Dallas Character Why Was Digger Called Digger?

Angela Channing

Angela Channing

Telly Talk Veteran
I always thought this name never really suited him because his skill was never digging for oil but sniffing it out. Why didn't he have a more appropriate nickname such as Sniffer or Bloodhound or Drifter? Tumbleweed would have worked better but that was already taken by Jason. Maybe he could have been called e Whimsy for the alliteration with Willard.

Why Digger?
 
James from London

James from London

International Treasure
I guess because he sniffed out the places where they would then dig. And maybe because Digger is kind of an oil-related word. I know there was a short-lived perfume-themed soap in the '80s, Bare Essence - maybe if they had a Digger equivalent, they would have called him Sniffer or Smellboy!

(This is my first post on TT -- exciting!)
 
Angela Channing

Angela Channing

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Miss Texas 1967 said:
In the early years the man Jock, Digger and Jason were working for nicknamed him that basically as a joke because he was no good at digging (drilling?). There's a scene where they do address it specifically.
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Thanks, I don't remember that so I think I'm going to re-watch Dallas: The Early Years soon to see that scene.
 
Michelle Stevens

Michelle Stevens

'The Lovely Michelle'
This topic get me thinking about why Marvin Anderson was called "Punk". :think:

I don't recall Punk and Digger meeting on the show. I think Digger died the season before Punk arrived but I could be wrong.
 
James from London

James from London

International Treasure
Michelle Stevens said:
This topic get me thinking about why Marvin Anderson was called "Punk".
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All we know on the subject, I think, is that it was Jock who "hung the name Punk" on him.

Michelle Stevens said:
I think Digger died the season before Punk arrived but I could be wrong.
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Yeah, Punk is mentioned as far back as 'Winds of Vengeance' during the mini-series but doesn't appear until just before Jock finds out he's Ray's daddy. Jock and Punk act like they haven't seen each other in ages, even though they were supposedly together when JR was shot (so maybe Jock framed Kristin for the shooting and he's the real father of all her babies).
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Mustard said:
Another footballer, John Barnes, got the nickname "Digger", after Digger Barnes from Dallas. Some other black footballers since have said that they wouldn't have accepted the nickname because of it rhyming with a certain racist word.

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John Barnes - Wikipedia

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Well that's understandable.

To use that N word these days is to display a singular lack of respect for that individual person's ethnic background.

It's like using the P word or the F word to describe someone who's sexual orientation is toward their own gender.

Unfortunately there's parts of the world like Northern Ireland where I live were that sort of bigotry is still rife. :(
 
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