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#DallasChat Daily: What’s Your Favorite ‘Dallas’ Ball?

July 4, 2014 by Chris Baker 4 Comments

Few traditions on the original “Dallas” could match the grandeur of the annual Oil Baron’s Ball. Do you have a favorite?

Was it Miss Ellie’s moving tribute to Jock at the 1982 ball? How about the 1983 affair, when the Ewing and Barnes women faced off in the powder room and Cliff won the Oilman of the Year Award and insulted Jock, triggering a knock-down, drag-out fight with J.R, Bobby and Ray? There’s also the 1985 ball, when Jamie threw a pie in Cliff’s face and Pam announced she was going to take Bobby’s place as J.R.’s partner in Ewing Oil? And who could forget the 1986 shindig, when Wes Parmalee told the world he was Jock Ewing?

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#DallasChat Daily: What’s Your Favorite ‘Dallas’ Wedding?

July 3, 2014 by Chris Baker 5 Comments

Everyone loves the weddings on the original “Dallas.” Do you have a favorite?

Was it Lucy and Mitch’s 1981 extravaganza, or Miss Ellie and Clayton’s understated 1984 affair? How about J.R. and Sue Ellen’s remarriage in 1982, or Bobby and Pam’s second-time-around in 1986? Perhaps you prefer J.R. and Cally’s union in 1989, or Bobby and April’s 1990 nuptials?

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#DallasChat Daily: What’s Your Favorite ‘Dallas’ Barbecue?

July 2, 2014 by Chris Baker 7 Comments

The Ewing Barbecues were one of the original “Dallas’s” best traditions. Do you have a favorite?

Was it Jock and Digger’s disastrous reunion during the first-season finale, or Pam’s tragic fall from the hayloft at the end of that episode? How about Sue Ellen and Cliff’s flirty dance during the first barbecue of 1982, or the Ewings’ tense showdown with the cartel at that year’s second hoedown? What about Jamie and Marilee’s bitchy confrontation in 1984, or Dandy Dandridge’s drunken shooting spree in 1987?

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#DallasChat Daily: What’s Your Favorite ‘Dallas’ Pool Scene?

July 1, 2014 by Chris Baker 9 Comments

The Southfork swimming pool scenes were one of the original “Dallas’s” most-loved traditions. Do you have a favorite?

Was it the time Donna shoved J.R. into the pool? Or maybe it was the time Jamie pushed Marilee into the water? How about one of J.R. and Bobby’s pool fights? What about the season-ending cliffhanger that found Cliff discovering Kristin’s dead body floating in the pool? Or maybe it was one of Pam’s sexy swimming sequences?

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#DallasChat Daily: Who Deserves a ‘Dallas’ Pool Dunking?

June 30, 2014 by Chris Baker 15 Comments

The Ewings and their friends (and enemies) were constantly being shoved into the Southfork swimming pool on the original series, but so far, the characters on the new show have avoided getting wet against their will. Isn’t it time to change that?

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#DallasChat Daily: What’s J.R. and Sue Ellen’s Best Scene?

June 27, 2014 by Chris Baker 9 Comments

J.R. and Sue Ellen Ewing’s love story spanned more than three decades. What’s your favorite moment?

Their clash before he was shot? The time they reminisced about their courtship? Their confrontation after she caught him in bed with Holly Harwood? The time she gave him a taste of his own medicine? Their reunion at the Cattle Baron’s Ball? Something else?

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#DallasChat Daily: How are Sue Ellen and John Ross Alike?

June 26, 2014 by Chris Baker 6 Comments

John Ross is J.R.’s son from tip to tail, but what does he have in common with his mother, Sue Ellen?

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#DallasChat Daily: Did Sue Ellen Love Any of Her Suitors?

June 25, 2014 by Chris Baker 11 Comments

J.R. was the love of Sue Ellen’s life, but how much did she care for the men with whom she cheated during their marriage?

Among her flings: J.R.’s arch rival, Cliff Barnes; little John Ross’s camp counselor, Peter Richards; investment banker Nicolas Pearce; and of course, everyone’s favorite rodeo cowboy, Dusty Farlow.

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#DallasChat Daily: Did J.R. Love Any of His Mistresses?

June 24, 2014 by Chris Baker 16 Comments

Everyone knows Sue Ellen was the love of J.R.’s life, but what about the women he cheated with during their marriage?

Among the mistresses: J.R.’s longtime secretary, Julie Grey; his favorite prostitute, Serena Wald; his favorite model, Mandy Winger; and of course his least favorite sister-in-law, Kristin Shepard.

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#DallasChat Daily: Were J.R. and Sue Ellen Good Parents?

June 23, 2014 by Chris Baker 7 Comments

J.R. and Sue Ellen’s marriage had its ups and downs, but how would you describe the way they raised their son, John Ross?

Consider: J.R. devoted much of his life to building a legacy for John Ross, although he wasn’t exactly a moral role model for the boy, was he? Meanwhile, Sue Ellen drank throughout her pregnancy and struggled to bond with John Ross when he was a baby, although after her divorce from J.R., she allowed the child to stay at Southfork because she believed it was best for him. On balance, did the couple do right by John Ross?

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