'Dallas' icons return | Group Tour Magazine Blog
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'Dallas' icons return | Group Tour Magazine Blog
'Dallas' icons return | Group Tour Magazine Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012
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| Photo: Mark Seliger JR, Bobby and Sue Ellen have returned to 'Dallas' with a new generation of Ewings. | |
'Dallas' icons return
I’m finally old enough to watch this now: a blog about the return of the TV show ‘Dallas’ as group tours to Southfork Ranch continue
By Amanda Black
I watched a lot of TV growing up, but the risqué network TV of the ’80s was off limits. I was not ready for prime time, at least according to my mother.
Not to say I didn’t watch them…I used to sneak over to a friend’s house to watch taped copies ofMoonlighting, which was much too frisky of a show for us to watch. But we did anyway.
And there was my grandparents’ house. They didn’t have the same limits on TV, so I watched what they watched. That meant Oprah (back before she was a national icon and queen of the media), Golden Girls,Murder She Wrote, and Dallas.
Looking back, all of those shows are lot tamer than half the cable dramas I watch now, but I’m not 8 years old anymore.
Anyway, 20 years on, it seems like the perfect time to return to Dallas thanks to TNT. The stakes are even high in today’s energy- and money-hungry climate. It’s now an exciting new cable drama that I’m looking forward to adding to my schedule.
In case you need a refresher or you weren’t old enough to watch the first show, TNT has put together this video.
JR and Bobby are back (Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy) and they’ve brought Sue Ellen along (Linda Gray). Now there’s a new generation jockeying for power and relevance, led by Josh Henderson (playing John Ross, the son on JR and Sue Ellen), Jesse Metcalfe, Bobby’s adopted son looking into alternative energy. Of course there are lovely ladies — Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo and Brenda Strong.
By Amanda Black
I watched a lot of TV growing up, but the risqué network TV of the ’80s was off limits. I was not ready for prime time, at least according to my mother.
Not to say I didn’t watch them…I used to sneak over to a friend’s house to watch taped copies ofMoonlighting, which was much too frisky of a show for us to watch. But we did anyway.
And there was my grandparents’ house. They didn’t have the same limits on TV, so I watched what they watched. That meant Oprah (back before she was a national icon and queen of the media), Golden Girls,Murder She Wrote, and Dallas.
Looking back, all of those shows are lot tamer than half the cable dramas I watch now, but I’m not 8 years old anymore.
Anyway, 20 years on, it seems like the perfect time to return to Dallas thanks to TNT. The stakes are even high in today’s energy- and money-hungry climate. It’s now an exciting new cable drama that I’m looking forward to adding to my schedule.
In case you need a refresher or you weren’t old enough to watch the first show, TNT has put together this video.
JR and Bobby are back (Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy) and they’ve brought Sue Ellen along (Linda Gray). Now there’s a new generation jockeying for power and relevance, led by Josh Henderson (playing John Ross, the son on JR and Sue Ellen), Jesse Metcalfe, Bobby’s adopted son looking into alternative energy. Of course there are lovely ladies — Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo and Brenda Strong.
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| Photo: Forever Resorts Southfork Ranch is a real place and a genuine group tour favorite. | ||
Like the first show, the current incarnation of Dallas takes place among the backdrop of the Southfork Ranch. It’s no Hollywood set — Southfork is a real place in Parker, Texas, just outside the namesake city. Many of the scenes for the new show were filmed here, just like the 1978–1991 series.
For years, fans and group tours have been flocking to the site, which was purchased in 1992 by the founder of Forever Resorts Rex Maughan. The mansion is open for tours and attracts more than 400,000 people a year.
There’s also a Dallas Museum, great shopping in the Ranch Roundup Visitor’s Center, conference rooms and some Texas longhorns grazing on the lawn. Groups also can arrange for chuck-wagon suppers.
Tour planners should contact Southfork Ranch in advance of their visits at (972) 442-7800 and visit www.Southfork.com for more details.
Catch up on the latest Dallas news at www.tnt.tv/series/dallas and via Twitter @Dallas_TNT.
While you’re at Twitter, why don’t you follow Group Tour Magazine @GroupTour and me @AmandaGroupTour?
Thanks to my colleague, David Hoekman, for the idea for this blog. Follow him at @DavidGroupTour.
For years, fans and group tours have been flocking to the site, which was purchased in 1992 by the founder of Forever Resorts Rex Maughan. The mansion is open for tours and attracts more than 400,000 people a year.
There’s also a Dallas Museum, great shopping in the Ranch Roundup Visitor’s Center, conference rooms and some Texas longhorns grazing on the lawn. Groups also can arrange for chuck-wagon suppers.
Tour planners should contact Southfork Ranch in advance of their visits at (972) 442-7800 and visit www.Southfork.com for more details.
Catch up on the latest Dallas news at www.tnt.tv/series/dallas and via Twitter @Dallas_TNT.
While you’re at Twitter, why don’t you follow Group Tour Magazine @GroupTour and me @AmandaGroupTour?
Thanks to my colleague, David Hoekman, for the idea for this blog. Follow him at @DavidGroupTour.
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