ALEXIS TAKES CONTROL OF DENVER CARRINGTON

alexis MERGES THE 2 OIL TYCOONS INTO ONE AMAZING CLIP

[@Varekai0723]

The water is right in front of her and she makes someone else pour it for her! What a queen!

[@25mmick]

yasss, gurl yass

[@godisgomes]

Varekai0723 and even after it was poured for her, she didn't drink it!

[@timriggins70]

Adam is like this is not why I went to law school.

[@johndrake2729]

Because she's Alexis Carrington.

[@morganolfursson2560]

I do that with my PA too . He calls me Morgan Carrington Colby

[@flenif2247]

You can tell Joan was from the old school glamour era of Hollywood. She plays it all liek an old movie queen. love her!

[@serious22]

I like how she asks for a glass of water & then doesn't drink it...

[@KD-nk3ht]

She needs a lot of attention and validation. Very insecure.

[@tigerlilly9038]

@@KD-nk3ht so does your comment 🤣🤣

[@tewa9614]

It was probably burned.

[@deaderontheinside6871]

​@@tewa9614 frozen in the bottle at some point 😂

[@michael65]

It is impossible to watch this scene now without thinking of Bette Midler in Big Business watching it and exclaiming "Give 'em hell Alexis!!! God look at her, she's just runnin' that whole company!!"

[@marc44444]

oh my g yessss!!

[@galinagajik191]

Lol me too

[@vastolive8]

Me too!!

[@latinguy67]

I thought the VERY same thing!!!!

[@sesimessi1157]

Thinking the same

[@Michaelahol]

Almost kind of reminded me of a scene in Mommie Dearest. Joan Crawford at the Pepsi Cola business meeting.

[@hardren101]

lol....Don't fuck with me fellas!!!!...dis aint my 1st time at the rodeo.....the only similarity is old boys club in a boardroom....joan crawford with that heavy make-up shifting back n fourth in that chair coming across like a heavy handed,mentally unbalanced psycho.....alexis in contrast appeared,calm,confident,strong n in charge...and told them old boys...she is very direct women... if they are not prepared to vote her way...she will fire them ALL on the spot and replace them with a board that will approve her agenda...she clears her throat asks her male funky adam to pour it for her but never takes a sip...pwr move to let them old boys know...lulu's back in town...aint it a gass..dynasty was well ahead of its time....this is a well written scene and executed masterfully by joan collins..

[@prettid051]

Me too

[@bluestrife28]

Chase said it all. I’d like to think though that Joan, even though she was a sad drunken egomaniac, inspired all of the soon after Divas like Alexis, I just always thought of her in my gay toddlerhood as Alexis.

[@Christian_Ada1]

@@bluestrife28 agreed

[@veronica0902]

Joan Crawford quote in Mommie Dearest: "Don't F**k with me fellas!"

[@novalis]

I also want dramatic strings playing in the background for every move I make in the office!

[@michaelreilly3513]

LOLZ

[@jemiamidget1247]

Me too...lol

[@user-jv1cl2fs6m]

ROFLMDAO!!!

[@johnfreie1778]

Me too! 😆

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

One woman I worked with, long ago, was robust in appearance and manner. A colleague said that she looked like she should be accompanied everywhere by a military marching band.

[@md991free]

She is so powerful in this scene. Commanding like a true Queen.

[@holamoco]

She is so fucking powerful! The Queen!

[@MarthaMansbridge]

She was playing a stereotypical powerful woman who = a bitch, and the character was just plain mean - this is not being a ‘Queen’ or remotely empowering for any woman. It simply repeats the stereotype that a strong woman has to be beguiling, sexy, beautiful, well dressed and bitchy. Horrible character, horrible show.

[@jrmetmoi]

You go Alexis! Fire them all on on the spawwht!

[@marckressmann2167]

Blake : I abdicted nothing. Alexis : ... yet.

[@jeylful]

Best actress for to play this character!!

[@JassminaVellucci]

jeylful I agree. And to think they wanted Sophia Loren to play this Character, but she wanted too much money.

[@hyugaotq]

they wanted Elizabeth Taylor too and she wanted too much money too, so...Joan Collins play this character and she give her Best!

