Was DALLAS a cartoon?

[Snarky Oracle!]

I think Larry had said it become like a cartoon towards the end of the series.

Larry called DALLAS "a cartoon" in more than one interview, and I didn't get the impression he was only referring to the later years. He did concede, however, that the last couple of seasons "weren't up to par."

 

[Seaviewer]

was it right for the producers to view the series that way over all?

Short answer: no. But it does explain why Katzman and Hagman made those later seasons the way they did as the dissenting voices fell away and they gained greater control.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I sort of wonder if the later seasons were turned into an overt cartoon to rationalize that their earlier infamous mistakes were somehow consistent with how DALLAS was supposed to be.

A la, "See? We're crap -- it's deliberate!"

 

[Angela Channing]

Dallas as a cartoon:

 

[Billy Wall]

JR inspired character JB on (1983) Alvin and the Chipmunks.

 

[darkshadows38]

i've never much thought about it but i have heard some cast members talk about various shows they were on where it's them talking about how it later became like a cartoon i can't think of one person who actually said that but i'm sure if someone did some looking they'd find at least one