One of my favorite cities in the US ( besides Orlando of
course), is Dallas Texas! I lived in
Texas when I was younger and have been able to go back and visit several times
since I’ve been married.
The first time my husband and I visited we did the touristy
things in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. We walked through the downtown, ate a
Hard Rock Café Dallas, visited the stockyards and the Opry, ate at the
Cattleman’s Club, and toured the Sixth Floor Museum in the Book Depository
which chronicles the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Since I enjoy history, I of course liked
this. However, the highlight of the trip (for me anyway) didn’t start until
after we left the book depository.
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| President Kennedy was shot from the 6th floor window of this building. |
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| This was the street where president Kennedy was shot while riding with his motorcade. |
While we were in the gift shop of the book depository, I was
looking at brochures of other attractions to visit in Dallas. I came across a
brochure for ‘South Fork Ranch” Does
that name ring a bell for anyone?
Southfork is the home of Dallas, the TV show. I of course was not old enough to watch the
program at the time it originally aired, but I vaguely remember my mother
watching it and I remembered the opening scenes. I was intrigued. I wanted to visit Southfork
and see how this piece of TV history was made.
The property of Southfork is just as beautiful in real life
as it is on the TV Show. We toured the studio
museum, the barns, and of course the iconic Ewing residence. I was surprised to
find out that for several years while they filmed at this residence, a family still
lived in the home. The production
company paid the family just so they could use the outside of their home. All the inside scenes where actually shot in
a studio in California!
As we toured the house, the guide was telling us bits and
pieces of the legacy that would be the Ewings.
I of course had no idea what he has talking about because I had never
seen the show. I knew who the main characters were, but didn’t know what their
relationship to each other was. It’s a
good thing that I had seen the show before this tour because I probably would
have been disappointed. Afterall, the
inside of the house we toured looked nothing like the inside of the house on
TV. If I would have seen the show before
the tour, I would have thought things like, “That’s not what JR’s room looked
like, “That’s not the same kitchen”. I’m
that person that pays attention to detail! Here are just a few of the rooms.
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| Ewing Living Room |
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| Ewing Kitchen |
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| Bobby Ewing's Room |
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| Lucy Ewing's Room |
So after our visit to Southfork I had this bright idea that
just maybe I would be able to find this series on DVD. Afterall, they were bringing a lot of the old
shows back on DVD. What were the chances
that I would find Dallas? Well, I hit
the jackpot. I found that season’s 1,2
and 3 were out already. After that, I
had to wait several months ( sometimes years) for the following seasons to be released! I can now say I am the proud owner of Dallas
Seasons 1-13. I have watched all 13
years of the Ewing’s life. Wow, what a
journey it has been!
So now, of course I am a fan of the “New” Dallas. I often wonder if the writers of this new
series have actually sat down and watched all 13 years of the original Dallas.
There are certain things and pieces of information that I feel have been
forgotten from years gone by. Maybe things will be cleared up in the next
season of Dallas on TNT. I am just sad that I have to wait till January 2014 to find out!
Have you ever become hooked on an older TV series that you've discovered much later?
Have you ever become hooked on an older TV series that you've discovered much later?
I lived in DFW for many years, and hope to move back in the next few years. Houston is not near as awesome as Dallas!
ReplyDeleteI have never been to Houston, but I do really enjoy Dallas! ~M
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