|
 |
Who shot J.R.? was a mass media-manufactured open question in 1980. In the CBS television series Dallas, the character of J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman, was shot by an unknown assailant in the final scene of its 1979-1980 season, which aired on March 21, 1980 and was entitled A House Divided.
Viewers had to wait all summer, and most of the fall due to a Hollywood actors' strike, to learn whether J.R. would survive, and which of his many enemies was responsible. Security was tightened at the Lorimar studios where Dallas was filmed.
During the summer of 1980, the question "Who shot J.R.?" was asked in everyday conversations across America and worldwide. T-shirts printed with such references as "Who Shot J.R.?" and "I Shot J.R.!" became common over the summer. Betting parlors worldwide took in massive amounts of money. People were placing bets as to which one of the 10 or so principal characters had actually pulled the trigger that shot J.R. A session of the Turkish parliament was suspended to allow legislators a chance to get home in time to view the Dallas episode.
Ultimately, the person who pulled the trigger was revealed to be the character of Kristin Shepard (played by Mary Crosby) in the "Who Done It?" episode which aired on November 21, 1980. Kristin was J.R.'s scheming sister-in-law and mistress, who shot him in a fit of anger.
Tags:
Added: 5th July 2007
Views: 635
Rating: 
Posted By: BKV |
 
|
 |
This was a TWA give away to passengers requesting it. Now a days you are luck to get a bag of peanuts!
Tags:
TWA
Giveaways
Vintage
Photos
Added: 23rd July 2007
Views: 651
Rating: 
Posted By: Freckles |
|
|
 |
Below are the questions, answers will be posted in a couple of days. Googling is cheating! Provided by Lava1964, Thanks Lava!
Tags:
Trivia
Game
Added: 3rd August 2007
Views: 509
Rating: 
Posted By: Steve |
|
|
 |
Here's some questions that may make you crazy, but if you put some thought into it, you just may come up with the correct answers.
Tags:
trivia
game
Added: 13th August 2007
Views: 531
Rating: 
Posted By: Naomi |
|
|
 |
The questions below were provided by Lava:
Tags:
Trivia
Game
Added: 19th August 2007
Views: 534
Rating:
Posted By: Steve |
|
|
 |
An action packed cartoon that I watched on Saturday mornings in the 60s while eating my bowl of Crap N' Crunch cereal! What ever became of Johnny Quest, Dr. Benton Quest, Race Bannon and Hadji? Little did they know what the future had in store for them.
Poor Dr. Quest died in prison after being convicted of the illegal use of nuclear material in direct violation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Race Bannon is now suffering from brain damage after taking one too many blows to the head, is in a nursing home and has to have this Depends changed hourly; and sadly, poor Johnny Quest lost his job and it was sent to India due to corporate greed, Americans wanting more money for doing less work and the flood of illegal immigrants from Mexico coming to the United States. Distraught, Johnny Quest had no choice but to immigrate to India to find work where he now works for Hadji at a Calcutta call center owned by an American company validating rebates for Salad Shooters for a few Rubles a day. Bandit is in doggy heaven after dying of natural causes in 1974.
Tags:
cartoons
classic
TV
Added: 21st August 2007
Views: 616
Rating:
Posted By: dezurtdude |
|
|
 |
did u watch? Crow T Robot. . Gypsy. . and Tom Servo?
Tom Servo is a red puppet that has a gumball machine (Carousel Executive Snack Dispenser) for a head, a body composed of a toy "Money Lover Barrel" coin bank and a toy car engine block, and a bowl-shaped hovercraft skirt (a Halloween 'Boo Bowl') instead of legs. Because of this, he must be carried into the theater by Joel or Mike, as there is a grate near the door that he can't hover over. His arms are a pair of small white ventriloquist's dummy hands on the ends of springs that are not really functional as arms, a point that is commented on occasionally throughout the series. Some episodes feature Tom with objects already in his hands, raising the unanswered question of how they got there; possibly Servo's arms are only functional on a sporadic basis. His shoulders are made from the front of an Eveready Floating Lantern. Because Servo's head is transparent, chromakeyed images appear projected through it, and thus a second puppet was built for use in the theater segments, entirely spray-painted black.
Tags:
mystery
science
theatre
crow
t
robot
gypsy
tom
servo
Added: 24th August 2007
Views: 526
Rating:
Posted By: Sissy |
|
|
 |
Another trivia game provided by Lava1964. Questions are in the comment section.
Tags:
Trivia
Games
Added: 26th August 2007
Views: 304
Rating:
Posted By: Steve |
|
|
 |
Questions are listed below:
Tags:
Trivia
Game
Added: 6th September 2007
Views: 277
Rating:
Posted By: Steve |
|
|
Pages: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 of 12 | Random |
|
Browse Media