Dallas | The Inside Story from Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy and more

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The stars of Dallas reveal insider stories about the making of one of America’s most popular series.
Stars: Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy, Charlene Tilton, Michele Lee, Joan Van Ark, Donna Mills.
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[@leonardreid2911]

CBS Friday Nights was my ritual back in the day! Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas and Falcon Crest! The best night of TV in the 80’s!

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Roscoe P. Coltrane 😂

[@edwardnardone7485]

same with me instead of "Falcon Crest" i watched "Miami Vice"

[@MsTexas73]

And the original line up: Incredible Hulk, Dukes of Hazzard, DALLAS

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

With a quick trip to the grocery store at 8:30 p.m. to pick up the next week's TV Guide.

[@franchoiseprice7798]

Don't forget about the incredible hulk was on CBS.

[@robert9495]

I watched this show last year in its entirety and i'm doing again this year. I'm at season 8 this 2nd time around. This show never gets old. I love how JR is sticking it to Cliff, or "that nitwit Barnes" as he used to put it everytime and Barnes never learns his lesson. RIP Mr Hagman, your role on Dallas is legendary even 40+ years later. The man everyone loves to hate. On the show he was a real SOB but in real life he was totally opposite, a loving and caring personality. The most vile, evil, defying act JR pulled ( none of his other deeds holds a candle to it, NONE) was when he sent Pam island-hopping in the Carribbean looking for Mark just to keep her away from Bobby so that they wouldnt get back together again. When she came charging into his office after having found out, that was her best performance on the show. On another note, Dallas had the best writing for a tv show of its time (and still is 40+ years on) along with a slight touch of comedy ( JR putting Cliff in his place were iconic scenes) and lot of drama. RIP David Jacobs the creator of the best iconic tv show that stood the test of time brilliantly. Dallas had it all: Best writing, best directing,best actors, glamour, lavish life styles, best of everything.

[@airkuna]

Too long comment..i won't even read it..

[@lafordgirl7549]

OMG, I'm binging now. I'm on season 6.

[@rickkinki4624]

My wife and I are watching Dallas right now on DVD, and we're both enjoying the heck out of it. I watched it back in the day, but she's never seen the show. And it holds up well, even today. One of the great shows of all time, and this video was awesome!

[@jasonhindle4399]

Same for me but on Amazon. I love it and miss it

[@phoebsc5993]

I'm watching the dvds too. It's soooo good)❤

[@muriloninja]

I'm on S4 and Jim Davis' last scene I watched last night.

[@pamelamays4186]

Larry Hagman was a true Texas gentleman.

[@robertriquier2046]

Larry Hagman played this part to a tee!

[@chezarose]

Dallas was before my time, but I have just started watching it. I love it so much!

[@pamelamays4186]

After playing goody goody Tony Nelson, to play that scoundrel JR was a treat.

[@misselanys1219]

He was great in The Group. Such an evil husband who took his anger at being a failure playwrite on his wife of 90 lbs soaking wet, beating her black and blue and locking her in a closet then having her committed to a looney bin.

[@manco828]

Don't forget Failsafe(1964) as the translator.

[@tammylewis2408]

@@misselanys1219 I watched that; he was so sadistic, more so than JR ever was, even though JR committed Sue Ellen a couple of times for her drinking.

[@misselanys1219]

@@tammylewis2408 Yup.

[@misselanys1219]

@@tammylewis2408 Also committing Sue Ellen to dry out in posh upscale sanitorium was much different than in The Group when he committed his wife into Bellvue which was the worst State run psychiatric institution in the city.

[@Irishgirl7]

You just have to love Linda Gray!!

[@butterflyhippie]

I called Linda Gray “The Body”, she was so fine and her walk was to die for as Sue Ellen. I emulated her walk 😂

[@Irishgirl7]

Weird how Patrick Duffy was going to audition for the husband role in a series with…Linda Perl! Who he is now with in real life-amazing.

[@winniejohnson5559]

Glad he picked Dallas !! He and Victoria were magic and real .

