as you possibly could get. brokaw: who did shoot j.r.? we may never get the answer to that question. i mean, the people who produced that program are gonna keep us in suspense for as long as they possibly can. duffy: we shot j.r. and then we broke for the summer. then coincidentally, the actors went on strike and it delayed the resolution. and it just started to percolate through the world. i remember going on vacation to england that summer and that s all that people were talking about there. lovejoy: well we know you don t die. i mean, you couldn t die? you don t know that. well, how could you die? you couldn t come back next season. that s what i mean. i couldn t come back, but the show could still go. oh, but you wouldn t? what is that show without j.r.? well, that s what i figure. [ chuckles ] well, i guess if you don t know by now who shot j.r., you probably do not care. but last night, some 82 million americans did and they watched the much-touted dallas episode. it could beco
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so you used to come here as a kid or this is a brand new - no, no, my dad did. my dad was wearing boots until i was like five years old. and then he started working in a factory. - you dress me cause this is your fam. i don t know what your family s going to respect. - yeah, to be honest with you, these hats look awesome. - they do, man, they look so badass. - yeah. i think, yeah, dude. - oh, this one fits me good. - oh, dude, look at that. - i could be a cowboy. why would all those like, people in brownface and all those eli wallach in the good, the bad, and the ugly. - don t die. i ll get you water. don t die until later. son of a - yeah. - he wasn t mexican. - well, because they wanted to be mexican. they wanted to - oh, they wanted. - they wanted that flavor. - they were jonesing. yeah, they - yeah, dude. - they wanted to appropriate. because yeah, they were like, dude, that looks so damn cool. - yeah, damn, i gotta be one of them. [laughter] - now you need a shirt, bro. -
- oh, sorry. so you used to come here as a kid or this is a brand new - no, no, my dad did. my dad was wearing boots until i was like five years old. and then he started working in a factory. - you dress me cause this is your fam. i don t know what your family s going to respect. - yeah, to be honest with you, these hats look awesome. - they do, man, they look so badass. - yeah. i think, yeah, dude. - oh, this one fits me good. - oh, dude, look at that. - i could be a cowboy. why would all those like, people in brownface and all those eli wallach in the good, the bad, and the ugly. - don t die. i ll get you water. don t die until later. son of a - yeah. - he wasn t mexican. - well, because they wanted to be mexican. they wanted to - oh, they wanted. - they wanted that flavor. - they were jonesing. yeah, they - yeah, dude. - they wanted to appropriate. because yeah, they were like, dude, that looks so damn cool. - yeah, damn, i gotta be one of them. [laughter] - now you need a
the national obsession in 1980 around who shot jr it s hard to imagine how obsessed we all were with that question, but we were. who shot jr is about as ideal a cliffhanger as you possibly could get. who did shoot jr? we may never get the answer to that question. i mean, the people who produced that program are going to keep us in suspense for as long as they possibly can. we shot jr and then we broke for the summer. then coincidentally, the actors went on strike and it delayed the resolution. and it just started to percolate through the world. i remember going on vacation to england that summer, and that s all that people were talking about there. well, we know you don t die. i mean, you couldn t die? you don t know that. well, how could you die? you couldn t come back next season. that s what i mean. i couldn t come back, but the show could still go. oh, but you wouldn t?