Sue Ellen met an old friend from college in an episode of Dallas shown in 1981. They reminisced.
She: I haven’t been to this part of town in years....It certainly has changed, but I guess everything has.
Approaching the place they went on their first date, he enthused, "Well this is where it all happens."
She: No it didn't We went to the Starlight with the grand view.
He: This was it. It's now Dallas' latest 5-story garage.
She (sighed): Those were wonderful days but they seemed like a million years ago.
'Who Shot J.R?' was the episode which became a pop cultural phenomenon and made Dallas TV's most popular show between Ronald Reagan's first term and the start of his second term in office.
By the time the J.R Ewing's judgement day episode went on air in 1991, actress Linda Gray acknowledged, "It was lovely to be part of the end. It was a closure for me."
J.R Ewing was shot during the 1980 North American rites of spring. The economy was topsy-turvy at the time and Dallas was providing a much needed diversion.
The buzz over 'Who Shot J.R?' worked because by the time the 'Who shot J.R?' episode was resolved, in the fall of 1980, 83 million American viewers were watching to find out. One historian believed, "The far-reaching media impact Dallas had in the summer of 1980, we may never see again."
Actor Jared Martin made the observation, "Hollywood loves an unhappy story as much as it does a happy one, I've discovered. There was a similar occurrence with Bob Wagner and Stefanie Powers. After Natalie Wood's sad demise, it was reported that Stefanie was ready to move into Bob's house and take care of the children. Why? Because they were a happily married couple on Hart to Hart. Yet we know life doesn't imitate art."
She: I haven’t been to this part of town in years....It certainly has changed, but I guess everything has.
Approaching the place they went on their first date, he enthused, "Well this is where it all happens."
She: No it didn't We went to the Starlight with the grand view.
He: This was it. It's now Dallas' latest 5-story garage.
She (sighed): Those were wonderful days but they seemed like a million years ago.
'Who Shot J.R?' was the episode which became a pop cultural phenomenon and made Dallas TV's most popular show between Ronald Reagan's first term and the start of his second term in office.
By the time the J.R Ewing's judgement day episode went on air in 1991, actress Linda Gray acknowledged, "It was lovely to be part of the end. It was a closure for me."
J.R Ewing was shot during the 1980 North American rites of spring. The economy was topsy-turvy at the time and Dallas was providing a much needed diversion.
The buzz over 'Who Shot J.R?' worked because by the time the 'Who shot J.R?' episode was resolved, in the fall of 1980, 83 million American viewers were watching to find out. One historian believed, "The far-reaching media impact Dallas had in the summer of 1980, we may never see again."
Actor Jared Martin made the observation, "Hollywood loves an unhappy story as much as it does a happy one, I've discovered. There was a similar occurrence with Bob Wagner and Stefanie Powers. After Natalie Wood's sad demise, it was reported that Stefanie was ready to move into Bob's house and take care of the children. Why? Because they were a happily married couple on Hart to Hart. Yet we know life doesn't imitate art."