[@davidpar2]

jeylful Elizabeth Taylor had an “unhinged” nature to her nastiness; Joan Collins had a sharp, biting, bitchy nature to hers. I think they picked the right actress with Collins

[@ASIF247]

Jassmina Vellucciano they wanted Sophia Lauren and the Character was going to be called Madeline.

[@reuterromain1054]

@@hyugaotq And they asked Sophia Loren who also asked too much money!

[@argerinejordan9152]

The Diva!! Old Hollywood Glamour. That's my idol!!

[@alexthelizardking]

Never seen this show before, but just knew she was going to say "splendid".

[@deborahcrossley525]

Superb actress.

[@debbielundberg9379]

Set in a time when female actress did not get the strong leads. But Joan Collins paved the way.

[@kconrad5893]

Bullshit. I can name a dozen female actresses who had lead roles. Want me to? 🙄

[@shaleenaf.7095]

@@kconrad5893 I agree with you. um no " female strong leads" before Joan Collins? Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Gloria Swanson,Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich and MANY others that came way before her. I don't dislike Joan Collins, but she did not pave the way one bit sorry.

[@kconrad5893]

@@shaleenaf.7095 Exactly!

[@alessaschmitz5847]

@@kconrad5893 they paved the way on the silver screen and Joan paved on the TV

[@David-dz3ig]

I would say Joan Collins must have watched the pepsi boardroom scene with Joan Crawford for inspiration with a touch of English Agnes Moirehead’s Endora . “Splendid Derwood”!

[@johndrake2729]

That's cold, Alexis, gangsta cold.

[@PattiRussoFan]

Bette Midler's movie big business brought me here. I LOVE BETTE MIDLER. SHE IS MY ROLE MODEL. I am a 16 year old Bette Midler fan. "I shall fire you all on the spot and get a new board to approve the merger"

[@SunshineMeLove]

What does Bette Midler have to do with this?

[@joncav82]

Summer Sunshine Bette Midler spoofed this scene in the movie Big Business..... but as of late I can't find that scene on youtube

[@hardren101]

Summer Sunshine You would have had to seen the movie to understand the relationship....there was a boardroom scene in that movie related to the two sisters....

[@redletter2008]

Big Business was a good movie despite the presence of Bitch Midler.

[@carey579]

Bette Midler is my favourite! Funniest actress

[@TopClark69]

That's the scene Bette Midler's character tries to replicate on the movie ''Big Business''. Very funny!

[@JFPickus]

As you know, I have controlling interest in Denver Carr....uh, Moramax. 😂

[@nupurdeshpande2889]

She is so Shakespearean it's amazing

[@strikeleather6503]

You can imagine her as Lady Macbeth. Or Cleopatra. She should have had that part in the film version.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

​@@strikeleather6503I bet that's what the 20th Century Fox execs were thinking after a few months of Liz Taylor's demands.

[@bobby12348]

This was a great show back in the early 90s .My mom used to love this show. She didn't watch TV much but she loved dynasty. ☺️🙎🏿‍♀️

[@sflachuck]

Go head, Alexis! You are the Queen of EVERYTHING...

[@Gatsbyesque]

One of those guys looks JUST like Alfred Hitchcock.

[@D_Marrenalv]

Give'em hell, Alexis!

[@JermaineJoJo3657]

I can here after seeing this scene on the movie "Big Business" (Lily Tomlin & Bette Midler) I always wondered what was the name of this movie, finally I found it after all these years

[@AndyC3.0]

I love that she didn't even drink the water !✌

[@catspaw3092]

Alexis always dresses for success she looks sharp & glamorous in everything that she wears.

[@skaterboy-cz9wj]

I think the costumer would have empowered women and Alexis more had she chosento dress like a woman in a man's world but simply having confidence in herself as aperson regardless of genderie. Wear vibrant pin skirt suit. I am person hear me roar! This was an old school group of men. She should be respected because she is cunninng and smart regardless of outfit

[@catspaw3092]

@@skaterboy-cz9wj That she is I loved it when she kicked Blake & Kyrstal out saying "Take this trash & that blond tramp & get out of my home." "Savage"

[@leolight5369]

Bonn was the capital of West Germany in the '80s instead of Berlin. That was before the reunification of Germany.

