Would Jock and Clayton have gotten along?

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I could see Clayton & Jock having respect for each other.

Maybe even friendship but Jock was rather rough & ready whereas Clayton was much more of a gentleman & a softer character.

It's just a shame that we lost Jim Davis so soon into the series run.

Even with Steve Forrest as Jock it was interesting to see how threatened Clayton was at the prospect of Miss Ellie's first husband coming back from the dead.

Clayton certainly didn't feel fully comfortable with Wes when it was realised that he could be Jock. He ordered him off Southfork.

And regardless of the outcome of Wes being Jock or not, Clayton obviously felt inadequate at the thought of the Ewing patriarch & the love of Miss Ellie's life being back.

He even left Southfork to allow Miss Ellie to make her choice. Him or Wes Parmalee/Jock Ewing.

The fact that Miss Ellie makes her choice of Clayton rather than Jock is down to the way the Wes Parmalee is Jock Ewing storyline was received by the viewers but we'll not get into that as all that has been well documented & discussed in other threads.

All I can say is that Clayton is a very lucky man. If circumstances had been different with the viewers, Jock would've taken back his wife & Southfork.

 

[DeAllen]

Miss Ellie sure said they would've --- but would they really??

Good question. There were certainly enough similarities to where I think the 2 gentlemen would have been acquaintances, possibly even doing business with his refineries.

Clayton seemed more cultured or perhaps the appearance of being more cultured mattered to him or giving that impression to others. Jock drove a Lincoln that looked to be a few years old while Clayton tooled around in a Rolls Royce and perhaps overly simplistic as it may sound I think that pretty much described both men. Jock was a Lincoln/Ford and Clayton was a Rolls Royce....lol

One area the 2 men shared was they didn't tolerate being pushed. The difference being Jock would fight back with any weapon necessary including wiping somebody out financially or breaking their jaw. Clayton appeared to be too good to fight anyway less than moral.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

Good question. There were certainly enough similarities to where I think the 2 gentlemen would have been acquaintances, possibly even doing business with his refineries.

Clayton seemed more cultured or perhaps the appearance of being more cultured mattered to him or giving that impression to others. Jock drove a Lincoln that looked to be a few years old while Clayton tooled around in a Rolls Royce and perhaps overly simplistic as it may sound I think that pretty much described both men. Jock was a Lincoln/Ford and Clayton was a Rolls Royce....lol

One area the 2 men shared was they didn't tolerate being pushed. The difference being Jock would fight back with any weapon necessary including wiping somebody out financially or breaking their jaw. Clayton appeared to be too good to fight anyway less than moral.

I don't know. He sucker punched JR at the wedding to Sue Ellen, and he reacted as such several times to JR.
I think Clayton gave the appearance of being moral, but onside his lust for Sue Ellen.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I think Clayton and Jock would have enjoyed singing duets together. The contrast of Clayton’s studied baritone and Jock’s gravely snarl would have worked magic on the contemporary pop hits of the day - think Bowie and Jagger but older and Texan.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I think Clayton and Jock would have enjoyed singing duets together. The contrast of Clayton’s studied baritone and Jock’s gravely snarl would have worked magic on the contemporary pop hits of the day - think Bowie and Jagger but older and Texan.

Have you been drinking!?!

Jock couldn't stand Elvis Presley so I doubt very much he'd want to do a duet with Clayton Farlow.

If this is documented in your three volume magnum opus of The Life & Times of the Dynamic Andy Bradley then I'm afraid it's inaccurate!

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

Have you been drinking!?!

Jock couldn't stand Elvis Presley so I doubt very much he'd want to do a duet with Clayton Farlow.

If this is documented in your three volume magnum opus of The Life & Times of the Dynamic Andy Bradley then I'm afraid it's inaccurate!

it’s certainly in there! Andy was more of a crooner type himself, not unlike Kristen Shepard’s father, the great Bing Crosby.

I did indeed indulge in a bit too much bonded bourbon the other night and mischaracterized Jock’s voice, which was often described in his later years as an intriguing blend of Willie Nelson and Tom Waits.