone with McKay is he had a daughter, whereas Wendell didn't and they wanted to repeat that story of Bobby being in love with the daughter of a man who hated Bobby's family. The original is always the best. They would have been better of trying something they hadn't already done better before. [/QUOTE]

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