The theme from Dallas

I loved original Southfork. I laugh at the first Ewing BBQ. Pam bar shouldered and it's plainly winter or early spring.

In college, a friend made up lyrics for the main melody part:

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Oh Dal-las, DAL-las!

They live in a palace

That they call Sou-outhfork! (Southfork!)

You know there's malice

When you watch 'Dallas'

And then you see J.R.!

With PAM, and BOB-by, and Mi-iss Ellie

And her husband Clayton Farlow! (Clayton Farlow!)

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There's more, but I forgot the rest.

Dallas' theme is memorable, but musically, Falcon Crest's was my favorite.

I completely agree with R3. Both the Falcon Crest and Dynasty themes were more elegant. The Dallas theme belonged in an action movie.

r4 I love all those theme tunes and Knots Landing too but I feel the Dallas themetune really conveyed the epic power of saga best. Almost shakesperean feel.

Yes, it is a good TV theme song - peppy and exciting. I didn't watch Dallas until the Who Shot JR stuff came up. So, I never realized the changes made, over the years, to the intro. The very first one sounded a bit like Theme from Shaft.

No opinion on the music, but Jim Davis was a big sexy beast. Neither of his sons had an ounce of his testosterone-fueled quiet swagger.

Dallas was well done, as was Falcon Crest.

But

There simply is no comparison to the finest one.

The pony! The twirl!

oh god, the theme to Dallas. Put me nearly in a trance with my heart pounding it was so good.

The Dallas theme song has a Western feel.

Yes, R11, it felt (sounded) very Texas, as Dynasty felt very fucking rich.

OMG! Ana Alicia twirled in season 2! A full season before Susan twirled! This is MAJOR!!!

I identified with those cows in the Dallas theme.

[quote] I identified with those cows in the Dallas theme.

Because you're fat?

[quote]Pam bar (sic) shouldered and it's plainly winter or early spring.

That wouldn't be that unusual for Dallas in the winter. It was 78 degrees in Dallas today, January 17.

But you wouldn't give a big outdoor BBQ in winter.

R15 It's probably because he releases too much methane when he farts.

[quote]But you wouldn't give a big outdoor BBQ in winter.

Tell me you're not from Texas without telling me you're not from Texas.

I loved the theme song.

I remember when I was in 5th grade band we were learning to play it.

We ran out of time at the end of the year to learn it all. I was bummed.

Someone once said Miss Ellie always looked like she was struggling to hold in an explosive fart.

R21 There was no struggle.

I never watched Dallas as regularly as I did Dynasty and Knot’s Landing, but I did go through spells where I watched ..,but obviously not much toward the end, because I have NO idea who Kimberly Foster and Sheree Wilson are supposed to be.

I forgot that they brought Charlene Tilton back for a couple of seasons. I don’t remember what her story was. Also shocked that Donna was there that long. And WOW was Priscilla beautiful.

For some reason, I thought Linda Gray was there the whole time, but obviously not. Everyone can agree that Sue Ellen was the best character, right?

WHET Cathy Podewell??

[quote] WHET Cathy Podewell??

She went to Camp Podwall, and was never offered another role again.

[quote] No opinion on the music, but Jim Davis was a big sexy beast. Neither of his sons had an ounce of his testosterone-fueled quiet swagger.

Jock had four sons: J. R., Bobby, and Gary with Miss Ellie, and Ray Krebbs with another woman.

r23 Sue Ellen left Summer of 1989.The show ended two years later. I think that was a huge loss of the back of losing both Pam and Donna two years earlier.I always felt it a mistake they didnt axed Donna played by Susan Howard the same season Pam left.I think losing both was too much and Donna was rich with potential.

Why didn’t they ever have Lucy on Knot’s Landing? I think I remember her showing up once the first season, but I barely remember them even mentioning her after that.

That Falcon Crest theme is awful... I never watched that one. Dynasty was my jam... Hello Steven Carrington!

Steven Carrington, of Studio 54. Great hair and what a face! That fascinating pout!

r27 Should say a shame they DID ask Donna rather than didn't!!

I never understood why Susan HOWARD was in the main credit sequence while other characters with far more screen time were relegated to the Southfork overlay at the end of the episode. Susan HOWARD was a complete nonentity on this show.

r32 It took her a good few seasons before she was put into the main credits.Sometimes Miss Ellie only made a handful of appearances per episode but was still included in main credits ditto Sherre J Wilson in the final season when her character April Stevens died about 4 episodes in.

[quote]Someone once said Miss Ellie always looked like she was struggling to hold in an explosive fart.

