Dallas Movie Collection: Two Reunion Movies, and The Early Years

I was a big Dallas watcher when I was a kid, though I didn't know what was going on as a 7 year old when the show debuted in 1978.

I must admit, I was not a rabid fan of the show as such a young age, When the shows began airing on Soapnet in the early 2000's I became hooked when everything of course made sense as an adult now.

It was like discovering the show for the first time. I am still amazed how good the show really is, particularly seasons 1-12.

After years of watching Dallas and becoming hooked on it, I wanted to see everything. The movies I will talk about below, I was not even aware of existing until this DVD set came out in 2011.

J.R. Returns from 1996, The War of the Ewings from 1998, and The Early Years from back in 1986 are all worthy of watching at least one time.

The Early Years turned out to be a real surprise, considering none of the original cast appear. More on that below.

The Complete Dallas DVD Collection: 14 Season's of Oil and Intrigue

Should you purchase the complete Dallas DVD set or buy the sets individually?

Personally I purchased every one of these sets individually, had this complete set been available I could have saved a lot of Money.

When I started buying these sets, I purchased the first 5 seasons all at once, then eventually every 6 month or so the next season would be released on DVD

These sets when released new, were nearly 30 dollars a piece, so 1-14 and the Movie Collection probably cost me $450.00 total.

 This set can be had with free shipping for less than half of that, but who knows how long it will be available like this?

If you own a few of the season already, you could get this mega set and sell the ones you have, I bet if the condition is above average on your discs, you could get 10-15 dollars a piece for yours.

I also have a hunch that the the later seasons will be tougher to find individually as the years go by, I don't believe these years, especially the final 2 season are viewed as important as other seasons.

I would not be surprised if those, and the movie collection are removed from production, and you can bet that if they become scarce, the secondary market will have a large increase in price. Get them now while you can.

The Who Shot J.R. Phenomenon

The Summer of Who Shot J.R.

On the lighter side of the Who Shot J.R. Phenomenon was something from the Summer of 1980 that was everywhere, and perhaps over-saturated in the news.

Could you imagine the hype of  Who Shot J.R. in the Twitter age?

I was only 8 years old that summer, but my mother, who was a huge fan of the show was captivated by it.  I remember her and grandma constantly talking about the show and the phenomena.

Bumper stickers, and t-shirts, and even a hit song were made out of Who Shot J.R. by a later famous comedic radio personality Gary Burbank, who was best known for a 25 year run on the 50,000 watt radio station 700 WLW out of Cincinnati Ohio.