[@rethablair6902]

I was glued to my TV when Dallas would come on💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Me too , can’t believe I’m 53 next 😲

[@rethablair6902]

@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain I'm also 53

[@andygreen1a]

Genuine chemistry among this cast. That definitely translated to the screen. All of them lovely people in real life. This was a great show. The same with Knots Landing and their cast. Very different shows. But both of them absolutely amazing shows.

[@jacquemccoy4511]

I loved Dallas from the very first episode. I am watching it daily, and I still love it!!! Being a Texan, I understand how it all came about!

[@RioBow]

Yes it does hold up even after these years. DALLAS was a phenomenon of its time. Unbelievable to be of that time with Dallas and Knots landing God they are great From England UK 🇬🇧

[@HandyMan657]

I smoked a few j's in St. Lucia with Larry (I call him that because he told me to), and we hung out for three days. Down to Earth fellow, really cool. RIP Lar

[@CornPopWazABadDude]

What else would he have told you to call him?

[@MattBlackstone]

I'm rewatching the 2012 revival (one of my favorite TV shows that sadly got cancelled) and this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for so I could learn a little history of Dallas. Thank you for this video!

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

I never watched the new Dallas, was it any good please Matt..?

[@MsTexas73]

@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain There we’re good and not so good aspects of the reboot. I saw watch it and form your own opinions of the show.

[@edwardnardone7485]

i think it was cancelled because of Larry passing

[@MsTexas73]

@@edwardnardone7485 That’s not why it got cancelled. It lasted a whole season and a half after Larry passed. The writing was all over the place the last season, taking it away from the main characters too much. Had it stayed more focused on the Ewings and less on the secondary characters and the Mexican cartel perhaps people would have stayed tuned in.

[@IWantToMature85]

​@@MsTexas73I remember Jordana Brewwster being a part of it.

[@geraldmcdevitt3996]

This was such a fun show to watch.. loved everyone involved. Just like M.A.S.H. it was an unsomable cast and a wonderful watch. Thank you all!!!

[@manco828]

My favorite scenes involved JR blackmailing somebody, JR destroying Cliff, Sue Ellen drunk our of her mind and Bobby/Ray getting into another bar fight.

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

Dallas aired in the UK on BBC 2 every Friday night,i remember watching the original in the 70s i was round 6 when it began,the year was 1976 at the time.I watched it till it got cancelled and loved it.I loved the remake as well,wish it could return

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Charlene Tilton still looks beautiful but boy did I have a crush on Pam 😍

[@tammylewis2408]

@1:39, Patrick Duffy talks about being in a possible series with Linda Purl, who is now his real-life partner, after Man From Atlantis was canceled.

[@moteleyes2]

Loved this cast. ❤️

[@annetteelliott1494]

After all these years I'm still in love with Bobby..😊😊😊

[@NigelFoote]

Dallas is the greatest show written, produced and acted. It set precedent before all others. Also my favourite Dallas tv movie is DALLAS THE EARLY YEARS.❤❤❤

[@airkuna]

It isn't a show, its a sequal..

[@NigelFoote]

@@airkuna what?

[@airkuna]

@@NigelFoote how do u mean what? Can't u read?

[@NigelFoote]

@@airkuna i can read and when you learn how to express yourself in a mature manner then we can discuss Dallas. Furthermore you said previously that it is not a show its a sequal. Did you mean sequel. I needed clarification on what you meant because I am not assuming.

[@airkuna]

@@NigelFoote yes sequel sorry ...yes it is not a show..

[@luvhart]

Michele and Donna never did Dallas, even though Donna played a Ewing herself. However, apart from Gary and Valene, Michele’s character ‘Karen’, is the only other character from Knots Landing to have been referenced in Dallas. Another interesting note is that between Dallas and Knots Landing, the Ewing family were portrayed across 27 seasons, two mini series, a prequel tele-movie, two sequel tele-movies, and a 3 season reboot, from 1978-2014.

[@travisdavis7591]

Geez that's nearly THIRTY years!!