Lol, R21! And they were right.

Others with that selfsame look: Ned Beatty and Mare Winningham.

Oh, you're right, R26! I'd forgotten about Gary. Let me revise my @R21: THREE of his four sons hadn't an ounce of Jock's easy sexual magnetism.

Ray Krebs, OTOH? Oh, yeah, he got ALL of what was clearly meant to be spread evenly among four.

I wanted Ray inside me quite deeply.

In retrospect, Steve Kanaly was a handsome man. Ray was a bit of a bowl of oatmeal though, sort of the Valene of Dallas when Valene was away... always sufferin'. Throw in a dash of Charlie Brown too, always on the short end of the stick.

Prefer the DL version

[quote] I never understood why Susan HOWARD was in the main credit sequence while other characters with far more screen time were relegated to the Southfork overlay

The reason is money and contracts. Technically, the actors posted after the main title sequence were not relegated. They were rather not yet promoted. I think on average it took an actor two seasons to get added to the main credits. Either that or you were discarded altogether. The typical way to move up was starting as a guest star. They see potential, so next season you get an "Also Starring". After two more seasons, you are added to main title or out.

Some exceptions apply. I think at the end of Dallas' run, they added everybody and their brother to the main title sequence in lieu of money. Hey, we cannot pay you shit anymore, but at least you look important as an actor who carries the show."

JR was like Victor Newman on Young & Restless. The only alpha personality amongst a bunch of good-looking men. Both JR and Victor don't even really have sex appeal.

I'm partial to the Mary Tyler Moore theme song

R7- I bet you JOCK most likely had a big

COCK 🍆

r35 He's delicious but so is Gary played by gorgeous blonde hunk Ted Shackleford 🤩

Surprised by all the Jock Ewing love.

Every gay wants so gravel voiced big man to bend him over and bark: take it, bitch. Even the tops, in their hearts.

R45- Here he is in San Francisco in 1974. He went there to FUCK his brains out- and he succeeded.

I wonder what Miss Ellie would have to say?

I'm watching this from season one. In the past watched on and off. Sue Ellen really does stand out from the beginning. The scene where attempted rapists invade Southfork and make her dress up in her Ms. Texas bathing suit and sing people who need people is great acting but also hilarious. The show also has much more of a neo western feel than I remember.

[quote] Surprised by all the Jock Ewing love.

It's nostalgia. Masculinity has disappeared from modern television.

Back to the theme song:

"He's mean, he's rich, his wife is a bitch / He drives a big yellow car / He lives in a palace in the middle of Dallas / And we all know his name's JR."

The theme from Dallas (and in the show in general) made Dallas seem so glamorous. When I actually went there as a kid, I was shocked to learn what a flat, brown, sprawling, congested shitpile of a city it actually was

That Jock Ewing CoffeeMate commercial was linked to a website, bionicdisco.com - and that site is an Eldergays' dream! Nothing but the 1970s... in TV commercials and more. oh my.

R35, I never watched Dallas save for the opening credits, and that was to catch a glimpse of Steve Kanaly in his cowboy hat.

Quarts of adolescent jizz shot over this silver fox.

Ditto for Gregory Harrison stepping out of the shower in Trapper John MD.

[quote]In retrospect, Steve Kanaly was a handsome man. Ray was a bit of a bowl of oatmeal though, sort of the Valene of Dallas when Valene was away... always sufferin'. Throw in a dash of Charlie Brown too, always on the short end of the stick.

I think he was also meant to be the anti-JR; decent guy, salt of the earth, all that. But boring - everyone thought he was dull, while JR is mean, but also an absolute hoot.

[quote]Tell me you're not from Texas without telling me you're not from Texas.

Is it really a fault though to be unfamiliar with the social customs in a vast waste of space filled with gun toting Christian hypocrite racists?

I forgot how super-disco-flavored it was at first.

It's funny to hear the prominent cymbals disappear from the mix as the '80s get underway.

None of them can hold a candle to FRESNO!

Ray fucked every Ewing woman except Val and Miss Ellie.

Nobody cared about the Donna character, R27.

That woman did not even deserve an opening sequence credit. She should have been credited after the show with Morgan Brittany and all the rest.

R15 No. I'm not fat. Because I am more of a country person and Dallas is too much of a city even though the show makes it out to be like some kind of cowboy ranch plantation or something, it's really not. R50 got it right.

I could see myself moseying along with my buds, clouds floating by and it's peaceful and quiet.

God love you R56!

r58 Awe I think she was more popular and interesting than you say! I especially liked her interactions with Miss Ellie.