Power & Intrigue, Texas-style

[dotinthesky]

Today's Evening Standard comes with a free copy of the first two episodes of Dallas. Score!

Dallas was my first obsession. I'd cry at night because my parents wouldn't let me watch it (my bedtime was 7pm and the show started at 9). South Africa came to a standstill when an episode was shown and, the next day, kids at my kindergarden bragged about being allowed to stay late and watch the show.

I cried so much that one day my mother let me watch one episode. I fell asleep after ten minutes.

In Brasil, episodes were dubbed and shown Saturday night on TV Bandeirantes. One summer, while visiting cousins in Londrina, I was watching an episode by myself in the bedroom (nobody else shared my love) when my aunt came in with a plate of pot noodles in butter and cheese, and a glass of Coke. It was pure heaven.

I'm afraid all those memories will be invoked (and perhaps destroyed) when I watch those first two episodes this weekend.

Comments

[pixxers.livejournal.com]

♥

This entry made me all warm and fuzzy. I really need an Alexis icon.

[sublimevisions.livejournal.com]

jazz hands??? funny icon hah. was that from Pan's Labyrinth?

[pixxers.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes. That thing scared the hell out of me, so I needed to put some kind of humorous spin on it. :D

[sublimevisions.livejournal.com]

heh. fair enough. it was a bit creepy :)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Alexis was in Dynasty, you blasphemous infidel!

[pixxers.livejournal.com]

I know, honey, but I didn't want you to be alone in this shameful prime time soap opera wallow of yours and since Dynasty was clearly better than Dallas, I didn't know what else to say. Did you ever watch Knots Landing?

:D

*still no icon*

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Actually, the DVD comes with the first episode of Knots Landing. I had a quick look at it and it doesn't look very good. But it must get better since Wikipedia tells me it ran until 1993 (!?)