Dallas: The Unknown Opening Credits

[MrCamelot91]

@laminage: Larry Hagman has since admitted he was joking.

[thomas070784]

after all the years of waching this show i had no idea that there was a alternate title sequence for the first episodes. reminds me of how the last couple of seasons looked though.

[pipoo1]

Interesting as of course this is very much like the credits for the last two series.

[skylinerydr]

What ever happened to the first house that was shown on the mini series? I watched Dallas since its inception and always wondered why there was a change in houses.

[FamilyGuy770]

Well, the guy that owned the original Southfork didn't want the production teams poking around the property anymore, forcing Lorimar to go elsewhere to find a new ranch. Unfortunately, not too long ago the original Southfork burned to the ground and little remains of the house. The owner of it now, has said that he plans to rebuild, but I doubt it.

[coolbeans278]

@FamilyGuy770 probably was a drug dealer or something of that sort. maybe meth lab since the house burned down mysteriously.

[lovaizan]

wow very cool i didnt know this was suppose to be tyhe original opening for dallas

[Dayofthedead1976]

Still gotta love the spit screen version. Also the SouthFork we all love and not that first season version. Ick.

Dallas rocks...at least Soapnet airs it, unlike a western channel that only plays stupid reality shows. Hulk Hogan...hmmm, JR should be in their places.

Great post, I have never seen this before. Thank you!!!!!

[GloveGirl]

hey were's linda gray?

[laminage]

They weren't really sure that they were going to keep her and Larry Hagman said that as far as he was concerned, her acting was terrible. She improved thank god. Also, did you know that Tina Louise was actually considered for the role of Sue Ellen and not Linda Gray, and that Linda Evans was considered for the Role of Pam.

[GloveGirl]

wow thanx i didn't know that. i couldn't see Linda Evans on dallas i think dynasty suited her better. and linda's acting was great 2 me that look that she would shoot j.r. or anybody was priceless.

[bigbill1991]

Good thing they went with the split screen, much better.

[centainec]

Were there mini-series?

[FamilyGuy770]

The show started out as a mini series, the ratings were high so they decided to turn it into a weekly show.

[centainec]

Thanks for the explenation.

Is saw - not that long ago - the beginning when Ray wasn't an Ewing ... yet and he had a fling with Lucy.

[FamilyGuy770]

And when Ray was evil. The show has a certain element when he was bad.

[shelton705]

I heard this was the actual opening for the mini-series, but only for the first 3 episodes. The second opening was used for the final 2 episodes. I wasn't alive in 1978, so I don't know for sure. However, the end credist of the final 2 episodes also changes from shots of Dallas to shots of Southfork.

[FamilyGuy770]

This was suppose to be the opening for the first 5 episodes of the show, but they decided to go with the split screen.

[StefMuc]

yes, these are from the mini series, it shows the first ewing house at at the end

[FamilyGuy770]

I was suppose to be for the mini series, but they decided on doing the split screen.

[Promovisual]

hehehe my goodness :)(

[radrobd]

where'd u find this?

[FamilyGuy770]

I dunno. I just found this clip on yahoo

[bingbong35]

The triple split screen was it's absolute trademark and went so well with the theme. I don't like how they removed it for it's last 2 or 3 seasons. Knot's Landing did the same thing but at least it reverted back for it's last few seasons.

[nx01alpha]

I wonder if there's a high quality version of this "lost" opener floating around out there?

[Wht4BlkNC]

I just loved me some Lucy Ewing! LOL

[bennjr]

I actually like these. The quality isn't that great though.

[rjvonbokern]

My guess is that these credits are from the mini-series

that led to the series. Since Jim Davis is included and

Linda Gray is not would lead me to that conclussion.

[FamilyGuy770]

They were FOR the mini series but I guess the producers decided to do something more creative, hense: the split screen