I went to school at TCU in Ft. Worth then spent a couple of years with PwC there and later in the Dallas office in the 80s. As you can imagine, the CBS show “Dallas” was pretty popular. I remember winning the office “Who shot J.R.?” square contest (yes, as in football squares). I had to sheepishly admit I had no clue Bobby was his brother and Sue Ellen his wife and it was sheer, pure luck I won.
J.R. Ewing is back, evil as ever, in a TNT reboot. And this time I have seen a full episode and other snippets on the show’s website.
Well, I am pretty sure there was no website in the 80s. And no digital cameras for the hundreds of daily tourists to SouthFork ranch.
What else is different?
The show focuses more on the younger Ewings so there are more HD TVs and smartphones and new Ford trucks on the ranch. There are plenty of nuances like:
- Bobby’s son Skypes with techs in China. In the 80s we wanted nothing to do with the Commies:)
- He is also into alternate energy. How sacrilegious is that in the “awl” patch?
- J.R.’s son is about hacking into email accounts and tracing IP addresses. Where did he inherit a tech gene?
- Good old Neiman Marcus is still there, but they sell Piaget watches now. Back then Texans wanted gold Rolexes. They were called “Texas Timex”.We also called the store “Needless Markup”.
Oh, there's plenty more. Watch an episode. Not sure this version will run 14 seasons!
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