[@johntaylor6345]

Brilliant video. Really enjoyed Dallas in 80s. I agree with the cast. Larry Hagman was brilliant. Great actor lovely man and human being. Linda and Larry thought the world of each other.

[@butterflyhippie]

My baby J.R Ewing. RIP to Larry Hagman.

[@monaonassis6346]

Linda is so pretty.

[@pamelamays4186]

I would have loved to see JR Ewing and Blake Carrington go head to head.

[@bloqk16]

Especially so since, from what I can recall of both series, Carrington was prone to fits of physical aggression.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

No contest JR would take him in as tatties and spit him out as fries 😂👍❤️

[@lakenyamichelle75]

Actually I would’ve loved to see JR and Alexis Colby go head to head.

[@smancez]

JR and Alexis

[@Irishgirl7]

Wow Charlene’s casting story was classic!!!

[@michahd3443]

In Germany it was Dallas on a Tuesday 09:45 pm and Dynasty (called :Der Denver Clan)on Wednesday night 09:00 pm ( in the eighties)

[@markfarnon6742]

Larry Hagman was the best - the end.

[@derrickjackson6737]

Dallas 4 Ever timeless classic

[@tthomas501]

It's funny how Patrick Duffy ended up in a relationship with Linda Pearl after all these years! You never know what God has planned for you!

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Linda Pearl..?

[@tthomas501]

@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain Yes, I don't think I spelled her last name correctly, Purl.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Patrick Duffy had known Linda Purl for 40 years before he got involved with her.

[@tthomas501]

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Yes, I know that.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

@@tthomas501 When Patrick Duffy was on Dallas, he was so handsome!

[@johndoyle2429]

I remember John forsythe said interview once, that Dynasty wasn't the Classic show that Dallas was. and he was right. Dynasty did have Aron Speilling, but still had'nt the Magic that Dallas did have.

[@Irishgirl7]

Good on Donna Mills to push the producers to introduce the glitter & glamour! I loved Knotts Landing, I was only a teenager but I loved it!

[@trujon0310]

It was so funny my momma would watch Dallas and just cuss JR. out! I loved it!

[@auntfloyd9408]

J.R. was the original antagonistic anti-hero, way before Tony Soprano or Walter White. His contract negotiations for more $ benefited many sitcom performers after him.

[@tammylewis2408]

Larry took a page from his character and inspired actors to know their worth. He became one of the highest-paid TV actors as a result. Love his story of how his upbringing inspired JR. Larry was a great storyteller and gave us so many memories of his years in acting. That's what makes a great show like Dallas still iconic after many years, it's the storytelling.

[@davidgoodspeed]

This is a great piece!

[@trevormcshane4986]

Oh yes every Saturday Nt,,, loved it,,,👍👍👍

[@thomasterry1131]

What always amazed me was Gary Ewing.He was always seen as the weak brother.Yet he left home as a teen.Bobby and J.R. never left home!! Also J.R. was lousy at business,Bobby always saved Ewing Oil.

[@johntomlinson6849]

Those are really interesting points that I've never thought of before, but then, in life people are often treated in exactly the opposite way to that which they actually are e.g. lazy people accuse others of being lazy, gossips accuse others of not keeping confidences etc, etc.

[@pamelamays4186]

Hagman pulled a JR renegotiating his contract.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

And boy did he deserve that pay rise, I don’t think I have seen any man play the villain so good as Larry 👍💙

[@manco828]

You don't mess with ole JR.

[@lafordgirl7549]

I'm watching the show again and I'm on season 6. I find it fascinating that the show tackled so called taboo subjects back then. The gay boyfriend/finance was groundbreaking. Ray's depression, Pam's inability have children which also lead to her depression. Dallas doesn't get credit for that.

[@nicoleangel4383]

Same! I'm in the middle of season 5 right now.

[@jasonsturges3540]

Sue Ellen Rocked.

