Dallas returns with a vengeance!
Don’t call it a comeback! Decades after ‘Dallas’ ended it successful run, TNT has revived the landmark series for another round of backstabbing and betrayal! So, how does their version fare? Surprisingly well, actually.
TVWriter™ buddy – and one of LB’s closest friends – Cal Clements, Jr. was one of the producers of the original DALLAS back in the day. We’re hounding him now for his take on the update…and maybe some scurrilous backstage stories about what went on back then. Stay tuned!
Cal Clements Sr. gave me my start on DR. KILDAIRE. I pitched him an idea. He told me to write a synopis. Not knowing what a “synopis” was, I came back 4 days later with the whole script. It went into production almost as is. Years later I was on a series — can’t recall the name — but Cal told me his son Cal Jr. had some stories he wanted to pitch. And the cycle repeated. Cal was really one of a kind! What’a man! gs