Wednesday 3 September 2008

Cast members returning for 30th `Dallas' reunion

DALLAS �

J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together for a "Dallas" reunion party.


Cast members of the popular prime-time soap opera that ran from 1978-91 volition return to the Southfork Ranch magnetic north of Dallas on Nov. 8 to celebrate the 30th day of remembrance of the show. Several key actors, including Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy, have confirmed they will attend.


Hagman, world Health Organization played central character J.R. Ewing, a scheming oil color baron and cattle rancher, said he is looking forward to the event.


"I may not be able to do the fortieth," said Hagman, 76, in an question with The Dallas Morning News. "Thirty years is pretty undecomposed, and the show is still very popular."


The reunion at the ranch in suburban Parker, north of Dallas, is open to the public. Tickets go on sale Aug. 22 and will cost between $100 and $1,000. The case will include fireworks, a country euphony concert, a question-and-answer session with the cast and tours of the mansion.


The show is perhaps charles Herbert Best known for the "wHO shot J.R.?" cliffhanger that concluded the 1979-1980 time of year in which Hagman's character was goddamned within an inch of his life. (The shooter turned proscribed to be J.R. Ewing's sister-in-law, Kristin.)


"Dallas" featured the antics of a loaded Texas kin that punched, slapped, drank, cavorted and schemed to gain mastery of the family luck. The reunion promises to be tamer.


"Larry and I will possess a bowl of Mueslix and a small shaft of cut juice and be in bed by 9 o'clock," Duffy, wHO played Bobby Ewing, told the newsprint. "We'll permit people file by the bed and watch us go to sleep. I think we can hang with the best of them until midnight."










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