[@yoni5570]

Thank you..... I was like why in the hell did she mention Bonn of all places?

[@reginaphalange1403]

I own 51% of this damn company

[@lordbyron3603]

I never got to see any of the episodes when they were first shown, because I was much too busy living my life. When Bette Midler did this scene in her movie, which I might add was hilariously funny, I decided to check it out.

[@tonyneal400]

Lord Byron I'm sure you weren't the only one busy with life

[@jucutan]

She should do that old "Don't Fu** with me Fellahs!""

[@alexisdiva9]

Except that using the F bomb was unacceptable language in prime time on broadcast TV in the 1980's.

[@jucutan]

@@alexisdiva9 Yeah that's true but didn't they say, or described them as Bitches, even in magazines and tv guide?

[@kloenk]

Great to this clip again! I've only seen it again being used in the Bette Midler movie, called Big Business. The clip was used by Bette as an example of how a great businesswoman would act! Thanks for posting

[@sharonheard9918]

Joan Collins can rock a hat like no other.

[@MontrealNorth]

Boy y'all these with some good days back then👏👏👏👏👏👌👌👌✌✌✌ love this show

[@walterroberts2861]

"The Cifonelli-Shoulder; Has Been Birthed!!!!"

[@chickenwing986]

Clearly, she’s never heard of antitrust legislation.

[@phoenixnyc]

At this point, she hasn't heard of a lot of things. One thing the show got right was showing Alexis' growing pains as she learned just what running a megabillion dollar corporation like ColbyCo was really like. But don't forget - this was at the height of the Reagan years. Government regulation of business was not one of his priorities, and since he was appointing the people in the SEC, FTC, and the Justice Department, it wasn't one of their priorities, either (one holdover from the Carter Administration described the FTC as "a gaunt and bloodied agency" after eight years of neglect).

[@tigerlilly9038]

IT'S THE HAT FOR ME "BEEEEEEEEECH!!! " A leeeeeeeewk! timelessness solidified!!!

[@truthhurts6459]

Sadie loved this scene in the movie Big Business. Lol

[@robertobiscaro9839]

Victoria Grayson has soooooo much to learn from this pro!

[@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona]

Victoria was formidable too… alexis is in another league though

[@melishia25]

This remids me of the scene from mommy dearest when joan crawford(faye dunaway) goes against the men at the Pepsi company

[@m8852]

Watched just for John James's hair.

[@laenav]

Good Old Boys Club hated that😂😂😂

[@AeroPortJoga]

I always thought it was really bizarre, that Adam and Jeff were right behind her, "on her side" while still being within the closest family circle of Blake. How do you have dinner together after this???...

[@poseidon3201]

Many have rushed home to view and take notes to use on their friends and enemies. This scene reminds me of our legendary leading lady- JOAN CRAWFORD in the Pepsi boardroom scene of Mommy Dearist. Now of the following, these ladies have in one way or another touched the lives of everyone that they have encountered. Such beauty, power, prestiege, and zest of JOAN C+ Joan C, Diahann Carroll, and the ultimate beauty of human history even Cleopatra: Elizabeth Taylor, will thrive in our hearts forever.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

That was Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford, not Joan herself.

[@wincrasher2007]

She should have said, "don't fuck with me fellas!"

[@dimasgomesnovo2316]

My admiration when she says "keep change, keep change"

[@carolkeating3267]

Big business brought me here

[@gayham]

Don't fuck with me fellas!

[@realazduffman]

"I will fire you all on the spot." Except that you cannot do that in a publicly traded corporation.

[@MariahIsSkinnyFuckBlueLives]

You can if you’re wearing shoulder pads! Little known legal loophole

[@RS-dm4yo]

Right, it's almost insulting!!! As if the women viewers of the time wouldn't know that.

[@alexisdiva9]

True but I believe at the time ColbyCo owned 51% of Denver Carrington so they were the majority holder. Also as I recall this was around the time when Adam tricked Jeff into signing over his 50% share of ColbyCo to Alexis who already owned the other 50%.

[@GetBenched2010]

You may THINK you're fierce, but you will NEVER be Alexis Carrington/Colby in full revenge mode fierce.

