The All-New DALLAS!

[Crusher Disciple]

That reminds me- has Ken Kerchaval been through some recent health issues? He looks pretty frail on the screen. How long has it been since he had lung cancer?

 

[doubleohfive]

I don't know. I just checked his Wikipedia page and saw this though. It doesn't answer your question, but damn!

In 1985, he [Kercheval] became a partner in the Old Capital Popcorn Company.[1] The business thrived at first but the partnership soured in 1988. The financial issues and other conflicts led to a 1989 armed rampage and suicide by one of the partners on the Dallas set.

Link

 

[Crusher Disciple]

I don't know. I just checked his Wikipedia page and saw this though. It doesn't answer your question, but damn!

In 1985, he [Kercheval] became a partner in the Old Capital Popcorn Company.[1] The business thrived at first but the partnership soured in 1988. The financial issues and other conflicts led to a 1989 armed rampage and suicide by one of the partners on the Dallas set.

Link

Tell me about it. I did a WTF when I read that, too.

Poor guy, he just looks so pale and wizened. My mother and I were shocked when we first saw him.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I wonder how many Trek actors have appeared in this series over the years...probably dozens, but I can only think of one at the moment (Mary Crosby, i.e. Kristin Shepard, played a Cardassian on DS9).

You would be amazed.

And that list is nowhere near complete.

D'oh! Can't believe I forgot Joel Grey...

 

[doubleohfive]

Off the top of my head:

Joel Grey
Brenda Strong
Jerry Hardin
James Cromwell
Kate Mulgrew
Barry Jenner
Glenn Corbett
Morgan Woodward
Barbara Babcock
Susan Howard
Chris Demetral
Lance Le Gault
Leigh McCloskey
John Anderson
John Beck
Ron Canada
Jerry Hardin
Taran Fahir
Rosalind Ingledew/Allen
Sam Anderson
Jerry Hardin
Phillip Anglim
William Windom
Nicholas Coster
Jonathan Harris
Robert O'Reilly
Susan Howard
Mary Crosby
Leigh Taylor Young
Beth Toussaint
Monte Markham
Ray Wise
Gerrit Graham
Michele Scarabelli
Michael Bell
Joey Aresco
Bruce French
Charles Napier
Joanna Miles
Paul Carr
Cliff Potts
K Callan
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Henry Darrow
Joanna Cassidy
Mitchell Ryan
George Coe
John Larroquette
Warren Munson
Charles Cooper
Tricia O'Neill
Biff Yeager
Erich Anderson

...all appeared on a Dallas series or film as well as a Star Trek series or film.

 

[doubleohfive]

That reminds me- has Ken Kerchaval been through some recent health issues? He looks pretty frail on the screen. How long has it been since he had lung cancer?

Looks like he's been cancer-free for about 14 years.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103665,00.html

 

[RJDiogenes]

Jonathan Harris was on Star Trek? I don't remember that. When was he on?

 

[DarKush]

I wasn't sure what to make of the news that they were bringing Dallas back. I barely remembered the show as a kid, but so far I have been enjoying the revival. Love all the backstabbing and Jordana Brewster.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Jonathan Harris was on Star Trek? I don't remember that. When was he on?

I know the IMDb isn't perfect, but I can't find a mention of Harris being on any iteration of Trek, or Dallas for that matter.

Peter Mark Richman (Ralph Offenhouse from TNG: "The Neutral Zone") was on Dallas in Season 2's "Old Acquaintance," playing Maynard Anderson, who has to dump Jenna Wade as a mistress when he gets appointed to a high-profile government job in Washington.

 

[doubleohfive]

Jonathan Harris was on Star Trek? I don't remember that. When was he on?

I know the IMDb isn't perfect, but I can't find a mention of Harris being on any iteration of Trek, or Dallas for that matter.

That is my bad entirely.... I meant to write "Joshua Harris" -- he played Christopher Ewing in the later years of the series and also Timothy in TNG's "Hero Worship."

Peter Mark Richman (Ralph Offenhouse from TNG: "The Neutral Zone") was on Dallas in Season 2's "Old Acquaintance," playing Maynard Anderson, who has to dump Jenna Wade as a mistress when he gets appointed to a high-profile government job in Washington.

I'd forgotten about Peter Mark Richman. I knew he'd been a staple on Dynasty, but completely forgot he'd been on Dallas too!

 

[cardinal biggles]

I didn't even know he'd been on Dynasty until I was looking at his IMDb credits. Before I saw "Old Acquaintance," I knew him from TNG and a pair of appearances on Knight Rider.

 

[doubleohfive]

He also played Reverend Snow, Suzanne Somers' father on Three's Company.

Which is ironic, because:

Suzanne Somers played Chrissy Snow on Three's Company. When she left, Jenilee Harrison replaced her as Chrissy's cousin, Cindy. Harrison left Three's to be on Dallas, where she played Jamie Ewing-Barnes, cousin to J.R., Ray, Gary and Bobby. Patrick Duffy (Bobby) later starred in Step By Step with (wait for it)... Suzanne Somers!

 

[cardinal biggles]

So in other words, Hollywood casting is a small, incestuous little circle.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I'd forgotten Jenna was on the series as early as S2.

I always remember her as a latter series character.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Yeah, this was when she was played by Morgan Fairchild. Later she came back as Priscilla Presley, right?

 

[doubleohfive]

Morgan Fairchild played Jenna in her first appearance(s), (I can't remember if she was in more than one episode at the time) and then played by someone else for a bit, and when she returned for the majority of her stay on Dallas, she was played by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley until her departure in 1988.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Jonathan Harris was on Star Trek? I don't remember that. When was he on?

I know the IMDb isn't perfect, but I can't find a mention of Harris being on any iteration of Trek, or Dallas for that matter.

That is my bad entirely.... I meant to write "Joshua Harris" -- he played Christopher Ewing in the later years of the series and also Timothy in TNG's "Hero Worship."

Bummer. I love Jonathan Harris.

 

[doubleohfive]

Some of my favorite J.R.-isms:

J.R.: Well, last night we went to the Oil Baron's and we ran into that termite brother of yours!
PAM: Are you talking to me?"
J.R.: Anyone else in here gotta termite for a brother ?
PAM: Just Bobby!

J.R.: A conscience is like a boat or an airplane. If you feel you need one, rent it.

J.R.: I have a very special feeling for your sister. I hate her.

J.R.: It's only slander if it's not true.

J.R.: I wouldn't give you the dust off my car!

J.R.: Contracts were made to be broken, honey, but a handshake is the law of God.

J.R.: Alright, if you want to ruin your life go ahead. But you're a whole lot dumber than I ever thought a brother of mine could be. With the exception of Ray and Gary of course.

J.R.: Sue Ellen, why don't you have the parking attendant fetch your broom so you can fly on home?

J.R.: Hey Pam, it's getting kinda late, shouldn't you be out meddling in someone's life?

J.R.: Gary and Ray? Well, what's a family for if it can't take care of its losers?

J.R.: Cryder, you just joined the crowd!
WILSON CRYDER: What crowd!?
J.R.: The crowd of people who lived to regret underestimating J.R. Ewing.

J.R.: You really want to help?
DUSTY: Of course I do.
J.R.: Then why don't you go on in the house, throw Sue Ellen over your shoulder and carry her the hell off Southfork?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I like what J.R said about Jenna: "She was more like us than Pam ever was".

He might have meant that as a compliment, not sure it was taken that way

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Ah, you guys are just making the new show seem even more lame by comparison. Where's the old JR wit?

This episode inadvertently compared Kristin Shepard to a cow. I guess that was wit of a sort, however inadvertent.