[@williamharrell9305]

RIP Larry

[@shippenman5977]

Who shot JR. I think he later directed some episodes of In the heat of the night.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Larry Hagman and Carroll O'Connor were best friends.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Grew up watching the man from Atlantis then progressed to Dallas..I bet it set up the cast for life and rightly so..The only show from America I watch now is everyone loves Raymond, I was a late starter and just recently started enjoying the show..

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

I watched the original Dallas,it was brilliant.The one thing i didn't get though was the Bobby/Pam shower scene when Bobby came back from the dead.

[@jurgenf5771]

Larry Hagman war ein toller Mensch und ein brillanter Schauspieler . Als " JR " in Dallas bliebt Er unvergesslich . R.I.P.

[@juliemcarthur3004]

I loved the pianeers of tv

[@marcfoster6685]

Dallas greatest TV show ever!

[@williamharrell9305]

RIP Mary fram

[@impalaman9707]

In a way--it was like the Waltons in the sense that you had multiple generations living under one roof and the scenes with the lights on in the house at night. Except the Waltons never had any REAL problems---nothing that couldn't be resolved at the end of one episode and there was always a moral to the story. No major scandals or deceit like Dallas had, and the "good guys" always won

[@edwardnardone7485]

i remember the 1980-81 season started with re-runs from season 1 of DALLAS

[@edwardnardone7485]

30:45 4 PRESIDENTS-Carter, Reagan. H. Bush. & Clinton

[@bizmyurt8582]

You also had falcon crest.

[@pamelamays4186]

Larry Hagman once dated Joan Collins. A J.R./Alexis pairing would have been awesome.

[@lafordgirl7549]

That dream plot was trash and they know it. I loved this show and I'm old enough to have watched the shows when they aired. But was glad to see Bobby Ewing back tho.

[@adrianamedeiros7463]

J.R...villain we love each other❤ But I love Bob kkkk always My chush

[@johndoyle2429]

Leaving Dallas aside for a moment. If the likes of Donna Mills, Kevin Dobson R.I.P and William Devane didn't Join knots landing it , I don't it would have lasted, because it was totally different show when they joined it. It didn't feel like it was Spin-off at all to Dallas and after that it could on forever.

[@WillMeganFan]

I have to agree. Knots started to truly evolve for me once Kevin came in. They needed these few additions to compliment the originals and once they came in, the show then took off and never looked back. Still miss it to this day.

[@ianmarkey9434]

I love Dallas. I have happy memories watching with my family. I was 7 years old and in love with Lucy Ewing lol. I have been enjoying the Re runs on Freevee. I am disappointed though that they abandoned Wes Parmalee and the Chance to bring back Jock Ewing. Clayton Farlow was ok, but he was No Jock Ewing. I didn't remember the Wes Parmalee episodes when I was a child. But as an adult I enjoyed the premise that Jock Ewing survived the helicopter crash with plastic surgery etc. I was very disappointed that fans didn't go for it. I would have loved for Jock Ewing to be back in the picture.

[@AprilCraddock]

Lucy ",Charlene " is wrong when she suggests Dallas was the first to use a gay character. Remember "SOAP" Billy Cristol only TV show.

[@AprilCraddock]

And to continue,, the English were ahead of our time USA 🇺🇸 💋 😘 😗

[@AprilCraddock]

When they told us .. weeeell rock Hudson, Montgomery cliff, the one oh ya.. James Dean, no one ever suggested the Yankee Dodle Boy. CAGNEY. 💋

[@thebeatlesotherwise]

*My goodness I swear I did NOT recognize "Lucy"/Charlene Tilton AT ALL for God's sakes !!!... What happened to her ?... I mean, it's not that she had plastic surgery : she litterally CHANGED HEADS !!!!*

[@theetzmom358]

I think she looks the same and great too

[@kiefferz5556]

People remember this Man wasn't very nice to Donna Reed and him and Priscilla Presley we're nice to dack Rambo

[@theetzmom358]

What man?

[@zombiefulci3301]

The part of Gary should have been given to a real rugged looking Texan not the dreary looking actor they chose. I would have cast L.Q. Jones and the part of Bobby should have been given to Joe Don Baker.

[@mitawallin6817]

💯💓