[@mrarabesque]

She said Bonn which was the capital of West-Germany at that time... but the stockmarket of Germany has always been in Frankfurt... so I don't know why she said Bonn... maybe I heard it wrong....

[@Dreamskater100]

I worked with a woman called Marise Palmer in the 90s in the city, my last year @ uni, smoked like a chimney & could out drink Oliver Reed if she had to, she wore 80s shoulder padded blazers and carried on like Alexis, well tried.(!)

[@Red_Rebel]

I remember this scene is on Big Business where Bette Midler’s Sady character emulates her.

[@MaleOrderBride]

Well played, Alexis!! 💅

[@JShahlo]

Damn! I love Alexis \o/

[@collinfong]

J love the way Alexis got everything she wants

[@tigerlilly9038]

She channeled Margaret Thatcher with the fire everyone threat. I mean *cough* promise. 🤣

[@MrRibby88]

Big Business brought me here.

[@user-sb7lb5nt1q]

I remember this scene in the movie " big business

[@Ulalafanboy]

Can someone please tell me what episode this is from? Thanks.

[@audiomike007]

as a lawyer: the resolution of the Management Board should be in writting!!

[@johnjames3362]

as a lawyer, you should know how to spell "writing"

[@RS-dm4yo]

@@johnjames3362 lol!!

[@alistairwharton1559]

She makes it look so easy!!😜😂

[@shaykrazi3640]

Yeah, especially with her suit and hat on that episode!

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Alexis was NOT a bitch. She just went after what she wanted.... when Blake does it he's seen as strong and bold.

[@Antonio-se7nq]

Great actress

[@walterroberts2861]

And "It Is I; Whom Shall Become; "The Cifonelli-Shoulder;"

[@yme9953]

Werk! I would rock that outfit! ❤️

[@MontrealNorth]

The baddest "b.... that ever lived🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳❤❤❤❤❤❤🥂🥂🥂🥂👍 Beluga caviar any ounce you want to eat oops"🤣🤣

[@Mercmann7]

What is the episode number ? Somebody knows ?

[@NS-vw8pm]

I can’t believe she treats Adam like that. You’d think she’d respect her own son.

[@Mr17051963]

Good morning, Charlie! 😃

[@bryan401]

@JRSueEllen omg yes!!! you totally nailed that one! come on, get happy!!!

[@PattiRussoFan]

@summersunshine bette midler did that part of the movie in one of her movies big business

[@hardren101]

This scene is way ahead of it's time....Alexis strode into that Boardroom with her WHITE hat, took her seat at the HEAD of the table n put them old boys on notice...."I'm a very direct WOMEN,if i do not get that approval, n please understand, I have a controlling interest in DC, I will FIRE u all on the spot n replace u with a board that will approve (She cld have easily poured that glass of water herself but has her male minion do it)."....A very well written scene n executed brilliantly by Collins (very similar to the power play by Shari Redstone to oust Les Moonves frm CBS).

[@kaike67]

No, that's *exactly* what she said. Thank you very much!

[@robertellwood8598]

She didn't even have a sip of the water! 😂

[@nassah23]

She wasn't thirsty and didn't need the water.

[@robyortichella7412]

She means: i make to do men everything i want

[@MaryBlanche]

Mommie Dearest Pepsi board room spoof ❤️

[@jrbknox]

J. Ede I swear I was just thinking that

[@YourJellyFishAteMyTV]

Is it weird that I know this scene from watching Big Business

[@archieriverdale769]

Has any one notice that she didn't drink the water.

[@joanbecenti8938]

A man with power is respected. A woman with power is considered a b***h.

[@rockyracoon3233]

Well Isabella, Elizabeth I, and Catherine the Great were awesome BI!@&*S!!!!!

[@amaniaman7818]

Lmao she didn't even want that water. Just a way to torture them a little

[@adventurousx8220]

Well this seems like the mommy dearest scene when Joan Crawford took over PepsiCo

[@joancollins54]

I shall fire you all on the spot ! and replace you with a new board that Will approve the merger! classic JOAN ( I MEAN ALEXIS! ) I met JOAN on many occasions and met "ALEXIS" twice. LOL LOVE HER who couldn't?

