Slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. The 1980s will be upon us. And what a decade it is coming up. Happy new year! as we begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, nine out of ten people watching only one of three networks. More than 30 million people are addicted to it. Social critics are mystified by its success. What is it? it s television s primetime prairie pot boilers dallas. ” a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name. I assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. Brother or no brother, whatever it takes, i ll stop you from destroying ewing oil. Dallas established new ground in terms of a weekly onehour show that literally captivated america for 13 years. Dallas is a television show which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s, and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, jc. R. Ewing as a pop phenomenon. Tell me, j. R. , which slut are you going to stay with tonight. What diff
The five is turning 10. The show was officially old enough for anthony weiner to start texting. It s true. The show, probably one of the biggest hits and cable news has outlasted everything from 24 to brian stelter s hair. To put it 10 years in perspective, that s four geraldo marathons. [laughter] i still remember when i was asked to do the show, he called me and said hey, we are doing this thing. Want to be on the thing? you have to write a model for the thing. I said what does this pay? we had no expectations. All we had was our good looks. I remember sitting here on the first day next to dana perino, she had ghosted me the entire time she was at fox. But now she was stuck with me. And against her better judgment and a restraining order, we bonded. Dana: [laughs] greg: and the rest is what liberals hate, history. The show exists for one reason that other networks can t replicate. We are real and they are not. Even though it seen by millions, he could just be one person per the camer
And so much more. Let s get to put. We question from diane m. That felt that you are you have grown. What was your favorite ice cream from the ice cream truck. The red, white, and blue. Jesse: the rocket pops. Every now and done, i still go to central. With my husband and we hit a specific ice cream truck. If i m feeling a little fancy, i will, a hot dog as well. Oh. Jesse: you lost me at the hotdog. I m with him on that. And they are not dirty water dogs. They are. Jesse: you call me an elite? you get blue lips. Exactly. Jesse: what is yours? vanilla chocolate swirl with rainbow sprinkles in a waffle cone. Jesse: waffle cones are the best. What about you, jessica quick. I was going to prove my patriotism. I do like like the fruit ones. And you can add them in a grocery store. You have it at home. I have to say, i don t think in colorado, they did not have the ice cream truck s. The question is, as a child. Jesse: it has to drive a long way. When i lived on capitol hill during the bush