[@robyortichella7412]

You mean that Joan was Alexis and Alexis was Joan?

[@Roadracer987654321]

Bringing Back Dynasty as a Miniseries would be Fun. I Think Alexis would Cool Out a Bit after Blake's Death. Carrington Oil would Merge with Colbyco Finally.

[@hardren101]

what a great interpretation!!! So true, so true and good catch...now that i think about it, i think that is why the scene of her asking for adam to pour her a glass of water is included here...had she been a man she wld have poured it for herself....she asks her lap dog adam to pour it but then never even takes a sip from it....this was done purposely to all for viewer interpretation of the action.

[@jrmetmoi]

Among her best! Among her best...

[@bella22010]

Blake look so pretty in this clip.. He has a glow about him..

[@jrmetmoi]

bella22010 Blake was hot almost GILF-worthy

[@timriggins70]

I'm confused if she can replace the board why does she even need the approval.

[@phoenixnyc]

She doesn't, not really. This is really more to rub Blake's face in it than anything else. When the merger is completed, Denver Carrington will cease to be an independent publicly traded company, and ColbyCo's board will become its board. Usually, some of the senior management and board are folded into the acquiring company, and I'm sure Alexis is banking on most of DC's directors hoping they'll be among the chosen few. Besides which, there's many a slip between the merger agreement and the final signatures, so if Alexis fires the board and the merger still doesn't happen, she'd find herself the majority stockholder in a company with a stock price that took a huge nosedive when the entire previous board was replaced.

[@ttvasakis]

What show is this

[@eugenekocielko8501]

I hope the new Dynasty does a take on this.

[@alexissmet4532]

ALEXIS COLBY COLBYCO OIL CO...MY FAVORITE ACTRES

[@ronaldscott7421]

dynasty at.its . best

[@timriggins70]

Adam is like he's agreeing too easily he's up to something.

[@hardren101]

that little prick adam was always up to something...when al corley advised when his current contract expired he wld be leaving the role...the producers panicked and created the stupid far fetched storyline of the 1st born son kidnapped 20 some odd years earlier...poorly written character..the character crossed certain boundries that destroyed trust and wld be hard to come back from....bad enough when he set his mother up to take the fall for poisoning jeff....but when he got blake to sign over POA when blake was at his worst...that type of betrayal wld be vry haed for any parent to tolerate including the high moral noble blake carrington....even if blake eventuallky forgave him...the relationship wld be destroyed beyond repair....then at the end of season 7 they formally adopt adam(it was later revealedin s8 that he was infact their bio child)..there is no fckn way on earth i would adopt an individual that had done the things adam did..i wld have changed the phone numbers and left instructions at the main gate that he shld be shot on site if he attempted to gain entry.

[@timriggins70]

Chase Jackson I agree with you but my post was not worded properly. I meant to say that Adam was thinking that Blake agreed too easily and must be up to something.

[@hardren101]

dnt think even today how mny nvr realized how ground breaking dynasty was.....alexis was the CEO of a billion dollar fortune 500 company...a bit of narcassistic self absorbed whack job...but a sexually liberated women....this baordroom scene was well written,well played and well directed...she strode in that old boy boardroom...elf-assured,confident and in charge...put them all on notice...cleared her throught and asked adam for a glass of water that she nvr even sipped...and them told them old boys...she is a very direct room...and please be reminded that i have controling interest in denver carrington.....i will fire you all on the spot...and replaces your asses with a board that will approve it...

[@jrmetmoi]

Adam took after Alexis the most. Sneaky and conniving. God I just LOVE Alexis ❤️❤️

[@Gatsbyesque]

@TechForThought Or perhaps "debonair?"

[@JhomasE]

That was funny with Bette Midler threatening to fire everyone. She was really copying Alexis. LOL.

[@amyclarke41]

yes

[@dianeharris349]

This is the scene that Bette Midler watches in Big Business

[@mitzi7416]

@brinpol but she didnt drink any of it.

[@edunoeduno4980]

i need a thumb cast from all the snapping i was doing during this clip

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Alexis trick is she wasnt afraid of men. She didn't need men. Yet, if Blake had shown one sincere moment of affection for her, she would have done whatever he asked. I think they should have brought them together at least briefly.